Paris Hats and Fashion Trim Highlights in Velvet and Silk
The piece notes fading Japanese sleeve, velvet buttons as popular trim, and Paris enforcing dark hats. It highlights Directoire hat scarfs matching colors, Louis XVI coiffure ornaments, 300ts uppers, fur turbans, and Ottoman silk and wool effects. New neck decor features a dog collar with large stones and braiding details._colors include gray taupe brown taupe wisteria canard blue rose amethyst. Shadow stripes and checks stay popular.
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Paris
Directoire
Beauty Doctor Beauty Doctor Bust and neck treatment claim
From the Chicago Examiner article the author describes a beauty regimen attributed to Madame Moneaux. A simple mixture of glycerine tincture, borax, and rosewater is applied to the bust arms and neck to increase firmness and roundness with regular use over weeks or months.
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Chicago
Beds in Kitchens Found During Health Board Visit
John Ritchie Jr inspector Jordan and Dr Durgin of the health department visited Auburn Court West End and found 16 houses with 34 families about 85 people. Beds in kitchens were common along with unsanitary conditions and missing waste storage. They advised residents and notified owners to readjust conditions.
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John Ritchie, Jr
Jordan
Durgin
Health Department
Auburn Court
West End
Reform report urges action at Rainsford Island parental school
A Finance Commission report blasts conditions on Rainsford Island and calls for immediate steps to remove the cemetery to Long Island and to finance bulkhead construction and land filling. It urges trustees to limit West Roxbury spending until Rainsford improves and to seek practical cost estimates.
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Westboro
Massachusetts
Rainsford
Long Island
Cemetery Department
Finance Commission
West Roxbury
Rainsford Island
Mystery Woman Detained After Cathedral Incident
Authorities at Austin Farm are puzzled by a mysterious woman who was detained after displaying signs of insanity in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Dr. Jelly certified her incompetence before she was admitted for care. She appears well educated, about 32, 5 ft 2 in, 135 pounds, with a light complexion and wearing brown lace trim, black skirt and coat with fur, and a black fur hat.
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Austin Farm
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Jelly
Good Government Association Endorses Aldermanic Slate
The executive committee of the Good Government Association met yesterday to endorse candidates for the Board of Aldermen. Likely nominees include George Anderson, Charles L. Carr of Ward 20, W Dudley Cotton, Frederick J. Brand, Walter Ballantyne, and Matthew Hale of Ward 11, with plans to include at least one Democrat. No endorsements were made for the Board of Street Commissioners.
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The
Good Government Association
Board of Aldermen
George Anderson
Charles L. Carr
W. Dudley Cotton
Frederick J. Brand
Walter Ballantyne
Matthew Hale
Board of Street Commissioners
New York Elks to Build $1,006,000 Central Clubhouse
Work will begin within 60 days on a new 12 story clubhouse hotel and theatre at Forty third Street and Sixth Avenue for New York Lodge 1 Elks. The $1,006,000 building aims for completion and dedication on Christmas Eve 1909 as a central meeting place for about 250,000 Elks nationwide, including 10,000 in New York City.
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New York
Forty-third Street
Sixth Avenue
New York Lodge 1
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
United States
Gould Seeks Role In Aerial Pioneering
Jay Gould, son of George J. Gould and amateur tennis champion, predicts that the next century will see numerous air craft for pleasure and business. He says the enthusiasm is unprecedented and plans to buy an aeroplane once he selects the best model.
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New York
Jay Gould
George J. Gould
Young Gould
New Special Delivery Stamp Nears Sale
Washington officials announce Postmaster General Meyer approved the new special delivery stamp and it will go on sale within ten days. The one inch square dark green stamp features an olive branch entwining a Mercury hat, symbolizing peace and haste, with WE in the upper left and U. S. postage special delivery in the lower right.
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Washington
Meyer
U. S
Revere Board Rejects Meat Plant Petition
The Revere Board of Health last night ruled to withdraw the petition by Union Packing Company to establish a meat packing plant in the town.
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Revere
Revere Board of Health
Union Packing Company
Malden Charities Benefited by Mary H. Thompson Will
In Malden the will of Mary H. Thompson directs $13,000 from an estimated $60,000 estate to public institutions. The Malden Y M C A receives $1,000, Centre M E Church $9,000, Malden Hospital $5,000, Industrial Aid Society $2,000, and Malden Protestant Home for Aged People $2,000. Lillian L Onair gets $3,000.
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Mary H. Thompson
Malden
Boilermakers Lodge Votes to Open Books for New Members
Labor notes report Boilermakers' Lodge 9 voted to open its books for new members until the January meeting. The organization committee maps a push to reinstate Kansas International Union affiliates. President Fitz Henry will install officers at the January gathering. Word from Boston says the AFL plans to grant charters to railroad trades unions similar to building and metal trades.
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Lodge 9
Committee On Organization
Kansas International Union
Fitzhenry
Boston
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Building and Metal Trades
Railroad Department
Boston C. L. A. Building Trades Department
Close Shaves Boosted by Possum Skin Cure After Shaving
A new skin product posham, advertised as anti septic and healing, is promoted for post shave use to heal abrasions and soothe the skin. Priced at 50 cents, available at Riker Jaynes and Houghton & Dutton, with free trial samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Riker- Jaynes
Drug Department
Houghton & Dutton’s
West 25Th Street
New York City
Baer Portrayed as Protector of the Poor in Coal Case
In a government anti trust suit at Astor House, C D Simpson of Scranton testified that Baer of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad sought to keep coal prices down after the 1902 strike. He said Baer favored tidewater price around five dollars a ton, opposing higher market pricing. The testimony details contracts with collieries and the railroads pressuring independents to bind to railroad terms while mines produced coal.
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New York
Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Astor House
C. D. Simpson
Scranton
Penn
Mr. Simpson
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Road
Simpson & Watkins
Robert Bacon
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mr. Bacon
Mr. Reynolds
Woman Demands A High Woolen Tariff
The committee will start considering the tariff bill after hearings record is printed. Andrew J. Solis of Boston for Union Lining Co urges reducing wool tariff from 11 to 8 cents per pound arguing high duties curb production and cite wool prices rising from 33 to 71 cents in 1907 due to a woolen trust.
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Andrew J. Solis
Boston
Union Lining Company
Solis
Bennett Stirs Trouble as Tariff Probe Opens
From a Ways and Means hearing hints indicate a probe into charges by Frank P. Bennett of Boston against William Whitman of Arlington Mills and S N D North. The pamphlet Bennett distributed accuses hidden duties in the Dingley law on wool tops, tied to Whitman and North.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Frank P. Bennett
Boston
William Whitman
Arlington Mills
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
S. N. D. North
Census
North
Senate Committee On Finance
Bennett
Messrs. Whitman and North
William Whitman Praises Dingley Tariff At Woolgroup Banquet
William Whitman of Boston, president of the National Association of Woolen Manufacturers, declared at a New York banquet that the Dingley tariff enables affordable clothing and that the Ways and Means Committee is revising the tariff thoroughly for the nation's best interests. He claimed there is no intent to cripple any industry.
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New York
William Whitman
Boston
National Association of Woolen Manufacturers
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
North agrees to testify on Senate and tariff facts
Washington reported S N D North director of the United States census offered to testify before the House ways and means committee under oath about his 1894 and 1897 services to the Senate finance committee. He defended himself against charges from Champ Clark's pamphlet and denied illicit information to anyone about the Dingley bill.
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Washington
North
House Committee On
Senate Finance Committee
Sereno E. Payne
Champ Clark
Missouri
Whitman
Wool Manufacturers’ Association
Finance Committee
North Highly Honorable Says President Whitman
President Whitman of the wool manufacturers spoke in New York on December 3 stating the industry's need for unity and promising strong leadership to address current market challenges.
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North
Whitman
New York
Ill health and funds cited in letters to S N D North
The speaker explains he did not intend harm and cites ill health as a reason for not writing letters to S N D North. He notes North’s $4000 salary and his own $5000 donation to a wool manufacturers’ purse, arguing that they could not sway finance committee members and praising North’s integrity.
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S. N. D. North
Ways and Means
Washington
Mr. North
Bequests From Firm Of Chase & Sanborn To Public And Relatives
A large bequest list from the Chase & Sanborn firm shares 2000 each to 55 travelling salesmen plus 500 to sales and office staff and 200 to shipping and factory workers with one year service. Widows receive 5000 each. Public gifts total 15,000 to Salvation Army and several other Boston or Harwich area institutions. Remaining funds go to relatives and a trust for the widow.
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Chase & Sanborn
Salvation Army
The
People’s Palace
Boston
Mgston
Wosson
M. E
North Harwich
Mass
Winchester
N. FE
Little Wanderers
Boston Institute Seashore
Boston Floating Hospital
Baptist Church
West Harwich
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Sid Sone
Weasee Ohno Cce
Owls Elexiecenians
Women’s Charity Club
West End
New England
Deaconess
Reess Cee
Massachusetts Society For
Massachusetts Society For Prevention of
Harwich
Dennis
President's Message To Be Read Tuesday Instead
The President's annual message to Congress will be read to the second session of the Sixtieth Congress on Tuesday next, instead of Monday, in Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Sixtieth Congress
Prince Prigio Presented For Lincoln House Aid
In Jordan Hall last evening a large audience watched an operetta in two acts based on Andrew Lang's fairy tale Prince Prigio. The Lincoln House Association event drew society people through a well staged performance with warm applause for the cast.
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Jordan Hall
Lincoln House Association
Prince Prigio
Andrew Lang
Notable cast shines in fairy ballet and butterfly dance
Samuel Singer and Miss Matilda Levy along with Charles J. Brady Harry E. Gordon and the Misses Nettie Klinger and Rose Souis are praised for singing and dancing. The fairy ballet and butterfly dance are praised as exceptionally well done under Mrs. Lilla Wiles Wyman. Libretto by D. K. Stevens and music by George Lowell Tracy.
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Samuel Singer
Matilda Levy
Charles J. Brady
Harry E. Gordon
Nettie Klinger
Rose Souis
Lilla Wiles Wyman
D. K. Stevens
George Lowell Tracy
Riot Stirs in Haitian Capital as Coup Fades
Lord Alexis, weakened aboard a warship, denounces General Celestin Cyriaque and laments the loyalty of his bodyguard. General Antoine Simon gains popular support as troops move toward the capital, while looting and unrest surge after mass desertions weaken the regime.
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Lord Alexis
Celestin Cyriaque
Antoine Simon
Friesland in Collision on the Mersey
The Belgian steamer Friesland of the Red Star line collided with the steamer New Pioneer on the Mersey today. Both vessels sustained damages.
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Liverpool
Friesland
Red Star Line
Mersey
New Pioneer
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