Hand Painted Summer Dresses and Bible Reflections
Hand painted gowns and accessories become a summer fashion, using cheap fabrics like muslin and organdy with violet and rose motifs. A fashionable gown under $15 shows DIY skill. the piece also shares a method to transfer designs onto fabric and notes on decoration durability. The article then discusses the Bible as a prolific source for literature and its influence on classic writings across Augustine, Calvin, Shakespeare, and Milton.
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Washington Star
Augustine
Calvin
Shakespeare
Milton
Bible as Bookmaker in a Tide of Literature
An essay argues that books breed more books as critics and scholars revise and extend each work. It notes Plato, Shakespeare, Kant, and others generating streams of commentary, while libraries grow anew even after fires, and claims the Bible stands as the greatest bookmaker.
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St. New York
Ice skating temperate myths and hard ice tales
A New York Press piece discusses how skating on very cold, hard ice behaves differently, with a Dakotan testimony on 30 degrees below zero making ice too hard for skates. It contrasts mellow days with extreme cold affecting edge control and turns. It also recalls a lake frog frozen mid-migration after a sudden freeze.
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New York
Central Park
Dakota
Minnesota
Ohio court voids suicide clauses as life insurers push limits
Insurance firms press death by own action restrictions while courts largely void them. Ohio Supreme Court recently held two companies liable for policies where a man killed himself within two months of purchase despite a suicide clause. The ruling underscores the difficulty of enforcing short waiting periods in life policies.
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Springfield Republican
Ohio Supreme Court
Not Uncommon. Detroit matinee reminiscence
A girl recalls a matinee yesterday and a friend in the evening. She says she liked the play except the ending as the people in front of her were removing hats and belongings blocking her view.
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Detroit Free Press
Leather Applique Fashions Move Upmarket From Garments to Homes
Leather appliques grace gowns, hats, and kimono wraps with maple leaf patterns and Greek checks, plus suede and pigskin medallions. The trend extends to home decor such as velvet drapes, den chairs, and piano scarfs, blending luxury with practicality.
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Washington Star
Desert mice survive without water insights from New York Post
The article notes sheep enduring 40 to 60 days without drink in winter deserts while peccaries in Sonora survive months with no water, obtaining moisture from cactus roots and fruits. It highlights a pocket mouse kept on dry birdseed for three years, drinking no water, suggesting possible atmospheric moisture absorption.
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New York Post
Sonora
Desert
Edward Ear
Paris professor inks presidents on skin as living history
In Paris the Grevelle quarter hosts Pere Tible a tattoo artist who claims to be engraving the history of France on his body. His left arm displays portraits of Charlemagne Henry IV Joan of Arc Louis XIV Robespierre Napoleon Gambetta and other figures with heraldic devices and emblems.
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London
Paris
Pere Tible
Grevelle
Republic
Vhiers
Loubet
France
Charlemagne
Henry IV
Joan of Arc
Louis XIV
Robespierre
Napoleon
Gambetta
LIZARDS AS PETS A Pine Tree Lizard Tale
Scientific American recounts a Pine Tree lizard study with a glass terrarium and five specimens. The author notes lizards are harmless and beneficial as they prey on insects, and shares observations on color changes, feeding, burrowing, and egg laying.
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Scientific American
Bars Down for Irene
Irene McCarty of Augusta Maine wrote to an Anacortes Washington citizen seeking advice on moving west. The Anacortes American editor urged her to come, praising Washington’s mountains rivers and seas through flowery seasonal imagery and inviting prospects of widowed companionship and a new life in Anacortes.
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Irene
Irene McCarty
Augusta
Anacortes
Wash
Washington
Ctizen
The
Anacortes American
Pacific
Mt. Delight
Feed the Birds
Scranton Republican reports a harsh winter harming birds as heavy snow and hunger drive fatalities. Audubon Society appeals to the public and especially children to feed birds by leaving bones with meat, suet, broken nuts, corn, and grain scraps in orchards and dooryards to reduce mortality and aid agriculture.
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Scranton
Audubon Societies
Brown and Jones tied to strange domestic tale in Chicago
In Chicago a perplexing social thread emerges as Brown consoles Smith over a breakup caused by Jones. Rumors swirl about Smith and his wife with side plots from Green questioning elopement and Brown denying the cook involvement.
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Chicago News
Brown
Smith
Jones
Green
Sunday School Army Grows into Nation’s Strongest Civic Force
The article extols American Sunday school methods as unique and expansive, detailing a vast movement that includes 15 million active participants and 1.5 million teachers and officers. It traces origins from 1824, notes rapid growth, and describes how schools seed communities, supply materials, and feed church structures with readers and libraries fueling youth education.
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Kansas City Star
Tne
First
American Sunday School Union
Electrical railways lead in power shift on English line
The Northeastern railway of England has 40 miles using third rail electric motive power to compare with steam. Trains use a single collector rail and two motor coaches with one trailer. Electric traction aims to cut operating costs amid heavy traffic and multi-track rights of way.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Northeastern Railway
England
Scientific American
Newcastle
Tynemouth
Northeastern
New York Central
Bion J. Arnold
Chicago
Why the host first pours wine before guests
The story explains a European custom of pouring a few drops for the host before serving guests. In America it is a formality to keep cork dust from the neck. in Italy they pour oil in the neck for airtightness, which can give the first glass an oily flavor. The piece closes with a jumbled note about Japan.
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America
Italy
Philadelphia
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