The Haunted House of Cote du Nord Ghost Tale
A skeptical servant narrates a century old haunting at Cote du Nord where M de Bazus returns as a silent, prayerful apparition. After mysterious nightly raps, a granddaughter and Clementine witness him kneeling in prayer and reveal a n unreconciled vow to St Anne. A pilgrim widow and maid later trek to Saint Anne’s with prayers and revelations.
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Cote DU Nord
Cote-du-Nord
Father Giot
Guimper
Father Liot
M. ‘de Bazus
Guingamp
M. de Hazun
Nana
Order of Augustines
M. de Bazus
Vol‘taire
Tom Paine
Mile
Marie
St. Anne
Monsieur
de Bazue
de Bagua
M. de Bogus
Cote du-Nord
Paris
de Bogua
Moneleur
Clementine
M. de Hagus
Mary Yoika
Familly
Llewis
Abe
de Biagus
Munter
de Bazua
Clementing
Sant
Clemon
Ashe
Cote-du- Nord
Arin
Jeanne
Mme. de Bagus
M. de Bazua
Milo
M. de Bagung
Paradine
St Anne
St. Anne's
Mme. de Hazus
M. de Bosset
de Bazus
M. de Hosset
Auray
Mme. de Bozus
M. de Mosset
M. de Tosset
Witty Painter Thaulow Visits Pittsburgh Hotel Customs
A humorous Harpers Weekly sketch recalls Dutch artist Thaulow serving on the Carnegie Institute jury in Pittsburgh. He wrongly asked for European, then embraced European plan dining and lauded hotel bathing facilities. A tale unfolds with Mrs Frick dinner talk and comic exchanges about baths and senatorial pages.
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Harpers Weekly
Pritt Thaulow
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Carte
Table D'Hote
Thaulow
Thurlow
Henry Frick
Society Women Ride Astride in Gymkhana Race
In a revival of former season events at the gymkhana, society women jockeys rode many women of wealth and fashion astride. The competitors acquitted themselves quite well, matching the men in skill and spirit.
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Ain
Uncle Sam Advice on Gaining or Losing Flesh
The piece presents two blunt dietary extremes with Uncle Sam's guidance. To the Fat Man it urges eating little sleep little and drink less. To the Lean Man it counsels eating as much as possible drinking all you can and sleeping as much as possible.
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Uncle Sam
Fat Man
Lean Man
Government nutrition studies probe fat and thin body trends
Washington reports that the agriculture department funds investigations into dietary habits and body types. C F Langworthy and university professors in Maine and Tennessee test methods to alter weight through diet and lifestyle, urging extreme contrasts in eating and sleeping patterns.
Measurements in old kitchen fractions and weights
The text lists approximate equivalences for cups pints pounds and spoons as used in a historic kitchen. It mentions that two cupfuls make a pint and a pint of milk weighs a pound, with various other conversions for butter dry material eggs and spices.
Diet Instructions for a Man on Restrictive Regimen
A man should not eat squid an hour before meals and wait two hours after finishing. Breakfast includes eggs, toast, and coffee or unsugared cocoa. Lunch is a simple piece of meat, a cup of consomme, or fruit. Dinner can be any meat in any quantity with limited vegetables of tomatoes, spinach, or cucumbers. No bread or butter. Tea may be taken unsugared.
Diet and perfume issues highlighted in public life
An article stresses night time nourishment for the sick with mid night soups and milks and warns against leaving unfinished meals. It reports fashionable perfume overuse by shop workers and society women and calls for a public crackdown on scents in venues to prevent repellent odors.
Choosing One's Jewels Fashion Trends Highlight Gems
Fashionable women favor unusual emerald shapes and large uncut sapphires. Emerald pendants, latte diamond borders, and box holder gems at the Metropolitan Opera promise striking style. Ear pieces include butter plate emerald earrings that appear oversized due to facial shape.
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New York Tribune
Metropolitan Opera House
Wages Good Smellers Barn from the London World
The article notes trades relying on keen smell skills such as scentmakers and professional smellers. It cites Queen Alexandra’s perfume violets at ten pounds per ounce tested by five smellers, and firms paying smellers four to seven pounds weekly. Gas-escape reporters in public works can earn about one shilling per report, with some earning over three pounds weekly.
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London
Queen Alexandra
Child Gordon Laments Homework With Wish for Wife
A four year old named Gordon is described as exceedingly lazy. His mother urges tidy habits and clothing care. He sighs deeply wishing for a wife, revealing a humorous early wish amid the domestic scene.
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Gordon
Irregular Household Cleaning Advisory Notes
A list of chemical replacements for common stains and cleaners is provided. It includes hydrochloric acid for iron rust, oxalic acid for black ink stains, ammonia to neutralize acids, alcohol for grass stains and dyes, turpentine for paint, javel water for tea coffee cocoa and mildew, tenamie for grease or wax, and kerosene for vaseline.
American King Abroad Sparks Salutes and Controversy
A report from Los Angeles discusses an American figure titled as a king in a foreign land, drawing reactions from locals and critics. The piece portrays the political and economic setting near the U.S.-Mexico border, citing copper mines and regional tensions, with reference to Colonel Greene and the Green Consolidated Copper company.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jean King Iion
Lost Angeles
Biante
Sonor
Mexico
Cy Cette
Greene
Doron Coe
Rio Grance
Dilaw
Cimino
Groen Te King
Bonar
United Stated
Republic of Mextco
Prinelpid
Cobre Itrande
Veto Grande
Oversight
Capote
Misa
Puertocioo
Wihonita
Chow Roltn
Chase
Colonel Green
Green Consolidated Cop
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Beneator Clay
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Washington, DC. C
United States
Agricultural Department
C.F. Langworthy
Division of Nutrition
University of Maine
Orono
Woods
University of Tennessee
Waite
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