Ancient Keep at Vincennes a Parade of Puebloan Stone
An ancient town in Vincennes is described as a perfect prehistoric Puebloan settlement. It sits atop a hill, built with inconceivable labor to protect inhabitants, and was already old by 1540 when first explorers visited.
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Donjon
Vincennes
France
Louis VII
Louis Philippe
Henry IV
Great Conde
Cardinal de Retz
Mirabeau
Duc d’Enghem
Henry V. of
England
Fey Wnbs
Lees
SAP
Matthewson
Calcutta
Needle in her toe finally removed after thirty years
Mrs. Daniel S. Hornbeck of Milford New Jersey carried a sewing needle in her toe for thirty years. A chiropodist at Newton removed the needle after she developed pain in her large toe. The needle was embedded in the bone since she stepped on it as a child at Dingmans Ferry.
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Daniel S. Hornbeck
Milford
N. J
Newton
Hornbeck
Cigar Tasters of France in the Finance Ministry
In France the Ministry of Finance employs tobacco tasters who smoke cigars cigarettes and pipes all day to assess qualities of samples. About twenty factories send tobacco leaves for evaluation and the tasters judge value by criteria such as color veinings brittleness and uniform texture.
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Ministry of Finance
France
German craftsman builds water walking shoes
A German cabinet maker designed water shoes that let him walk on Lake Ammer in Bavaria. He crossed the 12,000 foot wide lake in two hours using two long pine wood boxes forming a front boat and a rear balance section.
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Ammer
Bavaria
Hydromotorcycle rides across San Francisco Bay
Eugene Frey, an inventor, rode a home made hydromotorcycle 12 miles from Alameda to San Francisco downtown in one hour. The craft uses a double pontoon attached to a motorcycle and operates as a motorcycle on land with pontoons raised for water travel.
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San Francisco
Eugene Frey
San Francisco Bay
Alameda
Frey
Mushroom Rock Town of Ancoma Mexico
A description of Ancoma three miles south of the Mesa mountains in Mexico where a mushroom shaped rock forms a town. The rock rises nearly four hundred feet with a level top about seventy acres, indented with bays and chasms and overhanging the sea.
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Ancoma
Mesa Mountains
Mexico
N WEL Electric Restaurant Opens in Paris
A Paris installation replaces waiters with an all electric dining system. Guests order via electrophone at the table, meals are raised from below, and payments are handled without human staff. Inventor M Georgia Knap, a foreign-born electrician, led the design.
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Paris
M. Georgia Knap
Lving
Advice Column: A Fifteen Year Old Requests Guidance
An aspiring reader asks how to handle a boy who likes her when she does not share his feelings. The columnist urges declining invitations after repeated refusals and says kissing is unnecessary since he is not a relative. The writer is advised to practice writing and to improve with careful effort.
Weddings and Beauty Advice for October Brides
A 19th century beauty column advises October brides on preventing the tired look and pale skin. It promotes fresh air, long walks with partners, and moderation of ice cream sodas, plus internal and external buttermilk use. Diet tips include molasses with coarse bread, fresh fruit, salads, and a cucumber milk whitening preparation for skin care.
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Jack
John
Castile
Strike of Lepers Shocks Japanese Leper Colony
At Kameyama hospital run by French monks three hundred leper patients faced a strike after demanding higher pocket money. When refused, over a hundred escaped at night but were recaptured and returned to care under the monks.
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Japan
Kameyama Hospital
Becomes Mayor by Accident in Mouffy France
Charles Carter a 26 year old laborer son of an English bookmaker is elected mayor of Mouffy near Auxerre in Yonne France. His election stemmed from a joke and though asked to resign he refuses to quit the office. Carter is a naturalized Frenchman and cannot speak English.
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Charles Carter
Mouffy
Auxerre
Department
Yonne
France
Carter
Written Wedding Invitations Personal Notes For Home Ceremonies
The note advises addressing a small, informal invitation to each guest for a home wedding. It suggests a brief handwritten style that states the couple’s intent to marry, the date and time, and a warm invitation to witness the ceremony, closing with cordial regards.
Proper Etiquette to Ease Social Anxiety
Advice from a period column encourages forgetting self and helping others to regain ease in society. Begin with active service, shift thoughts from self to others, and practice phrases by focusing on making others comfortable and happy.
Mary
A terse message dismisses questions as outside the department and declines to engage, stating no space to reply and offering an apology.
Proper Calling Cards for Wives and Husbands
The note advises that a visiting card should display the husband’s full name or his first name and middle initial, and that names should be written if engraving is unaffordable, not printed. It discusses whether to use initials or full names and whether the wife’s name should appear.
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Nell
Fall Hostess asks about inviting country youths
Madame Merri replies that guests from the country need not stay as house guests, especially the boys. The boys may seek hotel lodging while girls should not visit a public place unchaperoned.
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Madame Merri
New Cotton Textile With Chamois Finish Graces Garments
A new fabric of cotton texture offers a chamois like finish suited for suits gowns and coats. Available in blue lavender tan brown and biscuit its practical washability eliminates frequent dry cleaning while preserving a refined look.
Dry Shampoo Techniques for Cleaning Hair Brushes
The article describes using talcum powder or flour to clean hair brushes. It advises rubbing the powder into the bristles and then shaking out the excess to restore cleanliness.
No- Concern Mr Meier Quote On Burns Detective Rumors
A fragment cites Mr. Meier defending a man named Burns amid rumors of a detective operating secretly in the neighborhood. The dialogue questions the detective's alleged secrecy and character.
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Meier
Vital health claim from Lydia Pinkham remedy ad
Mrs Martha L Hottoway of Odd, Virginia reports relief from years of hemorrhages and back pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The feminine health tonic is touted as the standard remedy for women's ills for more than 80 years and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Odd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Martha L. Hottoway
Lydia E.pinkham
Transparent guimpe paired with short sleeved frocks
A comfortable fashion note describes wearing a transparent guimpe with long sleeves as an easy alternative to long gloves with short sleeved silk or linen frocks. It appears in chiffon net and sheer fabrics matching or contrasting with the frock.
Polish Tan Shoes Before Wearing
A dealer advised polishing tan shoes before wearing to avoid stubborn spots. He claimed tanning leather pores fill with polish, making stains hard to remove unless treated prior to first wear. This advice appears in McCall's Magazine.
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Wearig
McCall’s Magazine
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