Hats and bathing suits for Midsummer wear
A Bathing season preview describes diverse bathing suits in wool, silk, and cotton with knee-length knickers and tunics. It highlights wide-brim hats of georgette and organdie, soft flowers, pastel colors, and decorative braids. Millinery blends feathers and ribbons for sunlit warmth.
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Georgette
Culinary miscellany from a vintage kitchen column
A collage of old time recipes and food lore including Crumbs Cream Soup Flemish Soup fruit rolls prune soufflé and Hungarian goulash. Also notes on self conquest and a goulash serving idea with veal and spaghetti plus a honey caraway loaf cake and assorted kitchen wisdom.
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Exra
Medieval Tea Gown Style With Chiffon and Velvet
A current favorite gown style features a front and back panel loosely tied at the sides with ribbon knots, the hem lower than the knot, and long pointed flowing sleeves. Chiffon brocaded with velvet yields a stunning medieval tea gown look.
Were Mae weed Indian's Cradle
The papoose cradle or Pu-bi-chi is found in each Plute dwelling and is the Indian mother's masterpiece. Cradle and carriage unite as a bound and shawl‑bound box where the youthful felon rests content. A comparison from the Boston Transcript notes an allowance like a bicycle, a man can place his wife on it but cannot force her to stay.
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Boston Transcript
Charley Smith
Chicago
May
London
Gower Street
Bloomsbury
Eddie Guerin
Sabine Jackson
Emily Skinner
Guerin
Lady Astor and the most romantic criminal episode
New York report traces Lady Astor as savior figure to Eddie Guerin and Charley Smith, notorious criminals linked to Chicago May. From Paris to Devil’s Island to London, Guerin’s storied life includes bank robberies, arrests, escapes, and shifting loyalties with May, McManus, and Miller.
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Charley” Smith
Eddie Guerin
England
Guerin
Devil's Island
New York
Lady Astor
Continents
Nancy
Charley Smith
Nobody
Underworld
London
Paris
Chicago
Paddy
Galesburg
Eddie
Thomas Treharn
Allegheny
Yas
Eddie Guerir
May
Churchill
Inter
Credit Lyonnais
Opera House
American Express Company
Kid McManus
Gus Miller
Chicago May
Dutch Gus
L Ute
South America
French Guiana
Pat Sheedy
Bust of Grant Unveiled at New York Hall of Fame
The Grant bust by Henry M. Shrady, unveiled by Marshal Joffre on April 27, marks the centennial birth anniversary in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University. The ceremony also featured Col A S Grant III, and Prince Michel Cantacuzene, with the sculptor's death shortly after completion. A separate passage recalls a 1907 Oxford Street incident and a long, complex account of legal outcomes involving Guerin, Smith, and Lady Astor, ending with a Virginia-born convict's pardon influence. A Nebraskan fire incident reports finger-nail friction igniting gas fumes, causing a $5,500 loss.
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U. S. Grant
New York University
Marshal Joffre
Col
A. S. Grant HI
General Grant
Prince Michel Cantacuzene
Adson
Tok
Henry M. Shrady
Grant
Washington
Confessed Bakery Fire Set for Insurance Gain in Ohio
H Fiedler, a 60 year old Plain City resident, surrendered to police confessing he set fire to his bakery in December 1908 to collect $700 insurance on a $1,500 loss. He claimed conscience and religion spurred the act to get right with God, stating money need prompted the crime. Officials from the state fire marshal’s office took him into custody. In Madison county, Ohio, the case dated 15 years prior. Also, a separate note from Juneau, Wisconsin reports cabinet maker Albert Loesch finishing a library table with nearly 700 wood pieces, rejecting a $400 offer.
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Columbus
H. Fiedler
Plain City
Madison County
Fiedler
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Juneau
Wis
Albert Loesch
Reeseville
In Debt. Wife and Husband Jest Over Debt and Dressmaker
A witty exchange plays on marriage duties and expenditures with a wife praising her husband for owing a great fee to her, while the husband jokes he owes more to her dressmaker. The quip reflects social humor about domestic finances and fashion costs.
Edgeworth sample offer from Larus and Brother Co
A vintage advertisement invites readers to try a pipeful or two of Edgeworth direct from the factory. It promises free samples, urges letters from interested tasters, and provides the Richmond Virginia address for requests. It notes loyal customers write in about long-term use and requests retail merchants to request prepaid Edgeworth shipments if inventory is unavailable.
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Edgeworth
Larus & Brother Co
South 21St Street
Richmond
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Company
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