Umbrella Romance Ends with a Seaside Wedding
In New York a tale of mislaid umbrellas and mistaken ownership unfolds. Cabberly, a fussy bachelor, earns a rival umbrella and an embarrassed scene at Smugel's gallery. After a chase and a humorous mix up, he learns the girl who helped another man owns the umbrella. He later marries the doctor's sister, Miss Mordaunt, at the seaside, proving the clues hid a different outcome.
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Peters
Clarefice
Walter “Beott
Clarence
Cape Town
Cape
Slopson
Colombo
New York
Cabberly
G. W.C
Caberly
Bo Cabberly
Gil
Thas
George Washington Cabberly
Dr. Mordaunt
Harry K. Mordaunt
M. D
Mordaunt
Coctor
Miss Mordaunt
Would You Trade Youth For Childhood in Fairy Grown-Up Town
A reflective verse by Ida Goldsmith Morris prompts Loth to imagine adults choosing to become children again. It questions material pursuits, fame, and city life versus carefree play and innocence, inviting readers to weigh time's tests and desire for a lost simplicity.
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Ida Goldsmith Morris
October
Ladies’ Home Journal
Aphorisms in a Victorian style collection
A compact collection of moral maxims and quotes from various authors. It compiles statements on imagination wisdom adversity wit and patience attributed to Joubert Bacon Beattie Horne Carlyle Lavater Cecil Addison and others, presented as brief reflective lines.
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Bacon
Beattie
Bishop Horne
al- Carlyle
Addison
Marie as old and popular name across nations
The article extols Mary as a timeless, widely used name with Marie as the French equivalent. It cites royal and noble Lineages in France and Denmark, notes legal use of Marie for men in France, and mentions cultural celebrations like the feast of the Assumption. It also includes a short paragraph on children's magazine care and a brief October Ladies note.
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Mary
Marie
France
Ileans
Maries
Waldemar
Denmark
Marie Antoinette
England
Noailles
Boisgelins
d'Andighes
Laroche
Jaquel
Favorite Prescription Promises Cure for Female Ailments
An old advertisement extols the healing powers of Favorite Prescription for women’s health, claiming it revives beauty and mood by addressing feminine organs. It cites Cordelia Heason of Coalton, recounting lengthy illness after childbirth and visits to doctors, then asserts dramatic improvements after treatment.
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Pierce
Cordelia Heason
Coalton, Boyd Co
Three Specials in Ladies and Men’s Underwear Sale
Vintage print advertises a Saturday sale on men and boys clothing and a range of ladies undergarments. It highlights heavy fleece union suits of Egyptian cottons, fleeced vests, silk mixed fleece lined items, and assorted men’s undergarments. Includes prices like 75c, 59c, 45c, 50c, 25c, 19c and suit prices from 5.00 to 10.00 with big discounts on wool suits and overcoats.
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Abetema
Akdeat Sebvasey
Russia
Feewen Aevee
Oldest woman in America celebrates 108th birthday in Philadelphia
Mrs. Sarah Doron Ferry, living with her daughter in Philadelphia, marks her 108th birthday. Daughter of Stacey Doron, a revolutionary soldier and farmer, she recalls his daring wartime exploits with General Washington and a shared supper during a harsh Valley Forge winter. Her youthful appearance and regal bearing echo a lineage claimed to ancient Irish queens.
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Sarah Doron Ferry
Philadelphia
America
Gahe
Stacey Doron
Valley Forte
Doron
Washington
Sculptor Miss Bessie Powers Weds Portrait Painter
Chicago sculptor Miss Bessie Powers, renowned for her craft, has redirected her affections from art to life by marrying portrait painter Robert W. Vannah, in a union noted for its personal significance beyond professional stature.
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Bessie Powers
Chicago
Robert W. Vannah
Courageous Husband and Painted Settee Mix Ups
A Brooklyn mother consoles Tottie amid quarrel as a Brook lyn boy Bennie promises to take back mean words. The Philadelphia Record notes a hospital delirium and a watchman unsure of a wandering mind, with Edith and Freddy adding domestic mishaps over a painted settee.
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Edith
Freddy
Puck
Philadelphia Record
Tottie
Brooklyn
Bennie
Chicken Oyster Pie Recipe Note and Cure Claim
A recipe describes assembling chicken and oysters in layers with cracker crumbs butter and oyster liquor then baking. The text extolls One Minute Cough Cure as a universal remedy for grippe croup and throat ailments, citing Editor Fackler of Mi canopy Florida and claiming it cured his family.
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Fackler
Micanopy
Fia
Huastler
Croup
Tung
A Smoke Gray Frock Described in Velvet Details
A smoke gray woolen frock features a circular skirt with stitched folds creating deep front and back points. It has a plain back waist with slight fullness, a shallow lace-filled yoke, and violet velvet trellis accents. Velvet straps and girdle accompany the design, while soft silk muslin frames the throat with a knot under the chin and no loose ends.
Medicine and citrus peel remedy for bitter taste
A note on easing the taste of medicine by drinking cold water, with a suggestion that sometimes plain water fails and a piece of orange peel offers a better plan.
Sixteen Summers Old A Pearl of Youth In Time
A lyric in The Independent muses on a girl turning sixteen, comparing youth to a rosebud maturing in years. It contrasts the girl’s youth with time, and notes the affection of her parents and suitors while pondering the mystery of growing up. The piece frames sixteen as a threshold to unseen worlds and future queenship.
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the Independent
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