Botanic notes and domestic life from a Carolina estate
A long clipped column from North Carolina describes Vanderbilt’s garden imports from the French Broad region, including rare wild orchids and native plants valued at half a million for estate enhancement. It reports about care of complexion and routine beauty advice and a missive from a Carolina correspondent detailing social letters and marriage news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nut Gap
Vanderbilt
French Broad
Ives & Peat
Huo Shoals
Unclear fragmentary farm advisory with horticulture hints
A garbled text presents gardening and farming tips about soil, fertilizing, rabbits, and tree shade. It mentions trees, soil improvement, fertilization, and forest scenery, interwoven with misread phrases and jumbled names, offering no coherent events or dates.
Purely Feminine. Lamps and millinery in elegant detail
A long survey of feminine taste covers decorative lamps with metallic stems, opalescent shades and rustic motifs, plus furniture trends like the Colonial sideboard in mahogany or oak. It notes book cover revival methods, marriage notices, fashion shifts from bonnets to hats, parasols, scents, and a broad arc of women’s roles in professions, education, and society.
Secret Societies and Masonry Activities Across Lodges
Ohio Lodge No. 1 reports a warm monthly meeting with two Master Mason candidates and two Fellow Craft degrees. Nelson Lodge No. 30 held second-degree work with Worshipful Varney presiding. Upcoming events include Wheeling Union Chapter annual meeting and officer elections, Hates Lodge No. 33 installation, and notices of corner stone laying at State Normal School in Fairmont with travel incentives. Invitations extend to attend McKeesport and other lodges with special rail rates.
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Ohio
Lodge No. 1
Liore
Otter
Paul
Odell
Ross
Lode
Nelson Lodge No
Canal
Poe
Varney
Wheeling Union Chapter
Long
Ohio Lodge
Ey Lodge
Wheeling
Fairmont Lodge
Fairmont
W. Va
State Normal School
Grand Lodge of
West Virginia
Povelty
Nelson Lodge
Masonic Lodge
McKeesport
Rebrethren of Lodge 424 Plan Next Meeting
Quite a good rebrethren of Lodge No. 424 attended the last meeting expecting Supreme representative George Arkie who just returned from the Supreme Lodge in Charleston. They could not be present but will meet again Saturday evening June 15 as expected with good news about the order. Officers elected for Alpha include Joseph Weisgarber Dictator Fred T Bourse Vice-Dictator Geo B Walt Assistant Dictator James Hall Reporter John S M Darra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Arkie
Bss
Supreme Lodge
City of Charleston
Joseph Weisgarber
Fred. T. Bourse
Geo. B. Walt
Tmctator
Janes Hall
John SM. Darra
Teaching Boys to Swim Opens Wide Ocean of Practice
Gus Sundstrom New York Athletic Club swimming instructor and champion outlines methods for teaching boys to swim. He emphasizes early exposure, steady progression from leg work to arm movements, and safety, detailing kicks, dives and rescue techniques while warning against fear and improper form. He notes personal experience saving lives and argues for breast, side, and overhand strokes in sequence.
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Gus Sundstrom
New York Athletic Club
America
Sunday World
Sundstrom
Brooklyn
Pop
Walt T
Muenbore
Cam
South Head
Bens
Technique Notes From a Swim Instructor
In two to three lessons a pupil learns several strokes with belt and paddle. A good student may progress quickly, sometimes in two lessons. Breathing through the mouth is emphasized, and practice includes brief water time and timed repetitions. The method moves from standing on the edge to entering headfirst, prioritizing a smooth entry over upright drops.
Overland Trore On Sundstrom Stroke And Swim Technique
A historical note on a swimming stroke called the Sundstrom stroke used by Indigenous people on the Columbia River in 1409. It describes arm motions, water immersion, underwater breathholding, and the athletic benefits and training methods, highlighting endurance, strength, and conditioning for boys and men, including the need for training and warmth.
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Columbia River
Nove
Public Swimminge Bath Proposal For City Rivers
Citizens urge more attention to swimming facilities for the poor. They note London baths as a model and propose using Fors second street and Fifth avenue reservoir sites to create an excellent public swimming bath.
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London
Second Street
Fifth Avenue
Corner Stone Ceremony At Normal School In Fairmont
The corner stone of the Normal School building in Fairmont is to be laid next Wednesday January 15. The Masonic fraternity leads the event with invited lodges and visiting Masons attending. Grand Lodge officials will meet, with K D Walker as Grand Master and Raskin Wiley delivering the principal address. Master Masons and KalghteTemplar are urged to assemble at the Masonic Hall at 1 p m, and a parade will form on Madison Street proceeding to Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Russia
Denmark
Saresova Yard
Missionary Society
Methodist Church
South
Men's Missionary Society
Ayo
Cambridge
Theroynindy
Fairmont
Amis
Fairman Indhes
Fairmont Lodge
Grand Lodge
State of Weat Virginis
Pythias
Kalgata Templar
Masonic Hall
Wadison Etrect
Jackson
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Pollan
Weplag
Sweais
N.C
Frenes
Soduss
Wes Ferllg Mann
Buvin
Caroline
Saithen Georg
Sud
Vanderaod
Amrink
Beuschothar
Apollinaris
esMig
Violet Bowersax
Andor
Paris
North Carolina
Leon
Felehbor
Arby Nanan
Ticktown
Keeley
Timtown
C. Devamber Thors
Liisa
Loamelews
Koop Bros
Ortiss
Mirfeer
le Peavey
Anne
Ratoro
Rand
DLO
Orp
Milleary
Love
Cupid
Govington
David Meath
Sally
Mary L. Hetrick
Mount Sterling
Bik
Covington
Kenncsy
Francis
Gordian
Astrakhan
Celia Logan
Peralan
Rn Jnetas
Ratea
Seboa
Eghteen
Howe
Mary Purnam Jacobi
St Mark's Hospital
New York
Jacobi
Society For the Encouragement of Medical
Parte
Harvard
Stockholm
Ces
Oak Hill
Texas
Vienna
France
Mlle
Bibescu
Mile. Bicesco
Mule
Chauvin
Duchess of Marlborough
Dorothy
Federa
Gloucester
Mina Frances Ellicott
the Secret Societies
Low
Josson
noY's
Sundatrom
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