Love and Twists Under Maple Brook in a 1920 Tale
A light modern romance unfolds beside a brook as Miss Nan and Ned share a tender exchange about their future. Hal Carter, bold and boastful, presses for a proposal while Nan navigates affection from Ned and a playful moment with Carter amid a rustic setting staged by nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dame Nature
Thad
Nannie
Ned
Nell
Kade
Nan
Kay
Ned Barton
St. Louis
Stacy
St Louis
Bob
Fipshan
Confessions Of A Bride Seethes At Bathhouse Tragedy
A first person fragment describes a murder scene at a bathhouse. The narrator notes the concrete building layout, visitors entering, and a gunshot that leaves a sense of danger. Reporters depart quickly as the narrator hesitates to involve authorities or identify the victim Ann Lorimer, pondering fate and involvement.
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Farrons
Joey
Ann Lorimer
Mercom- Parent
Bustle Sash Designs Highlight New York Fashion
New York fashion critic Cora Moore notes a rising hemline bustle mask worn by Frances Carson in The Hottento. Hydrangea taffeta features embroidery and a plaited underskirt with accordion detail, beads, silver thread stems, and beaded shoulder bands.
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Cora Moore
New York
Frances Carson
William Collier
Premet
Lace Patterns and a Rescue Interlude in Knitting Tale
The text blends crochet instructions with a dramatic scene where Ann bursts from a bush, begs to enter, and collapses. T drives away from a picnic, then demands answers before taking Ann home as she faints, leaving questions about a mysterious link between the pattern and the menacing chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Jane
Rura
Darou Tare
SISTER MARY'S KITCHEN AND TEA MAKING NOTES
Fragment from a 1920 issue showing crochet instructions for a complex tea service and cake garnish alongside recipes for mock chicken salad brown sugar cookies and a meal plan. The text mixes crochet row patterns with culinary guidance and vintage recipe details.
Miss Georgia Martin Guests in Rivesville
Miss Georgia Martin of Rivesville visits sister and family, Mr. and Mrs Grover Radcliff, with other Fairmont visitors noted. Martin Morris transacted business at Fairmont on Tuesday. Carl Waldroth and Carl Swisher family visits also recorded with relatives in Barnsville and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Martin
Rivesville
Grover Radcliff
Martin Morris
Fairmont
Carl Waldroth
Carl Swisher
Barnsville
RW. Kier
Addie
Local Family News and Nearby Social Notes
The column lists visits and gatherings in Fairmont and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Frank Harris family illness with measles. Lawrence Gessman guests in Catabwa. Douglas Smith back from Cook hospital after injury treatment. Brooks Malone’s child improving. Mrs Robert Donal visiting daughter Garnet Summers family. Earnest Bren weighs moving his family to Faircoat. Harris and Cur jus Meey Tet guests. Harris and Georgia Martin hosted a wine party. N Fowler involved in local business. Neelie of Cleveland active in town. Robert Morgan of Wheeling attended to business. Ruthie Summers and Leatie Smith in town on business. The stork delivered a ten pound baby girl to Garnet Summers’s home last Thursday. Welfare work of United States Steel cost $71,000,009 since 1812.
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Fairmont
Frank Harris
Lawrence Gessman
Catawba
Douglas Smith
Cook Hospital
Brooks Malone
Robert Donal
Garnet Summers
Arford Coal’ Company
Weiner
N. Fowler
Neelie
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert Morgan
Wheeling
Ruthle Summers
Leatie Smith
Stork
John Porter and Son
Adventures of the Twins 7 Mr Swallow in Scrub-Up Land
The twins Nancy and Nick prepare to depart Scrub-Up Land as the land empties for spring. Mr Swallow arrives late morning anxious to return to the Land-Where Springs Come and asks about dandelions while recalling Queer Bee and his own raid.
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Nan
Hal Carter
Edo
Theen
Carter
MR. Swallow
Rubsdah
Nancy
Nick
Lani
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Daily
Dora Mollan
McClure ‘Newspaper Syndicate
Linde Feyan Stacy
Melo
Nant
Peton
Park Station
Jane Lorimer
Claude Ives
Sister Mary
Kitchen
E. A
Sagar
Moses
Pathe Yeas
Union Dentists
McCrory
Murry News
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Davis, Burkham & Tyler Company
Fairmont Hotel
Washington
United Stat Steel Corporation
Olve Roberts Barton
Duffs
Helen
Allman
Aza
Daod
Mat Bauer
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