Various Inventions and Local Notes From a 1900s Newspaper
A compilation of short items mentions German pines and tar fuel, rising automobile figures in Pennsylvania, new lamp designs, and a wall hanging safety matches box. It also covers a child’s description of a piano player, farm statistics for Mrs. Cummings, Patents on rubber tires, and a French concert at Beaumont. Additional notes include Johnstown slogans, Hot Springs advertising impact, a Macon fraud warning, insect flight studies, and kindness versus stress effects on cows.
Things For Daughters To Do For Mothers
Advice on keeping mothers youthful in appearance and spirit by shared activities and respect. Encourages involving mothers in conversations, seeking their guidance, gifting tasteful tokens, and including them in pleasures while avoiding ridicule or ageism.
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Mother
Paina
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Instructions for washing woolens and blankets using borax and soap jelly. Provides step by step soaking rinsing and drying tips to prevent shrinking and maintain shape, plus ironing cautions and a homemade soap jelly recipe. Mentions care for sweaters shawls and fine fabrics with emphasis on temperature and handling.
Irish toast and Chinese junks in Modernizing Europe tone
An unpolished miscellany covers Irish toasts to the shamrock and beloveds, plus a note on Oscar Wilde and a vivid feature about Chinese wooden war junks. It describes ships with multiple masts, wooden guns, high sterns, painted eyes, and skilled crews navigating varied seas.
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China
Walla
S4ye
Wide World
Mandarina
His Gurmiss. Hudson I Am Wedded to Art
Fragmentary lines show a speaker named Judson praising art and pondering its dialogue about a first husband. The text hints at a poetic or dramatic voice valuing art over personal ties.
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Gurmiss
Hudson
Art Judson
Art
Fancy Blouses Show Patchwork Styles And Embroidery
Odd blouse designs mix reclaimed fabrics with Persian-inspired patterns in red and soft shades. The article notes sunning effects from white fabrics, blue and white color schemes, and the trend of hand embroidered touches achieved by machine bases plus hand finishing. It discusses creating waistpieces by combining machine embroidery with handwork to save time and expense. It also describes patterns for apron fronts, hems, padding, and close buttonholes in Wallachian embroidery techniques.
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Aimple
Secret Pole Pact Said To Explain Delayed News
London officials consider a secret agreement between Captain Amundsen and Captain Scott to tell their own stories, delaying news from the pole. The Royal Geographical Society notes they likely met near the pole and suggests a pledge of silence could have been broken when the Fram reached Hobart.
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London
Amundsen
Scott
Royal Geographical Society
Pole
Br.Gook
Peary
Fram
Hobart
Ae Otheli
Frosen Wilds
Countess Warwick declares 40s best time for a woman
New York report captures the Countess of Warwick at the Ritz praising women in their 40s as most interesting and useful. She argues men and women in their 40s and 60s can be at their best, combining beauty with experience and mental vigor.
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Countess Warwick
New York
Countess of Warwick
Palmist predicts Diaz to rule Mexico again
Paris.-The palmist Montefiore told former President Porfirio Diaz in Monte Carlo that he would live at least 15 years and be president of Mexico again by next September. Diaz, eager for return, invited the palmist to a full day consultation at the Eton hotel.
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Paris
Porfirio Dias
Mexico
Monte Carlo
Montefiore
Eton
Diaz
Dias
Mike
Dina
Knife reforms bandit into a good citizen
Hedmond Holshay, once known as Black Hert, is set for parole in November 1913 after skull surgery transformed him from desperado to model inmate. The release follows a Lansing parole law expansion and reflects his years as librarian and photographer at the sete prison in Uette where he serves life. He is 45 and reportedly in excellent health.
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Chicago
Sete
Uette
Mare
Hedmond Halihay
Lansing
Holshay
Black Hert
Marquette
Gogeble County
Wisconsin
Hewie
Holshaye
Four Leaf Clover Sends Colonel By Farmer Joseph Cleaver
Joseph Cleaver near Neavuck sends 100 four leaf clovers to Theodore Roosevelt as luck for his campaign. He includes a letter praising health, right, and luck for four more years of leadership. Other items note a German life saving buoy and record cheese in Wisconsin.
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Herwick
Joseph Cleaver
Neavuck
Theodore Occover
Tutt
Philadelphia
Cleaver
Roosevelt
Taft
Teddy
Cald
Little Stories of Life Uncle Sam Lost Money
A quirky tale where Simon Bobbies baffles a busy postman while dreaming of travel to Denver and Washington. The stubborn loafer sits on a mailbox while the postal worker scolds him, and Simon contemplates clever, costless ways to roam. The piece blends humor and satire as it explores idle wishful thinking.
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Simon Bobbies
Simon
Denver
Budd Lobo
Banneleco
Hudd
Washington
Capitol
Menerala
Bimon
Elmon
Man stamps himself on a voyage to the dead letter office
Simon Bobbiga, stamped as a parcel on his forehead, travels from San Francisco to Washington by mail. Postroom chaos and a rulebound officer fail to detain him as he journeys cross country, ending with Budd Lobe owing 64 dollars and Simon sent home in a dead letter envelope.
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O'Glory
Mall
Simon
Pontman
Omcer
Mali
Budd Lobe
Anid
Bam
California
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
Han Francisco
Obe
Lobe
Lobo
Simon Bobbiga
Lerled Budd
Hald
Budd
Bimon
Restitution of Million Stolen by Trust Official
Walter H. Shourds, former Merchants Union Trust superintendent, returns 1,000,000 in securities after his wife’s influence leads to surrender. Located in Berlin, Germany, he will not be prosecuted. much of the securities belonged to director George Burnham. Indictment for embezzlement reportedly to be dismissed. cash of about 30,500 recovered, with 10,600 sent to counsel. The wife, using ads and the name Hess, pressed for the release of her husband from prosecution in exchange for the securities.
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Philadelphia
Walter
Rhoards
Merchants’ Union Trust Company
Trust Concern
Shourds
Berlin
Germany
Aald
George Burnham
Vaulte
Hhourda
Europe
Hess
Von
Man with two wives denied divorce in Pittsburg case
Peter Sharp, who lived with two women as wives, was denied a divorce from Cella Ramantha Sharp after she did not appear in court. Anne Catherine, his first wife, had separated after the Chicago fire and later rejoined, but the judge refused until both wives attended.
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Pittsburg
Kon
Peter Sharp
Cella Ramantha Sharp
Cella
Deere
Anne Catherine
Chicago
Sharp
Wuarrela
Catherine
New Orleans
Anne
Diveren
Wildcat Tales and a Love Lament From Old Times
A fragmentary reminiscence contrasts a dangerous North Woods wildcat with a lingering, unfulfilled romance. The narrator recalls encounters, a man attacked without provocation, and a haunting ballad of yearning for a lost beloved as twilight and memory blur into a Gothic mood.
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Mountain Globe
H, Qunderoon
Pennsylvania
France
Swita
John Bull
Hia
F& A
John Cummings
Burlington
Beshe
United States
Viscomtesse de Vaugelet
Gannat
Viscomtesse
Beaumont
Chateau
Uannat
Johnstown
Topeka
Kan
el Paso
Buster
Boston
la Liveller
Leveller
Colorado
Tacoma
Macon
Aight
Kanesas
Pulverland
Amsterdam
Pu.widverti
Grant
Bin
Bfore
Lincoln
Cleveland
Adams
Stirling
Clyde
Colleen
Old Ireland
Ada Lewla
Oscar Wilde
T. B. Harron
Ireland
Pat
Elisabeth Berry
Wit
Poe
Mag. Lawrence
Mis. Pankhurst
Pethick Lawrence
Christobel Pankhurst
Woman's Suffrage Movement
Cers
Young
Palmist
Halzhay
Pennsylvanian
Venlen
Lido
Leland le Much
Surumer
Furone
da Ie
Spain
Hungary
Italy
Luxemburg
Humania
Ewitzerland
Algeria
Tunisia
Uncle Sam
Charles Fort
Mr. Budd
Pearl ‘Street
San Francisco, Cal
Philadelphia Trust Company
Satan
Edward Breck
North Woods
Balan
Tman
Malone
Mandy
Abe
Leon
Lin
Parrakeeta
Sheila
Charma
Furrin Lore
Arthur Strieger
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