Woman aviator from Roumania aims at American trophies
Miss Helene Caragiani, a daring Roumanian aero navigator, seeks to win trophies from American aviators. She brings her own plane and trains, arguing women can be as skilled as men. She contemplates crossing the Atlantic in a airship and hopes to be the first woman to do so. Suspenders fashion for spring skirts features plaid taffetas and wide belts. Silk substitutes exist with similar styles.
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Carmen Sylva
Helene Caragiani
Miss Caragian
Atlantic Ocean
Mise Caragiani
Miss Caragiani
Curtaining Casement Windows
The article explains a simple approach to dressing casement windows with sheer fabric. Each window is treated separately with curtains set inside or outside the frame depending on swing direction, and shades are discouraged unless necessary and kept rolled up when not in use.
Sewing and home repair tips from old times
The article gives practical craft notes on finishing seams with silk bindings or pinking, overcasting edges on delicate fabrics, and binding armholes in blouses. It also describes a homemade window pole from a broom handle and screw, and using empty tin cans as roofing for sheds or henhouses to create a watertight, durable rest.
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Theo
White Frocks For Children Fashion Notes From The Era
A summer guide to children's white dresses emphasizing simple chic over elaborate design. It discusses fabrics like lawn, batiste, and linen, machine embroidery, imitation laces, and waist sashes, with cost considerations and care tips for keeping frocks practical and stylish.
Rhubarb Charlotte Recipe Plain Bake Instructions
Butter a pie dish melt sugar with a little water and pour over. Layer bread and butter rhubarb and sugar, repeat until the dish is full. Beat eggs and pour over top. If not turning out relax with milk. Cover top with greased paper to keep it moist.
Women Suffrage Editorial Urges Motherhood as Public Guide
The Rocky Mountain News and Times argues women voters will protect public welfare via motherhood in ballots. It cites Denver protests urging Governor Ammons to seek federal troops over the coal strike, praising the women’s decisive action to end violence and safeguard families.
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Rocky Mountain News and _ times
Denver
Colo
Ammons
Peddler’s sly scheme ends in odd farm treasure tale
A self styled peddler proposes to marry off a quarrelsome Indiana brother and sister Abraham Barnes and Cynthia to gain commissions. The plan yields two marriages built on treasure gossip and deception with a staged treasure hoard of a thousand dollars. The scheme collapses without treasure and leaves the couple’s unions unclear.
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Abraham Barnes
Cynthia
Will
Abraham
Nature
Indiana
Peddier
Abe
Gaaersmchimse SS
Tin Peddier
Barnes
Tle
Echo
One View of the Rise
Excerpt discusses three kisses described as Mongolian European and notes on preservation instincts. It contrasts Mongolian kiss as indicating prey to be pursued and European kiss as indicating a welcoming meal. The piece frames these as different forms of the same survival instinct in wild beasts.
A Genuine Grouch Farmer Mocked on Morning Walk
A farmer known for constant complaining meets a friend who jokes about fine weather and the farm. The exchange turns on work and digging with quips about wives and hardship. The brief London Family Herald item captures a humorous social moment.
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James
Boric Acid From Volcanic Emissions Central in Commerce
Boric acid occurs in substantial amounts in volcanic waters and gases and has long served as a major European source, notably from Tuscan fumaroles in Italy. While abundant in eruptions, boron is a minor constituent in most rocks forming the Earth's crust.
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Italy
Fragmented overheard lines hint at quirky public dialogue
A garbled exchange mentions a will leaving a brain to a hospital and a marginal reaction from authorities. The text also shows unrelated garbled phrases about a bar and a peculiar outside temperature.
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Briggs
Griggs
Rickety Babies Remedies and Nail Biting Advice
Practical tips for infant care emphasizing warm water and soap, two baths daily with salt and bran soaks, rose oil rubdown, and a short nails habit cure. For six year olds teach manicure, keep nails short, and use bitter aloes to deter nail biting.
Early 17th Century Household Discipline and Servant Record
A selection from the Newdigate family archives reveals strict domestic methods. A model mother stresses immediate mending to keep children tidy and self-sufficient at a young age. Diary entries from Sir Hichard Newdigate during Charles I’s reign list fines for servants for minor faults.
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Newdigate
Newdigate-Newdegate
Hichard Newdigate
Charles Ir
Finw
Nea Newton
RL Knight
William Hetherington
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ILO
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Ludlow
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Abel
Walt White
Bottineau
Omemee
N. D
W. R. McIntosh
M. J. Farnand
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T. F. Woods
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State School of Forestry
Bottineau, North Dakota
Forestry
Informatic
Fred W. Smith
London Family Herald
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