Trials of a Washington housekeeper tale in old column
A fragmentary Washington anecdote describes marital strife and rival maids as a man recalls the trials of his wife an excellent housekeeper while noting servants, embezzled loyalties and a neighborly shift. The passage shifts to irrigation project financials and club offers amid a hodgepodge of advertisements and notices from a late 19th or early 20th century paper.
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Washington
Brown
Edward
Impudence versus Heroism in Bakersville Fishing Tale
In Bakersville a vacationing girl Bessie Foster fends off an impudent stranger while fishing, loses her line to a big sucker, and falls into the mill pond when he intervenes to rescue her. The pair later reunite after the rescue. Aunt Mary notes the budding romance and warns against further impudence as the story ends with a suggestive future.
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Bakersville
Bessie Foster
Joe
Mary Warner
Thia
Aunt Mary
Mary
Joseph Warner
Uncle Joe
White's
Beeale
Jon
Joseph
White
Bosele
Boyale Foster
Bakeraville Mill
Flah
Woman's Queer Statue In China
A historical note describes strict Chinese mourning customs favoring male relatives and limiting interaction with women. It explains that a man must mourn his father for three years and his mother for a hundred days, while showing no grief for a wife. Mutual male conversations avoid mentioning female relatives, and visitors signal arrival by coughing to avoid embarrassing encounters with women.
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China
A Smoke Eaters Love Triumph At Burning Box Factory
Burke, a fireman, falls for Margery, a lacquering factory forelady, as a blaze traps workers on the fifth floor. He ascends through smoke to rescue, saves many including Margery, and later proclaims love after the peril ends. Margery’s brother Officer O’Ferrall helps ensure a swift rescue and Burke’s brave deed leads to a life together.
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Burke
Paper Box
Thompson Street
Tom Burke
Paper Box Factory
Sue McManus
Margery
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Street
Sue
Harlem
Bue
Mercer Street
Jack O'Ferrall
O'Ferrall
Washington Square
Fate
Nell
Captain
Rawley
Broadway
Waller
Strawley
Canal
Bleecker
Fifth Avenue
Safairway
Streats
O’ferrall
Sue McManua
Tom
Thugs of Paris Attack English Visitor
An English correspondent reports an Apache raid in Paris with two ruffians assaulting a visitor. The Englishman fought back with a stout stick until police arrived, one officer being kicked. A night watchman and a concierge aided. both footpads were taken to the police station. The Englishman was wounded while defending against a file. One assailant used scissors. the other carried a large pair of scissors and a tailor’s union claim.
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Paris
Tallors’ Union
Brunel’s Thames Tunnel Idea From Teredo Worm
The engineer Brunel reportedly drew inspiration for the Thames tunnel from the teredo worm. It bores into submerged timber and encloses itself in a calcareous tube, guiding Brunel to bury his workers behind a forward shield as digging advanced. A brick arch followed, mirroring the worm’s tube.
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Brunel
Thames
Sterner Measures Necessary for Nervey Proposal
A fragment from a Philadelphia presa item shows Nervey pressing for marriage with a woman who declines. The helread notes she would not say no, but proposes calling the police, implying a conflict or social tension reflect in the period prose.
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Nervey
the Helread
Ani
Philadelphia
Presa
Modest Girl Refuses Confession in Catholic Standard Tale
In a brief piece from Catholic Standard and Time, a would‑be ardent lover pleads for acknowledgment of beauty. The modest girl balks at the confession, declaring she does not want to know, fearing it would leave her feeling confested.
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Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock Fa Authority
Jevidos
L. Bingham
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Republican
Cosmopolitan
World Today
Thehree
Harper's Bazaar
Woman's Home Companion
Bond Wenausa Dlome Companion
Vindicator
Inter Geen
Minneapolis and St. Is
Farmera
Xtockman
Cutts
Go P
I. A
Minneapolis
Minn
South
St. Beierville Creamery Co
Harry Dalziel Mgr
Izaith
Rees
Nick
Jane Lewis
Mary McKeon
Fielding
Henry Fielding
Lisbon
Quayle
Chicago
Inter Ocean
West
Louise
Merrifield
Officer O'Ferrall
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