The Lady of Lynn: A Duel at Lynn Harbor
In Lynn a jeweled heiress Molly Miller faces a forced marriage plot by Tom Rising aided by Lord Fylingdale. A staged duel between Tom and Fylingdale ends with Tom wounded and Molly spared from abduction. Fylingdale escorts Molly home while the town lauds her savior.
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Molly Miller
Lynn
Capt
Crowie
John Pentecrosse
Molly
Samuel Sample
Crowle
London
Lord Fylingdale
Anastasia
Harry Malyns
Col. Lanyon
Lom Rising
Rising
Earl
Tom
Flo
England
Swaffham
Yoba
Porch Life Rules for Enjoying a Shaded Open-Air Dining Space
The article describes turning a back porch into a dining area with privacy screens, inexpensive cotton Japanese rugs, and flexible floor coverings. It advises cleaning the piazza with a hose in dusty towns, using blue denim table covers, and placing a willow or spring cot with a mattress and portiere. It highlights adding pillows, flowers, and potted plants to create color and a refined outdoor living space.
Fashion Notes On Petticoats And Lace Trends
This season features petticoats as art pieces with lace insertions and satin ribbons. Pleated light blue taffeta paired with black satin ribbon and water-waved silks gain favor, while white spotted muslin under skirts with Valenciennes lace remains popular.
A Fair Graduate Poem in a Greek Mood
A mist and a flash of light announce a fair graduate as the focus of a lover's adoration. The speaker ponders her red lips, Grecian head, and roses, imagining them speaking and guiding his soul through a world of Greek. The piece blends romantic imagery with classical allusion.
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Atlanta Constitution
Ohio’s first woman customs collector serves Fairport
Mrs. A. J. Harris, newly appointed customs collector in Fairport, Ohio, was previously the incumbent’s assistant. She now also runs the Postal Telegraph Company, the telephone exchange, and works as a freight agent and writer. She makes daily three mile rounds to the Fairport elevator and has never missed a day in office, delivering service equal to her male predecessors.
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Fairport, CO
Ohio
A. J. Harris
Cleveland
Harris
Postal Telegraph Company
Telephone Exchange
Fairport
Uses for stale bread
Bread crumbs are dried and sieved for cooking use. Croutons from not too dry slices add texture to soups. A bread pudding is made by soaking crumbs in milk then baking with sugar butter eggs and flavorings for a cold dessert.
High Hung Genealogical Chart Causes Visitor Confusion
Excerpted quips from Chicago papers feature wit about pedigrees hung high for viewing in a library. Humorous exchanges touch on originality and everyday absurdities, including remarks about a stenographer using a hat-pin, and a joke about aging and marriage.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The Wrong Man and the Right
A passenger Agnes Chard aboard the Silver Star falls for Officer John Dennis amid a shipboard blaze. Mr Peplow-Greene, pursuing wealth, provokes alarms but Dennis heroically saves Agnes as the vessel nears Penzance. Agnes marries Dennis after rescue. both feel no regret.
Wisdom's Whisper Reflection on Humility and Charity
A Philadelphia Bulletin quote on doing distasteful work quickly, avoiding pretentious piety, and valuing true generosity. It cautions against ostentatious religious display and loud poverty declarations, noting the heavier burdens others bear and the world notices joys more than sorrows.
Feminine Fancies: Silk Blouse Trends and Lawn Ties
White glace silk blouse trimmed bolero style features turquoise and gold embroidery. This season shows more lawn ties than ever with chic white borders and equally chic colored borders.
Miss Ashby Tours Mills For Child Labor Reform
English socialist and labor organizer Miss Trena Ashby toured southern cotton mills as a representative of the American Federation of Labor. She organized committees to push legislation forbidding child labor under 14 after witnessing young children at work, including a girl of four.
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Trena Ashby
American Federation of Labor
Ond
South
Miss Ashby
Shea
Farewell Ragtime Songs Echo in Ragtime Farewell
A San Francisco Bulletin item notes a farewell to ragtime songs and performers. It laments the passing of classics like My Low siany Lou and My coal black lady while bidding adieu to ragtime tunes and the bands that played them.
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Siany Lou
Nevermore
Sam
Lowell Otis Heese
San Francisco Bulletin
Jennie in the Brook Bohemian verse fragment
A Bohemian poem fragment depicts a speaker admiring Jennie in a brook scene. The speaker praises her beauty and charm, noting her wit and allure as he longs to linger by her side.
Do It Yourself Sailor Collar Bolero For Plain Dresses
The piece suggests a self made bolero to finish simple outfits using materials like heavy linen or net and batiste. It highlights a sailor collar with extended fronts, white pique applique, and edge decorations, offering options from a full jacket to a bust line band, with varying necklines and top shaping.
Wash Suede Gloves To Save On Costume Costs
Wash suede gloves in lukewarm water with Castile soap until clean and soft. Rinse in cold water and wring between white cloths. Hang to dry slowly, then wear to finish drying for a neat, like-new look.
Wedding cake boxes suited to bride's orders
Wedding cake boxes vary by design with a taste for severe shapes and quality materials. Covers use white water color papers and monograms in relief with the couple's initials in white or metallics, while ribbons feature moire, taffeta, or satin.
New York girl Anna Dobbie wins Carnegie support for music study
Anna Dobbie, a New York singer with ambition and little money, sang for Mme. Nevada and earned praise. She wrote to Mr. Carnegie who took an interest and offered to fund two musical education programs, on the condition she not study abroad.
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Mme. Nevada
Carnegie
Anna
Philosophy of Simon Frost Reflections on marriage and misfortune
A reflective piece on love and trouble, noting that not only the pretty marry first. It observes how card players predict others actions and how a headstrong woman and boss complicate a man’s life. The author laments the oddity of newspapers placing marriages and death notices on the same page.
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Molly
Tom
Lord Fylingdale
Hua
Tom Rising
Jack
Paris
Chaise
Lord Fylingsdale
Lori Fylingdale
For June Brides Chiffon Wedding Gown Description
The gown features a deep yoke and front breadth of lace with a skirt that falls in accordion pleats. A pleated waist, broad lace belt, and a lace band at the hem define the silhouette. Sleeves show alternating lace and pleated chiffon with a deep lace cuff, finished by orange blossoms at the left waist.
Fruit Jelly Molds With Layered Fruit Technique
Instruction explains dipping fruit in melted gelatine and pressing to mould sides before pouring jelly. Fruit laid in mould, jelly added between layers, and fruit pressed as jelly sets. Keep reserve jelly warm and reapply fruit as layers set, while a nostalgic note mentions travel routes during Pan-American Ex position.
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Porch Life
Petticoats
Bobby
Puck
Silver Star
Azure Sea
English Channel
Agnes Chard
Agnes
John Dennis
Mr. Peplow-Greene
Greene
Dennis
John
Penzance
Wisdom
Philadelphia Bulletin
Jennie
Yennia Graydon
Star Store’s
Indianapolis
Imperial
Illinois
Halcyon
Madras
Nianos
Andrew Carnegie
Anna Dobbie
New York
Simon Frost
Buffalo
Akron
Pinkham
Kilmer
Sn Green
Pierce
Scott
Warner
Bell
Stuckmeyer
Pennsylvania and Erie
W. W. Richardson
D. A
Pennsylvania Line
Ind
The
Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company
Indiana
John H. Holliday
John. M. Spann
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