Veil Tales and Jealousy in a Porchside Tale
Laura recalls a romance sparked by a Paris scarf gifted from her aunt as Nell listens on the porch. The veil vanishes then reappears with Allie Randall, prompting Jack to ask and uncover a tangle that nearly wrecked two families while testing their engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell
Laura
Europe
Pari
Jack Clay
Jack
Neil
Allie Rape
Miss Randall
Ashe
Usl
Answeerd
Allie Randall
Scott
Allie
Meg
Honoring Captain Cook the Pacific Navigator
The article credits Captain Cook as the first navigator to chart the Pacific Ocean’s practical routes while others had earlier discoveries. It notes his work disproved a west continent and details his naming of New South Wales and near New Zealand. A statue by Sir Thomas Brock will memorialize his services in London near Admiralty Arch.
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Cook
Pacific Ocean
Asia
Antarctic
Europe
New Zealand
New South Wales
Bia
Hingland
Sir Thomas Brock
London
Mal
Twist That Made the Rope A 19th century machine tale
In the rope making era a Boston rope-walk delivered 1,020 foot lengths. John Good devised machinery to twist rope as a single piece. He built a long rope to repair the Atlantic cable break in the sixties and restore transatlantic telegraphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Atlantic
John Good
Woman Invents Underbed Wardrobe System
A practical flat dwelling woman solves closet clutter by building an underbed wardrobe and an underbed hat box. The long flat boxs roll on four wooden wheels with brass handles, the hat box uses iron rollers, both mahogany stained to match furniture. The wardrobe holds full length dresses without crushing them and easily slides from beneath the bed when needed.
Soap Trade by Country in Colon 1910 Record
Consul Kellogg data show England leading in laundry and plain soaps imported to Colon, United States second, while the U S dominates medicated soaps and France the perfumed soaps. A miscellaneous anecdote describes a widow’s mourning and a beauty doctor noting dimples asfalse sorrow.
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Panama
England
United States
Colon
France
Hangland
James C. Kellogg
Abe
Tit for Tat in a Laundry Ledger Tale
A methodical man itemizes each laundry claim and the laundryman’s loss reveals a dispute over 16 cents. The tale shows careful accounting and a quarrel over unpaid costs for work already completed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. W. Wehrle & CO
Wehrle
Indiana House
Indiana County
Moore’s Range
Moore
Mrg. Rover
Moore Brothers Company
Joliet
North Sixth Street
Taylor & Son
Indiana, PA
The
W. S. Daugherty
Phila
Street
Indiana
Hinsbury Gasette
E. R. Lumsden
New Elk Bldg
Philadelphia Street
OUR
Josephine
Bank of Josephine
First National Bank
Black Lick
White Plymouth Rocks
Barred Plymouth Rocks
Geo. D. Leydic
Undertaker
L. Pattison Co
Phila. Street
Syracuse
St. Clair Rinn & CO
Water Street
Victor
David Ellis & Son
Buchheit Bros
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