Various Odd Topics Sparked by Global News Commentary
A collage of U S and international notes touches on industry exports, beet sugar, aviation, and wildlife in Ontario. It cites Mexican lard imports, 1907 fishhook demand, and a rising beet sugar outlook while musing on anarchists, car racing, and a proposed Hamilton statue in Washington.
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Ontario
Cobalt
Manchuria
Europe
Troy
N. Y
Alexander Hamilton
Washington
Bryce
Some New Coats in Light Summer Styles
The article presents two very light summer coats matching a silk dress, one in silk with white silk lining and tassels, plus a third alpaca dust coat with waist openings and button closures. Materials listed include six yards of fabric, seven yards satin or gallon, ten tassels, five yards, twenty six buttons, and embroidered ribbon.
Color Harmony and Fashion Advice in a Vintage Column
A historical text offers guidance on color contrasts for dress and home decor, highlighting combinations like orange with purple, green with crimson, and gold with white. It discusses mourning attire, hat shapes for different faces, tan shoes worn late in the day, and a note about children’s embroidered dolls used for ill children, all reflecting period taste and caution.
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Eussortions
Hair Care Advice From A Home Beauty Column
The column urges regular hair care and consistent treatment suited to each woman’s hair. It warns against over brushing and explains avoiding fine-tooth combs to prevent shaft splitting and dandruff while recommending a chosen nightly routine for taming tangles and cleaning dust.
Whisperings on Capitol Birthday Pranks and Flowers
National Capital notes recount Speaker Cannon turning 72 and being surprised by a six foot dogwood and American Beauty rose floral piece sent by Illinois delegation. The scene included a tearful tribute, jokes about turning another milestone, and Champ Clark interrupting for celebratory birthday mention.
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Ashington
Cannon
Danville
Ill
Bustley
Millestone
Joe
Busbey
Capitol
House
Illinois
Graff
Rainey
Congress
Champ Clark
Macon
Arkansas
Navy Tattooing Popular Among Reenlistees Says Surgeon
Secretary Metcalf hears from Surgeon Ammon Farneholt after studying 3,572 Navy enlistment records aboard the Independence at Mare Island California. About 60 percent of sailors serving ten years or more show tattoos. 28 percent of first enlistees have them. Designs range from letters, mottoes, and initials to emblems, with females often bearing holdfasts, crucifixes, and Jerusalem crosses.
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Metcalf
Ammon Farenholt
Independence
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Farneholt
Ecorde
Wee
Farenbolt Aave
Farenner
Jerusalem
Farenholt
Egypt
Crochet fashions and belt makers reel from waning demand
A fragmentary wrap of cream serge notes crochet Bette and a trend toward royal themes not attracting buyers as belt counters face weak patronage. Manufacturers push to create row lines that are more Bashually tempting, while a mother of pearl biscuit see appears.
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United States
Germany
Semuary
Rome
Ord
Milan
Perugia
Italy
Wage Earners in U S Manufacturing Payrolls 1904 1906
Census Bureau bulletin reveals 128307 establishments answered wage questions covering 3,297,819 workers in manufacturing. Men earned 29,240,281 dollars weekly. women 3,633,481 dollars. children 312,023 dollars. Average weekly earnings by state show Montana highest at 18.19, South Carolina lowest at 4.68.
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Bureau of Te
Census Bureau
Illinois
Montana
South
Carolina
Grace Reformed Church near White House seeks president visit
The piece notes the president’s influence with Washington ministers and his expected attendance at Grace Reformed on Fifteenth Street, where the church keeps a special pew for the president. It describes his family’s usual church routine and the reliance of service members who accompany him, while hinting at the broader impact on local congregations.
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Washington
Grace
Fiftaeath Street
White Hovee
Jean
Lis
United States
Grace Reformed
Between Doctors and Letters in a Rural Clinic
A fragmentary column mixes medical ads and anecdotes. References to Dr Lydia Somos, Mrs Alvina Serine, and Lynn’s Health letters hint at women’s health guidance and a correspondent’s travel tale. A cab driver exchange and a war era line appear, plus Allen's foot powder ads and a Kansas City note about an operation cost.
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Alvina Serinebourne
Lydia
Truth and Quality in Senna Elixir Advertising
The ad extols SyrP ind Elixir of Senna as a reliable laxative that relieves irritation without aftereffects and without dependence. It claims healthful action, mentions physicians approving a pure California manufacture, and warns buyers to purchase only from authorized sellers.
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Senna
Californo
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Great Atlantic
Japan
Orman Leas
British India
Rsville
Boston Transcript
Maccaroni
J. M. Barrie
England
Home Secretary
Drees
Crown of Glory
The
Navy
Pinkham
Lynn
Jen
Allen
Olmsted
le Roz
Stout
Kansas City
Peace Eye
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