Maternity, training and modern advice in 1900s women’s pages
Articles urge women to view motherhood as a profession and question the value of formal training for daughters. It cites Helen Watterson Moody on duties, contrasts practical knowledge for child health with fashionable pursuits, and notes early 20th century ideas on women earning a living. Includes sketches of Miss Ruth Beardsley and a wire courtship tale, plus health and etiquette tips.
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Helen Watterson Moody
Ladies’ Home Journal
Ager
Globe trotter Edith Van Buren noted for world travels
Miss Edith Van Buren, great granddaughter of President Van Buren, famed Globe Trotter and social figure in European court circles, has journeyed around the world twice and to Japan four times. She has toured in India, Australia and the Sandwich Islands and once quit for a Klondike excursion, staking a claim and roughing it in tents with sparse comforts.
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Edith van Buren
President van Buren
Japa
Europe
Holy Cay
India
Australia
Vien
Klondike
Slr
Wihilte Pass
Shi
Fashion Notes on Shirts Waists Collars and Trimmings
Short fashion column discusses quantities of high fashion items and fabrics. White pique collars neck ribbons and buckles are highlighted with price notes and material reductions. It notes shirts waists with yokes, plain taffeta petticoats, and home sewing skills versus store prices.
Helen Gould Carnation Noted For Striped Red White Variety
The New York Tribune reports that Miss Helen Gould shares broad enthusiasm for carnations and grows many varieties in Lyndhurst greenhouses. A striped red and white flower named Helen Gould is highlighted, but there is no suggestion it originated in her conservatory.
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Helen Gould
Lyndhurst
Gould Conservatory
New York Tribune
Ellen Terry Collects Celebrity Eyewear in Cabinet
Ellen Terry pursues a hobby of gathering eyeglasses worn by celebrities. She asks wearers to inscribe their name on a lens. The collection is stored in a special cabinet in her South Kensington home.
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Ellen Terry
South Kensington
John Brown and the Pure Enthusiast Covenanter Portrayed
Colonel Higginson depicts John Brown as a high minded unselfish belated Covenanter with calm persuasive talk and a fire in his worn face, absorbed in one idea and judged as a pure enthusiast. A Russian bar owner claims a rare Code of Alexis copy from over 200 years ago. In Dutch towns undertakers dwell on Rosemary street in memorial language of flowers dedicated to the dead.
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T. W. Higginson
John Brown
Flo
A. Ralinoff
Chicago
Alexis
Russia
Netherlands
Hamlet Aamone France Claims Worlds Healthiest Spot
Aamone, a tiny French hamlet with forty residents, is described as the healthiest place in the world. Most inhabitants are seniors with twenty five aged 50, and one over a hundred. The piece critiques the almighty dollar as a silent, hollow force.
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France
Aamone
Waltz King Johann Strauss Remembered In Obituary
The death of Johann Strauss in Vienna closes the career of a famed composer known for the Beautiful Blue Danube and his prolific output. He began composing at six, faced parental opposition, and rose to prominence in 1844 at nineteen as Austrian crowds adored his waltzes. He visited America in 1872 to lead the Boston Peace Jubilee with an orchestra of a thousand.
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Johaanm Strauss
Vienna
Hitima
Johann Strauss
Wrier
Tie
America
Patrick Gilmore
Boston
Chinese Typewriter: New Writing Machine Claims Efficient Chinese Printing
The Rev J Z Shotfield, a Chinese missionary, unveils a device titled the Chinese Typewriter. It prints thousands of essential Chinese characters with a wheel mechanism, requiring four motions per character and handling words rather than single letters, promising speed over handwritten forms.
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J. Z. Shotfield
China
Scientific American
Reverend W. I. L. Ty Faunce Named Brown University President
Rev Dr W I L Ty Faunce, born 1850 in Worcester, a Brown alumnus and former pastor of State Street Baptist Springfield and Fifth Avenue Baptist New York, has been selected to become president of Brown University Providence succeeding Fr Benjamin Andrews. He is praised as eloquent and effective, with a record of leadership at major Baptist congregations.
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University of Providence
W. IL TY. Faunce
Brown University
Providence
Benjamin Andraws
Worcester
Mass
German Soldier’s Feat: Trained Forces Impress in Europe
A German soldier is noted for his remarkable training and endurance as he completes a swim in uniform with all his gear. The piece praises the German army’s high level of discipline and readiness, comparing it favorably with other European forces and acknowledging Britain’s army as a possible exception.
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Europe
Germany
German soldier swimming training in military centers
The German military emphasizes practical swimming training for soldiers. Recruits progress from swimming in ordinary clothes to swimming with gear and finally with rifle in hand, aiming to ensure top proficiency under extreme conditions during wartime.
Windsor Hotel Fire Unidentified Dead Memorial Planned
A monument will be erected in Kensico cemetery to honor the unidentified victims of the Windsor Hotel fire in New York. The granite shaft, twenty one by twenty feet, features a life size bronze Grief figure with a palm and three columns symbolizing the escaped, identified, and unidentified dead.
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Windsor
New York
Kensico
Memorial to Unrecovered Fire Victims Ends in Stone
A memorial for the unidentified dead will cost ST 500. Names of those who perished and were not recovered will be cut into the stone as part of the tribute.
Russia as a vast farm on the world’s edge
Harper's Magazine depicts Russia as a colossal farm occupying a seventh of Earth's surface with about 119 million citizens. It notes a population split into a few wealthy managers and 10 million educated workers, while portraying a vast, uniform landscape of flat fields, crude villages, and sparse forests.
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Russia
Europe
Harper's Magazine
Curious London Classifieds Bring Laughter
A set of quaint London advertisements shows humor in real estate and job requests. Lines include promises like furnished apartments for a gentleman with folding dues and rooms described as thirty feet long and twenty feet broad. Other notes joke about dogs, oysters, and odd staffing needs.
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London
Jim
Joy
English rat catcher sues for 2.50 over house pests
In Surbiton a rat catcher sued a gentleman for 2.50 after trapping rats in the man’s house. He testified he spent a Sunday afternoon with two men and seven ferrets on the job. The employer argued the rats were kept, had value, and should be caught for nothing. The rat catcher won his suit.
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England
Itis
Nan
French lieutenant shot man with blank cartridges
A French engineer lieutenant in Toulouse ordered a man executed by firing squad with blank cartridges after accusing him of theft. He was court martialed and received two months in prison. The report notes a saying about fame and engagements of a woman.
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Toulouse
Leutenant
Monotony Of An Actress Life In The Press
A Philadelphia Press take on actresses life detailing rigid schedules, constant vigilance over diet and figure, and the endless parade of autograph hunters, advertisers, and admirers. The piece contrasts the routine of a star with the dull sameness of daily days.
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Coughlin
Hier
Admiral Dewey
Philadelphia Press
Monster Crane Aids Newport News Shipyard Work
A lengthy electric crane at Newport News shipyards spans seventy feet and lifts up to thirty five tons at the center and six tons at the ends. It loads large castings, plates and shafts for battleships more quickly and accurately than old derricks, needing only a few operators.
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Newport News
Costliest Cat Napoleon the Great Owned by Mrs Weed
The white ane zora cat Napoleon the Great owned by Mrs. Charles Weed of Bound Brook is valued at $5 000 and described as the costliest cat in the world.
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Charles Weed
Bound Brook
Napoleon the Great
German Army Dogs Relieve Dead Bodies With Howling
Trained German army dogs locate fallen soldiers by howling at a body then retrieve a cap with a small item to guide rescuers. If the man is wounded, the dog swaps the cap for the leg of the fallen and repeats the search to steer others to the spot.
Vara measure defined as surface unit in Spanish Texas
The vara, often cited in land deeds and conversation, is a surface measure used in Texas, New Mexico and former Spanish regions. One vara equals one square yard, so it functions like the yard for practical purposes.
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Texas
New Mexico
St. Louis Globee Democrat
Wall Street Phrases Prompt Wartime Charm
A Wittsburg Chronicle telegraph quip contrasts securities with attractions in a playful exchange. The horse editor wonders why some Wall Street chromes are called securities while the snake editor cites a businesslike parallel about drawings that don’t pull.
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Wall Street
Wittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
A Suitable Position for a Woman in Banking
A comic verse notes a place ideal for a woman irrespective of rank, suggesting she lacks discretion and would fit as a bank teller, highlighting gender norms and occupational humor of the era.
Puzzle of Fractured Bits in a Hazy Newspaper Page
A medley of clipped phrases from multiple papers is presented as OCR junk. The fragment collage includes quotes about teachers, poets, and crimes, interspersed with street chatter and stray names, lacking a single cohesive news item or clear event.
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Wena Wie
Wilbur Bf. Cannon
Colorado Congress
Pairefild
Jersey City
W. F. Cannon
Patrehild
Denver
Cano
Fatrehild
Iito
Teo
Dorine
Ruth Beardsley
Derby
Conn
Shelton
East Derby
Miss Beardsley
Edward J. Neeler
Wheeluw
Weeler
Toartea
Maria of
Bavaria
Duke Carl Theodore
Marie
Miss van
McLor
Atel
Lis
Thicago News
Vllen Terry
Waltz
Jomann Strauss
BROWN
Windsor Hotel
Windsor Wotill
Curious Ads
Rose Coghlan
Monster Crane
Boston Globe
Dow
Chicago Times
Yonkers
Casey
Teddy
Pirty
Carling
Creedy Boy
Chicago News
Philadelphia Bulletin
Tf Capital
Harlem
Brooklyn
Tom
Ohick
Dent
Mike
Feather
Puck
Indiana
Secotl
Jones
City
Wildren
Washington
Philadelit
Nol Park
Uni
F.S. i
Hoitt
Jlleaden
Kendal
San
Museu Efinestr
Kein
Mano
Ran N Reed
Wonks
Nseatalo
Ureista
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