Desert to City: Travelogue Through Arizona to San Francisco
A vivid 1910 journey describes the Gadsden Purchase frontier, Apache conflicts, and desert hardship across rail routes to Yuma and Los Angeles. The writer notes Yuma heat, dry spells, and a prize for moisture, then chronicles San Francisco’s post earthquake recovery and Chinatown’s renewal before departing for Honolulu on October 25, 1910.
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Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Colorado
Yuma
Jam
Salton Sea
San Bernardino
California
Pacific Southwest
San Francisco
Golden Gate of the Pacific
Pocket Stamp Case Idea For Christmas Gifts
A simple two piece pocket stamp case folded from silk remnants fits in a waistcoat pocket. The upper portion holds stamps and is slightly smaller than the lower part. Cardboard backs stiffen each piece, a visiting card sized for the back works. A small Arrow ribbon loop allows pulling the stamp from the lower section.
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Aoman
A Lawyer's Bag for a Christmas Gift
A fragment notes a joke about buying for men and praises a lawyer's bag crafted from dark beetle green Kersey. The speaker mentions a devoted woman and suggests she might change her view if she sought practical gifts like a lawyer's bag.
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Bob
Jack
Tom
Sritie
Crafting a Pocket Sift and Decorative Matches Card
Instructions describe making a mohair trimmed sift with a generous width, two strings, and flat lapping stitching for easy operation. It also covers a matching card idea a pipe holder with gilded edge, decorative bow, and two-hole ribbon threading for a styled light accessory.
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Clooth
Church Decorating Fresco Painting in Palmyra
Local notices report Palmyra Pennsylvania undergoing church decoration projects including fresco painting and general house painting work. The scene references ongoing restoration activity at a community church with contractor involvement and scheduled work windows.
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Honolulu
J. Mi. Shiner Vm
John B. Curry
Swatara
P. Vanderlag
Hershey
S. Third Street
Harrisburg, PA
Hershey Field
Brandt Bros
Palmyra, PA
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