Trimmed Coffin For Poor Boy From Woodruffs
In the Adirondacks near the Woodruffs summer home a poor boy died and Mrs. Woodruff wife of New York's lieutenant governor ordered a pine coffin made by a servant from their camp interior shop. It was finished roughly yet varnished by her with silk and lace from her dresses. A plush pillow completed the tomb. The grieving mother smiled, recognizing Mrs. Woodruff.
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Adirondacks
Woodruffs
New York
Woodruff
Mrs. Woodruff
Under The Northern Skies Travel Diary of Sally Appleton
A ship voyage to Alaska shapes a young woman Sally Appleton 21 amid glances and adventures. Mrs Ball, a lonely widow, seeks a discreet escort from Mr McIntosh, sparking playful deception as Appleton guards the pair while the voyage unfolds through fjords and native encounters.
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Sally Appleton
Finnui
Miss Appleton
Mr. McIntosh
Destiny
McIntosh
Wedding Cards Trigger Quiet Revelations in Chicago Tale
A narrator discovers wedding cards for Angus McIntosh and Sally Appleton. She teases about matchmaking while revealing her own shy, sentimental nature and plans to visit the couple after their wedding journey with a small gift. The scene contrasts her self view with her community image.
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Miss Apple
Chicago Tribune
The Ones We Love Cause Our Deepest Wounds
A poem from The Woman's Journal laments that the world wounds most from those we love. It argues that strangers’ small offenses fade, while the harshest hurts come from loved ones, and laments the painful truth that love’s best people can also cause the deepest pain.
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West
Angelic penny plan sparks Germantown hospital aid
Two years after 73 cents saved by Hilda Jaggers of Germantown Pa a children's ward fund grew into a formal children's hospital and dispensary. Neighbors rallied to fund and staff the project, with the dispensary already serving patients and plans for hospital expansion via subscriptions underway.
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Hilda Jaggers
Germantown
Germantown Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Smiles and Smirks in a Comic Opera Scene
The Detroit Journal sketches a hero who notes a villager’s allure in a farcical love scene where Marie pretends the frog is her stage fright. A second joke in the Philadelphia Press panel mocks smokeless powder and a gunning trip. The Chicago Times-Herald quip defines a raconteur as one who tells stories only in full dress.
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Marie
Detroit Journal
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Times-Herald
Chatelane Bags In Vogue At Fashionable Size Range
The chatelaine bag remains popular in various forms led by jet or steel crocheted models. Beaded crocheted chatelaines now reach sizes nearly large enough to be shopping bags, reviving heirloom pieces from a generation ago worn with color. French gray dominates, with silver, gun metal, oxidized or gilt metals following in popularity.
Latest Ring Fads Embrace Plain Signet Adorned with Monogram
The passage notes the plain polished gold signet ring with a monogram as the latest fashion in rings. It describes them as heavy and cumbersome yet insists fashion demands them, framing this trend as essential ornament for fingers.
W C T U President Opposes McKinley in 1900 Race
Mrs Ella A Beale of New York state, head of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, declares McKinley a disappointment for his Methodist ties and public wine example. She says the union must take a stand at the fall state convention, noting leaders favor prohibition candidates over McKinley or Bryan.
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Ella A. Beale
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
New York State
McKinley
Bryan
Queer Foods and Exotic Dishes Across the World
The article surveys strange and exotic foods and beverages from various regions. It notes octopus in Jersey, picric acid adulterating beer, hedgehog baked in clay, dried fish and butter in Iceland, a lamb dish with rice, and sherry flavored by lime sulfate. It mentions oat nourishment, Siberian sterlet versus Mexican pompano, reindeer venison in Telemarken, Vermouth ingredients, Mauritius orchid tea, Peruvian mate, Abyssinian catheuls tea, and other curios.
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Epicure
Siberian
Gulf of Mexico
Telemarken
Norway
Mauritius
Peru
The Mystery of Love By Theodosis Pickering Garrison
Undefined lines ponder who can define love as a child, a knight, a nun, or the moonlit tide fail to reveal its meaning. The speaker asserts that neither time nor joy nor suffering yields true knowledge of love’s mystery in August Brown Book.
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Venus
Theodosis Pickering Garrison
Brown Bock
Miss Rernans
Senator Kernans
Dr. Williams
H. L. Burns
Brinkerhoft Ave
Utica
N.Y
Hawkins
May Hawking
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lane
East Hampton
Mer “Ay Hawkins
Grand Rapids, Mich
Fall fashion notes herald shorter street skirts
Rumors from Tollettes suggest street wear skirts will be shortened by about two inches, with tailor made and broadcloth options favored. Rough wear uses rougher material, colors exclude vivid shades, black remains strongest with gray brown and green close behind. Braided tinsel interlaces trend, black and gold combinations rise, shirt waists stay yoke free with dress sleeves, and plaids appear across fabrics.
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Tollettes
Sevreal
Simple Rice Croquettes Procedure
Cook rice in milk in a double boiler until half done, then salt. For one cup rice use one quart milk. When done mix in two tablespoons butter two beaten egg yolks one level tablespoon parsley and white pepper and cayenne to taste. Shape into croquettes dip in beaten egg roll in breadcrumbs and fry in deep fat.
Broiled Tomatoes with Chops or Sweetbreads
Good with chops. Broiled tomatoes make an excellent accompaniment. Peel and slice firm tomatoes, brush with butter, season with salt and pepper, and broil slowly. Remove to a hot platter, add a little butter to each slice.
Prayer Before Talk By Four Year Old Dorothy
A Philadelphia four year old named Dorothy insists on grace before meals and chides an episcopal minister at a family dinner. She corrects him saying we always say grace before we talk.
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Dorothy
Philadelphia
Observations on Beauty Wealth and Social Folly
A series of aphoristic reflections contrasts beauty and riches with wisdom and happiness. It jokes about "good fellows" in petticoats versus bad fellows in breeches, warns that anxiety scars the face, and notes the social dynamics of hosts and hostesses alongside a preference for simple flowers over art.
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Philadelphia
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Usiness
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Oalf
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Mary Wright Sewall
Theopore L. Sewall
Vonnegut S
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EL Washington
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Indiana Ave
Indianapolis Paint & Color Co
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OUR Savings Department
the Central Trust Company
E. Market Street
Chas. L. Hartman
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