Charity and Cheap Charity From a Washington Star Tale
Mother Alphonsa of Hawthorne fame urges true charity at a New York fundraiser for the Hawthorne Cancer Home. She contrasts real aid with cheap charity, citing a railroad president who once granted a lifetime pass to a loyal worker, illustrating neglect of quiet suffering.
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Alphonsa
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New York
Hawthorne Cancer Home
John Faithful
Perkins
Washington Star
Where Women Can't Get a Drink in Cumberland Maryland
A Baltimore American note quotes G J Brooks of Philadelphia criticizing Cumberland Maryland for denying women service of beer or wine. He recounts visiting a Cumberland hotel with his wife and being refused two glasses due to the Keating license bill prohibiting serving women.
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Cumberland
Maryland
United States
Amy Kind
G. J. Brooks
Philadelphia
Grape Nuts and Postum Help Woman After Illness
A New York woman recalls severe health decline after peritonitis and intestinal indigestion. She credits Grape Nuts and Postum with restored strength, better sleep, and renewed hope after a two year struggle with nervousness and weak heart. Her letter ends noting continued use by her husband and herself.
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N.Y
Postum Co
Are Creek
Mich
Wellville
Fashionable coats and dresses with fringe trims in vogue
The article describes chic summer outfits from New York City including fringe trimmed coats and a mole colored satin frock. It notes simple straight skirts and practical dresses for warm weather, with fabrics ranging from linens to chiffon and embroidered dotted batiste. It provides material estimates for a medium size ten year dress and outlines sleeve options and sleeveless variants.
Drop skirt fit guides for flattering figures
The guidance emphasizes careful tailoring to match a slim silhouette with small hips. It warns against any extra fullness at the waist and stresses avoiding wrinkles over the hip area to maintain a smooth line.
Danes Study Greenland Fishery Prospects For Esquimaux
A Danish expedition to Greenland aims to teach the 10 000 Esquimaux on the southwest coast modern fishing methods and provide nets and motor boats. It will assess coast fisheries, train natives, and consider a whaling station while noting declining seal oil and failed reindeer introduction. The project follows efforts to boost native income beyond harpooning herrings and seeks to compare with profitable Scotch whaling nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Denmark
Alaska
Esquimaux
New York Sun
Eczema Cure After Fifty-Five Years of Suffering
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong eczema ordeal with red and white boils spreading to walnut size. After eight months using Cul ura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills he reports being cured. Nelson R. Burnett of Tipton Iowa vouches for the testimony.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton, Ia
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Perplexing Ride to the Pyramids with Political Names
A tour group in Egypt assigns camels to travelers while a small American man in glasses avoids misidentification. Guides mix up characters from history and politics, finally consent to riding “Roosevelt” as a name joke and fear they might recall Mr. Harriman.
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Pyramids
Chamberlain
Bismarck
Napoleon
United States
Roosevelt
Mr. Harriman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Venice Too Wet For Her Describes Italian Floods
An Anthony woman who toured Europe says Venice flooded all streets, making travel by boat the only option. She recalled the soggy scene and added they stayed just one day in that slosh during their trip.
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Anthony
Europe
Venice
Kansas City Star
Childrens dialogue about a lion in Pennsylvania joke
A humorous exchange from the New York Press features young Ethel asking her father whether a lion would swallow her and whether the lion would have to go to heaven too. The father replies that she would die if eaten and that heaven would be for a good little girl.
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Ethel
Papa
New York Press
Nature and a Woman's Work Remedy Advocacy
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for women's ailments. It features Mrs. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri detailing twelve years of illness and eleven doctors, claiming recovery after following Pinkham's advice and using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Muff
Japan builds locomotives at Hyogo works
Japan undertakes locomotive construction with five engines planned at the Hyogo railway works. One engine is completed and in service, delivering satisfactory results for the experiment.
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Japan
Hyogo
N.Y
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Douglas
Chase
L. Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
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Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Paxtine
Stee
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