Dress Parade Portraits in a Blizzard Night
In a striped parade the girls Edly De Virlet Rose and Violet dress in white blue red. The blizzard rages, snow piles up, and the sun forgets to shine. Lily shivers as Rose asks how Violet feels, Violet answers feeling blue. The storm drives all to bed wrapped in a freezing sheet of white.
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Rose
A Girl and a Man on a Snowbound Night
A late car in a snowy storm carries a beset couple toward a chance meeting on a cold city street. After awkwardness and a shared hardship, the man, Jack, comfortingly defends the woman and, at her door, admits his fault as a quiet confession ends their tense journey.
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Wilibout
Overwork Destroys Women Says Juliet Stranes
Juliet VY Stranes of Chicago Journal laments the overwork habit in women. She describes unhappy and ambitious cases, warns of nervous prostration and death, and urges rest and self restraint to preserve nerve strength and sanity.
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Erea
Juliet VY. Stranes
Chicago Journal
Mechanics of Stomach Digestion By German Physiologists
German physiologists study stomach mechanics showing non mixing of contents. Early work with frozen animal stomachs suggests fundus storage where starch converts to sugar without gastric juice contact. Experiments indicate active starch digestion near the heart end with lactic acid, while other sections with hydrochloric acid halt fermentation.
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Grutzner
Tts
Wouthful Enthuszines and the Green Reporter
A Baltimore American line mocks a novice journalist and his bold style in bio work. It notes the inexperienced reporter’s overfilled approach while contrasting it with a seasoned writer’s restraint. The playful critique highlights newsroom tensions.
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Thlata
Baltimore American
Knowledge of Sheep by the Herd Dog Skills and Stories
An article from Harper's Magazine recounts how skilled herd dogs know each sheep by sight, describing Watterson, Filan Girard, and Pete's dog Gourdatore. It notes dogs can separate strays, rout stubborn flocks, and the herders who train a flock through chutes and boats.
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Wes
Filan Girard
de Santa Anna
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Flion
Pearly Twenty Head
Mekel
Filon
Owiek
Pete
Stockton Landing
Highlands
Harper's Magazine
Animals Blush and a Moral Irony in a Winter Tale
An old Times-Democrat column playfully notes that animals blush when frightened, from horses with hot left ears to dogs with limp tails, and adds a humorous Southern maid story about a Gat iron kept in bed. The tale closes with a Judge's Library quip.
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iVell
Judge's Library
Professional FHints Sequinied Woman Stirs Case
The sequinied woman challenges a lawyer by declaring a stipulation against federal involvement in the case. She asserts her right to return the item, addressing the court with insistence and a measured tone.
Strangest horse incident ends at Dr Woodward’s door
A big horse pulling a buggy ran wild through streets near Thirteenth and Massachusetts Avenue NW. It crashed into Dr H Wells Woodward’s fence, unseated Mr J H Waardeman Jr, and rang the office bell, drawing the physician to treat the injured man.
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J. H. Waardeman, Jr
Thirteenth Street
H. Wells ‘Woodward
Massachusettts Avenue
Wurdeman
Door
Verde
Woodward
Touleachment
George Washington
Blood Examination in Medicine Still in Early Stage
The article outlines how blood analysis helps diagnose disease by counting red and white blood cells and measuring hemoglobin. It notes red cells number about 5,000,000 per cubic millimeter while white cells range from 5,000 to 10,000, with lower red counts in anemia.
Red Cedar Pencils and Forest Policy Raise Supply Questions
The article notes 320 million pencils are produced annually in this country using red cedar wood. It argues that red cedar supply is depleting and substitutes are lacking, urging forest management reforms to allow younger trees to grow and old stands to mature for pencil-grade timber.
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Greming
Zig
Penelty
Forest Service
Tribune Farmer
Aluminum Cap On Washington Monument Marks First Practical Use
The text notes aluminum's first practical use in 1844 as a cap for the Washington Monument top, a square pyramid weighing 100 ounces and measuring height five inches by base width 5.6 inches. It mentions aluminum’s 16th century discovery and electricity enabling production, with General George W. Davis overseeing completion and being first to handle aluminum in a practical way.
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Washington Monument
Wallington
Wohier
Gottingen University
Germany
Ig. S.A
George W. Davis
Unger Genera Vasey
Patent Office
Boston
Lobe
Investigation hints at staged rise in public unrest
A garbled note from a Grocers' Journal column hints at a careful inquiry and possible pretext for a public disturbance. It mentions warrants and a scheme to escalate tensions, with unclear references to individuals and locations.
London Cabman tale tests honor and cunning in odd vignette
An eccentric tale from the London Telegraph recalls Lord Rosslyn asking a cabman what he wants, revealing a witty exchange about dignity and wit. The narrative ties to a broader carnival of manners and social observation in late 19th century London.
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London
Lord Rosslyn
Hie Town House
Caboran
Rosslyn
Gordon Setters
Cabmen
Rabman
Roselyn “Cout
Man petitions Tennessee court to rename self Hamm
A Danish man named Daan petitions in a Tennessee court to change his name to Hamm citing annoyance from repeated use of his birth name. He argues a souvenir postcard featuring The Whole Dimm Family worsened his distress and the court grants the request, changing his name to Hamm.
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Aled
Tennessee
Daan
Hamm
Denmark
Dimm
Frayer
Postum Contest Promises Gold Prizes for Letters
Advertises a writing contest about Postum use and drinking habits with cash prizes including a $10 gold piece for five top letters and additional prizes for next tiers. Requires honest truthful letters, 1967 deadline, and letters from prior Postum users.
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Postum Ceéreal Co., Ltd
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Postuma Cereal Co
Battle. Creek, Mich
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