New York Shows Crime Haunts in Growth Era
In New York City a feature on Menelik's gift of animals to President Roosevelt, the opening of East Side subway, and the Bronx zoo scene describes Abyssinian gifts, hybrid zebra experiments, and a wide animal exhibit. It reflects on Central Park and Prospect Park menageries and warns of urban changes including the Tub of Blood closure and Penn Station project.
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King Menelik
Roosevelt
Washington
Menelik
Aegus
Abyssinia
Washington Zoological Park
Africa
Ellis
Bronx Park
Aire
Miss Carnegie
New York
Old
Central Park
Prospect
Ark
Brooklyn
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Pennsylvania Station
New York underworld tales and heiress countess chatter
The piece surveys Broadway crime legends near Hell's Kitchen and Wall Street, notes police lines and Tangier comparisons, then shifts to society gossip about Elizabeth Howe’s Pittsburgh connections and potential countess status. It recounts pricey noble matches and the cost of European titles in early 20th century society.
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Hell’s Kitchen
Henry Coakley
Broadway
Thirtieth
Forty-second Street
New York
Byrne
Wall Street
Maiden Lane
Tangier
Million Dollar Gift Builds Hispanic Society Hall
Archer Huntington, adopted son of Collis P. Huntington, has donated one million dollars for a grand Ionic temple to house a Hispanic society near Riverside Drive. The founders include Charles H. Tweed and Francis Lathrop with the Hillhouse brothers. huntingtons properties' elder son Henry oversees finances. The building aims to reflect study and books with impressive grounds, though none of the founders have Spanish blood.
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Archer Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Princess Hatzfeldt
Paper From West Texas Fiber Plants Could Grow
An East Coast visitor at the San Antonio Express fair proposes using Yucca family fibers to manufacture paper. He cites long tough fibers from techueilla maguey sotol beargrass and Spanish dagger used for rope by Mexicans. He plans to test fiber quality for grades of paper to ease wood pulp shortages.
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West Texas
San Antonio
Texas
Postmen Speak Many Tongues in Singapore’s Mail Runs
In Singapore the British post office assigns three carriers per route to handle diverse languages. A Malay oversees European, Jewish, Armenian, Malay, Arab, Parsee, and Japanese letters. a Chinese man handles ideographic scripts. a Tamil delivers Tamil Cyrillic and Telegu writing. A Sikh may assist when Hindustani and Persian scripts arise.
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Singapore
India
Papa’s Way of Spelling in a Child’s Verse
Ida L. Mcintosh in St Nicholas presents a child’s rhyme about spelling with a father who insists on his own phonetic rules. The narrator Alice Hall recalls her teacher and the clash of spelling methods at school and home.
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Rover
Ben
Papa
Alice
Hall
Darling
MM Ida L. Mcintosh
St. Nicholas
Los Angeles Plans Forest to Park Business Use
Los Angeles plans to convert 3000 acres of Griffith Park brush land in California into a commercial development. City officials outline a major transformation turning open woodland into a mixed use area with potential recreational and business facilities.
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California City
Los Angeles
Cal
Griffith Park
Up-to-date girl matches jewelry to weather says NY Sun
The New York Sun notes fashion shifts show jewelry choices reflecting climate. During hot summers the wearer abandons diamonds and rubies for lighter stones like topaz moonstone and turquoise to coordinate with the weather.
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N. Y
Los Angeles Plans First City Forest Under Cooperative Program
In a groundbreaking move, Los Angeles pilots a plan to convert a waste land into a productive forest. A bureau of forestry team prepared a planting plan by September, aiming to fund itself through mature timber sales while offering recreation for citizens. Other cities may follow this practical, self-sustaining model.
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United States
Europe
Bureau of Forestry
Los Angeles
Women Clubs Under Fire In London Debate
A World of London article mocks women’s clubs claiming they erode home life and promote risky behavior. It notes women frequent smoking rooms billiard rooms and social spaces while maintaining independence akin to wild townsters. A Hall boy interjects a countryman assisting with a fire safety gag from Smith's Weekly.
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Providence
The
World of Press
London
Smith’s
Bright Russian Girl Heads to Mount Holyoke College
Tyna Helman a 14 year old immigrant daughter from Russia who arrived in 1900 entered Mount Holyoke College after graduating top of her class from Boston Girls Latin School. She mastered English rapidly aided by dictionaries, finished Wells grammar and Wells West End schooling in Boston in three years, and plans a full Mount Holyoke course while her father runs a small grocery at 198 Marion Street East Boston.
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Mount Holyoke College
Russia
Miss Helman
Girls’ Latin
New York Sun
Helman
Wells Grammar School
West End
Boston University
Marion Street
East
Use for Old Tennis Balls in a New Dress
Old worn tennis balls can gain new life with a bright, woolen outer dress. Crewel work crochet or knitting from left over wool creates appealing covers, offering joy to many poor or sick children. The piece emphasizes mild wit from Senator Tillman on debate.
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Tillman
Easy wire work pastime grows in popular use
Wire work becomes a popular pastime using three tools a pair of flat nose pliers round nose pliers and a file with several skeins of wire. Practice improves dexterity and leads to useful and ornamental items with little effort.
Toa terity and guide to toasting fork making from wires
The article explains a quick method to craft a toasting fork using two lengths of stout wire a three and six feet long. It describes forming an eye at one end, twisting and bending to create prongs, adding an extra twist at the prong spread, and forming eyes at B with another wire segment. The ends are then straightened and pointed.
Spring Perch and Simple Hanging Baskets Projects
An article from People's Journal describes a spring-perch for cage birds using elm or mahogany and brass wire to create a secure, removable perch with a three turn coil for springiness. It also covers two flower hanging basket designs in Figure 3 and mentions ornamental wire work like a book-marker with silk ribbon ends and a monogram option.
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People’s Journal
A Beautiful Neclicee Negligee Description
A white crepe de chine neglistée is shown with pale green silk girdle and ruffles. Lace trim borders the yoke fronts and sleeves, with elbow lace ruffles and green silk knots. Cuffs and puffed undersleeves feature green silk bands and lace trimmed cravat ends.
History of the muff confers rank and style through ages
A furrier explains how muffs signified social rank from France in Charles IX's era to Louis XIV. Early muffs were velvet or silk with fur linings and jewel fastenings, worn year round as a dress accessory, later becoming a cold weather item.
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France
Charles IX
Louis XIV
Deceit Was Her Theme and Jack Z.'s Engagement
A New York Tribune account recalls a blunt speaker who exposes shifting flattery. Sofie Loft gossips about Minnie, the fiancée of Jack Z., describing her as unattractive before Jack arrives to congratulate her with mock sincerity.
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New York Tribune
Sofie Loft
Jack Z
Mr. Z
Jack
Minnie
Sophie
New Ribbons for Winter in Silk Weaves and Borders
New ribbons rival broad silks in softness and translucence with printed centers and two tone borders. Designers feature wide and narrow ribbons alike on dressy gowns and insert color contrasts in green rose blue brown and violet. Some ribbons showcase a metallic gold border echoing Bishrank military weave for single color gowns.
British mayor offers $5 per baby to curb infant mortality
The Huddersfield mayor vows a five dollar promissory note to parents for every baby born in Longwood during his tenure, payable at age one, alongside child welfare guidance. With about 2,000 births yearly, the offer aims to spotlight infant mortality and is limited to his borough only.
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England
Huddersfield
Longwood
Perfume Trends Dominate Fashion’s Day to Day
The piece notes Dame Fashion’s insistence on scent consistency from London to Paris, and how women must perfume every aspect of life from toilet water to lapdog. It cites Queen Victoria, ex Empress Eugenie, Princess Christian, Mme Rejane, Mme Calve, and Sarah Bernhardt, and mentions the Russian empress’s $10,000 yearly perfume budget and lavender as a historical favorite.
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England
Paris
London
New York
Christian
Mme
Rejane
Calve
Sarah Bernhardt
Russia
A Pretty Morning Gown
An illustration presents a morning gown suitable for home sewing in cashmere, flannel, molleton, or flannelette. The model features a blue fancy flannel, unlined with a wide collar, silk edging, overwrap fronts, a wool and silk belt, bell sleeves with silk cuffs, and a large decorative button. Materials listed include ten yards of flannel and three quarters of a yard of silk.
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