Amazing Increase in Divorce Shocks Census Findings
A census bureau report shows one in twelve marriages ends in divorce in the United States over 1887 to 1906, with total marriages 12,822,044 and divorces 45,625 in twenty years. The rate rose from 29 to 62 per 100,000 over the period, and two thirds of divorces were granted to wives with children reported in about 33 percent of cases.
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Ashington
United States
Census Bureau
Bureau
The
Bulletin
Dakotas
Lemon the White House Pup Disappears Amid Roosevelt Mourns
The small bull pup Lemon vanished from the White House roams after door left ajar. Miss Ethel Roosevelt seeks police help as officers search all districts, identifying many canines but none match Lemon. Speculation swirls about Lemon's motives and future fate.
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Lemon
White House
Ethelpsevelt
Navy Doctors Command Controversy Over Relief Hospital Ship
Reports from naval personnel criticize a medical officer in charge of the Relief hospital ship. Claims say the cruiser has lagged behind, faced supply and coal issues, and suffered low morale under doctor leadership. Critics suggest the fleet’s experience proves non doctors cannot efficiently run war vessels.
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Roosevelt
Navy Department
Navy
Weather Kiosk Trial Plans for Washington Street
Weather kiosks to be opened at major Pennsylvania Avenue points to display daily weather charts forecasts from the weather bureau using thermograph data. The aims include sharing meteorological facts simply without barometers and potential rollout to about 165 cities in five to six months.
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Washington
Berlin
Germany
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
United States
Muriel the Child Defies Punishment with Faithful Resolve
A five year old subject of King Edward VII faces discipline after repeated disobedience. After an ivory paper knife strike, Muriel declares she will tell God and Jesus about the incident and plans to wear flannel on her legs if needed.
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Muriel
Edward VII
God
Jesus
Everybody's Magazine
Eczema Brought Relief for Boy After Cuticura
Mrs Algy Teckburn of Shiloh Ohio describes her son Clyde plagued by eczema for a year. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent he slept the first night and improved within six weeks to be perfectly well. Lead physician recommends Cuticura for eczema.
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Clyde
Algy Teckburn
Shiloh
Love's Sacrifice in a Prohibition Era Brief
Reginald quits smoking for his fiancée who objects to his breath. The dialogue shows the domestic tension as love and health motives intersect in a humorous exchange. The piece reflects social norms that pair romance with personal reform and propriety.
Lesson prompts students to share observations in Sunday school
A teacher invites the class to illustrate the idea that one effort begets continuation by sharing examples from life. A child recalls parental conflict, noting the mother continues the reprimand after the father loses his temper.
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Bobby
Isadora Duncan Teaches Dolphin Dance Lessons
A theatrical manager recalls Isadora Duncan instructing a class of child pupils in a dolphin dance. She spoke of the dolphin’s grace and habits and noted a single dolphin may have 2 000 offspring prompting a startled question from a young student about married dolphins.
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Players’ Club
Classical Dancing
Isadora Duncan
Missionary training centers funded from hymn sales profits
Readable excerpts reference Northfield schools built with profits from Moody and Sankey Sacred Songs and Solos, Ada Ellen Bayly funding St Peter's and St Saviour bells, and various short captions including jokes, ads, and quotes from early 20th century publications.
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Northfield
Moody and Sankey
Ada Ellen Bayly
Edna Lyall
St. Peter's Church
Eastbourne
England
Louie Crops Hair in Bold Local Prank
Louie, the South Side standout, visits a barber shop under his mother's consent. The barber clip leaves him hairless, but Louie jokes the seeds will grow back, as his father sighs over the humorous milestone in a Kansas City Times column.
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Louie
Kansas City Times
Diner Mistakes Fish for Steak in Odd Exchange
A diner complains of steak smell and is set straight by a waiter who hints the dish is really the other gentleman's fish. The brief humor piece then recalls quips about Poe and a Thanksgiving anecdote about measuring a turkey pan with a baby. The column closes with a humorous question about giving a penny to a monkey or its father.
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Peru
Indianapolis Star
Sammy Responds to Uncle With Wry Penny Quiz
A dialogue of Sammy replying to his mean uncle who offers a penny. Sammy says he would feel faint at first but would try to get over it, revealing a playful, stubborn tone in a moral vignette.
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Sammy
A Connecticut Woman Pays Husband to Let Her Alone
A Connecticut woman gave her husband 25092 dollars to be left alone, a case noted in a correspondent’s remark about a humorous world where husbands often control much of the purse. The quip adds that the husband typically gives his wife all he earns to escape her company.
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Connecticut
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