Fran Derry Finds Hope in Littleburg Household
Fran Derry arrives seeking a home with Hamilton Gregory's circle in Littleburg. Gregory, his wife, Mrs Gregory, and secretary Grace Noir navigate secrets from Fran's past as old Mrs Jefferson and Simon Jefferson observe. Fran asserts independence while courting acceptance and a new family stake.
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Fran
Hamilton Gregory
Littleburg
Abbott Ashton
Gregory
Ashton
Sapphira Clinton
Robert Clinton
Grace Noir
Ian
Grace
Springfield
Mrs. Gregory
Mr. Gregory
Patrick Henry
Simon Jeffer
Mrs. Jefferson
New York
Josephine Derry
Ephraim
United States
Simon Jefferson
Fran and the New Home Begin a Quiet Life
Fran arrives at a rural homestead and longs for belonging. She faces social hurdles as she settles in with the Gregorys and their circle, including pressure to attend school and conflicts over propriety and dress as she adjusts to village life. Her bond with Abbott Ashton sparks change.
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Fran
New York
Abbott Ashton
Dangers to the eyesight warn of laborer eye injuries
Dr Myles Standish lectures at Harvard Medical School warn that pointed scissors in homes with young children and pounding steel cause eye injuries. He urges machinists stonecutters and quarry workers to wear protective glasses and notes glaucoma dangers and halo vision as warning signs. The piece includes a humorous hospital scene about a teething baby and a nurse in gold rimmed glasses.
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Myles Standish
Harvard Medical School
Boston Transcript
Pandon
Danger on a crowded car forces space squeeze
A middle aged woman with a fretful baby struggles to find room on a crowded car last summer as a dapper passenger occupies the remaining space.
Psychologist Luther E Widen Joins Polar Expedition
Luther E Widen M A recently earned a doctoral degree at the University of Iowa and will be the first psychologist on a Stefansson polar journey to study the white Eskimo. He prepares his psychological paraphernalia for the northern trip and is of Swedish parentage.
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Luther E. Widen
University of Iowa
Stefansson
One Idea of Philanthropy Carmen Sylva Eyes Cathedral
Carmen Sylva queen of Roumania says with a million she would build a vast cathedral with chapels for every religion and an art school. She notes churchgoing is narrow and wealth should favor personal contact, placing such a project low among philanthropic schemes.
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Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Lace designs from spider webs in Paraguayan lace
Missionaries in Paraguay taught Indians to make lace by hand over 200 years ago. Lacework, called nanduti meaning spider web, developed into a chief occupation in many towns with women children and some men involved. Designs borrowed from tropical spiders’ webs inspire this craft.
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Paraguay
Harper's Weekly
Bokhara Life Described By Miss Christie
The article recalls Miss Christie F R G reporting from Bokhara in Central Asia. She notes the eleven gates that close at sundown and drum beating by watchmen, harsh instant justice of throwing condemned from a tower, a caravansary built with sun dried mud bricks, and clay towns with mosques towers spared. She also mentions seeing the emir go to a mosque and photographing him amid Friday crowds near the palace.
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London
Central Asia
Whistle
Bokhara
Miss Christie
Christie
Fish intoxicated on beer in Mendota creek disaster
Mendota Illinois beer spill leaves 1081 barrels of beer dumped into the creek after brewery closure for tax default. Dead fish line the banks while aquatic life and turtles appear intoxicated and police detain drunken amphibians and reptiles wandering Main Street.
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Mendota, Ill
Mendota
Hang Up Girl to Beat Her in Butcher Shop Case
In Augusta Georgia J J Johnson is charged in recorder's court with binding his fifteen year old daughter Nellie with a chain around her neck and suspending her from a meat hook while beating her with a whip. Police say blood wounds and severe injuries were observed. Johnson claims he whipped her to control her. Case continued.
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Fran
Simon Jefferson
Simon
Augusta
J. J. Johnson
Recorder’s Court
Moore
Johnson
Nellie
Man Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshots in Yonkers
Carl H. Nystrom fifty seven a machinist ended his life at home after firing nine shots. He reloaded after dumping shells on the floor and five bullets lodged in walls and ceiling while three remained in his abdomen and the ninth pierced the brain.
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Self
Yonkers
N. Y
Carl H. Nystrom
Blinders or Veils Debate in Boston Dress Styles
The Rev. Frederick F. Heath of Warren Baptist Church says new women’s dresses invite disgust from the right minded, describing a choice between blinders for men or veils for women amid fashion changes in Boston.
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Boston
Frederick FE. Heath
Warren Baptist Church
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted
Malone New York reader Mrs. Fred Strong testifies the product cured her organic inflammation and painful displacements. The letter highlights the compound made from roots and herbs as a standard remedy for female ills including irregularities bearing-down sensations and backache.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fred Strong
Malone, N. Y
Wrinkle Pomatum Promises Youthful Looks
An advertisement for Wrinkle Pomatum claims deep wrinkle removal and facial contour restoration making users appear 10 to 20 years younger. It offers a $2.50 price, a free Rose tonic with orders, a money back guarantee, and a Denver address for payment and delivery.
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M. O
Potts
Curtis St
Denver
Colo
We Make Friends by Letting Others Explain Things
The item from a Minneapolis notice notes a social approach emphasizing listening to others. It frames conversation as building rapport through allowing others to express themselves rather than direct explanation. The fragmented text references W N Y and a case or note number 30-1915.
Woman dies after two days in Blackfriars tenement
An inquest in Newington England heard a woman had lived as a tenant for 24 years at Ponsonby buildings Blackfriars and was found dead after a porter forced entry when her sister visited. Death attributed to bronchitis with two days since death.
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Newington
England
Ponsonby Buildings
Blackfriars
The Clocks We Wear On Gloves Stockings And Hats
The article explains that glove marks on the back of the hand and the clocks on stockings share a common origin from seam placement when garments were made by hand. It notes how braid and ornamentation concealed old seams and that a hat leather bow survives from times when hats were crafted by piercing leather and tying with string.
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Harper’s Weekly
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