The Sled Down the Hill a Tenor of Town Folly
A late winter tale recounts Miss Bessie Hyde riding a hand sled from a landowner's hill into the highway. Adam Flint complains of trespass and damages while the town watches as injuries occur. Mr Howard Kyle later settles damages and reveals a personal settlement with Miss Hyde a year later.
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Mian
Biple Herdb
Dalle
Bessie Thaerven
Aunt Hetty
Miss Bessie
Hetty
Jutad Literary Prean
Vile Town Hill
Adam
Old Adam
Seven Winds of Earth
Miss Hyde
Bessie
Howard Kyle
Too many in profession argue overcrowding in trades
A discussion cites that overcrowding in professions is a persistent issue with economists noting industries arise from a large unemployed labor pool. The piece argues that reducing student numbers is futile and that competition favors the efficient, though some physicians still face income declines due to inevitable overcrowding.
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England
Lingerie Hats for All: Home Millinery Ideas and Patterns
Julia Bottomley outlines easy lingerie hats made from embroidery lace and sheer fabrics like muslin, dimity, and batiste. Hats are built on wire frames with sheer coverings and edged brims, finished with ribbon bands and garden flowers. The durable, washable style suits maid and matron and traces to the “baby” hat origin.
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Batiste
Julia Bottomley
Pretty idea for dress wear hat in hot weather
The article describes summer wardrobe details focusing on a white straw hat trimmed with a May blossom wreath and notes on embroidery and flouncing gowns. It discusses Chantecler and peasant influences in cotton and silk crepe garments and argues wearing a hat to avoid sunburnt hair. It also warns against sun damage to hair and praises Breton peasant head coverings.
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Britany
A Summer Coat Fashion Note in Black Chiffon
A simple but beautiful coat worn over a lingerie gown for summer evenings features black chiffon three quarter length sleeves with slashings joined by taffeta silk tabs. Front neck is very low with a single silver cord fastening, edges embroidered in a wave pattern. May be mounted over felt and net may substitute. affordable with a lucky remnant.
Irish lace collars return as summer fashion
With warm weather fashion swerving back to Irish lace collars. The girl in a new suit favors Irish lace around the neck, wearing a four inch collar on her coat and a four to six inch collar on her blouse. The collars dip at the front and finish with a rib lace tab.
Jokes and Humorous Bits From a by Gone Era
A collection of light sketches and jokes from old newspapers. It blends rural humor with social quips about suffrage, elopements, and everyday absurdities. Characters include a Major, Sam the colored egg bearer, and various townsfolk in comical exchanges.
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Niagara Falls
Mule Ah
Fragmented dialogue and captions from a 19th century column
The passage weaves short dialogue exchanges among characters Ida Clara Doty Worther and Joe Simpson with street scenes and humor. It includes a birthday remark, a recovered pavement mishap, a jokey debate about age, and social themes like back to the soil and drink safety.
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By Donald Allen
Hill
Adam Flint
Tessie Hyde
Gin Hanettiz
Pia Wong
Ypefianti
City
Oshkosh
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Lucy
Geoffrey
Et Louis
Pitsburg
Pittsburg
Stubb
Penn
Detroit
Bell
Cupid
Henderson
Eva
Rays
Splitter
Hays
Supreme Court
Ida
Worther
Dots
Clara
Doty
John
Lippincott
Tim
Joe Simpson
Tim Tom
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