Modern knight image and stories from a hungry crowd
A collage of vignettes including a white clothed man called slow by bystanders, a nurse admonishing Nancy, and lines from Punch and Marion Porteus. It also recounts a Japanese tea party description and a Porto Rican mother walking miles to take her son to an American school, highlighting dignity and perseverance.
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Dr. Brumbaugh
Schon
Lester
American Iag
Christian Register
Truth and Consequence in Jimmy's Cherry Tree Lesson
A boy named Jimmy repeatedly lies about his chores and pigs. His parents punish him until a Washington story inspires honesty. He vows never to lie again, seeing truth as the path to trust, pride, and a richer life. Washington Star.
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Jimmy
George Washington
Washington
Mamma
Papa
Washington Star
Spring Coat and Blouse Styles In New Satin and Crepe
New York City showcases a cutaway coat and a versatile blouse waist designed for spring and summer. The coat uses broadcloth in mulberry shade trimmed with satin bands, with two-piece sleeves and a choice of front styles. The blouse features a wide box pleat, small tucked sleeves, and can pair with linen, madras, or light wool.
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Madras
Careful Kitty and the Fibber Reformed Child Tale
A fragment recalls a child Catherine asking if God can stay downstairs and ruin her dress, while another vignette tells of Jimmy Brown, a mischievous boy prone to fibbing. Parents urge truth telling, but Jimmy often regresses, highlighting early lessons in honesty.
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Kitty
Catherine
Cathin
Mamma
New York
Rose geranium cake and Charlotte russe dessert ideas
The text describes rose geranium leaf cake with butter sugar milk eggs and a rose aroma, plus a yeast bread sponge and two loaves method, and a detailed Charlotte russe with butter sugar eggs vanilla and multiple fillings including chocolate and a cream filling. It cites Boston Post and New York World.
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Boston Post
Masih
New York World
Charlotte Russe
Household tips and kitchen remedies from a bygone era
A collection of practical household hints. Includes food pairings such as apple sauce with pork or duck, using cracked ice artistically, stain removal with clear boiling water, and decorative leaf garnishes. Tips cover preserving celery leaves for flavor, cream soup and dessert pairing, and nontraditional cleaning ideas like rust removal with oil and lime.
Religio-Medical Movement and Emphasis on Family Doctor Role
Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton critiques the Emmanuel Movement and its use of psychotherapy at Emmanuel Church Boston. He warns against relying on suggestion without skilled physicians and laments neglect of the family physician who guided generations and kept families united. He cautions against mass suggestion and praises simple, conservative medical care.
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Allan McLane Hamilton
North Amer ‘Ican Review
Hamilton
Emmanuel Movement
Emmanuel Church
Boston
Clerie
Dooley
Davenport
Oddly Shaped Church After Flatbush Avenue Extension
The Flatbush avenue extension for the Manhattan Bridge mangled streetscape and left the Fleet Street Methodist Episcopal Church partly destroyed. A new wall now sits along the avenue creating a distorted pentagonal base with irregular eaves and roof lines. Corner buildings have become triangular and many structures appear grotesquely altered as Brooklyn eyes a future real thoroughfare.
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Flatbush Avenue
Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn
Fleet Street
New York Sun
When the Judge Unbent and the Ham Sandwich Quip
A courtroom exchange features a witness named Kewaylo giving tangled answers about his origins. The lawyer probes nationality and race, prompting a joking mislabel, with the judge urging the proceedings to continue.
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Kewaylo
Honolulu
Sharpe
Chiago Tribune
A Line of Talk on a Clothesline Joke
A Philadelphia Ledger item recounts two telephone girls discussing a lawn party and outfits when a man asks for his number. He is rebuffed, then quips that he must be on a clothesline, judging from the chatter. The exchange ends with a chuckle at the misapplied line.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Tactful Servant and the Salver Notes
A Trenton woman laments to a new Irish domestic about learning etiquette. The maid replies with a stubborn but polite pledge to take notes and cards on a salver. The exchange highlights tensions in service hierarchies and cross cultural interactions.
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Maggie
Trenton
Harper's Vee
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Len
Adelbert F. Caldwell
Nancy
Ellen
Elle
Prince the Colt
Prince
Marion Porteus
The
New York Tribune
Georgette Moses
New York City
Jimmy Brown
Rd Jimmy
Jim
Feo
TRE Religio
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