Notice to Bathers Warns of Poisonous Fish Dangers
A historical notice describes several species of venomous fish with details on spikes, poison sacs, and habitats. It lists Batrachus gruniens, Scorpaena diabolus, Synancea brachio, Holocanthus impe rator, Morina meringa, Thalassophyne reticulata, and Scorpaena grandicornis with regions including Antilles, Indian Ocean, Pacific, Malay Archipelago, and Mediterranean.
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Antilles
Indian
Pacific
Malay Archipelago
Henry I
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Panama
Indian Ocean
The Braytons Star Crossed Golf Romance
Celia, resting by a mossy bank, overhears laughter from a golf course and soon meets Jack Leighton at the Braytons residence. After a playful deception about liking golf, she injures her ankle and discovers his true aversion to the sport, while their afternoons in a sunlit glen unfold a budding romance.
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Celia
I Love You Celia Golf Pact Ends in Kiss
In a tender scene, Jack confesses love to Celia and offers to quit the harmful habit he dislikes to prove his devotion. Celia forgives a past lie as they share a hopeful kiss, with Jack revealing years of searching for her and a promise to marry if she agrees.
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Elia
Celia
Braytons
Jack Leighton
Bob
Jack
Silken Coat With White Lace For Summer Wear
Silken coats built on modified lines for mull and maus lin summer gowns appear the season features. A black taffeta model with long back sweeping cutaway from the bust, edged in white lace, puffed sleeves with medallions, and batiste flounces. Matching hat in black and white uses white erin, broad white brim, chiffon crown, and a long black feather.
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Batiste
Erin
Home Recipes for Cakes and Muffins in Old Cookbook Style
A collection of vintage baking directions for muffins and cakes. Blueberry muffins with butter sugar egg milk and flour plus baking powder and berries. Citron cake with citron and spices. Chocolate cake with grated chocolate and egg yolk. Black fruit cake with wine brandy spices and dried fruit. Rye waffles with rye meal soda yeast and optional molasses. Angel food cake with egg whites cream of tartar sugar and vanilla. Instructions emphasize mixing beating folding and baking steps.
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Angel Food
Teddy as Hired Man in Oyster Bay Burlesque Verse
An Oyster Bay version features Teddy Roosevelt as a hired man in a haying scene. The president demonstrates work, discusses flowers and trees, and wonders about tennis with the laborer, who remains silent under the hay. The piece mocks efforts to extract money from the Salvation Army by poetry.
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Oyster Bay
More Maidens Than Matrons In Happy Days Theory
Zelma Travers argues that maidens enjoy more anticipation and carefree dreams of future happiness than matrons who carry many cares. She concedes motherhood is sweet but claims maiden happiness appears brighter though the two life paths differ in character.
Women teachers told to obey homestead law
Interior Department warns female educators that pursuing homestead claims in the West requires adherence to the homestead law and residence rules. The ruling followed a Minnesota case thought misread, sparking belief that teachers are exempt from standard regulations.
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Interior Department
West
Minnesota
Fragrance Fashionable and Perfume Trends
Fragrances dominate fashion as jessamine scents gain popularity. The piece advises women to create a personal perfume using arms root until satisfied, then maintain it regardless of changing trends. Young women, still exploring scents, undergo trials that leave them in a persistent perfume state.
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Jessamine
Public hazards of careless cigar lighting in crowds
The writer notes the risk to women in thin dresses from discarded matches and lighting cigars with matches in public. This seasonal concern highlights careless habits among men and suggests a need for greater caution to prevent accidents.
Beardless youth receives unusual barbering tale
A boss barber questions a journeyman about a beardless client. The journeyman describes a shaving routine using makeshift tools and scentless powders, claiming a seamless process with improvised gear. A stocky man declares he is next for the chair.
Conscription in England Sparks Public Horror
London reports Englishmen fear forced service under a new War Office bill by Richard Bur ton Haldane. The measure aims to enlarge the army while cutting costs, retaining a core regular force and creating a six month training contingent of Taco men who would be disbanded in peace.
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Richard Burton Haldane
Great Britain
Mr. Haldane
Unattached 35 Woman Quits Fight Over Tobacco Smell
A fragment suggests social judgment on unattached women reaching 35 who admit hating tobacco smell. The quip implies men mock weakness and women’s tears may go unatoned, reflecting era humor about gender norms.
Hints on Making Preserves Without Sugar and Cover
Advice notes that boiling fruit long without sugar or a cover yields economical preserves. It claims most scum comes from the fruit, not the sugar, and gives proportions of three quarters of a pound of sugar per pound of fruit for berries like currant or raspberries, with jam made this way.
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the Daily Story
Cynthia Grey
Mr. Leighton
Man Easy
Teddy
Boston
Salvation Army
Jesus
Pearce
WMS Pai News
Zelma Travers
Fragrance Fashionable
Weber Dreg Co
E.W. Stuchpy
England
John Bull
London
Haldane
Everett True
Everett
Scott
Paris
the Sun
The
Sus
Fane
Syodwurpur
N.penn
Old Reliable Union
Pennsylvania St
Lees Dees
C.aneshaensel & CO
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Montani’s
Java
Walter Baker
Royal Baking Powder
Rumford
D. Montani & CO
Fancy Groceries
N. Alabama St
Market HO
Pulle Puraticd
Indiana
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