Tea Rose Waist and Merode Gossip at Mrs Hubwright’s
A fragment from a social scene shows Marguerite, Maud and the Merode girl gossiping about a fashionable girl named Clara Mawby as she flirts with a handsome stranger on the street. The talk covers dress details, vanity, and motives, amid teasing remark and social tension. A young man with a polka dot band passes, drawing bowed attention from the girl in tea rose.
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Merode
Weir
Maud
Clyde Williams
Clara Mawby
Gladys Thompson
Eldridge
Mommer
Almoat i
Frien
Maud Davi
Weill
Awell
Guinevere Collins
Clara
Eva
Marguerite
Chicago Daily Record
Wallis and Marguerite crowd the tale in a Charleston scene
An 11 year old Marguerite and her sister Clare tease about Mr Wallis in a morning amid gossip and skipped stairs. The Merode girl probes Eldridge and Clara Mawby while Marguerite recalls a doll gift and a boy named Billy Freeman whose attention stirs jealousy.
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Marguerite
Merode
Billy Freeman
Billy
Herb
Wallis
Maud
Eldridge
Clara Mawby
Adorn the Walls with Personal Portrait Rooms
A Detroit Free Press clipping suggests making a home feel inviting through personalized rooms. A portrait gallery of magazine pictures, an outing chamber with vacation relics, and dedicated spaces for children and souvenirs transform bare walls into warm, usable decor. Photographs can be remounted, small tacks used, and walls avoided being left plain due to landlady concerns.
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Meads
Detroit
Old Fashioned Purses and Fall Veil of Hats
The piece sketches purses in grain leather with change and bill compartments, describing a German style flat purse with steel frames, and the simple finger purse in pigskin with brass initials. It then notes fall vogue for poques with turned front brims and trimmed hats using small blooms, plus a minery trade tip for Yorkshire Parkin ginger biscuits with step by step mixing and baking.
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Washington Star
Minery Trade Review
Confidence Shattered by Beach Curio Shop Exchange
A Brooklyn teacher recalls a July Los Angeles excursion and a New York shopkeeper amused by the teachers. He describes a comical dialogue where eastern schoolmarms ask about shells and devilfish, revealing misplaced confidence in their curiosity and knowledge. The tale ends with the shopkeeper's disappointment in the teachers' depth.
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Los Angeles
Brooklyn
New York
New Jersey
Rven
Pacific Ocean
Ad Infinitin
Tribune
Lace and fashion trends in the season's attire
A survey of lace demand and summer adornments highlights seamless lace skirts parasol covers and Venetian point recreations with white gloves orchids for hat trimming and new parasols. Viable looks include purple violet accents and pacted silks with lace inserts while long lace mittens replace gloves for fall and formal wear.
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Tribune
Trimming the Comb and Wattles in Leghorns
An 19th century note argues trimming combs and wattles reduces freezing in northern climates. It claims blood flow lessens with trimming, and that two thirds grown birds benefit for both sexes. The piece cites Leghorns and defends the practice as humane, citing natural selection and indifference to pain.
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Society For the Prevention
Nature E Denrly
H. Stoddard
Preserving Eggs and Market Tips in Ag Bulletin
Professor Ladd of North Dakota College of Agriculture outlines water glass methods for egg preservation using silicate of soda or potash, with packing in scalded vessels and cool storage. Advice covers egg freshness, pin-hole vents, case quality for price, and cautions against warm storage and washing eggs. Also notes on feeding oats and raising robust chickens with ample green feed.
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Ladd
North Dakota College of Agriculture
Rape as green food for chickens proposed
A poultry writer extols rape seed as a superior green feed for chickens, usable from spring to mid August. It grows 18 to 20 inches, resembles cabbage, can be sown broadcast or in drills, and is quickly consumed by fowl. The author shares تجربة of chickens preferring rape over cabbage and notes low cost and no sale of seed.
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South
C. R. Roberts
American Poultey Journal
Green bone as poultry feed tips from American Farmer
Green bone rich in phosphate proves valuable for laying hens in all seasons. Fresh green bones with meat attached save feeding costs, while old or mixed bones with entrails should be avoided. Feed only fresh, green bone for best returns.
A dog proof fence and farm equipment questions
A New England sheep farmer describes dog proof barbed wire fences with Cedar posts and seven high strands to deter dogs. The piece notes neglect of farm tools left outdoors, urging better sheltering of implements and poultry care with vigilance to keep chicks healthy and productive.
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New England
Realistic Army Life Proposed by Publisher and Author
A publisher and author discuss crafting a hard pan realism of soldier life. They reject heroic melodrama and propose detailing daily routines, hardships, transport, gear upkeep, rationing, travel, and the nitty gritty of service to convey authentic military experience. Washington Star
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Alory
Army ‘Ife
Washington Star
Cannibal in the Ink and Other Humorous Snippets
A San Francisco return of Samoa Chief Justice W Chambers sparks admiration for his education and style while a printer and others joke about writing. Satirical quips touch on fans and stray lines, with playful exchanges about ink and manners across several small, humorous items.
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San Francisco
Washington
W. Chambers
Cbiet
Samoa
W Welk
Abunaa
Vara Ayia
Honaliluan Ais Way Up
I Mpe
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Col. Lyle
Camden
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Ams
Boston Post
Prof. Ladd
Nort Dakota College
Garry
Pacific Poultryman
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Baroness de Rothechild
Europe
Scranton Tribune
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Atchison Globe
Shen
Gurrnia
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