Stamp Language And Farewell Quotations In Old Postage Folio
A 19th or early 20th century column catalogs stamp position meanings on envelopes and postcards, noting top right and corner orientations for messages of affection, trust, or separation. It also lists two penny stamp meanings and offers farewell quotations for departing guests, plus candlelit dining tips and a brief note on storing sandies to improve baking.
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Boon
Gooday
Lete Elde
Tess
Motta for a Sun Dial by Henry Van Dyke at Wally College
Poem fragment forwarded titled The Sun Dial at Wally College evokes time and shadow. The lines contemplate the border between past and future, the present moment, and an unborn hour, with a signature Madame Merri in the faded text.
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Henry van Dyke
Wally College
Caat
Madame Merri
Pure White For Warmest Days In Summer Hats And Styles
The piece reviews two summer hats noted for their pure white fabrics and light tones. A round bonnetlike brim uses crepe Ceorgette, a moire satin crown, ribbon bow, and a white marguerite on the brim. Another hat, a white hemp shape, features a poke front and expanding back brim with wings poised at rest. The article also cites an Irish crochet coat and sleeves with short puffs to evoke winter in midsummer heat. Julia Bottomley signs off.
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Marshall Neil
Theesigner
Goiddie
Julia Bottomley
Dressing gown of crepe de chine for travel wear
The most serviceable durable dress gown for travelers is dark and inconspicuous crepe de chine. It resists showing soil, cleans easily, and can be worn months, with options like a dark blue gown paired with cream net vest, net sleeves, or a ribbon sash for subtle interest on shipboard or hotel corridors.
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Os Patore
Needle book to fit purse from scraps of ribbon
A compact needle book idea fits inside a purse using scraps of ribbon and a flannel sheet on the inner cover for needles. One cover holds flannel and needles of various sizes while the opposite cover stores silk threads and a small rim of silk flags to fashion a portable sewing kit.
Soft Bows or Lingerie Trend in French Nightgowns
Fashion notes describe new French nightgowns featuring two large buttonholes threaded by a soft wide ribbon tied in a bow. The design avoids tedious threading and stitching, adding color with ribbons preferred by fastidious women.
Fashionable neck ruffs captivate social season
A chic girl at a smart afternoon gathering displays a popular neck ruff as the season’s stylish accessory. The article notes ruff development and its appeal among fashionable circles, highlighting its refined silhouette and social cachet.
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Dng
Tulsa
Slimmer Than Ever Fashion Trends For Women
Slimmer silhouettes dominate this season with women discarding size adding undergarments. New muslin and sheer fabrics replace older petticoats, while ultra fashionable wearers adopt wave-ankle petticoat combinations that hug the hips tightly.
Lace Ficha Over Silk Gown Description
A charming Aicha of marine lace is worn over a gown of soft silk or sheer material. The lace drapes in soft folds across the back and shoulders, gradually sloping toward the front where it ends in two sharp points.
Delicious summer dishes and poetic interludes in a 19th century menu
A mixed fragment lists grape gelatine dessert and grape compote with lemon and sugar, braised calf liver with butter, bay leaf and orange juice, a prune apple fruit soup, and junket dessert. It interleaves rustic recipe directions with verse lines about home by the side of the road and a call for courage and peace.
Bog Day Dishes From August Cookery Notes
In sultry August days enjoy cooling foods and beverages with light desserts and seasonal fruits. Recipes include coconut mousse with gelatine, orange juice and whipped cream. cheese custard in timbale molds. lamb cutlets with bacon, carrot and orange juice, then jelly topping. Also cool peas with a jelly finish and a three hour setting time.
Luscious Field Mushrooms and Recipes From July August
Mushrooms thrive in rainy midsummer, July and August bringing abundant crops yet wormy fruit is common in peak season. Learn to select fresh mushrooms and avoid overripe or slug-attacked fungi, with digestibility debates noted as nutritive value remains debated. Recipes include Mushroom Scramble, Deviled Mushrooms, Broiled Mushrooms, and Mushrooms Baked In Cream, plus a reflective closing verse urging hope and mercy.
Household Hints From a Damaged Page
Household tips offer moth control with unopened bottles and careful heat to soften jellies for molds. It also covers soap reuse to make dish soap and hand cleaners, rug care to reduce chair scuffs, and storage tricks like damp burlap for stove protection, plus a stubborn blocking box and jar tops for easier access.
Unusual Precautions Against Forest Fires In Cisco California
In Cisco California Placer county near eroding Sierra tracks unusual fire precautions are in place. Fire rangers ride motorcycles while two locomotive units with water tank cars stand ready day and night. Equipment includes 300 feet of hose ladders and firefighting tools. A pumping engine powers water through hose lines and railroad services are supported by telephone and government ranger water supplies.
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Cisco
Placer County
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Forcet
Ballet
On the Way Insight into Unleashing Hidden Talent
A reflective note argues that those who wait for others to uncover their abilities fade into fatigue and obscurity, urging initiative and self development to avoid becoming a wearisome bier of lost potential.
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Theater du Chatelet
Paris
Cera Tasse
Diona
O. W. Hotes
Sam Walter Fox
Hanlen
Mushro
Stevenson
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