Forget-me-nots and a Sky Blue Love Triangle
A disciplined Patmore loves Miss Barrett but is drawn to Miss Tyndall. Miss Barrett frees him with a ring and nursing heartbreak. Patmore courts Miss Tyndall, who is secretly married, while Miss Barrett endures. Patmore dies in battle, his memory sealed by a locket and a dried forget me not spray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Tyndall
Miss Barrett
Patmore
Society
Tiburon Ferry
Fie
Anda
Nira
Foreign Service
Capt. Barrett
Tattoo
Philippines
The Origin of Scandal in a Tea Tale
A quirkily voiced meditation on gossip and accusations within social circles. The verse traces how whispers travel from Mrs A to Mrs J and beyond, culminating in a twist of misinterpretation. The narrator flags how alterations in what was said reveal or hide the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. A
Mrs. J
Mrs. B
Long Love Tales in a Military Setting
The narrative follows Patmore and Miss Barrett amid military life. Patmore shifts from soldierly duties to contemplating marriage as Miss Barrett falls for him, while he becomes enchanted by Miss Tyndall after relocation to the Presidio. The piece blends romance with service life and social expectations.
Laundering Silk Care and Ironing Tips
Guidelines for washing summer silks differ from cotton and stress removing grease with chloroform. Use ammonia and soap in tepid water, rinse gently, avoid wringing, and press between dry cloths with a hot iron. China silk needs thick soap suds and ironing while damp. Silk handkerchiefs must be ironed immediately after rinsing while still damp.
Out of a Housewife's Diary The Detroit Journal Quote
A Detroit Journal excerpt reveals a wife lamenting despair after discovering her husband in the parlor on her new sofa cushions. She laments the inability to make a true home with an insensate husband and expresses a wish to die from the strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
New Wall Papers Show Wide Stripes in Frieze Designs
The new wall papers feature incomparable beauties with tapestry-like backgrounds in burlap themes. A notable new notion introduces a wide striped lower portion rising into a deeply frieze of sharp points, replacing the traditional banded look.
Proper Lamps Shine Among Desirable Japanese Bronze Pieces
Japanese bronze lamps are among the most desirable with floral decorated globes and delicate silk frills described in this listing.
Heiress Mary Croake Enters Visitation Convent in Transton
Miss Mary Croake, an heiress, recently took the veil at the Visitation convent in Transton Illinois. Orphaned at a young age she inherited a fortune from her mother. She graduated six years ago from the same convent and was known for studious habits and modest social ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet
Ives Gammell
Newport
R. 1
Thomas Safe
Mary Croake
Visitation
Transton
Ill
Human Nature Reflected In A Pie Preference
A Chicago Inter-Ocean reflection notes how people repeat childish flaws. It contrasts a hungry urchin crying for his sister’s larger pie with grown men who envy others’ fortunes and overlook their own blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Witty Quotations From Old Magazines
A collage of comic lines and snippets from Pick-Me-Up Chicago Record Puck and Life. It presents social quips about manners, appearances, party names, and idle chatter with brief exchanges and cheeky asides.
Pointed Paragraphs From a Distracted Era
An unusual clipping remarks on drink and moral fault. It notes organized charity exposes sins while warning that satisfaction fades with exposure to others. It suggests self reliance shapes failure, and comments on men’s brains and railway brakes.
Mrs. Hager Assigned to Stump for Meckinley in Ohio
Mrs Fannie A Hager is appointed by Mark Hanna to campaign in Ohio for McKinley. She will use campaign funds to cover her lawyer fees from damage suits tied to marital troubles. The Chicago American reports the arrangement and its political aim.
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Fannie A. Hager
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Meckinley
Chicago
Slender Shoes Highlight Fall and Winter Footwear
The coming season favors long slender lines and prompts women to wear half sizes larger. For example a three and a half B becomes a four A, keeping width but adding length to create a more slender appearance.
Mantel Draperies Out in Modern Homes
The text contends that mantel draperies are out of fashion and no longer considered stylish or dainty. It argues they were never pretty and fashion now rejects them entirely.
Cure for Drunkenness Shown as Secret Home Remedy
Mrs. Charles W. Harry of Newport Kentucky claims she cured her husband of alcoholism by secretly mixing an odorless additive into his food and drink. The remedy supposedly removes craving, improves appetite and work habits, and the inventor offers free samples and instructions by mail from Dr Haines Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Harry
Jr. J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Washing Curtains The Gentle Home Cleaning Method
This guide explains washing delicate curtains without damage. Soak overnight in cold water with no soap, wring, wash in tepid soapy water, avoid rubbing, wring again, rinse, then use blueing with a thin starch solution and wring once more before stretching on frames.
Thicker Than Water Backyard Fence Feud
Two neighbors argue across a backyard fence over cooking and currant jelly. They exchange taunts, challenge each other to prove jelly quality, and end the exchange in what a Chicago Tribune caption calls an amicable moment.
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Tye
She
Chicago ‘Tribune
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Tie
Lelia
National Baptist
Constancy
Captain Barrett
Pacific Coast
Barrett
Presidio
West Point
Human Nature
Daisy Potter
Ruth Wittington
Chicago News
Star Store
Ee Jc Comsport Calicoes
Hills
Blackstone
Lonsdale
Iinois
Chas. W. Harry
4Th St
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
Saks & Company
Indiana
Men’s and Boys’ Outfitters
Ginger
Vanila
TER
the Parrott-Taggart Bakery
Mass. Ave
Indianapolis
Louisville
Lawrenceburg
Aurora and
Way
Freaney Bros
Ohio St
Bvydle
Bryant & Stratton
Usiness University
E. J. Heeb
Vories
Usiness
Vonneguts
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Washington St
Medicina
Poor Rey
Kimball
Anapolis
New_York
Pearson’s
Hudert’s
Charles Mayer & CO
W. Wash
Indiana Dental
College Department of Dentistry
University of Indianapolis
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