The Real Lady Burton Biography Reviewed
A London biography by W H Wilkins portrays Isabel Arundel and her life with Captain Richard Burton. It praises the couple’s partnership in the consular service, defends Lady Burton against chronic accusations, and notes her courage during cholera and medical trials.
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Lady Bruton
London
Lady Burton
W. H. Wilkins
Tie
Miss Arundell
Captain Burton
Isabel Arundel
Hagar Burton
Burton
Boulogne
Asagara
Isabel
Richard Burton
Mr. Witking
Georgina Busted
Sir Richard Burton
Stisted
Dymascus
Wilkins
Miss Stisted
Damascus
Bicycle Riding Said to Harm Women’s Legs
A student notes bicycle riding can give women a notable leg effect, with experts claiming women are more affected than men due to muscle flexibility. A recent girl reports leg fatigue after using a bicycle and dancing for an evening at a first ball.
Hot Weather Drinks and Fruit Coolers
Step by step recipes for strawberryade, lemon and pineapple syrups, fruit lemonades, raspberry juice drinks, and cooling beverages. Includes preparation, sugar and water ratios, chilling, and serving suggestions with Apollinaris and iced water. also describes iced chocolate and a Jamaica rum ginger ale mix.
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Jamaica
Hair and diet claims span nations across hair growth lore
A controversial piece links diet and hair growth across populations from Italian parliamentarians to Kalmuck women, suggesting meat eaters grow balder after 25 while milk tea and rye bread diets produce long coarse hair. It cites doctors, music, and social status as factors, ending with daily brushing tips to keep the scalp clean.
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Brittany
Verdi
Rochefort
Household Helps for Cleaning and Preserving Fabrics
Practical tips on treating stains with pulverized soap-tree bark and alcohol preservation. Methods to stiffen delicate fabrics with gum arabic starch, care for brushes, moth prevention with substances like camphor and borax, preserving papers with India rubber solution, and quick mailing tips with stamps.
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India
Recipe to Remove Grease Spots from Fabrics
A cleaning mixture uses 2 ounces white castile soap 1 ounce glycerine and 1 ounce ether dissolved in water to create a spot removing wash. Combine one tea cupful of the solution with one ordinary pailful of water and apply with a sponge. Dry with a cloth and air for fabrics.
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Denver Field
Paul Preaching in Athens as Athenian Areopagus Address
Sunday School lesson recounts Paul’s 眞 Athens visit after Berea fleeing Jews. He speaks at the Areopagus about the unknown God, creation, worship, and humanity as God’s offspring, urging repentance before a future judgment and resurrection. Some mock, others request more time, but a few believe.
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Berea
Thessalonica
Paul
Matt. x
Athena
Athens
Attica
Greece
Cecrops
Bilas
Timothy
Areopagus
Becauve
Arey
Mars
Geuneres
Verson
Petronius
Jobel
Eumenides
Thenetis
Colossus
Minerva
Acropolis
Highens
John
Jesus
Dionysius
Damarus
Fusebus
Giregee
Christ
Health and Hygiene Advice for Summer Dangers
This column cautions summer dangers from drowning to lead poisoning and injuries. It urges persistent artificial respiration using the Sylvester method, warns about keeping lungs buoyant, and notes steps to prevent lead poisoning from pipes. It also gives exercises and home remedies for sprains, heat, nerve sleep aids, and cautions on bicycling and bunions.
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Sylveste
Home Economics Rules From a Bygone Kitchen
Practical kitchen guidance on baking temperatures batter stiffness and timing. Notes emphasize light versus rich cakes, proper oven use, boiling, pudding texture, fat rendering for frying, using leftovers, proper bread trimming, chocolate icing technique, and household decorum.
Divorce leads to home arrangement with housekeeper bargain
A San Diego man divorced his wife then reunited at home over dinner. She suggested he hire her as housekeeper for twenty dollars monthly and meals. They agreed and have remained content, avoiding quarrels to protect the arrangement.
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Miss Arundell
Richard Burton
Boulogne
Burton
Mecca
Africa
Crimea
Botanical
Damascus
San Diego
Nebraska State Journal
Choosing Vases and Settings for Flowers
Flowers need matching vases to fit their size and style. Delicate blooms deserve light settings while bold tropical varieties suit Oriental surroundings. avoid mixing too many kinds in one bouquet unless color harmony is clear.
Sleeping Without Pillows For Better Sleep And Posture
A medical authority recommends sleeping without pillows for sounder sleep and better posture. Use only a small flat pillow if needed and avoid heavy cushions. For a slight incline, place one or two extra slats under the mattress head to create about a three inch slope.
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New York Sun
Waters softener powder recipe from old text
A historical formula describes a facial washing powder mixed from borax Castile soap orris root and various meal flours and almonds. Instructions advise adding a tablespoon to water two hours before use and offer a cheaper alternative with oatmeal almond meal and California ingredient.
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California
Scientific Cooking in a Grim Pie Recipe
A poetical kitchen lament references chemicals and processes with unsettling imagery. The speaker requests salts, phosphates, cellulose, oxygen, sterilized water, and oleomargarine to bake a pie for John's hunger and fatigue. The tone blends domestic ritual with disturbing undertones of decay and necessity.
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John
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