Rowing rescue seals romance at Beverly shore
In a Beverly summer tale, Mrs Charnock and Bertha pursue Miss Ewing, the new secretary, as Ralph Adams grows close. After a perilous harbor row in a gusty bay, Adams declares love, asking Anna to become his wife, and she, shyly, accepts.
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Mrs. Charnock
Swampscott
Mrs. Brooks
Bertha
Ralph
Tom
Louise
Miss Ewing
Sin
Boston
Beverly
Anna
Lou
Mr. Adams
Bertha Capp
Adams
Candid Lines From Papers On Domestic Life And Theatre
The excerpts present satirical quips on married life kitchen roles and Sunday fighting bans from Chicago Times-Herald Brooklyn Life and Detroit Journal. A social tone notes changes in women’s independence and public amusements, with brief stage room dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times-Herald
Early Spring Fashion Trends From Paris Letter
A Paris letter notes drooping hats, long shoulder gowns with extended yokes, and long trimmed collars. Tucks dominate upcoming spring and summer, with furor for gold uncertain. Cravats appear on new cloth gowns and cashmeres gain popularity in pastel shades seen in Nice and Monte Carlo. Mixed cloths are fashionable, slender figures suit toleros with basque backs and triple blue pieces.
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Nice
Monte Carlo
Paris
Ladies’ Home Journal
A Woman's Way Poem by S. BE. Kiser
A reflective verse celebrates a woman's love for a man who shares laughs and endures burdens. It praises the maid who stirs temptation, the child who brings care, and the man who evokes sorrow, noting a woman's true and deep affection. The poem honors the balance of humor, care, and endurance in relationships.
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S. BE. Kiser
English style bed coverings trend for American homes
The New York Tribune notes housewives adopt thin muslin or cheese cloth to cover the end of the bed near the sleeper s face. A pretty French chintz spread in room colors with white cotton fringe can decorate beds. A separate throw for pillows is suggested and fringe on iron beds should be slashed to fit the footboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York ‘Tribune
New Season Promises Satin Ribbons and Lace Gowns
The coming season showcases liberal satin ribbon use and new sealing wax in glass tubes for heavy lace theater waists. Princess gowns appeal to figure shapes, with fit crucial for the gown’s beauty.
Twelve Year Old Seeks Nun Life in Brooklyn Appeal
Twelve year old Mary Deighton of Brooklyn applies to Magistrate Brenner for commitment to a Catholic institution to become a nun. She says she has no parents, no doll, and has contemplated death, seeking care, love, and a chance to study hard without fear or want.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Mary Deighton
Brenner
Paris Green
Peope
Catholic Protectory
Uses of Hot Water In Medical Relief
Hot water offers many medical benefits and is easily obtained. It can relieve lung congestion, throat pain, rheumatism, and headaches with neck and foot warming. It aids toothache, croup relief in children, helps constipation, soothes stomach and bowels, aids indigestion, and can stop dangerous bleeding.
Salad Dressings and Nutritious Lunch Tips
Almost any cool vegetable can form a tasty salad with attractively arranged ingredients. A common oil to vinegar ratio is six to one using olive oil and Tarragon vinegar, with salt pepper herbs onion juice and garlic to taste. A dash of sherry pleases some palates.
Reflections of a Bachelor
A satirical reflection on marriage and gender roles notes that a woman’s conduct often aims to test affection, that marriage shows a man’s knowledge, and that relatives quarrel over a baby’s name and looks, typically leading to another birth. The piece cites the New York Press in a witty, period voice.
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New York Press
Tea Cakes and Nut Wafers From Simple Recipes
Simple nut wafers mix two eggs one cup sugar two tablespoons Hour one cup finely chopped Hickory nuts brown sugar bake ten minutes in a greased tin cut into squares for crisp wafers. Puff paste sheets cut into strips bake quickly, cool, spread with jam, top with frosting or powdered sugar.
The Happiest Heart Poem Excerpt
A verse from the St. Louis Republic extols the happiest heart as simple and childlike. It celebrates frank eyes, faithful love, endless gladness, and a life that sees beauty from dawn to sunset with undying dreams.
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St. Louis Republic
Quotation Fragments on Employment and Virtue
A compact collection of aphorisms on sorrow, delicacy, cruelty, contempt, and justice. Notable lines invoke employment as antidote, fragrance to fruit, and self-condemnation as future punishment. Several authors cited include Seneca Johnson Byron and others.
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Princelot
Senaca
Madam de Maintenon
Johnson
Pang
Byron
Pointed Paragraphs on Foolishness and Kindness
A series of aphoristic lines warning against deceit and imprudence. The author notes that fools can be fooled but oneself is resistant, and suggests clever manipulation yields to self awareness. The text contrasts minimal scruples with risk, and ends with a reflection that life comprises many small kindnesses rather than grand sacrifices.
Wreck of the Alonzo Childs ghost tale told at 4 o clock
A veteran pilot recounts seeing a spectral steamer near Bayou Sara once at 4 o clock and later witnessing the ghostly vessel three times more. The tale blends memory of the Alonzo Childs with a haunted river crossing as a White Star Line steamer approaches in fog.
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Kinney
Bayou Sara
San Francisco
Natalie
Bixby
Keiney
the Strang
Kidney Pills touted by local resident in Benton Street ad
Mrs. Margaret Nixon of 120 Benton St. testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved years of backache and kidney weakness after two boxes bought at Henry J. Huder's drug store. She notes family use also produced good results. For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents.
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Margaret Nixon
Benton St
Dean
New York
Spain
Honolulu
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Peanut plants as indoor ornamental curiosities
A Washington Star florist notes that a peanut plant grown in a six to eight inch pot indoors makes a beautiful, compact foliage plant. Kept warm and moderately moist, a planted peanut kernel germinates quickly, with leaves that close at night or when rain arrives, highlighting the peanut’s potential as parlor decor.
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Prsons
Washington Star
Alonzo Childs Pilot Identity in Inferno on River Steamer
In a Buffalo Enquirer account the stranger at the wheel, Alonzo Childs,Pilot, is revealed as the cause of a catastrophic blaze on the steamer Baton Rouge. Amid flames and terror, the narrator and Kinney confront the doomed vessel as the pilot proclaims guilt and self immolation.
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Alonzo Child
Alonzo Childs
Pilot House
Kinney
Baton Rouge
Bixby
Elton
Buffalo Enquirer
The Shoulder Chou Fashion Detail
The chou or cabbage rosette of satin ribbons decorates the bodice shoulder. It appears in fresh directions with two ribbon ends ending in gilt spikes. A slim figure carries it well while a fuller figure risks distortion from the velvet louce. It can be worn on or near the shoulder.
Two Sisters in a Poem Quotation from Ainslee’s Magazine
Poem excerpt quotes two sisters with contrasting lives and fates. One sister is carefree and affectionate, while the other remains chaste and restrained. The lines suggest themes of sleep and death as abstract metaphors.
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Arthur Stringer
Ainslee
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Victoria
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Isle of Wight
Royal Yacht
Solent
Cowes
Portsmouth
Mann
Grabalisk
Detroit Journal
Eloise
Aska
Vicksburg
Indianapolis
Bright
Henry J. Huder
Dr. Williams
Frank A. Swietty
Brinkerhoy Avenue
Utica
Union Painless
Monument
Bryant & Stratton
Monument Place
Vonnegut’s
Vonnegut Hardware
EL Washington
Orient
W. D. Allison & CO
E. South At
H. C. Krentler & Co
Ohio Street
F. Btone
M-D
West
Ours
Central Trust Company
E. Market St
Kyle
Central Printing Company
E. Court St. LO Bowws En-Merrilis
W. Washington St
Mechanical Department
W. Pearl St
N. Linois St
W. Market St
Freaney Bros
E. R. Dreithaler
Panta
Delaware St
Lilly & Stalnaker
Washington St
Moses Optical CO
Pennsylvania
St. Sindianapolis
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