Grandma's Money Mystery Revealed by Village Boy
Grandma Phelps aged over sixty kept four thousand dollars at home in a cloth under her pillow. The sheriff doubted the tale, but fourteen year old Tom Henderson solved the case by inspecting a feed barrel in a shed. He uncovered the money hidden where she once believed rats would not reach.
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Grandma Phelps
Grafton
Grandma
United States
Tom Henderson
Tom Tremtersen
Werner
Theley
Hin
Tou Henderson
Wells
Toa
How to Wash the Face and Make a Nail Buffer
Practical tips for facial care and nail care from a period guide. Hot water for facials should be just warm to avoid skin irritation. Use cleansing cream after activities like golf, then wipe with a cloth and dry gently. A DIY nail buffer uses worn gloves and cotton rags sewn into a finger roll with a removable wrist cover for polishing nails.
How to Brighten the Easter Menu
A garbled recipe describes hard boiled eggs with decorative clove stems and lilac leaves. It mentions serving on lettuce with mayonnaise, olives and pickles, then baking eggs in shells, scooping centers, mixing butter and anchovies with seasonings, and browning in a hot oven.
The Mice Meet a Red Coated Jack in the Box
In a tale told by Daddy's Bedtime, mice Skip and Scamp discover a red coated Jack in the Box in an old bachelor’s dining room. They flee with their mother Mrs. Mouse when the box reveals a “new kind of cat” only to learn it is a toy.
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Skip
Scamp
Mouse
Blotee Bodice with Brocaded Silk Bolero Ensemble
A 1900s style pattern describes an accordion front bolero over a brocaded silk bodice with chiffon front. It details fabrics and yardage for sizes 3 to 4 inches bust, plus mail order for pattern No 7725 and instruction to include stamps and coupon with name and address.
Favorite Fish Dishes and Cooking Methods Include Halibut and Whitefish
Recipes highlight whitefish and halibut as seasonal favorites. Methods cover fried smelts, baked halibut with pork strips and milk, steamed fish, and stuffed whitefish with oyster sauce, detailing dressings, sauces, and serving garnishes.
Just Between A Cold Confines Visitor From Pastor
A man ill from changeable weather stays in bed while his wife mentions a visitor. He gripes that he is too sick to see anyone, then discovers it is their pastor. The Newark Star records the humorous exchange.
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Jim
Newark Star
Fashion Notes on New Season Silks and Silhouettes
A fragment describes new season styling with silk and worsted fabrics. It notes a sash or belt waist, a matching skirt, and a dressy couture bodice with buttoned boots, reflecting period costume details.
Ethel Roosevelt Plans Friday April Wedding
Ethel Roosevelt defies superstition by choosing Friday April 4 for her wedding to Dr Richard Derby at Oyster Bay's little church. The reception will follow at Sagamore Hill, home of Colonel and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt. Attendant Miss Carmelia Landon is a friend of the ROosevelt family. Dr Derby, Harvard graduate, is the son of Dr The hard E Derby.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Pether “Row Roosevelt
Richard Derby
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Eel
Theodore Roosevelt
Heary
Matton Landon
Miss Roosevelt
Miss Troosevelt
White House
Washington
Derby
Harvard
Thehard E. Derby
New Wash Fabrics Priced From Two Dollars A Yard
Spring wash fabrics come from abroad and cost about $2 per yard though some tub dresses cheaper at 25 to 40 cents. The materials are fashionable, wide measuring, with a gown cost under $8 and offer dotted Swiss like effects in blue pink or lavender. Brocade ratine at $4 per yard suits travel wear with small all over patterns. The tone shifts to a quip about Simkins Oh Skinner remark and Timkins response.
One application restores color to grey or faded hair
An early 20th century advertisement promises quick, noticeable color return to grey or faded hair with Hay's Hair Health. It touts dandruff relief and scalp cleansing, offering money back if unsatisfied and bundled free soap with purchase at local pharmacies.
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Fesler & CO
Smythe
Davey PH Rothenbe
Hay
May
Seiler
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Ore
Regord's Daily
Reeste Ban
Saiker
Bho
Ack
Evelyn
Daddy
Dinal
Tabby
Lauaumber
Chandler & Maps N. J
So. R. R
S. Broadway
Long Branch, N. J
Telephone
Phadini Hengprara
Simkins
Skinner
Timkins
Spaldings and Wright and Ditson’s
Base Ball Goods
MLS
A. M. Townley & Co
Broadway
Seligler
Sehnglee
Paris Pletare
Qure
Red Bank
Cree & Sanbourn
White Street
N. J
W. R. Warwick
Long Branch
Daily Record-C. &. W
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