Presidents in Rented Houses During Repairs at the White House
The article recalls presidents temporarily occupying other homes during White House renovations, noting the Gray House on Capitol Hill, the Octagon House used by Madison, and Dolly Madison's reputed haunted dining room. It mentions Madison and Monroe living there, the Octagon’s architecture, and its later use for offices near major departments.
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United States
White House
Mr. Arthur
Garfield
Executive Mansion
Big House
Capitol Hill
B. F. Butler
Marine Hospital Service
Gray House
Madison
Sion
Dolly Madison
Madisons
New York Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Octagon House
Monroe
Dolly
Arthur
Grant
Lincoln
President's Cottage at Soldiers' Home and White House Renovations
In spring the President left the Presidential Cottage at the Soldiers Home Washington to enjoy warmer weather in a beautfully kept park. Another President, Buchanan, moved to the National Hotel while the White House was renovated. A humorous note recalls a cat’s illness after a fishbone incident preventing her Edinburgh appearance, with recovery brief and expected.
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Washington
Hieal
White House
Mr. Buchanan
Na Onal
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sixth Street
Edinburgh
Cat Columns Reveal Gossip From Notable Catteries
The feature outlines prominent catteries and the praised traits of their cats. It contrasts English periodical practices with American women's magazines, noting how cat gossip sections showcase prized felines and their lineage.
Mormons Work in England Stir Sarum Amid Proselytizing Surge
London News reports aggressive Mormon missionary activity in Sarum stirring Episcopalians and dissenters. Accounts describe midnight baptisms in the Avon during December and January, with church leaders condemning the effort. Salisbury Times cites about two thousand Mormon elders active in Britain.
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Sarum
Old City
London News
Episcopacy
Avon
Fisherton
Salisbury Times
Salt Lake City
Supplication and Hope in a Hazy Literary Scene
A faded verse fragment expresses resolve to endure trials with steadfast help from a guiding hand. It contrasts ambition, luck at cards, and the fickleness of fortune with pleas for support, ending acknowledging the comfort of companionship. Two elderly ladies gossip about spite and funeral invocations beside an feigning invalid.
Hard to Catch on the Eastern Shore
An Eastern Shore Maryland patient, suffering from a severe feverish fit, is visited by a focal physician. The man jokes that his shakes are hard to take hold of, reflecting a humorous exchange in a Washington Post citation.
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Maryland
Jackson
Washington Post
Queer Oil Wells Beside Los Angeles Hospital
A Los Angeles report notes a hospital with several oil wells on its grounds just yards away from the business center. The wells may be profitable yet raise hygienic concerns for some observers who question their intrusion into a medical site.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The Spice of Life Marriage Aa It Is Today A Lesson In Horticulture
A column presents a humorous mix of domestic musings and a tale of horticulture. Bits of dialogue among a wife, husband, and friends segue into a quip about dreams, a servant cashier, and a child asking how turnips grow. A playful domestic vignette with dated voice and subtle humor.
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Nellie
Boeing
Fragmented comic exchanges and witty quips in brief dialogue
The text presents short, humorous exchanges among couples and characters, including remarks about money, pride, and misunderstandings. It pairs lines from Mr and Mrs Brighteyes and Mrs Timmins with brief captions and jokes, plus a couple of social curiosities and a comic courtroom line.
Just as long as I am now bere mied
A fragmentary line appears to reflect a speaker's resolve and a loss or memory theme. No clear event, person, or place is identifiable within the readable text.
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Bere Mied
The Moonlight Scene and the Practical Reply
An odd exchange unfolds about a moonlit effect for a past stage extravaganza called Heroines of the Harem. A judge muses on recording mistakes to avoid repetition while a practical man suggests entrusting diaries to a wife.
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Extravangansa Company
Do you think she will marry Lord De Broke
A dialogue fragment suggests the heiress’s engagement to Lord De Broke is highly probable. An expert accountant reviewing her father’s accounts has reportedly given a favorable assessment to the match.
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de Broke
Not Personal Locust Study Sparks Personal Reflections
A woman remarks on the 17 year locust as an interesting study and notes the subject intrigued her because it links generations. She concedes it was partly her fault she took it personally, reflecting on the personal connection to the topic.
Weatherman Moore Patents Cooling Invention
A quoted exchange in the Baltimore American notes a weatherman named Moore patenting a device to keep houses cool in summer. The other man compares it to his furnace experience, suggesting the invention is of a similar scale or order.
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Moore
Baltimore American
Not to Be Bluffed in Household Dispute
The cook named Simiy demands three more days off and wishes to receive her company in the parlor. Bridget, the mistress, responds with a warning against pushing. The exchange ends with Simiy asserting a demand while Bridget cautions against overstepping boundaries.
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Simiy
Bridget
A Man of His Word
A man promised his wife she would not need to cook after marrying him. He lost his job soon after the wedding, proving the promise false as she then had nothing to cook.
Goat Wanted and Warning from a Flustered Household
A fragment shows a rough, elderly man debating keeping a goat after his wife departs and a bustling household. He notes the goat could eat anything but fears the idea might not yield a useful son and hints at household chaos.
Mysterious Quotation From Fluffy-Hatred Maid
A fragmentary exchange features a maid in a fluffy hat showing a sparkling solitaire ring and declaring audience judgment on what is read. The disconnected sentence hints at a broader, unclear dialogue with undefined characters and tone.
Fragmentary dialogue on marriage and money courage
Fragmented lines show tension over dowry and home expectations. Phrases mention a daughter marrying, cutting her off for money, and requests for a good home. The text includes garbled names and uncertain quotes, implying a social conversation about wealth and parental approval.
Absurd Newspaper Ads and Panic in Portugal
A jumble of ads and notes includes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children and Defiance Starch promotions. A Japanese dancing master observes a thousandth anniversary service. In Pedross near Oporto a two minute explosion and flame colored smoke caused widespread panic.
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Portugal
Pedross
Oporto
Engineer’s Remarkable Record of 1.4 Million Miles
An American railway engineer recently placed on pension has one of the most remarkable locomotive records. For forty two consecutive years he has kept an exact mileage log totaling 1 402 297 miles traveled.
How to iron shirt waists and care tips
Instructions from the Philadelphia Inquirer on ironing shirt waists and keeping them smooth. Tips cover prep, starch, damp cloth use, ironing sequence from back to neckband, handling plaits, finishing with airing, and a note on lingering wits and a Red Cross Ball Blue ad line.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ladies Praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A testimonial from Mrs Elizabeth Caine of Fond du Lac Wisconsin credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing eight months of suppressed menstruation and widespread pains. She reports renewed vigor and regularity after weeks of use and endorses the product to all young women. Mrs Pinkham invites ill women to write for free advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Elizabeth Caine
Dia E. Pinkham
EOE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Charles B.graves
New York Times
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New York
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Belle
Emma
Millioo
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Heco
Ferdinand
Iniaw
Phyllisa
Eeds Sa Bae
Duluin
West
Peice
Stinyentewpee
Snae Centre
Benson
Marthia
Mateos
Deepone
Yorkton
Stowe
Patt
Pete Ten
Rick Eaeey
Chicago
Mother Gray
Irading Grocers
Sowa
MT. Pelee
Sarasy
Surnay
Tunenvill
Kansas
Dorr
Red Cross
Sone Sa
Ssanow
Young People’s Christian Tem 6 Association
Elizabeth Jana
Fond du Lac, Wis
Dean Mans
Prxeuamw
A E. Pinkham
Defiance Starch Co
Omaha, Nek
N. Y., Kansas City
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