Arlington Postal Sparks Old Love Renewed
Jimmy, living in a bustling city, is moved by a postcard showing Arlington. He travels home to reconnect with Bessie Brewster, confessing his remorse and seeking another chance at love. They reunite warmly as she forgives him and they plan a future together.
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Jimmy
Delia
Della
Arlington
Sarah Coyne
Pruyn Fot
Newmans
Red House
Emma Sherman
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bessie Brewster
Bessie
Arlngton Times
Beasie
Bo Gu School
Artington Hill
Brewsters
Bess
Jim
Thackeray on Scotch Character Revealed in Memoirs
In Masson’s Memoirs of a London Club Thackeray appears as a sad, highly sensitive man who shuns liberties, with a remark about his inability to invent a Scotchman while claiming ease with describing the Irish. The Garrick club episodes include banter amid the “war of nationalities.”
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Thackeray
London
David Masson
The
Garrick
Thack
Mr. Binnie
Lfe
Satiric Streak Delights Court Wit
A tiresome Marquis approached the Prince de Ligne at Louis XVI's court. The prince interjected with a quavering remark that he was about to say the same thing, highlighting the salon's playful satire and court etiquette.
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Prince de Ligne
Louis XVI
Quavely
Fashion Jottings: The Modeh Collar Fur Coat
A fashion note highlights a seal skin fur coat with a gold filet net inset and heavy chenille embroidery. It describes a six sizes pattern for a related bolero jacket, priced by mail, with ornate brown velvet and gold accents, and notes prevailing jewelry of lapis lazuli jade and coral.
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Sargent
Quaint Conceptions and Baby Style Patterns
The article describes cleaning kid slippers with dartsborn in flannel and suggests pattern numbers for children’s pinafores from six to twelve years. It highlights fagoted bands on collars, lace details, and washable fabrics for pinafore outfits with separate guimpe and ornate shoulder straps.
King Canute's Castle at Southampton A Wool Trade Relic
The fragmentary remains of King Canute's Castle at Southampton show Norman arches and a history as one of England's eight outbound wool export ports during the reign of Edward II. The site features a tile roof with Spanish chestnut rafters and three cylindrical buttresses, and it once housed the weighmastership of the Earls of Warwick.
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Canute
Southampton
England
Ward II
Warwick
Edward II
Piers Gaveston
Earl
Costermongers oppose Lord Avebury over Sunday trading
East London costermongers and Jewish traders rally against Lord Avebury's bill to ban Sunday trading. A thousand delegates from the Whitechapel and Spitalfields union condemn the measure as religious persecution. MPs and local leaders urge a hygienic rest frame and warn of overwork while defending Petticoat Lane market.
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Lord Avebury
London
House of Lords
Middlesex Street
Petticoat Lane
Aldgate
Whitechapel and Spitalfieds
A. Valentine
Straus
T. W. Richardson
Seventh Day Baptists
Islington
H. H. Gordon
A Few Definitions From Public School Children
A sketch of student definitions shows humorous misreadings such as stability meaning a stable, a torn note about a mosquito being the child of black and white parents, monastery as a place for monsters, and ex postulation linked to smallpox. Cannibal is described as two brothers who killed each other in the Bible.
Dog Rit Laughs in Paree Pup’s Cheerful Tale
A small dog from Paree brings cheer as the young narrator, a pup, jokes about Pa’s pants not fitting. The playful vignette centers on light humor and canine charm.
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Paree
Graat Lee
Louis XV style reception wear coat pattern advertised
The article describes an elegant reception coat using pompadour ribbons in Louis XV style with a V shaped waist, short sleeves and lace overlays. It promotes pattern 014 for sizes 32 to 48 inches bust, with waist emphasis and seven gores, plus suitable fabrics and trims.
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Mall
What is Worn An Attractive House Frock and New Accessories
A vintage fashion item article describes a palest yellow cashmere house frock paired with a white blouse and pale yellow net, trimmed with gray silk braid and silver embroidery roses. It notes new bangles, a perpetual calendar charm, and gold or silver bracelets. Patterns offered by mail and warm Dresden silk wraps are highlighted.
Schoolroom Comicalities Highlight Childrens Quirky Essays
A rural New England class writes about animals with amusing errors such as a camel crossing deserts because it carries water in its hump and a cow described as an American insect. A city teacher asks about fabric sources and a student links clothing to a father. A boy condemns cigarettes, noting harm to the heart nerves and eyes while mocking smoking as silly.
Reindeer Experiment in Newfoundland Under Dr Grenfell
Dr Grenfell will stay in St Anthony through winter to study acclimatizing reindeer in Newfoundland. He aims to find moors with moss, use deer for draught, and supply hospitals with milk from females where cows cannot survive due to Eskimo dogs. He notes Alaska’s Siberian reindeer successes hinting at potential Labrador benefits.
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Dr. Grenfell
Newfoundland
St. Anthony
Labrador
Alaska
Took the Wrong Drink Typhoid Bacilli Incident in Malvern Water Contamination Case
Dr Fergusson proprietor of a Malvern hydro recounts a mishap in which he drank water containing typhoid bacilli during tests. J Thresh estimates bacilli in a drop could rival world population. The judge probes the accidental swallowing and its three week imagined distress.
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Fergusson
Malvern Hydro
J. Thresh
Longevity of the Earl of Leicester and frugal lunch anecdote
A Norfolk lord famed as a country gentleman and Spartan of living, the Earl of Leicester, remains hearty in old age. During a Holkham deer shoot with the Prince of Wales, it was announced at breakfast that the lunch would be bread and cheese with raw onions and beer, with guests allowed to pocket extra sandwiches for later.
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Earl of Leicester
Prince of Wales
Holkham
Lord Leicester
Norfolk
Wild Tribe of Poets in the Philippines
The Bogobos, among the Philippines wild tribes, are described as picturesque with unknown origins. A telling tale says their ancestors were poets and musicians and practical tasks dislike has persisted. Those who study a song or poem dream over it, while a Bogobo in arithmetic turns playful and puzzled.
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Tropics
Clive
Edging And Stitches Of Hardanger Work Sampler
A Norfolk Jaunt style guide explains the hardanger embroidery sampler from Norway. It outlines center table work on congress canvas with ream color threads, detailing satin, weave, picot and Vesprit lace fillings plus buttonhole edging and tools for precision.
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Congress
Norway
Modish Costume with Gra y Coat and Malachite Coat
A striking smart cloth suit features a soft dull stone gray skirt and a contrasting coat in a directoire style with a bright malachite green Napoleon collar. Gray velvet facings and soutache trim frame the ensemble, with large green satin buttons in gray silk crochet and scalloped crochet edges on the collar and waistcoat.
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Directoire
Tiny Egyptian lemons for tea table novelty
Tiny Egyptian lemons are a novelty for the tea table. Each cup of tea is served with a tiny lemon on its stem and a single leaf. The lemon is so small its juice hardly fills a cup, and guests place the fruit on the saucer after squeezing. The lemons are not plentiful or cheap yet.
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Ted
Smart Bolero
King Canute’s
South
Ampton
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Dresden
Madras
Peer
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Ardanger
Hardanger
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