Odd Origins of Fashion Styles From Accidents and Pranks
The piece traces fashion origins from royal hair tricks to the back tied hair bow, the pannier, beauty spots, and the feather boa. It notes how accidents and practical jokes spread style, from a French king’s ringlets to a duchess’s boil mark and an oil-stained pannier, ending with the feather plume born in Boston and popularized after a rain-caused curl mishap.
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Europe
France
London
Moormorillon
Boston
Auteuil
Grand Pris de Lens
New York
Whooping cough a deadly contagious danger to children
A Youth's Companion excerpt warns that whooping cough is highly contagious and deadly for infants, with one in four deaths under age one and rising risk with age. it stresses early diagnosis, isolation, and continuous medical care to reduce cough severity and prevent complications.
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United States
Love Your Work or Be Doomed to Mediocrity
Orison Swett Marden argues in Nautilus Magazine that true job satisfaction comes from inner alignment and eagerness. He contrasts slave like drudgery with joyful purpose, urging readers to seek a calling that excites the soul and elevates performance beyond mere survival.
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Orison Swett Marden
Nautilus Magazine
Queer Uses For the Crocus From The London Chronicle
The London Chronicle notes the crocus once valued for saffron used in cakes and pies and as a remedy for strength and plague prevention. It cites Saffron Walden as a historic center of cultivation, though saffron now excites only sparrows that raid crocus to obtain it.
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London Chronicle
Mother's Kiss Inspires Sheepish Remorse in Memoir
In a Mothers' Magazine anecdote Mme. Schreck recalls offending her mother once. She awaited reproof but the moment turned tender as her mother stopped, kissed her, and she burst into tears overwhelmed by guilt. The incident reaffirms a daughter's devotion and desire to repay kindness.
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Mme. Schreck
Mothers’ Magazine
A Sad Fall in Children’s Banter
A Baltimore American brief notes a humorous misunderstanding as a child asks if his father hurt himself after being seen falling from a water wagon, prompting puzzled queries about the incident and a cryptic Robins-like reply.
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Pop
Jimmy Smith
Baltimore
French Cookery Reference Sparks Global Menu Debate
A brief excerpt notes American readers encountering a Paris restaurant menu featuring Norwegian salmon, New York ham, Frankfurt sausages, and Dutch cheese, captioning the scene with a remark about how it defines French cooking. The comment, attributed to Pele Mele, highlights cross cultural culinary exchange.
Success Servant to his Master An Author
Fragmentary OCR note shows a call for readers eager to know what will happen in a series. Mentions 15 001 people in the stream vying for clues. Likely a literary or serialized tale prompt with an author’s name Pele Mole indicated in garbled form.
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Streal
Yew Seria
Ariyor
Pele
Lancaster
William the Conqueror wooed Matilda with forceful fury
A sensational tale from the New York Sup recounts William, Duke of Normandy, pursuing Matilda with coercive measures to win her. It describes a mud smeared conquest in Bruges, Matilda's stubborn choice, and her later demand that William grant estates in England while imprisoning Brihtric. The piece satirically wraps ancient marriage customs in mock cautionary tones.
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William
Matilda
William the Conqueror
Landers
New York
Normandy
Bruges
France
Willian
Heihtvic
England
Bribtric
Desolate Mongolia The Spirit of Restlessness
A vivid sketch from Wide World Magazine describes Mongolia as a bleak, desolate land beyond Siberia. It emphasizes endless steppes, harsh climate, scant settlements, and a long history of migrations and roaming tribes. It ponders what tales the deserts and mountains would tell of rulers like Genghis and the Mongol conquests.
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Siberia
Mongolia
Genghis
Alexander
Wide World Magazine
The Oath Gesture Across Ancient Times
The act of lifting a hand during an oath is ancient and widespread. Homer notes its Greek use, and biblical examples show the practice dating to early times. Abraha calls Jehovah to witness, indicating early adoption among Jewish people before permeating Christendom and judicial settings.
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Abraha
Jehovah
Christendom
New York American
Good Advice From Sid The Old Hunter On Guiding
The hunter advises his son that clients vary in desires as some want to see bear while others want to see bear tracks. He cautions to tailor the show to what the audience seeks and not force full sightings.
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Sid
Louisville Courier-Journal
Turn About with a Bank Conversation Fragment
A fragmented dialogue shows a banker and customer arguing over an overdraft of £100 and a £140 prior amount. The garbled text includes stray phrases about insurance, a man named Pat, and unclear references to a constitutional or social scene.
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Loudon Telegraph
Stamping the Bank Cashier Interact with Lady Customer
The scene depicts a cashier stamping a bank note transaction as a lady cashing a check asks about the pound note flow. The dialogue hints at currency handling and polite refusals as the note is inspected and requested. The snippet captures a moment of routine banking exchange.
Lititz Area Summer and Fall Community Events Listing
A compiled schedule of Lititz area events from late May through September including commencements memorial day observances strawberry and rose festivals church picnics reunions and area reunions. Highlights mention Lititz Moravian and St Marks S S picnics at Lititz Springs and multiple family reunions and concerts with bands Ringgold and Beck.
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Lititz High School
Stanley L. Krebs
Philadelphia
Moravian Sewing Society
Church Square
Lititz
Manheim Lutheran Church
Linden Hall Seminary
Evelyn R. Hasse
London
England
Lititz Springs
Lancaster St. Stephen’s Lutheran
Lancaster Memorial Presbyterian
Lancaster St. Mark's Lutheran 5. S
Brickerville St. John’s Lutheran S. 5
Brickerville
Litits U. B.S
Denlinger
Zartman Association
Littz
Akron Union
Trolley Road Schedules for Lancaster and Lititz
Bus and trolley times are listed for daily departures from Lancaster and Lititz with morning and afternoon runs. Saturday and Sunday variations are noted, including half hour intervals and PM/AM designations, though several OCR errors appear in the sequence.
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Lancaster
A. M
Lititz
Petersburg
Manheim
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Desolate
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Ritchie’s
Tve
John L. Hosler, Jr
Spruce Street Grocery
W. C. Fichthorn
Bow- Rudy's Meatman’s
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Ind
Brunneryville
John D. Bair
Horse & Mule Barns
Blue Ball, Pa
Park View Hotel
A. W. Miller
Aaron G. Hershey
Hershey, Leaman & Co, Lititz, Penna
Astors
W. D. Siverling
Phos Warwick
Janssen
Century Sheet
J. B. Young & Son
B. Orange St
Depot Lititz, PA
Moyer’s Drug Store
Main Street
Cemen
W.H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Frank Kline
M.I
King St
Rapture Freb
Rogers Bros
Rogers
Meriden, Conn
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