Wary Women Way Facts and Fictions for Fair Females
A late 19th century advice piece on beauty and conduct for women explores love blindness, maternal idealization, and how affection overwrites flaws. It covers the Russian facial bath method, skin care with hot and cold water, and warns against powder. It also lists women heroines Ida Lewis and Miss Bertie Burr for lifesaving deeds and notes several household and moral tips.
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Ida Lewis
Lime Rock
Newport
R. L
Bertie O. Burr
Auburndale
Mass
Miss Burr
Martha White
Copalis
Washington
How to Ebonize Wood with Lampblack Soot
The article instructs creating a black finish by burning kerosene to coat a lamp chimney with oily soot, scraping the soot onto a flannel, and rubbing it into wood until a smooth ebony finish is achieved. It warns against varnish and notes ready made ebonizing products exist in art stores.
Why People Lose Weight In Sumner
The Boston Bulletin notes that most people lose weight in summer due to less food and travel excitement from vacations. It suggests Indian summer as an ideal vacation period and reflects on how warm weather and activity disrupt quiet routines.
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Sumner
Boston Bulletin
First to Greet Columbus Brightens Children's Page
A children and youth section presents varied items from a patriotic poem about Columbus and the scarlet thorn to light nature notes. It includes playful animal tales, bees observation praise, a baby elephant joke, and a Chicago pig chloroform quip, all in a period editorial tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Scarlet Hough
Five year old mock interview on angels and heat
A child humorously questions angels wings and roosting like turkeys as a mother explains they have wings. The snippet also shows family chatter about a new clock and a hot day.
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Johxn
Yessir
Mamma
Dot
A Pound of Powder and a Storekeeper's Spasm
A hunting trip on Long Island leads to a humorous search for a pound of gunpowder in a rustic country store. The wizened proprietor, after a comic chase and a borrowed powder horn, settles on forty cents for the single pound as he recalls forty years of keeping store. Artistic Dressing follows, outlining how dress colors suit different complexions and hair shades, with guidance for blues, creams, plums, grays, and blacks to flatter various women.
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America
Pittsburgh Post Office
Mary Steele
Boston
Wendell V Phillips Women’s Club
Onmare
Ruskin
Welland
Nanncy Connielius
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Hartford Training School
Mary Pope
Vienna
Ireland
Vienna Conservatory
Cologne Conservatory
Frank
Long Island
Ben
How Gold Is Shipped
Shipments of gold from New York to Europe travel in stout wooden kegs holding 50 000 dollars each. Holes bored in the keg ends allow red tape and wax seals from the house of shipment. To reduce abrasion, 20 dollar pieces are used over 10s or 5s, with ten bags per keg carrying 5 000 dollars each, and U S assay offices pack bars in sawdust to prevent rubbing.
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New York
Europe
United States
Cold Wave Industry Promises Quick Fortune in Summer Era
A promotional pitch touts a “chanm” for a summer industry that allegedly can manufacture terrain and produce instant wealth for its inventors. The misspelled text hints at a sensational scheme claiming rapid millionaires amid seasonal demand.
Dorcas and Peter in Acts Nine Exposition Note
A Sunday School lesson survey on Acts nine characters Dorcas and Peter. It discusses itinerant evangelism by state evangelists and the miracle at Joppa, urging holy living and distinct church witness amid early Christian calm and recovery. It closes with humor and reflections on colonial names and titles.
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Doreas
Peter
Lydda
Neaven
Joppa
Dorcas
Talitha
Jerusalem
Yabitha
Simon
Cornelius
Roberts Corners
High Street
Richfield
Fenelon
Mules Look Upon Sun After Four Years Below Ground
In Luzerne County, six mules freed from four years hauling cars in a flooded mine surfaced at last. They stared at daylight, trembled, brayed joyfully, then kicked and whirled. After hours they grew hungry, thirsty, and returned to normal behavior as crowds gathered to witness the astonishing sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzerne County
B. B. Coxe
Scranton
C. B. Magee
Pittsburgh
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
Fielh
His Birthday and the Leap Year Puzzle
An old clergyman claimed to have lived seven years without a birthday. The riddle rests on February twenty ninth and leap years. Between 1892 and 1906 seven years, and between 1896 and 1900 three, will have February with twenty eight days as 1800 and 1900 are not leap years.
Advantages of Stenography Recall in Court Proposals
A Boston Globe quote contrasts stenography with memory, noting one man seldom recalls his own proposal language while a breach of promise case shows a woman who can repeat the exact proposal words. The anecdote underscores precision in testimony and the potential value of stenographic records in legal disputes.
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Steward
Boston Globe
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Hudson Bay
Pete
Billy
Chicago
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Ion
Adam
Papa
Marry
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Jamie
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Col. Smits
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