Edith M Thomas recovering from severe illness
News from New York reports that Edith M. Thomas the poetess and noted American woman is convalescing after a serious illness. A native of Ohio she has lived in New York 13 years and built a reputation through studies of myth fable and nature influencing her poetry. She met Thomas Hardy in England and planned a visit with the Hardys this summer. She also commented on Kipling noting his unbecoming manners around ladies.
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Edith M. Thomas
America
New York
Miss Thomas
Ohio
New York City
Shakespere
Byron
Heine
Europe
Italy
Holland
England
Thomas Hardy
London
Kipling
Don’t Look for Flaws in Hire and Life’s Course
Illa Wheeler Wilcox’s Progressive Age verse advises patience with flaws in others and in fate. It urges searching for virtue, accepting misfortune, and shaping effort to fit a larger divine plan rather than fighting the infinite. The poem likens resilience to water molding a vessel.
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Illa Wheeler Wilcox
The Test of Love by Sol R HoR Hel l E E Bone
Barbara Merriden and George Caxton share a deep bond formed through school days and river memories. As George declares his love, Barbara visits the Columbia River seeking joy but finds the moment tempered by sorrow and a sense that nature’s song outshines her own happiness. The mystic hour by the river reveals a conflict between expectation and inner weariness.
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Love
Barbara Merriden
George Caxton
George, Caxton
Barbara Merrigen
George
Barbara
Enchanted Woods Change Barbara’s Vows and Fates
Barbara meets Cecil Underwood in the pine woods while her promised lover George Caxton remains distant. A spell of beauty and danger surrounds their meetings as Cecil asks for marriage, while Barbara battles longing and fidelity. The river journey ends in a sudden crisis amid wild rapids.
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Barbara
George Caxton
Cecil Underwood
Cecil
Courageous Barbara Rescues Party on Bound River
Barbara shows brave resolve as she battles river rapids to guide a skiff. George Caxton arrives with aid, Cecil collapses, and Barbara spears the peril with steady tiller handling. She thanks Caxton, then offers assistance to Cecil as they move toward shore.
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Stith
Barbara
George Caxton
Gethsemane
George
Chicago Tribune
USES OF LEMONS FOR HEALTH AND HOME CARE
A compact list of lemon based remedies including stain removal from hands and nails, tooth wash with lemon water, lemon juice for headaches and bilious conditions, lemon peels as kindling, lemon juice in water as a liver tonic, glycerine lemon mix for fever parched lips, for manicure prep, and rust stain removal with lemon juice and salt.
Much-Travelled Woman Ruth Shaffner-Etnier
Ruth Shaffner-Etnier, noted American organizer, helped launch the club idea in Puerto Rico and served in global WCTU leadership. Her career spans Carlisle Indian School ties, world WCTU missions, Iceland with Miss Jessie Ackerman, and a China missionary period. After Puerto Rico’s storm, she chaired the relief committee.
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Ruth Shaffner-Etnier
Puerto Rico
Carlisle
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Iceland
Jessie Ackerman
China
The Eternal Feminine in Somaliland Greetings
Mrs. Alan Gardner’s expedition in Somaliland sparked a craze for a single looking-glass. A native woman, delighted by her reflection, spent days at the tent watching herself. Soon a line of Somali women gathered, each asking for a mirror, but only one communal glass was available and the woman with the mirror became the focal point of Se Somali society for weeks.
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Alan Gardner
Somaliland
Mrs. Gardner
Alog
Semaililand
A Butterfly Cushion Fashioned for Toilet Table
A slender linen cushion features a gold lining showing through sheer fabric with gold butterflies. Dainty lace and narrow ribbon bows embellish the piece, offered in round and square shapes. Embroidery varies from white filocelle to violet and forget me not motifs in satin stitch.
Little Elsie Tiltman Dies Saving Father Fire Tragedy
Seven year old Little Elsie Tiltman died after a coal oil explosion at their St. Louis home. Her father Philip Tiltman, 48, poured coal oil on the fire, the can exploded, his clothing caught, and Elsie’s garments were soaked. She followed him outside, tore at his clothes, and both were engulfed in flames. He wrapped her in a horse blanket but she died soon after.
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St. Louis
Philip Tiltman
Tiltman
Puff Pastry Apple Puffs With Pork Chop Slices
Puff paste rounds filled with cinnamon stewed apples baked to a light brown. Pork chops seasoned and crumbed, fried well done, then browned apple slices crisscrossed in pork fat are served alongside.
Useful Household Hints From A Practical Manual
Practical advice on care and cleaning including choosing unbleached canton flannel for dish cloths and keeping lamps two thirds full. It covers drying clothes lines by boiling, reviving a dying fire with a touch of sugar, directing room draft away from the sweep, and a window washing method with tepid ammonia water and polishing with cloth or newspaper.
Fresh Paint Warning In A Romantic Quip
A short quip notes a cheek kissed with crimson and a pallid streak near the bloom. It frames the act as a warning to unwary readers by placarding danger with the label Fresh paint. The verse playfully brims with fragrance, blush, and a stolen kiss.
Short Fashions For Spring Emphasize Separate Waists
Separate waists dominate spring fashion while blouses recede. Palm leaves trend to rival polka dots for foulards India silks and challies. Black and silver emerge as a popular combination. New gowns feature transparent yokes with no visible shoulder seam.
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India
A Lady on Simple Sleeproom Decor and Comfort
A stylish woman urges simple immaculate sleeping rooms. Bed areas may use carpet or oiled floors with rugs beside beds. Walls should be modestly colored, windows curtained to blend with the house, avoid heavy drapery, and clutter. The room should be flooded with sunlight daily and well ventilated at night.
Uses for Tissue Paper in Homes and Travel
Tissue paper should be kept smooth and stored for future use in drawers. A few drops of eau de cologne on a soft tissue pad polishes mirrors glass and crystal and cleans silver and grease stains. It is invaluable for packing glass, ornaments, and fine china and useful in folding away clothes for travel.
Famous Pianiste Mrs Zeisler Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Chicago commemorates the twenty five year mark since the young pianist first performed with an orchestra for the Beethoven Society. Her career spans Europe and America with mentors like Leschetizky Paderewski and Essipoff shaping her path. Her Chicago home displays portraits and wreaths from major stages and a laurel honoring Berlin debut.
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Anny Bloomfeld-Zeisler
Chicago
Piianiste
Beethoven Society
Carl Welfsohn
Zeisler
Madame Essipoff
Yong
Leschetky
Vienna
Germany
Paderewski
Haydn
Essipoff
Leschetizky
Joseph Svinski
Edward Schuett
Helen Hopekirk
Europe
Rubinstein
de Pachmann
Rosenthal
Eugene d’Albert
Local Neighbor Testimony Praises Kidneoids Cure
Mrs. H. J. Prathro of 249 Indiana Ave. testifies she recovered from back pain after an accident using Kid-neoids. She says the treatment cured her pain and restored health. The product is Yellow Tablets sold for fifty cents per box, by Sloan Drug Co. and John Morrow & Co. of Springfield Ohio.
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J. Prathro
Indiana Ave
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