Wives and Daughters of Celebrities Enjoy Summer Retreats
Prominent women and their families retreat to lakeside and forest getaways for solitude and recreation. Figures include Mrs John D Rockefeller at Forest Hill, Miss Anna Morgan at her Adirondack camp, and Mrs Taft at Heverly Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farhion
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Cleveland
Anna Morgan
Mnander
Adirondack Forest
Ukewlae
Mra
Taft
Heverly
Mass
Massachussets
Tafta
Misa Helen Taft
Hughes
Mountain Lakes
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Victor Herbert
Eld
Whitelaw Reid
England
Camp Wild Air
Miles Marion Oliver
Mise Frances Griscom
Lloyd Griscom
United States
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Katherine Elkins
West Virginia
Mise Elkina
The Chicken Dreames City Folk Chase in the Country
The piece discusses the rising chicken craze among urbanites who dream of country life through poultry. It contrasts city fantasies with practical farming, noting the farmer’s patience, frugality, and real skills, and questions the viability of turning chicken fever into lasting livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Delicate Womans Affairs Stirring The District
A lighthearted note from the spring season references Hiram and Dickson as a couple facing a playful social snag with a girl writing about romance. The piece uses dialect to describe local gossip and courting misadventure in a rural community.
Woman as Firefighter Saves Valuable Homes
Freeport report credits Mrs George Theney with saving West Randall and Residence Park homes from a forest blaze. She kept water on the Marks carriage house, preventing spread to the nearby residence amid intense heat and smoke until firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport, L.L
West Randall and
Residence Park
Ths Place
George Theney
Amuod Marka
Marks
Mra. Theney
Marks House
Freeport Fire Department
Mra. Mark
Mra
Theney
West Randall
New York
Marka
Holy land dream in a Galilee journey
Robert Hichens narrates riding toward Galilee feeling the land fulfills dreams of pilgrims from Russia and Brittany. He recalls a Breton boy’s oath to see the holy land as tranquil waters glide past wild flowers and the lingering sense of miraculous peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galilee
Holy Land
Robert Hichens
Engineers Study Flood Preventive System for Paris
Engineers and scientists conduct exhaustive studies of the recent floods in Paris to prevent a repetition. Plans include raising embankments or diverting surplus water around the city via a by-pass channel to keep the Seine within its banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Doctor Advised Operation Turns to Lydia E. Pinkham
Galena Kansas resident recounts a life changing result after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a lump in the side said to be from a ruptured tumor. The letter notes relief and a claim of cures for female ills and related ailments. The advertisement promotes free Pinkham advice and insists the remedy costs little and is highly beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Kans
Lydia
Pinkham
Ave
Lydia B. Pinkham
Only Nine Left Wyman Advocates Preserving Children’s Sagas
Wyman promotes a plan to preserve children’s narration for future readers. He recalls a family moment when his son faced a tribunal presided by his mother who cites the ten commandments and notes a repeated breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
Ten Commandments, Said Mrs. Wyman
Gentlemen Two Street Cleaners Clamp Harsh Exchange
Two street cleaning workers argued as their car rolled along upper Broadway. A red faced man insulted a Black colleague while the other retorted that he was a gentleman. The scene ended with taunts about job status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Broadway
Thero
New York Press
A Witty Bishop with a Sleep Talking Remark
A Philadelphia physician recalls Bishop Moss visiting for a trivial ailment. The bishop jokes about talking in his sleep and, in a witty retort, says he talks in other people's sleep, noting his divinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss
Philadelphia
If You Would Wear Button Shoes
Dialogue shows a father advising button shoes to his daughter and the daughter explaining she would not ask a certain person to be them if the shoes stayed tied. The exchange reveals social expectations and personal courtship norms in a domestic setting.
A Sad Case Poem Fragment in a Notebook
A fragment titled A Sad Case explores memory and doubt as a speaker asks about egg preferences poached or scrambled and admits uncertainty. The snippet centers on confusion and a lingering question about routine actions.
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Sherman
Knox
Valley Forge Farm
Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Hamilton
Maas
Marion
Nigel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mh 3
Griscom
Sieh
LO Lloyd Griscom
Marion Olive
Agriculture
Dl Atl
Broadway
Hiram—Dickson
Hiram—Waal
Lydia E.pinkham
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