Deacon Loses Faith and Fortunes in Silver Stock Plot
An Arkansas deacon and his wife receive a mail tip to invest 500 in Wild Cat silver stock. They are duped by Mr. Nipper, a supposed church member, profit 38,500 promised but lose 700 after a confrontation. The tale ends with a moral about misplaced trust and a rejected profit.
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Deawon Uaskins
Senator Bailey
New York
Wild Cat
Deacon Traskins
Martha
Nipper
Mr. Nipper
Ir. Nipper
Haskins
Iigest
New York City
Eggs for Breakfast and Luncheon Delights from GGS
A recipe collection outlines hearty egg dishes such as Eggs With Chutney Bees With Peppers Eggs and Fish Eggs In Butter and Egg with Lobster. Each method mixes yolks with chutney or butter, bakes or fries, and finishes with savory sauces and herbs.
Animal Virtues From a Moral Zoo Tale
A National Magazine moral fable uses zoo creatures to teach restraint and temperance. The narrator notes humans claim dominion yet birds, elephants, apes and pigs illustrate caution, kindness, and self control through playful fables.
How to Clean Rugs and Cemetery Fund Details
Instructions mention cleaning Smyrna rugs with a velvet surface brush and a coarse galt and cornmoss mix. The text references Glenwood Cemetery with full size lots priced. a perpetual care fund has grown to $5 049 14 and further particulars are available from C M Throckmorton secretary at 162 Broadway Long Grainh W J.
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Smyrna
C. M. Throckmorton
See'y
Broadway
Long Graneh
W. J
Seaside Fun for City Children at Rockaway Beach
Summer crowds flock to Rockaway Beach near New York with trains delivering east side children for lunches and week long outings at charitable institutes. A photo shows a child emerging from the surf while a playful game called the Bird Catcher entertains both young and older participants.
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New York
Coney Island
Rockaway Beach
Rockaway
Lawn Bubble Party For School Fun On A Net
Girls and boys pair or separate at a tennis net for a bubble contest. A glycerin mixture and colored pipes decorate bubbles blown from each side. Each bubble crossing the net earns points. prizes go to largest bubble longest lasting, or longest chain with decorative gifts.
Shadows Cast by Mountain Peaks Across California and Tenerife
From Mount Diablo California observers note a quarterly sun angle that produces a shadow over ten miles long on the plain below. Tenerife’s summit forms a vast shadow exceeding fifty miles across the sea, darkening nearby islands.
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Mount Diablo
California
Tenerife
Mother Goose Riddle Reveals Coal Answer
A riddle from an 19th century page asks about a dark sought resource. The clue notes black and admired objects, something that tires horses and comforts men, with the solution given as coal.
Balkan style coats and contrasting skirts pattern guide
Fashion hint describes Balkan style coats paired with contrasting skirts. It notes coat options, sleeve styles, and yardage for a medium size, plus pattern cuts for bust sizes 40 inches and skirt measurements. Ordering details request 10 cents and pattern numbers with postage instructions.
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Mentite
Akirt
Trey
How to Protect Parasols and Grapes in North America
The article details making a parasol bag from silk and linen with a drawn string, ribbon, and an embroidered initial for decoration. It notes about forty species of grapes exist worldwide, with more than half in North America, thriving across varied conditions and large areas.
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North America
Puzzle about Baltimore troops names and a goat picture
The note instructs readers to add and subtract per supplied pictures to reveal the attacked troops in Baltimore on April 19 1861 and to locate a soldier’s portrait. It ends with the answer to the last puzzle as Sun Cowloge Picture under chin of goat.
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Baltimore
How a Visitor to New York Recovered Lost Money
A New York hotel incident shows a foreign visitor losing a hundred dollar note to a clerk and, after a lawyer’s plan, regaining the money. A honeymooning couple later faced a mistaken room entry with a humorous bathroom miscue.
The Strawberry in Sacred Art Symbolism
The old masters used the strawberry in religious imagery as a symbol of perfect righteousness, paired with the chaste white blossom and trefoil leaves. The violet often accompanies it to express humble fruitfulness, a motif referenced by Elizabeth Mary in Floral Symbolism of the Great Masters.
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Elizabeth Mary
Missing diamond cuff links spark two day hotel chase
A Western millionaire visiting New York bought a pair of diamond crusted cuff links for 25 dollars. After one link vanished in two days the hunt went through the hotel as he searched high and low. A week later at a business dinner he recounted the loss and urged perseverance.
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New York
Prioto
Chihidelphia UI
There Ain’t No Birds in Last Year’s Nests
A sharp quip in the St. Louis Republic contrasts last year’s nests with new occupants June brides and bridegrooms moving into bengalows, implying change and renewal in social life.
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St. Louis Republic
New Cook Under Scrutiny as References Questioned
Dialogue quotes a domestic scene in which a wife questions a husband about the reliability of a new cook’s references. The exchange hints at concerns over the cook’s qualifications and the couple’s cautious approach.
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London
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