Practical Fashions Pattern 2443 Shirt Waist for Girls
Pattern No 2443 features a lightweight shirt waist with dainty folds and front tucks, suitable for striped Madras and lawn fabrics. Back fullness at the waist line, shoulder tuck, and gathered sleeves create a tailored fit. offered in sizes 13 to 17 years with yardage details by fabric width. Pattern No 2448 requires order from Pattern Department with name address town state.
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Paris
Linka
Victoria
Howe Led Birthday Talk With Ghosts Of Washington
John Kendrick Bangs cites a quip about ghosts from his Houseboat on the Styx. He recalls Washington and General Howe ghostly dialogue with Howe teasing Washington about weight and a running joke about being behind him.
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Howe
Washington
John Kendrick Bangs
Styx
Gen. Howe
George
Air Navigation Engines Past and Present
Technical literature notes a historic claim that engines weighing ten pounds per horsepower would enable flight. It recalls petrol engines later achieving far lighter weights and cites today’s engines on the market at about two and a half pounds per horsepower.
Chinese Crowding Vladivostok Sparks Economic Interest
An estimated 40,000 rise in Vladivostok’s population, drawn entirely from Shantung, signals strong business pull for the territory's keen merchants. The shift highlights growing economic ties and attractiveness of the port region.
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Vladivostok
Shantung
Tool of Many Uses in Army Tactics
During maneuvers against the French forces the army employs a concave lance shaft described as 3 inches broad at the base with a 12 inch handle. The implement serves as shovel point trenching pick tine cutter and wood chopper, capable of bread and meat tasks in a single versatile tool.
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London
Iteiy
Girls' Russian Dress Pattern No 241 Description
Patis Pattern No 241 offers a stylish slide frock in dull red Italian linen with front double box plaits and a belt passing under them. Fully white stitched, double-breasted look, tucked full sleeves, and pearl buttons. Suitable for chambray and gingham. sizes six to twelve years. Yardage depends on width. send 10 cents for pattern. Include name and address for delivery.
Admiral Coghlans Story of G A R Reception Comment
Rear Admiral Joseph B Coghlan recounts a country celebration where a G A R reception head dismisses praise for turnout saying farmers have only clean shirts and two dollar bills, and none has been changed yet. The New York Sun reports the anecdote.
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Coghlan
Joseph B. Coghlan
New York Sun
Two Anti Crime Powers In Society News
A Leslie Weekly excerpt argues that true city protection comes not from police numbers but street fights and public exposure. It credits newspapers over statutes for deterring crime and notes the unknown number of men deterred by fear of exposure.
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Giles Thirley
Ban
Mupaterioad
Witten
Gilbey
Rusion
Keery
Giles
Moreae
Moury Wilton
Miaraken
Kapp
Dent
Barton's
Dudier Foods
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Lerhy Meeker
Howell
Pry Kopp
Thovkar
Mirauder Knapp Bultey
Isp
Ad Beokully Uty
Dadgeleter
Theo
Pine Street
Henry Wiltom
Montgomery Street
Lick House
Iaella Knapp
Henry
House of Mystery
Halla
London
Johan Leech
Remarkable old oak in Kingston linked to history
A New York observer recalls the Kingston top reburyal ceremonies on Decoration Day beneath a grand oak said to be 200 years old. The tree, over 100 feet tall with a 4 foot trunk, sits near the old senate house and near Stuyvesant’s stockade site.
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Kingston
New York
Senate
Peter Stuyvesant
Washington
Newbare
George Contun
Oa K
Boy Groping With a Problem in a School Club Fight
A bright boy writes home studies and letters for his mother while playing baseball. He complains Archie cannot be first base because Harold’s mother restricts him. He cites old examples from a Christmas book to defend Archie, then asks for guidance on forming a new club without Harold. He wishes for a big brother to advise him.
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Archie
Harold
Christman
Virgil
Richard Arkwright
Franklin
Oliver Cromwell
Aesop
Dickens
Ben Jonson
Antidote for Ingersoll and the Misfired Evening
A Western town talk with Colonel Ingersoll meets a mule provocation as he defends fair play and an advertised tomorrow night. A tangential anecdote recounts a Boston hostess mishandling a guest author requesting a private room to think, highlighting differences in manners across towns.
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Ingersoll
Boston
Isabe
Cane of Shocking We Glant Frend What has become of Cote ne
Dialogue fragment shows Mrs Snoblotte scolding about a maid named Cote ne. The servant is accused of using her own comb on Mrs Snoblotte’s pet without proper sterilization, triggering concern over care and hygiene.
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Cotene
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