New Spring Styles to Be Shown by Fashion Arbiters
Spring fabrics of sheer and light wool varieties fill shop windows and ready to wear lines. Oriental touches appear in waists with Persian inserts and glass accents. printed Liberties and foulards feature lace flounces. Hats stay similar to winter, ankle ties trend in stockings, and vellings depart with royal blue purples. A tribute to muslin summers remains, while a geography party game offers playful contest fun for all ages.
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Casey
Vellings
New York Tribune
Fashion plates reveal ornate blouses with bouqets and gold threads
The article describes oyster-tinted Louisine and black chino silk bodices with scalloped necklines, hand embroidered roses and violets, gold thread details, and art nouveau buckles. It also notes pale gray taffetas blouses with lace and pearl buttons, and a tambour lace bodice with velvet and guipure accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Commercial
Pearl and Silver Fashions Spark Spring Style
Pearl cabochons and grey and black pearls top the latest accessories with hat ornaments, belt buckles, and embroidered gowns. Foliage hats trimmed with grapes or cherries and a black velvet rose appliqué offer chic options for the season.
The Suburban Disease and the Commutation Period
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece lampoons suburban fears linked to commuting. It notes nervous disorders from routine hassles like missed trains and ticket woes, argues such ailments stem from the commutation period, and suggests suburban doctors may study these issues behind closed doors to devise remedies.
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Johnny
Chicago
Inter Ocean
One on the Other Officer McNally Finds Lost Boy
Officer Martin McNally of the Seventh Police District helps a crying boy who says he is lost. After a mistaken assumption by fellow officer Pickles O’Hearn, McNally realizes the child is his own namesake and takes him home without incident.
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Detroit Free Press
Martin McNally
McNally
Peebles
Pickles” O'Hearn
Salse
Pickles
O'Hearn
Master McNally
Never Touched Him Pat Survives Freezer Fall on Train
A storied mishap on the Great Western Road dining car involves Pat the assistant cook and a stubborn chef. During ice cream making, Pat sat in the pantry doorway as the train ascended a grade, a sudden lurch sent him and the freezer tumbling from the door. He thudded off the train, two miles past the scene, then miraculously reappeared on the ties carrying the ice cream freezer on his back, declaring only that it jarred him.
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Pat
St. Paul
Lippincott's Magazine
Standardization Push Reaches Engines and Rails Across Industry
Industrial standards spread through engines dynamos and box cars with uniform gauges and fastenings. Committees from ASCE and AIEE publish final reports on armature bore shafts and keys, while Master Car Builders sets box car dimensions. Public acceptance grows as uniform gauges and fittings gain traction across railroads and consumer goods.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Master Car- Builders’ Association
American Railway Association
National Tube Company
Committee On Standardization of
Lst
England
Pranklin Institute of
Philadelphia
Kentucky raises marriage license fee by fifty cents
Kentucky couples planning elopements face a higher cost as the marriage license fee increases from two dollars to two dollars and fifty cents. County Clerk Yates of Covington received notice from the State Auditor directing the new seal charge.
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Kentucky
Yates
Covington
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Curious Facts Wall Stirs Myriad Tiny Truths
A collage of odd notes covering food preservation by West Indians, Edison’s phonograph in stenography, Lancashire swimming prejudice, Yarmouth band performances with penny admission and $13,500 last season, London shop testing by professional shoppers, cedar wood’s decay resistance and a Washington forest preservation tale, and bird behavior about nesting duties and woodpecker mating.
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Yarmouth
England
Wellington Gardens
Washington
Acme
Overstaying Leave Deductions Stir Treasury Clerk Controversy
A Washington Star item recounts a Treasury Department rule that clerks lose pay for any minute over their annual leave, with the per minute rate calculated from annual salary divided by working days. A Treasury woman fought a thirteen cent deduction for about a quarter hour, kept firm by authorities.
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United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Endtire
Washington Star
Coal in the Chief Problem in Industry
Frank A. Vanderlip argues in Scribner’s about Italy’s coal dependence and its impact on industry. He notes Italy imports all coal for railroads and factories, worsening the trade balance and raising fuel costs relative to Germany England and the United States.
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Italy
Milan
United States
Frank A. Vanderlip
Surra Attacks Army Mules In Philippine Outbreak
The deadly Indian parasitic disease surra has struck Manila and other Philippine areas, destroying horses and mules at high rates. Officials report 70 to 100 percent mortality in different animal groups, with isolation as the only proven control while scientists seek a remedy.
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Philippines
India
Manila
Quartermaster'’s Department
Chaffee
Manila Board of Health
A Colored Messenger Lands Embassy Post at British Embassy
The British Embassy in Washington hires a colored man as messenger for the first time. The role involves handling state papers and private documents, delivering mail on a British vessel to New York or Canadian ports, and returning with outgoing mail. The position is careful, with strict accountability and receipt upon handoffs.
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New York
Richard Donaldson
India
Washington Post
Abandoned tram cars repurposed into boats and houses
The London Chronicle notes the shift to electric tramways increases sales of old horse tramcars. These cars find novel uses from summer harbors to cottages, and can even be fitted on barges as affordable houseboats, broadening access beyond luxury markets.
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London United Tramways Company
London
London Chronicle
Resisting Inevitable Changes in Transportation
The Westminster Gazette argues people underestimate ongoing shifts toward automobiles, likening rural police diverted to manage motors to speed over skill. It condemns clinging to horse age logic, warning the car trade shifts to France and America as a consequence.
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Dlme
France
America
Westminster Gazette
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