Well Shooter Narrowly Survives Tornado Fury Near Fayette
Paul Matthews a known well shooter faced a deadly tornado while driving a nitro laden wagon toward Fayette Ohio. He fled into a culvert as the cyclone exploded his cargo and the blast left a wide crater but damaged nothing decisive beyond a dead horse and scattered wreckage.
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Paul Matthews
Fayette
Ohio
Matthews
Epg
Gret
Lfe
Middle West
Pike Springs
Paul
Jackson's Creek
Mathewa
St. Matthews
Electricity in the Far East Powers Command Chains
The article notes electricity and telegraph lines shaping modern warfare in the Far East. It describes bamboo poles and wires being quickly set to establish communication as soon as firing begins, with Japanese generals relying on telegraph and telephone for commands. The piece also mentions a surge in temperance sentiment in Vermont that is expected to show in the legislature, and that forty four towns previously favoring a measure last year now oppose it.
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Far East
Vermont
Ucenze
Paris Fashion Shifts From Corset Covers To Chemises
Paris society watchers report a revival of chemises replacing corset covers in autumn bridal trousseaus. Milos Massena d'Essling de Rivoli, married to the marquis of Albaflera, leads the royal set as gowns showcase delicate, decorative lingerie. The Tuxedo set clings to corset covers briefly, but chemises are returning to favor.
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Paris
Milo
Anns Massena d’Essling de Rivoli
Albufera
Bonaparte
Lucien
Massena
A Dainty Xmas Calendar For Gift Making
The Christmas calendar may be drawn in pen and ink or pyrography and can be embellished with holly instead of mistletoe. It is a charming, inexpensive gift suitable for children or adults to make during early winter evenings.
Rules for Good Health from a past era
Practical health guidance urges regular habits, fixed bed and wake times, cold sponge baths, plain food, morning fruit, avoid work immediately after meals, drink safe water, outdoor exercise, protect feet, well ventilated rooms, sleep with window open, brush teeth twice daily, avoid worry, stay mentally engaged in old age, and avoid rust through rest.
Kiss Injuries Upend Cheek Care Say Doctors Warn
A doctor warns that repeated kissing damages the cheek more slowly than resting a warm palm on it. The intangible squeeze of lips and arms causes more havoc to a fresh rosy cheek and red lips when pressed too often, a cautionary note for lovers.
Protective Bed Device Aids Safe Sleep For Children
The Rural New Yorker describes a triangular cloth folded device to shield sleeping children from drafts blowing from open windows and to deter tumble risks by keeping little sleepers from falling out of bed.
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New Yorker
Baby bed addition described with brass tack trim
The passage explains a decorative bed addition to protect a baby, featuring round-headed brass tacks on the side of the bed and a fabric piece that tucks under the mattress by day. The upper corner has a ring for a brass hook in the headboard, and the cloth can be folded away during daytime if made in pretty material and neatly bound.
New Turbans and Tricornes Shape Akirta Front Panel
The article notes the newest akirta front panel with mostly tricornes and boat shaped turbans. Distinct crown from brim marks the new turbans. Tulle trim appears widely and is a current fashion idea. Coq de roche provides relief color with gray green and brown. Separate wraps become a key feature in dress. Contrasting ribbon shades trim tailor hats. Fire brown and spinach green appear in panne velvet and net fabrics.
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Akirta
Approved Ways Of Dressing The Hair In Fashion
For the first time in this generation it is fashionable to study head contour and facial modeling to tailor hairdressing to artistic effects. Women with individuality or beauty create styles of coiffures or imitate early periods that suit their outline. The aim is simple, painterly beauty, avoiding the overly picturesque and ensuring authenticity with harmony to the wearer.
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Burne-Jones
When Mother Reads Aloud Poem Vision of Courage
A nostalgic poem by Hannah G. Fernald in St Nicholas extols reading aloud by a mother. It evokes battlefields, knights, distant lands, and noble deeds as the reader imagines courage and justice. The voice celebrates imagination sparked by maternal storytelling.
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Mother
Hannah G. Fernald
St. Nicholas
Fight With A Whale Off Nova Scotia Or Maine Coast
A lone whale off the eastern coast fights a whaling steamer. After a series of failed gun shots a damaged boat is abandoned and later recovered. A second plan uses a cask and two whale guns. The whale attacks again but the steamer retreats. The beast dies after a final breach and struggle.
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Nova Scotia
Maine
W. Alva
Dreams Idle Dreams
A fragmentary dialogue describes a boy sharing pink ice cream and lickerish drops, plus a hat of jelly cake and a girl’s reaction. The boy falls from bed and bumps his head, ending the scene with a rough, incomplete exchange.
The Shadow Show
A fragment from Youth's Companion presents a playful shadow show under a lamp. It features silhouettes of an old soldier an old woman a Chinaman a witch Tabby the bird and a child’s view, ending with a note on a study lamp drawing a delta to cross from one side to the other.
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Tabby
Charlotte Shields
Rural Wits Triumph and A Daring Girl Rescue
A Chicago Record Herald note mocks urban wit as New York actors vacationing near Kennebunkport Me take up sailing. They drift toward shore where a bucolic native jokes with the line about upright jib settings. Miss Ethel Sibley climaxes a crowd by freeing a cat frightened by a dog from a Telegraph pole.
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Chicago Record- Herald
New York
Kennebunkport
Hennery
New York Thespian
Philadelphia Inquirer
Germantown
Stanton Avenues
Ethel Sibley
Pusay
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