Prisoner or killer brothers duel in moonlit room
Thorne and his elder brother Henry Dumont stage a desperate, staged confrontation to foil guards. In a wild struggle they grapple near the mantel and a shot wounds Dumont, while Thorne feigns capture to advance the spy’s risky plan as outside forces close in.
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Secret Service
Thorne
Edith Varney
Henry Dumont
Arreisford
Libby
Jonas
Dumont
Thorna
Harry
GOOD EATERS AS GOOD WIVES
A newspaper summary quotes an expert urging wives to value meals and dining with husbands. He says mothers should teach daughters to enjoy food to aid marriages, noting men feel miserable dining alone and country girls make better wives as they are good eaters.
Camel as a practical animal for the nation
Insiders report plans to import and domesticate camels to compete with cows. The piece notes camels once crossed Beringia, affirms their usefulness for milk cheese and wool, and jokes they could serve as moral lessons for rich men while walking in prominent avenues.
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Behring Strait
Fifth Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Description of Lord Byron by Frances Lady Shelley in 1813
Frances Lady Shelley recalls meeting Lord Byron in 1813 at Colonel days. The house was crowded and Byron spent most of the night writing a poem later titled The Corsair. He appeared handsome and agreeable though easily unsettled by trifles and tolerated intrusions with good humor.
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Frances Lady Shelley
Lord Byron
Mrs. Leigh
Seigneurs Traditions Shape Fashion Through Marital Customs
A fragment notes how noble weddings like that of Covey’s daughter featured elaborate trousseaux with many servants and clergy. It observes the evolving seigneur customs as fashion increased among noble women, with garments and styles growing in complexity and scale.
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Covey
Trousseaux
Trousses
Shem
Palmerston tale at Trinity echoes Pembroke humor
Doctor Butler hosts Harrow men who share a Palmerston story. A rainy speech day at Cambridge House had Palmerston sit two hours in wet clothes, then address governors and boys. He corrects a misname and laments doctoring against will as a joke.
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Bam
Doctor Butler
Trinity
Harrow Association
Palmerston
Cambridge
Pall Mail Gazette
Early US Coinage Timeline From Copper to Gold
Copper coins began in 1793 and silver and gold followed in 1794 and 1795 respectively. The eagle ten dollar gold piece started the gold series, with the double eagle not issued until 1849. From 1849 to 1881 no twenty dollar gold pieces were minted, but production has continued since 1881.
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Philadelphia
Traveler's Tall Tales Questioned During Dinner
A hostess questions the famed traveler and author about the authenticity of his adventures, noting the dinner lull as a moment to challenge the lion of the occasion and his famous book.
Practical Fashions Lady's Gown Pattern 6299
Dress waist with full vest and peplum joined to two piece skirt. Uses plain and figured crepe linen messaline gingham. sizes 34 to 42 inches. Medium size requires 1% yards plain 36 inch and 3% yards embroidered. One material 453 yards 36 inch. Send 1 cent Pattern Department to this paper with name address size and pattern number.
Men s Night Shirt Pattern 6333 Description and Size
A vintage pattern entry describes a men's night shirt with a front band collar cuffs and yoke back fullness. It notes machine stitching trim with small pearl buttons and recommends silks or mercerized cottons. Sizes 34 to 42 inches, pattern 6333, requires 6 yards of 27 inch fabric for medium, send 10 cents to obtain.
Cleaning Chairs Leather Care Method
Leather chairs absorb grease at arms and head rest. Use linseed oil mixed with vinegar to renovate the leather. Boil half a pint of oil, cool, add half a pint of vinegar, stir, bottle. When ready apply a few drops to a flannel and polish with soft dusters.
Full Particulars on Mrs Kaflippe’s Disappearance
Caller asks if Mrs Kaflippe is at home. Ellen answers no and directs to the back way upstairs where she has gone. This terse exchange suggests a family inquiry with a missing person in an old page fragment.
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Mrs. Kaflippe
Ellen
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