Family Financier Reuses Clothes for Six Boys in Loop
A speaker boasts of clothing six sons on meager wages by sewing and remaking garments as they outgrow them. Pete leads the pack, with each son receiving renewed outfits as they wear out. When Ned outgrows his clothes the cycle returns, patched garments circling back to Pete, completing the family wardrobe loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Jim
John
Joe
William
Ned
Joseph
Bill
Meeting With a Meteor A Narrow Near Miss at Sea
The Cambrian, a 6000 ton steamship plying London to Boston and New York, writes of a night watch on August 16 1907 when a meteor or fireball streaked toward the vessel. The brilliant projectile plunged near the foredeck before crashing into the sea, narrowly missing crew and ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Boston
New York
Thos. Hughes
Hughes
Cambrian
The
Wide World Magazine
Paradox of nicknames and gendered insults in London Tit-Bits
A witty note contrasts reactions to labels for women and men. It lists terms like chick hen witch kitten cat pup hound cur bull bear calf cub with varying, often humorous responses, concluding that men are queer too. The piece lampoons double standards in language toward genders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Phipps Gift to Johns Hopkins to Fund Psychiatric Clinic
William H. Welen of Josue University announced a large gift from Henry Phipps of Pittsburg and New York to Johns Hopkins Hospital and University. The funds will build a four story psychiatric hospital on Hopkins grounds for sixty patients with private rooms, labs, and modern treatment apparatus. The gift covers a decade of medical staff salaries and maintenance, including a professor of psychiatry, with total amount reportedly well over half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Pro’ Sacy
William H. Welen
Josue Opking University
Tar Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
New York
Europe
Johns Hopkins Hospital and University
Hopkins Hospital
North Carolina mill curtailment to continue through Sept
The North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers association closed its second annual meeting at Wrightsville Beach with a resolution that current production curtailment will continue to September 1. Also reported are a $2000 damages award to Miss Helen Crosby from Woolworth store injury, a $4000 prize offer by M Armengaud for 30 minutes aloft, and a robbery scare near Mrs Dan Sully’s home averted by a servant’s arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Wrightsville
N. C
F. W. Woolworth & Co
Helen
Crosby
M. Armengaud
Pars
Dan Sully
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Harry Harmon
Norfolk
Joe Rose
Harmon
Young Quentin Roosevelt Leads Tag Day at White House
Young Quentin Roosevelt organizes a Tag Day in Washington for the Children’s Flag Ground association, tagging 14s persons including foreign embassy members and his father’s cabinet. James J. Hill says he will take a vacation and discusses policy toward corporations, pledging strict prosecution for violations. State Department transfers rename several diplomats, including John W. Garrett to Rome as first secretary and R. S. Hitt to Berlin, with Joseph G. Drew moving to Berlin. Captain Edwin R. Stuart is reassigned and set to Manila as assistant to the Philippine division chief engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Children's Flag Ground Association
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Roosevelt
Ingas
State Department
John W. Garrett
Maryland
Berlin
Rome
R. 5. Hitt
Damaged Goods and A New Baby Mock Portrait
A damaged snippet quotes a comic exchange about a baby with missing teeth and hair, suggesting mock disappointment at the new arrival. The phrase about always exchanging damaged goods highlights a satirical tone in the observed exchange.
Be Sure of Your Ground Before You Start
A brief admonition urged caution before beginning work or action, emphasizing verifying the footing and certainty of ground before proceeding. No named individuals or organizations are cited. The line reads like a proverb or instruction column from an early 20th century bulletin.
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Paradox
Henry Phipps
Johns Hobpkins
Conuing
Castoria Alwayrs
Aah
Ullman
Remreee
Ullman CO
Cincinnati
Ohio
Standard Sewing Machine Co
S. Broad St
Atlanta, Ga
Orange
Mass
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
New London
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