Vacation Sparks a Geographical Bond at Remote Telegraph Station
Keifer, a Buller's Survey telegraph worker, impulsively plans a vacation and meets Adel ia Kaufman at station 12. After a humorous misrecognition, she offers shelter and meals, and he discovers a shared bond. The next day delays deepen his resolve to improve the station and arrange a joint future.
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Keller
Buller
Station 12
Kaufman
Y.M.C
Kaul
Keifer
Kaut
Scott
Telegraph Station 18
Kauf
Adelia Kaufman
Kaui—K Kaufman
Mr. Keifer
Keif
P. C. Eastment
Pretty Summer Patterns For Half Made Clothes
The article notes ready to stitch linen patterns and half made garments for summer wear. It highlights blouses with neck designs, robe dresses with lace panels, and military styled coats, plus linen suits with longer graceful skirts and circular flounces inspired by Paris fashions.
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Paris
Health and Beauty Hints From A Historical Column
Remedies for fever blisters use powdered alum and wash water with ammonia cleans combs and brushes. A hot towel aids severe headaches while collodion treats chilblains. Skin needs nourishment via a skin food as tissues are poor. Zinc sulfate wash helps weak inflamed eyes. Hot water strips natural oils, tepid water is best for baths.
Home Beauty and Hygiene Tips From Daily Advice
Practical remedies for skin care hair health and foot comfort. Recommends egg white mustard plaster for non blistering relief hot water applications for sprains olive oil skin treatment and daily massages. Suggests glycerin rose water eye wash and comfortable shoes to prevent nervousness and ill health.
Barbados Poor's Diet Relies on Sugar Cane Potatoes and Fish
The excerpt notes that Barbados' impoverished population mainly sustains itself on sugar cane, sweet potatoes, and fried fish, highlighting a basic, limited food supply in the community.
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Barbados
Sensible Lingerie Hats and Parasols Change Fashion
The article notes a shift to washable lingerie hats and parasols with modular, take‑apart designs. Adjustable berths and collars for children's dresses feature French-inspired details like eyelet buttonholes and scalloped edges, with delicate embroidery on linens and pique collars.
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France
Dinner Cards Display Seasonal Floral Motifs
The article describes EW dinner cards shaped as garlands to hang from goblets, adding color and decoration to tables. It notes standing cards with folded backs and repeats florals like red roses pink blooms daffodils carnations for Easter settings.
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Eastern
Wies
Style Guide for Skirts and Summer Dresses
Guidance on balancing skirt lengths for different outfits. Emphasizes keeping some long white skirts, pairing plain skirts with simple blouses, and avoiding over-embellished matching ensembles. Advises versatility, with emphasis on practical, dressy transformations from morning wear to refined summer dresses.
Kesters Novel of American Life The Fortunes of the Landrays
Vaughan Kester presents a detailed portrait of rural American life in The Fortunes of the Landrays. The tale follows the Lambray family in an Ohio town as gold discoveries lure them toward wealth, triggering tragedy and a complex, suspenseful plot driven by passion betrayal and shocks.
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Vaughan Kester
McClure, Phillips & Co
Kester
Ohio
Lambrays
Pacific
House of Lambray
Public kiss fines in Russia outlined in old statute
The text states public kisses in Russia are illegal with a street fine of 3.75 dollars, a streetcar fin of 5.25 dollars, and a postal card declaration of love subjects the sender to 2.60 dollars.
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Russia
Mable
Samuel Smiles Autobiography Review in London Import
A London printed volume chronicles Dr Samuel Smiles life and work. It notes his long productive career in self help and biography, his copyright disputes with foreign publishers, and his influence as England’s industrial chronicler.
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Samuel Smiles
London
E. F P. Dutton & Co
Dr. Smiles
George Stephenson
Smiles
United Kingdom
Thomas Mackay
England
Pawnshop middlewoman described as pawning agent
A woman who attended a London police court was described as a pawning agent. She earns money by pawning items for neighbors and receives a commission because she can secure larger loans than they could.
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London
Prince of Wales Visit Highlights Rangoon Growth
The Prince of Wales visit to Burma spotlights Rangoon’s rapid 20 year expansion from a 20 000 population to nearly 250 000. Trade now rivals Calcutta and Bombay in volume, underscoring new prosperity.
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Prince of Wales
Burma
Rangoon
Calcutta
Bombay
Shadow work embroidery gains vogue and practical ease
Shadow work rises in popularity as an easy fast embroidery method for blouses lingerie and pillows. It emphasizes work on the wrong side with minimal visible stitches on the right, using padding and light padding on fine fabrics while avoiding delicate round dots.
Clothes Trees for Sewing Rooms and Work Surfaces
A tip for sewers recommends a clothes tree as part of the sewing space. Attach coat hangers to hold blouses or waists in progress, with trimming pinned and sleeves set, but kept off the floor. Place a sheet over carpet or rug near the machine to protect work while sewing finishing touches.
College Pitcher Enthy Shape Novel Pitcher for College
A college pitcher enthy crafted in china imitates a football with realistic lacing. One end lifts on four hinges for filling and returns to place. It pours through a curved lip that keeps ice from spilling when the lid is closed. An approved college pitcher.
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Enthy
China
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