Evening on the cobbles to the Country Club clash
Two women discuss fashion and a late invitation while a gray widow treks with garden plants to visit her dead husband. Betty Sommers, in mourning, faces a night with Billy Merrill, a divorced broker, who later learns Elizabeth Sommers rejects him and declares them only friends.
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H. G. Sallinger
Langdon Garden
Billy
Elsie
Jack
Temement
Betty Sommers
Mr. Merrill
Elizabeth Sommers
Home style puddings and a potato salad recipe collection
A compact guide presents several desserts and a salad. Recipes include Chocolate Pudding with steam time, Tapioca Pudding baked until tender, Queen of Puddings with jelly frosting, Date Custard with baked topping, and German Potato Salad with warm onions, potatoes, vinegar, oil, and parsley garnish.
Discolored brass cleaning tip from old guide
For discolored brasses apply a solution of salt and vinegar before polishing. This preps the surface and makes polishing much faster, according to the guidance.
Hiawatha Done by Real Indians at Chilocco
Indian students at Chilocco Indian Agricultural School presented Hiawatha outdoors on a lagoon stage near the school. Nearly 40 full blooded performers from 40 tribes acted with period costumes, wampum heirlooms, and authentic drumbeats. The all Indian cast included Sioux Cheyennes Chippewas Pimas Navajos Senecas Cherokees Kiowas and Pawnees among others and the production drew spectators from multiple tribes.
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Chilocco
Okla
L Longfellow
Hiawatha
United States
Hiawatha and Minnehaha on Tahquamenon River Scene
The narrative describes the mythic wedding feast of Hiawatha and Minnehaha, warrior songs, and the pipe of peace among Ojibway legends. It notes scenes from Longfellow and places them along the Tahquamenon River in Michigan’s upper peninsula, highlighting natural beauty and enduring wild charm.
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Gitchie Manito
Hiawatha
Mondamin
Longfellow
Tahquamenon River
Luce and
Chippewa Counties
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Tahquamenon
Kwasind
Tahquamenon Bay
Hera
Nokomis
Lake Superior
Simple Frock for Little Woman Appealing Summer Dress
A plain yet quaint frock for young girls under seven features Persian lawn fabric, a Dutch neck, short sleeves, and eyelet embroidery banding. The squared neck and front and back bands are edged with fine Valenciennes lace, offering comfortable style for hot weather.
University faculty reverse segregation policy
Chicago university separated women in freshmen and sophomore years due to anxiety over rising female applicants. Administrators now regret the move, claiming the male students lag without the inspiration and rivalry provided by the women, affecting their study effort and achievement.
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Chicago University
Queen of Siam in bloomers praised for heat friendly dress
A recent picture shows the Queen of Siam wearing bloomers with trousers furled above the ankle. The style is described as very becoming and suited to hot weather, and apart from the dress, she resembles women of the Latin race.
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Siam
Kansas Woman Shocks Wheat Fields for Family
Mrs. Hradley Lloyd of Highland Kansas, 28, wins a state job to shock wheat at 3.50 a day, joining 15 harvest hands heading to central Kansas. She cites love for her husband, a mortgage on their farm, and grit as reasons, saying she will work beside men to prevent losing their home. Her husband initially reluctant now proud and supportive.
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Speen
ST. Joseph
Hradley Lloyd
Kansas Wheat
Kansas
And did they give her a linen shower in jest
An early 20th century page's witty dialogue opens with a girl teasing about a linen “shower” and a sprinkler joke while a man clings to a Business Opportunities column, ignoring Male Help Wanted. A shipboard motif appears with steerage humor and lovers sparring. A witty quip about honest quarrels frames the piece as a memorial of patience and skill.
Ocean Grove Bans Chewing Gum sales in summer locale
The item notes Ocean Grove New Jersey prohibits selling chewing gum as summer resorters face a quoted social irony. It references marriage, Cupid, wealth, and Phoebe Cousins announcing she is through with woman’s suffrage, contrasting attitudes toward romance and rights.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
Verses and Vignettes from a Silent Screen Era
A collage of lines hints at a period piece with a hardworking, punctual housemaid, a bustling tower scene, and a literal clapper hack. It juxtaposes a moving picture reference Curfew and factory dance schemes with perilous sea imagery and a summer promo note.
Daily Fashion Hints From Paris Patterns Offer
The Sun advertises ten cent patterns from a leading pattern company. Each day a different pattern is described and delivered postpaid by sending the pattern number size and payment to The Sun Fashion Department.
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the Sun
Fashion Department of
Will Astor to marry countess in September
Special to The Sun notes the separation papers between the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland are signed and the pair are free. Gossip in high society says William Waldorf Astor will wed the countess in September after her divorce becomes final.
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Westmoreland
William Waldorf Astor
All England
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