Women Writers War on Suffrage Debate Sparks Uproar
A heated exchange between Mrs. Humphry Ward and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe unfolds as Howe cites Denver election fraud data showing 76 men and 2 women involved out of 78. Judge Lindsey backs male dominance in Colorado fraud cases, while Ward’s stance against political participation by women is challenged by English suffragists.
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Humphry Ward
Julia Ward Howe
Western States
Ward
England
Howe
London Times
Denver
Structured Cakes and Violet Perfume Guidance
A recipe for structed cakes mixes flour salt sugar baking powder butter milk and nuts then fills and bakes two pastry squares. The piece also presents guidance from Woman's Life urging restraint in perfume use, favoring violet scent and sachets for subtle fragrance.
Sullen Sallie and the Idle Village Hostess
A vignette portrays Sallie a dressmaker living in a shaded village. Her frugally independent husband funds modest comforts while Sallie grumbles at fashion with little hospitality. The narrator urges social warmth through afternoon receptions to brighten cottage life. January tea memories surface as a common scene.
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Sallie
William Henry
Bible Martha
Aid Society
Fashion notes on gowns and hats of the day
The article surveys a range of late era fashion trends including colored net waistcoats gold tinsel and ostrich plumage. It notes black and white as a lasting favorite mourning veils and hats with broad crowns. Elbow sleeves ruffs jabot transformations and long trailing trains influence footwear and trims.
New York City Tops World for Restaurants
New York City has more restaurants than any other city, spanning the extremes of quality from excellent to poor. The city hosts fewer middle grade venues than Paris or London, highlighting the breadth of dining options and the challenge of categorizing the market.
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New York City
Paris
London
Alarm Device for Lowering Fire Escapes
A new alarm device attaches to the hinged ladder of a fire escape so that when the ladder is lowered the cable moves a pulley between two bells. As the pulley rotates the clapper strikes the bells, producing a sound to warn of unauthorized lowering, with a counterweight aiding operation.
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Scientific American
Egg Poaching Pan Designed To Preserve Egg
A Georgia man designed an egg poaching pan to solve common poaching issues. It aims to keep the white intact and prevent yolk breakage while allowing easy removal of the poached egg onto toast or another serving. The device promises quicker and cleaner poaching from a skillet.
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Georgia
Egg Poaching Pan With Perforated Sides Concept
A description outlines a pan with perforated sides made from a continuous strip of sheet metal. It poaches two eggs simultaneously with a sliding bottom at one end to lift the eggs out. Water circulates freely as the eggs cook and the eggs drop onto toast when the bottom slides out.
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Washington Tar
Baltimore Crusade Against Cocaine Moves Ahead
Baltimore launches a vigorous crusade following New York State against cocaine. An ordinance to curb easy sale and to arrest anyone found with the drug has passed the City Council, and Mayor Mahool has promised to sign it.
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Baltimore
New York State
Mahool
Saving For warmers on the farm uses engines over horses
The piece notes that employing an oil or gas engine on the farm reduces paving costs by twenty to fifty percent per tent compared with using horses. It presents a practical advantage of mechanization in agriculture and implies savings tied to engine power over traditional horse labor.
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Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
Myoy
Milk aid figures cited in 20th century record
A dated report notes yearly shipments of condensed milk and biscuits to China from England totaling 11 million pounds. It also mentions an association among black workers in Mississippi, and a claim that the United States supplies over half of France's tobacco imports.
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United States
Millinery Trade Review
China
England
France
The
The Man Who Succeeds and the Smoking Car Tale
A reflective piece on success virtues notes temperance honesty and diligence. An endorsed tonic claim about deafness and a humor-filled train car anecdote follow, featuring a sharp elderly passenger who proves skepticism about age. The humor hinges on car design confusion and a wit mid-ride.
Little pearl ring loss shapes Ethelberta tale
Ethelberta, the doctor's daughter just past six, receives a ring with a tiny pearl for her sixth birthday. Soon after she visits her father in his office looking woebegone and laments that she has lost the pill from the ring.
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Ethelberta
Philadelphia Public Ledger
One Bromo Quinine Laxative and Cold Cure Claim
The ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as the single cure for a cold in one day and features the signature of E W Grove. It touts World over use and a price of 38e. Other claims include liquid air freezing a soap bubble, Woolford itch cure in 39 minutes, Sanitary Lotion, and asserts Austria leads in skaters.
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E.W. Grove
Woolford
Austria
Perfect Cure for Baby Eczema via Cuticura Remedies
Witnessed by Mrs. P. E. Gumbin of Sheldon, Ta., a six month old suffered red spots spreading over the face and eyes. After doctors failed and costly ointments provided no relief, use of Cuticura Remedies whitewashed the skin by morning and the eczema vanished. Also notes piles cures and unrelated medical ads amid a 1908 era ad page tone.
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Cutiura
PE. Gumbin
Sheldon, Ta
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Mass
Manhattan
New York
Cit
Eac
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Master Blossom
Dolly Goodwill
Indiana
Misssippi
Atchison Globe
Hall
F.j.crenny & Co
Toledo
Dragus
Halls Haile
Has
Salate Vraxeman
Sahlinodur
German Empire
Lane
Lane's
Brown & Sharpe
Providence, R
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