Translation and divorce headlines span British society
Mrs. Humphry Ward notes that Robert Els mere translations followed by a fifteen year delay in Catholic countries then Italian and French versions. A bill by Horatio Bottomley aims to ease English divorce law. Lady Suffolk, formerly Daisy Lester, resists Spain’s Queen and flaunts a famed lace collection, prompting royal gossip.
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Robert Elsmere
Humphry Ward
M. Ferdinand Brunetiere
Revue Des Deux Mondes
New York Sun
Lady Suffolk
Daisy Lester
Chicago
Lord Curzon
Cardinal Richelieu
Henry of Battenberg
United States
Suffolk
New York Press
American Girls Learn to Sing
Ellen Beach Yaw argues in the Delineator that American girls naturally sing well with clear strong voices. She says most American girls sing a little, born with a voice, and possess a power of expression they rarely realize until they develop it.
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America
Ellen Beach Yaw
Mirage Emerges as Fashionable Material of the Season
Fashion notes describe Mirage as one of the season’s chic materials with a new use for its slender chain. The item highlights its versatile appeal for design and styling opportunities.
Chili con Carne from Boston Cooking School Magazine
Two dried red chili pods are deseeded and soaked to produce pulp and water. Two pounds of round steak are browned in fat, flour added and browned, then garlic and chili water added. Simmer about two hours until tender, adjust with hot water and salt for seasoning.
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Boston Cooking School Magazine
Movement push to legalize divorce for insanity or crime
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes a growing movement to grant divorce on grounds of insanity or criminal conviction. Mr Bottomley argues a bill would allow spouses of incurably insane partners or convicts with ten years or more to obtain decrees, freeing 70,000 marrieds bound to hopeless lunatics.
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Bottomley
Philadelphia Bulletin
Useful Trade for Girls in Ancient Hohenzollern Style
The New Haven Register notes Harper's Weekly on a custom in the Hohenzollern house where princesses learn a trade. It argues this prepares women to stand on their own and may reduce restlessness, divorces, and financial excess by giving value to a side occupation.
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House of
House of Hohenzollern
New Haven
Fashion notes on gowns and trims from a distant era
The passage describes gown details such as tiny watches on necks, embroidery in silver and color, wistaria embroidery on silk, lingerie flounces on petticoats, bias bands on striped fabrics, coordinated champagne or white footwear, embroidered batiste cuffs, and empire trains tucked into low back seams with skirts flowing from a high girdle.
Yellow Fever of Literature Warns Against Shameless Curiosity
A critique labeled yellow fever cites literature designed to spread improper curiosity and complacent ignorance across all social classes, warning readers about the dangers of such engaging but harmful texts.
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Fpenry van Dyke
Worth Remembering Fire Safety Tip
In escaping a fire crawl along the floor where smoke is lowest and a air current runs. Keep low to avoid smoke and find a safe exit quickly.
The College and Good Literature
The author argues American colleges can mold an army of 150000 graduates every four years with idealism. He contrasts American opportunity with European wealth concentration, noting the lure of literature and business, and asserts true writers choose the best paths without denying opportunity.
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America
Far East
Georgian peasants and nobles share quick minds and desire equality
In Georgia Caucasus both peasants and nobility show sharp intellect and eagerness to learn, rejecting long standing social traditions. A peasant refuses noble status and wine to avoid loyalty to the Russian government as he dries his clothes by a fire.
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England
Russia
Georgia
Caucasus
Karl Marx
H. W., Nevinson
Harper's
Pulse Rates Across Ages and Conditions
The article lists pulse rates by age for males from birth to 50 plus, with births at 136 bpm, ages 5 at 83, 10–15 at 78, 20–26 at 60.7, 25–30 at 71, 30–50 at 70, and notes females run 1 to 4.5 bpm faster. Weather, activity, and posture affect the rate, with specifics on walking, running, heat, and barometric changes.
The Old Subscriber
The Lansing Iowa Mirror reflects on the loyal reader who supports his home paper year after year, pays on time, and endures editor’s faults with patience, viewing the subscriber as a steady, honest debt payer. The piece highlights the enduring value of devoted subscribers.
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Lansing
Iowa
Advertising the Best as Community Medium
Professor Zueblin urges Boston audiences to favor newspapers as the best advertising medium and to boycott rival methods, condemning billboards as hideous and urging public support for print promotion.
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Zueblin
Boston
Peruna Seen as Tonic and Catarrh Remedy
Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. It combines HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS with CUBEBS and COPAIBA and reinforcing tonics COLLIN SONIA CANADENSIS CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED. The formula, backed by testimonials, is marketed by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Cal
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Quack Remedies and Odd Facts in 19th Century Ad Copy
An assortment of old time claims tout hair turning gray earlier for men, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children, and Garfield Tea aids for rheumatism and gout. Promises include soothing pain, curing wind colic, purifying blood, and disease eradication with claims about a 25 cent bottle and pyramids weighing 4000 tons.
Hereafter in Daybreak in the Dark Continent
W. B. Naylor describes African concepts of the afterlife as hazy, shadowy, and monotonous. Reincarnation interrupts the sameness with violence and sensuality. without it, the outlook remains bleak and hopeless for individuals.
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Naylor
Deafness and catarrh cure claim from Hall's Catarrh Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and promises one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It describes catarrh as an inflamed mucous lining and urges readers to order the remedy along with Hall's Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F.j.curnty & Co
Toledo
Tradesman Life Expectancy Relative to Farmer Stated
The article notes that the average life length of a tradesman is two thirds that of a farmer, illustrating a comparison in longevity. The source references New York in 1920.
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N.Y
Where the Pen Fails
A student quips the pen is mightier than the sword, while a pomp loving man counters that written words lack presence in a reception or parade setting. The exchange highlights tension between literary power and ceremonial display.
Rich and Poor Paradox from the Somerville Journal
A brief humorous note asserts that a man who marries a rich wife often ends up with a poor partner, reflecting a paradoxical take on marriage and fortune as printed in the Somerville Journal.
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Somerville Journal
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William Seaver Woods
The
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W.l.douglas Shoes
W. L. Douglas
Ww. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Por Aoe
Aianadiaane
Brockton Mass
Pyramids of
Cheops
Pike
Dr. May
W. H. May
M.D
Pearl Street
New York
New England
Pass
Dept. B. & R
Flaaders
P.t.m
Burt, G.P
Walter R K Ranj
N. Y. City
Thompson's
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