The Simple Life Craze Reaches White House and Homes
A New York correspondent notes the rising simple life craze in America begun under Roosevelt and spreading to the White House and affluent houses. It highlights frugal menus, abundant water and milk, and short meals with light fare, while many prominent figures such as Mrs Sherman and Mrs Taft embrace or abandon the trend as shown by Taft's return to a three meal meat diet after three months on two meals daily.
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New York
London
Roosevelt
White House
Lundecon
John Jacob Astor
Helen Gould
Abs ‘Sherman
Taft
Love and Letters Move the World, Says Independent
The Independent extols real love literature as essential, arguing it shapes culture more than finance or politics. It praises young lovers as writers of destiny and notes lovers light the lives of others, urging respect for love’s simple power.
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Independent
God
Fenama
Epius
Ras
Parish bells ring to Merry Widow tune in Joningen
Inhabitants of Joningen, Holland, heard the parish church bells playing the Merry Widow on a Sunday morning. A Christies sale moved Burns original MS of Ay Wankin O to £130. Miss Craig, the song’s subject, moved to Australia with it, where it stayed years. A Paris Chamber bill targets landlords who refuse tenants with children.
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Joningen
Holland
Wallg
Burns
Christie’s
Miss Craig
Australia
Paris
Froetoids Claim Rapid Relief For Headache And Indigestion
An advertisement touts Froetoids as a potent remedy for headache indigestion and constipation. It promises quick relief and claims liver and blood cleansing benefits with regular use. Sold for 1/6 through chemists and the proprietor W G Hearne in Geelong Victoria.
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Medicine Vendora
W. G. Hearne
Geelong
Victoria
Saturday Afternoon Conscription Proposal Sparks Debate
A National Defence writer endorses universal Saturday conscription for male youth aged 17 to 21, four hours weekly for four years of drill, rifle work, and tactics. Proposals cite benefits to physique and brains while contrasting with current crates of cradled youths funded by taxpayers.
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National Defence
Cook
Duke
New School of House Builders Aims For Irregular Blocks
Critics at London's Building Trades exhibition praise irregular brickwork and nonuniform designs. Architects like Ona bend edges to blur lines and avoid monotony, arguing that variety and eccentric shapes in rooms and doors counter dullness and emphasize individuality.
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Londo
Ona
French and English Women Workers Compared by Mile Gerard
Mile Gerard, a leader in the French feminist movement, contrasts French and English female workers. She notes six months of slavery and six months of starvation for English workers, while French women, though poorer, are more educated, capable, and provident. English girls are seen as wasteful and poorly dressed, lacking self-denial and future planning.
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Mile
Claire Gerard
Stocl
Daily News
Paris
Miley Gerard
ASA Eleaship
San ‘Tury
England
Future forecasts and unsettled periods warned in Dunedin letter
A letter to the Dunedin Evening Star outlines near term planetary influences and social shifts. It predicts stronger governments, tax changes, and improved business after mid November, with clashes between factions from September to November and volatile markets in October and December.
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Dunedin Evening Star
The Value Of The Best In Woman's Life
A 19th or early 20th century guide extols daily solitude for women as a fixed habit. It argues a quiet hour of personal reflection builds individuality, independence, and self discipline while educating family and servants to respect privacy. It frames solitude as constructive time for planning and self review.
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Bey
Jn Lata
Origin of Afternoon Tea as a Meal
A writer in the World cites Madame de Cricourt, a Russian lady, as introducing afternoon tea in Paris in 1838 when seven o'clock dining was late. Nanny Kemble notes the Duchess of Bedford popularized it in England around 1840, with private invites in March 1849 showing tea taken in a small, discreet group.
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Ted
England
Aging cabdriver plies trade in Moscow despite age
A 108 year old Moscow cabdriver keeps working daily, having lost his license at 23. He endures all weathers to earn his keep, while a London jeweller notes a 2.25 carat diamond from Brazil in the firm’s stock, valued around £3000.
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Moscow
London
Brazil
Gorns and Binions and Rexona Remedy Ad
An old advertisement-like fragment decries painful bunions and crippled walking. It touts Rexona as a remedy to ease foot pain and treat skin irritations while promising relief from burns, cuts, and chapped hands.
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Teneriffe
Lymouth
Best
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Steaner
Komu Aka
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Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Limited
Vavally
ot-Monte’ Video
Texeriffa
Plymouth
Stearmera
Voseel
Jlovad
Tate
Wellington
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Dea
Allington
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Nicoll Bros
WEW Zealand Insurance Company, Ltd
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Islington
Turnip
Aslington
Ugleington
Manuvadteed
Robinson
Fact We
Denman
Poli
Aisasey
Sterling
Saya Tooney
Cambrig
Ae Ea
J. Ballantyne & CO
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Christchurch
Manchester Bros
Zealandia
Ironmongers
Catatogue No
Barningham & ¢O
George Street
Dunedinop
Knox Church
Henry
Hughes
Heraford Street
Canterbury Co-Operative GG
Wilson’ ‘and Co
Tuam Street
Wilson
Dominion
P.O
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P. Feed Co
Southland Frozen Meat Co
Saker Gres
Telephone
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Somerset Hotel
Ashburton
Cour
Fionio
Saba
Boris
Glippadag
Newman
TEL
Kaitangata
High Street
Telegraph Office
Dunedin
Ment
Ee & Bo., Ltd
Cfeoves
Allike
Timothy Anb Refoil
Oreers
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Colman
NEW School OF House
Women Workers
United Kingdom
Tonshire
John Grantham
O'Connell St
Sydney
Robert Totty
Goloshes
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Yancred Street
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Sutton and Sons
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