Ring or River Ring or River Love Confession at Tennis Club
Mary Hope hosts Albert Warden during a tennis social. Albert declares love for Mary and offers engagement ring or river option to seal the pledge, aiming to preserve his friend Massey’s chance and ward off rival Milne. Mary accepts the ring, inviting a lifelong union.
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Albert
Gregory Milne
Etta’ Vincent
Milne
Etta
Gordon Massey
Mr. Massey
Mary
Etta Vincent
Massey
Geome
Fine Little Duck Story of Jim Jacobs and the Pumpkins
Jim Jacobs failed to shoot a flock of ducks so he floated pumpkins on his pond. He hid under a carved pumpkin head and waded out to catch ducks by the feet. The ducks lifted him into the air until he released them to descend. He kept enough ducks for winter meat for his family.
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Jim Jacobs
Jim
Cherryvale
Remarkable Tokyo Land Deal Leaves Heirs Pondering
A fourteen year old lease on land now housing the Belgian legation in Sannen cho involved Baron d Anethan and Marquis Toshinaga Okubo. A perpetual two thousand year lease was signed for about $4,000, yet the property now estimates at roughly $100,000, prompting heirs and lawyers to search their hearts.
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Tokyo
Sannencho
Baron d’Anethan
Toshinaga Okubo
Okubo
Makino
French Society Reports Aluminum Nickel Plating Breakthrough
A paper presented to a French industrial society describes a process to plate aluminum with nickel. The plated metal reportedly endures hammering and can be bent in sheet form without cracking. Microscopic inspection shows nickel deposits filling minute surface cavities after iron acid cleansing.
A Deceptive Pass in Musician Virtuosity
A witty exchange mocks musicians who demand high payments before performing. The low browed reply reduces virtuosity to the act of scraping a fiddle or banging a piano as if money had erased their sound.
Forged Check Case Ends with Symbolic Pen Gavel Moment
A man who forged a check boasted of his act with a quip about a pen. Weeks later the judge retorted with a fitting counter remark about the same instrument as a symbol of judgment, signaling a formal conclusion to the case.
Expectations Bring Woe to Thoughtless Marriages
A 1916 essay argues many young couples marry on fantasies of support from relatives and luck rather than prudence. It warns that unsteady finances and shifting in laws and aunts can wreck plans while urging self-reliance and diligence to build a stable future. It also notes assorted telegraph, lighting, and scientific curiosities in brief items.
Beauty Sleep For Clear Skin And Fresh Complexion
The article emphasizes sleep as essential for clear skin and good appearance. It cites the wisdom “Early to bed” and notes that little sleep shows on the face with dull eyes and gray skin. It adds that midnight hours matter, eight hours suffices for most, brain workers need more, and fresh cold air aids rest.
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Sperry’s Magazine
Mother's Custards and Round Steak on Casserole
Practical tips for making velvety custards using eggs and milk with water bath cooking and flavor variations. Also outlines preparing round steak on a casserole with flour dusting, seasoning, and cooking with water to cover the bottom.
Lamb Broth With Barley and Vegetables
Soak barley overnight then cook with lamb broth and water. Add browned meat for flavor and tender meat with gravy. Half hour before serving add diced carrots onions celery and parsley. Finish with olives to enrich the fricasseed chicken flavor note.
San Francisco Erects 18 Factory Buildings This Year
City records show 18 new factory structures completed in the year to date with a value of 4 150 000 dollars. Amid civic devices a clock is wound to run while business is wound up to stop. Plans continue for establishing new ventures and improving industry.
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San Francisco
Hit or Miss Analogy and Humorous Sayings
A collection of wry maxims on proof persuasion and fate. A writer quips that satan fell perhaps from slipping on a thunderbolt while commenting on human vanity and assumptions about authority.
Doctor Warns Wife To Speak Little
A physician tells a worried husband his wife’s peculiar throat ailment requires minimal talking. The couple asks if the condition could become chronic while a barber jokes about the razor he used the prior night.
Like Cures Like in a Parlor Exchange
A witty dialogue unfolds as a fickle maid laments bitterness and a young homeopathic physician prescribes quinine. A customer mistakes a marble bust for Clay, but the dealer clarifies it represents the famous Kentuckian.
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Kentucky
Farewell Stunt Scribbles in a Patent Medicine Almanac
A fragment notes a playful line about a farewell stunt and jokes within a vintage almanac for patent medicines, hinting at a humorous aside in a periodical page. The item reflects light non-news content typical of a society or amusements column.
Control the Rose Slug In Rose Gardens
The rose slug is a common pest in many rose gardens, skeletonizing foliage and hindering blooms. It has a single annual brood with larvae feeding at night, then pupating underground until spring. Effective control includes sprays of hellebore or whale oil soap, or dry dusting when leaves are wet.
Aftermath of Jagsby Dinner Reflected in Morning Mood
In a terse exchange the two observers note Jagsby went home last night in a pickled condition and Mrs. Jagsby’s sour morning look sparks speculation about the evening’s events.
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Jagsby
Dialogue between Dubwaite and son memory
A quoted exchange shows Dubwaite debating his son’s intelligence while recalling his own youth. The banter contrasts parental pride with self awareness from the narrator or a surrounding speaker.
The Bargain Instinct Among Singleton Women
A brief dialogue notes that singleton women appear to have a strong bargain instinct with one speaker joking his wife has effectively reduced her age from thirty five to twenty nine.
Peanut Brittle Step By Step From Old Recipe
A brief kitchen instruction describes pouring husked peanuts into a pan and boiling two cups of dry sugar until light yellow, then pouring the syrup over the nuts and shaking the pan to coat evenly.
Floral hints from E Van Benthuysen on bulbs and climbers
The article extols hardy bulbs like dahlia hyacinth and iris and urges undisturbed plantings. It advises hardening cold frame plants, growing geraniums in beds, and watering practices for lilies and pansies. Vines Madeira Columbian and morning glory are praised for rapid color and fragrance.
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E. van Benthuysen
Care Can Make Plants Bloom Until First Frost
With proper care these plants will bloom through the growing season up to the first frost in autumn, providing continuous color and garden appeal.
Spare-Minute Garden: Annuals for Sunny and Dry Soils
L M Bennington offers two garden plans for sunny and dry soils. Sunny garden emphasizes cosmos, phlox, dahlia, alyssum, and sweet alyssum with indoor sowing and spaced transplanting from May through frost. Dry soil plan highlights climbing nasturtium, nicotiana, candytuft, poppy, petunia, and portulaca with mulching and close spacing to reduce watering and encourage ground cover.
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L. M. Bennington
Phlox Drummond
Gloxinias Fine Bloomers for Easy Window Garden
Gloxinias sprout best when tubers are warmed and kept damp then planted in light spongy soil in six inch pots. They bloom in white crimson and purple with bordered or speckled varieties and flower the same summer if started early. Easy care suits busy gardeners seeking colorful display.
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