Kept in Perfect Peace and the Path of Growth
The piece links Isaiah’s promise of peace to a trustful life, emphasizing prayer obedience and surrender to God. It argues true peace comes from faith, backed by growth in education and character, and compares life to a scale from birth through joy, with love as the final, defining keynote Jesus embodied.
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Jesus
God
Valley of Shadows
Christ Jesus
Earth
Colam
Apostle
Entertaining on a Budget in Women’s Home Life
A column from Women’s Home Companion urges simpler hosting to avoid costly splurges. It condemns extravagant dinners and showcases thrifty ideas for hosting and preserving fresh flowers, stressing charm and sociability over luxury.
How to Decrease Height Through Posture and Hair
The guide describes methods to appear shorter by drooping the head slightly and walking with a modest posture. It warns against shoulder stooping and stiffness, noting an erect stance preserves grace. It also mentions hairdressing as a way to shave inches off height.
The Perplexing Inconstancies of Male and Female Attraction
The passage compares human attraction to magnetism, noting that attraction involves opposing forces of attraction and repulsion. It asserts that the pull between men and women mirrors this physical law, with the attraction force exceeding repulsion.
Gown Sketch Details With Velvet Band Amethyst Buttons
The design features a dotted wistarla satin foulard used for the gown, with plain satin covered buttons for ornament. An Empire waist is defined by a velvet band in front at the bust line, flanked by two large amethyst buttons. White Irish crochet lace trims the chemisette and stock.
How to Open a Book
The guide instructs holding the book with its back on a smooth table then lowering front boards in alternation. It advises opening the leaves from back to front, pressing sections gently, repeating two or three times to achieve the best results.
Berlin to hire women as detectives for police work
The Berlin police administration has decided to establish a corps of woman detectives to aid investigations. The move follows growing calls for gender-inclusive methods and aligns with evolving policing strategies in European cities.
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Berlin
Women Who Do Things Highlight Notable Women
Miss Anna Pritchett of Louisville at 24 is a professor of economics at Wellesley College. Miss Margaret Ashton, sister in law of Ambassador Bryce, is elected to her English town council. Miss Zella Nuttall of Chicago directs the Reid Crocker expedition in Mexico. Mme Louise Blanc and Mme Jeanne Menard serve as ship physicians on major Mediterranean steamships.
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Anna Pritchett
Louisville
Wellesley College
Margaret Ashton
Ambassador Bryce
England
Zella Nuttall
Chicago
Reid- Crocker
Mexico
Louise Blanc
Mme
Jeanne Menard
Forehead Lines Linked to Habits Not Age
A health note explains forehead furrows often reflect facial habits rather than aging. It asks if knitting eyebrows during worry or hard luck creates creases, linking repeated expressions to deep lines between the eyes.
Roosevelt for Congress discussed in political rumor
A New York paper quotes an anonymous source claiming Theodore Roosevelt considered a return to national politics after his presidency, possibly to the Senate or the House. The piece notes the likelihood is uncertain and compares past presidents’ post presidency paths while urging caution about the tale.
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Roosevelt
Congress
New York
Senate
Depew
House of Representatives
United States
House
White House
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Johnson
Adams
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Protective duties should gradually fall as industries mature
The piece argues that a successful protection system lowers duties as domestic industries grow, reducing home price pressures and encouraging exports. It cites the iron and steel sector, noting reduced home competition and the need for lower tariffs in good times to prevent price hikes, with Taft supporting downward revisions.
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Iron and Steel
Taft
New York Tribune
Useless to Go Sparks Cleaning of Public Service
Toledo Blade notes a capital push to weed out inefficiencies in U S departments including Commerce and Labor Interior and the legation staff will be scrutinized with removals or transfers. The consular service renovation continues with Elihu Root’s reforms carried on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of the Interior
Legation
Elihu Root
State Department
Toledo Blade
Signs of revival amid trade gains and labor clashes
Mercantile agencies report improved crops, stronger fall trade, higher industrial output, rising manufactured goods prices, heavier money demand, and rising railroad earnings. Yet labor disputes arise as workers seek prosperity gains. imports rise in tariff anticipations while exports show gains. Foreseeable marketing of crops could mirror 1908 records. October may resemble 1906 prosperity levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Last of Its Kind in Senate Tariff Debate
The editorial warns the last of its kind Aldrich tariff bill faces danger if conference report is rejected. It argues standpat Senators would be forced defensive and a new tariff revision could pass over their heads, reshaping wool and cotton schedules. It urges cooperation to push the conference report through.
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America
Geniuses of Fantasy
United States
Minneapolis Journal
Senate
Aldrich
House of Representatives
New York Tribune
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted
In Vienna West Virginia a woman testimonials her cure from female ailments using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the medicine contains no narcotics and cites cures for inflammation ulcers displacements fibroid tumors irregularities and back pain. Readers are urged to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential free advice.
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Vienna
W. Va
L ’E. Am
E. Pinkham
Lydia E
Pinkham
Exar Wheat
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Traveling salesman seeks Dolans for two months rent
The salesman offers two months rent and payment on the go. Mrs Dolan refuses due to absences when strangers might be home. Her boarders pay when they come or not at all. The piece notes London population in 1910 and water supply worries. An ad for Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid appears.
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Commissioner of Corporations
Erie
Miami
Pittsburg
South
Toledo Blade
Mule Hunt on Prospect Hill Ends in Insight
A mule belonging to Mr. Rawson wandered off and Pomp pursued it up Prospect Hill. He returned an hour later with the animal and explained that he climbed the hill to learn the mule’s approach, arguing that one must view a mule from the front for safety.
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Mr. Rawson
Pomp
Prospect Hill
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