Exiled Lovers Move to Quiet Boarding House
Barnabas Buffington and Miss Patty Chickson, once tenants of a grand home, clash over eccentricities and finances. Buffington, seeking a simpler life after a China return, takes a modest boarding house with a cat, prompting Chickson to investigate. The two meet again when Buffington becomes the new boarder, sparking renewed tension and unexpected recognition.
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Mr. Buffington
Patty Chickson
Daily Paper
Barnabas
Barnabas Burlington
Missis
Barnabas Buffington
Buffington
Betsey
Miss Chickson
Buffingtons Choose to Marry and Forgive Past Faults
In a dialogue between Miss Patty Chickson and Barnabas Buffington the couple reconcile after vows to start anew. They discuss forgiveness and a fresh life together, declaring they will wed despite age and potential ridicule, now seated beside the hearth with their gray cat as harmony returns.
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Iss Chickson
Mr. Buffington
Miss Chickson
Mer
Barnabas Buffington
Patty Chickson
Cleveland Plain
The Girl I Left Behind Me
A humorous verse recalls an old memory of meeting a girl when the speaker was three and her older by years. As time passed they both aged, revealing a playful twist on growing older together and the refrain that he has “left that girl behind.”
Witty quips and small town mockery in late items
Readers encounter snappy one liners on a sharp tongued stenographer and a mocking widow among quick jests from multiple papers. A parodied tar and feathering tale adds dark humor as neighbors confront parsimony and petty schemes.
Short fashions forecast for autumn fabrics and hats
Cashmere will be in high favor in autumn with laces like Cluny quimpe Irish point and Renaissance. Silk canvas will be fashionable and stamped velvet trims edge designs. Hats of drawn silk return, perforated velvet and cloth feature in trims and full garments. Ostrich feathers and velvet dominate fall millinery plans.
White Veils Popular Fashion Note
The piece explains morning veils may be grenadine mesh silk or plain tulle in any color while afternoon veils favor white. White lace tulle or dotted chantilly net are preferred, sometimes worn with a darker veil beneath. It warns double veils strain the eyes, yet fashion endures with eye-glasses peeking from behind a veil.
Horseradish Sauce for Cold Meats and Farm Accidents
A simple horseradish sauce blends grated horseradish vinegar salt pepper and cream for cold meats. The recipe uses three tablespoons horseradish one tablespoon vinegar one quarter teaspoon salt and optional cayenne or paprika. Whip cream to stiff peaks and fold before serving. Also notes frequent farm accidents and cites Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as an analgesic remedy.
Woman dies after wax doll prank in Englewood
Mrs. Lillian Eby wife of John A. Eby of Englewood Chicago dies at 22 after a joke involving a wax doll with a cloth over its face. She collapsed when shown the doll to a neighbor and later died three days later amid fear of being pursued by the wax face.
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Lillian Eby
John A. Eby
Englewood
Chicago
Ferry
Japanese Customs and Homes Noted in Quick Sketch
A concise survey describes Japanese practices from bathing and inn tipping to footwear removal and home construction. It notes city bath density in Tokyo, widespread private baths, and adoption trends leading to many nonrelated children in families.
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Lfe
Tokio
Japan
Pointed Paragraphs on Wisdom and Human Folly
A compact collection of satirical maxims contrasts youth and old age wellbeing with cheerfulness and wisdom. It mocks flirtations among maids of honor and moral credit for keeping promises, hinting at quirky, playful observations on human behavior and ghosts.
Net Waist Girl Divides Critics Over Dress Fashions
The piece contrasts the net waist girl with the shirt waist man, noting the former gains serious attention from both critics and public. It predicts the net waist trend may eclipse the shirt waist by summer's end as the net waist girl is defined by a sheer yoke or guimpe.
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St. Louis Republic
Silk Hose In The Air Fashion Trend Takes Hold
A social note describes women adopting silk stockings this season with open-work designs and embroidery. Trendsetting shoppers compare hosiery to a rainbow, predicting menswear may feature embroidered silk hose with monograms next Christmas, despite humorous male preferences.
Vanderbilt Heiress Born at Biltmore Palace
Mrs. G. W. Vanderbilt is mother of a newborn heiress dubbed the $30,000,000 baby born at the Vanderbilt mountain palace in Biltmore North Carolina. The infant’s mother Edith Dresser married in Paris in 1898, drawing broad notice in America.
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G. W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Mountain Palace
Biltmore
N. C
Edith Dresser
Paris
America
Over the Ways and the Morning Light in Verse
A poem excerpt from the Atlanta Constitution reflecting on burdens and hope. It recalls the refrain over the ways of the world and a wreath of rue, contrasting sorrow with morning light and duty. The verse underscores endurance amid fear as bells ring and roses bloom.
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Atlanta Constitution
Detroit Return Fare Listed at 7.60
The notice details a 7.60 Detroit and return fare offered by Vic G H D Ry with tickets noting an Aurora date of 25.10 and a final return by September 4. It mentions details and timing for wash or related service.
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Detroit
Vic G. H
D. Ry
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