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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
9
A tangled crime tale centers on Gertrude, Louise, and the night detective Winters. The narrator recalls disturbing whispers, locked doors, and a stealthy intruder on a circular staircase as investigations unfold in a chilling domestic mystery.
Miss Innes and detective Jamieson press the case at the Armstrong residence. A visitor asks about repairs and wiring linked to a fire, while Jamieson hints at hidden money and a scheme involving Dr. Walker and Nina Carrington. The hunt for a possible masked woman and the mysterious death of Paul Armstrong intensifies.
In a tense room, Riggs confesses to watching Miss Armstrong and Rosie, linking a sequence of letters and a Sun nyside blueprint to Dr. Walker. He recalls tracking a Gar rington in a bid to locate a mysterious woman and explains a web of fear, pursuit, and secrets surrounding the Armstrong family. TO BE CONTINUED.
Mary Frith known as Moll Quipurse rose in early London life as a noted smoker and highwaywoman. Daughter of a Barbican shoemaker, she reportedly lived beyond sixty years, aided Cavaliers, and appears in Middleton’s Roaring Girl as a frontispiece portrait.
A fragmentary column blends an essay on character and perseverance with an anecdote about a girl typist and post office guides. It contrasts the oak’s stamina with a hothouse plant, then shifts to a Dresden China remark and a postal guide misunderstanding about Germany.
A Balliol student, failing to pass a Greek exam, is expelled. His mother appeals to Dr. Jowett, who consoles her by noting the lad may seek solace in religion and the Greek grammar as a constant companion.
A 1910s style note explores clothing for flying machines, noting light weight warmth and free motion as essential. It highlights a Frenchwoman’s aviation outfit with a blue skirt adapted to wrap around legs, a long cape, a pointed hat with rib feathers, and military belts as finishing touches, reflecting early air travel apparel.
The passage notes a shift in fashion as new machines require changes in women’s attire. It stresses that the head must be properly covered with a cap or bonnet and that the covering should not resist the movement of the wad, implying practical adjustments to appearance and function.
The article outlines seasonal fabrics such as crepes and serges with oriental inspired patterns and varied sleeve styles for gowns, noting oversleeves undersleeves and cap sleeves, plus trimmed tullor and silk brocade effects. It also shares a breakfast grind bread recipe using stale bread, with options for hot or cold cream or milk, sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon.
A travel beauty guide advises women abroad to pack nourishing lotions. Describe barley water cream preparations and a facial lotion mix with barley, borax, tincture of benzoin, rose water, almond oil, honey, and rose essence. Also suggests a zinc oxide based powder with glycerin and orange flower water for daytime use.
A recipe describes mixing half of sweet water with gly cerin and benzoin then adding the remaining orange water. The blend is applied with an old piece of muslin and washed off at night. If desired a grain of carmine may tint the preparation.
A sewn morning blouse pattern is described with two tucks along the shoulder and front, a center box plait, and button trims using small buttons. The article mentions oatmeal as highly valuable and lists quantities of flour and fattening benefits.
Instructions describe crafting a hatpin case from straw braid, including wrapping around a hat frame and cushioning. It notes thrifty tips, uses of pasteboard forms, and muslin covers, with style guidance on matching eye color and hair shade to dress tones.
The article chronicles Inspector Byrnes rising from patrolman to commissioner and his role in capturing a prolific blackmailer linked to Jay Gould. It notes his methodical surveillance of mailboxes, widespread reconstruction of the detective bureau, and his impact on crime and reform in late 19th century New York.
Rev Robert Henderson of Bombay writes to the New York Tribune proposing a practical memorial to Dr Louis Klopach of the Christian Herald. Plan calls for a Christian farm colony of at least 20 farmers with model houses and seeds, a mission house and pastor, two churches with inscriptions marking the work, to be named Klopsehpur.
A girl explains a shortcut to pick novels by checking endings at the circulating library. If rain and lonely graves appear, she rejects. if morning sun and white satin occupy the final pages, she approves. Two girls discuss their reading choices on a bus.
The passage notes a trend in using Japanese dialects in press humor and remarks on theatergoing audiences. It mentions Irish and German jokes being reworked and questions why theatergoers attend for amusement, concluding that audiences are always in stitches.
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing a woman’s ailments and avoiding surgery. It features a testimonial by Sadie Mulben from N Ub Bl, praising relief from pain and paralysis-like symptoms after using one bottle. The copy claims decades of use aiding female health issues including uterine discomfort, headaches, backache, and nervous prostration, inviting letters for advice.
A European committee reports from Rome that maize and Indian corn cause pellagra, confirming a link to the disease. The Rome telegram notes the committee’s conclusion on the primary pesticide conveyor and highlights related experts and discussions.
A quoted exchange features an economist and a character identified as philosophia al ep. The punchline centers on a claim that one enjoys being fat because it yields greater relative value in transportation, humorously equating a railway ticket to better value. The dialogue satirizes consumer cost perceptions.
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