Missing bonnet mystery ends in comic home reveal
Mrs Prindle travels home from Hutchinville after losing a velvet bonnet on a boat trip. A mistaken belief the bandbox was stolen drives worry until she discovers Bridget alone moved the ship box, which turns out to be her own lunch box. Jack retrieves the bonnet and they return to breakfast amid light humor.
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Hutchinville
Madame le Grande
Acess
Jack
Hiutkis
Tyrus
Lex
Ace
Priedica
Wildrind
Alealy
Anc
Asty
Tom
Mrs. Prindle
Jak
Ike
Bonnet
Madame le Grade’s
Mr. Zed
Prindle
Alout
Bridget
Phebe
Quaint and Curious Tidbits From a Bygone Era
A collage of odd facts and curiosities from history. Items include a windmill thanks to the Saracens, a New York mail route claimed to halve a 230 mile journey, and a boyhood stone throw at Rappahannock. Notes on Shakespeare, Washington, Washington, and the Mentz Bible illuminate cultural trivia.
Peculiarity of Clock Dials in New York Sun
A New York Sun report notes that most clocks use II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X for numerals, except the George Street Episcopal Church stone dial. Watchmakers say IV and VI resemble alive numbers at a glance, while others speculate left-handed viewers are affected. A yacht club story claims champagne bets on naming numerals. one man won with an old-fashioned watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Trinity
St. Paul's
George's Episcopal Church
East Sixteenth Street
IIT
IIL
American Yacht Club
New York Sun
Green oats green food for hens in small yards
Mrs Charles explains a simple green food method for poultry. Place 80 ounces of oats in a shallow box with sand, keep shaded. oats sprout in days and a root mass forms within a week for hens to feed on. Two or three boxes can sustain weekly greens, more valuable than dry feed.
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Charles
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Ohio
Toled
Sylvania
Erango
Kansas
Iowa
Maine
A Japanese Woman Education and Fashion Notes
A Jacobin magazine style excerpt details a Japanese woman's education in etiquette and language, and describes a valued hair-lace ornament. It then surveys fashion notes on eye-glass use with tight gowns, and reports on Sorrento Florida ladies organizing street cleaning as Ladies Field Days. Fashion items include parasols, hats, lace toques, cloaks, silks, jewelry, and decorative buttons.
Heaven and Earth in Two Lines of Glory by F W Faber
Religious reading discusses light and shade as symbols of divine presence and mortality. It reflects on death as life’s shade and urges rail workers' spiritual outreach, urging practical sympathy and prayers to aid those in toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
F. W. Faber
Charitable Duchess of Galliera and Christian duty
A December death of the Duchess of Galliera in Paris is noted for her vast wealth and benevolence, leaving millions in charity and a son who pursues academia. The article argues the Christian need for Christ and total possession by God, urging selfless use of wealth. It reflects on loss, Providence, and the anchor of hope in faith. It also cites Dr. Cuyler and themes of duty, sacrifice, and spiritual discipline.
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Galliera
Paris
Christ
Frederick
Jesus Christ
Hoe
Jesus
Summerfields McCheynn
Dudley Tyng
Jerusalem
Cuyler
Heavenly City
Heavenly Sanctuary
God
Whitechapel Victim Tale Sparks Temperance Debate
In a Presbyterian address John MacNeill recounted a letter from a woman warning about fermented wine at communion. The tale traced an inherited drink craving ending in ruin for a sister, her family, and a doomed marriage, likening it to Annie Chapman. A London paper noted the sister’s chilling confession amid a temperance discussion.
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Whitechapel
the Presbyterian
John MacNeill
Tabernacle
Tota
Somme
Ladd
Annie Chapman
London Pell Mall
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Lesa
Jonder
Andre
F. Langridge
Frank Leslie
Omary BG. Freight
Pado
Orraher
Ridget
Tere
Naila
Shakespeare
Washington
Rappahannock
Boston
Heidelberg
Durham
HW. C
Wyatt
Ilenry L. Wyatt
New York
Aus'sian
Transylvania
Manlicher
Lews
George Rust
Wheeling
W. Va
Transvaal
Africa
England
Hong Kong
Gutenburg & Faust
Mentz
Europe
Numan Tair
Detroit Free Presa
Sorrento
Fla
China
Temperance
Cachon
M. Folsom
dWanta
Nam
Ana
CT ‘Vv
BU Bulletin
Chicago
Canon Wilberforce
Tory Messines
Peter Gto
George Lane
Ratedoe
Smart
Chivemen
Imperial Chives Dramatic Company of
San Francisco
Hege
Mothus
Dobbins
Bed
Oregon
Imigrat'n Board
Portland
P. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Dioppa
Weronne
Hood
Bneath
ATLAS
ONZI
Ferpa
Altro
Yastampana
Gogge
Frazer Carase Ees
TYLER
Preate
Piro
Ing
Amrica
Om Maaevs
de Ener
Gale
Susdredsef
Duncans
Sai Sean AlTet
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