Woman as Queen of Home and Moral Empire
A 1901 sermon argues women hold a vast, God given realm in home life and moral influence. It praises wives mothers and daughters as shapers of society, claims true power lies in home rather than ballots, and envisions heavenly reward for faithful domestic virtue.
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Louis Klopsch
N. Y
Washington
Talmage
Italy
Switzerland
England
Scotland
Empire
Harriet Martineau
Elizabeth Browning
George Eliot
Albany
Boards of Trade
Legislative Hall
Lord Bacon
Newton
Alfred the Great
Jonathan Edwards
X Rays To Be Studied At Roentgen Society Meeting
The Roentgen Society of the United States holds its second regular session in Buffalo on September 10 and 11 at the University of Buffalo. Founded March 26, 1900, the society has over 500 members in the U.S. and Canada with many international correspondents. It will showcase X-ray diagnostic advances, remedial uses, and selected top radiographs from thousands taken since Roentgen’s discovery.
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Roentgen Society of the
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
University of
Roentgen
The Bible Lesson on Abraham and Isaac
The passage from Genesis 22 details God testing Abraham by asking him to offer Isaac as a burnt offering. An angel stops the act, a ram is provided, and God affirms Abraham’s faith, with broader notes on Isaac, Ishmael, and lessons about faith and obedience.
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Isaac
Moriah
Sarah
Hagar
Ishmael
God
Abimelech
Gerar
Egypt
Beersheba
Mount Moriah
Solomon
King Cotton's Best Record Reflects Record Exports
Treasury figures show 1901 cotton exports set value records, averaging over 1 million dollars daily. Raw cotton exports reached 313,673,443 dollars, surpassing 1891’s peak, while total cotton and products stood at 365,405,707 dollars. The decade's cotton exports exceed 2.0 billion dollars in value.
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King
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
English book trade shows brighter autumn prospects
London correspondent reports rising book sales and hopeful autumn trade. Heinemann sells many six shilling and sixpenny books this season and expects strong demand as newspapers grow dull. He plans a 100 000 copy edition of Hall Caine Eternal City and a 12 volume French masterpieces library. Mrs Meynell may release a new verse book soon. Chapman Hall prepared a 20 volume Richardson edition.
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London
New York Tribune
Heinemann
Poultney Bigelow
Defining by Ear Prompt Sparks Nine-Year-Old Gaffe
A Ledger Monthly item notes a teacher asking scholars to use toward in a sentence. A nine year old boy quips I teared my pants, illustrating playful misusage and word learning in class.
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Ledger Monthly
Ram's Horr
A compact, period style collection of aphoristic lines. The speaker contrasts religious and moral themes with social responsibility and personal virtue. The tone hints at reflections on power, subsistence, and devotion.
King Edward names Alfred Austin poet laureate of Great Britain
The article notes King Edward I I I reappoints Alfred Austin as poet laureate of Great Britain. It also mentions Don Jerman Riesco as the Chilean president elect with ties to the retiring president Senor Errazuriz, plus Pope Leo XIII’s snuff habit and a costly American snuff blend. It adds Prince Hohenlohe's memoir preparations and a chapter defending Caprivi’s policies.
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Edward
Alfred Austin
Great Britain
Don Jerman Riesco
Senor Errazuriz
Leo XIII
America
Prince Hohenlohe
Caprivi
Bismarck
A Controversial Device to Tame Bulls by Nose Ring
A described method from the Country Gentleman linked to the South Australian agriculture department uses wooden blocks on a bull's horns and wires to the nose ring. The pressure when a bull charges would raise the ring causing pain, teaching the animal to curb misbehavior. Breeders claim even fierce bulls yield quickly.
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Department of Agriculture
Aristocracy and Clergy Marked by Tattoos in Society
London Express notes tattooing has become fashionable among society figures from bishops to dukes. An artist recalls clients across classes, including a famed lady who gained brow hairlike markings to resemble dark eyebrows, and warns lips remain off limits due to risk.
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The
London Express
Homemade garden roller from scrap materials
Instructions describe building a garden roller using a ten gallon oil or carbide can a squared wooden box and cement mix. Assemble with nails on a wide board fill with cement and sand and water to pour then insert a rod through bored ends and mount in a four inch wide frame. Cost estimated under 50 cents.
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J. O. Peeks
Koch on Tuberculosis Claims Milk and Meat Safe
London dispatches report Prof. Koch, attending the British congress on consumption prevention, saying he has shown tuberculosis infected meat and milk may be eaten safely. He asserts human and bovine tuberculosis are distinct species and that human tuberculin cannot inoculate animals. The Farmers' Review notes these claims differ from other pathologists and awaits details.
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London
Koch
Europe
Farmers to start cooperatives for urban laundries and bakeries
The Farm and Home column notes big city dairies cartooning a western state plan to establish steam laundries and bakeries in populated neighborhoods. It argues farmers and their wives, burdened by year round labor, could run such ventures on a cooperative basis to ease the overworked spouse and support farming success.
Why She Was Pensive From a Washington Star
A woman asks if she is an angel as moonlight glitters on the sea. The man pauses, then she probes whether harsh conditions will change his view. She urges him to think before answering about aging and sacrifice.
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Washington Star
Market Highlights from Multiple Cities on Aug 17
Across markets from New York to Cincinnati on August 17, prices show wheat around 73 to 77 cents, corn near 60 to 64 cents, oats about 36 to 42 cents, and various livestock values with steers 3.90 to 5.65, hogs 4.00 to 6.20, and lambs 3.50 to 6.12. Regional figures include Cleveland wheat at 73.5 cents and butter at 22 percent, with several listings for cattle, sheep, and calves varying by city.
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Cleveland
York State
East Liberty
East Buffalo
Dutch Army Doctor Returns from Borneo Expedition
Dr A W Nieuwenhuis medical commissioner of the Dutch army in Java arrives in San Francisco en route to Holland. He led a six man party through Borneo from west to east, cured many Dyak of malaria with quinine, and gathered numerous animal plant and geological specimens. He advised Batavia officials on extending Dutch authority to the interior.
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A. W. Nieuwenhuis
Java
San Francisco
Holland
Borneo
Nieuwenhuis
Batavia
Willful Dorothy From Western Minister's Family
The Milwaukee Sentinel recalls Dorothy daughter of a Western minister whose growing will and defiant nature alarm her parents. Recently she battered a doll's cape by pinning it on her kitten and cried out you d- little cat with anger. Her mother chastised her, tears fell, and she promised reform, but the next day the kitten remained obstinate and Dorothy quipped that the cat is the same as yesterday.
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Dorothy
Milwaukee Sentinel
Those Lucky Boston Girls.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt humorously describes Miss Beenz from Boston who claims heat does not affect her while a thermometer reveals 91 degrees in the shade. The scene contrasts imagination and temperature with a comical tone.
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Boston
Beenz
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Did Not Get What He Wanted
The late Rev. R. S. Storrs distrusted press inquiry and refused interviews. A reporter at his reception asked for guest names and details, but Storrs guided him to the front door and ejected him.
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Chicago Chronicle
Beheading the Band Inspires Court Remark
In a Washington Star quotation the Chinese emperor orders beheading the brass band to amuse him. The empress dowager suggests a delicate justification noting the band played The Old Home Ain’t What It Used to Be as the procession enters the Forbidden City. An Atchison Globe remark critiques the male obsession with unnecessary medical expenses.
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Forbidden City
Washington Star
Allen's Foot-Ease Promptly Eases Tight Shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy cures corns itching swollen hot callous smarting sore and sweating feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25e Sample sent free Ad dress Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Remarkable Interest in American Affairs Stirs Curiosity
Quotations note how foreign observers study U S topics from the moment they arrive, with emphasis on money matters. Another line claims Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal for coughs and colds, then a proverb about answering fools in kind.
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Guyer
Kansas City Independent
Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Cure and Prevent Pneumonia With Hoxsie's Croup Cure
An old advertisement touts Hoxsie's Croup Cure as a remedy claimed to cure and prevent pneumonia. The text markets the patent medicine as infallible and priced at 50 cents.
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Hoxsie’s
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