Five Central American revolutions and gossip in Chicago
A satirical roundup notes Central American reform efforts under one government, a Chicago woman seeking a $250 diamond receiver, and gossipy claims about Miss Helen’s engagements. It mocks society norms, cites a Vanderbilt yacht cruise, and lampoons Wall Street failures, earthquakes, and Princeton hazing.
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Chicago
Photographer Martin Finds His Fortune and Family
In Benton Massachusetts, Martin Bosworth, a struggling photographer, earns winter savings to marry Molly and support his ailing family. A chance portrait leads to a chance encounter with Mrs Mason and her hidden past, culminating in a reunion with the lost boy Teddy and a windfall that secures their new life on a thriving Brookdale farm.
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Marian Bosworth
Benton
Massachusetts Hills
Molly
Martin
Worcester
Brookdale
St. Bernard
Mrs. Mason
Mr. Mason
Ned
Teddy
New York
Circus
Pastoral Episode of Meandering Mike and Plodding Peter
In a Washington Star excerpt Meandering Mike boasts of an elegant swimmin place. Plodding Peter doubts the plan. Mike laments the moral cost to their profession and warns that where a swimmin spot grows shirts ready to be swiped, a risky future awaits.
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Mike
Peter
Pete
Washington Star
The Coronation Spoon and Chinese Bird Headdress
The Coronation Spoon, kept at the Tower of London, dates to Edward the Confessor era and is used to receive the consecrated oil at coronations. Also described is a Chinese women's copper or gold bird headdress with winged drops over the temples and tail over the back.
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Crown
England
Tower of London
Edward the Confessor
China
Cheap and Practical Rabbit-Proofing for Young Orchards
A Kansas agricultural expert explains low-cost methods to protect young fruit trees from rabbits during winter. Wrapping trunks two to three feet high with cheap materials like gray wrapping paper or corn stalks, tied with twine, costs about half a cent per tree and helps prevent bark damage. Remove bandages in spring to avoid insect problems and reset trees after wind or frost.
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C. C. Georgeson
Kansas Agricultural College
Household Hints From Era on Cleaning and Freshening Fabrics
A concise guide offers home methods for cleaning silk gowns with bread crumbs and gasoline, softening hard putty with heat, and making cork stoppers. It also covers cleaning fine filigree jewelry with tooth powder, edge finishing stitches on skirts, fitting buttonhole edges, and scenting drawers with sachets.
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Marble Hill Press
Tom Allen
Marble Hill
Missouri
Helen
Mr. Vaspersitt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Uta
Quebec
Sir William Dawson
Paris
France
Wall Street
Persia
Mercer County
New Jersey
Princeton
Papa
Soree
Bouwehold
Journal of Agriculture
Jerseys
Jersey
Guernsey
L Crosby
National Stockman
America