Unclear excerpts reflect London English and varied notes
A collage of snippets includes Anglo London phrases on English as spoken, a landlady misunderstanding, a home run by generous women, engineer Mile Bandurin in St. Petersburg, a New York Negro Business Men league delegate’s wealth, sun heat poses, and a quip about marriage finances.
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Mile. Bandurin
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Women’s Technological Institute
St. Petersburg
Army Co-Operative Society
Neva
Mportant
Negro Business Men's League
New York
Neat house frocks and smart aprons for dainty housekeepers
The piece highlights affordable fashionable house dresses and work aprons for women, noting attractive ready made models in empire styled house gowns. It describes the house maid apron with a shaped flounce and large pockets, and suggests fabrics like dimity and checked muslin for waiter wear. It also covers child nutrition tips and a pink silk evening gown trimming with roses.
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Holland
Fashion notes reveal aprons trend with trim and color
The piece describes bust outlines and pockets on aprons with flounces and colored piping in blue red or white on brown and tan linens. It notes elaborate muslin trims with ribbons and lace and gaudy handkerchiefs for nonwork sewing aprons, highlighting a trend toward decorative wear.
Mothers Don’t Let Yourself Grow Old in Feelings
A mother’s emotional distance harms her children. Do not pretend to be a chum or magnify trifles. Avoid chronic fault finding, as it destroys love and pushes kids away from home. Encourage confidence with clear, supportive guidance.
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America
Keeping Neckwear Spotlessly White and Other Domestic Notes
A guide advises whitening Irish crochet collars with hot water and careful rinsing, a touch of bluing, and sun drying. It covers silk gloves and stockings to prevent yellowing, plus a note on an unconventional reservoir hat patter. Uncle Jack visits after a bout of whooping cough and recalls boyhood play with Indians and hoops.
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Jack
Morality and Duty to Neighbors in Stevenson Quotation
A compact reflection on moral duty inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson. The speaker links happiness for others to personal responsibility, emphasizing neighborly care and ethical conduct in daily life.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Easily Made Bath Seat
Instructions describe building a simple bath seat from wood about ten to twelve inches wide and one inch thick. The seat extends beyond the tub edges by two or three inches and is secured with two wooden blocks and screws to prevent slipping, allowing it to be placed on or removed from the bath.
Rested coat uses tarpet and sailcloth remnant for lining
A fragment describes a coat design using a tarpet strip across the center secured underneath with tacks, with a sailcloth remnant as suitable lining material. It notes that a half yard is sufficient and the setup takes little space when not needed.
Ecru Neckties and Fancy Lace Trends in Summer Mix
A column notes fashion notes on ecru neckwear and delicate lace trims becoming popular in Paris and Philadelphia. It mentions steam baths for lace whitening, affordable tailoring for the well dressed man, and a humorous aside on a Philadelphian banker’s son earning a modest income. A San Pedro style definition of a swimming hole is also given.
Zola Granted Pantheon Honor After Dreyfus Controversy
The article traces Emile Zola’s posthumous Pantheon burial in Paris, noting a single letter and the Dreyfus affair delayed his honor by ten years. It highlights his works, the J accuse letter, the defamation sentence, and public applause when read in court. Zola’s death by coal gas suffocation in 1902 is referenced as the cause.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Pantheon
Westminster Abbey
France
Zola
L'Assommoir
Pascal
Lourdes
Rome
J'accuse
Dreyfus
Zala
Seine
Wireless drums link Batetela villages seven miles apart
An ancient African use of drum signals by the Batetela enables messages to be heard up to seven miles away. The craft involves shaping a wooden hollow drum with a long narrow opening and careful interior finishing to transmit code responses across villages.
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Africa
Johannesburg
Nist
Offe
Sani Bell
Trogen
Signaling Drums Across Africa and Odd Reads
A fragmented collage describes a signaling drum used in Africa with three notes per side and a syllabic alphabet for messages. Additional bits touch on remote hearing, a post office incident, Andean depths, railway danger humor, and cultural notes on women and taboo in various regions.
Disappearance mystery solved as Gardner body found
Frederick F. Gardner general manager of Shore Electric was found dead in Pine Land near Pine Brook west of Red Bank. He likely died ten days earlier, with blood and clothing indicating a retreat from the mill into the pines. Gardner led the company’s $70,000 southern power plant project and left a widow and an eighteen month old son.
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Red Bank
Frederick F. Gardner
Shore Electric Company
Pine Land
Pine Brook
Central Railroad
Lakewood
Atlantic City
Amos Reevey
Daniel Cook
Mrmr
Tebther Reevey
Mary Willams
Richard Reevay
Gardner
Mra
Rock
Warry Fay
John I. Sickles
William Sayre
Pines
Rumson and Seabright
E Chteen
Not the Time for That Scots Objected to Whisky Talk
Owen Seaman, editor of Punch, attended a London Authors' club dinner with a discussion on WWumer. A comic tale features a bluebottle and two Scotsmen drinking whisky, breaking silence as one Scotsman asks if a fly is a bird or beast. The other warns not to spoil good whisky with religious talk.
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Scotumen
Owen Seaman
Punch
London Authors’ Club
Sandy
Coe
Doan’s Kidney Pills Promote Quick Recovery Says Patient
William T. Thomas of 213 South Franklin Street DuBois Pennsylvania describes Bright's disease and kidney discomfort, claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured him after three months of illness and nerve distress, with sleep restored and overall recovery. Sold by Foster-Billburn Co. Buffalo NY at 60 cents a box.
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William T. Thomas
Franklin St. DuBois
Ima
Bright
Joy Doan
Foster-billburn Co
Buffalo
Aerial Postcards and Wit in a Flurry of News
A jumble of notes covers aerial postcards promising sky dropped messages with altitude details and a photo of aircraft. It cites Paris and the London Globe while recounting humor, schooling reform, and coffee substitutes like Postum, with anecdotes from Vermont and southern public schools.
Cub reporter misreads sermon in comic church tale
A green cub reporter late to a sermon asks what the rest of the sermon was about. An elderly man replies Who Art Thou prompting a Boston Journal style joke on misreading a service. The anecdote highlights Bible training aiding lifework.
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Thomas J. Budd
Thorofare
Gay Companys
Edward Terry
Millvilly
Justice of the Peace Church
Newfiehd
Makepeace & Company
Mays Landinge
Lnmites
Burlington County
Honn
Rog
Burlington
Boston Journal
Serman
Boston
Cubs
Noy Hone
United States District Attorney
Harry Bone
Wichita Beacon
Bene
Hone
Fred
Kansan City Journal
Cuticura Heals Infant Eczema Miraculously
A two month old baby suffered severe eczema over the body. After trying various remedies, a complete recovery followed using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The mother Mrs Joseph Kossmann reports rapid skin renewal and a now healthy four month old.
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Joseph Kossmann
St. John’s Place
Ridgewood Heights
Red Cross Christmas Seals for 1910 Planned
National bodies announce arrangements for selling Red Cross Christmas Seals with slogan A Million of Tuberculosis. Stamps issued by American National Red Cross will share proceeds with the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, lowering agency fees to boost tuberculosis work. seals to appear on the back of letters.
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Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States
Gossip and political jests in postwar chatter
A satirical sketch of postwar social life features Senator Bankhead critiquing a political move as unfairly calculated. Mrs Blank hosts a formal garden party for members of the British legation while Janet Fenn and a firehouse death headline a Punch magazine style jab at sensational reporting.
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John H. Bankhead
Promised A Lively Time Mark Twain At Buffalo Express
Mark Twain assumed the Buffalo Express editorial chair in August 1869 in a playful debut paragraph. He pledges honest work, not to shock readers, and to avoid slang or profanity except in rent and taxes discussions. He jokes about politics and poetry, promising restraint.
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Mark Twain
Buffalo Express
Bank hot money trick ends bank run scheme
A South Wales bank faced a panic as farmers rushed to withdraw funds. A desperate manager had a clerk heat sovereigns to pay customers, claiming they were “hot” to reassure the crowd. The ruse restored confidence and helped weather the crisis.
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South
Wales
What is a Large Fortune in Cotton Mills
Providence manufacturer Henry F. Lippitt defines a large fortune as three quarters of a billion dollars, noting few large fortunes come from cotton manufacturing. He tells the Ways and Means Committee in 4 member 7fonatlomb context that wealth depends on the term large fortune. He also notes daily phone calls tied to social debts as a light aside.
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Ways and Means
New England
Henry F.lippitt
Providence
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