Delicate Marron Cloth Girl's Gown Fashion Note
A young girl wears a delicate marron cloth gown with a long shoulder fichu corsage and decollete chemisette, finished by a rose crepe de chine inner vest. A high crown hat with lizard green silk rosettes complements the day ensemble, with a long sinuous silhouette and cozed sleeve. Also described is a two year old cap of silk and wool trimmed with cross stitched embroidery and Mexican drawnwork, praised for comfort over fussy bonnets.
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Sarah
Willyum Strawney and the climbing line folly
A fragmentary comic vignette shows Willyum Strawney praising and teasing, as he climbs poles and chats with a narrator’s father nearby. It includes jokes about wealth, ambitions, and a humorous tale of an Angora cat express delivery gone wrong. The piece mixes dialect and humor with miscellaneous quips about society and manners.
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Ott West
Wag
Tales of Mr Grundy and Mrs Grundy
The passage describes a lean Mr Grundy with a wispy whisker and pale eye, living a restrained, respectable life while lunching away from home. He is silent, has no children, and the line hints at Mrs Grundy being married to echo gossip without propriety, ending with a sly note on repetition.
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Mr. Grondyt
Grundya
Noise and Singing Irk a Sawmill Bookkeeper in Utica
A casual exchange reveals that a woman’s singing does not annoy Jinks, while a bookkeeper in a nearby sawmill says he is used to such noise in Utica. The Quip appears in the Utica Observer as a brief local humor item.
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Bivika
Utica Observer
Small Touches of Fashion From Harper's Bazaar
Fashion notes describe wall chosen costume details including brown shoes with Cuban or high heels and pointed toes, and contrasting tops. Conservative choices include dull black calf boots, while novelty lovers seek fancy tipped boots. Silk parasols feature lace, white linen needlework, valenciennes ruching, and coachings with colored borders. Sleeves become three quarter length and 16-button gloves gain use. high collars with boning rise behind the ears. Black satin looks with lace under-frill as a trend.
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Dresden
Valenciennes
Harper's Basar
Mich Angler's Homesick Wish Echoes in Verse
A fragment from a Michigan themed piece shows a homesick youth longingly wishing for a brook fish and a cook to serve a Michigan dish, with a judge referenced in passing. The stray lines convey nostalgia and rural imagery, centering on place and memory.
The Count Genuine and Second Beauty Spar Over Origin
In a witty exchange from the New York Weekly, the Count Lo bella defends his European origin amid gossip that he did not come from Europe. The Second Beauty notes his attire marks him as from the steerage, sparking playful banter about class and place of origin.
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Count Lobella
Fiurope
Europe
N. Y
Fire Him If He’s Not Fit Yet
A witty exchange contrasts a conceited junior worker with a veteran firm, noting the youth’s unformed character and suggesting he be tested by fire. The line ends with a sharp jab that the younger man should be fired if he cannot prove his worth.
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Woodware
Queensware
N. Y
Emotionalism and Puritan Tensions Echo Old Debates
A Washington Star quote notes an actress who hides emotion on stage yet reveals it when salaries or world affairs are discussed. The piece recalls a Long A Puritan youth dialogue about kissing on Sunday and marriage, reflecting era anxieties about propriety and emotion.
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Washington Star
Prithee
Priscilla
N. Y
Children’s Tam O Shanter Crowns Rise In Millinery
The Tam o Shanter crown reappears in children’s millinery with easy spring wear options. A used hat can receive a soft silk crown interlined with muslin and adorned with a wreath of tiny roses where they join. Straw crowns with ribbon rosettes and strings are also planned.
Point for Discussion On Opera and Dog Ordinance
The Baltimore American quotes a facetious operatic tenor joking about whether he would fit a new dog ordinance. He asks if he would be under the rules, then quips his main role in the upcoming seven opera would be a barky part.
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Baltimore American
The Feminine Way dialogue exchange
A brief dialogue exchanged in the Chicago Daily News captures a man admitting fault while the woman insists on acknowledgment of being right. The clipped exchange reflects ongoing social tensions in a city context.
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Chicago Daily News
Incorrigible clash over price and law cited by consumer
The Washington Star quotes a sad-eyed consumer deploring a corporation for restricting output and raising prices. The exchange frames the issue as a conflict with law and with basic supply and demand principles.
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Washington Star
Mulberry: A Fresh Color For Dresses And Fashions
Mulberry is presented as the latest color research, a blend near crushed strawberry and raspberry. White cuffs and yoke soften the tone, with white cotton or soutache braid trims creating intricate designs. The shade also appears in mirage alk for house dresses and dancing frocks for young girls.
Finding Himself in Fame Before Waking Up
A witty Washington Star quip has an orator reflecting on sudden fame after an ill advised speech. The remark contrasts waking to wealth with waking to notoriety. The line turns on the idea that fame arrived first, then consciousness.
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Washington Star
Safety by Computation in a Baltimore Line Parlor
A Baltimore American quotation notes a boast about past prize fights and a sly warning about police scrutiny. The speaker claims nine successes without police suspicion and cautions that ten, mills, could reveal a risk, suggesting a pattern of illicit activity hidden in plain sight.
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Mills
Baltimore
Fragmentary query on philosophy religion authority
The fragment asks if the topic is philosophy or religion and whether ecclesiastical authority supports it. It mentions a journalist title or publication name, the Professor Yee Perisiesiatic Obteago Tribune, in fragmented form.
Roosters Muzzled In City as Crowing Is Cramped
A city farmer demonstrates a small muzzle for roosters to prevent crowing in crowded urban areas. He explains the device prevents opening the beak, thus silencing the birds at daybreak. The muzzle, attributed to Harrison Weir, allows keeping chickens in tight city quarters.
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Harrison Weir
Safety in the Schools Fire Preparedness Abroad
An article cites European ideas on preventing school fires. A Bohemian town uses linked buildings with an internal door as a safe exit during emergencies. Critics note cost of new doors. one proposal favors wide street doors during sessions. No fire escapes are suggested.
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Europe
Viem
Bohemia
Clergyman in a Theater Prompt Laughs at Old Kirk
Rev William Carter spoke at a New York dinner about his success in guiding services at the Belasco theater in Peebles Scotland. A Scotsman recalled London Drury Lane drama where he spotted his Peebles minister, Saunders McIntosh, in the audience and whispered a joke about what the townsfolk would say if they knew he saw him there.
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William Carter
New York
Belasco
Peebles
London
Drury Lane
Saunders McIntosh
Auld Kirk
Dr. Saunders
Hypnotism in Insects and a Death's Head Hawk Moth
A handheld hypnotist speaks of hypnotism used by a queen bee to control her hive and by a death's head hawk moth that mimics the queen's humming to lull bees. The moth then plunders the hive, illustrating hypnotic power in nature.
Juvenile Logia Reflects on Kindergarten Talk
A child asks parents about a teacher’s remark on growing into a nice or ugly adult based on behavior. The girl, Marie, wonders why the teacher was naughty as a child, prompting a parental reflection on the tale.
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Logia
Marie
Mamma
Noise Trickles Through Apartment House Rumor
A visitor asks about a mysterious sound in an apartment building. The chatter shifts to a dentist’s office downstairs and then to a rumor about the Popleys’ baby teething, reflecting curious, humorous misinterpretation of ordinary noises.
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Popleys
Proud Paps Observation Sparks Memory Quip
A fragmented humorous exchange centers on memory and instruction, featuring a tiresome speaker and a corrective remark by Pepley. The garbled wording suggests a comic aside about teaching a child not to put gifts in his mouth.
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Paps
Pepley
Dean's Kidney Pills Proven Helpful By Minot Resident
E A McPhail of 421 River St Minot North Dakota reports lasting relief from back and kidney pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes months of weakness and irregular kidney secretions followed by renewed strength and restored kidney function after following directions and purchasing the drug from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. The ad also notes a note on Earth’s age with geological estimates spanning from pre glacial to historic periods.
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E. A. McPhail
River St
Minot
N. D
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Exempla Gratia and the moralizing man dialogue
The excerpt mocks constant prudence and quick marriage as fragile life plans. It notes France’s deaths exceeding births per statistics and features banter between Muldoon and Smith about risky places and chances of birth, with a playful nod to Puck.
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Henpeck
Smith
France
Muldoon
Lve
Bain
Puck
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