British notes on women in population and reform
The column surveys global ideas from 1900s: Britain’s female excess over men, Glasgow as a reform model, Alaska lead scarcity, and Bismarck praising papal social efforts. It covers a bicycle army notion, postal savings banks, Paris water concerns, dust control with naphtha, and opinions on crime, punishment, and meteorology. It cites Ogden Goelet’s burial plans and compares voyages with the Mayflower, plus Min t Klondike gold estimates and transfer figures.
Patience with the Living Poem Admonishes Forgiveness
A reflective poem urges patience with the living beyond death. It laments praise and fault in death’s silence and calls for gentle forgiveness and memory driven mercy between friends across hardship. The piece emphasizes enduring kindness over rebuke and the wisdom of pardon.
Teddy Tarrion and the Major's Orphan Heiress
Edward Tarrion guardianship of Major Copleigh's daughter Ethel deepens into romance after Tarrion brings her a doll and shares outings in London. As years pass the pair grow closer, with Ethel's acceptance of marriage challenging Tarrion's duties and social expectations. The Chicago News style frames the evolving bond between ward and guardian against duty and desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Copleigh
The
Black Lancers
Edward Tarrion
Teddy
Teddy Tarriaon
Copleigh
Abe
Torrion
Ted
Mainwaring
Tarrion
Ted Tarrion
George Copleigh
Aah
Vincent
Ethel Copleigh
Mra. McLain
Select Seminary For
South Kensington Square
London
England
Mrs. McLain
Ethel
South Kennington Square
Crystal Palace
George
The Marquis of Lorne Encounters Barefoot Indian on Ice
The Marquis of Lorne while Governor General of Canada attended ice sports on the St. Lawrence. He felt the cold while an accent Indian walked barefoot under a blanket and claimed to endure it without covering his face. The exchange ends with the Indian scornfully noting the Marquis’s naked face. A New Jersey officer struck by lightning says it cured his rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of
Lorne
Canada
St. Lawrence
Nan Franciscca
New Jersey
Woman's sphere claims no limits in life or death
A column features verses praising women and a survey of women’s roles. It discusses picnickers and household tips, criticizes rice and slipper tosses at weddings, and highlights German and American women clubs, education pioneers, and female professionals across Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suey
Earth
Heaven
Karen Field
The
Fashion Notes on Lace, Gowns, Hats and Accessories
Lace can be whitened with voupsuds and aged lace treated in sun. French gowns feature varied overskirt effects and skirts trimmed with three cluster rusts. Coffeetinted lace colors emerge from rinsing. Edge braiding on street skirts is advised. Colonial silverware and blue flower combos appear. Hats feature rose silk tulle forms with silk poppy and steel buckles. Parasols gain elaborate linings with chiffon and lace frills. French manufacture hats show monogrammed handles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ateel
Home-Made Hand Grenade for Extinguishing Fires
The passage describes a home recipe using salt and sal ammoniae dissolved in water to create a bottle explosive. It claims breaking the bottle near a fire will release gas and heat, igniting a self-destructive reaction to extinguish flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacha
Insect Allies and Earth’s Vast Northern Wilderness
An eclectic science column notes wasp efficiency against flies, global rainfall patterns, visibility from heights, mole physiology, and early medical uses of oxygen therapy. It summarizes Rinderpest bird resistance, Paris urban forestry, and Jupiter’s moon rotation, then profiles Canada’s unmapped northern wilds described by Frederick Irland in Scribner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reaumer
Ireland
England
Kazan
Siberia
Koch
Paris
George Stoker
Mombasa
Uganda
Foreign Office
Douglas
Harvard College Observatory
Ganymede
Jupiter
Herschel
Earth
Birds and sparrows wage rooftop battle at Glen Riddle mansion
A stray pigeon roosting at the Riddle mansion in Glen Riddle, Delaware County, is attacked by twenty sparrows after Mrs. Riddle tore down nests. The birds clash on the porch roof, the sparrows win, leaving a mangled corpse as the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riddle
Glen Riddle
Delaware County
Penn
Kit
New York
Stops Runaway Horses and the Hotel Berkeley Dog
A St Bernard living at the Hotel Berkeley is praised for stopping runaway horses. The dog leaped to grab the reins to prevent a deadly collision with a party of ladies on Portland Avenue. The incident narrowly saved lives as the horse carriage swerved just in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Portland Avenue
Las
Minneapolis
Daring Alps Rescue and Sea Feats Capture Headlines
Reader's digest of perilous rescues and brave acts from distant shores. A German tourist Herr Sachs is saved after a 200 foot crevasse fall in Switzerland with Zermatt guides guiding and Kronig lowering. Other exploits include a man towed by a huge fish near Morehead City and Henry Holcomb escaping a bee swarm in New Jersey. A Minnesota veteran Thomas Ireland survives eighteen wounds from 1862. Bravery earns a London romance as Clifford wins a future wife after Barnato rescue attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Switzerland
Herr Sachs
Breslau
Berlin
London Dailyens
Zermutt
Zermatt
Moser
Julien
Josef Marie Kronig
Sachs
Sacha
Kronig
Julian
Thomas Ireland
Minnesota
Lake Shetek
New Ulm
Mr.Ireland
St. Paul
Clifford
Barney Barnato
London
Barnato
Mr. Clifford
Etruck
Rancher is Robbed by Seagoing Seabogs Near Tacoma
Olie Iverson, a McNeil's Island rancher, crosses to his island home when a school of about 150 porpoises, followed by two large seahogs, surround his skiff. The creatures ram the boat, knocking Iverson overboard and breaking a rib. Will Jenkins rescues him as Dr. Macklinson treats the injuries. Iverson jokes he will sell the ranch and vows to avoid meat on the island due to the danger from the wild seabogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olie Iverson
McNeil
Tacoma
Wash
United States Penitentiary
Tverton
Olympia
Iverson
Stelincoom
Will Jenkins
Bosworth Landing
Perisona
Macklinson
Stellacoom
Beng
Seelie's Weekly
Roxsbury Gazette
Washington Star
Pepperton
Indianapolis Journal
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Woathington
Harper
An Alabama Hero Rushes to Save Children in Montgomery
Scott Brown, a cheerful Montgomery man, plunged into a chaotic street scene when a runaway team veered toward two children. He swept one child to safety with a single leap but could not avert the danger for the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Scott
J. W. Branscomb
Methodist
Branscomb
Court Stree
Scott Brown
San Francisco Chronicle
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Hoe
Commerce Street
Quail wedged in cow-catcher on fast Union Pacific engine
A full-grown quail became wedged in the cow-catcher of the Union Pacific engine speeding toward Union Depot at forty miles per hour. The engineer noted the unusual sight as trains pass daily through Lawrence to Kansas City, with many quail seen along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Union Depot
Lawrence
Kansas City
When Love Goes a Reaping Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse by L Brayzon on love and longing. Phrases reference tares in wheat and red thorns of strife, contrasting bitter life with sweetened impulses. The compact lines evoke a nostalgic sentiment and romantic imagery.
Humorous Newspaper Jests and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of short quips and jokes from various papers includes barbs about debt, dogs, painting, vocabularies, bicycles, doctors, aging, prices, and shop talk. The bits feature banter between husbands and wives, parents and children, and neighbors, with a mix of puns and misheard phrases. Names like Detroit Free Press and Chicago Tribune frame a broad humor page.
Humming Bird Becomes Pet Of Miss Laura Heath At Lam bertville
Miss Laura Heath of Lambertville New Jersey has a humming bird that lets her feed it with sugar water and returns daily to the bedroom window each morning. The bird reportedly brought two other humming birds yesterday but they fled when she offered food. Local residents have witnessed the odd pet and confirm the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Kensington Square
Mr. Tarrion
Teddy
Che. McLain
Leddy
Loth
Ethel Copleigh
Ted
Crystal Palace
Academy
Teddy Tarrion
Ethel
Chicago News
Laura Heath
Peter Heath
Lambertville
N. J
Miss Heath
Misa Heath
New York
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Great Britain
Glasgow
Scotland
Alaska
Prince Bismarck
Moss
Regular Army
Saya
Chicago
United States
Tt Ia
Pennsylvania
Chicago Journal
Johann Ittner
Ogden Goelet
Gertie Tera
Plymouth Rock
Maizar
Tochi Valley
Harper's Magazine
Henry Smith Williams
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Wilson
Chief Moore
Republi
Klondike
Seaton
St. Michael's
Dyas
Theo
Desi Ot Nook
Mom
Tithe Ladies' Home Journal
Edward W. Bok
Asaya
New York Post
Arion
Liederkranz
Brooklyn
Saengerbund
Germania
Disnee
New York Mail and Exprese
Rev. J
Molusean
Pacific Theological Seminary
Stanford University
California
Mount Holyoke College
Wesleyan College
Macon
Mia
Catherine Brewer Benson
Louisiana
Teresina Tua
Franchi-Verney
French Academy
M. Hanotaux
Conservatory of
French Statistica
France
Elsa Eschels
Sobn
University of
Upsala
Sweden
Sonya Kovalevasky
University of Stockholm
John James Audubon
Maria Audubon
Salem
N. Y
Susan B. Anthony
Adama
Mass
Mary Page
D. D. Page
Washington Street Advent Christian Church
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Crown Lands
Province of
Quebec
North America
Saguenay
Lake St. John
Hudson
Frederick Irland
Scribner’s
Europe
Krupp
Strasburg
Laut
Fields OF Adventure
Morehead City
N. C
W. L. Kennedy
Kennedy
Henry Holcomb
New York City
Holcomb
David Aldrich
Wilbur
N.J
Henry
Inseds
L. Brayzon
Owen
Aueeta
Detroit Free
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia
Hobbs
Scorchers
Oclub
Nobbs
John
Martha
Chicago Tribune
Barclay Wyckof
Pelham Parker
Columbus
New York Weekly
Patrick
Humming Bird
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