Silk Stockings Craze Sweeps Chicago Experts Debate
A Chicago panel including a judge a lawyer and a physician discussed the silk stock ing craze highlighted by census data showing silk and spun silk yarn use leapt 266 000 to 980 000 pounds in ten years. W G Spoert manager of a State street store notes sales of silk hosiery to both sexes with many earning 10 12 a week insisting on the best. Chorus girls and women broadly follow their lead as silk stockings become a status symbol with prices from 50 cents to 1 50 a pair. ten factories have grown from two in ten years. Doctors say stockings are sanitary enough as long as habits persist. Values show silk used in stockings rising from 947 000 to 3 597 000 since 1904 with broader affluence and fashion, while woolen stock is down 61 percent and material value up 44 percent.
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Chicago
W. G. Spoert
State Street
Spoeri
Mr. Spoeri
Judge Beltler
L. Blake Saldwith
Baldwin
Washington
Greatest Collection of Beautiful Women in Scanno
Prof Achille Lesia claims Scanno hosts the world’s finest women, praising classic Greek beauty with black eyes and poised features. He contrasts Scanno’s untouched beauty with Barase, once famed for lace but now industrialized and less attractive.
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Rome
Achille Lesia
Scanno
Seanna
Barase
Carbonic acid snow therapy grows in use at hospitals
The carbonic acid snow treatment for birthmarks warts and rodent ulcers has rapidly spread since its debut at Charing Cross hospital. A cold carbonic acid ice pencil is applied briefly to the target, freezing tissue and prompting absorption with little pain. Medical staff at St Bartholomew's note its effectiveness, especially for small birth marks and early rodent ulcers, and describe a bulk-making setup with an iron cylinder and felt apparatus.
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London
Charing Cross Hospital
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
St. Bartholomew's Dispensary
U S Lags at Flying Game
Clifford Harmon, an amateur aviator just back from Europe, says American aviation lags French designs. He plans waterplane experiments in Greenwich, Conn., with a Farman biplane modified by hydroplane and catamaran to rise from water or land. He witnessed the Issy field incident where Train's sweep killed Monis and the war minister.
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New York
Clifford Harmon
Europe
America
Grahame-White
Greenwich
Conn
Harmon
Issy-les-Molineaux
Paria
Berteaux
Monis
Campaign to save babies through nurse education
Miss Ella Phillips Crandall of New York told the Nurses Associated Alumnae convention that out of 300000 infant deaths yearly one third are preventable. She urged a practical campaign of education and prevention led by nurses to curb infant mortality.
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Boston
Ella Phillips Crandall
New York
Nurses’ Associated
United States
Mt. Coropuna
Annie S. Peck
Colon
Professor Bingham
Yale
Core Puna
Beans Keep Heart Young In Muldrow Marriage
A. D. Dutton, 92, credits his longevity to eating beans and recently married Rebecca Jane Galloway, 24, in Muldrow Oklahoma.
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Muldrow
Okla
A. D. Dutton
Rebecca Jane Galoway
Silo as a necessity on stock farms urged nationwide
An agricultural editorial argues silos are essential for stock farms, noting silage improves beef efficiency, supports cattle sheep and hogs, and even fits summer drought strategies. It urges cooperative buying, shared equipment, and coordinated planting to maximize silage benefits across regions.
French milk powder process uses cold instead of heat
The French method devised by Le comte and Lainville cools milk to just below freezing to form fine snow. The snow is separated from water and paste by centrifugal action, then dried to yield powder containing all milk constituents except water. Applicable to whole or reduced-cream milk.
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France
Lecomte and
Lainville
Dangers of Early Grass for Work Horses
The note warns that too much early grass can strain work horses by overfeeding them. It explains the risk of physical decline as horses lose flesh and stamina from premature lush grazing.
Farrowing Sows Needs Quiet Corner and Warm Place
Farm guidance notes provide that farrowing sows require oats wheat bran and middlings fed in a quiet corner with a warm dry place to calve and nurse. This care improves early piglet survival and sow recovery.
Debate on Safe Fourth of July Sparks Faint Agreement
A playful exchange between De Quiz and De Whiz discusses fireworks safety. De Quiz endorses caution while De Whiz advocates fewer restrictions, noting he has no boys to influence. The banter highlights differing viewpoints on public safety versus celebratory freedom.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Promises Dentish Hygiene
An ad touts Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic as a cheap, effective germicidal mouthwash and deodorizer. It claims to make 16 pints from one 26c box, purifying breath and teeth, with uses from sore throat to post smoking breath. Also a short humorous anecdote about a middle aged spinster demanding a cabbie’s name.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Judge Parry Reflects on Domestic Frailties and Belief
In a sketch of his judicial duties Judge Parry recalls rebuking a man for backing up his wife in an absurd tale. He admits to sensing the husband had no belief and notes his blunt remark about not believing the wife’s story while the man responds that he must proceed with his course.
Where the Blame Rests Mistress Oh Dear I'm Losing My Looks
In a witty exchange from Harper's Bazar Nora tells her mother mirrors fail to flatter as much as they once did. The vignette highlights vanity and aging with a light tabloid tone.
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Mistress
Nora
Harper's Bazar
The Only Way Out: Milk Jug Incident
In a humorous exchange from Meggendorfer Blätter, Peter asks for help after overindulging in milk. Small Brother proposes dumping the jug to hide the mishap, delivering a playful domestic mishap vignette.
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Peter
Hasy
Meggendorfer Biaetter
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller Ad
An ad promotes Alien's Foot-Kase antiseptic powder to ease tight or new shoes with a War Free trial package offered by Allen 3. Olmsted Le Roy NY. Also features Max Muller quotation on thoughtlessness and a teething syrup claim from Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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