Modern Farmhouse for City Comfort and Farm Life
An article by William A. Radford extols a nine room frame home that blends farm practicality with city comfort. It describes a sun parlor, rear washroom for the help, and efficient first floor layout, arguing the farm house can be built on city streets with modern fixtures and ample light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davesiouls
Farney
Madem Howie
Aberties
Antiies
Hhusenbois
Hoeartner
A Frontier Bride Bargains for Escape in Concealed Barrel
Burt Dawson infiltrates a border town mission to escort Eloise as Jeff Wadhams and a mobs arrive seeking him. Treherne proposes a plan with a barrel escape and a rushed marriage to spare Eloise, leading to Dawson's dramatic freeing after travel down the river and return to Fifield.
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Burt Dawson
Tair
Fresh
Young Dawson
Hag
Eloise
Burt
Pyet
T le
Fifield
Oka
Treherne
John Rivers
Jeff Wadhams
Rivers
Mr. ‘Treherne
Jeff
Benselt Dawson
Reherne
Mr. Treherne
Bloise
Protective Measures from a Letter Receipt Tale
A humorous 19th century exchange describes registering a letter for 10 cents and receiving a receipt. An elder man jokes about saving the cost and accepting a label of foolery, noting the receipt would prove the letter was mailed.
Plying Fast and Loose as a Gypsy Game in Shakespeare Era
The text explains the chewing game called Fast and Loose or pricking at the belt, popular among gypsies in Shakespeare’s time. It notes the phrase to play fast and loose entered language to describe shifting ethics and conflicting pity.
Ambiguous Public Opinion Quote From Senator Sorghuny
Fragmentary text features a quoted reply by Senator Sorghuny and observations on political opinion. The readable portions imply difficulty in gauging public sentiment and human response to politics.
The Clerk of the British House of Commons
The clerk is appointed by the prime minister with a salary of £2000 a year, far above eighteenth century fees. He sits at the table end wearing wig and gown, safeguards records, signs orders, reads documents, and oversees staff. As speaker's principal adviser he upholds procedures and rules, an almost invisible yet supreme official in the house.
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House of Commons
Bank Account for Baby: Building Futures with Small Weekly Sums
A thrift article urges parents to open a baby account for future growth. Regular weekly deposits of one dollar at four percent for ten to twenty years yield substantial totals, with larger weekly contributions accelerating the child’s eventual independent savings.
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Cecelia Anthony
Thrift Magazine
Trade Routes Through Lhasa
Marietta Nef in Asia Magazine notes caravans through Lhasa move December to spring, carrying wool hides cloth and salt. Yaks and small shaggy horses haul loads across frozen pastures and Tibetans bless travelers with prayer-wheels and polite greetings from mastiff owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lhasa
Liasa
Aliret
Marietta Nef
Asia Magazine
Happy Butterflies Playful Tiger Swallowtails
Tiger swallowtail butterflies exhibit aerial waltzes as they meet, flit through open fields, and visit thistles and golden plants. They sip from a slugging stream, mingle with kin, and briefly frolic with a larger black and yellow butterfly before resuming their airy wanderings.
Gormund and Gourmet Contrasted in Food Terms
The Chicago Journal defines gormund as a glutton with indiscriminate appetite while gourmet denotes an epicure or connoisseur. Both terms derive from French, with cooking origins traced to Italians and Romans, noted as great eaters in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicag Journal
Tailored Perfection in Juvenile Apparel
An article notes the rise of child fashion in stores and schools with sections for kids apparel. It highlights outfits like Attic tailored gill with silk bindings and fur collar, plus practical lingerie waists, hats, and stylish shoes as examples of early 20th century juvenile fashion trends.
Flora Harrison Helps Belle Escape City Trap
In a moral tale set in a millinery shop, Flora Harrison confronts Belle Bates over a desire for an ostrich plume and a better life. Harrison secretly funds Belle and her fiancé Frank Merrick to flee the city after revealing Belle's flirtations with Jones, a married man.
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Belle
Tye
Flora Harrison
Miss Harrison
Belle Bates
Jones
Miss Garrison
Kate
Miss. Harrison
Mr. Jones
Misa Harrison
Frank
Miss Barrison
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