The Dressmaker and Flora Fay in a Working World
A cruel dressmaker Madame Molini mistreats seamstresses in New York as Flora Fay, a conscientious helper, is fired for exposing pilfered silk. Flora finds aid with Mrs. Awkright and Captain Drake, who proposes a farm partnership to win her hand and a new life away from the shop.
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Madame Melini
Miss Sedgewick
Lucy Lisle
Miss Fox
Madame Molini
Cork
Sixth Avenue
Madame
Flora Fay
Flora
Mrs. Aubrey
Mrs. Ossett
Miss Fay
Harry Drake
Mrs. Dodds
Fay
Berkshire
Mrs. Fay
Harry
Captain Drake
Miss Fortescue
Mrs. Awbright
Fiora
Japan
Exchange Bureau
Jeddo
Drake
Rose
Lily
Chinese artisan builds life like miniature World’s Fair
Sim Changlo, a Chinese laundryman in St. Louis, showcases a four by five foot wooden miniature house with silk trimmings and 150 moving figures. The clockwork mechanism animates butterflies, soldiers, priests and neighbors as spectators view the Mongolian scene and interior actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Changlo
St. Louis
Changle
Two Captains in One Ship Spark Debate
A phrase hints at discord within a leadership team. The source contrasts dueling captains guiding a vessel and the risk of disastrous outcomes. No names or places are provided. The tone mimics a cautious editorial note about governance.
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New York
West Fortieth Street
Tenth Avenue
Professiona
Pittsburgh
St. Clair Hotel
Seventh Avenue
Monongahela
Tamarind Tree and Its Uses Across Regions
The tamarind tree grows 60 to 80 feet tall with dense leaf clusters and white flowers that turn yellow. Its podlike fruit stores a tart pulp used in drinks and as a laxative, while the shell is brittle and the seeds offer tannin. In West Indies markets the fruit is sold with syrup or layered with sugar. in India the kernels serve as food during shortages. The wood yields timber and charcoal. a fry ruins appetite.
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Africa
India
East Indian Islands
West Indies
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Woods Calwell
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Millheim, Pa
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Cery Store
MillHem, Pa
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Main St
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H. A. McKee
Peale & McKee
Attorneys AT Law
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Court House
Bellefonte
T. Alexander
Ee & Bower
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Garman’s
B. Linn
Attorney AT Law
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Diamond
D H. Hastings
Yocum & Hastings
Yard. C. Heinle
Centre County
Wilbur F. Reeder
J. A. Beaver
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Eaver & Gephart, Attorneys AT Law
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Keller
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Lyon
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Connecticut
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Eton College
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Hamstede
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Alfred
Clopeham
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Srelnikoff
Korriga
Labsine
Nekrasson
Custom House
A Gnatovitch
Nekrassan
Hotel de la Crimee
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Strelnikoff
Gourke
Moscow
Fifth Avenue
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Tamarina
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