Russian Feasts in Days Before War
A narrative recalls late nineteenth century dining excess featuring a princely guest who sank funds on lavish meals and claimed to dine at home before every outing. The anecdote appears alongside an ad for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Medication and a brief note on the limits of pull in securing positions.
Hands Covered with Large Eruptions
An advertisement recounts a woman's eczema worsening to large wet eruptions on hands and arms. She credits relief to Cuticura Soap and Ointment after one box and part of a soap cake, noting prices and a free sample offer from Cuticura Laboratories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleeta Smith
Rt. 1
Nabb
Ind
Cuticura
Cuticura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
Ady
Cynical Thought on Love and Belonging
A provocative line argues coldness in romance can paradoxically prompt affection. The aphorism suggests emotional restraint shapes how others respond, reflecting a dry, emotionally charged view of relationships.
Lady Blanche Farm A Romance of the Commonplace
A serialized romance continues as Lady Blanche Farm depicts ordinary life with lyrical detail. The narrative centers on domestic scenes, personal relationships, and social mores of a small New England setting.
Lady Blanche Farm and a Boston Architect Meet in Hamstead
Philip Starr, an architect from Boston, visits Hamstead and meeting Blanche Manning’s circle at the old South Road farm. He admires Mary and Paul’s sister, learns Blanche may be available, and admits loving Blanche while Mary hints at the family’s courtship customs and Blanche’s potential openness to his suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Blanche
Hamstead
Green Mountains
Connecticut River
Moses
Philip Starr
Blanche
Jane
Mary
Beaux Arts
Harvard
Elysian Fields
Algernon
Philip
Laura
Duke
Starr
Paul
Boston
the Brook
Burlington
Father
Pil
Algy
Mannings
Mr. Starr
Wallacetown
Seth
Miss Manning
Davis and Hamlin
Gale Hamlin
Hannah Adams
Violet
Blanche Mannings
Joker actor Houdinis own career drama ends in Budapest arrest
Ignatz Strasznoff, a veteran con artist, was arrested on stage at the Heller theater in Budapest while playing the lead in a self written comedy about his exploits. Dressed in his glittering uniform he duped officials and diplomats, including a French government pay off, before being seized by detectives at curtain fall amid an audience that believed it was part of the act. Europe awaits his trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Ignatz_ Strasznoff
An 1
Europe
Zagreb
Strasznoff
Vienna
France
Heller Theater
Motoring tale near Hamstead introduces Starr and teen Blanche
Boston architect Philip Starr meets Blanche Manning in a Vermont village near Hamstead. He learns of her family as he travels to Burlington. Blanche offers lodging with her cousin Mary Manning for the night due to the long drive and lack of a hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Hamstead
Philip Starr
Boston
Blanche Manning
Starr
Burlington
Blanche
Mary Manning
Mysterious Grave Occupant Upsets West Virginia Man
W K Thompson of Bridgeport seeks to identify a stranger buried in his family plot at Odd Fellows cemetery in Bridgeport. For six months he has tried to learn who lies in the grave but records offer no clues. He has posted notices asking for information and warned the body will be removed by law if not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
W. K. Thompson
Bridgeport
Thompson
Odd Fellows
Running Locomotives No Longer a He Man Job
Chicago Bringham Harrington, 48 years on the railroad, retires and declares the locomotive job a sissy task. He cites automatic signals and air brakes as removing the thrill and danger. He adds locomotives no longer even blow up, diminishing the engineer’s daring image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bringham Harrington
Barrington
Harrington
Man Dies of Heart Disease at Cemetery
George G. Walter age sixty two collapsed and died of heart disease while watching a coffin bearing his mother in law lowered into a grave at a cemetery in Wikhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wikhart
Ind
George G. Walter
Utopia by Scientists Proposed as Experimental Colony
Scientific American discusses a plan by Prof Miles Walker of Manchester to create a 100000 person colony governed entirely by scientists engineers and economists. The piece questions feasibility and warns the project could fail and require eliminating the rest of humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Miles Walker
University of Manchester
Scientific American
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nina Nikolaevna Selivanova
Asia Magazine
Dr. Pierce
Cutiura
Corll
A . Generone
Department M
Haarlem Oil Company
36Th St
Brooklyn, N.Y
Cincinnati
By Frances Parkinson Keyes
WNU
Frances Parkinson Keyes
New England
Moses Ho
Mercy
Nab Joker
Rercann
Buffalo
Dean’s
Garfield Yaa Co
Garfield
Talo
Crosby Frisian Four Company
Lyell Avenue
Rochester, N.Y