The Lady of Lynn Seafaring Hearts and a Courtship Conspiracy
In Lynn's spa town a tangled romance erupts as Mary Miller's guardian Captain Crowle backs Lord Fylingdale’s bid for marriage. Molly rejects the villa lord's advances after a staged wedding and a dramatic revelation by the vicar. The tale unfolds with disguises, abductions, and a courtroom of gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Miller
Lynn
Capt. Crowle
John V Pentecrosse
Molly
Samuel Sample
Capt
Crowle
London
Lord Pylingdale
Lord Fylingaale
Anastasia
Harry Malyns
Gol
Lanyon
Om Rising
Lord Fylingdale
Rising
Earl
Fylingdale
At Your Peril in a Tangle of Wedding Scandals
In a crowded assembly, revelations unfold about Lady Anastasia Langston and others tied to gaming houses, debt, and infidelity. The vicar reads letters accusing several nobles and courtiers of vice, while Captain Crowle pushes for a wedding claim as Lord Fylingdale defends his position amid denials.
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Molly
Lady Anastasia
Sir Harry
Benjamin Purden
Anastasia
Lord Furlingdale
Lord Fylingdale
Mony
Spa
Capt. Crowle
London
Pentecrosse
Cambridge
Tom Rising
Anastasia Langston
Middlesex
Bath
Mr. Purden
Warry Malyns
Colanyon
King’s Bench
Misa Molly
Purden
Mary Miller
Miss Molly
Harry
Decoy Provokes Public Insult At London Assembly
A woman refutes a decoy and vows to stay if the company disassociates from the insult, warning she may return to London to the Middlesex grand jury house. She departs with the elderly beau in calm, orderly fashion, knees trembling with age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
London
Middlesex
Fashion notes on hats brooches and gowns for the season
The outing season brings white duck hats with a small arabesque buffalo, floral brooches, and embroidered trims. Silk capes, lace, and lacy white hose accompany Empire gowns seen in Paris, with novelties in pendants and fichus pairing with various gowns.
Philosophy of Simon Frost in a Western Dialect
A frontier speaker offers plain truths on virtue, hypocrisy, and self reliance. He rejects empty charity, mocks pretenders, and argues that agreement comes from mutual concession. The essay's rough wisdom cautions that sympathy without action harms the hungry.
How to bright en a dining room with old woodwork
In an old house with plain oak if the woodwork is varnished or imitation oak a cheap sideboard will clash. Use green-stained oak for table and chairs and burlap walls only 20 cents a roll cartridge paper. Add blue and white Delft pieces and a few brass accents to create an artistic dining room.
Lamb Salad with Gelatine Jelly Cutlets
Cut cold lamb into neat cutlets and arrange in a deep dish. Dissolve gelatine in stock with tarragon vinegar pepper and salt, boil briefly, strain over the lamb and chill. When firm cut the cutlets from the dish with jelly adherent, surround a high salad on a plate, scatter chopped jelly over the salad, and garnish with sliced tomatoes.
Health for 10 Cents Candy Cathartic Ad
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic promising lively liver pure blood clean skin bright eyes and perfect health. Sold by all druggists priced at 10 25 and 50 cents.
Pretty Things for Trim and Dress in Seasonal Fashions
The piece outlines trimming ideas for boleros with ribbon or gold braid edges and contrasting waistbands. It notes gold effects on white for day or evening wear, gilt ceintures, and a gold tissue band with white mouslin or ostrich plumes. Practical neck bands, black silk hosiery with jet paillettes, and sailor hat trims are described, plus a bridesmaid Empire gown of cream point d esprit with lace, fichu, and net sleeves.
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Paris
Bread Crust Used To Absorb Odors In Boiled Greens
A crust of dry bread added to the water in which greens are boiled is said to absorb any strong flavor or odor that may be objectionable.
Enterprising Kansas City newsman cured by Pink Pills for Pale People
Jack Williams of 401 Delaware street, a trusted Kansas City journalist, endorses Dr Williams Pink Pills after a kidney trouble cure. He reports back pain and disability vanished within a week and complete recovery within weeks, with sworn statement witness by notary Lionel Moise. Pills claimed to affect blood and nerves and treat multiple ailments. Sold by dealers or mailed from Schenectady, 350 cents a box, six for $2.50.
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Jack Williams
Delaware Street
Kansas City
Journal
Dr. Williams
Williams
Lionel Moise
Miss Gowdy Draws Paris Attention For Defense Of American Girls
Miss Ethel Gowdy the Indianapolis girl and daughter of Col. Jack Gowdy United States consul general in Paris attracts notice for defending American girls against a lecture by Edouard Beaute who claimed they were too pushy and lacked womanliness. Paris intellectuals also look to her to found a literary and artistic salon when Mme Adamce’s salon ends.
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Ethel Gowdy
Col. “Jack'’ Gowdy
United States
Paris
M. Edouard Beaute
Miss Gowdy
Mme. Adam
Summer Cookery For Meat Free Meals And Light Dishes
The article outlines vegetarian summer cooking with meat kept as a backstop. It advises lighter meals, fruit for breakfast, and meatless lunch ideas like rice scallop with white sauce, corn pudding with milk and eggs, cheese and egg dishes, and egg based sauces served over toast or with bread crumb topping. It includes recipes and tips for sauces, baking, and garnishes.
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Sumemr
Bread and Butter Crisp Rolls
Step by step on making a bread and butter crisp using a square loaf. Trim crusts, slice thin, spread with butter, roll tight, secure with a wooden pick, bake quickly until light brown. A light cheese sprinkle may be added before rolling.
Comic Exchanges From Diverse Uproarious Quotes
A mash of quick wits and family banter from multiple papers. A deacon jokes about subtracting sermon sound with a pulpit board. A fond mother and bachelor brother-in-law share child and watch humor. A boy and father debate sport versus pastime with a money angle.
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John
Fish Breakfasts From Small Portions and Simple Frying
A Harper's Bazar note on preparing fish for breakfast in small quantities. Suggests creamed fish or simple souffle, with small pan fish like brook trout or flounder. Describes flounder rolled into turbans with toothpicks, fried, served with watercress and lemon, plus cucumber and tomato salads as accompaniments.
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Harper’s Bazar
The Useful Pea Pod Soup and Fuel
A kitchen tip describes using pea pods to make a simple soup by boiling, sieving, and reboiling with onion, lettuce, and peas. It notes stock or butter and flour as options and adds a thrifty use as fuel by burning dried pods to create a pea coal bed for morning broiling.
Quick Lunch Dish From Fast Potatoes
A speedy method for stewed new potatoes uses peeled sliced pieces fried briefly in fat then simmered in milk. Stir in a small amount of flour in cold milk to thicken. Cook under fifteen minutes, with seasonings, and serve.
The Watch Among Neckwear Mummies In a Collar Chain
The article notes women once wore watches under the stock collar with a weighted gold chain. A small enameled mummy balances the watch to keep it from hanging too low. Mummies vary in size from large to tiny and are described as curious and interesting.
Sky Blue Dimity Afternoon Gown With Drop Skirt
A sky blue dimity gown intended for an afternoon dress features small black pinpoints on a sky blue lawn base. The skirt forms five gores with a side plaited lace-bordered ruffle, a dimity drop skirt over the lawn, shallow box plaits, and front side tuck clusters. The back also shows numerous waistline tucks. The chemisette is soft white mull.
Frying Fish with Reusable Oils and Coatings
Recipes advise using frying oil efficiently for catfish and other fish. Do not waste oil, keep the crock clean, and reuse with care. For crisp coatings roll fish in dry meal, season well, and optionally dip in beaten egg. Use hot fat and trim fish neatly for best results.
Philosophy of Simon Frost
Men and cattle think the best pasture lies in the next field. Do as much as you can. Words hurt more than knives and salt. A man assumes others’ work is easier. Break off dead leaves to grow. People delay tasks. time comes for everyone to depart. Genius equals knowing how to work hard and doing it.
Raspberry Vinegar From Home Ingredients
A simple home method uses four pounds of raspberries with half a pint of vinegar in an earthen jar set in sun for two hours then cooled and repeated in sun for an additional hour. Drain juice, measure, add one pound sugar per pint, boil briefly, bottle, cork tightly, and dilute with water to strength before serving.
Yellow Dining-room on Long Island Cottage
An Albany Times Union description of a white and yellow dining room in a Long Island cottage. Ivory white woodwork, seven inches of panelling, a daffodil brown and chestnut stenciled frieze, brown leather chairs, and yellow and white window hangings create an enchanting, sunlit effect with a screen view.
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Long Island
Wills
Albany Times-Union
Bread Fingers with Anchovy Topping
Prepare bread fingers then fry or toast them. Dust with parsley and chives. Top with washed anchovies one per finger, then season with pepper lemon juice and a splash of olive oil. Bake until hot and crisp.
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Tribune
Simon Frost
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North Meridian Street
Indianapoli
Deacon No
Scott
Baltimore
Jimmie
Chicago
Herahd
Keeley
Kesey
Plainfield, Ind
DR. Fenner
FPOR
Vonnegut’s
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Indianapolis Gas Co
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