Easter Bonnet Mystery Between Agnes and Merrick
Agnes Darcy and Hugh Merrick reconcile over a damaged Easter bonnet that passes between friends, a milliner’s bill and a mysterious receipt. Agnes insists she paid, Merrick claims ownership by purchase, and amid misunderstandings a quiet promise of forgiveness and a possible reconciliation unfolds through family and a Sunday dinner.
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Miss Carey
Mr. Merrick
Agnes
Miss Darcey
Aunt Helena
Helen
Blue eyed girl and kind man help with a ruined parcel
In a misty April evening, Hugh Merrick helps a ten year old girl who has dropped a crushed pasteboard box, losing a fifteen dollar bill. He guides her toward her destination on Fifth Avenue, her wet hand in his gloved one as they head home together.
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Hugh Merrick
Mr. Merrick
Hunter
Mollie Burke
Miss Green
Miss Darcy
Mollie
Agnes
New York
Ethel
Bonnet
Agnes Darcy
Hugh
Ethel Merrick
Davenport
Helen
Mme. Clare
Mrs. Darcy
Clare's
Miss Merrick
Hithel
Madame Clare
Hagb
Fifth Avenue
Abe
Sioux Visitors Baffle Milwaukee Hotel Guests
A Milwaukee hotel hosted Sioux Indians as guests. One chief unexpectedly appeared at a guest’s door in the morning, while another visitor examined personal items and hair, frightening the guest into locking the door. The incident ended with the porter guiding the Indian away after a fire alarm call.
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Milwaukee
Mr. Indian
Adam
Indiana
Circus advertisements show oversized animals in bold promos
The season's ads feature exaggerated circus imagery with elephants depicted alongside tall men and cows with horns at remarkable scales, suggesting giants of twelve to fifteen feet. The colorful pages push sensational spectacle to draw crowds.
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Rockleas
Red-Headed Girls Fashion Notes From New York
A New York correspondent reports red-headed women are in fashion, with lemon blondes fading and natural reds gaining attention. The piece discusses bleaching and dyeing challenges, distinguishing true red hair by its pale groundwork and freckles, and notes evolving hairdressing trends. It also describes color guidelines for redheads and the old term yossas for red-haired women.
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New York
Ancient Cypress Destroyed by Gypsies near Sparta
For three thousand years a gigantic cypress near Sparta stood as a landmark and tourist draw, towering 160 feet with a 300 foot canopy. It was burned to the ground when gypsies set a midday fire under its shade, an event seen as an omen by Greeks amidst current enterprise.
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Sparta
Pausanias
Europe
Boston lore and oddities span curious pulp era musings
Fragmented clippings describe Boston as a mythical ground of ancient life, with fanciful boasts about Boston as Atlantis and a parade of historical figures supposedly drawn there. The mixed text also mentions a Louisville girl catching a hummingbird, Texas animal feats, an ad about a multilingual herder, and assorted stray quotables.
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the Register
Cw. Slater
BerrAll
Thrall & Mumford’s
New Ads
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
Thrall & Mumford
Clark's
Chicago
Beauty of
Nebron
Bliss’ Triumph
Mammoth
Burbank
Dunmore’s
Ohio
Vermont
Thrall & Mumford’'S
Thrall & Mumford's
Nem
Wall Papers
Borders
Landreth
Bea
California
Michigan
Geq
Graham
West Virginia
Warry
Susan Coolidge
God
Erhol
K. F. Owen
I. P. Owen
Er. F. Owen & CO
NEW Harmony
John Kilbinger
Tavern Street
Ind
Patch
Henry Brown
Tae Croruten
Boston
Atlantis
Moses
Solomon
Plato
Concord
Galileo
Diogenes
New York Graphic
Ewe
Louisville
Texas
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