Do the Women of New England Really Know How to Buy Clothes
A Treasury Savings Division study with Boston department stores shows women can dress stylishly at moderate cost through wise buying. It contrasts extravagant spending with conscientious shopping, urging buyers to match expenditures to income and save the difference in War Savings Stamps and Treasury Certificates.
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New England
Treasury Department
Department Stores
Connecticut
Savings Division
Boston
First Federal Reserve District
Treasury
When You Are in Rome Saying on Sabbath Day
The excerpt presents St Ambrose advising St Augustine to observe local church customs to avoid offense. It explains the maxim When I am in Rome do as the Romans do and notes the broader principle for respecting local practices.
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Rome
St Ambrose
St Austin
Milan
Making Chlorophyl From Parsley For Colorful Confections
The Electrical Experimenter cites a method to extract chlorophyll from parsley using 95 percent alcohol. Grind parsley in a mortar, cover with alcohol, decant the green liquid, and let it evaporate so the chlorophyll remains as a vivid green substance suitable for coloring candies and cake icings.
Snowballing in Summer on Chicago Street
On the hottest day of the year in Chicago a crowd of boys on East Austin avenue threw snowballs made from a drift that grew to over three feet. The snow came from a refrigerating company’s pipes where it collects to six inches and is scraped off every day.
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Chicago
East
Austin Avenue
Hand Painted Gloves Craze Captivates Europe
Hand painted gloves with ornate backs drew widespread fashion interest in several European countries as a notable mid century craze. The craft emphasized detailed artistry on women’s gloves tying style to luxury and cultural trends of the era.
Surnames Rise in Noble Lineage Debate
A fragment notes surnames to be used first among nobility in 7200, hinting at a formal naming tradition shift. No further context or individuals are specified.
Wages for wives debated by largely female audience
A Philadelphia Evening Bulletin report notes a tense discussion on whether husbands should pay wives wages. Speakers imagined romances and marriages where wives earn, with examples of $15 weekly wages and a shift in social roles.
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
John Brown
Mary Smith
Russell H. Conwell
Logan
Augustus Tolliver Seethes Over Blimp Travel Mixup
The soap king Augustus Tolliver orders a harried porter after missing a London meeting due to a blimp detour. He checks his watch, learns they are over St. Louis, and plans to attend a 12:30 soap powder meeting before catching another blimp to London.
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Augustus Tolliver
London
St. Louis
N’yawk
Tolliver
Rat Skins for Leather Proposal Circulated
A suggestion proposes using rat skins as leather. An estimate claims 10,000,000 rats exist in the country and 5,000 skins daily would feed a small tannery. The challenge is catching and delivering the skins, as demand for leather outstrips supply. Fish skins are noted as tunnable and some rat skins are suitable for large uses.
Cure for Poison Ivy Remedy From Catnip Leaves
Mrs Evelyn Trenbath wife of Rev Robert W Trenbath rector of St James Episcopal Montclair NJ announces a cure for poison ivy using green catnip leaves rubbed on the skin until juice runs. Reported by users as highly effective even in advanced cases and said to work well for children with the plant abundant behind barns.
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Evelyn
Trenbath
Robert W. Trenbath
St. James's Episcopal Church
Montclair
Volcano Lava Flows Steadily Toward Kalu Desert
An observer in Hawaii reports ongoing upheaval at Kilauea with no sign of stopping. A broad stream of lava drifts from the southwest brink toward the Kalu desert, advancing steadily and gathering volume as it moves from the source.
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Hawaii
Kilauea
Kalu
Red Lead Battery Patented for Longer Life and Recharges
A dry battery using red lead instead of manganese compound has been patented by H. Granyl. It claims longer life, inactivity stability for months, and at least ten recharge cycles with each recharge as efficient as current batteries.
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H. Granyl
Paperbacks Return to Popularity Boosts Nick Carter Era
The revival of dime novels brings Nick Carter and other old favorites back into favor. Publishers report sales rising after a long decline, driven by inexpensive thrillers and detective tales. Dream books and fortune-telling guides also sell steadily.
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Sk Carter
Comeinte
Nick Carter
the Sun
Laura Jean Libbey
Bertha M. Clay
Pete's Shell Rescue Confusion at Pershing's Tent
A U S army officer recalls a Polish soldier named Pete who removed a three inch shell and tucked it into Pershing's tent. Pershing laughed and warned not to order Pete to capture Berlin until others are ready, praising Pete for obeying orders.
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Pershing
Poland
Pete
Shell
Berlin
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Empress Eugenie At Windsor Visits Over Curtains
The ex empress visited Windsor Castle where her attendants feared she might brood on past times. She noted the unchanged rooms with Imperial purple and Napoleon green hangings and exclaimed in French about the curtains, “Toujours ces affreux rideaux.”
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Eugenie
Windsor Castle
Empire
Napoleon
No Woman Pilots to Fly Passenger Planes in England
An Air Ministry official told London Sketch that women will not be permitted to serve as pilots on passenger aircraft in England citing physical disability and nerves. If a woman passes the ministry test she may fly a private plane but may not be allowed a passenger.
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England
Air Ministry
London
Senator McCumber Dines Elsewhere After Night Sessions
A North Dakota Senator avoids the senate restaurant and dines at a nearby cafeteria. He collects a tray and utensils, sits down, and lays out his liver and bacon with seasonal delicacies during late night sessions.
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Walter
Senator McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Salvation Army marks half century with Victoria Crosses
The article recalls the Salvation Army founded by William Booth in 1865, its 1878 military basis, and growth to about 9,000 corps abroad. It notes early opposition and arrests in England, official royal recognition in 1904, and a recent Broadway tableau honoring the army alongside wartime service in France.
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Salvation Army
France
Salvationists
Future Army
England
William Booth
Edward VII
Buckingham Palace
Broadway
Beware the inefficient man in a courtroom tale
A. R. Hawley of the Aero club spoke in New York about an Armenian impostor posing as a fundraiser. An Armenian prisoner was defended by the supposed interpreter who could not speak Armenian and claimed, with a bow, that the prisoner had confessed and begged leniency for Armenia. The judge pardoned nothing, sentencing the inmate to five years of hard labor.
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A. R. Hawley
The
Aero Club
New York
Armenia
Noisy London Recalled by Sixties Era Residents
Middle aged Londoners recall a far noisier city in the sixties and seventies when granite streets and wheeled traffic created a constant roar. A resident notes traffic sounds could be heard from distant Crystal Palace parade as if thunder, though he has not heard it in years.
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London
Lonon
Crystal Palace
Ike
London Chronicle
Conan Doyle and the Familiar Find War Office Paper
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recounted a curious incident where his familiar guided him to retrieve a valuable war office document from his waste paper basket. He admitted indecision but followed the promptings of the familiar which led to a fortunate discovery related to the history of the war.
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Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
War Office
Sir Arthur
London Chronicle
Seven year old patient causes ruckus at Sunnyside hospital
The Indianapolis News reports James a seven year old tuberculosis patient at Sunnyside who travelled to the city for a tonsillotomy could not sleep and pleaded for air from a sleeping porch. He called the nurse and later threw his shoe through a window after the nurse refused to open it.
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James
Sunnyside
Indianapolis News
Transforming Chinatown Shifts Josses from Temple Hall
After a decade of reform the Chinatown overhaul reaches Mott Street temple. The joss and lesser idols are moved to a dusty closet, ending their prominent display once central to temple ceremonies and party entertainments.
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Chinatown
Josa
Bury the Hatchet in a Peaceful Legacy
An explanation of the idiom bury the hatchet tracing to North American Indian custom. At peace smokers the Great Spirit called for interment of war weapons signifying the end of enmity. The piece contrasts forgiveness with life’s competitive struggles.
Warning for Bristol Town Meeting 1920
In Bristol Rhode Island the town meeting is warned for March 15 1920 at 7 30 PM at the town hall to vote on taxes town debts state tax school support highway and bridge work police salaries bonds and various appropriations including a motor hook and ladder truck boilers and equipment with further business to be transacted. Thomas E Johnson town sergeant.
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County of
Bristol
Sec
R. L
Rhode Island
John W. Church
Gront
Thames
Highwood
Franklin
Bradford
Church Streets
Bay View
Mount Hope Avenue
Franklin Street
Wood Street
High
Sr Phar
Burnside Memorial
King Philip
Thames Street
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Jordan Marsh Co
Nick
Carter
United States
Miles Poindexter
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