Buckley Faces Market Anxiety and Aides’ Support
George Buckley weighs whether to sell wheat at a high price as Tarbell & Co. offer 1.05 per bushel while Hillyer and Kenner push for action. Hanks, wary, offers backing if Buckley stays cautious. the village watches Buckley’s resolve amid moral pressure and a churchgoing Sunday.
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George
Kenner
Hillyer
Tarbell & Co
Charleston
Atlanta
Eignty
Hanks
Buckley
Darley Village Romance at the Epworth Church
Lydia Cranston, an Episcopalian of Darley, attends with her mother and father to a Methodist church where George Buckley, daring to face the gaze of the small congregation, sits in the rear as Lydia’s admirer. Lydia is cultured and sought after, while Buckley’s social standing and bold talk of books mark him as an outsider. The village’s old regime air frames their budding attraction as the minister, a tall dark figure, presides.
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Kenner
Hillyer
George Buckley
George
Hanks
Mr. Hanks
Bob
Hell
Jake
Buckley
Soma
Lydis Cranston
Darney
Methodist Church
Lydia Cranston
Darley
Cranston
Lydia
Tao
Wagan
Virginia
Darsey
Stage Kiss Realities Reveal Hidden Film of Makeup
Harriet Quimby describes stage kissing and the behind the scenes sight of actors. She notes makeup to look rosy on stage appears crude up close with grease paint and powder. She adds women see the crude view of a man with mustache and tobacco odor, while the audience sees an attractive illusion.
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Harriet Quimby
Leslie’s Weekly
Fireproofing cloth with starch and alum method
The article describes making muslin gauze and net incombustible by using half the weight of whitening with starch. A second method dissolves half an ounce of alum or salammonine in water and uses this solution for rinsing the material. Wood may be mad
Wrinkle Removal Tip Using Steam in Bathroom
A simple method to remove wrinkles from clothing is to hang the garment in the bathroom over the tub. Close the windows and run hot water for two to three hours, allowing the steam to relax the fabric.
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Thor
Single Rope Swing How To Make And Operate It
A simple rope swing project uses a long rope and a soap box seat. Tie the rope around a high branch and thread a board through the rope with a knot at the end. Sit on the board and push off to swing straight or circle with a helper.
Curious Plant Feasts on Flies at Penn State Vivarium
A small plant named Pinguicula caerulea grows in the Pennsylvania University vivarium. It lures insects with sticky leaves and captures them, acting like a natural fly catcher. The plant flourishes by absorbing the prey, offering a potential domestic aid against mosquitoes and flies in warm weather.
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Pennsylvania University
Dame Nature
Woodpeckers Both Friends and Nuisances
An old alarm on woodpeckers notes their long standing role as friends to man. They peck trees to eat worms and insects, but they also harm sound timber and crops. The author questions whether their benefit to destroying pests outweighs the damage to trees and orchards.
The Dreamland Train Poem Night Ride
A child imagines a fairyland train journey with a kiss from mother before boarding a sleeping car. The special ride glides through the night as the child falls asleep and awakes with the sun, crossing a furious row of tracks.
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Fairyland
Mother Dear
The Little Woman and the Illusion of Height
An advice piece explains how a slender woman can appear taller through posture fashion and exercise. It advises lifting the head wearing long skirts and high hair, dressing shoulders broad, and dodging tight sleeves. It prescribes a sequence of moves to improve suppleness and height perception.
Perfumed Caps and New Odor Strategies
The Chicago News outlines a scented cap made of pink or blue taffeta, lined with white silk, wadded and perfumed for days of hair fragrance. It suggests atomizers for minute scent dispersion and notes the need to cover hair while frying to avoid odor transfer.
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Chicago News
The Home Doctor Remedies Across Ailments
The column lists home treatments such as goose oil for stiff joints celery tea for nerves olive oil with quinine for chest cold prevention magnesia for pimples and sores camphor for cold sores salve with subnitrate of bismuth for sores and gums painted with iodine and glycerin for toothache and lozenge-like dressings with oil of cloves myrrh tincture or laudanum for cavities.
Shirt Waist Boxes No Fuss Decor and Repurposing
Shirt waist boxes sell cheap in shops and suit varied tastes in room decor. They serve for shirt waists children clothing and patch boxes and are easily reupholstered. A recent example featured cretonne covering with matching lid lining and optional rollers for height as a seat.
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Goodale & Banks
Nashville
Tarbell & Ge
Hillyers
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