The Passing of the Athletic Girl
Belle M. Sherman notes the athletic girl’s decline as fashion shifts toward lace and chiffon. She argues the athletic fad harmed trade and romance, citing shopkeepers and designers embracing new stage heroines while the summer girl becomes a distant memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle M. Sherman
Abe
Ike
Paris
London
Berlin
du Barry
Dolly Varden
Harry Scarfs
Fnablon Ag
Haberdasher
Collier’s Weekly
The Real Hobo What He Is and How He Lives
Charles Ely Adams offers a portrait of hobos showing literacy, routines, and daily life. He rises early to work ten hours a day, bathes, reads, and trades magazines with fellow travelers, gaining world awareness through newspapers and occasional letters and discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobo
Jessie
Orela
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Faulty Grading in Our Public Schools
William J. Shearer argues reforming grading to honor individual pupil differences. He criticizes uniform grade levels that slow faster learners and overburden the average student, calling current practices unjust and harmful to talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Shearer
What is a modern newspaper and its public role
A 1910s-era viewpoint portrays the newspaper as a community handyman and public watchdog. It argues the paper touches every life facet from cradle to grave and acts as a busy, useful agency though sometimes dishonest, yet essential for transparency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
Mileb
Henter
Council
Tiader
Mary Didley and Dick Jerram's strained reunion in war aftermath
Dick Jerram, wounded in the Boer War, loses hope of office work and faces financial hardship. Mary Dudley inherits £20,000 and contemplates marriage to Sir Tarver Brown. Dick writes a parting, prideful letter to Mary, returns to Ludgate Hill, and in a later fevered moment is reunited with his mother and the girl he loves, who reveals her continued affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice Jerram
Carrington Brothers
Ncklerton
Mary Dudley
Big Mary
Harold
Brayahaw
Mary
Tarver Brown
Jerram
Ernest Carrington
Jorram
Terram
Paul
Ludgate Hill
Tincernalle
King’s Arm Inn
Nellerton
Ricitard
Devonshire Road
Barker
Jane
Dudley
St. Paul's Church Yard
Tomart
Stern
Netterton
Efcr
Hig Ups
Sinling
Aid
Vick
Parver Brown
Seriou
Chicago-Record-Herald
Arthur A. Schneider
Chicago
Albert Edward Tower
Pough- Keepaie
Mary Towne Bogardus
Clay
New Cumberland
W. Va
John Dickerson
Roe
Jack Dyer
Vanceburg
Sherman Dyer
Berry Donahue
Luttrell, Tenn
Johnstown
William J. White
Board of Public Works
San Francisco
Cal
New York State
Astoria
Common Pleas Court
Cambridge
Ohio
McCann
Louisville
Morris County
Mies
Kate—Beerine
Acreaker
Trini
Col Ras Svithout
Miedickety
Elizabeth Chase Ingalls
Senator Ingalls
Haverhill
Mass
E. White
Indianapolis
Ind. E
Fashion Notes and Travel Plans Amid Postwar Interests
The column surveys garments for women and children including lace collars and caps, praises athletic culture in Anglo-Saxon nations, and highlights Mrs Emma Colclough’s Africa travel study. It also threads a social vignette of a working mother and her push through crowded streets seeking aid for her children.
Drowned Outbursts At Crowded Scene
Witnesses describe a chaotic moment as a crowd surged and drowned out imprecations near a New York scene, with police attempting crowd control and bystanders reacting to the tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queen Alexandra’s push to revive the English hat industry and social notes
The item notes Queen Alexandra’s efforts to revive the English str hat trade, mentions Hannah Barrett and her aged father, and highlights various society anecdotes from Vienna, Chicago, and Los Angeles. It references dress reform talk in Austria, a Tyrol stationmaster post, and philanthropic acts by Mrs Armitage Forbes. It also covers American women’s enterprise and social commentary on female influence and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Alexandra
Mrao Hannah Barrett
General Washington
Valley Forge
Boston
Alice Morton
Chicago
Austria
Vupian
Tyrol
Mra. Armitage 8
C. Forbes
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary van Dyck
Mary
Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Haly
Erithe Carducch
Catherines the Great
Russia
Diderot
Fashion Notes and Historic Print Anecdotes
A garbled fashion column describes various trim trends such as Irish crochet lace and silk belts, followed by a long aside on a 19th century newspaper printing saga. It recounts how a Cold War era editor printed on handkerchiefs during a paper shortage, plus a brief note on Marconi and wireless telegraphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BI. Pos
Central of Georgia
San
Powers
Dell Rapids
Exponent
Railroad Trae
wAugusty
Quips on Belief and Heredity From Era Headlines
A fragmentary quotation montage cites lines about vanity and conviction from the Washington Star and a joke on heredity from Meredity and the New York Times. It appears as a clipped page note rather than a full article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Puck and Press Gags in a Riot of Qubits and Quips
A collage of snappy remarks and cartoonish dialogue from various papers. Sharp wits comment on politics, manners, love, and sport through quick exchanges and playful asides. The snippets reveal social banter and light satire across periodical chatter.
Singapore a Thriving Colony
On the island of Singapore, once jungle, England now governs a colony of about 600000 inhabitants. The city hosts hotels, yachts, and millionaires, with fifty steamship lines, a bustling mail office handling 000,000 pieces yearly, miles of docks, and a revenue of 2.5 million from taxes, stamps, port dues, and postage. Despite cosmopolitan pop, a small police and garrison secure life and property as in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Jungie
England
Heore
Ita ‘Dustoffice
New York
Sun
Minor Events Of The Week From Across The World
A roundup of international notes includes Roosevelt approving court martial sentences for cruelty in the Philippines and disapproving an acquittal. Bragg's recall or transfer over Cuban criticism. a $10,000 gift for a Catholic mission house. various court and political moves. labor strikes in Manila. assassinations and accidents in the United States. and overseas tensions from Europe to the Caribbean with leadership changes and natural events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Glenn
Guajot
Cook
Bragg
Havane
Catholic Missionary Union
Apostolic Mission House
Shaw
Treasury Department
Hanols Taylor
Forter
Spain
Wase
Department of Justice
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Minols
Christiania
Luzon
Manila
Mindanao
Philippines
United States
Civil Service Commission
Postal Service
San Juan
Ross Douglass
Cebu
P. 1
Balfour
St. Vincent
George Wynodham
Ireland
House of Commons
Trinidad
Paris
Cardinal Ledochowski
Congregation of
The
Roman Catholic Propaganda
Rome
Edward
aArchibald W.maconochle
ML 1
J. P. Morgan
Choate
Mr. Westinghouse
Thomas Lipton
la Trappe
Wee
Owlny
National Assembly
Commission de Mained
Costa Rica
Lord Roberts
Sandhurst College
Chamberliin von Morawsh
Wiliam
Posen
Hin
Last Thuders of Battery House at Bound Brook
Reports describe the removal of the last remains of Battery House or Lincoln’s headquarters at Bound Brook dated April 13 during General Lincoln’s fight with the British. The structure, over 150 years old, stood at the town’s main street and faced repeated arson attempts by a hermit tenant, old Joh Weir, who is now homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamar Enghne
SS Jenks
Hammersmith
England
Massachusetts
John Mwarvard
Lyne
Jenks
America
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New England
Boston
Lim
Joseph Jeukes
Hintoria House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Ely Adams
New York News
Mary Didley
Wiis
Uttic
Brackshaw Woods
Pretoria
Firstamerican
Samuel Richardson
Boswell
John
Cervantes
Dante Defoe
John Locke
Milton
Samuel Johnson
Critiels
Miguel
2 Nation
R. Winton Perry
Win
Central Africa
Emma Shaw Colelough
Providence
I. 1
Alasta
Great Lakes
Tudison Hay Cominy
Klondike
Luwall
Porto Rico
Na- Homil Geographiea! Society
Hig
Arco
Mombasa
Uganda
Lake Vie
Baeble
Noelue
Bealdes
Peiltel
Polleemin
Wat
Marconi's
Benng
Itvunor
Marconi
Aony
Selentine Bretigven
London Express
Maycgal
Finn
Iabors
Washington Star
Edith
Rifts
Edgar
Puck
Dorn
Clara
Iter
Stade
New York Journal
Warningtonatems
Edinburgh
Scotland
Hatti
Firman
Soren
Chile
Cocos Island
Pacific
Venezuela
Castro
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Wilson Russell
Morgan Shipping Combine
News OF the
Aaron Moore
Jacob de Gra
Little Falle
Fhat
Stewart
Colonel Barbour
Congress
Moore
Weld
Samuel Rowand
Charlotte
Bertrue Rowand
William Loper, Jr
Wiliam Loper
Tundee Mulford
Bridgeton
William Laper
Essex County
Essex County Board of Asexaurs
Newark
George Plum
Cigic
Ralway
Vineland Larryer
Newfield
Willing Tucker
North Mineland
Jol Expy
Caldwell
Ernest Bush
Anarchiat MacQueen
Wilf MacQueen
Paterson
Philip Geyer
Haledon
Geyer
Robert
Cuno Tmm Hist
Joseph McGraw
E—S—Higersoltn
Salem Baseball Club
Friends Burying Ground
Pedricktown
Hamesboro
Cape May
Andrew Gilbert
Glassboro
Paula
Charles Filer
Sillah
George Hancock
Canton
Hiwu
Woodbury
Wiliamstown
Clarksboro
Schoolhouse Yard
United States Fish Commission
Maine
Sol Wmt
Alpe
Ips
Switzerland
Western Alps
Fastern Alps
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