Usual Standing of the Second Wife
A discussion tracing why a second wife is often favored over the first, citing biblical examples from Leah and Rachel and the social view of remarriage. The piece questions the underexplored fate of the second husband and reflects on nineteenth century and modern attitudes toward marriage and divorce.
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North American Review
Miare
Noah
An- Shem
Hamo
Japheth
Jacob
Laben
Leah
Rachel
Morover
Joseph
Neverthereas
Esau
Corning
Gerd
The $240 hat shocks Paris milliners in 20 year spike
Paris milliners raise hat prices beyond prior norms with extravagant capeline hats costing $240. The scene shows a large straw capeline with Venetian lace, maribout, and aigrettes, as onlookers debate the display. The writer notes such luxury appears aimed at older women and mocks the extravagance.
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Paris
Hat Makera
Dresamakera
Ita
Ita Beauty
New York Women at Luncheon and Global Labor Notes
A New York World excerpt contrasts busy lunch tables for women shoppers in Manhattan with global labor observations. It notes women shaping dining norms, European habits, and historic labor patterns in coal mines and West Africa, plus doily crafting and picnic fruit tips.
A Face in the Crowd Sparks Love in Raymead
Reggie Blake, a bank clerk in Raymead, writes a poem after a publisher asks for verses. His acrostic intrigues Miss Dora Westwick, leading to a courtship, a bridge encounter, and eventual engagement as Blake rises at work.
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Reegie Plake
Tle
Haymead
Blake
Baymead
Raymead
London
Blozam
The
Raymond Argus
John Bloxam
Reggie
Dane
Brown
Verac
Regele
Campion Villa
Miss Westwick
Campion Park
Reginald Blake
Dora Westwick
Mins
Dora Weetwick
Reggie Blake
Cumpton Villa
Dora
Ian Weatwick
Miake
Dora Wweetwick
Elbes
Acrostic Reveals Hidden Love Secret at Jersey Honeymoon
Reggie Blake and Dora Westwick marry at Baoymead church and while honeymooning in Jersey discover a concealed acrostic on a verses title A Face on the Crowd. The surprising message confirms their bond as fate and chance unite in a fairy tale coincidence.
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Neegie Biate
de Fluneen
Eyliathlea
Baoymead
Jersey
Reggie
Darling
Ller
Dora
Bree
Haymead Argus
Reggie Blake
Scott
Dora Westwick
Jove
Acroati
Chance
Oil Riches Transform Creek Indians With Glenn Pool Profits
A Tulen correspondent notes Glen pool daily output around 126000 barrels with Creek landowners receiving 12500 barrels daily. At 41 cents, royalties total about 5125 dollars per day or 1.57 million annually for 120 owners. Bonuses add further income while government safeguards ensure steady annuity payments, not market speculation.
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Glenn Pool
United States
Supreme Court
Cleveland's Valuable Jade Book Catalogued at $2000
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a rare catalogue titled Heber Reginald Bishop's Collection of Jade valued at $2,000 per copy. Stored in the Cuyahoga Building, this two volume work measures eighteen by twenty four inches, with hand made paper, copper plates, and ornate bindings. Only about 100 copies were printed and distributed to European royalty and librarians, with the Cleveland Public Library owning the sole copy in Ohio.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cuyahoga Building
Ohio
Cleveland
Hbrary
Heber Reginald Bishop
Bishop
New York
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Europe
Wbrarien
Crus Levant
Sportsman's Paradise in Port Darwin's Mangrove Wilderness
Maury Eyre sketches the Port Darwin region as a hunter’s paradise with mangrove swamps, prawns, fish, and birds. He notes dense jungle, perilous quagmires, and dramatic wildlife while recounting a close jungle encounter with a colossal python that left a writer awestruck and fleeing to safety.
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Maury Eyre
Pall Mall Gazette
Port Darwin
Silk
H. M. & Pryamus
Northern Territory
Fannie Bay
Hilneck
Guna
India
Eden
Schooner 13 This Baby's Home Arrives in Seattle
The five masted schooner George E Billings arrived in Seattle Thursday afternoon, seventeen days from San Francisco. Captain P F Bir kholm travels with wife and 2 year 3 month old son who has crossed the equator many times. The family plans to sail around Cape Horn to England after loading lumber for Callao and coal for San Francisco.
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Seattle Times
George BE. Billings
Seattle
San Francisco
PF. & Birkholm
Birkholm
Australia
Philippines
South America
Winston
Birsholm
Pacifc
Horn
England
Dirkholm
Voor
George E. Billings
Port Blakeley
Jorge
Billings
Sound
Callao
Ceal
Newcastle
San Franciscu
Farmer Orders Exotic Cheese in Liverpool Restaurant
A farmer visits a Liverpool eatery and asks for a cheese with a fancy name. He selects a piece of Gorgonzola and takes it home. His wife complains the strong smell clings to the children after washing them, so they are aired out.
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Longnecker
Bin
Chicago News
Liverpool
Aho
Eho
To Whitens Clothes by Bluing and Rinses
A garbled note describes a home method for whitening fabrics using bluing water the night before washing and rinsing in clear water the next day to remove yellowish tinge. It references ordinary circumstances and suggests a simple laundering routine.
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Twenty-third Street
Emily
Great Britain
German
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Belgium
Germany
Dora Weatwick
Argue
Cotumn
Reggie Prinke
Win
Ppaymead Argus
Paymead
Thewwin
Compton Villa
Baymen
Nimrod
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