Kept Her Vow and Fashion Changes in Riding Attire
Obituary notes Mrs. Heywood of Little Leigh aged eighty five who never rode a train in her life despite the opening of the North Western line. Also a survey of fashion from New Orleans to New Haven, contrasting navy blue attire with riding coats and trousers ruling the latest country fashion.
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New Orleans
Constance Hoyt
Washington
New York Press
Roda Hotas
George Eliot
George Sand
New Haven Register
Lady Shade laments unfair toil and neglect in past home
A Lady Shade recounts returning to her former home to find a housekeeper paid five dollars weekly with board, while her husband helped the worker and she had labored seventeen years with six children and never saw such support. The tale ends as her indignation carries her away to the next field in Atchison Globe.
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Shade
Earth
Atchison. Globe
Wedding Gift Innovation Abroad At London Smith Miller Event
An innovation in wedding gifts is unveiled abroad with promising potential for adoption at home. In London at the Smith-Miller wedding Lady Brown attends as a guest, signaling new customs entering social ceremonies.
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London
Lady Brown
Smith-Miller
Thoughtful Miss Vinton Tea Party Turmoil
A small boy at an informal afternoon tea wreaks playful chaos circling a table laden with silver and china. His mother stays calm while onlookers fear a lamp will topple as the child spins and giggles, prompting a relieved but puzzled call to the boy by a guest. Malcolm is called to change direction.
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Malcolm
Never Fail Sponge Cake and London Bride Gifts
A recipe for Never Fail Sponge Cake explains beating egg whites and yolks with sugar, lemon zest, and careful timing to preserve texture. The London fashion notes report bridal gifts from titled ladies, including a wristwatch, gold smoking-set, razors, a cigar cabinet, and a ponyskin motoring coat, as noted by the New York Press.
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Lord Smith
London
Countess Jackson
Lady Brown
Marchioness Jones
Lady Wright
New York Press
Kaiser Adlon Hotel Story and American Hotel Praise
Louis Adlon son of Hotel Adlon owner recalls Kaiser Wilhelm backed Berlin’s first modern hotel. He notes Kaiser opened the Adlon after support and that American hotels lead in life and bartending, except for table service. Adlon praises American hotels and mentions ambassador Hill’s temporary quarters in Berlin.
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Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
Louis Adlon
Adion
No. 1
Unter den Linden
Adlon
Kronprinzess
Cecilic
United States
Hill
New York Press
Trawgers Used by Horsewomen Limbo Scene Fragment
Fragmentary text notes a limbo of horsewomen and fashion imagery with references to a simpering maiden, a bang, hoop skirt and stage coach, plus a quill pen. The passage reads as a stylized, era-tinged musing rather than a complete report.
Tection Miss Vinton Afraid You’ll Make Yourself Giddy
A compact fragment from a Woman's Home Companion item notes Tection and Miss Vinton expressing concern that someone might become dizzy or unsteady. The line preserves period voice and suggests a light prescriptive whim in a domestic reading.
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Miss Vinton
Fashion notes on gowns parasols hats and styles
A fashion segment describes evolving trends in white gowns parasols and hats with lace and Psyche knots. It highlights marins blue and white yachting suits, Little Bo-Peep style sheperdess hats, rosebud embroidery, stylish shoes and stockings, and changes in sleeve shapes and yokes.
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Marins
Last Season Seal Catch Records a Tiny Total
The last season's seal catch is the smallest on record, totaling under 6000, roughly half of the prior year's yield.
The Ascension sermon at Simpson M. E. Church
In Brooklyn's Simpson Memorial Church the Rev Dr William J Thompson preached on The Ascension from Luke 24 51 arguing that Jesus ascended to empower the church. He contrasted Christ's crucifixion and resurrection with the necessity of his bodily departure to enable global mission and immortality through faith, urging ongoing ascension joy and praise.
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Brooklyn
Simpson M. EB
William J. Thompson
Thompson Sald
Jesus
God
Death
Jesus Christ
Napoleon Bonaparte
Baltic
Italy
Alps
Hannibal
France
Napoleon
Christ
Jerusalem
Christendom
George Washington
Oliver
Stephen
Martyr
Man
Paul
John
Satan
Elijah
Pope
Jeana
Mammon
Jericho
Adam
God the Father
Christ Jesus
Broken Things and the Divine Artist
A meditation on brokenness turning to blessing and fragrance. It contrasts broken flowers, sunlight, alabaster boxes, glass, music, and prayer with Christian teaching that a broken life may yield rich, hopeful outcomes under the Divine Artist. The text ends with a biblical note of comfort for the broken heart.
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Gort
Christ
Spring of Power in the Human Heart
A brief religious reflection attributed to David Living stressing that divine power flows from inward spiritual life. It asserts that God works mightily when individuals follow inner promptings, enabling them to accomplish great deeds for God.
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God
David
The Armenian Alphabet and a Krupp Gun Tale
A collage of notes on the Armenian alphabet used by young learners and a wood slab memorably shaped like a hair brush. It also cites a Krupp gun priced at 79 000 dollars with 95 firings, and a curious hardware shop incident where a gray clad visitor asks a clerk for “thleevises.”
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Ischiminating
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William d. Thompson
the Ascension
Indiana
Franklin Sansom
the Democrat’s Clubbing List
National Stockman and Farmer and Democrat
Commoner
Democrat
New York Daily World
New York Sunday World
World
Pittsburg Daily Post
Philadelphia Daily North American
Pittsburg Evening Sun
Pittsburg Evening Telegraph
Democrat World Almanac
Mail
the Democrat
Church Street
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
Broadway, New York
Mood Clark
Marshall Building
David Blair
BSG
Philadelphia
John N. Banks
Ofice In Banke Building
John H. Pierce
Omse
Cunningham Building
Scroot
Jown H. Hill
Offica
Parmer's Bank
Court Pleats
Harry W. Fer
Gow
J. Feit
Marareau
Regal
M. C. Watson
Deposit Bank Bullding
Rooms & Orente Perera
Tomb
Farmer's Bank
Cain
Abel
Jimmie
Barber's Weekly
The
Washington Herald
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