Washington House Election Sparks Senate Shift
The report notes Frederick Huntington tops the list to move into the Senate from Massachusetts, defeating Senator David Walsh and setting records. It recalls past leaders Hon. Lodge and Warren’s long service, with mentions of Gillett as house speaker since May 18, 1919, and ties to Springfield and Rockwood Hoar.
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House
Washington
Frederick Huntington
Gillett
Massachusets of Representatives
Expecting First Baby Prompts Longworth Family Excitement
The article notes Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, famed as "Princesa Alice," and Representative Nicholas Longworth plan a first child after eighteen childless years. Plans include a Chicago hospital stay in February and a national interest in the couple’s family milestone and ongoing public life.
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Princesa Alice
Washington
Longworth
Representative
Nicholas Longworth
Worth
Richard Derby
Ares
Alice
Roosevelt
Philippines
White House
Alize
Roose Ister
Amazing Career of Blind Tom in 1900s Minnesota
A fragmented obituary sketch describes a prosperous Minneapolis lawyer famed as an orator who spoke Swedish Danish and Norwegian. It notes his early fame through music and multi sport prowess, a patent electrical device, and a wife active in a state campaign. The text references Margaret Huntley and Magnus John in unclear context.
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Hlamothiey Fint
Te University’ of
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Uthrough
Margaret H Huntley
Minneapolis
Magnus John
Washington society notes on three U.S. Senators pie hattle
Fragmentary obituary style item recounts bio scraps of Henry Davis and Davis Biking of West Virginia. Mentions widowhood, senate service, cabinet role, and small biographical details from birth to early 1900s, with unclear dates and names due to damaged text.
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Pie Hattle Davis
Washington
Dulleh
Henry
Grisenway
Davis
West Virginia
Senate
Harringn
Bhe
United States
Davie Biking
West’ Virginia
Henry Gassulway Davis
Baltimore
Jogt
Ohio
Cele Yean
Tayyer
Unl ‘Coal
We Va
Fashioning a Plump Woman Style for Modern Times
A Royal era article advises stout women to accept their shape and study fashion limits. It emphasizes realistic self awareness, grooming, hair, makeup, and coordinated outfits to achieve smartness, noting gray hair should be styled to suit a mature contour and suggesting short cuts or waves for volume and balance.
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The
Royal
Hair styling guide for long coats and back knot
The passage describes a mink Jachuette top as a feature of a long coat and offers hair styling tips. It explains tucking and pinning hair at the back to form a knot, using side strands as base when hair is heavy, and emphasizes three checks: prominent cheek bones guide where the hair sits, back ring alignment with head line, and a soft high top aligning with crown to create an egg-like profile from crown to chin.
Awakened Interest in Everything Spanish in Fashion
The premier of a new Spanish ballet has sparked widespread attention to Spanish fashion. Shawls in hibiscus red with large floral embroidery, a black background embroidered shawl, and white fringed Spanish flounces are showcased. A white satin gown with gathered flounces, velvet-like fabrics, and new glace velvet fabrics attract admirers of opera and haute couture.
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Atin
White Velvet Promises in Winter Fashion Revival
A fragmented account notes white velvet fabrics and rich draped garments returning to winter fashion. The piece mentions sapphire tones, red highlights, and cerise shades influencing gowns and luxurious wraps that complete ensembles.
Frock Highlighting Plaid Kasha Style and Pinelikaatia Cutout
A fashion note praises kasha type materials for street costumes. It highlights a frock exploiting chic plaid with a pinelikaatia cutout and border, featuring a black and green plaid foundation and a scarf collar that repeats the color note.
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Kasha
Paris Style Frock With Cashmere Trim and Cashmere Embroidered Flowers
A French origin gown described as a black taffeta frock with a black cashmere bodice adorned with heavy silk embroidered flowers. The skirt front features an opyon filet of taffeta and a cashmere inlay outlined in black stitching forming a pattern.
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Paris
Uamistaaly
Grays Rise in Hosiery Shades From Aliver to Carbon
The current hosiery trend shifts from browns to grays. New gray hues span aliver fog and the steel tone carbon.
Saint Anthony Retired Colonel Honored by Brazilian Regiment
A Brazilian regiment long under Saint Anthony as honorary colonel is renamed and placed on the retired list after three centuries of service. The salary once paid to the Little Sisters of the Poor is debated by the war minister who deems the Saint’s salary unnecessary. A comical communique notes the change in rank to general and retirement, amid public amusement.
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Saint Anthony
Little Sisters of the Poor
London
Brazil
Saint Anthony ‘of Padua
Gilded goggles protect eyes from furnace glare
Johns Hopkins associate professor Dr. A H Pfund introduces gilded glass goggles for workers near furnaces. Yellow glass coated with gold purportedly blocks light and heat while preserving clear vision, according to a Popular Science Monthly note.
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A. H. Pfund
Johns Hopkins ,University
Popular Science
Cuticura Advert Odds and a Wild Fox Tale
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap for pimples and blackheads with daily use reminders. In a separate item Mrs Solomon Barnhart of Connoquenessing PA reports a fox in her yard with a chicken, killed it, and the fox is identified as a long-missing neighbor's escaped pet with a worn collar and broken chain evidence.
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Fox
Solomon Barnhart
Connoquenessing Township
Pennsylvania
Impersonations and a Vacuum Cleaner Mimicry Gag
A playful exchange echoes a theater crowd’s curiosity about acting. A boastful impersonator offers to imitate anything and even a vacuum cleaner, followed by a challenge featuring a bloodhound and a humorous boast from the speaker.
Green's August Flower Remedy Advertisement
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a remedy for digestive disorders including nervousness sour stomach indigestion torpidity of the liver headaches and related symptoms. It claims a long record of forty eight years of excellence and popularity and notes availability in 80 and 90 cent bottles.
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Green
Toe Dancing Students Adapt To Hard-Toed Shoes
Toe dancing students grow accustomed to hard toed footwear through weeks of practice and muscle exercise. They hold onto bars for balance as they begin on the tools, with Lamb's wool in the toe to prevent callousing and use alcohol foot baths and massages to relax the toes.
Education and Earning Gap in Indiana and Iowa Farm Areas
A study finds tenant farmers with high school education in three Indiana and Iowa areas earn on average $526 more annually than those with only a common school education. College graduates earn about $079 more than those with a common schooling, highlighting the earnings boost from higher education among farm laborers.
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Indiana
Winds
Iowa
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