Rival river ferry war ends as Bowlby yields to railroad work
In a tale from the New York Evening Sun, Sire repairs a rickety boat named Wildwave to compete with Bowlby’s ferry service. The venture fails due to unreliability and costs, while Bowlby lowers fares and shifts to railroad work as the river trade declines.
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Bowlby
Sire
Wildware
Sire’s Ferry
Sie
Wildwave
Bowlbys
New York Evening Sun
Bowlby ferrymen and a changing river crossing tale
An old Connecticut ferry family the Bowlbys long served river crossings by rowboat. A new steam powered ferry arrives and challenges tradition while neighbors watch and adapt. A peddler Jacob Sire and a shopkeeper family explore cross river trade opportunities as the old way confronts modernization.
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Bowilbys
Connecticut
Bowlby
Bovisby
Smile and Shut Your Teeth Lad Poem by C F Lester
A post victory poem urging resilience after defeat. The speaker addresses a lad, praising clean effort and poise under pressure. It counsels smiling, enduring loss with dignity, and finishing life with composure as time heals.
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C. F. Lester
Cupid Shadow Over Time and Enthusiasms
Observations note Cupid as a small figure capable of casting a large shadow. They compare enthusiasms to stimulants and warn they are often destabilized by people of weak mental ballast. A perennial struggle exists between the idle man and Time, aiming to outlast or destroy each other.
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Cupid
Actress to perform once father recovers stage debut
A young actress plans to take the stage when her father recovers. Her initial appearances will occur once the timing allows, following prior social triumphs rather than professional milestones.
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Roland Reed
Philadelphia
Lengthening a skirt with accordion plaiting and trims
A Ladies' Home Journal fashion note by Emma M. Hooper describes widening a skirt using ten yards of accordion plaiting at the bottom. It outlines attaching mohair binding, possible lining, scalloped silk, black ribbons, or circular ruffles, and suggests matching bodice and accessories in black or colored silks.
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Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cincinnati woman lifts 500 pounds to prove strength
Mrs Sam Glass of Cincinnati moved a 500 pound wardrobe after betting six months rent that she could shift it without help. The landlord and carpenter failed to budge the piece. Glass, a 110 pound wife, succeeded. She had done this before, leaving all surprised.
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Sam Glass
Cincinnati
Glass
Ashe
Cookery Notes on Fish and Vegetables
Fish must go into a hot oven and be seared quickly. Potatoes and cucumber, celery or lettuce accompany fish. Economical frying uses minimal fat. Raw celery is an appetizer, cooked celery a vegetable. Do not waste water. For frying use whole egg or white, not yolk. Croquettes use yolk inside and white outside. A stuffed fish is sewn with the carpet stitch.
Save the Crumbs of Time
A brief exhortation urges steady daily study, even for half an hour, claiming consistent effort over years yields significant success.
Katy Did and the Whipping of Will in Dialect Verse
A Dunbar poem excerpt in dialect portrays a night fall scene on a lonesome hill. The speaker recalls Katy and a threatening whip, interwoven with fear and moral judgment, culminating in a plea to reveal what is hidden. The piece explores guilt, vision, and communal pressure in Southern life.
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Lonesome Hill
Short Fashions for New Year Evening Attire
White and gold dominate ceremonious evening dress for the new year. Crepe de chine remains favored by Madame Fashion for gowns. Floral garnitures feature chrysanthemums roses and orchids. White glace kid gloves or pale gloves match gowns for day receptions. Kimona designs appear in French flannels with fuller backs and graceful side folds in skirts.
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Madame Fashion
Noal
Witty Exchanges Highlight Morning Paper Snippets
A string of brief newspaper gags features shy romances and playful quips. A daughter’s singing prompts a father and artist exchanges about birds, while a magistrate confronts a swindler who suggests a cheeky workaround.
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Petroit Free Press
Teach the Children on Table Etiquette
Home Chat urges parents to train young children in proper table manners. Emphasize seating posture, no elbows on the table, wiping mouths, and waiting to drink until after eating. Instruct to break potatoes with a fork, bring utensils to the mouth, and avoid overloading the mouth with food.
Pocket rubber eraser blocks aid glove dirt and fabric stains
A Ladies' Home Journal note describes a small odorless rubber eraser block for women. It easily removes dirt from gloves and marks from paper as well as soiled spots on woolen or silk garments, and it can be carried in a pocket.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Sugar and Salt Measure Laundry Stakes, Amateurs Warned
An anecdotal note warns amateur laundresses that adding salt to starch can ruin shirt fronts and cause noticeable fabric collapse. Sugar and salt are described as barometers for proper laundry outcomes, highlighting common missteps and their effects.
Remarkable at home cure offer for female weakness
An advertisement by Dr. Mary Lock Co promotes a private home remedy for female weakness and related ailments. It asks women to send name and address to receive a three course treatment with no initial charge, payment only after cure, and no questions asked.
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United States
Mary. Lock
Notice of liquor license applications in Indianapolis wards
The subscriber informs voters of the Sixth ward Center township Marion county Indiana of an application to the county commissioners at the February term 191 for license to sell intoxicating vincus malt and spirituous liquors in less than five gallons with on premises drinking privilege. The business is at No 125 W Court St a two story brick building in ward Six. Also the Fifth ward Center township Marion county Indiana receives notice of an application at the February term 1901 to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in less than five gallons with on premises drinking privilege at No 1302 W Washington St a one story brick building in Blake V Rays subdivision. The notice adds intent to apply for pool table and restaurant privileges in the same room.
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Tenth Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Illinois Street
Hollenbeck and Bickinge
Indianapolis
Sixth Ward
State of Indiana
Gouth
Court St
W. Court St
Fifth Ward
Washington St
White River
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