Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 458
A DISAPPOINTED DAUGHTER. 977 I shook it out and brought it down.Mama, to my dismay,T was just a white silk Empire gown —One sees them every day! And so we dont know what to do;T would vex a very saint!How, when things century-old look new,Can we be odd or quaint ? … THE FIRE PATROL. By C. T. Hill. The annual loss by lire in the United Statesamounts to over one hundred millions of dol-lars, and fully one half of this loss is caused bythe water used in extinguishing the fires. Be-fore the introduction in 1872 of controlling orshut-off nozzles used on the…
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