Kitty Brady's Fortune Reunites in New Orleans Past
The New York socialite Kitty Brady inherits Justice Daly's fortune after a dramatic elopement with Sidney Harris. A yacht of society and a string of scandals follow, including her stage debut with John Drew in Rosemary and a sorrowful New Orleans trip where her husband reveals a corrupt underworld temptress.
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Tled
Garden City
Long Island
Harris
Harrises
Kitty Brady
John Drew
Rosemary
Society
Flushing
L. I
Justice Daly
Daly
M “Ster
Brady
Philip Lydig
New York
Sister Ada and the letter that haunted a marriage
Lucy Wells frets over a pitiful letter Ada found among her husband Hiram Vance’s papers. Ada suspects infidelity after a Creole past and warns Lucy, who then discovers the note’s plea asking where he lies dead. The husband plans to ease her pain by leaving for New Orleans.
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Ada
New England
Hiram Vance
Lucy Wells
Marioa
Lucy
New Orleans
Tomorte
Dress Allowances of Royalty Across Ages
A fashion writer notes royal dress allowances varying from about 1500 dollars a year for the Duchess of Fife before marriage to far more for wealthier sisters. Princesses use lace, furs, and jewels across weddings and daily wear, with frugal wardrobes around 3000 dollars annually and extravagant outfits ten times that. Age aside, some royalty like the Queen of Italy spend less than heirs, while the Empress of Russia favors simple daytime wear and white in evening attire.
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Duchess of
Fife
Italy
Naples
Russia
Cleveland stenographer Fends Off Burglars Twice
Miss Lillian Rash of Cleveland Ohio was awakened by a burglar crawling through her window. She seized the intruder by the coat and called for help, but he escaped. The same night he made two more attempts to raise the window before fleeing.
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Lillian Rash
Cleveland, D
FEW OLD-TIMERS
The word bible means simply book but it is now confined to the book of books. Widow's caps were a Roman custom and widows wore weeds for ten months. The cocoanut reached Florida after a wreck two years ago. Tea has never been eaten at meals in China and is always made from freshly boiled water. Canning, a long known industry since Pompeii, mirrors today’s household practice.
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New Orleans
Mr. Vance
Romeo
Darky
Massa Vanice
Corinne
Lucille
Marian
de Jane
Belle
Olivet St
Lucy
New York News
Florida
China
Pompeii
Old Timey Cake Recipes for Jelly and Custard Layers
A collection of vintage cake and dessert instructions. Roll jelly cake with two eggs sugar water baking powder flour and jelly filling. Chocolate icing uses confectioners sugar milk and melted chocolate. Custard cake layers require eggs sugar flour and baking powder while a custard mix uses milk corn starch and flavoring. Ginger bread combines flour molasses butter ginger sour milk eggs and saleratus.
Cabinet Lady in New Cabinet Family
The family of the new secretary of war, including Mr and Mrs Root, two sons and a daughter Edythe the eldest aged 20, are described as leading a quiet New York home life. Edythe will likely appear in Washington society as part of the cabinet circle.
Rita Ryley and the four leaf clover tattooen tale
Miss Rita Ryley an English girl in the company stirs jealousy among coworkers over a large four leaf clover tattooed on her neck. The mark was the idea of her English army officer father to protect against kidnapping by natives in India.
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Rita Ryley
Lederer
Miss Rita
Miss Ryley
Str
India
Rita
Winding and Care Tips for Watches in Frigid Conditions
The guide advises winding a watch at the same hour every day and laying it on its case when resting. Keep it away from marble fish and extreme cold, avoid suspension to prevent balance oscillation, and beware of temperature shocks that may break the main spring. Regular cleaning requires a snug case, lint-free pockets, and protection from rough handling to prevent gradual loss of accuracy.
The Feminine Observer Opinion Bits
A short column notes everyday grievances and idiosyncratic thoughts about home life. It touches on coal supply, child care burdens, nonsensical gadgets, and the silliness of long phone conversations between diplomats, with a cheeky poke at ignorance as a social flaw.
Will Glorify Bloomers Demonstration Led by Viscountess
Viscountess Harberton will preside over an English women’s demonstration on October 8 in favor of rational dress. The event marks a jubilee honoring Mrs. Bloomer for popularizing the divided skirt. Lord Harberton and Mr. Hall Caine Mrs. Hall Caine and Sarah Grand support the campaign.
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Harberton
Quick Witty Snippets From Various Papers
A collage of humorous exchanges and jokes from 1920s papers. A sheriff questions salvation army remarks. A pupil answers an exam prompt about the earth. A man weighs telegraph vs confinement with Caroline. Uncle Eben mocks forethought and afterthoughts about time.
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Eben
Washington Star
Miss Gould Hosts Opera Benefit For Washington Fund
Miss Helen Gould set up a large stand at her home and invited poor children to view the Dewey parade hero. She paid 31 200 for a Metropolitan Opera House box for Saturday night. Proceeds from the entertainment will go to the Washington fund to purchase a home for the admiral.
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Helen Gould
Hysterical Speculator Prompts Wall Street Showdown
A dramatic vignette traces a woman with five hundred dollars investing in hats and frocks as she shifts to stocks. She paces Wall Street from night to day, faces friends’ concern, pockets a five dollar gain, and laments what two hours more could have yielded, all while the New York Herald frame looms.
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Wall Street
Paris Beauty Prize Sealed By Gallois In Annual Contest
The French beauty Gallois won the semi annual Paris beauty contest this year. She is a singer born in Poland and noted for her creamy complexion gray eyes and red-brown hair. Her popularity in Paris remains high and photographs of Mile Gallois appear in boulevard windows. Two years ago an American Miss Sybil Sanderson won the prize in Paris.
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Germaine. Gallois
Paris
Poland
Bois de Boulogne
Mile. Gallois
Sybil Sanderson
Blossoms of Love and Two Eyes of Blue
A poem from the Boston Globe celebrates love and devotion. The speaker praises a queenly beloved, notes the value of two blue eyes and a clasped hand, and cherishes shared simple joys over worldly deceit as they promise a life together.
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Boston Globe
The Housewife Knows Practical Household Tips
A domestic guide highlights onions as a daily nervine, baked potatoes as most nutritious, nails driven after dipping in coal-tar prepare, lamp salt steadies flame, and warns against running a kerosene lamp low due to fumes.
Best Cuts for Stews Highlight Neck and Shoulder
The article notes neck, shoulder, and breast as the best stew cuts with the neck being the juiciest and cheapest. It claims a royal family meal can cost about 2 percent or 30 cents, and explains brown stews like fricassees pot roasts or braises use cuts from the round, with thick cuts from the round’s face common for pot roasts.
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Ella Morris Kretschmar
Morrow kidney oils praised by Indianapolis residents
An old testimonial notes strong public approval for Morrow's Kidney oils claiming relief from backache dizziness sleeplessness and kidney related ailments. A local doctor endorses the remedy saying it eased his own kidney and nervous issues after trying the product. The text cites druggists and a chemical company as distributors.
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Church of the Transfiguration
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Salvation Army
Chicago Tribune
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Caroline
Detroit Free Press
New York Herald
Whset
Indianapolis
Morrow
Telate
Ragland
Guy Conte
Tay Guan -Dong Co
Springfield
Chie
BR. T. Feliz Gouraud
Br. F. A. Seyre
Gouraud
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