Beware of tainted bargains and unsafe clothing
A wary notice highlights dangers in bargain shopping and tainted goods. It notes cheaply made clothing can be unsafe or morally questionable and urges buyers to demand guarantees. The warning mentions risks from smuggling, unscrupulous merchants, and tenement factory products like baby underwear.
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New York City
East Side
New York
Kalamazoo
Topeka
Richmond
Savannah
Customs Office
Nottingham
China
National Consumers’ League
League
The Bargains That Cost More Than They Seem
Mrs. Nathan and other reformers warn that bargain hunting can harm workers and public health. They classify bargains by ethical risk and urge labels proving clean, well paid factory conditions.
Demand Creates Supply in Sweatshop Garment Trade
The essay argues that consumer demand drives supply, and buying garments from sweatshops fuels poor pay and degradation. It urges shoppers to insist on knowing production methods and merchant accountability to ensure fair wages and ethical manufacturing practices.
Ideal Friendship and the Transfer of Knowledge
A reflection on enduring intellectual bonds between aged mentors and younger scholars in science literature or art. Private friendships sustain the tradition of sound thinking and great doing across generations, more than public achievements alone.
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Philip Gilbert Hamerton
A Title to Heaven Worth More Than Earthly Honors
A pious sentiment asserts that spiritual achievement outweighs earthly titles, valuing heavenly rewards above fame or status. The saying emphasizes humility and the primacy of faith over worldly distinction.
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Heaven
Earth
Building a Round Concrete Silo Construction Guide
A detailed guide explains materials for a 16 foot diameter 30 foot high silo wall thickness from bottom to top. It covers cement, crushed stone, sand quantities, steel rod placement, mold mechanics, bolt action, and lifting methods to prevent cracking during construction.
Efficient Granary Handling with Portable Elevators
The article argues for using portable grain elevators to move corn and wheat efficiently. It explains lifting 1000 bushels of corn as a 35 ton task and 1000 bushels of wheat as 30 tons, then promotes installing a conveying system along the building’s top for easy delivery into bins. It notes benefits during threshing and corn husking by reducing back breaking hand labor and describes a permanent conveyor setup that deposits grain into any bin.
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Northwestern Agriculturist
Cultivation of the Apple Orchard Practices for orchard soil and crop rotation
The article argues for clean cultivation of apple orchards similar to corn, with occasional vegetable matter to improve soil. It suggests interplanting small fruits between rows, growing corn on rich land with space for trees, and using rye or clover to reduce erosion. Crop rotation is encouraged to fit individual conditions and needs.
Pigs need room. pasture preferred over crowded pens
A note argues against crowding pig litters in feeding pens. It says pigs and sows require ample space and that pasture is now the best place for them to run.
Kidney Pills Claim Dramatic Cure for Emma Shirley
Miss Emma Shirley of Killbuck Ohio writes that kidney disease caused severe headaches and weakness. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills she reportedly recovered, gained weight, and says twelve boxes cured her and saved her life. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York at 50 cents a box.
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Emma Shirley
Killbuck
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
How He Got a Verdict Breach of Promise Case
A defendant testified he kissed the plaintiff almost every evening at her house and admitted the act. The lawyer pressed, the defendant confessed it but claimed necessity to keep her from singing. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant without leaving their seats.
Little PitchersDialogue About Dinner Plans and Seas Over
Tommy questions Mr. Smith about not boarding the ocean steamer. Guest wonders why the dinner invitation was made, recalling mamma’s concern that Mr. Smith would be seasick after papa mentioned the invitation.
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Tommy
Mr. Smith
Mamma
Papa
Fashion House News Rejects Easter Special Gowns
Mrs. Osborn of New York argues in The Delineator that Easter fashion should move away from dress carnivals. She urges women to dress for comfort and personal inclination, stressing practical, long lasting garments over conspicuous seasonal gowns. The piece, cited by the New York Press, links style to individual taste and modern restraint.
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Frederick Nathan
United States
Consumers’ League of
New York City
Nathan
Woman's Municipal League
Congress of Liberal Religions
Southern Library Fund
Jewish Council of Women
Mrs. Osborn
New York
Delineator
New York Press
Self-made men clash in genteel tea room banter
A club tea scene unfolds as a speaker boasts about a self-made husband, words punctuated by pastiche curls and playful jests. The room erupts in hearty applause as the exchange ends with a knowing smile and light humor.
Memory Bells: Delicate glass toys tied to sweethearts
Memory bells are toys given by Japanese youths to their sweethearts. They are made of glass slips poised to tinkle at the slightest vibration, with the delicate sound serving as a reminder of the giver.
How He Did It In Stormington Barns Tale
Stormington Barns recalls lifting a stage with a freight elevator in a carriage factory. Walker Tights joins by noting his work beside the modus operandi. The exchange frames a reminiscence of technical lifting and assembly in a bygone workshop.
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Stormington Barns
Walker Tights
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller With Foot-Ease
Allen's Foot Ease offers a cure for swollen sweating hot and aching feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Trial package free. Address A Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Aerial Greyhounds or Sky Terriers Here Soon
Dialog hints at new air ships nicknamed aerial greyhounds or sky terriers. The exchange weighs how the public might label futuristic aircraft and their swift, slender design.
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Mrs. Maud Nathan
Joseph LB. Bowles
Walt Whitmat
Pei Trec EY
ABC Ker
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