Training women in home economics and budgeting abroad
The article argues that young women should be trained in economical household expenditure, budgeting, and value judgment. It compares methods abroad with Britain and Belgium, emphasizing equalizing effects, ethical development, and practical skills in dress, diet, and home management for improved happiness and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arekest
Ion
Britain
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Inter
Dandeline Promise for Lustrous Hair and Dandruff Cure
A vintage advertisement extols Knowlton's Dandeline as a quick fix for dandruff and frizzy heavy hair. It claims one application doubles beauty, dissolves dandruff particles, and prevents hair loss by nourishing roots, urging purchase of a 25 cent bottle from any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Bad Bachelor Hippos and Livingstone Warn of Attack
An article notes hippopotami behavior near the Choice River and recounts Livingstone remarks on dangerous subgroups. It cites guidance from Livingstone that when attacked you should dive to the bottom and remain submerged briefly to avoid a hippo’s fury and retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John Kirk
Livingstone
London Sphere
White Australia policy complicates settlement in North Queensland
The article cites the London Standard noting that under white Australia ideals, North Queensland lies within a zone where white men may reside but cannot bring their wives to start families. It warns that while the first generation of whites thrives, subsequent generations decline toward failure by the fourth generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallie
Northwest
Rt. R. Gravey
Hermiston
Professor Graves
0. M. Plummer
Portland Stock Yard Company
Oregon
Washington State
Jerseys
Stanfield
Holmstein
Herminton
Perul
Australia
Queensland
Doctor Anys
Individuality and self reliance in a changing world
A brisk discussion on individuality born from solitude and self reliance. It argues that strong characters emerge in open country through facing obstacles, with references to pioneers and republic founders. Also notes about rural training of character against urban luxury, and cites commentary on work and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Atlan Ue
Quote about desire and trouble from press opinions
The text contrasts views on human desire and borrowing trouble. It notes Buffalo Express and Mr. Gompers and praises his ability to hold a job, referencing Samuel Gompers and the New York World. It preserves the two quoted opinions without embellishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gompers
Samuel Gompers
New York World
Demand Forcible Don’t Be Trifled With Medicine Ad Card
An old advertisement extols a blood medicine claiming to purify blood, ease rheumatism and infections, and restore health using botanical materials with no minerals added. It urges readers to request the product from The Swift Specific Co and to beware mineral tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soman
Swift Speride Co
Impressionist painter confesses a cryptic studio sketch
A distorted artist in a private lunatic asylum proclaims his latest canvas as the finest masterpiece. Visitors see only bare canvas while he claims it depicts the Jews passing the Red Sea with the Egyptians yet to arrive. The tale plays on simple, surreal humor from London Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chocolate Caramela Roll and Parting Sorrow Recipe Tale
A Cleveland Leader reader quote blurs into a kitchen scene about a chocolate caramel roll recipe with brown sugar cream butter vanilla and chopped nuts. A man in a top flat questions a cook during a domestic moment, hinting at love and marriage and a playful line about training in Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barammay
Oregon Agricultural
Cleveland
Scandalous Conversation and Odd Facts in Tinbuc Visit
A scrambled, amused exchange features a visiting girl quipping about literature and home life. Aunt disciplines with stern lines on violets, gowns, and feeding. Odd facts note vast measurements for a gown, boots, and Prince Edward Island’s population and land area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Tinbuc
Robert Browning
Pendulum Magic with a Table Move Trick
A Philadelphia demonstration shows a pendulum illusion where the table movement makes a selected pendulum swing without touch. Spectators choose a pendulum and watch it swing while others stay still, with longer pendulums requiring larger table motions to start. The article explains varying swing rates by length and claims anyone can become skilled with practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hart
Philadelphia
Bird's Nest Change Delays Army Crossing Trail
Gen David Stanley led 2000 troops 250 wagons and 2500 horses across plains while planning a railroad route. A bird's nest lay on the ground and the general halted the advance to spare the nestlings. The army bent the trail left to avoid disturbing the birds, leaving a lasting bend in the trail cited by travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Stanley
United States Army
Plains
World Puzzle Route to Visit All Towns and Return
From any starting town or angle on the diagram find a Hamiltonian cycle that visits every town once and returns to the start. The route must visit each town exactly once before completing the loop.
The Ciphered Route and a Conversation with Brooks
A fragment discusses a cyclical letter arrangement and a transfer method. It recalls Philips Brooks recovering from illness, denying access, and a visit from Robert G. Ingersoll who argues about friendship in the afterlife, with the bishop explaining the last chance to see friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philips Brooks
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
We must do something says the railroad treasurer
A Chicago Record Herald item notes a plea from the treasurer and the board chairman to cut salaries or redirect revenue, joking about vaudeville as a proposed remedy to rising costs and deficits in a railroad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Negro
Chicago Record
Herald
Teething Period and Political Jokes Referenced
The passage notes a teething period for Mi fina Winslow and cites an exam civics question about the press acting as a ringer in the last election. It recalls a 13 year old boy’s joke about succession and mentions New Zealand laws granting unemployed workers the right to demand public works at current wage rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civics
Sulser
Bull Mooge
Lst
Robert
Ton Post
Chicago Daily News
New Zealand
Curious Health Tip and Dickens Rooms Mentioned
The excerpt markets California Syrup of Figs as a child laxative and notes its gentle effect on a sick child. It also references Dickens’s home life at God’s Hill and guest-room amenities, alongside a brief memory vignette about early childhood recollections and bells, with a London commentary on loneliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
God's Hill
Charles Dickens
Dolby
California
Newfoundland
British Empire
West Coas
Herbert Spencer
All Saints
London Pall Mall Gazette
Cascarets Buy Aid for Bilious Conditions
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for liver and bowel purification claiming relief from furred tongue bad taste indigestion salow skin and headaches. The piece also notes a Catholic church sodality reception for Our Lady of Lourte and reports on masses. It cites 3213 German university women with 2900 German students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sodality
Young Ladies’ Sodality
Our Lady of Lourtes Catholic Church
An Unreliable Doctor Leaves Seabury in Doubt
A man reports his doctor says he is tired and should take a fishing trip while his wife questions the advice. The piece weaves skepticism about medical judgment with a quip about prior Europe plans and a remark on the UK linen output.
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Advudenta
Corrall
Sampson
Department of Animal Husbandry
Corvalhe
Iamed Dryden
Hostetter
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
J. A. Ferguson
Pennsylvania Atate College
Ozark Mountains
Busong
University of
Pittsburg
Jerome K. Jerome
Boston ‘Transcript
Buffalo Express
S.S.S
Prince Edward Island
Bird's Nest
Songater
Winslow
In Rshalls
ONY Po
Washington
Washington Street
Twelfth
Loeas
Portland
Ming
Modern
Austria
Atlantics
Catherine
Emily
New York Globe
Piso
United Kingdom
Partiosians
American School of Music
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