Little Vera Giannini Opens Hearts to Tornado Relief
The nine year old Vera Giannini in South St Louis started a relief drive after a tornado disaster. She raised forty dollars from her own silver pieces and divided the funds between two widows who lost furniture and clothing. She refused to name the beneficiaries to spare their feelings.
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Kittie Diet
Mm Angel
St.agotenia
Faust
Vera
Anfferera
South St. Louis
Cincinnati Post
Folding kite from France imitates umbrella design
A New York Sun description details a French folding bow kite with an 80 inch upright stick and two light steel ribs forming the bow. Braces attach to a sliding metal band on the stick, held by a metal button. Muslin coverings come in red or blue with a cord tail and colored fabric tags, plus a small ballast bag.
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France
New York Sun
West Virginia girl asks governor’s wife for doll aid
In Malden Kanawha County West Virginia 13 year old Tressie Hudnall writes Mrs. Bushnell wife of Ohio Governor Bushnell requesting a doll for a Christian Endeavor bazaar. Mrs Bushnell responds sending a beautiful doll to the author.
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Bushnell
Ohio
West Virginia
Marden
W. Va
Mrs. BushNell
Tressie Hudnall
Malden
Kanawha County
Christian Endeavor Society
Grasshopper Plays Tag. Crickets Laugh Then Move On
A grasshopper plays tag with crickets near a fence. He trips and falls, but remounts quickly. The crickets laugh at him, while Logeres warns him it’s time to stop. A passing squirrel taunts the grasshopper about biting his nose as the scene continues.
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Logeres
New Orleans Picayune
Mabel’s Curious Quest About Her Own Babyhood
A brief anecdote shows Mabel repeatedly questioning her smother about childhood memories. Her patient mother answers, describing babyhood in glowing terms, prompting Mabel to hug herself and exclaim she would have liked to hold herself as a child.
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Mabel
Neighbor’s girl named Consuelo sparks odd remark
A quotation from the New York Times has Herbert asking about a girl’s unusual name Consuelo. He dismissively contrasts with more common names like Venezuela or Nicaragua, provoking his mother’s retort.
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Herbert
Consuelo
Venezuela
Nicaragua
New York Times
The Leather Tire Controversy and Leather Tire Prospects
The American Cyclist notes leather outer covering tires would ride hard and lack rubber like elasticity at contact, risking poor wet durability. It acknowledges leather tires may be manufactured soon and promises interest in their practical use.
Insomniac Sermons and Queens in History
A compilation of anecdotes on sleep during sermons with refs to Archbishop Paris and King Charles II, followed by Mill’s remarks on women in governance. It notes how priests used tactics to keep crowds awake and how female rulers, though few, often showed strong leadership and contrasting traits.
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Sraller
John Stuart Mill
Leonard breaks university honor record for a woman
Miss Alice Leonard daughter of the late Captain Henry R Leonard of Hopkins Street Cincinnati wins top honors at McMicken University for four year excellence breaking a long time tradition of male winners. She will deliver an oration at commencement joining the four top students with her high standing and she previously earned a gold medal in mathematics at Hughes High School in 1892.
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Alice Leonard
Henry R. Leonard
Hopkins Street
McMicken University
Uni
Miss Leonard
Convention in Louisville Showcases Young Page Corps
An attractive feature of the Women's clubs convention in Louisville was its page and usher corps. Small girls aged 10 to 14 wore white outfits with mortarboard hats while older women served as ushers and officiated.
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Louisville
Corps of Ushers and Pages
Be of good courage and fight for God and His land
The lesson recounts Joab and Abishai leading Israel against Syrians and Ammonites, urging courage as they rely on God. It links their victories to divine aid and warns that strength without faith fails, while faithful submission promises victory and peace in the Lord.
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Abishai
Joab
David
Zeruiah
I Chron Il
ID Sam
Asahel
Abner
Saul
God
Joshua
Nehemiah
Jerusalem
Israel
Jesus Christ
Pharaoh
Sennacherib
Christ
Jesus
Michigan represents at Washington with large delegation
The University of Michigan is represented in Washington by 15 representatives and 4 senators, more than any other college or university in the country.
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University of Michigan
Washington
Cycling Jokes and Century Old Quips
A collage of era humor about bicycles from Yonkers to Boston. Jokes poke at riders mechanics and ministers while a Branson centenarian is noted and mockingly questioned about his wheel. The piece reflects playful takes on cycling from multiple newspapers.
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Yonkers Statesman
Oata
Wichita Eagle
Tirer—Trixer
Ryder
New York Press
Cleveland
Washington Post
Branson
Garlick
Hy Geer
Ixion
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boston Transcript
The Factor of Safety in Modern Bicycles
The Boston Transcript notes bicycle frames carry low safety margins, sometimes as small as 1.25, unlike guns boilers bridges and other machines. It explains why top bicycle makers run strict testing departments to prevent miscalculations or material defects from entering wheel construction.
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Boston Transcript
Bicycles on trains and Virginia women in office
A Washington Times note predicts bicycles on trains with a special baggage car as a future need and cites France as an example. A Richmond report declares that no woman may hold public office in Virginia, citing constitutional rules on voting eligibility and women's suffrage.
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H. P. Alvord
New York
France
Washington Times
Richmond
Virginia
John E. Massey
Fanny , Bagby
West Point
O’ferrall
Scott
State Board of Education
Massey
Woman’s Journal
Prominent Georgia Campaigner Mrs Felton Profiles in Politics
A portrait of Mrs. Felton wife of Hon W H Felton of Georgia is described as 40 years old with vigor and white hair. She has campaigned for twenty years and is a noted White Ribbon activist and manager at the World’s Fair. Also noted is Mrs General John A Logan as another political spouse. A New York lung specialist prescribes raw eggs in milk with strong foods to treat consumption.
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Felton
W. H. Felton
Georgia
England
New York
Middlesex
Harrison VP. Willis
Marlborough
Will of Marlborough
Augustus Wiggot
Broad Street
Simon H. Howe
Said Howe
Julian Boudreau
Said Boudreau
John Blanchard
Said Blanchard
Adeline R Willis
Sudbury
Sudbury Mass
Jonas 8. Hunt
Summer Goods Offer Ladies Belts and Sterling Items
A local merchant advertises new belts in latest patterns with accessories such as belt pins shirt waist sets side combs hat pins and other fittings plus a complete Sterling line including watches clocks and rings. A call is encouraged for details.
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Vera Giannini
Father Andra
Paris
Sydney Smith
Whitehall
Charles II
Goelden
D. M. Stearns
Michigan University
Puritana
Fred M. Burroughs
N. Bores & Co
Boston
Lincoln St
Charlestown
Concord
H.p.n.dahl
Riverside Block
Maynard
Ernest C.thompson
Mary C. Jewett
County of Middlesex
South District
Littleton
County of
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Magog Pound
Loretta N. M. Durkee
Said Durkee
Durkee
North Sudbury
Mass
Elizabeth Coughlin
Abel B. Jones
Daniel Coughlin
Thomas J. Santor
Hugh H. McGrail
Thomas Hillis
Maynard Mass
H. P. N. Dahl
Maynard, Mass
The
Roadster
Lufkin
H. Hapgood
STOW
Columbias
Columbia
Hartford
Tottles, Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
Acton, Maynard
Stow and
Probate Court
T. F. Sheehan
Barrett’ S Mill Road
Concord Junction
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
WM. ©. Hale
Maynard ST
Acron
Hapgood
Anterprise
Horace Tuttle
W. A.cunningham
Josh Randles
Fletcher’s Corner
South Acton
Walden Street
J. C. Friend
Loc
James R. Bent
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