Widower Caleb Chooses a Second Wife Through Cooking
A fifty year old widower Caleb Andrews seeks a new wife by testing her cooking. He visits Widow Bliss, Widow Cable, and finally Widow Ransom, judging their pies and tea. After misadventures and a broken leg, hash wins the heart and a match with a maid, ending in a happy union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cale Andrews
Calel
Caleb
Mary
Bliss
Calab
Jack
Cable
Mr. Andrews
Andrews
Sands
Widder
Widder Cable
Widder Ransom
Mystery of the Manager's Secret Handwriting
A theater manager who cannot read or write hides his secret with a private secretary. At a hotel dinner guests bid two shillings, sign scraps, and place them in a hat. The manager fakes a signature, but his blank slip is drawn and identified as his handwriting by the low comedian, provoking astonishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ir. S
Chance
London Mail
The Beauty of Vines and Their Many Uses
Josephine de Marr extols vines as beautifying shade for walls and porches, notes planting tips, and lists hardy and wild varieties such as grape, trumpet vine, clematis, ivy, and Boston ivy. She covers care, pruning, and suitable climbers for brick and rough surfaces, with emphasis on aesthetics and utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine DE Marr
Virginia
Growing One's Own Rose Buds
L M Bennington explains methods to propagate hardy roses by rooting cuttings or layering, with October as a typical season. Details cover bending shoots for layering, soil maintenance, potting mixes, timing for transplanting, and care to prevent drying or freezing of roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bennington
War News From A Year Ago In Brief
Allies captured Souatn Belgians retook Canaerien Germans brought siege guns to Antwerp Russians took Jaroslav and bombarded Przemysl General Hildenburg moved against Grodno Germans defeated by Russians near Sandomierz Serbs defeated Austrians near Novi Bazar German cruiser Koenigsberg disabled British cruiser Pegasus Emden captured six British ships Austrian torpedo boat sunk at Pola Cap Trafalgar sunk by Carmania
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souatn
Canaerien
Antwerp
Jaroslav
Przemysl
Hildenburg
Grodno
Russian Poland
Sandomierz
Novi-Bazar
Koenigsberg
Pegasus
Zanzibar
Emden
Pola
World War I Set of Battles and Events September 1914
In mid September 1914 the war sees heavy actions across Europe with German bombardments of Antwerp, Verdun, and city targets. Allied advances near Lassigny. Austrians defeated on the Drina. Russians capture Dubiecko and Wistok. German gains at Craonne and Tsingtau raids. British and Japanese air forces attack various targets. naval losses include the sinking of British ships Aboukir Cressy and Hogue by German submarines.
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Craonne
Peronne
St. Quentin
Drina
Nauru
Fort
Voi
Africa
Aboukir
Cressy
Hogue
North Sea
World War I Update: Front Advances and Allied Actions
French captured Peronne while Germans took Varennes and Austrians suffered. Russians occupied Soldau again and advanced guard reached Cracow. Subin fell to German defense, British troops landed near Lao shan, and German forces at Schuckmannsberg in Africa surrendered. Two Austrian torpedo boats and a destroyer were sunk by mines in the Adriatic. Emden bombarded Madras. Anglo French fleet bombarded Cattaro. Canada's 32,000 men sailed as German airmen bombed Ostend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varennes
Soldau
Cracow
Laoshan
China
Schuckmannsberg
Africa
Adriatic
Allies Repulsed At St Quentin As Germans Drive
Allied forces attacked Germans at St Quentin but were repulsed while German units advanced southeast of Verdun. Snow halted campaigning in Alsace as Russians occupied Czyschky and Felstyn. Cracow population fled amid front line pressures. Serbs and Austrians clashed near Zvorknn. Australian forces captured German New Guinea. Kronprinz Wilhelm sank the British steamer Indian Prince. Belgian and German aviators dueled over Brussels. Germans shelled Reims cathedral. A formal complaint of German atrocities was filed in Washington.
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Massiges
Mesnil
Reims
Argonne
Kroupani
Semiin
Dubiecko
Dankl
Emden
Clan Matheson
Tsingtau
Louvain
Russia
St. Quentin
Verdun
Snow
Alsace
Czyschky
Felstyn
Cracow
Zvorknn
German New Guinea
Brussels
Increase in Female Commercial Drummers Reaches 2500 Mark
Article notes that more than 2,500 women work as commercial drummers in the United States. It highlights the growing participation of women in the industry and cites regional employment figures and potential market implications.
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United States
The Library Quietly Encloses Human Thought
A fragment reflects on the library as a warm shelter from vast space and time, a dome that confines readers to literature filled with human ideas and feeling. The musings hint at the value of books and the shelter they provide from the outside world.
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Enpa Anal Cultivatio
Cap Trafalgar
Carmania
Lassigny
Wistok
Czenstochowa
Boyar
Zeppelin Plant
Dusseidor
Subin
Madras
Cattaro
Canada
Ostend
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Washington
Parma Ets
Pruxd
Red Cross
Java
Taressemeterpore
New York City
Boeten
Chicas Awasta
Cleveland
St.Louis
Cincinnati
Kanms City
Sen Francisco
Sydney
Schaab Roofing 8 Supply Company
Fort Wayne
Indiana
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