Patronize Our Advertisers and National Policies
A long promotional column urges readers to support local merchants who advertise in the Tribune, arguing spending at home keeps money circulating locally. It wanders through topics on taxation, beer subsidies, British policy, Kaiser era figures, and American shipbuilding, ending with a plug for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers from Grover’s City drug store.
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Steer By The Star Poem Brightens Dark Sea Path
An excerpt from Arthur J. Burdick in Los Angeles Herald extols guiding light of the Great Beacon overhead. A lone ship sails dark seas as stars and heavenly lights steer the voyage. Faithful bearing, vigilance, and keeping the beacon in sight ensure harbor safety.
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Arthur J. Burdick
Los Angeles Herald
The Mystery of Our Unheard Voice
An amateur philosopher on Camp Street recalls the uncanny experience of hearing his own voice on a phonograph. He explains that everyone sounds unfamiliar when recorded, yet the voice reveals the mysterious body we inhabit, producing a thrilling, secret impression upon listeners.
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Camp Street
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Mistake of the New Riveter at Schoenville
A Pittsburg News item reports six riveters at the Pressed Steel Car shop in Schoenville discussing their work. Five of the workers have missing fingers, with only one man retaining all digits. Inside workers feed rivets while outside workers swing the hammer, leading to accidental finger injuries and occasional blood spurting from stumps.
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Schoenville
Pressed Steel
Pittsburg
Sulphur Disinfection Method For Rooms
Instructions describe disinfecting a room using sulphur in an iron kettle on bricks, with alcohol lit to burn and fumes fill the space. A day and night is required with five ounces of sulphur per hundred cubic feet, followed by carbolic acid wash and soap and water cleanup.
Harness maker story about collar size clash at store
A clerk refused a customer named Phiniel Webster a collar or dickey at a harness shop, saying they lacked his size and directing him to the next store around the corner. The anecdote reflects a casual retail misstep in a horse collar specialty shop.
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Herdasters
Dickey
The Other Man's View of Titans Pa and Financers
A pithy fragment contrasts views of a financier as a man who can rally others to build wealth for him. It then notes a proverb about redwood wood never decaying, and a metaphor about catching a giraffe in a race if the hunter lacks a slight edge.
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Little Willie
Chicago News
Mme de Thebes Clairvoyant of Royalty in Paris
A Parisian clairvoyant known as Mme de Thebes claims to foretell royalty fortunes by reading plaster casts of royal hands. She asserts she predicted Humbert of Italy’s violent death and warned Crisp of an Italian disaster in Abyssinia, and she cites prophecies of a China powers war. Her parlors reportedly stay busy with high profile clients including William of Germany and Nicholas of Russia.
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Humbert
Italy
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Abyssinia
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China
William
Germany
Nicholas
Russia
Window Houseplants For Winter Gardens
Guidance on selecting and placing window plants for winter care. Emphasizes light, heating, and ventilation to ensure plant health. Notes that some species tolerate specific conditions, with advice to consult a florist when possible and learning from reading and experience. Highlights orange trees and dwarf conifers as attractive options.
Lord and Lady Hopetoun Charm Melbourne Society
In Melbourne the Lord and Lady Hopetoun enjoy great popularity. They host lavish entertainments and lead a lively, youthful household with many pets. The countess, noted for her gentle bearing and dignity, loves animals and Shetland ponies, while driving is her favorite hobby and a common sight on Hopetoun House grounds.
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Lady Hopetoun
Melbourne
Lfe
Caution on Glycerin Use for Skin and Infants
A note warns that glycerin on tongue causes pain due to its water absorption. Nurses and mothers have applied pure glycerin to infant skin, risking irritation. Diluting with water prevents drying and helps maintain moisture for healing.
Royal Family Growth Traced Amid Victoria Generations
The article notes Queen Victoria has seven namesakes among living descendants including Princess Victoria Victoria’s marriage to Frederick of Prussia. It observes the expanding royal family circle with a daughter, three granddaughters, and three great granddaughters, suggesting English royalty will remain in the hands of the line for some time.
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Royal House of
England
Victoria
Frederick of
Prussia
Jack
England Allows Girls Out Without a Chaperon
The piece notes a historic shift in English social life as young girls may now go out unchaperoned marking a major change. Lady Jeune hopes the move is temporary but signs point to lasting reform driven by evolving social norms.
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England
Jeune
Education for Women Across Nations Advances
The article surveys women's education in 1900, noting Britain, France, and Japan expanding access while Germany lags. It cites Russian and German cautions about long study, mentions Honduras establishing an American college for girls, and Porto Rico seeking Chicago University collaboration. It concludes that civilized nations trend toward educating women as a path to equality and achievement.
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Britain
France
Germany
Japan
Honduras
Porto Rico
Chicago University
Noted Kentucky Pardons Case Wins Freedom for Convict
Rich young Kentucky farmer, jailed for killing a drunken man in self defense, is freed after novelist Hallie Ermine Rives investigates. She visits prison with a hamper, questions him, advises Governor Brown, and the board of pardons grants clemency, leading to his release.
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Kentucky
Hallie Ermine Rives
Miss Rives
Correcting Children in Private
A guidance note from Miriam BK Brozman in The Mother's Journal urges parents to discipline out of sight. It cautions that public scolding shames guests and dampens the mood, advising to teach before company arrives or after they leave.
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Miriam Bk, Brozman
Autumn Leaf Decorating for Crafts and Sticks
Instructions describe selecting perfect leaves and preparing articles with sandpaper black paint and pumice to create leaf decorations. After drying the leaves are pressed in place and coated with isinglass gum arabic solution and copal varnish for a finished finish.
Great Swimmer Lady Agnes Triumphs in Two Mile Swim
Lady Agnes Townsheml earned another feather in athletic womanhood by a swift two mile swim at St Michaels in Cornwall. Backed by support from Lord St Levan, her uncle, she completed the race in just over an hour and showed little fatigue on landing.
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Agios Townsheml
Wmcun
St Michaels
Cornwall
Queen Margherita Withdraws from World after Distributing Effects
European reports state the widowed Queen Margherita has finished disposing of her personal belongings and retired. She distributed 300 costumes to friends and sent Florence museum embroideries from the World's Fair to the museum after King Humbert's funeral. Her jewelry went to relatives and the young Queen Helen received a diamond.
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Europe
Humbert
Florence
Helen
The Art of Decorating China with a Steel Pen
A detailed guide for beginners to decorate cups saucers and plates using a steel pen and gold luster. It covers prep steps glazing colors blending techniques and when to apply gold designs before or after firing. Practical tips include thinning gold essence testing flow and keeping luster out of turpentine.
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China
Homemade Holiday Confections and Kitchen Weights
The itemized recipes describe Candy Recipen with brown sugar and molasses, Coffee Caramels with brown sugar coffee cream and butter, Violet Popcorn with violet sugar on freshly popped corn, plus a folding A DAINTY WORKBOX device made of bristol board with silk coverings. Kitchen Weights and Measures provide conversions and typical measures for common ingredients and amounts.
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Stibelivd
New York ‘Tribune
Railroad Timetables Delaware Susquehanna and Schuylkill 1897
Train times from Drifton Hazleton Junction and Deringer listed for April 18 1897. Connections at Hazleton Junction with electric cars and P K S trains to Wilkesbarre Sunbury Harrisburg and west. Special stop at way stations 300 pm daily except Sunday arriving Deringer 600 pm.
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Eckley
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Stockton
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Cranberry
Tombicken
Deringer
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Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Hazleton Junction
Sally
Tombick
Hagieton Junction
Youn AL
Hatton Junction
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Bundy
Hale Brook
Kekley
Lam
Haleton Junction
Hazleton
Jeanysville
Auden
Iraction Company
P. K. St. Traine
Wilkesbarre
Sunbury
Molten Wood: A French Nonconductive Fireproof Material
The article describes molten wood, a French discovery by M. de Gall of Lemar, France. Through dry distillation and high pressure the wood becomes molten, then cools into a hard, polishable substance that resists acids and heat and acts as a perfect electrical nonconductor, unlike coal in composition.
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M. de Gall
Lemar
France
Inside Growth Over External Rank
A columnist recalls a theologian urging youths to cultivate inner strength over outward status. Small roles become where big minds thrive. persistence turns limited spaces into opportunity. A humor strip closes with a joke about bank pay in Chicago and a light quip about spouses.
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