Worth Playing For
Lester Martin floods his purse with a thousand dollars from his grandfather and falls into lavish spending to woo Viola Morse, while Neal Dorman quietly helps Viola after a runaway accident. Martin ends in debt as Neal and Viola confess lasting affection, leading to a wedding in the town.
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Lester
Lester Martin
Neal Dorman
Mies Viola Morse
Dorman
Martin
Viola
Mr. Snow
Mr. Martin
Morse
Princpal
Matrin
Ing
Miss Morse
W. G. Chapman
Old London Chapel to Close Its Doors in Orange Street
The quaint Orange Street chapel in London, built by Huguenots who fled 1685 Edict of Nantes, later passed to the Church of England and now Congregationalists, will near its closing. Notable preachers include Toplady who wrote Rock of Ages and Rev Samuel Luke who served years. An original hymn manuscript in Luke’s hand remains a treasured relic.
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London
France
Church of England
Orange Street
Toplady
Samuel Luke
London Postal Tube Proposed as Nine Foot Diameter
London plans a postal tube nine feet across and six and a half miles long. It would include two tracks, each two feet wide, with steel rails driven by motors. The route would be built entirely through London clay.
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London
New Tiny Hat Designs Favorite for Trims and Feathers
Lillian Young notes in Washington Star that small hats with tight crowns and narrow brims dominate the season. Feathers ribbons and color contrasts pattern the trimmings while fan tailed shapes showcase black and white beaver plush with bold under facing.
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Enmiera
Fabrica
Lillian Young
Washington Star
Pincushion in Heart Shape for Bazaar Stall Display
A simple three and a quarter by two and three-quarter inch heart shaped pincushion is made from padded cardboard covered in scarlet velvet with an old gold silk cord seam and a hanging ribbon loop. It aims for small stylish pieces suitable for sale at bazaars and can be varied in color and decoration.
Afternoon tea tricks from hotels to home cooks
The article notes hotel and restaurant “specials” for afternoon tea accessories such as crisped graham bread squares with cheese and paprika and dainty nut wafers called hick oryesques and pecanesques. It suggests simple home methods, including two large pockets sewn into a skirt front to hold tools for tasks like nailing pictures or laying carpets, turning an old skirt into a practical apron substitute.
USEFUL IN THE HOUSE WORK Garment Advice
For housework the older garments are best as they get dirty easily. An old skirt that does not matter should be set aside specifically for this purpose.
Rings Tear Stockings Causes and Fixes
Many women notice small rips in silk stockings and blame the fabric or make. The damage often comes from running a finger inside the stocking while wearing rings. Rings and their stones catch threads and cause the breaks.
Pretty Baby Cap Embroidered with White Lace
The pattern calls for a bonnet fully covered in white lace with a lace edged ruffle. A rib bon is threaded through a tiny hem to gather fullness at the back and long lace insertion strings, about three inches wide, to finish the look.
Advertising Man and Printer Die in Mattoon Boarding House Fire
Illinois brief items report a Mattoon fire killing Clarence Altes and Charles Johnson, both workers at a local newspaper, as smoke overwhelmed them. Other notes cover Emily Thomas’s disappearance, suits against the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and various Illinois local incidents.
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Mattoon
Clarence Altes
Charles Johnson
Springfield
Emily Thomas
Bissell
Sacramento
Cal
Rhoda Bissell Thomas
Miss Thomas
Jacksonville
Burlington,& Quincy Railroad Company
Arenzville
Burlington
Charles Wilday
Charles Pate
Henry L. Deppe
Bloomington
H. Stone
Clinton
Neva Friedlander
Daisy Knox
Chicago
Peoria
Whittier
Waterloo
Illinois
Concord
Brockhouse
Decatur
John Magill
Lovington
Xenia
Daisy Tee
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Augustus Goodrich ’Sherwin
Illinois News
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