Hapgood Dorsey’s Umbrella Rescue
Hapgood Dorsey loses his clothes after a swim and hides under an umbrella. A tramp threatens a watch as Hap borrows a dress to seek shelter, then uses his wits to subdue the thief. Miss Rose Barton helps, leading to an engagement and a wedding gift.
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Augustus G. Sherman
Hapgood Dorsey
Hap
Biff
Biff! Down Went Mr. Tramp
Miss Rose
Miss Rose Barton
Barton
Rose
Hap’s Bold Escape Into a Farmhouse Yard
A man named Hap braves a barbed wire barrier and a risky trek to reach a farmyard shelter. He searches a vacant house for clothing and shelter, determined to secure aid, muttering about his desperate predicament and bold plans.
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Hap
Old Passion Play Seeks Refreshments for Tyrolean Festival
Since 1801 Vorder thiersee peasants keep a local passion play in Tyrol with a 16th century text. The 1905 performance preceded a 1915 run as they plan new scenery a stage and a road to draw visitors. In July and August they staged Juda Ben Hur a dramatized version by a peasant organizer to raise funds.
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Vorderthiersee
Tyrol
Lew Wallace
Sacrilege and Reverence in Napoleonic War Tales
A travel book notes Napoleon stabled horses in a Moscow church drawing Russian anger, while Germans recall Cologne cathedral turned barracks. The author counters, saying Napoleon restored desecrated Paris churches to worship.
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Napoleon
Moscow
Cologne
Paris
Mourning Crape Hats Show New White and Black Combos
The article notes white crape gains in hat designs, with black crape inlays and white facings. It highlights delicate work by designers in New York and Paris, and predicts white crape may replace black for summer hats while pale gray and blue lavender add variety.
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New York
Paris
MAKE LAWN A BEAUTY SPOT
Plan next year’s lawn by selecting hardy thrifty growers and adding perennials this month. Seedlings cost little while plants are expensive. Note best border arrangement with tallest plants to the rear and sunlit creepers front. Keep a notebook to map sun exposure and color harmony.
Scented Handkerchiefs With Orris Root Method
A home note describes scenting handkerchiefs by boiling a quarter ounce of orris root in three pints of water, then tying in muslin and boiling a quarter hour. Dry ironing releases a delicate violet odor on the finished handkerchiefs.
Convenient Stand for Cake and Tea Service
A do it yourself cake and tea stand using three bamboo or wooden sticks and three trays or box lids. Holes bored at precise points on each rod and tray ensure level assembly, joined by copper wire and hidden by ribbons. Useful for outdoor tea and decorative, cost effective.
Rugs for the Nursery
Grass fiber rugs with stenciled animal borders in red yellow brown and green suit nurseries and children's rooms. They are light easy to clean and durable making them ideal for rooms where children live.
Tasty combination makes this frock distinctive
A fascinating use of flowered and plain cotton voile creates a distinctive frock. The surplice blouse and tunic use plain white voile edged with flowered material. Large roses with foliage accompany the design, echoed by a velvet girdle and a knee band of figured voile on the underskirt.
Gathered Skirts Rise in Fashion at Waistback
Fashion notes declare gathered skirts dominate, with fullness at the back waistline while the garment remains snug from hip to ankle. Plain skirts fall from favor as the waist-to-hip fullness defines the new silhouette.
Wartburg Synod re elects old officers in Wartburg meeting
In Wartburg Illinois the Wartburg synod of the German Evangelical Lutheran church opened with old officers reelected. Rev H Dorow of Golden was named president and Rev George Schulz of Steelville secretary with Rev R Kuehne Postville Iowa as statistical secretary and R H Emminga Golden as treasurer. Delegates from Illinois Iowa Indians and Missouri attended.
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Wartburg Synod
The
German Evangelical Lutheran Church
H. Dorow
Mead
Springfield
Wartburg
Golden
George Schulz
Steelville
R. Kuehne
Postville
R. H. Emminga
Illinois
Iowa
Indians
Missouri
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Rockford
Bennett
Ernest Smith
Smith
Galena
Anna Robinson
Pennsylvania
Freeport
George Wiegand
Patrick Galvin
Pecatonica River
Galesburg
Max Lillie
de Lloyd Thompson
Chicago
Benton
Danville
Louis Rumsam
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway
John Magnussom
Forest City Furniture Company
Conference
Fourth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Julia Folk
Burlington
Benjamin F. Lee
Cairo
Ohio River
General Railroad Construction Company
Walsh Construction Company
Quincy
Joseph Woodruff
Clayton
Woodmen Lodge
Woodruff
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