Dames and Daughters: Notable Women Across U S Cities
A roundup highlights Mrs. Tillie Schaunerer of St. Louis who walks in her sleep. Florence King of Chicago seeking associate judge post. Mrs. Frank Rowell of Boston aged 104 and well. Mrs. Agnes Hovenor Timme Milwaukee baseball club owner and opera student. Mrs. Harriet Adams from Stockton with vast Latin American travel and coverage of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Schaunerer
St. Louis
Florence King
Chicago
Frank Rowell
Boston
Agnes Hovenor Timme
Milwaukee Baseball Club
Harriet C. Adams
Stockton
Cal
United States
Central
South America
War era fashion trims hint at European influence
Fashion notes describe fall styles in mens hats and women’s war influenced dress trends. Reports compare American restraint and gaiety to European chic as dressmakers adapt military trims and Belgian, Austrian, and moujik fabrics to reflect a conflicted global mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Europe
Washington Star
Detroit Free Press
Current Comment Snapshot From Historic Newspapers
A compilation of quotes from London Saturday Review Cleveland Plain Dealer Philadelphia Inquirer and New York World reflecting views on the constitution trade prospects cotton and postal savings. The remarks emphasize optimism optimism in national affairs and concerns about funds diverted from business into postal savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ficely
4America
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sharp
Philadelphia Inquirer
Uncle Sam
New York World
Royal figures and royal rooms in historic context
The Belgians' queen trained as a nurse by her father’s wish. the English queen collects Wedgwood pottery with a Windsor Castle room devoted to the ware. The title King of the Wends and Goths appears in the form used by Sweden and Denmark. Mecklenburg grand dukes are Wends' princes, and the German emperor is duke of the Wends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedgwood
Windsor Castle
Sweden
Denmark
Mecklenburg
Strelitz
Tales of Cities and Urban Growth Facts
Chicago to spend 400000 on Grant Park improvements. Los Angeles eyes 1000 population gain in 1915. Philadelphia urged to municipal street cleaning, currently run by private firm. Buenos Aires tripled population in twenty years, largest city south of equator and Spanish speaking world, Paris outranks it in western world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grant Park
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Buenos Aires
Paris
German Gleanings Submarine Term and War Era Data
German terms a submarine is unter seeboot. A year ago agriculture employed 7,732,472 Germans. In 1913 the German merchant marine tonnage was 4,576,355. Before the war the German population was about 67,812,000. Kiel is the chief naval station in the Baltic with a naval training school, a royal palace, and a university.
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German Empire
Kiel
Baltic
Fact Fragments on France and Colonies
A compressed survey notes France and its colonies cover 4 372 000 square miles. It states France has twenty tobacco factories and that the Seine river system links Rouen with a region equal to one fifth the area and one third the population of France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Seine
Rouen
Beauty Tips From A Retro Household Page
The article offers old fashioned grooming guidance. It advises nail polishing direction fingernails rub ross not up and down and warns eyebrows and eyelashes trimming causes stiff hairs. Forehead wrinkle reduction should use rotary movements toward the temples. Frequent blinking supposedly worsens crow’s feet. Oatmeal bag in bath water softens water for cleansing.
Sires and Sons in World Leadership Circles
Portraits of prominent figures reflect wartime shifts in diplomacy and governance. Earl Kitchener would have become viceroy of India if not for war. John Burns resigns over policy. Robert P. Skinner rises as American consul general in London with a career since 1897. Arthur Bailly-Blanchard named minister to Haiti after Tokyo service. Alexis Carrel leads a Paris hospital for wounded, while Leopold Berchtold directs Austrian foreign policy with a passion for horse racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kitchener
India
John Burns
British
England
Robert P. Skinner
London
Ohio
Marseilles
France
Hamburg
Berlin
Arthur Bailly-Blanchard
United States
Haiti
Tokyo
Japan
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Paris
Leopold Berchtold
Austria-Hungary
Arpadhalon
Quotes and quips from editorials on figures in news
A string of newspaper snips mocks public figures and diplomats. The Philadelphia Ledger weighs a nickname for Rustem Bey. The Indianapolis Star jokes about Castro and peace. The Buffalo Express laments Lady Wantage’s claim to her name. The Philadelphia piece questions Sir Lionel Carmien’s diplomatic renown. The Manchester Union critiques Governor Elect Curtis’s hair splitting.
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Rustem Bey
Philadelphia Ledger
Castro
Indianapolis Star
Lady Wantage
England
Buffalo Express
Lionel Carmien
Philadelphia Press
Elect Curtis
Maine
Manchester Union
Fragmented quotes hint at crossborder tales and wartime speculation
The clippings cite fringe comments from New York World and Chicago News about drink laws across Mason Dixon line and a proposed ABC mediation in Europe. References to Abyssinia Bulgaria and China appear alongside notes on a British inventor making glass and a digressive remark about Nat Goodwin’s former wives in wartime.
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Mason and Dixon
New York World
Europe
ABC
Abyssinia
Bulgaria
China
Chicago News
Philadelphia Ledger
Nat Goodwin
Town Topics Across Cities Highlight Port and Transport Foreshadowed Shifts
City papers contrast local initiative with federal action on port facilities. St. Louis fears auto speeders and pirates while Chicago and Philadelphia are noted for growth and harbor aspirations. The New York Sun and Chicago News cite regional competition and commerce trends.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Chicago
St. Louis
New York Sun
Chi ‘Ago
New Harbor
Chi‘ago
War Echoes and War Tax Blues Across Nations
Quotes from Louisville Courier Journal Cleveland Plain Dealer Indianapolis News and Iowa state papers comment on war rhetoric and its human cost. They note sport of kings parable, paring moral claims with the carnage abroad and the toll on widows as nations face prolonged conflict.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Cleve
Plain Dealer
Belgium
Indianapolis News
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hardy and Society Note Authors in Quiet Pursuit
The article highlights Thomas Hardy's hobby of studying old church music. It also profiles Miss F Tennyson Jesse, Alfred Tennyson's grandniece, gaining recognition in letters. Rose Hartwick Thorpe, author of Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight, now lives in San Diego and has renewed literary activity with a new poetry collection.
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Thomas Hardy
F. Tennyson Jesse
Alfred Tennyson
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
San Diego
Cal
Army Geld guns mounted for aircraft defense plan
The text notes Geld guns to be mounted for use against airplanes. It lists numbers about the sacred thirteen, Mexican and Yucatan beliefs, and cites the 1910 census showing 6,861,502 farms covering 878,708,000 acres valued at about $41 billion.
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United States
Yucatan
Humorous Slice of Early 20th Century Quotations and Jokes
A collage of brief jokes and witticisms from various papers features banter about opera conductors, domestic mishaps, and social foibles. Notable lines include remarks on efficiency, charity, and stock phrases, with references to Huckleberry finery and interracial mores of the era.
Quotidien Bits From Old Newspapers
A collage of quips and brief remarks from various papers notes humorous clashes with language. The snippets reference cartoons, puns, and social misprints from Baltimore American New York Mail Indianapolis Star Detroit Free Press Kansas City Journal Washington Star New York Times Judge Cincinnati Enquirer New York Evening Sun.
First Sign of Spring Seed Catalogue Opens The Year
Town notes list Mrs. Anton Hower and daughter in Hagerstown, dinners hosted by Mr and Mrs Roy Clingman, and the sick man Christopher Bortsfield of Jackson township. Milton items mention Wissler at Martinsville and Mrs Warren's social events. roll call by Osage Haymakers No. 2, Jeff Kirkwood's fiftieth anniversary party, and various family visits and club meetings across the area.
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Anton Hower
Hagerstown
Christopher Bortsfield
Jackson Township
Adam Bortsfield
Osage Haymakers Association No
Jeff Kirkwood
South Third Street
Kimmel
Bentonville
College Corner
Ohio
A. R. Kirkwood
Jefferson Kirkwood
Harriet Swafford
Peter Martz
Dublin
Mrs. Kirkwood
Worda
Colbert Crownover
Kingen
Greenfield
Mary Walker
North of
Messrs
and Mesdaimes John Ingermann
Ott Crownover
Greeley Keever
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Fashion Frills
London Saturday Review
the Royal Box
Tales of
Sires and Sons
Pert Personals
Mrs. Clayton
Paul
Mr. Clayton
Emma
Puck
Maud
Yonkers Statesman
Old Fogg
Cincinnati Enquirer
Spokane
Bill
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nitza
Mitrovitza
Podgoritza
Charity
Boston Transcript
Tess
Jess
Mrs. Box
Johnnie
Maria
Baltimore American
Ajax
New York Mail
Naggsby
Waggsby
Kansas City Journal
Bill Jones
Baltimore
Howell
Powell
New York Times
New York Evening Sun
Hoosier
Richmond, Ind
Roy Clingman
James Clingman and Sons
Earl and
Theodore of
Milton
Frank Ozborn
Clarence Ingerman
Tribune
Pennville
Harriet Menk
Dayton
Jacob Wickes
Indianapolis
Walter and
Herbert Jacobs
Ed Jacobs
F. M. Torrence
Geo
Sam Biser
W. P. Richardson
Cora Hebbler
Esther Teake
Richmond
Roy Hebbler
Frank Lutes
Wm. Cadwell
Orpha Jester
Fortville
Chris Rush
John Conklin
Husband
Sally Rothermel
Penny Club
Martin Rodenberg
Jesse Rodenberg
Harry Rodenberg
Earl Davenport
Marjorie
John Druley
Sarah J. Harvey
J. L. McDaniel
Christian Slonaker
Will Rothermel
John
Charlie
Industrial Club
H. A. Compton
Victoria Liehty
Klotz
Lutes
China Rush
Will Wissler
Martinsville
R. J. Cornell
Covington, Ky
Clara Westhafer
Fast Chicago
Dora Wallace
Minneapolis
Mrs. Bellknap
Clinton Henry
Paul Bousman
Purdue
Ben Doddridge
Chas. Ferguson
Houston
Texas
Phoenix
Arizona
Mesdames
Frank Welderie
Evansville
Ed. Baker
Chas. Wymer
Connersville
Adam Sneyder
Lillian DuGramut
Delmar Doddridge
Louis Johnson
Harry Ganse
Serena Hoshour
Helen Shafer
KR. W. Warren
Albert Wallace
George Wagner
Anna Millhouse
Mildred Warren
D. H. Warren
Nora Doddridge
Walker
Clarence Langston
North of Dublin
Chas. Hale
W P. Moore
Walter Templin
Ernest Doty
L. A. Bragg
Carrie Johnson
Verne Bragg
Johnson
Lafayette
Louis
Cary Club
R. F. Callaway
Malinda Barton
Jessie Lantz
Maude Hussey
Nellie Jones
Harry Doty
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