The Lonely Girl Stages a Night of Escape and Love
Hilary and Amber flee the danger of a night of pursuit after Deane threats. Hilary rescues Amber from a gunman, wins Sir Lucien’s consent to marriage, and discovers the missing jewels. Amber forgives him as they pledge love and a future.
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Brian
Hilary
Iilary
Deane
Adare
Amber
Carrig
May
Dolly
Sir Lucien
Lucien
Adares
A Compensation for Mrs Leahy’s Worries
In a humorous domestic vignette, Mr Leahy praises his misfortune after losing his job, saying he has found a silver lining and comparing himself to Terry Dolan to cheer his wife Mrs Leahy at the wash-tub. The dialogue highlights resilience and simple optimism.
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Mrs. Leahy
Terry Dolan
Engaged Couple Stir in Philadelphia Lace Shop
A haughty blonde at the ribbon counter asks about an engagement. A lace seller confirms the fiancée is to the new saleslady's brother, a night watchman at Bargen Co in Philadelphia.
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Night Watch
Bargen
Philadelphia
They go from strength to strength and to the Father
The essay encourages relentless growth and aspiration as life’s meaning. It links progress to stronger character, facing hardship, and service. It parallels Jesus’ path to the Father with human striving toward spiritual renewal through repentance and faith in Christ.
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Henry F. Cope
Yestrday
AiIwan
Jesus
Joseph
Lower
Upper
Egypt
Palestine
Christ
Father
Going to the Father sermon excerpt by Cyrus Townsend Brady
A sermon excerpt notes Jesus fivefold in John’s upper room discourse declares going to the Father. The disciples’ forebodings mix with hopeful heaven as Brady discusses departure and faith.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Jesus
Aspiration Poem Fragment Declares Faithful Longing
A devotional verse recalls striving for purity and mind seeking divine guidance. The speaker expresses growing calm, trust in God, and patient endurance through trials. It envisions rising toward light and deeper submission of heart and will.
Do Not Serve Two Masters Teachings From a Moral Letter
A historical moral admonition warns readers against conflicting loyalties and self deception. It cautions balancing duties to God and family, guarding speech and heart, avoiding conceit, and resisting religion driven by sentiment rather than action. The piece urges understanding others before condemning them and voices caution about superficial religious listening.
Short Meter Sermons on Prosperity and Piety
A compact tract on faith tested by wealth warning that prosperity strains devotion and urges facing facts. The piece stresses that avoiding truth harms belief and hints at the perils of revenge as a counterpoint to true piety.
Household Notes for Dust Saving Slips
Household tips advise making cheese cloth slips to cover items during cleaning to measure dust saved. The slips supposedly endure for years and reduce labor, as noted in a New Haven Register item.
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New Haven Register
Window cleaning tips from New Haven Register
To clean windows wipe with kerosene on a soft cloth then polish with a clean cloth. Use ammonia on a moist cloth to remove finger marks. Remove mortar and paint with vinegar and wind gar. Rub wood ashes on sills for flower pot stains and rinse with water.
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New Haven Register
Simple Cleaning Method From Harper's Bazaar
The article explains a method to clean linen lawn fabrics and linens by sprinkling them with French chalk, rolling for several days, then shaking out the chalk to reveal a pristine finish without washing. It notes this technique preserves the material’s original texture for gifts or personal use.
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Harper’s Bazaar
Remove Grease Spots From Garments
Boil one quart water with soap bark worth five cents, steep two hours, strain and bottle. Add to a pail of warm water for thorough washing or apply to spots by spooning liquid on both sides, rinse with lukewarm water and press from the wrong side with a warm iron.
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Boston Post
Home Style Recipes From Old Cookbook Page
A collection of home cooking instructions detailing Sunflower Cake, Hermits, Broiled Chicken, Baked Codfish and Egg, Peach Cream, and Potato Biscuit. Each item provides rough ingredient lists and basic preparation steps including mixing, baking, and serving guidance drawn from the vintage recipe text.
Senator Fulton Salmon Dinner Tip Tale From Astoria
A Washington Star snippet recalls Senator Fulton recounting a Portland era tale of an Astoria fisherman who brought the first of each month a salmon and a tip. The story ends with a humorous request to write that no tip was given. The piece also mentions Thebes gates and medieval food versus money in Bernaldo’s Calendar.
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Senator Fulton
Oregon
Washington
Astoria
Senator
Washington Star
Bernaldo
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