Homemade writing desk and Japanese garden craft ideas
An instructional piece detailing a two box homemade writing desk with a drop leaf and a safe, plus steps to build a miniature Japanese garden. It includes making pigeon holes, battens, hinges, catches, corner uprights, castors, and paint for the desk, followed by garden features like a pan garden with a pond, a Japanese house, a bridge, lamps, a bird house, and cork ducks.
Four-Cent Wage Increase Sought by Denver Rio Grande Workers
A petition to increase wages by four cents an hour for Denver Rio Grande railway workers was filed with the state industrial relations commission after a 30 day notice. The report appears in a Puebla dispatch.
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Braid Embroidery Adds Color to Linen Table Runners
A linen table runner exhibit shows braid embroidery used across stitches like herringbone and buttonhole. The piece features a natural linen fabric with a floral design at each end and showcases varied colors and stitch effects.
Flower embroidery description from Boston Herald
A Boston Herald note describes decorative flowers with a green braid, yellow skeleton stitches on petals, and brown French knots in the centers, outlining an intricate textile technique.
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Woman Turns Away From Reform Motive in Evangelist Rally
A fragmented observation notes women marrying men for reforming them and the spread of evangelical campaigns drawing crowds as reform efforts face challenges. The text emphasizes discouragement at the scale of itinerant revival work and the appeal of mass itineraries.
Dramatic Scene Mirrors Modern Novel In A Detroit Moment
A vivid account quotes a proud beauty urging release of her hand in a tense card game. The couple argues over control and money as real stakes paper over social snobbery. The Detroit Free Press notes the snappy exchange and the peril of marrying for wealth.
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Cuticura Remedies Promoted for Hair Health and Skin
An advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment for dandruff and itching and Cuticura Soap for a hot shampoo to arrest hair loss and encourage growth. It promotes emollients for all skin troubles and offers free samples by mail to Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston.
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Rebuilt Love Letters Plot Sparks Strain in Marriage
A man named Smith plans to alter the dates of old love letters and resend them to his wife while she is abroad this summer. The scheme raises questions about privacy, trust, and the possibility of rekindling past affections.
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Murias Eye Remedy Co. Ad Claims Youthful Look
An old Chicago advertisement promotes Murias Eye Remedy Co. products with lines about preventing age reveal. It urges readers to keep eyes bright and avoid telling age after viewing films.
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Jones Suffers Brain Concussion After Sudden Blow
In a terse Yale Record note a student named Jones receives a concussion following a sudden impact. The incident is described as an abrupt accident with no further details disclosed.
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Yale
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PAZO OINTMENT
Advertised claim states piles symptoms such as itching bleeding and protruding sores are cured in six to fourteen days with the first application providing relief. Product promotes rapid relief for hemorrhoids.
Thea Danger Faces Hair-raising Experiment
Thea Danger comments on trying a new scalp tonic while admitting fear. She asks why and a friend notes she is about to undergo a hair-raising experiment. The exchange hints at tension between curiosity and risk in a playful exchange.
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Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Felleta Advertises Health Claim
An old advertisement urges readers to take Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Felleta to regulate the liver bowels and stomach. The brief promo casts the remedy as a clean health booster from a named product.
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Taken at His Word Ire Passionately Seeks End of Earth
Fragmentary dialogue presents a bid for devotion with a sharp farewell. The lines mix sentiment and resolve, hinting at a dramatic moment of parting and pledged loyalty.
Crated OCR Fragment Yields A Curious Refrain
The readable lines describe a misplaced chant urging attempts to reach higher goals. Repetition hints at a playful or instructional tone. The fragment mentions climbing higher than one can hope to reach, with unclear context or attribution.
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Itsnt Little Mrs Brightlys Husband? Better Half Devotion
A fragment hints at Mrs Brightly and her husband known for his devotion to the races, with the wife jokingly calling him her better half. The line suggests social gossip rather than a full event.
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Minor Scale Clarification Between Professors
A student asks about grading standards in the minor scale context and references a professor clarification. The exchange hints at confusion over how student performance is assessed in the minor scale framework.
Not in This Case: A Clock as Wedding Gift Sparks Jibe
An intimate friend taunts a bridegroom about his wealthy father in law gifting a clock for a wedding present. The exchange highlights expectations of money and social status, with the remark time is money underscoring the joke.
Do you believe in hoodoos asks superstition and self respect
A superstitious person questions belief in hoodoos and a man with many failed ventures emphasizes preserving his self respect as he responds.
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