Escape Road to Berlin Through Siberian Forest Pact
Escaped convicts Gordon and a companion trek a frozen forest toward Berlin aided by a wary Russian trader Ivan Dont remember and a former guard Peter Schemyl. They weigh risks to reach Taras in London while planning to outwit authorities and secure passage across the frontier.
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Ivan
Gordon
Honest Schemyl
Sehemyl
Ife
Rascal
Berlin
Chappie
Kevin
Sam
Mademoiselle
Taras
Kavanagh
London
Sebemyl
Schemyl
Schemul
Jupiter
Hunger and barter in a frozen stand in captivity
Gordon and Ivan Dontremender barter freedom for bread as four starving men face punishment and a patrol. A loaf bought with a note changes hands, and the group contemplates surrender and the peril of their own choices amid hunger and captivity.
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Gordon
Chive
Ivan Dontrenem
Ivan Doutremender
Wells Croydon
Bsehenmyl
Ivan
Rose
Schemyl
Turn of Fortune in a Russian Detainee Plot
Gordon and Ivan Dont Remember bargain for aid to flee a regime. They fear bribe limits, risk of exposure, and a letter to Sehemyl. Ivan uses a Russian peasant companion to drink the target, while the party debates escape with twelve hundred rubles and twenty pounds.
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Gordon
Peter Schemyl
St. Petersburg
Maehiund
England
Sehemyl
Ivan
Eivery
Peter Schenil
Ivan Dont Remember
Ian
Bed making judged as homemaking art in old advice
The article cites George Eliot on bed making as the true test of a housekeeper. It notes beds consume about a third of our time and urges proper technique, plus a borax box on the sink shelf to keep towels clean and hands soft.
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George Eliot
Women Embrace Life Insurance Advancing Rights and Wealth
The article traces how women increasingly insure their lives, overcoming past charges and restrictions. It notes Hearst's wife Mrs. Hearst with about 130,000 dollars in coverage and New York figures with prominent families like the Lorillards and Massetts carrying significant sums. It highlights endowment plans and the rise of women examiners and agencies in New York, plus the push for women’s financial independence and the broader suffrage context.
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United States
Stearst
Senator Hearst
California
Hearst
Emeline Wallace
Juana A. Neal
New York
Theodore A. Jlavemeyer
J. Sloat Massett
Massett
Mas. J. J. Crocker
Timira
Mors. Fassett
Mrs. Crocker
Adnone
W. J. Arkell
Judie
New York City
Aty
Isephi
Woman's Life Insurance Agency
Equitable
New York Sun
Baked milk for delicate children and house remedies
A tips filled summary notes baked milk for delicate children with flavored options and procedure. It also mentions pharmacy graduates, hospital drug rooms, and dispensing clerks. Additional home care tips include drying damp feathers and making mucilage from gum arabic and tragacanth. A final adage warns that a child taught to do nothing will remember it.
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Popular
United States
Handkerchief Care from the New York Mail and Express
A home washing method prescribes whitening and smoothing handkerchiefs after washing. Use two quarts of water with six drops bluing and dissolved starch, dip each handkerchief, dry, then iron flat with a two inch cross fold and a second fold for a fresh look that lasts.
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New York Mail and Express
How He Was Converted to Vote for Suffrage
Emma Harriman in The Southern California White Ribbon recounts how a resolute minister abandoned opposition after observing a polling place that first day filled with drunkenness and curses. The next year, after women prepared a clean, orderly scene with coffee and cake, he vowed to support women's political involvement and began voting for suffrage.
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Emma Harriman
California
White Ribbon
Touce
Agin
How to Clean Carpets For Home Use
The upholsterer advises regular carpet care to protect cleanliness and economy. Lift and sun the carpet twice yearly, avoid heavy carpet linings, sweep with a clothesbrush, and treat stains with curd soap, alcohol, warm soap and water, or ammonia. For tar stains use pumice stone then soap, turpentine, and water.
Debilitating Hot Baths Warned Against
Advice from the New York World cautions against hot baths before breakfast. It urges cold water and a brief shock to the system with an oiled silk cap, then a hot drink to improve digestion, nerves, and appetite for the day.
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New York World
Social Etiquette on Hosting Smaller Gracious Dinners
Washington Star advises women to avoid bulk social obligations and favor gradual invitations to dinners. Host should limit guests to comfortable seating and rely on congenial company to ensure lively conversation and a satisfying social occasion.
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Washington Star
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