New York Fashion Gowns Embrace Artificial Flora
A window display of artificial flowers attracts praise from women as milliners place posies on bonnets. The piece discusses using velvet blossoms in purples for decor and in hats, noting delicate imitations for winter gowns and receptions while cautioning against poorly made blooms. Margery Daw notes silver net additions and side-parted coiffures to modernize the look.
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New York
Margery Daw
London
Faille Francaise
Saved SQUAW'S LIFE And Other Curious News From Fort Apache
A Ninth Cavalry trooper J W Echols stationed at Ft Apache Az returns home to Boston after three years service and a romance with a Moqui girl is recalled beads gifted and the girl’s arms around him are described The piece also notes a German heat process experiment and a deathbed scene with Maj Lear present and a widow speaking of her own impending death.
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Kansas City Journal
J. W. Echols
Ninth Cavalry
Ft. Apache
Ariz
Union
Echois
Boston
Uncle Sam
Echols
Cuba
SHOE BUCKLE HISTORY The Gentlemen of Many Years Ago
A brief look at historic footwear fashion noting how buckles defined shoes in old times and the buckle became the main attraction while the shoe served as the accompaniment.
Fashion in flowers and buckles across eras and regions
The article sketches exotic floral styling for evening gowns with black and pink accents, blue satin ensembles, and elaborate hair ornaments. It then shifts to a military anecdote in a desert village, followed by a discussion of buckles from George Washington to 18th century fashion, detailing social status reflected in buckles and the shift to ribbons during the French Revolution.
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Roland the Just
Plantagenet
Tudor
Chicago Exchange Spurs Witty Clash Over Fate and Mares
A fragment from Chicago news features a sharp dialogue where Quinn quips about wits and a joke about a sea horse and a bay mare. DeFonte retorts about fate, and Quinn ties the remark to his wife.
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Chicago News
Quinn
Malay Tongue Seemingly Easy to Learn for Many
The Malay language is spoken by more than 40 000 000 persons. It is said to be easy to learn as it has almost no grammar.
Tropical island ties boost U S imports from the tropics
A treasury compilation shows ten months of tropical and subtropical imports into the United States totaling 280 million dollars, averaging over a million daily and exceeding last year's 216 million. Sugar, coffee, rubber, fibers, fruits, and spices lead the ship, with Cuba, the West Indies, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the East Indies major suppliers.
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United States
Treasury Bureau
Cuba
West Indies
Hawaiian Islands
Philippine Islands
East Indies
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
The Mission of Language and Education
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler argues in the Atlantic that language and literature in education shape living minds through historical molds rather than rigid logic. He praises practical reasoning over syllogistic formalism and notes Chinese mandarins as keen pragmatic logicians.
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Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Atlantic
Not If It Were My Boy
A retelling of Horace Mann stating that saving even one boy from ruin would justify the cost of reformatories, followed by Mann’s reply that he would still feel the same if it were his own son. The anecdote emphasizes the value of saving a single life over expenses.
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Horace Mann
Mann
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