Eye color by gender and fashion notes in a magazine
An article surveys eye color statistics across Europe and America, noting blue eyes are rarer in women (32.2%) than men (44.6%). It discusses gray and brown eyes, mentions famous historical figures with gray or blue eyes, and adds fashion guidance on summer dress, fabrics, and modest home styling. It also offers child care tips and decorative trends.
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Europe
America
The
London Express
Minerva
Charlotte Bronte
George Eliot
Wilkie Collins
Charles Reade
Shakespeare
Coleridge
Byron
Charles
Lamb
Chatterton
Catherine of
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Nogvy
Sancho
Bulinea
Cervantes
Jane Eyre
Rose
Robert Elsmere
New Soft Binding for Summer Dresses Suits Gentle Hem Lines
Describes a new pliable binding for summer dress hems in pale Pongee color, superior to biscuit or yellowish bindings. It emphasizes avoiding abrasion to shoes, preventing scratching, and matching present dress styles without stiffness. Mentions alternatives like velveteen and wiry mo hair braid but favors the new binding.
Woman Appointed Manager in St. Louis Trust Firm
Mrs R Frost is named manager of the women’s department at a St. Louis trust association. She is among a few women on the bank’s regular staff. The firm serves about 6,000 women and may add more female staff if demand grows. In Japan an English woman reports mushrooms with oddly translated directions about nutrition and serving method.
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R. Graham Frost
Trust Association of
St. Louis
Frost
Japan
Mirage. By Graham R. Tomson
A poem contrasts a promised city described with milk-white dome and palm trees near a purple river with rising sand and burning sun. The speaker pursues the divine haven despite danger, acknowledging a harsh journey even after the goal seems gained.
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Graham R. Tomson
Christian Endeavor Special Train To Denver Convention
A special train will depart Chicago Tuesday July 7 at 10 30 p m via the Chicago and North Western Railway carrying En deavorers and friends to the International Convention in Denver. Pullman Standard and tourist sleeping cars free reclining chair cars and standard day coaches through without change. Round trip from Chicago only dollars with low rates from other points. For sleeping car reservations and illustrated itinerary address N M Breeze 435 Vine Street Cincinnati.
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Christian Endeavor
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Denver
Pullman
N. M. Breeze
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Bride’s Father Questions Now Marriage as Ceremony Says Done
In Indianapolis a bride and groom wed with a paper announcing the ceremony as completed. The bride’s father jokes about remarrying, while the groom responds with surprised chatter. The exchange hints at local humor surrounding a simple wedding note.
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Indianapolis
Girl Graduates Contest For Writing Desk Prize
The Commercial Tribune invites 1903 graduates to submit a practical essay on applying school knowledge. Essays must be up to 200 words and include the school of graduation. Contest closes July 2 with the winner announced July 5. Send to Editor Woman's Corner Cincinnati Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Woman’s Corner
Cincinnati
A Strange Crime for Mr Gryce Aboard
Detective Mr Gryce investigates a peculiar murder scene in a secluded city home. An amateur electrical setup powers color slides and a steel sliding door, trapping Gryce and an electrician as he pieces together why the victim Adams pursued odd mechanical devices and what hid behind a silent house.
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Mr. Gryce
Styles
Hines
Gryce
Mr. Adams
Mr. Hines
Evelyn
Market Basket Fresh Produce Mixed Prices
Beets sell for twenty five cents per dozen bunches while green onions and new potatoes show strong demand. Rhubarb pies are easy and cheap, home grown radishes look fresh, cantaloupes remain in good demand though priced high.
Wake Up Song for Summer Busy Garden Morning
The poem portrays a lively morning scene as birds, insects, farm life, and nature awaken. A sparrow and robin urge early rising while butterflies, bees, and dragonflies mingle with cows, hens, and clover. Crickets chirp as grasshoppers question why children sleep late.
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Robin Bright
Guimpe Dress for Girls Featured in Commercial Tribune
The fashion note describes a guimpe dress for girls in embroidered chambray with a bertha and straps forming the waist, a plaited back skirt, and a yoke. Fabrics suggested include pongee linen cottons and silk blends. Sizes 4 to 10 years, pattern 4464, material quantities listed, send ten cents to Fashion Editress.
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Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Lecture on Napoleon by B Mason at Park Street Church
B Mason secretary of the Freed and Southern Education Society will lecture tomorrow night at Park Street M E Church on Napoleon at Waterloo. Proceeds go toward helping the people of Gainesville Georgia.
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B. Mason
The
Freedand ‘Southern Education Society
Park Street M. E. Church
Napoleon
Waterloo
Gainceville, Ge
Escape Through a Steel Barrier in a Remarkable Room
Mr Gryce and Styles attempt to escape from a room sealed by a steel barrier. Gryce whistles and knocks, but it takes an hour to attract attention and five hours to create an opening large enough to slip through, illustrating the barrier's firm fixation.
Merryweather Family Heads to Maine Coast for Summer
Mr and Mrs Merryweather and Miss Mildred have gone to the Maine coast for the summer. Mr and Mrs Joseph Joseph moved into their remodeled Forest Avenue home. Miss Grace Boswell joined her parents at Gratiot Beach Michigan.
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Rss
Grace Boswell
Mrs
George Boswell
Gratiot Beach, Mich
East End Bay Missing Boy Reported By Parents
Garrie Naylor aged 14 from 2016 Fastern Avenue is missing from home since last Saturday. parents notified police yesterday about the disappearance.
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East End Bay
Garrie Naylor
Fastern Avenue
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Holmes Kingsley Longfellow
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