The Lovelorn Comeback That Tried to Endure
Joshua Sparks recalls Martha Wrinkles and Ben Higgins a tale of old love tested by time. Ben returns from Colorado after twenty one years away to find Martha aged and changed yet refuses to forget their youthful bond. The two meet awkwardly then drift apart, deciding love endures only if severed by distance.
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Joshua Sparks
Mathalda Stickler
Martha
Waal
Ben Higgins
Ben
Colorado
Grizzly Gray
Josh
Perlite
Jack
Daddy
Leaping Deer
Evelyn
Chief Smoky Cloud
Smoky Cloud
Turkey Wing
Deer
Bo Be
Women's World Unique Hat Bows and Ribbon Trims
describes hat trimming through a right quill bow and butterfly bow designed by Ora Cne. details include color schemes of green brown and yellow, ribbon width uniformity, quill alignment, and wing construction with No 100 ribbon pieces.
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Ora Cne
Fashion Trends and Tiny Tales From a Bygone Era
The text surveys fashion notes with color pairings and corset trends, small pattern patterns for children, and a May Manton pattern 7047. It also recounts a whimsical tale of a boy with bees and a river of wealth, ending with a Missouri hermit who hid money in pails, totaling about $60,000 in estate value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Nan
Missouri
Jabot End Pattern in Irish Crochet Lace
An Irish crochet jabot pattern features a central rose with picot chain filling and reinforced chains for seallops. A three scallop top with two beneath and one below yields a handsome jabot suitable for handkerchief linen. Also includes a furniture polish recipe using shredded candle end beeswax and turpentine mixed with soap and water.
The Boy and the Beehive
A beehive crowded with bees moves and seeks new housing until a farmer and boy with tools capture the swarm. The queen leads a hopeful escape as the man offers a box hive and the bees are moved to a new home on a farm.
Indian children play ring and stick game with beads
The article describes a native ring and stick game where boys throw sticks at a buckskin bead covered ring rolled along the ground. The aim is to guide the stick through the ring while players strike at others’ sticks to hinder progress.
Apple Seeds Debate Turns to Hidden Knowledge
A classroom scene shows teacher challenging Polly Brown to decide if apple seeds point up or down, a question not in any book. The story captures curiosity and the moment of learning in a small apple class.
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Polly Brown
Polly
St. Nicholas
The Lion's Taste and Long Branch Public Notice
A column quotes a harsh animal tale about a native boy in England and reports a June 2 1911 borough notice in West Long Branch New Jersey seeking to vacate a Beechwood Avenue section per a 1905 Norwood Park map. The petition, signed by adjacent landowners, waives damages.
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Borough of
West Long Branch
Beechwood Avenue
Norwood Park
Long Branch
N. J
W. H. DeNyse
Locust Avenue
Cedar Avenue
A. D. van Note
Mammoth sale of lots at Monmouth Park auction
Melvin R Van Keuren of Eatontown will hold a mammoth sale of building lots at Monmouth Park on Thursday June 15. The tract covers hundreds of acres along the Eatontown boulevard with streets laid out and a building boom expected. In Keansburg a sloop owned by John Dyer was stolen with shells and tools but recovered off Staten Island Shoals by Harry Hopkins. Three young men in Keansburg were found intoxicated and wandered home, leaving the boat adrift.
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O’connell
Daniel O’connell
Covent Garden
London
John Coleman
Melvin R.van Keuren
Main Street
Eatontown
Monmouth Park
Mr. van Keuren
Eatontown Boulevard
John Dyer
Keansburg
Waycake Creek
Staten Island Shoals
Harry Hopkins
Keyport
Mr. Hopkins
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White Rock
Paris Monument
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R. R
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Women's World
Hussar
Jabot
Charlotte Mansfield
Rhodesia
England
Hippodrome
P Strinhard
Erin Hark
Groest
Sladers
Tra
New Street
Ty-Belisters
Smythes’s
Richard R. Hughes
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New Jersey
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