Wifey Keeps Costs Down While Helping Alfred Grow Rich
A wife narrates how she trims expenses after five months of marriage. She recalls charging items to her father, pays golf club dues, gives to a church vacation fund, buys a costly suit and gifts, and ends with a pot luck dinner. She reflects that she may spend too much but remains convinced of her managerial skill.
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Chicago News
Alfred Oad
Alfred
Father
May Allen
Bertha
Mie
Tool
Agnes
How to End a Letter From the St Louis Republic
A 19th century discussion on letter endings for women writers. It weighs options from Your friend to Yours forever and notes the balance of affection and restraint. The article comments on phrasing and the risks of overselling or underplaying sentiment.
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St. Louis Republic
Arile
Sheno
Noutencas
Slater
Vene
Practical Household Cleaning and Care Tips From a Historic Guide
A guide offers household repair and cleaning methods including shoe dressing residues removal with shell substances, wood stain removal with clay paste, velvet pile raising with a hot cloth, soap for bath bowls, and enamel safe cleaners. It covers upholstery, draperies, rugs, bamboo furniture, rust removal strategies, white straw hat cleaning, broom selection, and making putty-like paste from flour alum and water to fill cracks.
The Heywood Family's Narrow Escape From Debt
Nora and Jack Heywood face a debt crisis after a failed loan ploy. Jack hides trouble, while Nora detects guilt and finances rush. their daughter Chirps unwittingly reveals seven pounds saved in coins. A moneylender's bill of sale threatens furniture seizure unless paid. Nora discovers the missing purse containing their saved piano fund, and they decide to pay half today.
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W. R. Hearst
Nora Heywood
Jack Heywood
Jack
Nora
Jock
Amiley
Noral
Jina
Pleewood
Tedd
Mike
Dow
Wbathon
Phin
Nord
Irestal Hoee
Diario Rod
Jook Heywood
Rot Sonone
Dec
Little Chirpa
Presence of Mind from Harper's Weekly
A Georgia negro minister visiting New York attends Fifth Avenue Cathedral and admires the processional choir. He trains local children to form a church choir, but a missing incense pot becomes a comic pit stop. The boy in front adapts by singing in tune and explaining the pot was left in the aisle.
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Harper's Weekly
Georgia
New York City
Fifth Avenue
South
Darky
Old Hutchinson Outsmarted by Chicago Chief
In Chicago an aging trader nicknamed Old Hutchinson boasted burglars could never enter his home unseen. Chief Simon O'Donnell proved him wrong by staging a fake break in using a latch key and a concealed bait article, revealing Hutchinson's vulnerability when he found his sheets moved and clock altered the next morning.
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Old Hutch
Chicago Record-Herald
B. BP
Chief O'Donnell
Mr. Hutchinson
B Hutchinson Shwolke
Sheeta
Anthue Gould
O'Donnell
Hutchinian
Fat Reporter Tells 3000 Death by Own Action Story
A Chicago Record Herald fat reporter recounts nearly killing himself in a Pullman sleeper gun scare. He slept with a revolver in his pocket, dreamt of robbers, woke with the gun still in hand, and avoided tragedy when a misfired weapon could have killed him.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Central
Pipes
Peacock Decorations Rise In Home Interiors
The peacock craze spreads in decoration with peacocks used on screens lampshades and chintz fabrics. Peacock silhouettes are appliqued on linen or denim screens with branches and blossoms for context. Colors range from peacock blue on white or green toned wood and silk options are noted for durability.
Novelty Jewelry Designs Highlight Unearthed Gems
A fragmented 19th century description portrays jeweled accessories. It mentions a ruby pendant formed from a Mamond stone and a pearl mouth, a snake belt, velvet plaques, and broaches in diamond settings. The text also notes enamel work, gold detail, and intricate wire work on decorative pieces.
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Odo Ngee
Eoy
Jick
Chirps
Gil
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