The Care of Cems Diamonds and Pearls Need Delicate Handling
Diamonds require gentle treatment to stay sound and brilliant. The article details proper storage, cleaning steps, and handling for diamonds turquoises pearls and other gems, including tissue wrapping in silk lined cases, careful mounting, use of eau de cologne and sawdust drying, and tests by touch to distinguish real diamonds and pearls from fakes. It notes special care for turquoise and the peculiarities of keeping pearls lustrous through sun baths milky baths or seawater soaking as needed.
The Chicago Woman's Walk in Streetcar Life
The piece admires Chicago women for their rapid, agile movements dodging crowds and boarding streetcars. It attributes this brisk grace to Chicago methods, noting women grip the pavement, alight between curbstone and tar, and swing onto cars without losing poise. It frames this as a distinct urban charm.
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Chicago
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Chinese Women Learn to Walk in Changing Fashion
A San Francisco report via the New York Herald quotes Mme. Wu Ting-fang wife of China's minister saying small feet are no longer fashionable in China She notes exterior civilization is influencing Chinese customs including women's emancipation and feet binding While tiny feet persist for practicality some change has already begun and the practice is broadly viewed as barbarous by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
New York Herald
Mme
Wu Ting-fang
China
Tailor Made Hats Capture Street Style
Tailor made hats bid to rival felt and charm street wear with tailored gowns. Medium size headpieces feature trimmed wings or quill details, a brown suit material, and an artistic buckle at the back. Under the brim two brown wings nest against the hair, a mere millinery trifle with notable style.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Pillow ribbons for sofa and petticoat trimming
Pillow ribbons or skirting ribbons come in new colors and measure six and a half to seven inches wide. They feature soft taffeta and a woven-in edge card that forms a ruffle. The ribbons costume sofa cushions and can swiftly trim a silk petticoat. Priced at ninety eight cents per yard.
Dress Clipping Fiend Targets Paris Ladies
A New York Herald dispatch warns that a suspect is roaming Paris fashion districts, cutting dress material from garments rather than buying finished fabric. Victims report loss and distress, with women filing police complaints as authorities seek the clipper.
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Paris
New York Herald
Give the Girls a Chance to Education
A Sioux City Journal editorial argues for prioritizing girls education and college opportunities. It states that educating girls benefits future generations as mothers and that too little focus has gone to girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Steel and Black in Fashion Frocks This Year
Steel and black dominate this season with velvet dots on lace or net foundations. Bead borders in alternating black and steel trim many outfits. Stocka patterns feature lines of black and steel beads and varied combinations.
Fashions in MG Sonewest textiles and trims on underskirts
The article surveys MG Sonewest fashions highlighting edge finished deep founces on underskirts with regular Hamburg insertions, hemstitched hems, and handkerchiefs with lace and floral embroidery. It notes all jet umbrella handles, hat pin heads, diamond horseshoes on pins, and various silk and brocade petticoats in creams and pale coffee lace.
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Hamburg
How It Impressed Coldberg Personal Hygiene Lectures
A humorous New York Tribune excerpt shows an immigrant class taught elocution with a twist. An English teacher uses hygiene as a bridge to language, prompting a student named Goldberg to eagerly pursue clean teeth. His zeal leads to dramatic dental changes and a comic misadventure.
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Coldberg
Lfe
Goldberg
New York Tribune
The Jews and their contributions described by Frank Putnam
In National Magazine Frank Putnam praises Jewish endurance and impact across religion philosophy commerce arts and science. He notes Jews as historically persecuted yet globally integrated, preserving racial integrity while advancing mankind, highlighting The Jewish Encyclopedia as a milestone.
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Abram
Frank Putnam
National Magazine
Sweden Teaches Children Gardening In National Schools
Scientific gardening is taught in national schools and in teacher training seminaries in Sweden. A school garden exists in almost every rural district, placed near the schoolhouse for practical instruction in plant cultivation, berries, flowers, herbs, and fruits, including hotbeds and greenhouses. Parishes supply the ground, and trees and shrubs are given to children for planting at home each year.
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Sweden
Kingdom
A Peculiar Custom In Venice Notices the Dead
In Venice a local custom places a placard on the deceased’s house and nearby streets. The notice gives the name, age, place of birth, and illness, confirms reception of the Holy Sacraments, states the deceased died a good Christian, and requests prayers from the faithful.
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Venice
When Cinda Sweeps in a Homey Kitchen Scene
A lyrical scene by Hattie Whitney from Good Mousekeeping depicts Cinda sweeping and baking in a warm porcelain light. The mo ther wings, shadows, and late sunlight frame a calm kitchen where clove and citron aromas mingle with crusty rolls and frosted tarts.
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Cinda
Parma
Enid
Hattie Whitney
Emmer wheat and its drought hardy promise
A column discusses Emmer wheat as a drought resistant grain from Russia and Abyssinia, noting its potential for semi arid U S regions. It highlights its hardiness, fungus resistance, drought tolerance, and use in improving ordinary wheat, with seeds sourced for experimentation at agricultural stations.
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Department of Agriculture
Russia
Abyssinia
Georgia House panel backs usury bill to cap loans
The Judiciary Committee of the Georgia House of Delegates voted to report favorably a bill making it a misdemeanor to charge more than twenty five percent per annum on any loan. Several pawnbrokers and lenders opposed the bill, but the committee's vote was unanimous with two members arguing for the measure citing loans at 100 to 1000 percent to the poor.
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Judiciary Committee
Georgia House of Delegates
Baltimore Sun
Old Hidden Treasure Found Near Royalton New York
Gold valued at 87000 found in an old shanty on Barker Road north of Royalton by farm hand Penny Freeshe. Nuggets and dust worth 7900 recovered with a two foot square wooden chest where a nest had formed. The tale ties to 19th century hermit George Hoffman and his wife in Ohio, now sought by heirs. Freeshes may surrender if claimed.
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Royalton
N. Y
Penny Freeshe
Barker Toad
George Hoffman
Niagara County
California
Calfornia
Niagara
Ohio
Cleveland
Hoffman
Buckeye
New York
Barker Road
Freeshes
Little Elsie and the View at the Catskills
In the Catskills a three year old named Elsie warns her father near a sheer cliff about the danger with the pat phrase look out don’t get too close or you’ll fall off into the view. The scene captures a child’s curiosity and caution as visitors explore rocky ledges and scenic overlooks.
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Hook
Molly
Bothton
Puck
Nature
Psian
Nell
Belle
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Blanche
Miss Flypp
Miss Kittsi
Detroit Free Press
Tess
Jack Timmid
Jess
Philadelphia Press
L Lear
Bridget
Joneses
Amanda
Elato
Elsie
Catskills
Epet
Hisle
New York Times
Earl Li the Riches in rare earth fortune tale
The New York Tribune notes Li Hong Chang as the world’s wealthiest clan figure. It estimates his fortune in the millions, grown during his Viceroyships by leveraging private soldiers, confiscated labor, and vast rice estates, yielding large crops with minimal labor costs.
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Earl Li
Li Hung Chang
Socedy
Nanking
Pe-Cu-Li
North Dakota
New York Tribune
Our Unit of Value and the Silver Quarter
The passage extols the silver quarter as the true unit of value in the United States. It argues the dime is misplaced and notes practical uses of quarters in bars, restaurants, and tipping. It praises the quarter’s convenient size and tactile distinguishability among coins.
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United States
Plelian
New York
Army Post Issue in Des Moines Mayor Election
The Des Moines election may hinge on a proposed United States army post. Local businessmen funded the site a year ago, but council delays persist. The government requires annexation of the site before setting the post, with preference for a location inside the city to curb resort development near the property.
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Des Moines
The Glasgow Student Life From Early Morning to Night
A vivid portrait of a Glasgow student day from 8 am classes to 6 30 pm lectures. The scene covers the train ride from suburbs, quiet quad, dawned rooms, a brisk janitor, bell and roll call, note takers and sporting papers, rain, and the reading room debates on theology and jokes told thrice in an hour.
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College Hill
College
Porto Ricans Library Plans for San Juan Building
The Carnegie Library project for San Juan Puerto Rico is proposed at 360000 dollars. The two story structure will be 75 feet wide and 40 feet deep facing Plaza Colon. The second floor is to be an assembly hall while the first floor holds 100000 books and the basement includes two reading rooms one for children.
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Carnegie Library
San Juan
P. R
Plaza Colon al
Encke's Comet A Herald Of Presidential Assassins
The article notes Encke's comet as a herald of assassinations of U S presidents. Lincoln was killed April 15, 1865 appearance Jan 25 1865 visible five months Garfield attacked July 2 1881 died September 19 1881 appearance August 20 1881 visible naked eye McKinley attacked September 6 1901 died September 14 1901 appearance August 15 1901 visible several weeks
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Encke
United States
Lincoln
Garfield
Eneke
McKinley
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promoted by Cheney & Co
A long advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims catarrh is constitutional, promises $100 for any failure to cure, and urges readers to request circulars. Also mentions earthquake death tolls and British-born colonial residents.
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Hall
FP. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.j.onesix & Co
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Armoles
Army Post
Council
Glasgow
Porto Rico
Monroe Drag Co
Unionville
United Kingdom
Colonies
Eer
Ayer
R. N. Manin
Fall Mills
Tenn
Willie
McIlhenny
Buy Jones Scales
Sore
Ays
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