Congo and Morocco notes in post and war brief
A Freeland PA post office note references King Leopold’s limited surrender, Katanga gold discovery, and Sultan of Morocco presenting King Edward with Atlas mountain sheep horses and mules. The War Department tests two bomb types for opposing effects, one for illumination and one for smoke screening troop movements.
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Leopold
Congo State
Belgium
Katanga
Morocco
Edward
The
War Department
Progressive safety and cost in building design
The Boston Herald notes that future progress may outpace current standards and predicts unpredictable fines. It argues for safe construction while questioning the wisdom of overly solid builds that would force costly destruction or major changes fifty years hence, burdening owners.
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The
Boston Herald
Europe wakes to American industrial might
The writer notes Europe's past belief that American wealth came from crude means and that American rivals could not match European industry. Now Europe recognizes the United States as the world’s greatest industrial power, forcing a shift in European trade and economic strategy to contend with the new giant.
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Europe
Americca
Cervera
Cuba
United States
Slarper's Weekly
Fish Hooks Industry Docs From England to Akron
A hardware dealer explains fish hooks and notes city usage exceeds 100000 yearly. He says most hooks are imported from England with Redditch makers hand producing them, a craft still done by hand as machinery cannot replace fingers. The piece cites a Philadelphia Times source.
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England
Akron
Ohio
Redditch
Philladelphia Times
The World's Longest Mile in Swedish Travel Lore
A traveler in Sweden is told he is roughly one mile from a target point and should hire a horse, since the actual distance to walk is 11,700 yards, marking the famed matter of the world's longest mile in local lore.
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Sweden
Public Art That Inspires The Grande of Trussele
Fragmentary description portrays a grand public sculpture in a cityscape, noting tapering towers and a colossal statue overlooking landmark venues. The prose emphasizes inspiring travelers and a celebrated open arcade gallery adjacent to the Maison du Bot, inviting awe and careful contemplation.
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Trussele
Fae
Kurt
Falco
St. Mietmel
Maison du Bot
Gaz
Limitations of Miss Lane
A man and Miss Lane argue playfully about gender roles on a grassy bank as a boy and a girl flirt with danger. Their conversation shifts from wit to affection until a cry from a tree interrupts, and they race to a boy named Jack Hughes who has fallen from a high limb, prompting immediate concern.
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Julia Valentine Bond
Daily Story Pub. Co
Randall
Jack Hughes
Miss Lane
Miss Lene
Faint heart, nurse, and surgeon in a cottage rescue scene
In a twilight porch scene Dr Randall uses a familiar ether bag to save a boy named Jack. Miss Lane, a nurse in training, reveals she is the capable helper behind the urgent surgery and acknowledges her own limits and future in orthopedic work.
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Dr. Randall
Miss Lane
Jack
Seven Vienna Brides Wed Boduin Troupe Men
The Vienna Tagblatt reports seven women wed seven Bedouin troupe men amid Western civilization fatigue. Five spinsters and two widows accompanied their Asiatic spouses to native deserts for a future Arabic ceremony. At the station the farewell drew a crowded, envious, tearful scene as women praised the husbands’ wealth over youth.
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Vienna
Felix
Austria
Vienna Tagblatt
London Daily News
Engineer “Got the Old Lady” and Deaf Woman Tragedy
An Eastern railroad president recalls an engineer who feared a deaf old woman crossing tracks on a division. The engineer threatened drastic action and later admitted he had finally halted her by force. The woman, who sold baskets and embroidery near a summer hotel, was ultimately struck by a train.
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Eastern Railroad
Underwood
Persia Sees No Summer Rain and Ancient Family Ties
In Persia summer brings no rain with irrigation relying on underground canal networks to save water. In the United States, Elizabeth Burr Hamilton, last of the Burr line, dies at 90 in Bridgeport after a notable family link to Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Paris opens its first anti tuberculosis dispensary in Montmartre offering free screening and initial care to the poor, funded mainly by private initiative.
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Persia
Burr
Luel
Elizabeth Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Paris
Rue Mercadet
Montmartre
Duties of a Woman Colonel and Fashion Notes
The article highlights Miss Mamie Gertrude Morris, appointed colonel of Gov. Chandler's Georgia military staff, reviewing regiments and greeting the public in Chattanooga. It also discusses outfits, stockings, and blouses in satin and lace for women, urging timely darning and detailing elegant shirts with embroidery and Maltese lace accents.
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Mamie Gertrude Morris
Allen D. Chandler
Georgia
Morris
Chattanooga
Gov. Candler
Georgia Monument
Chickamauga Park
Wide brimmed hats revive in summer fashion trends
In the summer style scene, wide brims return though sparingly. Featured pieces include hats signed earlier, with low crowns and floral wreaths around the brim. Examples mention white straw with poppies, cerise chip with cherry blossoms, mauve straw with pink roses, and other designs with tulle, bows, and rosettes.
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Tate
Kent for Working Women and a Home for Rest
Princess Charles of Denmark supports Thomas Holmes scheme to establish a Walton on the Naze home for London working women. Holmes describes long hours, low pay, and foul work environments. The home aims to rest 100 women monthly after Whitsuntide with £200 for furniture and funds already raised.
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Kent
Charles
Denmark
Walton-on-the-Naze
London Daily Mail
Parisian Color Theory Guides Dress Harmony with Person
The article notes how French women pick colors for dress, hat, and accessories so they harmonize with the wearer. It compares Paris fashion taste to painters studying chromatics, claiming the Paris set leads the world in color theory.
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Paris
Fashion Color Pointers From the Moniteur De La Mode
The Moniteur de la Mode offers color guidance for brunettes and blondes, recommending pale blues, pinks, and greens for delicate complexions and suggesting medium tones for gold and red hair. It links color to mood, notes white and black symbolism, and describes coordinating outfits, parasols, and decorative embroidery trends for summer fashion.
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Moniteur de la Mode
Moniteur
Paris
Orient
China
Far East
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Freeland Tribune
Tribune
Freeland
Tribune S’rinting Company. Limited
S. E. Kiser
Hardy
Wwebankind Fe Ge
Hamburg
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