A Virginia spring house memory stirs old ties at dinner
Colonel Porter Downs recounts a Civil War rescue by a young girl from Winchester, later revealed as Mrs. Gordon. She proposes a personal favor involving Manhattan Consolidated stock, linking past romance with present crisis. The scene blends war reminiscence with a tense business request at a social dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Downs
Abrs
Pratt & Gordon
Mrs. Gordon
Harvey
Shenandoah Valley
Gordon
Downs
Winchester
Martinsburg Road
Brantwood
Virginia
Flo
Jéteen
Fenwick
Confession of Deception by Mrs Gordon Reveals Hidden War Tale
Mrs Gordon wrestles with guilt after deceiving Mr Downs to help her and a war story shared by Downs’s past loyalty. The couple discovers Downs’s true character and a wartime memory that shapes their view of him and the moral toll of their deception.
Bits of Information From a World of Facts
A compilation of curious statements on nations, science, and history. It notes cotton as a key US export, immigration comparisons, Ha waii population changes since Captain Cook, age-related death data, and quirks about Korea, Mexico, Japan, and more, presented as rapid observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Italy
Ireland
Captain Cook
Hawaii
César
France
Britain
Korea
United States Army
Mexico
Turkey
Japan
Fads and Fancies Fall Sleeve Trends Dominant in Fifth Avenue Ad Stages
A fashion feature notes fall and winter coats and wraps with short puffed sleeves returning youthful appeal. Lace under sleeves, long and mittenlike, reappear for thin arms. Patterns No. 2121 2100 2120 offer dresses skirts and shirtswaists in silk cashmere and linen with dated pricing and mail order details from Fashion Correspondent New York.
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Paris
Fifth Avenue
Catalogue of Misnomers Across Objects and Origins
A philologist notes misnomers in common terminology such as silver shoehorn wooden milestone steel pen and other terms. He cites items like Jerusalem artichokes Prussian blue and galvanized iron and warns many words misstate origins and compositions. The piece adds rough figures of two thousand vessels lost yearly and an ocean estimate of about one hundred million rupees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Ireland
Jerusalem
Prussia
India
Turkey
Ten-Year-Old Thief Breaks Down in Court
A ten-year-old street urchin accused of stealing jam from a neighbor confessed in Children's Court. The judge asked how often the boy had acted, and the child sobbed before answering. He vowed to stop only if the pantry door is kept locked.
Irish Seaman's Clever Shave Excuse Goes Aboard
A regiment officer confronts an Irishman for not shaving. The man explains with a grin that there was only one mirror and they all shaved at different times, joking he might have shaved another lad's face.
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Nie
New York and London Compared in Municipal Greatness
The piece contrasts London's railways telegraphs water and lighting with New York's scale. It notes New York surpasses London in travel work housing schools health and building growth while detailing differences in water use population growth fires crime and employment patterns.
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Thames
London
New York
Underground
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E. S. Chamberlain
Raa
George Harvey
Ciem
Mr. Pratt
Mr. Downs
Gettysburg
Grandfather
Minna Scuatr
Crawforp
New York City
GEM
Gem Junior
Hoffmann
GEM Cutlery Co
Beade Street
MNIA
AOS
Ada-Lur-Iem Medicine Co
William Brandreth
Broadway
Dainty Landmaker
Leges
Warren Street
Brown Herb CO
York
N.Y
Amon
Leach
Palisade Motor CO
Sussex Street
Jersey City
N. J
New York and
Paris School
W. F. Peebles Dept. M
United Shear CO
Westboro
Mass
A. G. Woodcock
White Plains, N. Y
Harts Monntes
Germany
Philad'a Bird Food CO
Philadelphia
A. C Daniel
Dr. A. Daniels, Inc
Mik Street
Boston
West 494 &T
New
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