Sprow and Bourne Seeks Sextant Sale Twist Romance
In a Boston port tale, Captain Sprow lures Miss Etta Bourne with a mistaken advertisement mix up. He seeks to sell a sextant while she wants a typewriter, leading to romance as they discover the swap and later wed in Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hough
Liverpool
Sprowl
Constitation Wharf
Boston
Howe
Rita Bonrie
Bens
Borton
Rale—Jonas
Ieee
Globe Office
Etta
Avery Duarwad
Globe
Stassdarit
Vonista
Eden Dunn
Constitution Wharf
Agner
Constitution
Bate Bourne
Ersous
Dourne
Kennebunk
Slater
Bata
Marwick
Old Brown
Etta Bourne
Sprow
Womas
Miss Bourne
Capt. Bourne
The French President's Wife and other feminine exploits
A profile of Mme Carnot detailing her daily duties and charitable work, plus notes on women stage drivers and female managers in media. The piece surveys fashion trends in shell and metal hair adornments, royal romance anecdotes, and highlights women composers including H A Beach and Virginia Marissa as rising talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Carnot
London
H. J. Langdon
Lassen County
Sierras
United States
Hank Monk
Langdon
Bnd
Marguerite
Desdemona
Frank T. Lynch
Leavenworth Standard
Worat
H. A. Beach
Schiller
Marie Stuart
Signorina Virginia Marissa
Tne
Royal Geographical Society
England
Lady Franklin
Mary Somerville
Princess Bismarck
Geo. von Caprivi
Notes on Fashion and Society Across Nations
A stitch of cultural critique contrasts German views of American women with domestic advice for dress care. The piece surveys fashion trends, colors, and fabrics, and notes recent recognitions in science and geography, plus lighter cultural commentary and a Bill Nye column fragment.
Visit to the Texas rancher and a summer retreat
A rambling letter from Joe of Texas invites a famed gentleman to visit Alligator Bayou ranch after a spring season of branding stock. The correspondent discusses attire, a prospective August wedding, and possible attendance at local tournaments while describing humorous and rustic life with cows horses mules and descendants and a wild tale of a Flower Girl of the Land of the Sky amid travels and a hard luck case along the railroad line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alligator Bayou
Jim Rakestraw
Tam
Joe
Texas
Ashe
Sir Koight
Sandy Mush
Biltmore
Skyland Silver
Lord Fauntleroy
Hasbee
Sir Knight
Queen of Love and Beauty
North Carolina
Land of the Sky
Ae County
Glamestan
Rey
la. m
Fife
Bert
Hendersonville
Rayer
Neegar
Bloyela
Par-8 syndicate adopts varied color names for fall
The Par-8 syndicate lists eight color names for the season including Coquelient a bright brick red Angelique a pale apple green Paradise bird of Paradise yellow Diavolo a bright clone mop shade Pygmalion brownish yellow Trianon a faded crashed raspberry and Eminence deep red purple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Par- 8
Paradise
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ea” Oey
Italy
Hoe
Paris
Marie Auta
Herr Schaffmeyer
Germany
Atchison Globe
India
Fichus
A. E. W. Robertson
Muscogee
J. T
University of Ohlo
M. Tietgen
Denmark Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Lilluokalani
Hawaii
Michigan
Denmark
Bill Nye
Edgar W. Nye
Buck Spears
N. C
Buncombe County
South
Carnexia
Gould
Transylvania County
Skyland
Epona
Leters
Briumont
Tax
Bew
Drax Sin
Beaumont
Ping
Jee
Epps
Orooers
Bila
Main Street
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