An Idol of the Seashore at a New England Resort
A New York hardware clerk vacationing at a New England seaside resort falls for a moneyed girl from a wealthy New York family. He leaves with two weeks’ pay and a heart full of longing, returns home miserable, but later reunites with her in New York. The tale ends with an arranged June 1906 marriage.
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New York Sun
New England Seashore
New York
Mike
Causo
Seashore Hotel
Hardware
New -York
Agen
Newshore
jJokorwalith
Henpecked Home Life Versus Public Callouts
A fragmentary quotation column blends comic exchanges about home life with social satire. References to Henpeck and Miss Pecks reflect a playful domestic theme, while other lines hint at broader public culture from a satirical page. The piece situates itself among The Masses style commentary and art show chatter.
Revered angler outwits colonel with odd fishing tale
A Carolina tale shows Col onel Childers debating a minister fishing on the Catawba. The colonel claims he can fish by cussing and catching fish, while the minister insists he serves the gospel. Later the colonel meets the man with 16 fish, quietly noting the minister’s fine burden without further remark.
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Colonel Childers
Kurnel Childers
Sal
Kurnel
Goapel
Beyond Their Reach in Brooklyn Life
A reflective Victorian era piece recalls Civil War era family antics as an uncle child suggests fleeing to God’s, cartoons on plant intelligence mock science with a satirical verse from London Opinion. The tone blends memoir, humor, and period magazine commentary.
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Brooklyn
Sherman
Georgia
Lace
Dora
Drue
God
His Attorney From Short Stories
A man arrested for murder asks the judge about his unsigned lawyer whose crude appearance unsettles the prisoner. The judge replies the lawyer will defend him, and the prisoner wonders if he could see the lawyer alone in a back room briefly. Also a note mentions 17,000,000 brick in Bevern tunnel.
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Ehyster
Sa Ec
Bevern Tunnel
Americans Awkward at Cupids Game
A fragment from Harper's Bazaar discusses American manners and romance versus a French view. It contrasts American bluntness with French charm, notes women’s prejudices and vanities, and cites Macaulay on Scarron’s widow influencing Louis XIV. It ends with a reflection on the value of a perceptive woman.
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Octave Thanet
Macaulay
Scarron
Louis XIV
Ballad of the Slack Silk Dress Recalled in Verse
A verse lament by Blanche Goodman in the Delineator praises the black silk dress. The poem counts Belinda Eleine and others, noting how the black silk dress served for luncheon, ball, opera, and calls, contrasting past elegance with present tastes.
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Eleine
Blanche Goodman
Sidney Smith Salad Dressing Recipe Verse
A humorous verse presents a dressing recipe with boiled potatoes mashed, mustard, salt, Lucca crown wine vinegar, hard boiled eggs, onion, and anchovy essence. The poem praises refined taste and whimsical gastronomy while praising the poet.
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Sidney Smith
Lucca
Pillow Foot Guide to Sleep and a Royal Lineage Claim
A medical note urges insomnia sufferers to place a pillow under the feet and avoid head coverings to ease sleep and prevent throat or breathing problems. The piece also mentions two princesses, Teweeleema and Wootone kanuske, heirs of Massasolt, living in poverty by Lake Assin Wampacti, with a bid for recognition. It ends with Mrs. Hinme Barry returning from the Arctic Circle after a gold prospecting trip with her husband.
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Hoe
T Hat Masaanol
Lake Assin Wampacti
Musa
Teweeleema
Wootonekanuske
Sachem
Massasolt
Newpopland
Assasolt
Hinme Barry
San Fracisco
Arctic Circle
Alpe
Widow of assassinated duke may take the veil
The Greta Duchess Elizabeth widow of Grand Duke Sergius who was assassinated at Moscow in February 1906 has retired to a Russian convent near Moscow. She may decide to take the veil. Since her husband’s death and her adopted daughter Marie’s marriage to Prince William of Sweden the grand duchess has withdrawn from society.
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St. Petersburg
Greta
Elizabeth
Sergius
Moscow
Marie
Prince William
Sweden
Varied Nutritious Recipes From Old Kitchen Notes
A collection of simple recipes including Breakfast Mush and Egg Dressing. Instructions cover boiling meat, making corn mush, and frying. also Cuban Pudding, Patty Shells with oyster filling, Quince Honey, Macaroni Pudding, and a Tomato Salad with celery and mayonnaise. Includes steps and ingredients for each dish.
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Akim
Smart neckwear for the New York set on printed linen
A milliner unveils a new neckwear piece in dull linen with tiny printed flowers in pink blue yellow and green. It features a one inch neckband bound with black silk, hooks at the back two loops and four varied ends, and a front bow secured to the neckband worn around the waistline. It suits white waists and frocks with a tripped funnel for autumn.
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SMART
Contleve
New York
How to Cook Onions and New Suggestions
Onion Forcemeat in Peppers and Curried onions provide new methods. Peppers are stuffed with tender onions, bread crumbs, mushroom catsup, and cheese salt then baked. Curried onions mix onion rice curry powder and milk, served over mashed potatoes with parsley and toast. An Onion Salad blends sliced onions with baked beans olive oil and vinegar with tabasco and olives.
Potato Noodles and Tomato Rarebit from Historic Recipe
A vintage recipe notes potato noodles and tomato rarebit. It details making a tomato sauce with cream and cheese, and a caramelized sweet potato dish, plus potato noodles prepared by boiling mashing rolling cutting drying frying in butter and serving with steak and tomato sauce.
PIPING DECOR SETS FASHION EDGE FOR GOWNS
A fashion note highlights piping edge work on costumes with edges sleeves revers cuffs and skirts. Colors favor black with harmonized bright accents. piping even adorns lace yokes berths and ball gowns. Materials include tulle net and matin with piping widths from a thread to three inches.
Poet Faces Unlucky Dilemma In Rhymes And Prose
Fragmentary text traces a poet’s struggle to rhyme with words like gold and silver while composing a love poem. It shifts to a detective scene with Townsend, Fletcher, and a missing man, describing a night on the beach, a barong fight, and a boat passage as clues unfold.
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New York Sun
Dreang
Rutore
Dolsherro
Fletcher
Runkle
Wales
Mr. Williams
Inen
Townasen
Groves
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