The Best Hour Poem Depicts Father And Baby Play
The Houston Post poem portrays a father as a ship and horse while a baby girl rides and tumbles with gleeful trust. The verse centers on a close day’s end scene where playful imagery and parental affection render a tender domestic tableau.
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Houston Post
Spook Town Mirage Forces Mose to Quit Crooked L Ranch
Maj. Fullington and cowboys drive cattle past a ghost town illusion over the plains. Mose, the colored cook, fears the spectral town as a mirage train appears in the sky and spirits supposedly haunt the landscape until Mose finally resigns after a scare over driving alone.
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Crook Ld
Crooked Creek
Meade County
Kan
C. P. Fullington
Tony
Massa Fullington
Mose
Plains
Maj. Fullington
Massa
Fullington
Fairy City
Spirit Land
Kansas
Maj
Old Mass
Chicago Record-Herald
Dad Sees Russian Revolution Then Faints and Wolves Chase
Henry recounts a perilous trip to St Petersburg with his father during a revolutionary Sunday. They witness street fighting, dieing crowds, and Cossack saber actions. To revive his father they stage a wolf hunt using a liver and a driven sledge, ending with both escaping to safety and planning departure from Russia.
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Dad
George W. Peck
Wisconsin
Peck
Sun
Joseph B. Bowles
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Grocerywitz
Neva
Winter Palace
Father
South America
Nicholas the Good
Jack Rabbit
Chicago
Tor
Darix
Pauline
Czar
Henry
Hiennery
The Empire of Speech and Automatic Telephony
A feature explains two landmark advances in communication: automatic telephone switching enabling dialed direct connections and a speaking recorder using a magnetized drum to store voices. The device captures speech as magnetic impressions and replays it through a receiver, offering private calls and message replay when the user is away.
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Atus
German tunic trial tests stand up collar and bright buttons
German soldiers will wear a new tunic styled as a blouse with a 10W stand-up collar. Bright button visibility is to be tested at various distances to assess practicality and appearance.
How to Cleanse White Lace for Repairs
Instructions from the Washington Star describe cleansing lace by using corn meal magnesia or corn starch for slight soiling, sun drying after soap treatment for perspiration stains, and repeated rinsing in tepid water. For stiffness sugar or gum arabic may be added, then lace is shaped on flannel with numerous pins and left to set before unpinning and refining beads.
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Castile
Washington Star
Old Roman war knives collection noted in exchange
A playful dialogue cites a vast collection of ancient Roman war knives owned by Mrs. Conny-Suer and admired by Mrs. Upstart. The exchange mentions inheritance from a butcher grandfather, reported in the Detroit Free Press.
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Conny-Suer
Upstart
Detroit Free Press
Reason Enough Teacher
A brief exchange notes a humorous question about ankle placement between toes and knee. The line suggests a playful answer about keeping the calf away from the corn, reflecting a light moment from a Times item.
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John
Season's fashions feature silver gray chiffon gown
A season’s dressy gown in silver gray chiffon voile with broderie Anglaise embroidery and a surplice waist edged with Valenciennes. The outfit includes a gray satin high girdle with silver and velvet braid, short sleeves with lace undersleeves, and a jeweled center front. Draped bodices and sleeves are highlighted, with affordable lace and lawn options noted.
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Valenciennes
Nightly睡眠 and health for women in old advice column
An old advice piece urges women to value sleep before midnight to prevent insomnia. It notes restless nights lead to nervous digestion issues and dull complexion, praises a nightly warm sponge bath followed by hot milk as an effective remedy, and says consistent use can prevent or cure long standing insomnia.
Garden borders and table service note
The article discusses planting borders with hardy shrubs in formal mass and placing per mil flowers such as peony and iris in front. It also describes serving bread with soup and cheese with salad, offering crackers as an option for soup.
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