Woman Catches Sea Bass on Catalina Trip
A young wife recalls a Catalina Island fishing contest where she assisted in landing a large sea bass as her husband fought the fish for an hour while the boatman aided. She notes a prior 32 pound catch and mentions other boats and a 400 pound claim.
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New York Sun
California
Santa Catalina Channel
Santa Catalina
Avalon Bay
New York
Avalon
Bay of Avalon
Menia
Simple butter scotch and fudge recipes in Woman's World
The piece outlines butter scotch, fudge and other candies with steps and tips. It also adds notes on chocolate almonds, Mexican kisses, and a brief travel aside about medical kits and the breadfruit tree in the South Seas, conveying home craft and travel curiosities.
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New Orleans
Vanity Bag Mirror Frame Craft
A satin circle covers a small celluloid backed mirror to create a dainty vanity piece. Measure the disk to be one inch larger than the mirror, turning back a quarter inch to form a deep heading, framing the glass as a keepsake for a traveler.
New walking costume of knitted wool in cinnamon brown
A soft cinnamon brown skirt and jacket of hand knitted wool fit the figure snugly. A wide collar buttons at the side and long jacket fastens with bone buttons. A wide belt creates a Norfolk effect and a tiny fur edged muff completes the outfit. Paris has accepted it for walking tours prioritizing light weight over bulk.
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Paris
French Designers Propose Queue de Rat Trim On Frock
The text notes how Americans react to the term rattail braid and how French designers suggesting the queue de rat trim on a frock sounds harsher in French than in English.
Novelty leather items headline a fashion trend
The article highlights flat envelope bags of pigskin that fit into muff and glove pockets, vanity cases for quick dressing room touches, leather handles with gold or silver buckles, and large flat pigskin cases with straps. It notes a leather receptacle with tiny city books for travelers to track expenses and hotels.
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Europe
Polishing China The Rushing Housekeeper’s Quick Care
The article contrasts methods for caring for fine china from quick wipe routines to meticulous in room care. It discusses using dry towels, hot rinsing water, and proper drying to preserve beauty, weighing duties between cooks, matrons, and trusted servants in a dining setting.
Government Works From The Printing Office To The Seas
A brisk look at a year of federal activity outside dry statistics reveals surprising curiosities and major projects. Seals around St Paul and St George islands form 1071 married pairs and 2000 bachelors while 140000 seals remain on the Pribilofs. Coastal laboratories at Woods Hole and Beaufort study deep-sea mysteries. sponge growth experiments yield usable weights in 29 months. mackerel exploration sails along the Atlantic coast. Alaska hosts a new salmon station hindering 8,000,000 fry, with the government releasing over 3,000,000 fish nationwide. Coast and Geodetic Survey crews chart new trade lanes, while boundary surveys mark the U S Canadian line and restore ancient iron monuments along the Yukon meridian.
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Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Rocky Mountains
St. Paul's
St. George's Islands
Pribilof Islands
Pribilofs
Woods Hole
Mass
Beaufort
N. C
Florida
Hatteras
Laborador
Alaska
Afognak
United States
Philippines
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Canada
Yukon River
One Story Schools a New Idea
Mayor Reyburn addressed 800 Hawthorne School pupils and teachers at its dedication. He praised the building as ideal but urged ground floor design with more space and suggested a two story square plan rather than three stories or elevated floors.
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Philadelphia
City Beautiful
Reyburn
Hawthorne
Concept of the Long Way Home Traced to Hackman Idea
A cryptic remark attributes the saying that the longest route can be the shortest way home to an unnamed hackman. The line suggests a philosophy of circuitous paths yielding practical outcomes, but details and provenance remain unclear.
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the Hackman
Sheng Kung Pao Seen as Asia’s Morgan in Shanghai
Frank G. Carpenter profiles Sheng Kung Pao, the Beijing era financier known as the Pierpont Morgan of China, detailing his vast holdings from railroads to steel, his role in rail and telegraph expansion, and his view on foreign loans, central banking, and modern education. The interview covers his estates in Shanghai, Nanking and Wuchang links, and his plans for rail growth and currency reform.
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Frank G. Carpenter
Washington Star
Shanghai
Asia
Sheng Kung Pao
Pierpont Morgan
China
Rockefeller
Sheng
Globe
Yangtze Kiang
Hankow
Peking
Canton
Li Hung Chang
Imperial Board of Communications
China Merchants’ Steamship Company
Chinese Imperial Bank
Celestials
Washington
Chicago
Iis Excellency
Dr. Ferguson
Hanyang Steel Works
America
United States Steel Trust
Japan
Pacific Coast
Sweden
Far East
Hanyang
Antelope Tales From a Nebraska Horned Rim Adventure
In sand hill Nebraska a rider recalls abundant antelope and prairie chickens as he travels with a rifle on his saddle. He describes patient stalking, a close shot, and a rapid pursuit to recover a wounded buck, plus encounters with young antelope and tame kids during a rugged hunting season.
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X-Bar Ranch
Nebraska
Eall
O Hagan Household Troubled. Neighbors Clash Over Team
The article notes trouble in the O Hagan household and a neighbor offering sympathy. O Hagan retorts that their team is strong, with him as the pitcher and his wife catching, claiming they form a capable duo.
Odd Fragments From A Broken Readable Page
A jumble of phrases appears about an artist and ostrichies with unclear dialogue. The lines show scrambled words and missing structure, offering little coherent event or details to report.
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South Sea Islands
Islands
South Sea Island
Queue DE
J. P. Morgan
Imperial Bank of China
Hu Pu Bank
Nan Yang College
Chinese University
Tientein
United’ States
An. Penn
Paes
Hunt
Ebert
Santee
Pervicher
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