Calista's Christmas Brings Hope To the Poorhouse
Calista Thorp, a once icy widow, discovers Christmas mercy by giving her past gifts to the needy at Clovedale poorhouse. Doctor Keyes helps her see living souls deserve joy, and they share a new future together as she finds room in her heart for love and the poor.
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Calista
Father
Bobby
Little Ann
Caliste Thorp
Diod
Therme
Thorp
Philista
Christmias
Ana
Calista Thor
Clovedale
Treakfast
Santa Claus
Calis
Reyes
Calista Thorp
Ami
Folka
Calixta
Hhe
Henry
Wpes
Wisdom of a Great Painter Conversations by Meissonier
L Barstow notes Meissonier cites Rembrandt as favorite among painters and shares maxims on art. He quotes sayings urging perfection before signing and that to will is to do. He reflects on aging and the value of drawing in education.
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Meissonier Seft
Rembrandt
Pastor’s Daring Pulpit Dash From Fairfield Church
A Fairfield Connecticut parish episode recalls a pastor named Laturee who after a sermon sprinted from the pulpit to a pond, exposing his ruined garments and claiming he nearly injured himself with nitric acid bought at a drug store. He showed glass fragments as proof before departing.
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Fairfield
Worthy
Pextor
Paris Tailored Suits Display Formal Street and Demitaille Styles
In Paris a range of formal tailored costumes appears including trot-about styles and demitailleurs that blend features of both. The smart suit shown pairs black serge coat with Persian lamb trim and black braid, a black and white plaid skirt, fur bands, and completes with a black tf white gloves and patent leather boots.
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Paris
Milady's Mirror on Youth and a Perpetual Fountain of Youth
The piece argues youth is a state of mind not years and urges retaining youthful ideals. It praises buoyant spirit, hope, and ambition, warning against cynicism toward others and rigid aging. It stresses looking ahead, using the past to inform the present, to stay fresh at any age.
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Mars
Street Suit Trends Highlight Rough Diagonal Fabrics and Vests
Fashion notes describe street suit fabrics shifting to rough diagonal materials and two toned diagonals with higher priced models in Bedford cloth and beach cloth broadcloth remaining secondary. Robespierre influence appears in ready to wear autumn suits with high collars, broad revers, large pockets, and matching or subdued waistcoats.
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Wen
Robespierre
Woman publisher in New York screens manuscripts for quality
A private office publisher on a Fifth Avenue side street reviews client books for merit and prints only those meeting her standards. Authors receive over half the profits, avoiding vanity projects. Several novels are in second editions and essays have a standard place. A dolls book and child book series are planned. Monthly leaflets on eugenics and hygiene topics are to appear.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Hygiene Congress
Elsa—Dick
Clever Home Fixes for Darning and Repair
A reader suggests a steel crochet needle to pull thread out swiftly and offers tips to mend carpet holes with tight crocheted stitches and matching yarn. It also proposes using a worn stocking over a shoe tree to test fit and adjust looseness or tightness as needed.
Caloric Paradox Shows Water Freezes on Red Hot Plate
The article describes experiments where water and other liquids freeze or remain cold on hot metal. It notes sul phurous acid can freeze water on a hot surface and details Faraday and Boutigny demonstrations with ether, carbonic acid gas, and mercury on red hot platinum leading to rapid freezing.
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Boutigny
Faraday
Cope Line Ship Passage Tale From Old Philadelphia Firm
In the era of Charles H. Cramp, John Randolph of Roanoke sought passage to Liverpool aboard a Cope line ship. In Philadelphia he declared his identity and offer to pay 150 dollars for a chosen stateroom, being told to board and pay for passage to sail.
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Cope
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Charles H. Cramp
John Randolph
Roanoke
Russia
Jackson
Nanner
Thomas P. Cope
Mr. Cope
Thomas Cope
Ants Sew Leaves to Form Nest, Confirming Historic Observation
German naturalists returning from Ceylon report a species of ant that sews two leaves together to build a nest. They observed workers pulling edges, others trimming, and still others fastening with silk thread from larvae. The thread is passed by workers using larvae as shuttle-like helpers.
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Ceylon
Ridley
Boy’s Sake Motivates Roseville Man to Quit Smoking
A Roseville man quit tobacco for his young son after realizing the bad example. He stayed smoke free for three years until discovering a box of little cigars in his boy’s coat pocket, a used briar pipe in the tool bar, and a pack of cigarettes in the woodshed.
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Roseville
Newark News
Health and Beauty Tips From a Historic Column
Practical advice on skin care and digestion from a vintage health column. It recommends alcohol for pores, cold cream massage, iodine for temporary relief, a hair tonic with castor or bay rum and French brandy, and scented with rose geranium. It suggests light breakfasts for indigestion and a raw egg with cream as an easy digest. Scrim is praised as a sanitary face cloth and enjoyable exercise via playful activity like golf or tennis as a hobby.
Electric Sleep Latest Insomnia Cure Claims
A German doctor unveils an electric sleep treatment that can turn sleep on and off at will. He reports successful experiments on rabbits and dogs using a new current applied to the brain base, inducing immediate sleep and awakening to normal refreshed condition when switched off.
The New Fur Coats Fashion Note
The new fur coats fit neatly beyond last season’s straighter styles. They do not define the figure but suggest it, keeping a straight youthful back while the front hints at curves without bold exaggeration.
Young Man’s Rise From Fringed Trousers to Uppers
A short exchange quotes a great merchant stressing starting at the bottom to succeed. A young man with fringed trousers responds that he started there and now wears his uppers, illustrating an ironic ascent.
Reckless Dissipation in a Humorous Solitary Scene
A fragment cites a mother scolding Hiram for oil set at eight past eight and playing solitaire. The line hints at a personal vignette of habit and family tension in a colloquial tone.
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Hiram
Eyebrows Stand Guard as Hair Aids Through Years
The passage notes eyebrows tend to grow shaggy or sparse with age yet could retain their shape if the owner brushed them daily with a soft toothbrush kept for that task. It frames habitual grooming as a simple remedy and preserves the bow shape.
Sanitary napery and aids for invalid care featured in paper sets
A discussion of decorative sanitary napers and paper doilies for invalids outlines eye catching lace patterns and cost advantages over linen. It notes square hemstitched doilies and silver gold variants for state occasions and describes adjustable book test devices and a Windsor chair desk feature for writing letters.
Odd Pieces of Chiffon Gather for Dark Gowns
The article notes saving small chiffon fragments of varied colours to stitch into waist or gowns. By dyeing pieces dark blue, black, or flesh tones for white and Latin gowns, multiple old garments can be repurposed into one or two new black creations.
Proverb Insight on Action and Ability
A concise Glossa noting that no person can do nothing while others may do everything. It reflects on human effort and capability attributed to Germar, presenting a parable about action and potential without specific events or context.
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Germar
How to Make Good Shampoo from Castile Soap
A recipe explains making a good shampoo by mixing castile soap with water and washing soda. Use about two heaping tablespoonfuls of soap powder in a little water and add two saltspoonfuls of washing soda to create the solution.
New Recipe Book for Home Use
A cloth bound blank book with indexed edges is offered for 70 cents. This season encourages homemakers to gather odds and ends and copy old recipes into the book. Clippings can be protected and papers organized as households open up.
Little Women on stage charms New York crowds
Review notes a clever Broadway adaptation of Little Women with Jo Meg Amy and Beth vividly brought to life including Laurie and the professor. The production highlights authentic props and period settings from terrariums to Beth’s doll and ends with a hopeful note on audience enthusiasm.
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Trave
New York
John Olcott
Meg
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