What He Valued Most
An aspiring painter and a metalworker, both orphans in New York, form a bond while sharing art and dreams. After a studio fire destroys his celebrated canvas, Timson saves Beth from the blaze and vows to start again, saying he will “do it again, and better.” A dawn romance blooms as resilience rises with a new day.
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Colorman
John Timson
Timson
John
Brooklyn
Missouri
Lot
Reneral
St. Louis
New York
Jersey Woods
Ruyer
Ruyter
Heartlet
Beth
Heth
Onnt
Unique Photograph Party Sparks Guessing Game
Two amateur photographers hosted a headless portrait themed party. Invitations featured kodak pictures concealing faces, prompting guests to identify hosts. Guests matched numbered book titles to wall photos, with prizes including a passepartout photograph and a yawning cat photo. Supper partners were chosen by matching cut kodak pictures.
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Kodak
Hee
Miss Alcott
Mud House Wasp Builds Cylindrical Nests From Clay
A naturalist describes a mud nest wasp that collects stiff clay, rolls it into sticky balls, and flies home with the load. The wasp shapes a smooth interior cylinder by rubbing rough spots smooth, then hunts spiders after completing the nest.
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Dundee Advertiser
Queer Side Of Japan Medicine From A Crow
A man in Japan claimed to prepare a blood curing medicine from a crow taken before it drinks water. He killed the bird, sealed it in clay, baked the crust into charcoal, ground it into pills, and sold them as a rare remedy. The tale, from Harpers Weekly, notes the man acted sincerely and lacked formal medical affiliation.
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Japan
Japanese Red Cross Society
Harper’s Weekly
Pecans Grow as New Southern Orchard Industry Emerges
Allan Dupre of New Orleans notes the rising demand for pecans in the south with vendors selling shelled unshelled and candy forms. He explains new pecan orchards are being laid out in southern bottom lands. trees mature in 15 to 20 years and yield profits. Mexico currently supplies about 60 carloads yearly, but southern states will dominate as the industry develops.
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South
North
Allan Dupre
New Orleans
Mexico
Paved with Good Intentions
A Washington diplomat recalls Auberon Herbert son of the Earl of Carnarvon. Once a Utopian he shunned diplomacy and spoke in New York of moral ruin from the dollar chase. He also humorously quoted Mephisto at a clergy New Year banquet about unpaved pavements and a messy season.
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Washington
Auberon Herbert
Earl of
Carnarvon
New York
Herbert
Mephisto
Beezlebub
How the Sexton Foretold the Weather
A comic anecdote from Youth's Companion describes Abe Hicks, sexton of the Bushby meeting house, predicting fair weather when dry and urging shelter when mist returns. He mentions ringing the old bell rope for Christian Endeavorers and forecasts rain after two days of wet spell.
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Abe Hicks
Sexton
Bushby
Mr. Hicks
War veteran William Crown recalls scar from rebel sword
In a Montana office a veteran named William Crown repeats tales of the rebellion about a head wound from a Confederate cavalryman. His colleague Charlie Brown visits and jokes about the scar linking to Butler’s dog bite during earlier war days.
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Toston
William Crown
Brown
Charles
Bill
Charlie
Dill
Hutler
Pastor Savidge of Omaha Spreads Salvation with Humor
The article profiles Charles W. Savidge founder and pastor of the People’s Church in Omaha. It notes his plain frank speaking daily spreading soul saving and his humor brightening sermons. A nearby Salvation Army fundraiser is mentioned with Savidge observing with a smile.
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Charles W. Savidge
The
People’s Church
Omaha
Frank Fo
Elaborate Cushions and Leather Accents Dominate Cozy Rooms
The article surveys luxury cushions in velvet satin and leather with hand painted Watteau scenes, gilded borders, and beaded lace trims. It notes circular crossbanded cushions, satin or velvet with heavy lace, and leather options in bright hues, stenciled and monogrammed patterns, and simple tinted outlines for quick projects.
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Watteau
Timely Hints for Entertaining Guests at Home
A lively column offers novel ideas for guest entertainment with wigwams inspired tents and feathered invitations. It suggests church or charity fairs with beadwork baskets and Indian motifs, Indian post cards as place cards, and a sample menu featuring cornmeal dishes and bean soup. A club event titled An Evening with Christy showcased tableaux and light refreshments, raising funds with minimal costs. The piece also shares a tea fortune game and a rhyme about tea leafs foretelling luck, ending with a note about fortune telling tea leaves and Madame Marr i.
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Christy
Madame Marri
Photograph Place Carda at table with child portraits
Guests discover table placards feature children in clever roles. The lad in knickerbockers is the judge, a small girl clasps a doll for the matron, and a baby in a perambulator with an orange and candy becomes the debutante.
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Carda
Bost
Sublinales
Egg-Cosy Freehand Craft For Spare Moments
A simple guide to making a decorative egg-cosy from leftover material. The instructions describe a compact, single-form cover that fits over a boiled egg with a looped ribbon handle and a small edge frill. Floral designs can be added using colored silks.
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