Teaching Wainaini by Allen Ward
Frances Turner starts a hill school for poor whites in Mill County aiming to educate girls aged seven to seventeen. Six months brings new hopes for expansion and a girls faculty as Pauline Ditton stands as trusted pupil while letters reveal strain as students face romantic distractions and looming staff growth.
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Allen Ward
Frances Turner
Mill County
Francesa
New York
Miss Turner
Frances
Sadie Hillison
Abel
Scoul
Joel Upman
Mary
Sadih
Marion Briggs
Turner
Marion
Jane Brigs
Pauline Ditton
Pauline
Miss Frances
Pocahontas
John Smith
of Oak Vailey
Mira Francia
Joyce
Pauline Smith
W. G. Chapman
Making the Land Beautiful Under Lord Kitchener in Egypt
The article notes British efforts under Lord Kitchener to beautify Cairo and nearby areas. A large statue of Rameses I will be erected near Cairo station, and the obelisk from Materieh may be installed in the central square. Old native houses are being cleared to improve Citadel access and highlight mosques of Sultan Hassan and al Rifayeh.
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Lord Kitchener
Egypt
Cairo Station
Rameses I
Bedrashin
Rameses II
Pharoah
Citadel
Sultan Hassan
Wl Rifayeh
Centenarian Claims Spark Debate On Longevity
Sir James Crichton Browne argues that living to a hundred is a moral aim while Irish workhouse deaths hint at extreme ages. The article cites contested ages of 116 and 114 and recalls famed claims from Old Parr to Methuselah, illustrating century‑plus longevity skepticism.
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James Crichton-Browne
George Cornewall Lewis
Old Parr
Johannes de Temporibus
Stow
Methuselah
Bir Jamen
Ata
Hats Herald College Pride In Airy Knit Auto Style
A designer, a woman inventor, showcases Kinnard hats woven with wire core for durability and fashion. The article praises college emblems built into lightweight hats suitable for fans and motorists, blending practicality with aristocratic flair and American craftsmanship.
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Hether
New Way With Dishes Promotes Morning Wash Day Plan
A household uses a once daily washing routine with a morning wash for glass and silver, a homemade dish wagon, and hot water from a spigot to simplify chores. The plan emphasizes efficiency, organization, and sharing tasks among household members, contrasting with old methods. A tongue in cheek exchange about a duel with guillotines closes the piece.
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Poeta
Quaint Quaker Bonnet Of Silk For Debutante
A fashion note describes a playful Quaker styled bonnet for a debutante, with a flaring brim inspired by Dutch maidens. It pairs a light crape de chine gown with lace and a wide frill, using pink rose and lavender tones, shirred chiffon facing, and taffeta crown. Velvet bows and cherries adorn the sides.
Demure style charms readers in period note
A brief, period voice praises a demure fashion, noting its charm for women and appeal to men. Julia Bottomley signs the reader-friendly remark, highlighting graceful attire suited for both maid and matron.
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Julia Bottomley
Latest Styles In Lingerie For The New Season
Night caps and boudoir caps remain popular with knitted or netted open designs for hair ventilation. Boudoir caps feature ribbon and lace with sides drooping. Fewer lawn or muslin pieces than last season. New camisoles cut to a pointed front suited to open fronted cireasas. Winter woven spencers follow the same style, with many camisoles entirely of lace and varied fastening, front or back.
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Iiven
Indy
Dependable Workbag for Tidily Minded
A long silk tapestry workbag glints with gold threads and contains a top bar with rings. From each ring hang useful tools including a reel of cotton scissors and thimble. The bag keeps these commodities attached, always at hand, with ample room for light needlework.
Beads Return To Fashion In Embroidery And Adornments
The article notes beads becoming fashionable again for embroideries fringes girdles and similar uses. It contrasts modern beads with sequins of the past, saying beads now dominate and resemble beads more than scales.
Gold Lace Belts for Satin Blouses Trend
The article describes new satin blouses featuring width belts of gold lace. Belts are attached to the blouse and worn under skirts, draping over the skirt edges. Designs include belts mounted over gold net or chiffon, highlighting a decorative layering trend.
Mushroom Shaga Hats for the Girly IPA Fans
Odd fragment notes hats titled for a girly IPA event with mentions of mushroom shaga. Details are unclear and source text is fragmentary.
Sarango Macaroni Dish By The Casty Method
A recipe describes half a pound of broken macaroni boiled until tender. Bake in a rich short crust brushed with egg and cheese. Add half the macaroni with jam and a custard made from milk and salt. Top with remaining macaroni, cover with crust, and bake quickly. Good hot or cold.
Old German Salad Recipe for Sunday Supper
A compact salad method for Sunday night. Soak salted sardelles or sardines in water, line a bowl with lettuce, fill with olives capers and shrimp or crab meat, garnish with parsley and lemon slices, then pour a heavy French dressing over all.
Historical Recipe for Fruit Suet Pudding
A colonial style recipe instructs mixing two and a half cups flour with spices and salt and baking soda, adding chopped beef suet and chopped raisins, then molasses and milk. The batter is poured into two buttered molds and steamed for three hours.
Halibut Maitre d Hotel Recipe Steps
Cut two pounds of halibut into three inch squares Dip each piece into beaten egg then coat with sifted bread crumbs Fry in boiling lard until brown Prepare a butter cream with lemon juice parsley salt pepper Spread on hot halibut and finish in the oven Just melt and serve
Frappe Coffee Preparation Steps Described
Instructions describe making a frappe by mixing one pint of cold strong coffee with one half cup water, adding one scant cup of sugar, stirring until dissolved, scraping from cylinder, then serving half frozen in glasses with whipped cream on top.
Disfigured Face Healed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
In 1911 a five year old girl suffered a severe lip and cheek eruption misread as ringworm. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed, the condition improved and after several months the child was fully cured. Mrs Henry Pring signs the testimonial dated 1912, noting school exclusion during the ailment.
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Maurice
Not the Kind Engagement Ties Jones Family
Disjointed notes describe Mr Jones opposing his daughter Mabels engagement to Billy. An advertisement promises Red Cross Ball Blue laundry value and urges consumers to choose it over competing brands.
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Mr. Jones
Mabel
Billy
Young man seeks job with brains for business airs
Advance information notes a young man seeking employment, with a bossy line about needing brains. The ad mentions Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, claiming it softens gums and relieves wind discomfort, priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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Winslow
Free lance term prompts question in old dialogue
A reader asks what a free lancer is and a character explains it means a hack writer earning more than twelve dollars a week in the era. The exchange shows attitudes toward freelance writing and income.
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Wanaini
Ditton
Paulin
John Iyn
Captain Smitth
Kinnard
France
Iriahman
Red Cross
Ady
Blake Cute
Radie Lel Cae Nest
Ibis Union
Jnc.j
Bagley & Go
Datrolt
Mich
BEHR
Brothers Rew Fur Department
Blake
Avery
Detroit
Haines
Wm. A. Haines
Grand River
Bagley
Philadelphia
Pas
W.f.young
P.O. F
Templa St
Springfield, Mae
Byron
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