College Prepara tion in Three Years Practicable
Professor Holland Thompson of the College of the City of New York argues for a three year college path by trimming curricula from grammar school to university He says excessive subjects delay graduation and diminish initiative leading to late entry into professional life and less joy in work.
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Thompson
Holland Thompson
College of the City of New York
Schoolmasters’ Association
West 4Th Street
Osler
Harvard
New York Tribune
Unprecedented demand for wings and feathers for hats
An article notes soaring demand for plumes in women’s hats with Parisian, Viennese, and London makers unable to keep up. Feathers come from farmyard birds and game sources dyed vivid colors and hand mounted, including ostrich parts, with multiple birds used for unique effects.
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Paris
Vienna
London
Chanticleer
Ostrich Feather Fashion Report Dazzles Critics
The London Chronicle notes ostrich feathers remain influential in fashion as mollifying exotic plumage trends. It cites South African farms exporting over a million plumes, used natural, curled, and dyed in many colors.
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London Chronicle
Pine Trees Attacked by Blight Across New England
A government study reports a widespread pine blight in New England, with spread from Maine to the Whites. In most areas only scattered trees are affected, but some locales show 10 to 20 percent infection, notably Brunswick and Eliot, Maine. The disease appeared suddenly in multiple distant areas. no alarm but continued investigation.
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New England
T. Dana
Department of Agriculture
White Mountains
Brunswick
Eliot
Not the Steepest Town
A traveler from a five month Europe trip contrasts Philadelphia with busy European cities. She notes Philadelphia appears turbulent and crowded, with scarcely passable streets and well dressed crowds, challenging the sleepy town reputation.
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Philadelphia
Europe
General Booth's plain diet from Salvation Army head
The Salvation Army leader General William Booth, age 79, told Chicago reporters he survives on a small diet of toast and tea, hot milk and vegetable soup, a roasted potato daily, plain milk pudding and stewed fruit. Experts note his abstinence contrasts with common overindulgence.
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General Booth
William Booth
Salvation Army
Chicago
Booth
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Whitney Reduction completes largest southern cofferdam
The Whitney Reduction company announces the completion of a massive cofferdam on the Yadkin river thirty-one miles from Salisbury. The structure stands 45 feet high and 917 feet long with hydraulic capacity yielding 46,000 horsepower. Investments exceed 1.5 million dollars, while contracts total 80,000 horsepower for future power supply to turbines and nearby industries. The project, costing about 7.5 million dollars, will deliver electric power to a wide radius. Dispatch notes from Salisbury North Carolina reach The Sun.
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Niagara
Whitney Reduction Company
Yadkin River
Salisbury
Waer
Whitneys
Completebury
N. C
Sun
The camel as a desert work animal and survivor
The National Geographic Magazine notes that camels cost about as much as a fine horse yet offer greater speed and load capacity. They can travel a week or nearly two weeks without water and days with little food, subsisting on hump fat stored for droughts.
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National Geographic Magazine
Training of Parents Advocates Persistent Self Restraint
Mr. Abbott argues in The Outlook that parenting is about forming habits from infancy. He urges mothers to distinguish cries and practice self restraint, letting a baby cry to exercise lungs and prevent indulging whimsy, fostering dignity and self command.
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Mr. Abbott
Doyle Recognized in Paris by News and Details
French papers report Conan Doyle known as Sherlock Holmes arrives in Paris from Marseilles and Lyons. A cabman identifies him after reading about the visit, noting hair cut by a Marseilles barber and Lyons dirt on his heel. Doyle laughs at the reveal and learns his full name is painted on his trunk.
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Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Paris
Marseilles
Lyons
Doyle
Argonaut
Changed Views of Feet in Aristocracy
The Indianapolis Star notes that Disraeli valued small hands as aristocratic badges proving noble upbringing and avoidance of labor. Generations of shod nobility bred small feet as further signs of gentility. Eventually commoners debunked this by showing the artistic hand was long and slender, while athletic people mocked tiny hands and feet as effeminacy.
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Disraeli
Indianapolis
Star
English Women Taller on Average Than Americans
The report states that the average English woman is two inches taller than her American counterpart, highlighting comparative height measures between the two populations.
Untried Rower Seeks Tailor Fit for Sliding Seats
The Washington Star profiles a novice rower who enters a tailor shop and, with the air of a champion, asks to be measured for two pairs of rowing trousers—those with sliding seats—to begin his racing journey.
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Washington Star
Two Cures of Eczema and Early Devices Mentioned
A Louisville man testifies that his grandson’s eczema was cured in weeks by Cuticura after other doctors failed. He also describes his own long suffering with virulent sores until Cuticura brought improvement and cure. The notice notes a 1907 date. The second sentence mentions early English knife use in 1559.
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Cuthura
M. W. LaRue
Seventh St
Louisville
Peruna Almanac East Abroad and Other Remedies
The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac is in over eight million homes and available from druggists. The 1908 edition is selling fast. Also advertised are remedies including Paro Ointment for piles and Woolford’s Lotion for itch, with claims of quick cures and money refunds.
Taking Her Pick
A smoker tale recounts a past incident where eight men were sent home in one back. The driver rang a doorbell and a feminine voice from an upper window asked who was there, and the driver replied asking the lady to come down and pick out her baby.
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Lippincott
S. N.Y
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Converts Suffering Women
A testimonial describes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy for female ills. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri recounts twelve years of illness and eleven physicians, crediting the patent remedy and Mrs Pinkham's guidance with restored health and strength. It asserts the compound's broad efficacy for women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St. Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Muff
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