Slavery of Women in Industry Sparks Heated Sermon
Rev S G Smith of St Paul argues in a Sunday sermon that industrial life robs women of health and home life. He cites rising female factory workers aged 14 to 25, unemployment myths, and the march toward childhood labor, warning of economic greed and a gendered modern savagery. He notes 45 percent of U S manufacturing is by women and warns of industrial crime against the weaker sex.
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Walt
S. G. Smith
St. Paul
Europe
United States
America
Polygamy talk and war news from Keokuk era
A turbulent Iowa clipping blends figures about subsidies with national political chatter. It notes increased postal revenues and a looming deficit wipeout, mixed with comments on Bryan and McKinley, Roberts, polygamy, and Boer War tidbits. The piece cites Keokuk Gate City praise and Iowa sentiment amid national debates.
Fragmentary note on Klondike scene and unsure names
A garbled OCR fragment describes a person named Chivley Walal in a Klondike setting. It hints at a cold environment and someone aiming to mine or dig nearby. The text is largely indecipherable and lacks clear events or dates.
Fables and recipes from a 19th century home guide
A fragmented page offers culinary directions for dough, baking bread, and flavorings, plus furniture tips. It describes a yeast dough, rolling to three quarters of an inch, baking in a covered pan, and a butter glaze with sugar and cinnamon. It also outlines two shell tables, one tall near a couch and a combined second table, with brass ornaments and green staining suggestions.
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Cale
Danger In Overheating And Cold Weather Signs
The piece notes rising indoor heat as a sign of cool weather and warns homes are too hot. It describes people wearing thin clothing indoors and bundling when going outside, with heat on ferries and sunroom spaces. It references health concerns like pneumonia and catarrh and cites an old New York Evening Sun observation.
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New York
Parple in Hoare Decoration and Japanese Embroidery
A description of a room featuring purple Parple in Hoare decoration with Japanese embroidery. Walls display large embroidery, beadwork, drawers dyed to match purple and white accents. The room houses brass lamps, banisters, and a few examples of ceramic pottery and crystal ware, creating a refined effect.
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Fesson
Severas
Parpie
Clever extendable kitchen table invention
A housewife designed a wooden kitchen table top that attaches with hinges at the back and folds onto the table. It creates a tight surface for daily use and can be removed to reveal a fresh pine surface for bread or pastry making.
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Esparia
The Lady With No Child Within Her Yearning
A poetic meditation on a noble woman who lacks a child to share her wealth and cultural learning. The speaker contrasts her rich life and duties with the ache of childless love, urging women to consider the hollow edge of abundance without offspring and the call of motherhood.
Marriage Bargain and Family Fortunes in Quebec Tale
A Creole speaker recounts Corinne Gingras and a rejected marriage, detailing kinship, wealth, and social barriers. He describes four hundred dollars as the needed sum to wed, the Gingras family’s influence, and hopes to prove himself by labor, farm ownership, and steady savings before presenting himself again to Corinne’s father. The narrative blends humor with rural Quebec life and aspirational romance.
Farm quarrel over iron and gold mining rights
A man tells of a deal gone awry as outsiders hustle for mining rights on a farm. Schemes unfold involving Corinne, money offers, and hidden gold and iron stories. Local figures mock the buyers while one suitor grows desperate to secure the land and a wife.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Blood Purifier Remedy
An early 20th century ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills cure catarrh via blood and mucous surfaces, touting approval by physicians and testimonials. It also mentions petroleum survey results in Sumati, a scheduled Russian-leased land project, and a deluxe Pullman train tour from Chicago to Mexico City operated by the America Tourist Association with Beau Campbell as general manager.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Petroleurm
Sumati
Baku
Japan
China
Pullman Pala
Chicago
Mexico
Republic
Esco
Beau Campbel
America Tourist Association
Chirag Milwaukee
St. Paul R'y
Parisian styles favor pompadour with Spanish toque for season
French fashion notes predict the pompadour remains trendy through winter into spring. Designers suggest headgear that flatters the hairstyle, highlighting the Spanish toque as a chic example. The design blends two materials, heavy and light, marrying summer airiness with winter warmth.
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Parisian Des Élares
Fashion notes and social snips from a Boston season
A lively mix of fashion details on veiled hats and velvet trims with ostrich plumes, plus a cheese whey beverage tip and a quirky Boston society plan. It mentions a velvet brimmed toque, a large buckle, and a banfiofini brim style. A street level note outlines a sandwich and coffee van for coachmen at cold street events and a tongue in cheek universal brotherhood theory tied to food.
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Boston
Baluimon
America
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Werels
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Ietad
Bishi
Homi
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Duke of Manchester
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Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg
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White House
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Ohio
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Tennessee
Jackson
Eaden
Robert BP. Vance
Asheville
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Vance
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Toston
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Smith
Washington
POPUL
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Iowa
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A. L. Temple
Gear
House
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Bowen
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Root
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Cedar Rapids
National Committee
Sioux City Journal
Congress
Chivley Walal
Portland
Anind
Ile of
Ife
Lemse Morgan
Corinne
Quebec
Jaques and
Onisime
Atv
Pere Gingras
Tasien
Les Moutons
Dollaz
York
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Fecilak
Jong Tam
Contin
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Samdak
Bonhommes Gingrass
Piers Boulanger Place
Dart Mele de Louhoun
Wren
Gingran
Jacques
M. Gingrass
Helen Grey
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