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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
3
Article surveys women in the Philippines detailing class stereotypes and behavior. It notes Mrs. Lawton’s letters about pleasant island acquaintances, ten year old girls as expert cigarette makers, lower class thrift and cleanliness, upper class dainty vitality, and Filipina belles. It discusses gestures, early marriage and perceived happiness, and a claimed absence of divorces alongside widespread smoking among women.
The narrator describes Philippine society from the view of an American woman wife of Gen. Lawton, detailing nuns at Con cordia and Convente de Paco, life among high and middle classes, and the daily roles of Filipino women in markets, factories, and homes. She recalls social exchanges with mestizo and Filipino women, engages in cross cultural greetings, and notes enduring friendships formed during a time of war. The piece reflects hospitality, gender roles, and the affection found in Manila communities.
A reader reports on a bachelor information bureau offering men five pounds five shillings for truth about how much of a woman is natural versus artificial and notes a staff of well-connected women. A second piece mentions a male yellow tabby living to 22 with a silver collar and inscription.
Adele Baccarini, once queen mother Margherita’s maid, bought and sold discarded gowns hats and bonnets to American customers. She operated behind the Grand hotel receiving buyers who paid high prices and avoided Italian buyers. The scheme netted about $5 000 a year before her dismissal and pursuit of damages under U S law.
Congressman Mondell of Wyoming faces a special investigation after an agent was sent to Newcastle to review a 160 acre homestead claim. No record shows he resided or filed on the land, though coal deposits are noted. The piece traces Mondell’s career and the push to issue patents without investigation.
Gen Count Arthur Tcherep Spiridovitch, head of the Slavonic movement in Europe, travels to America to present a two foot high silver and gold cup to President Roosevelt. The cup, made in Moscow, bears Slavonic inscriptions and the initials "T. R." Cups of this kind are said to be presented only to crowned heads and great rulers.
A fragmentary historical piece blends a primer lesson with satire on wildflowers dogs and people tied to cans. It lampoons trust magnates and grocery buyers, ending with a chorus and moral about doing good for joy, plus scattered quips on fashion, politics, and life.
A court fined a Texas man fifty cents for spanking his wife with a shoe drawing on a humorous verse. The judge remitted the fine if the man brought his shoe to help paddle his own shoe as part of the joke case.
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