Trunk mix up spoils weekend visit
Mildred Mor se hides relief when a baggage porter moves a trunk out of the home only to discover Marjory’s lavender marquisette dress is missing from the trunk. The sisters scramble as a skeleton key frees the piece and reveal the mistaken swap with another traveler’s wardrobe. The scene ends with melodramatic alarm and comic relief.
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Mildred
Alster
Marjory
George
Express
Mildred ‘Morton
Morse
Mar- Jory
Red tape delays kill rat at girls' school in Berlin
Berlin officials faced a comic delay as a high school head mistress kept a rat fed for weeks awaiting a dedicated rat catcher. When the rodent died and was buried, officials demanded a written certificate proving death, revealing a maze of bureaucratic muddle and delayed action.
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Berlin
Thia
Perennial Peril of the Crinoline History
The article traces the crinoline’s origin to three candidates Joseph Thomas an unnamed draper's assistant and Heinden rech an executioner with ties to the second empire. It argues circumstantial evidence favors the executioner as the inventor and muses on how the hoop could evolve into a beehive silhouette, hoping a No Crinoline league survives in 1893.
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Joseph Thomas
United States
Heindenrech
No Crinoline League
Bill
Lady's Pictorial
Damp-Proof Picture Hangers Cut Air Circulation
Instruction advises using cork halves inserted at two lower back corners of frames to prevent wall contact. Aims to allow air flow behind pictures to carry off moisture and dampness that would be absorbed by the artwork.
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Walla
Something to Be Proud Of
A quirky item notes Maud the busybody, teased for her close ties to a friend of a friend of the frat cousin of Aviator Boxsey. The column hints at social circles and local pride with a playful jab at gossip.
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Maud
Boxsey
Nok Always Amman ois seldom and poor as he is
A cryptic fragment notes a character named Nok Always Amman who is seldom poor and portrayed as not as white or good as the Globe suggests, with unclear context and sparse details about the situation or setting.
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Amman
Cultured Clarice and the Ghost Book Craze in Town
Dotty Wilk returns from Chicago with a puffa and two quirky books, ghost and pig books, spurring village excitement. Clarice Emerson, poised though aloof, guards a blue sentiment book and befriends Professor Gittles, whose polite praise inflames classmates and fans of the fad chase him, while the pig book remains the favorite.
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Dotty Wilk
Chicago
Dotty
Clarice Emerson
Clarice
Mike Clarice Emerson
St. Cecilia
Artie Kline
Emergon
Professor Gittles
Emerson
North Dakota Tales of Honey and a Jailer’s Jail
A Chicago drummer recalls a western visit in North Dakota where social and mercantile ties mix. He recounts calling a local beauty "honey," facing breach of promise, arrest by a deputy-constable, jail bars, and a county exile after a $75 fine. He laments one family controlling many outcomes.
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North Dakota
Chicago
West
Honey
Samantha
Samanth
Guard Against Despair in Diligent Toil
A moral exhortation favors steady, cheerful effort over giving in to misfortune. It argues that persistent, unremitting toil yields more than retreat in face of setbacks, preserving a hopeful disposition and long term progress.
To Preserve Braces Bedsteada
Instructions describe treating braces with occasional sweat on a cloth then spot polishing with dry leather to maintain them. The guidance reads like a care tip emphasizing periodic moisture followed by dry buffing.
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Drega
Elge
Dorothy
Peterson
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