Longing, Letters and Return Define Love Triangle
In a tale set during the Spanish War, Wanda Reichhardt faces choices between Robert Bramleigh and Harry Prior as Bramleigh returns from the Philippines, ill but alive, revealing enduring love. Wanda longs for Bramleigh while Prior, hopeful, quietly steps aside to allow their reunion. The piece blends romance with reflections on love delayed and fate.
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Bramleigh
Wanda Riekhardt
Harry
Vonda
Philippines
Vanda
Harry Prior
Robert Bramleigh
Rob Bramleigh
Rob
Min
Bramliegh
Pacific
Prior
Vonda Reichhardt
Collier
Crystallized Fruits How to Make These Sweet Meats at Home
Step by step guidance describes selecting peaches pears plums pineapples cherries and currants to crystallize. It covers prep, syrup cooking gentle heat until clear, draining through a wire strainer cooling and sugaring, then drying in a warm oven and packing between waxed papers for long storage. Cautions warn against overheating the oven to avoid leathery texture.
Graces London Pulpit Mrs Potter to recite hymns
The American actress Mrs James Brown Potter was offered pay by a London church to recite during Sunday services. She would wear ordinary dress and avoid sensationalism while performing hymns in a move that drew wide attention from London society.
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Mra. Potter
London
James Brown Potter
Toles
Potter
Anne Urquehart Potter
Fif
Miss Potter
Mr. Stillman
New York
Mrs. Potter
Danish Princess Sculpts Hippo Item At Charity Ball
Princess Waldemar of Denmark attracted attention at a Copenhagen charity ball with a sculpted hippopotamus piece. She, an art devotee and rising sculptor, wins praise from Denmark's art critics as she shifts focus from painting to sculpture. Princess Marie of Orleans, wife of Waldemar, is noted for charm, tattooed anchor, sailing hobby, and fire department mascot status. The pair plan a U S visit next January to honor a reciprocal gesture after the Hartford's Danish visit.
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Copenhagen
Waldemar
Denmark
Princess Marie of Orleans
Alexandra
Marie
United States
Hartford
Much Married People Across Centuries And Continents
A Spanish journal highlights a case of a woman who has six times been widowed in six years and seeks a seventh husband. The piece recounts Elizabeth Percy in the 1600s and her links to the Proud Percy and Duke of Somerset, plus Evelyn’s diary tale of a 25th husband and Dr Mary Spencer’s 11th in North Wales, illustrating recurring marital zeal across eras.
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Elizabeth Percy
Duke of Somerset
Charles Seymour
Charles IT
George II
Charlotte Finch
Percy
John Evelyn
Haarleen
Mary Spencer
North
Wales
How to Talk Well In Teaching And Parenting
A guide on gracious presence and clear voice to improve behavior and receptivity. Emphasizes sincere kindness, good listening, eye contact, and avoiding distraction while speaking. Encourages training of voice and manners to transform dullness into pleasant communication.
Wish and Work The Boy Who Wishes and Works
Poem excerpt contrasts wishing with action and effort. It argues success comes from hard work rather than luck, citing Eben E. Rexford via Union Signal. The verses encourage persistence, framing luck as earned through continual striving.
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Wienard Shirley
Don -Eben E. Rexford
Union Signal
Humming Bird Nesting Habits in St Nicholas Tale
Henry Wales describes ruby throated humming birds building on outer branches, using felted white down and bark specks for camouflage. Nests often near gardens, with a single branch over a public road. Birds lay two eggs and offspring feed by baring mouths to parents, nectar and insects form their diet.
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Tn St. Nicholas
Henry Wales
Boy’s Water Siphon Trick Explained
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune description of a science experiment for boys using a wine bottle cork straws and water to empty a tumbler without changing the bottle’s water. It explains making two siphon tubes and initiating flow to transfer water from the tumbler back into the bottle.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Ten year old Fred Perry keeps trained rooster in Syracuse
Ten year old Fred Perry of Syracuse New York owns a trained rooster broken to harness. He spent the summer with his parents at Turin Lewis county where he saw the rooster trained by Lucille Seaver a Turin girl. His father bought the fowl and Fred brought it home last week with a small cart and harness now in use.
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Fred Perry
Syracuse
N. X
Fred
Turin
Lewis County
Lucille Seaver
Rooster Tricks Delight Boy Fred's Street Parade
A local boy Fred spends spare time driving a rooster along the street near his home. The bird stops for trolley cars and resumes after a carrot apple snack. Kept in a boxstall at Mr Perry's barn the rooster crows on command and performs tricks like playing flead and standing on one foot.
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Fred
Pair of Foxes Outwit Dog To Protect Cubs On Dakota Farm
A farmer recalls a Red Fox pair on a Dakota farm facing a pursuing dog. The mated pair take turns distracting the hunter, with the mother and father guiding one another and delaying the chase while the young remain hidden. The story highlights the foxes’ cunning and cooperative strategy.
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Reynard
Energetic Resolve Drives Success say Catholic Standard
The Catholic Standard quotes a stern lesson on character praising enthusiasm persistence and a decisive attitude. It warns weak vacillating individuals gain no admiration and that confidence from others hinges on energetic earnest effort. An accompanying note laments Uncle Peter Roxsum’s imminent death and a blunt denial of financial aid from Newitt.
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Rusto
Hair Dandruff Cure Warned by German Authority
An authority from Hamburg says dandruff is contagious and spread by shared brushes. He praises Newbro's Herpicide for killing the dandruff germ and preventing contagion. The note also mentions Jacobs Oil as a quick pain remedy and warns about winter skin care with Ivory soap and gentle oils.
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Unes
Hamburg
Germany
Eure
Newbro
Carrots in Food Medicine and Folklore Through History
The article notes carrots are easy to digest and gently laxative when eaten raw or boiled as a poultice for sores and as a vermifuge. It mentions roasted carrot as a coffee substitute in Germany and historic uses by ladies in Charles I era. It describes carrots as rich in heat-producing compounds with starch sugar and albumen and a volatile oil for flavor.
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Germany
Charles I
Witter
The Teacher's Wife Finds Relief With Dodds Kidney Pills
Clarissa Keys tells how years of back and head pain from neuralgia vanished after using Dodds Kidney Pills. Her 74 year old mother also found relief, marking a dramatic turnaround after years of misery and illness.
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Clarissa
Mint
Clara Keys
Chas, Keys
Dodd
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