The Spider and the Fly Intrigue Ends With Proposal
In a social intrigue, Ralph Brindsley courts Ethel Sternes with an offer of marriage after his mother returns from Florida. Ethel plots to influence the outcome while observing Ralph and Mrs Brindsley, and Zip the dog and Spot the parrot witness the final vow as Ralph asks for Ethel’s hand.
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Dbebi Meng Uber
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Cor O
Provida
Ralph
Sternes
Brindsley
Stornes
Brinsley
Florida
Lil
Heravlf
Tiene
Dumilcile
Spot
How to Make Orange Marmalade in Various Recipes
The article outlines several orange marmalade methods and tips. It notes tart oranges produce better jelly, and compares English and Rich Orange Marmalade recipes with steps for soaking, boiling, peeling, and sugar quantities. It emphasizes cost and purity factors and provides jarning guidance.
Dames and Daughters from a Century of Figures
Hetty Green lauds long serving Sioux City post office clerk Miss Helen Cheever. Notes Mrs. Ressler urges federal laws against flimsy garments. Madrid institute head Miss Huntington, a Wellesley graduate, opens Gordon Gulick hall. Mrs. Sigel donates 500 from selling homemade goods to Tabor Home. Mrs. Severance, pioneer suffragist, votes president and resides in Los Angeles at ninety three.
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Hetty Green
Tlelen Cheever
Sioux City
John C. Ressler
Decatur
Ill
Suan DL. Huntington
International Institute For Girls
Madrid
Alice Gordon Gulick
Miss Huntington
Wellesley
Albert Sigel
Philadelphia
Tabor
Caroline M. Severance
New England Women's Club
Pioneer Woman's Club
United States
Julian Ward Howe
Los Angeles
Cal
Open grate deemed dangerous by West Virginia officials
A flippant item notes West Virginia declares open grates dangerous due to risk of falling into the fire while jokes about reform and fashion mix with quotes from Philadelphia Ledger and Milwaukee Sentinel. Other remarks joke about women guiding husbands finances and government regulation of dresses.
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West Virginia
Philadelphia , Ledger
Tpoterrorcote
Northwestern’ University
Milwaukee
Settiner
Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Mephistopheles Hat and Fashion Quips From Era
A penned glimpse notes a Mephistopheles named winter hat and fashion jokes. It cites a muskrat coat winter image and comments on ladies shoes and openwork hose. Broad heels return are welcomed as avoiding a hen-on-a-skillet look.
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Mephistopheles
Philadelphia Ledger
Louisville Courier-Journal
New Orleans Picayune
Modern Maud Muller Dream Ends in Wedding Bells
A Milwaukee Sentinel verse recalls Maud Muller on a warm night as a judge hints at marriage while Maud turns away from his schemes. The scene ends with her laughing after she shuts off the dictograph, reflecting on a playful, ironic twist.
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Maud
Maud Muller
Venus and Minerva in the Modern Style Debate
In a "The Woman's World" feature the author argues Venuses embody calm beauty while Minervas symbolize effort and balance. The piece links style to confidence, posture, and carriage, claiming true chic comes from poise and a brisk, upright walk.
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Greece
Venous
Minerva
Venus
Cas
Evening and Afternoon Gowns with Elaborate Decor
Fashion notes describe new evening and afternoon gowns richly decorated. Styles feature colored tulle with bright blue over yellow, gray tulle with strawberry ink brocaded crepe, and a purple theme in charmeuse satin trimmed with black velvet. May Marton patterns offered in sizes 34 to 40 inch bust and 12 to 28 inch waist, with costs and mail order details.
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Peete
Beauty Hints For Travelers From a Practical Guide
A travel beauty guide describes compact grooming sets for travelers with buffers and manicure tools priced from $1.50 to $6. It covers care of the body including toothpowder recipes, rosewater and benzoin mixes, camphor oil, and tips for nails and skin. Advertisers urge Daily Record notices for payoffs.
Fragmented 19th Century News Snippet on War and Weather
The text notes uncertain artillery penetration and dwindling gun decks, with naval authorities deciding to abolish names. It also mentions iceman forecasts for next summer amid milder winter or thick ice. The source mixes heterogeneous 19th century items from New York World and city papers.
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New York World
Hicago Record-Herald
Icemena
Cleveland
Preventable Disease and Typhoid Fatalities Highlight Health Foes
A Chicago Herald report notes typhoid fever as a major burden costing Americans about 100 million dollars annually. The text compares disease severity across regions, mentioning cholera and Indian province cases, and quotes various editorials on public health dangers and the stubborn nature of pestilence.
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Chicago Record
Philadelphia Ledger
Indan
Pittaburgh
Riddle and Answer on a charming girl’s letterplay
A playful verse likens a girl to letters A B O N in order to describe moods and actions. The riddle frames A as a musing state B as coming, O as lighting, N as chanting, forming a clever wordplay about a charming youth.
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Tam
International Auto Show Planned for St Petersburg in April
Berlin chauffeurs are forbidden to smoke while on duty. Auto wireless telephones prove effective for 35 miles. A novel meter for electric cars records both input and output of storage batteries.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Train and Track Advancement in 1847 Locomotive Rebuilds
A reconstructed locomotive from 1847 emerges in new light work by an English railway. Prussian style sleeping cars convert two small staterooms into one four bed room by removing a partition. An aerial railway stretching forty miles with fifteen tunners per minute of cable begins to link Manizales and Mariquita in Colorbe.
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Manizales
Mariquita
Colorbe
Puzzle Oddities and Transpositions In A/Lore
Series of 1900s puzzle stanzas and wordplay items including Hidden Birds and Transpositions. It presents rhymes about a bull chase and a boy Roy in a rough adventure, plus clues guiding readers to solve five five letter word fill ins and a final wordplay exercise.
Rebus Puzzles and Wordplay Highlights 2007 2009
A catalog of past puzzle items including Rebus puzzles Hidden Reversed Rivers Flowers In Anagram and additions like Addition No 2010 with a poet tied to Rome. Many entries reference wordplay on rivers hidden backward and names, places, and characters embedded in phrases.
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William Wallace
Bern
Louis
Gray
Tim
Rome
Sunday School Lesson on Genesis Two Creation Teachings
A sermon outlines Genesis two creation details with focus on the Lord God forming man from dust, breathing life, and man in God's image. It discusses Elohim and Jehovah names, the garden setting, the tree of life, and the nearness of God walking with man prior to the fall, and notes the woman’s creation as a pivotal sign.
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God
Andrew Murray
Wellington
South Africa
Emmeé
Lord
Elohim
Abraham
Joshua
Manoah
Adam
Paul
Christ
Ely
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