The Last of Her Roses Ends in Old Love Rekindled
Maj Carruthers visits Lavender Cottage to reconnect with Hilary Nevile, now aged and content. A hidden past with Jack Cunningham emerges as Hilary admits she kept a rose for Jim all these years. She offers the last rose, revealing lingering feelings and a renewed bond between the pair.
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Lavender Cottage
Maj. Carruthers
Toald
Miss Nevile
Jack
Max Nevile
Hilary
Jim
Hillary Nevile
Jack Cunningham
Nevile
Fler
Fiary
India
Maj. Carruthera
Jim Carruthers
Desperate Emigration from Ireland Drives U S Settlement
A census update shows nearly 200000 Irish immigrants settled in the United States in the year ending July 1905, the largest flow since 1895. Emigration surges despite Irish efforts, with widespread departure felt across villages in Cavan Galway and Donegal and counties Mayo and Roscommon depopulated as steamship agents and enticing posters spark mass exodus.
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United States
Plummer F. Jones
Ireland
Cavan
Galway
Donegal
Mayo
Roscommon
Automatic Restaurants in Berlin Show Modern Automat Dining
In Technical World Magazine Frig Morris details Berlin’s new automat diners. Glass-front cabinets reveal rows of elevators and hourly-changing menus with an automat bar. Diners insert coins, select a dish, and within a minute a hot or cold meal arrives, served cleanly without human handling.
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Technical World
Frig Morris
Berlin
Mr. Morris
Stevenson in Samoa in The Lighthouse Builder's Son
Ariadne Gilbert praises Stevenson's Samoa letters as vivid diary style, letting readers live beside him. He writes from Vailima, a veranda dwelling near Vaea mountain, with views to the sea and forest valleys, surrounded by tall trees and calling birds.
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Stevenson
Samoa
Ariadne Gilbert
St. Nicholas
Vailima
Vaea
Suburban Drift Tied to Fresh Air Baby Trend
A West Side physician notes that new parents favor suburbs for outdoor space, while claiming baby-related moves from large city apartment blocks have risen. He cites losing 15 families from one building in two years as evidence, though parents prefer city life for other reasons.
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West Side
Baby
Sailors Refuse Bedtime as Nurse With Pistol Restores Order
Six sailors in the San Francisco Marine hospital reportedly refused to retire in the early hours. The nurse in charge drew a pistol and ordered them to bed at gunpoint, forcing compliance under threat of a .44 revolver.
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San Francisco Marine Hospital
Passing of Confucianism Confucianism, the Buddhism, is dead in Japan
A historical note argues Confucianism and Buddhism waned in Japan as Western learning displaced old beliefs. It traces Confucianism’s rise under Tokugawa Ieyasu, its role in loyalty ethics, and Buddhism’s decline. The piece concludes with China’s shift away from classics and Japan’s single Confucius temple now serving as a museum.
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Japan
China
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ieyasu
Confucius
Chinook Winds Heat Canadian Winter Weather
Midwinter baseball chatter from Canada notes Medicine Hat Alberta where residents shed coats for a game as a chinook arrives. The piece explains chinooks as warm dry winds caused by descending air from high pressure aloft, melting snow and raising temperatures by about 30 degrees after a 5,500 foot drop, contrasting with the region’s usual subzero blasts.
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Canada
New York Tribune
Medicine Hat
Alberta
New York
Montreal
United States Weather Bureau
California
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain
French tourist confronts Edinburgh hotel bill
A French traveler staying at a hotel in Edinburgh confronted the cashier over a surprisingly large bill. He insisted on seeing the proprietor, rushed to embrace him, and declared the bill would never let him see the man again, highlighting his astonishment at the charges.
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Edinburgh
Language Follows the Flag Across Lands
The piece notes how nations that sail or trade spread their tongues. Venice, Holland, France and England left marks abroad as Turkish, Dutch, French and English words appear in Turkey, South Africa, Canada and the U S. The refrain highlights imperial reach shaping global language.
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Venice
Turkish
Turkey
Holland
South Africa
France
Canada
United States
England
Guessing contest of cities and clues for youths
A reader proposes an easy party game for 11 to 17 year olds with a list of city based answers and matching clues. The item includes a set of questions, sample solutions like Boston and Chicago, plus a second pass card with humorous cryptic prompts such as Emblems of silence and Universal crown, attributed to Madame Merrl.
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Boston
Noah
Young Girls in England Learn Mannered Styles Too Soon
The piece argues English girls imitate adult dress and maternity early, with hair worn in pompadours and long frocks before they should. It notes many keep hair loose or braids until eighteen, cites foreign views of English girls as “bread-and-butter misses,” and advises delaying hair updos until age sixteen unless stature or hair conditions justify. It cautions against large bows except when necessary for outdoor wear or braid security.
Deep Breathing Practice for Weak Lungs
Guidance on deep breathing for weak lungs. Encourages practicing regularly with long breaths, shoulder posture, and controlled exhalation to improve lung function.
Grape Border Crochet Pattern Instructions
Crochet pattern for grape border using cotton, hooks No. 4 or 4 1 2, with a sequence of chains and trebles forming grapes and leaves. Includes rounds with back loop only, joining stitches, and instructions for a stalk, leaf, and leaf edge.
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Penelope
Edge crochet pattern text from old instruction
Crochet pattern instructions describe looping stitches and patterns for leaves grapes and borders. It lists moves like chains threads and picots with repetitions across divisions of leaves and grapes, then details border rows and a double row sequence for a decorative edge.
Nail Care Routine for Softening and Shaping Nails
A period style guide recommends nightly olive oil soaks in warm oil, ten minutes per hand, followed by cold cream to push back cuticles. Weekly warm suds from dissolved white Castile soap create a gel for finger-bowl use, then almond meal scrub and a final nail trim or filing. An orangewood stick should glide under the cuticle without pressing on nail or skin.
New Draperies and Spring Coats Feature Fresh Styles
New draperies display a crepe effect fabric with solid grounds in blue pink green or cream and large rose motifs with border design. Suitable for summer cottage bed spreads, price is 21 cents a yard. A spring coat in gray and white invisible check completes the voyage of fresh apparel options.
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J. J. Bell
America
Paris
Rome
Wheeling
West Virginia
Fort Worth
Chicago, & Corneil Bluffs
St. Louis
T. Cincinnatus
Tror
Tarrytown
Washington
Mount Desert
Lansing
Michigan
Little Rock
New Orleans
Madame Merrl
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