Limelight Fails To Move Hetty Green From Plaza Suite
Wealthy Hetty Green shuns publicity as she remains at the Plaza Hotel amid reporters and suitors. She trades Hoboken flats for a $600 monthly suite and simple meals, avoiding lavish expenditures while avoiding a move back to Hoboken.
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Hoboken
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Baroda
Rampur
Mra
Green
Valenciennes
Mrs. Green
Sip
Court of Tears Aids Jews To Settle Family Grievances
The Hebrew Educational alliance runs a daily tribunal called the Court of Tears in the ghetto to settle matrimonial and domestic disputes. It operates without legal authority but aims to mend broken homes, reduce desertion, and push for a legislative domestic relations court to relieve police courts. Judge Robbino advocates a public tribunal to protect family welfare.
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Hebrew Educational Alliance
Court of Tears
Robbino
Wall Street Wealth Guarded As Fortified Treasury
A New York Wall Street corner handling vast daily sums, with nearly 360 million dollars stored behind 40 000 pound doors guarded by 100 rifles 12000 rounds 100 revolvers 1200 rounds and four gatling guns 20000 rounds and 1600 bombs. A single shot could summon a full regiment of protectors.
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Broad and
Wall Streets
New York
Financial District
Justi
Wall Street
United States
Chamber of Wealth
New York Women Form Clubs Modeled on Men
Women in New York establish clubs following male traditions. The Colony club opened a new building a year ago with prominent members. The Kelectle club leases space at the Waldorf Astoria and will offer sleeping quarters for members. A Three Arts club houses young women studying art and music. Husbands’ objections spark debate as women join these fashionable societies.
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Colony Club
Kelectle Club
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Simple built in cupboard for hall corner storage
An amateur carpenter can convert a dark hall corner into a dust free storage cupboard. The plan uses two wood supports, pegs, a curtain across, and a roof piece with a fern space. A triangular roof panel is supported by wall bars to form a hidden hat coat and umbrella store.
End of the Drawing String in Modern Dress Making
The obsolete drawing string and ear-movable muscle appendix are discarded as sheathlike skirts dominate. Dressmakers now insist underwear fits as carefully as the gown, with fingers adjusted to the figure. The drawing string offers only convenience and causes welts, so stylish women shun it.
Gold-Plated Rosebuds Sell as Stickpin Fad
A novelty trend features genuine rosebuds heavily gold plated for use as stickpins, watch fobs, or pendants. Mint leaves and violet blossoms may be candied, and small pearls help create a convincing dendropa effect on the pieces.
Simplicity Gleans Charm in Saxeblue Chiffon Dress
A dress showcases simple chic with Saxeblue chiffon and an unadorned charm. The design features a wrapped front tabber with corner embroidery, kimono over-bodice with horizontal tucks, crepe-dechine blouse, fine tucked yoke, puckered sleeves, and a crinoline hat with ribbon and feather. Materials listed: seven yards of 46 inch fabric and four yards trimming.
Homemade shaving case for travel use offers practical gift
For men, a simple art Serge shaving case in wash-leather folds securely with ribbons for packing razors and brushes. The illustrated design fits in a bag for week end visits, with a single outside monogram and no other embroidery.
Pretty bedspreads and bolster covers design notes
A description of decorative bedspreads and bolster covers made from sheer Persian lawn or India mull with shadow embroidery of chrysanthemum sprays tied by ribbon. Edges trimmed with lace and lined with color-matching sateen for coordinated room decor.
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India
Little things make the difference in beauty grooming
An article argues small details matter in a woman’s appearance. It cites grooming, avoiding dry hair, and a Chinese polishing method using cloth and oil sparingly to maintain shine for several days.
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Orient
Tiny Satin Tie and Tassel as a Fashion Accent
A small black satin tie or jabot adds a refined note to gowns and lingerie, finished with a tassel or fringe. Described in Parle fashion as versatile across colors and dress styles, usually satin or finished silk with gold or silver thread tassels.
Death by Own Action Queen Strikes Cincinnati
A Cincinnati case outlines Etta Saulters dubbed the death by own action queen. Over nearly three years she made 26 suicide attempts using carbolic acid, laudanum, arsenic and other poisons, repeatedly evading arrest and hospital care while authorities warn druggists to deny poisons.
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Cincinnati
Etta Saulters
Misa Saulters
Ashe
Inez
Mining output and ventures fuel wide western field hopes
The mining scene shows output near $1,000,000 monthly with gains weekly. Pearl Idaho eyes a prosperous year as leases and new ore find on Master Mining claim promise $150 per ton ore. Copper production for 1907 tops 870 million pounds, while Utah and Nevada camps report new mines, openings and dividends amid rising shipments and refurbished plants.
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Idaho
Pittsburg
Park City
Utah
Child, Cole & Co
Balt Lake
Seven Troughs
Nevada
Harels
Seven Trougha Florence Mining Company
United States
Saya the Engineering and Mining Journal
Bull Valley
Hear Top
Coeur d'Alenes
Jesse Knight
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Alta
Algae
Goldfield
Cumberland Ely
Ely
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Ubehebe
Palmetto
Sylvania
The
Goldfield Tribune
Butte
Bever Troughs
Mazuma Hilla
Mazuma
Indian Queen
Heaver County
Round Mountain
New
Round Mountain Mining Company
Lucky Ridge
Lones Tar Lodge
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