Miss Persis Finds Love and New Dress in Winter Garden
In a seaside village Miss Persis Monroe, poor but diligent, worries about winter and dreams of a gray gown. A navy captain, Sanderson, buys her hyacinths for a sick child and later wins her heart, prompting a transformation and a wedding that redeems both sisters and the garden’s faded blooms.
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Miss Persis Monroe
Peter
Miss Persis
Lavinia
China
Japan
Sanderson
Miss Lavinia
Philip Sanderson
Misa Persia
Trousseau
Roosevelt policy the same old sham editorial attack
The Commoner editorial denounces Roosevelt and his platform as a sham. It critiques tariff and tax ideas, distrusts trusts, and argues municipal plants and private monopolies cannot be effectively controlled. It concludes the new party’s trust stance is untenable and unlikely to gain broad support. Anglers report few fish in the sea compared with those that got away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Roosevelt
Timt
Apple Barrels Factory Offers Low Prices at Two Plants
LEON MILLER of Williamsport Pennsylvania and Waynesboro Virginia advertises a barrel factory with a daily capacity of 2000 barrels. He offers No 1 and No 2 Apple Barrels and a Knock Down Barrel requiring no special tools. Prompt shipments promised.
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Waynesboro
Leon Miller
Williamsport
Clark and Harmon Offer Their Services in Maine Tour
Governor Wilson announced that Speaker Champ Clark has volunteered to join Governor Marshall and other Democratic leaders on a September stumping tour in Maine for the national ticket. He noted Harmon of Ohio will campaign in his state and possibly beyond. Ohio is expected to vote for the ticket by a comfortable majority.
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N. J
Wilson
Champ Clark
Baltimore
Marshall
Foxes
Massachusetts
Baldwin
Connecticut
Robert Henry
Texas
Maine
Clark
BF. Goltra
Missouri
New York
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Longworth Must Show His Colors in Ohio Politics
Cincinnati congressman Nicholas Longworth, Theodore Roosevelt’s son in law, faces pressure to declare support for Taft or Roosevelt. Despite renomination, he has avoided comment, while Roosevelt allies reportedly consider a Cincinnati challenger. Ohio Taft supporters demand clear alignment ahead of the vote.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Longworth
Taft
Roosevelt
Friends of the Administration
Dr. Zwich
Nick
Congress
Drocrce
Calonel
Town in terror from mad cats
Roy ersford borough in Schuylkill Valley is gripped by a cat rabies scare as hydrophobia afflicted felines bite a dozen residents. Police and health officials warn residents to avoid stray cats and seek care after any bite.
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Philadelphia
Royersford
Schuylkill Valley
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Claim
An advertisement from Foster-Milburn Co. promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and kidney trouble. Mrs. Elizabeth Eckhardt of Front Royal Virginia testifies the pills cured her kidney issues and banished pain for years. The message urges readers to request Doan's Kidney Pills by name.
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Dean
Elizabeth Eckhardt
Main Street
Front Royal
Doan
Police action orders mass cat killings in borough
Police official H. Beldeman reports he shot 74 cats and Burgess Fred Keeley orders all borough cats to be killed. Injured animals sent to Pasteur Institute in New York along with cat heads as hydrophobia cases are declared. Some bites occurred while handling pets. two bites remain.
Requiem Services for General Booth Planned in London
Funeral arrangements for General William Booth founder of the Salvation Army were announced. Requiem services will be held at Olympia on Wednesday evening conducted by Bramwell Booth. Interment follows at Abbey Park with a Salvation Army cortege leaving headquarters at noon. Thousands are expected to attend.
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London
William Booth
Salavation Army
Olympia
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Nat Abbey Park
Booth Wes
Eva Booth sails for London to attend her father’s burial
Eva Booth daughter of the late General William Booth sails on La France with Salvation Army officers to reach London for burial day. If no delays, the party will travel Havre to Calais then Dover. funeral Wednesday August 28 lies ahead. Eva Booth, ill but not in danger, hopes to attend burial after death of her father.
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New York
Eva Booth
William Booth
Salvation Army
la France
London
Miss Booth
America
Havre
Calais
Dover
Rock Hill College A Thorough Preparatory Department
Rock Hill College offers a thorough preparatory department for boys from twelve years of age and upwards. Brother Maurice serves as President.
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Rock Hill College
Brother Maurice
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Catalog Details
Degree offerings include Agriculture Horticulture Applied Chemistry Applied Geology Civil Mining Mechanical Electrical Metallurgy Metallography. Sixty four instructors, well equipped shops laboratories and barns. Dormitories have steam heating electric lights. Library holds 12000 volumes on 1100 acre farm. Two year Agriculture and Farmers Winter courses. Nine month session cost 274.90 dollars. Virginia students 224.90 dollars. Next session begins September 18 1912. Paul B Barringer president. Write for catalogue.
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Virginia
Paul B. Barringer
Marines Prepare to Sail for Nicaragua Mission
In Philadelphia at the Navy Yard preparations were rushed to depart 700 United States marines and bluejackets for Nicaragua. They are ordered to sail Saturday aboard the Prairie to Corinto. Within ten days an American force of about 2,100 is expected in Nicaragua.
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Philadelphia
Daayue
Navy Yard
United States
Nicaragua
Prairie
Al’nama
Corinto
Typhoid Cases Drop as Sanitation Improves in Virginia
Virginia Health Department reports no new major typhoid outbreaks this week. Outbreaks in the Northern Neck and Southwest Virginia traced to contact transmission and sewage disposal, respectively, are being controlled. Commissioner Williams credits better bedside care, sewer systems, and hotel inspections for the nationwide decline.
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Health Department
Virginia
Williams
Memorial Arch for Titanic Bead Fete at Gloucester
Arrangements completed for a fundraising fete at John Moyes Hammond’s Gloucester estate to raise funds for a memorial arch in Washington honoring the Titanic victims. President Taft expected to open the event with a White House wire. notable attendees from across the nation are to attend.
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Gloucester
Mass
John Moyes Hammond
Washington
Taft
White House
Mee
Hammond Estate
Meverly
Hammond
Mayor Harrison seeks to avert street car walkout
Chicago reports the street car strike growing more acute as Mayor Harrison vows to avert a walkout. Negotiations between traction magnates and union leaders broke with a breach over working terms and a heated conference adjourned last night.
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Chicago
Harrison
Traction
Wearing of Jewelled Bracelets Captures Fashion Note
Woman's Department suggests short sleeves invite bracelets yet doubts linger about rules. Discusses bangles rings and wrist ornaments from practical watch bracelets to exotic jewel ribbon work with pearls and diamonds. Highlights Queen of England's bracelet and oriental stones like jade turquoise and lapis lazuli.
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England
Glasgow
Country Hats and Fashionable Millinery Trends
The article surveys rural ramble hats and country amusements in millinery. It praises ribbon straw crowns and floral trims while criticizing the new downward wing feather style as ugly and discordant, imagining birds judging wearers with disapproval.
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Poultry Yard
Theatrical Hair Ornaments Dominate The Stage
A description of theater headwear shows heavy caps and wide hair designs that obscure the view for those behind. Bead fringes and pearl accents top the ears while other ornaments offer moderation with crepe berry wreaths. A separate note lists home remedies and cleaning tips using oatmeal and lime for various items.
Crafting hall benches from discarded bed stems
To repurpose old wooden bed parts into hall benches, saw side rails lengthwise, shorten headboard legs for back, and split foot board to form arms. Attach arms to back with narrow strips, position split side rails at the front, and use a plank for the seat. Cushions complete the low cost conversion.
Hoeckleberry Ginger Cake and Egg Sauce Recipe
A scanned fragment lists recipes for Neauregard Eyes four hard cooked eggs two tablespoons butter two tablespoons salt one saltspoon pepper four slices toast egg yolks sieved whites chopped milk sauce with butter flour salt pepper and whites poured over toast dust yolks bake a Hoeckleberry Ginger Cake with molasses sour milk soda butter ginger flour berries and bake in a moderate oven.
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Neauregard
Huckleberry Pie Recipe Steps
A homely recipe describes preparing huckleberry and mixed berries for a pie. It covers washing berries, lining the pie plate, adding sugar and flour, and dusting the lower crust with half the sifted mixture.
Mobile man Arthur Verster dies by own action in New York
Police identify a Mobile man, Arthur W. Verster, as the deceased who killed himself in a New York hotel after telling companion actress Perea Ettington to leave. Verster, reportedly suffering from melancholia, had moved via New Orleans and Chicago after drawing money from a bank in Mobile, leaving a wife and two children.
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New York
Jarlhborough
Perea ‘Ett-Ington
Arthur W. Verster
Yerger
Tee
New Orleans
Chicago
Mobile
Mississippi
Mexican Gunboat Guerrero Seized by Rebels Report
Special dispatches from Mazatlan claim the Mexican gunboat General Guerrero under Commander Oten Blanco was captured by rebels and that the steamer Benito Juarez may also have fallen to Orozco followers. The report, received by a shipping company, was later discredited.
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San Diego
Cal
Mazatlan
General Guerrero
Oten Blanco
Benito Juarez
Orozco
Mexico
Guerrero
Voting Rights Across States Echo in Appeal
An Index-Appeal editorial urges letting Black citizens vote Democratic if they choose. It argues democracy benefits all colors when parties seek their support, whether or not a given state needs the vote from Democrats.
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WM. H. Palmer
E. B. Addison
W. H. McCarthy
Oscar D. ‘Pitts
Clark and Harman
General Booth
Bradstreet
Williamsburg Female Institute
Norfolk Presbytery
W. M. Hunter
Williamsburg, Va
State Female Normal School
Farmville
J. I. Jarman
Farmville, Va
Ellicott City, Md
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Hopkins Medical Galiant
Norfolk, VA
Clifton Forge Seminary
D. L. Bryant
Clifton Forge
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, Va
Weavers' Union
Bsdford
Weavers’ Union
Titanic
Diane
Manry
Cemnom
GG Switchboard
Supply Co
Ninth Street
Richmond
Woman’s Department
Ty Ake
Derax
Richmenb Bag Company
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Cohen
Leonard
By & B. Leonard & Co
Tampa
Fla
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Cas Rae Crh
Stockdell-Myers CO
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