Homeless Mother Laura Bigelow’s Long Night in City Lodging
A city scene follows Mrs Laura Bigelow a homeless mother who for 16 years lives at a lodging house after making shirts for 80 cents a dozen. She buys a 15 cent brass check and sleeps on a hard cot each night while seeking a morning meal for 12 cents. Her tale recalls a prosperous past with a shoemaker husband and three children now gone leaving one remaining child and a patient, enduring spirit.
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Cate
Laura Bigelow
New England
Treasures From American Forests and Dr Pierce Remedies
An editorial style piece extols American forests as a source of medicinal roots and praises Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo New York products Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It cites cures for digestion liver heart and female disorders, notes free booklets by mail, and highlights alcohol free glyceric extract medicines with ingredient lists on bottle wrappers.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
From church choir to the stage in Cleveland
The Sun reports Miss Edna Fassett a 21 year old St Louis native who sang the title role in Mlle Moodiste at the opera house, substituting for Mme Scheff who was bedbound with catarrh of the stomach and suspected appendicitis. Fassett impressed the crowd with nuanced singing and acting.
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Fritai Scheff
Opera House
Edna Wassett
Fritzi Seheff
Hollenden
Edna Passutt
St. Louis
Henry Bloxsom
Checkers
Blossom
Miss Passett
Mme. Scheff
Miss Fassett
Fritzi Scheff
Scheff
Krhat Scheff
The homeless mother and her quiet wish for a flower
An elderly homeless mother recalls a lifetime of toil and sorrow from Providence to the city. She speaks softly of guarding her independence at the lodging house, hoping for one geranium by her bed and the chance to see loved ones again after death. She values work while able and desires gentle release when strength fades.
Home Recipes Chicken Cream Soup and Custard Corn Cake
Classic cookery notes describe Chicken Cream Soup using bones from two roasts to yield stock, onions, carrot, butter, milk and cheese for a creamy serve with fried bread. Also details Custard Corn Cake mixing cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, eggs, sour milk and soda, baked without stirring.
This Woman Is Clever Cabinetmaker
MISS LENA FITTS of San Jose has become a noted art furniture maker. She started with wood carving to pass time, then opened a basement workshop where she creates original pieces admired in mansions nationwide. Her redwood mastic cabinet showcases her refined feminine touch and skill.
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Lena Fitts
San Jose
United States
Miss Fitts
Insurance talk on Jamaica quake insurance offer from Lloyds
A Lloyds of London agent says he cable to Jamaica about two months ago offering earthquake damage insurance for buildings. Jamaican representatives replied no serious shocks had occurred and thus no insurer would cover.
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Lloyd's
London
Jamaica
Etiquette on Introducing People The Right Way
A guide from the St. Louis Republic outlines proper introductions detailing that the man presents to the woman, the hostess naming beginnings, and age and courtesy rules. It covers who rises, how to name relatives, handshakes, and when to introduce newcomers to groups versus individuals.
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St. Louis Republic
Benty
Batiste Frock for a Miss Embellished Child’s Dress
Embroidered batiste forms a dainty seven year old girl’s frock. Edging and Valenciennes trim the short full skirt and sailor collar. Triple puff sleeves, a plain vest, and a pink dress ribbon belt with a mother of pearl buckle complete the outfit.
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Valenciennes
Dresden
Mystery surrounds murder of Mrs John Pausch in Sandusky
A widow found strangled in her kitchen amid locked doors and a stolen strong box. Police note a possible assassin emerged from darkness and weigh motives of robbery, money lending, or revenge as two dozen locals held keys to her home. Sister Miss Mary Flack confronted police during a midnight entrance, and threats by a tenant are cited as possible links to the case.
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Sandusky
John Pausch
Stelenm
Ijfer
Osleeome
BinewWy
Upper
Pauseh
Mary Flack
Ter
Diana's Diary at Taffeta Balbriggan Ends With Shocks
The diary narrator narrowly escapes a meeting with Telemachus T. Taffeta at the main entrance of his shop and fears exposure to Sadie Siegel. She hides at home with a wet cloth on her head, fretting about a Charleston saleswoman linked to the store. The entry ends with “To be continued.”
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Taffeta & Balbriggan’s
Telemachus
Mr. Taifeta
Sadie Siegel
Sadie
Never Say Die Phrase Refers to The Gun Offer
Fragmentary lines mention an old saying Never gay die and a cryptic note about ten words being inserted in The Gun free of charge for three days suggesting a promotional or coded message. The text is garbled with unclear context and no identifiable persons or organizations.
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Eroztie
$5,000 carpet in Tunis bazaars dazzles visitors
A Tunis merchant showcases a $5,000 carpet that he tosses into the air for a potential buyer. The filmy weaving lands slowly, trapping large air bubbles as if to hold a man. This dramatic display highlights the marvels of Tunisian commerce and luxury textiles.
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Tunis
Motor boat fad predicted for summer resort boating
The article predicts motor boats will be the summer fad at resorts with boating. It notes women will take as much interest as they did in automobiles and may search for boats as eagerly as before.
Sun prints ten cent fashion patterns for readers
The Sun offers up to date ten cent patterns through its Fashion Department. A Giflerem pattern will be described each day, and readers may obtain the patterns postpaid by sending ten cents, noting the number and size desired and the name and address to the Fashion Department.
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the Sun
Fashion Department
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