The Stone Thrower Makes a Village Misadventure
Nellie Fenwick pelts a trespassing man with stones to stop strawberry theft. The wounded stranger turns out to be Mr. Clarence Dart, a visiting young man who later falls in love with Nellie under doctor’s orders. A tale of mistaken pests and budding romance unfolds amid a Pittsburgh domestic arts program.
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Fenwick
Davis
Fenwicks
Nellie Fenwick
Mollie
Nellie
Snax
Miss Nellie
Clarence Dart
Mr. Dart
Margaret Morrison Carnegie School
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Royal Christmas Festival at Brighton Pavilion
Queen Adelaide hosted a royal Christmas festival for many children each year at the Brighton pavilion. The event featured a huge candlelit Christmas tree adorned with gilt pears and apples and a dragon room overhead with Chinese dragons. Children were greeted by the king and queen and guided to tiny tables bearing their names with a bounty of candies and toys.
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Adelaide
William TV
Brighton Pavilion
Hin
Worss Quote on Idol with Clay and Wooden Leg Reference
A fragmentary exchange reads Worss asking about idols being of clay and a bride’s retort claiming a wooden leg. The text appears as a garbled quotation with unclear attribution and context.
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Worss
Petticoats At Home Offer Variety And Craft Tips
A guide describes making several styles of Petticoats at home using different fabrics such as taffeta, silk, and mull. It highlights five gored and straight-width designs, embroidery, flounces, lace, and ribbon detailing suitable for matinee wear and street fashion.
Uses Of The Panel Skirt In Fashions Of The Era
The panel skirt slimly shaping a stout figure when well designed and used in Magette frocks in broadcloth silk and other popular materials. Bordure fabrics rise in appeal with new life in foulards and borders. The fichu bodice and various border patterns like Persian Greek keys and Willam Morris flourish in color schemes. Bordure fabrics can remake old gowns and create overskirts and draped back panels for updated outfits.
Dainty pattern for bodice with rose embroidery
A soft fabric bodice pattern requires crepe de chine or ninon in a matching color to deep cuffs and yoke. A front and back yoke panel features a large rose embroidery in tone on tone. Narrow frills edge the sides from shoulder downward. Material: 2 yards 4½ inches wide and 1½ yards lace.
Flower to Match the Hat in Velvet Blue Embroidery
A detailed guide for crafting a large velvet flower to adorn a new straw hat. It describes cutting rose shaped petals from torbeau blue velvet, binding each with white satin, assembling into a rose, and finishing with a dark blue satin center decorated with yellow French knots. The finished rose decorates a leghorn hat with minimal additional trim.
SHORT TALKS TO MOTHERS ON NURSERY SAFETY
Advice on securing nursery windows with outside bars to prevent escapes. Emphasizes using a large screw or nail to limit opening to inches and notes ventilation remains possible. Recommends each child have individual towels sponges and toothbrushes and insists on cleaning hair brushes and sponges regularly.
Fancy Hat Box for Gifting and Use
A decorative hat box project uses a large pasteboard box covered inside and out with cretonne or sateen. The outside is adorned with the figured material at the edges and finished with braid. The box may include a plain hemmed band to cover the hat and a lined interior for a neat gift.
Velpeau on Pain Relief in 1839 Surgical Writings
The passage notes Velpeau, a leading 19th century surgeon, stating in 1839 that relief from pain in surgical operations is a chimera and not to be pursued as a feasible goal at that time.
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Velpeau
Ventilation and City Air Quips from Uncle Ruts
In Holland’s Magazine Uncle Ruts jokes on thin city air and the need for ventilation, noting the trouble with crowded streets and smoky atmospheres. The quip reflects light humor about urban life and air quality.
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Uncle Ruts
Holland
The Winner
A maxim on corner strategy notes victory comes from clear plans rather than speed. It urges precise intent at the moment of turning a corner and emphasizes foresight in decisive action.
Gea Field's Ald Harvest on Dogger Banks
The Dogger banks area in the North Sea is cited as a major fishing ground for Gea Field, with an estimated annual income of 3000 dollars per square mile. The statement highlights potential wealth from the fishing rights in this region.
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Gea
Great North Sea
Dogger Banks
City farthest from London in distance and Cape exports
Sydney distance from London stated 10 120 miles in air line. Cape of Good Hope exported ostrich feathers valued at 21 738 889 in one year. Large exports of feathers referenced with notable distance claim.
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London
Sydney
New South Wales
Cape of Good Hope
Dress design description for brown cloth gown
The article details a chocolate brown venetian cloth dress with an inverted plait at each aide seam and a box plait down the center back. It describes a trim formed by stitched material creating a trap at mid front, looping to the lower edge, meeting again, and a bodice trimmed to a matching yoke with tucks.
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Thrower
Claude Robertson
Rick Soler
Bottineau
Loretta
Rooney
Saare
Nola Sattisfield
Williams Troupe
Acrobats
Castang
Ding
Sil
Dode Fise Military Band
W. E. Weldon
Atterwara
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