Gloves Flaunt in San Francisco as Vanity and Fashion
The Chronicle boasts that San Francisco leads in glove use and glove quality. It notes high sales of small sizes like 54 and 6, shop girls spending on pairs, and a city habit of well gloved hands. Climate and daily wear preserve skin, reduce tanning, and keep hands pristine, with even children wearing gloves as a tradition.
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San Pramecisco
Chronicle
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Recems
San Francisco
Liei
Peter
Paul
Dream Time Texture: Short Dreams Across Odd Tasks
An unnamed observer recounts two dream episodes tied to waking tasks. A clerk verifies long dollar totals, sleeps briefly, and dreams of an old horse while matching numbers. Awake, he realizes no figures were missed as he matched words to figures and checked a ledger. In another tale a man, by a fire, dreams a wind gust toppled a vase and then envisions a distant Western city boardroom.
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Charlie
Gore
Gardens of Italy and its shaded arbor walks
The piece describes Italian garden architecture with arbor walks and pergolas along terraces at Lake Como. It contrasts man’s shaping of nature for shade and shelter with peasant cultivation, silk work, and field crops, noting pruning and care of cypress poplars olives and flowers, ending with Gray’s garden reverie.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Italy
White
Walla
Gray
Lost words in the Tribune’s chaotic page
Fragmentary text from a Tribune page shows garbled lines and stray phrases about living, heat, and daydreams. The readable bits suggest a disrupted report or editorial snapshot with no clear event or names.
Green bluefish in market labeled sign sparks expert note
A sign reading Green bluefish outside a fish market prompted the marketman to explain the term means newly caught bluefish not a green variety. He describes seasonal extension via cold storage and year round availability in smacks, ice packing, and careful sorting for prompt sale.
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New York
New York Sun
Hatteras
Cape of Delaware
Norfolk
Delaware Capes
Dainty Old Lady Foils Bank Formalities in Philly Scene
A prim elderly woman at a Philadelphia bank window refuses to use bankers’ jargon. She asks for a denomination, then explains she’s a Presbyterian, prompting the teller to drop formal phrases and use plain language. The scene contrasts old fashioned courtesy with modern banking talk.
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Philadel Plia Press
Chestnut Street
Witist
Masai Creation Story Compared With Old Testament Tale
Capt Merker presents a Masai ethnographical monograph noting a Genesis like origin story where God defeats a dragon to form paradise, creates sun and moon, and fashions the first humans. The Masai version includes a three headed serpent, a Garden of Paradise, a Noah like episode with a wooden ark, a dove and rainbow, a Jacob’s ladder use, and early law traditions including circumcision and Ten Commandments.
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Capt. Merker
Paradise
Garden of Paradise
Tumdbainot
Den
Tumbanot
Maru mi
Moses
Fleeting Fame
Town gossip notes Spangle the author as a once famed figure now seen alone in the corner. The piece recalls his celebrated book as the year’s standout work, though its glow has waned over months.
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Spangle
Healthy Sleep Requires Ventilation in Bedrooms
A sanitary authority argues that opening bedroom windows at night is beneficial. He notes night air is not unhealthy and may even be healthier than daytime air due to fewer smoke and dust particles. He warns that while sleep may seem deeper with closed windows, it harms health and can reduce vitality.
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