A Little Quaker Heroine of the Revolution
Anne Mott a Quaker girl defies captors during a Revolutionary raid on her family home near Long Island Sound. Threatened with hanging she refuses to reveal coffee money and stands firm against Captain Merrit and his raiders, earning lasting memory in her line.
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Westchester
Anne Mott
Anne
Long Island Sound
Lucy Lovelace
Jinny
Nanny
Pete Davis
James Mott
Pelham
Fade Merrit
Billy Rae
Mera
Aptain Davis
Merrit
Peter
Jess
Billy
White Plains
Philadelphia
New York
Dr Graham Bells Secret in Aviation Interview
The Washington Star recalls an interview with Alexander Graham Bell at the Pen and Pencil Club in Philadelphia. Bell says the secret of success is to live like a hermit and work like a horse as aviation rumors emerge.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Pen and Pencil Club
Philadelphia
Dr. Bell
Rose in Buttonhole Sparks Courtly Quip
The anecdote recalls Senator Allison praising personal grooming, joking a slovenly Dubuque lawyer wore a rose in his buttonhole. Allison quips that the rose probably grew there, drawing amused commentary at a meeting.
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Senator Allison
Dubuque
Allison
Proper stamp moisten technique praise from Detroit Post Office
A Detroit Free Press item explains the right way to affix stamps. Officials warn against wetting the entire envelope and advise moistening only the stamp tip so it sticks properly and does not detach in transit.
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Detroit Free Press
Breakfast table crossness and sleep q aire air
The Housewife notes breakfast table crossness stems from unsanitary sleeping. If windows are down and the roof is stuffy one never wakes refreshed and bad manners follow. A famous doctor says less sleep is needed if one has plenty of fresh air.
Steam draws splinters from hand method
A New Haven Register note explains a splinter can be removed by steam. Fill a wide-mouthed bottle with hot water, place the hand over the mouth, press gently. The resulting steam draws the flesh and, after a minute or two, pulls out the splinter and reduces inflammation.
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New Haven Register
Care of the Bed in Ladies World Editorial
The article on house care advises weekly bedstead cleaning with a damp cloth or benzine sponge. If cimex insects are found, apply strong alcohol to kill adults and eggs and to clean mattress and bed.
Gas Range Hints From New Haven Register
The New Haven Register offers a practical stove tip using a sheet of Russian iron cut to fit a gas range top. Bend corners to form legs and punch dime sized holes to distribute heat, reducing burnt food when pots simmer above direct flame.
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New Haven Register
Easily Made Window Seat From A Packing Box
Boston Post describes converting a packing box two and a half feet high and four feet long into a window seat with casters hinges and cretonne trim. The design stores delicate summer gowns or waists and keeps them uncrushed in any room.
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Boston Post
Historic Recipes for Pie Crusts and Prune Pudding
A collection of old time kitchen directions for crusts using graham flour wheat meal and potato flour, with methods for Polish tartlets and raised pie crust. Includes prune pudding using prunes gelatin sugar lemon juice and cream served chilled from molds.
The Ship Builder and Other Gentle Fables
A children's department item tells of a girl who crafts a small boat from scraps using a stone hammer and a chip hull, sailing it in a tub as she grows into a skilled shipbuilder. The piece weaves poems and notes from St Nicholas and other periodicals about resilience and craft. It also includes marine notes on fishes surviving drought, describing adaptations and government efforts to rescue fish in flooded Mississippi lands.
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Mississippi Valley
St. Nicholas
Edison Admonition: Never Watch the Clock
An admirer brings his son to meet Thomas Edison who pats the boy and says in guidance that he should never watch the clock. The inventor emphasizes focusing on work and patience rather than time.
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Edison
Little girl departs after first evening out
A young girl, homesick at her first evening event, asks her hostess to send her home but smiles through tears and says her mother told her to tell Mrs Smif she enjoyed herself. The child’s graceful goodbyes reflect a polite dignity in a small moment.
Witches’ Screen Party Game from Philadelphia Record
A party game idea to create a yellow cotton screen decorated with witches and bats. Four couples pass objects from one to another through slits, with clues about each object and its distant land, offering luck to successful passers and prizes for correct guesses.
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Philadelphia Record
Balloon ascension ends in tragedy at Riverside Park
Six years ago in the Blue Ridge Virginia summer a large Riverside Park crowd watched a balloon ascend. The balloon became entangled in tree branches and the balloonist fell about fifty feet to the ground, though he remained conscious and mindful of danger.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Lynchburg
Riverside Park
Coney Island
Horse That Loved a Joke on Old Bob the Evening Ride
A New York Sun reporter recalls a humorous horse named Old Bob who teased his rider on and off the Brooklyn Bridge prom enade. The horse preferred pranks over plain riding, pulling away to the next fence jump and flashing a gleam of mischief as his owner chased the playful beast. A final note mentions soup made of fried wasp as a Chinese delicacy.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York Sun
Old Bob
Bob
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