House of the Black: A Firefighting Ride and Romance
In a misty valley amid autumn smoke, Rose confronts danger guiding a buggy through a spreading fire. Karl, the squire, and Jim Farthing witness her calm skill as she steadies a panicked horse and threads past burning timber toward safety, amid tensions over marriage and home plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Tine
Karl
Pye
Rod
Bermen
Cherry Creek
Finherman
Jim Farthing
Renee
Rhododendrus
Tim
Jim
Evry
Eperice
Shewan
Helpful Household Hints On Cleaning and Dressmaking
A collection of domestic tips covers washing and refreshing delicate fabrics, silk care with borax, starch settling for cleaning liquid, and pressing techniques. It includes collar cutting, steaming crepe, mending crockery with lime and egg, recoloring with artist paints, and a recipe for sea foam candy. Also noted are Nantes school cantines delivering meals to poor children with a paid and free-check system, supervised by schoolmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Conmul
Nantes
Hot Egg Holder Opens Soft Boiled Eggs Safely
A New York inventor designs a hot egg holder with compressible cups and central cutters. Placing a soft boiled egg in one section and compressing splits the shell, opening the egg into halves for easy access without burning fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cara Ia
New York
Love and madness fuse in Trenton marriage tale
In Trenton New Jersey a schoolteacher Miss Elsie Dunn Cornell and artist Charles Forst Swell engage amid a sensational romance fueled by love as a cure for mental fits. Cupid allegedly penetrates bolted doors as the couple met in the New Jersey Hospital for the Insane Summer. Their engagement sparks society intrigue due to family opposition and public fascination with the strange courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Cupid
Elsie Dunn Cornell
Charles Forst Swell
Dan Cupid
New Jersey
Miss Cornell
My Swell
Mr Swell
Germany Shows Rivers as Industrial Artery
A Boston Herald analysis argues Americans should imitate Germany in river utilization. It cites imperial funding for light-draught channels and shiphavn complexes with dredged basins, dikes, warehouses, and modern loading gear. Bremen and Breslau funded port improvements through traffic charges, while Ruhrort Duisburg saves on coal shipments. The piece blames U.S. local governments and citizen passivity for not adopting such public works and stresses the broader economic and national security benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Boston Herald
Ruhrort- Duisbork
Breslau
Bremen
Weser
Midget under_goes appendix operation in New York
Special report on the Ringling Brothers midget performer Hobert Kantor, known as Little Lardy Robert, who underwent an appendix operation at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. The procedure, described as delicate, left Kantor seriously ill but enabled him to resume appearances with the circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Inquirer
Matthews
Hastings
Mich
United States
New York
Little Lardy Robert
Hobert Kantor
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Mount Sinai Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
the House of the Black
FL. Patee Ring
Mae
Tecan
Tose
Jong
Sinking Springs
Atmos
Bres
Hwid
Hartewick
Rowe
Anos
Amos
Pap
Stellah
Talloress
Will
Elsie Dunn Corwell
Sulu Sea
San Fernando
Fort San Felipe
Paula
San Roque
Cpa
Red Cross
al & Brown
Roselie M. Davis
March
Bohemian
Chamber of Deputies
LifTie Lorp
Robert and Coretta
Aly
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!