Hiring a Hired Man on Deering Hill
Jessie Deering hires a man for $2 a day to manage the estate after her brother's absence. The candidate proves resourceful, sober, and earnest, while the discharged worker causes trouble. The hired man, Bailey, impresses with steadiness and ends up winning respect from the family, including Miss Jessie and Fred, who reveals the man as Clive Bennet in disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Che
Witew Deering
Jexwie
Deering Hill
Fred
Jessie
White
Bailey
Mr. White
Ter
Jennie
Alley
Dag
Bose
Fred Deering
Galles
Young Deering
Ray
Be Ing
Clive Bennet
Bennet
Sis
Nervous Collectors Guard Fragile Treasures
A botany minded observer notes that collectors of birds eggs copper jars crustacea or ichthyosaur specimens become anxious as their holdings grow. The fear of damage from careless handling leads to tight control and guarded displays, even to limiting access after staged viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Too Many Rivals in Spanish Succession Tale
Emilio Castelar recalls a grand ball where Amadeo of Savoy met Isabela II's court. He encountered Montpensier, Don Carlos, and ambassador Motins, forming a clash of claimants to the Spanish throne during Queen Isabella’s era. The scene ends with Amadeo's bewildered departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor
Emilio Castelar
Marshal de MacMahon
Isabella of Bourbon
Amadeo of Savoy
Spain
Arc de Triomphe
Amadeo
Duc de Montpensier
Don Carlow
Marquis de Motins
Alfonso XII
SIRES AND SONS: Notable aged professionals and civic figures
The list highlights Rodney Wanamaker of Philadelphia and others. George H Malone of Leominster passes practical exams for a master plumber license at twenty-two. Ferdinand Schleifer of Nashville claims top bunting prowess at eighty. John Skinner, eighty, regarded as England's oldest bell ringer with long service. Louis Nicolovian, ninety seven, long NY office tenure with rare Sundays off. Ben Cady, new national capitol guide, joins fourteen guides sharing profits while managing tours.
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Rodney Wanamaker
Ihiadelphia John
Massachusetts
George H Malone
Leowinster
Ferdinand Schleifer
Nashville
John Skinner
England
Exeter Cathedral
Victoria
Edward
Louis Nicolovian
New York
National Capitol Guides
Ben Cady
Capitol
Cady
Theatrical Notes On Actors And Productions
Shakespearean star Charles B Hanford and Marie Dromah appear this season in The American Lord. Miss Julia Marlowe attends a suffragette function. Willis P Sweatnam hired by Lew Fields and the Shuberts for Sweet Sixteen. Isa Ryan stars in The Belle of Brittany, wife of manager Ambrose Miller. In The Lottery Jameson Lee Finney plays a New York newspaper reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marlowe
Willis P. Sweatnam
Lew Fields
The
Shuberts
Victor Herbert
George W. Hobart
Isa Ryan
Frank Daniels
Ambrose Miller
Lida Johnson
Jameson Lee Finney
New York
Sporting Notes Showcase Emerging College Athletics
Numbering football players grows in popularity Michigan University renews basketball efforts Pittsburg bowlers adopt large duckpin game Resoit College challenges Notre Dame to a post holiday wrestling meet Stoy Mercer Penn freshman pole vaulter sets 12 feet 1 1/2 inch eastern scholastic record Stanford drops rowing Lake Lagunita Boat Club forms and plans race with University of Washington crew
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Michigan University
Pittsburg
Resoit College
Notre Dame
Stoy Mercer
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University
Lake Lagunita
Women trained to plan and manage lunch rooms on campus
Simmons college in Boston claims a unique role as the world’s only institution to train women in lunch room planning and management. Miss Helen Donovan, formerly of Rochester, is chosen by Milwaukee schools to lead a new girls trade school. Lydia A. Kirby resigns after fifty years in Philadelphia public schools. Henry Carter Adams of the Interstate Commerce Commission directs a new railway administration department at the University of Michigan offering a four year course.
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Simmons College
Boston
Helen Donovan
Rochester
Milwaukee Board of Education
Trade School For
Philadelphia
Lydia A. Kirby
Henry Carter Adams
Interstate Commerce Commission
University of Michigan
The Cookbook Kitchen Snippets
A cookbook excerpt offers tips for breakfast sausage pairings with fried tart apples. An experienced piemaker stresses adding sugar before piling fruit into pies to prevent run over. Advice covers overboiling potatoes and drying, mashing, and beating. Stale crackers soaked with salt and brows yield a tasty, revived flavor.
France Newsbriefs on Women’s Aeronautics and Oddities
Reports from France include a women’s aeronautical club and insurance options for halrstorus. A Paris fair offered 110 tons of sausage with nine tons horse meat and seventeen mule or donkey meat. Paris forms the association commemorative of the great forgotten ones and a corkscrew inventor statue is planned.
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France
Halrstorus
Erre
Paris
Unprompted California Wedding Seals Vows Amid Telegram
Carol and Ronald wed at Los Olivos after a rush plan hatched by Joyce Hunter to marry tonight to avoid Uncle James’s possible disapproval. A telegram from Uncle James arrives after the ceremony granting consent and blessing, triggering a swift honeymoon to Santa Catalina.
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Carol
James
Roland
Harry
Los Olivos
Joyce
Ronald
Ronald Strang
Papa
Uncle James
Archangel
Joyce Hunter
Hege Lore
Carrie
Maurice
Los Angeles
Alexander Hunt
San Diego
Gift Bags From Cheesecloth For Evening Wear
A guide describes making small gift bags from cheesecloth to hold delicate evening clothes. It covers cutting width, sewing sides and bottom, creating a neck slit with a top hole, binding with white tape, and optional hem or ribbon edging. It adds a suggestion to monogram bags for family members using white cotton.
Frog Industry in France
Frog farming in France thrives with abundant green frogs in marshy waters. Farmers use shallow ponds with grasses and water plants, drawing off water to aid harvesting. When frogs are scarce, owners stock eggs or young frogs. feeding with earthworms boosts growth as water warms in April.
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France
Toasts at Paris Exposition Dinner End With Surprise
At a 1900 Paris exposition dinner a British juror proposed a toast to the queen, met with polite approval. An American member then added a second toast, "And other ladies," provoking amusement and widespread approval from the assembled international jurors.
Old Lawyer Wit Debates Hiring a Female Stenographer
A veteran wit and his conservative partner clash over employing a female stenographer noting her as more satisfactory. The partner fears improper, private hours alone with a young lady in the office, as reported by the New Orleans Times Democrat.
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New Orleans Times Democrat
Linen embroidered safety pin case for travel use
A dainty linen safety pin case with a transfer design of a red poppy and green leaves. It uses two oval card pieces as covers, a Kensington stitch embroidery, red ribbon binding, white flannel for pin storage, and pockets for various pin sizes. A simple attractive gift for women at home or travelers.
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Kensington
Something For the Baby Christmas Gift Idea
A practical Christmas craft suggests making tiny sleigh bells for infants. Use a butter-tub hoop, ribbon, and five ribbon strands with a bow and bell. It takes minutes to assemble and costs little, with suggested donations to children’s homes or hospitals for needy babies.
Table Cover Design with Stencil and Embroidery
An attractive table cover design uses monk's cloth in a warm tap shade stenciled in peacock blue and orange with darker outlines. Tapestry dyes for stenciling are available at art material shops. If the shade cannot be bought it can be created by mixing the dye.
German Detective Wannowski Rising in Berlin Shown as Kiel Graft Savior
Berlin detective Wannowski, dubbed the German Sherlock Holmes, rose from farmer to police, solving cases from a 1903 railway wreck to the Kiel dockyard graft. His levelheaded method and bravery earned the Prussian Red Eagle and made him central to indictments of dockyard officials. He tracked the Heider murder, aided in stopping Ripper attacks, and joined Kiel investigations by embedding with contractors to expose bid rigging.
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Herr Wannowski
Sherlock Holmes
Berlin
Kiel
Wannowski
Posen
Danzig
11Th Artillery
36Th Artillery
East Prussia
Trafic
Cyelist
Winowski
Heider
Tiergarten
Alexander Platz
Scotland Yard
Whitechapel
Garrison
Admiralty
Hamburg
Messrs
Frankenthal
Jacobsohn
Heinrich
Chrust
Germany
Hawkshaw
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Claude Arnold
Misa Jessie
Main Street
Sires and Sons
Charles B. Hanford
Marie Dromah
Sporting Notes
College and School
Hope Daring
Tess
Los Olives
Paradise
San Gabriel Valleys
Wannowsk
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