Garment tips and home hints from a June Woman's Home Companion
The article outlines fashion guidance on trimmings lace and fabrics and advises on packing a trunk for travel. It notes wardrobe basics including blouses, hats, and wool garments and folds in etiquette, beauty and complexion tips. It also includes domestic pieces on table manners and child politeness, and home crafts like Charlotte russe and velvet slippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eigos
Asther Brooke
Saya
Seattle
Water garden myths and home substitutes in old recipes
A jumble of advice from Woman's Home Companion and The Modern Cook Book covers growing water plants in containers, creating decorative aquatic borders, and improvised substitutes for food ingredients. It mentions soaking produce to destroy pests and suggests using common household items to simulate flavors, dyes, and textures.
Cherry Time Delights and Pie Making Tips
Instructions for better cherry pies and related desserts. Includes methods to prevent overflows using cloth or paper funnels, crust handling tips, and a traditional batter method for cherry dumplings. Also describes a cherry gutter pudding with steps for mixing batter, adding cherries, and serving with sauces.
Honest Chance at Change Told in a Restaurant Office Visit
A narrator recalls a chance encounter with Bam a waiter in a restaurant who claims honesty can change his life. Bam offers a plan and asks to return tomorrow for a short talk, pressing the narrator to consider a new path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Sam
Mirauh
No Trade With Him An Odd Newspaper Line
A fragmentary OCR snippet shows garbled dialogue with phrases like No Trade With Him and Like romeo, not Why. The odd wording includes quoted lines and broken sentences, suggesting a damaged text passage without a clear event or identifiable subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo
Fragmented note hints at a personal dispute
A garbled message references a tense situation involving a person and a spouse. Details are unclear due to damaged text, but the fragment mentions a desire to avoid conflict and a reference to a partner. The exact names, places, and actions are not readable.
Long-Suffering Patsy Faces Shocking Canard Of Lena Webster
Patricia comforts Lena Webster's friend Ellen as gossip about Lena's supposed wealth unravels. Charley Merrill visits, courting Patsy while a tale of a rich aunt's false fortune and a jilting lover spine the chat. Patsy teases romance and plots a playful engagement scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hearst
Patsy
Patricia
Lana Webster
Ales Garnet
George Bixby
Brayton Williams
Patey
Lena Webster
Neng
Lena
Pa Webster
Charley Merrill
Elion
Atriota
Babe
Ellen
the Bigelows
Il Assad
Sibs
Charley
Patricda
Charley Merit Waren
The World's Great Bridges from the Metropolitan Magazine
The piece surveys ancient and Renaissance bridge building from Greek and Roman mastery to later medieval and early modern designers. It highlights arch theory origins, notable Roman works, and key bridges like the Pont du Gard and St Benezet, noting the shift toward durable stone construction.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Romana
Theira
Rome
Caesar Augustus
Rimini
Pont du Gard
Nimes
Gard
Agrippa
St. Augustus
Adrian
St. Beneact
Avignon
Meuillon
Pont Noyt
Paris
Ammanat
Fiorence
Aixty Fest
Allorak Viuille Breonde
France
Chester
Dev
Cleverest Cop in America Dies After 82 Years in NYPD
Collier's recalls Thomas Byrnes the legendary New York City police chief who served 82 years in the department. The stern, feared figure trained many later officers, used third degree methods, kept informants in pay, and helped solve hard cases with relentless discipline and recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's
America
Thomas Byrnes
New York City
Mulberry Street
McCafferty
Byrnes
Tenderloin
Washington Square
Victor Hugo
Goulds
O. K
The Story of Buttons From Harper's Weekly
The Elizabethan era popularized the button and buttonhole, with early buttons from needle work and improvements via a wooden mould. A Birmingham merchant introduced a button in 1689, and a Danish inventor later split two parts with cloth between. The pearl button industry arose from Mississippi shell scraps, driven by a Gere man native who saw waste in the “nigger heads” piles. Thousands are employed turning shells into buttons from Minnesota to Missouri. Modern marriage is an indeterminate state subject to discharge for behavior. Infant prodigies often develop youthful prodigals.
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Harper's Weekly
Birmingham
United States
Mississippi River
Geremany
Minnesota
Missouri
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Hinson
Moat Bridon
Rolne’ Denton
Jaa Mer
Theo Pyare
Almere
Malik
Charlotte de C. Jones
Success Magazine
Paddington
Ming
Fant Astley
Eilen
Mr. Merrill
Abs
Tom Byrnes
New York Department
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