Empress Dowager politics and court squabbles in era items
A collage of opinions and odds and ends from Eugene Weekly Guard touches on politics and society. It cites assassination fears around the Empress Dowager of China, theatre news about John Sullivan, and a mix of social observations on education, American savviness, and New England wisdom. It notes Duke of Cornwall and York becoming Prince of Wales, Ernest Thompson-Seton, steel trust leadership pay, and a smoker's obituary. It includes a Massachusetts court urging family reconciliation, Judge Jones’s Alabama appointment stance, and a Roosevelt-era reflection on party and merit in federal hiring.
Mrs Roosevelt remarks on safety dress cost limits
Mrs Roosevelt argues a safe wardrobe for a woman of safety can be maintained for zero to a year, noting as the President's wife she may spend more. The statement draws debate among women who bear family costs, with wealthy society ladies occasionally spending a thousand dollars for a single costume, while Herbert Spencer is cited.
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Herbert Spencer
Europe
Public tastes and laziness hinder success in society
The piece argues fashion and luxury seed envy among women while citing Mrs. Roosevelt and aristocracy, then condemns laziness and poor time management as barriers to progress. It contrasts European restraint with American showiness, then tells of a Turk who squandered opportunity due to tardiness, urging practical education plus hustle.
Bookseller recalls evolving literary craze and mistaken titles
A Atlanta Constitution reader reports a bookseller describing a craze sweeping the nation that yields odd results. A woman asks for The Creases, he suggests The Crisis. a man seeks Dry Am and gets it. another asks for Wait a Minute, which he has not heard of. The man later returns with a written title, Tar ty. Then Till Come, having written it down.
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Atlanta Constitution
Elopers Face Father Inlaw In Humorous Confrontation
A Baltimore American piece recounts an elopement where a groom and bride seek parental forgiveness and a home, trading jabs with the father-in-law who scolds their disregard for social conventions. The tension dissolves as the couple is invited to share supper.
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Baltimore American
Highest Inhabited Place: Anco Marca Peru Customs House
The highest inhabited site is the Anco Marca customs house in Peru, standing about 14 000 feet above sea level. The fact notes the location and its elevation as the world’s highest inhabited customs site.
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Customs House
Ancomarca
Peru
Amateur concert scene and milkman's strained earnings
A colorful remark describes a large, fine woman emerging on stage at an amateur concert, resembling Nordica and singing with a crackled lute-like voice. The aside notes the milkman's efforts to earn a living appear strained in contrast.
Birth of a famous hymn by Sankey at Edinburgh meeting
Cleveland Moffett recounts how Dwight L. Moody and Ira Sankey found the hymn Ninety and Nine in a penny paper. In Glasgow Sankey heard the lines There were ninety and nine that safely lay and, after prayer, improvised the tune on the Edinburgh platform. He sang five stanzas, completing the melody later.
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Mr. Sankey
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cleveland Moffett
Ha L D. Sankey
Moody and Sankey
Great Britain
Glasgow
the Christian Age
Mr. Moody
Edinburgh
Free Assembly Hall
Doctor Bonar
Saturns largest moons and other old world trivia
Saturns largest moons measure 2002 miles across and are slightly smaller than Earth. Washington first lived at 1 Cherry Street, later moving to the Macomb house at 30 Broadway. The Supreme Court has nine members and lifetime appointments with Senate concurrence. A pigeon eats its own weight in grain daily. a blackbird eats a similar amount of ripe fruit. Swiss steamboat rules grant free passage to under two feet, half fare to two to four feet. The Chinese fashion of hair indicates origin and status. girls coil hair at a certain age. St. Louis hosts three nut-cracking plants driven by electricity with manual nut meat extraction. Frugal marriages and dowry customs prompt a village queen of roses in St Denis, but men balk at dowries. A Paris Berlin automobile race finishes with Fournier arriving first at 11 46 am, fainting from exhaustion. Building and loan associations total over 6000 nationwide with savings surpassing a million dollars. government study notes their nearly riskless structure. Obituaries often overflow with praise alongside weddings.
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Washington
Cherry Street
Macomb House
Broadway
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Switzerland
St. Louis
A Warning Against Cheap Furniture
A columnist remarks that cheap department stores sell shoddy furniture that falls apart, urging buyers to choose solidly made beds tables and chairs. Citing Edward Bok from Ladies' Home Journal, the piece argues true quality costs more but lasts longer than a cheap bedroom suite often touted for low prices.
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Edward Bok
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Desperado Braggart Targeted by Crimson Gulch
A Washington Star snippet quotes Bronco Bob and a visitor railing against a boastful gunman. The man boasted of his shooting record and counted innocents among his victims, prompting removal from town as Crimson Gulch tries to curb his menace.
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Ethica
Bronco Bob
Washington Star
Trapped Himsclf Dibba In A Family Photo Remark
A fragmentary exchange features crude humor about a wife’s former husband and a self captioned image. The dialogue hints at confusion over marriage history and a self portrait captioned with age, lacking coherent context or news value.
Pa's Experience with Sea Monsters at the Seashore Hotels
A humorous exchange voiced as a Chicago News quip notes a sea monster seen by a child and a remark about soft snaps. The dialogue contrasts a playful sea tale with a wry family moment. The snippet evokes seaside hotel life and playful fatherly banter.
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Chicago News
Late Judicial Decisions Summarize Property and Insurance Rulings
A digest notes that dealers controlling 90 percent of blue stone in New York were found to violate price maintenance laws. It covers privileged attorney communications, insurance policy actions, cruel divorce standards, and usury exemptions for building loans under specific state statutes. The piece also discusses marital property rights between nonresident spouses and domicile-based succession rules.
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New York
Cummings
Union Blue Stone Company
N. Y
Koeber Vs. Somers
Wis
Maddox
LIL
Boynton
Equitable Life Assurance Company
The Doctor's Dreadful London Detour
Olivia Foster wanders London seeking a governess post in France after leaving Sark. She dodges her husband, confronts a charity-like agency, and meets John Senior who helps her escape a dangerous reunion. A French school promise proves costly and she discovers Mrs Wilkinson’s firm hand in arranging placements.
King and Queen of Greece Feature in Private Dekeleia Visit
Glimpses from Eugene Schuyler's book recount a visit by Mr and Mrs Schuyler to King George I and Queen Olga at Dekeleia. The king jokes with children, checks on the queen, and the queen shares an icon with Mrs Schuyler. The royal household shows warmth and family life during a former Athens farewell.
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Greece
Eugene
Mrs. Schuyler
Peter the Great
Mr. Schuyler
George
Willie
Dekeleia
Bas
American Supremacy Burglar Dialogue in Plain Dealer
A fragmentary dialogue portrays two burglars in London with edgy lines about waiting for new Yankee tools arriving, while a cryptic note mentions a coma tied marriage ceremony as a lock, reflecting garbled OCR prose and local tone.
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London
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China
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Sullivan
Little Eva
New England
Claremont
N. H
Duke of Cornwall
York
Prince of Wales
Earl of Chester
Ernest Thompson-Seton
Schwab
Steel Trust
Georgia
United States
London Globe
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Massachusetts
Jones
Alabama
Roosevelt
Hasean [Ourr
Tie
NUFER
Saturn
St. Denis
Paris
Berlin
Antony
Fournier
Fourniier
Baron de Zuylen
M. Mors
Budilding and Loan
Dibba
Dobbe
Building and Loan Association
I. Building Association
Eklund
Doctor
Hesba Strett
Olivia Foster
Tardif
Sark
Bank of Australia
Ellen Martineau
Ridley’s
John Senior
Brook Street
France
Bellringer Street
Ridley
Louise Perrier
Tos
Mr. Foster
Richard Foster
Fleet Street
Dr. Senior
Neo
Jane Senior
Miss Martineau
Madame Perrier
Mrs. Wilkinson
King
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