Winter sports mania grips coastal towns at Christmas
The piece extols outdoor winter pastimes led by ice yachting and skating, praising American hardihood against cold. It highlights famous venues on Minnetonka and Lake Michigan, notes dangerous thrills, compares to Nordic sports, and celebrates hockey as a national test of endurance and combat spirit.
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New York Bay
Middle West
Minnetonka
Minnesota
Lake Michigan
Lake Champlain
Delaware
Shrewsbury
Hudson Rivers
Personal Appeals Offer Proven Remedies for Coughs and Women
A patient appeals to readers to try Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble noting its forty year track record. An ad promotes Mother Gray's Australian Seaweed herbal regulator for female weakness backache kidney bladder and urinary issues with free sample offered by mail from The Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
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Son
Foley
O. D. Kupefel
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
Chafing Dish Promises Easy Style for Homes
An advertisement extols a new chafing dish in the mission style, praising its dark durable finish, affordability, and ease of maintenance. It notes nickel or silver construction with ebony base, and appeals to college girls seeking plain silver that is simple to polish without effort.
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Philadelphia
Mission Qurnivire
Uolland Children Feast On Christmas Honey Cake
The passage describes a French Christmas cake recipe eaten on Christmas for children and elders. It mixes honey and sugar, blanched almonds, candied lemon peel, cloves, cinnamon, soda, and rosewater, baked after rolling out a mass and topping with cherries.
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Uolland
St. Nicholas
Sticky sewing needle remedy with laundry soap
Reader instruction suggests rubbing material with laundry soap to reduce stickiness. If risk of damaging the needle exists, use a soaped cloth or emery substitute. Place brown paper under fabric to prevent needle catching. remove paper after sewing to avoid marks, useful for fine chiffons and light materials.
Counterfeiting claim tied to old remedies hype
A fragment references a past figure who accepted a “good living” and shifts to a note about counterfeiting. The text contrasts counterfeit money with substituting an inferior remedy for Foley’s Honey and Tar, tying crime to counterfeit currency and a medical product.
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Foley
Shoes and Hosiery Preservation Method
A New York World note advises treating shoes and stockings with linseed oil to extend durability. Apply several coats to leather and hosiery, then rinse stockings after wear, dry, and reuse. Regular wetting, ammonia rinse, and air drying reportedly strengthen fibers for cotton, lisle, and silk hosiery.
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New York World
Noted clash over lynching remark quoted by a daughter
The father of a beautiful maiden complains that exposure would kill him in three days. She replies that lynching should not be used for anything, arguing against violence in a sharp exchange echoed by a Chicago Record-Herald quote.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Deaf cook sparks rumor in quiet Baltimore block
A Baltimore American line notes a rumor about new neighbors, sparked by a deaf cook. The sign language barrier and the girls' lack of understanding contribute to gossip in the block.
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Dot
Baltimore
Envy and Doubt Burden a Student Speaker
A Washington Star snippet reports a student praising Julius Caesar's literary attainments while a miscontented youth dismisses the claim as easily published with a pull like Julius Caesar. The exchange hints at skepticism toward scholarly reputation.
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Julius Caesar
Washington Star
Bats Invade Dorset Rectory Bedroom
A Dorsetshire rector reports a bat infestation in a rectory bedroom. Bats filled the room, striking mirrors and furniture while the rector used a candle and window opening to drive them away. Curtains opened and the east window was left ajar. The bats gradually dispersed after the light and air change.
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Dorsetshire
Celine
London Standard
Miss Roosevelt Crafts Dutch Decor Gifts for Christmas
Miss Roosevelt displays Dutch pottery and painted wool items praised for kitchen and study rooms. She uses water color sketches to frame gifts including a marine view in Flemish oak and Dutch figures, with pieces for relatives and the president’s library.
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Den
Ethel Roosevelt
Curt Cullas
Gentle Queen Victoria Of Spain Described As Gentle Ruler
The article portrays Queen Victoria of Spain as a once haughty princess who has become a gentle wife and queen, showing deep care for her children and kindness to the world. A separate note mentions lamp wick adjustment with threads.
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Queen Victoria
Spain
What to wear fashionable neckwear and patterns
Attractive ostrich plume neckwear and Irish crochet motifs for collars are described. Small medallions with narrow edging, joining stitches, and a hidden pin create pretty finishes. Patterns for shirt waist costumes offered by mail with 10 cent request. children's coats and red coats noted for style.
Why She Was Absent
A pupil explains the absence of Annie in a lower east side girls school as her sister’s sore eyes requiring hospital care. The note reflects a child’s attempt to excuse truancy with family health obligations.
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Lower East Side
Annie
Trifles Worth Knowing From Everyday Cooking
Leftover cereals can be fried for breakfast and served with syrup or honey. Strain clear soup through a folded towel on a colander, do not squeeze. Ammonia should not be used near a fire or kept uncorked due to flammability and health hazards. Fresh fish kept overnight should be salted and placed on an earthen dish, not on a board. Overcooking fish by covering the pan makes the flesh soft. Jelly from preserves is unlikely with low supplies. Winter jelly requires a pint of boiled apple juice to a pint of orange juice with a pound of sugar.
True Tales of the Plains
A Parker illustrated collection titled True Tales of the Plains presents frontier sketches and anecdotes. The volume companions plains life with images by Parker, blending narrative vignettes with period imagery.
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