National and Local News Nuggets Collide Across 1905 Headlines
A broad sweep of 1905 items includes Kansas City ice price hikes, a burned St Francis Xavier church in Philadelphia with $150 000 loss, senate house talks on consular service reorganization, Justice Harlan denying retirement rumors, and Lodge pushing an oil pipelines amendment to the railroad bill. Also noted are a Wilmington Christian Endeavor gathering, Georgia Wells death in New York, a bakery theft in Lockland Ohio, Schiff honored in Tokyo, a fishing boat hit by a mine off Echison, and Chicago described as a “completed city” with no new buildings.
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Wilmington
Georgia Wells
the Clansman
New York
C. Schmidt
Lockland
Tokio
Jacob H. Schiff
Japan
Echison
Chicago
Riley Colton
Park Wright
Grand Reservoir
Wapakereka
Cc. H. Horne
State Bank of Canton
Luke E. Wright
Seattle
Wright
Yoko‘aama
Western Trunk Line Committee
Great Western
Missouri River
Atlantic Seaboard
Iowa House
Northwest
Yakona
Benton
Congress
International Waterway Commission
Niagara Falls
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Taft
D. A. de Armond
Mabel T. Boardman
Washington
Red Cross
Belasco Theater
Washington, D. C
American National Red Cross
House Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Burke
Court of Claims
Foster
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Standard Oil Company
Dressing the Hair Trends Races Toward Smooth Foreheads
A 19th or early 20th century style note describes a shift from floppy front hair to smooth foreheads. It covers new coiffures including middle part, ears framed by hair, and a popular head ribbon weave with bows, net backs, and lace or silk materials.
Extreme Paris Styles Dominate Summer Fashions
Extreme gowns and grotesquely trimmed hats reflect Paris influence. Rich colors and textures showcase a daring mode for all occasions. Society women seek exclusive Newport wear, with orders tailoring each feature to the limit as midsummer trends unfold.
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Paris
Newport
Mart
Millinery Trends For Easter Hats This Spring
Low crowned Easter importations feature minimal height with fanciful turning while leg horn straws appear in new spring colors. Milans and chip straws with satin braid tuscan shapes come in bright hues like tulip beds. New ribbon trimmings show embroidered roses on black backs used with black straw for a charming effect. Buckles trend tortoise shell with some celluloid options bearing hand painted flowers on black hats. Large single flowers in vivid colors dominate the modest milliner’s hand.
Glove Etiquette in Formal Dressing Tells Details
The etiquette of wearing gloves is subtle and tied to attire. A shopping glove is a one button piece worn with a trotting costume. Short sleeves use elbow length gloves, while long sleeves require two buttons on dress gloves and mousquetaires for evening wear.
A Pretty Matinee Garment For Every Woman
A dainty matinee dressers the eye with a graceful sleeve and a smooth shoulder fit. The piece uses simple construction and affordable fabrics from shops, inviting even beginners to create a stylish, flattering garment with a square yoke and broad collar.
Trimmings and trims adorn gingham fashions this season
Unusual trim details decorate spring and summer garments as bands of plain material shape garments. A blue green check frock features a yoke with three points, each held by white buttons and 3 inch straps extending over a white belt to knee height. Bishop sleeves gain white strap accents while black and white checks receive red blue or green piping and appliques.
Costume of Chiffon Cloth and Matching Accessories
A detailed description of a chiffon gown trimmed with moire silk and black braid, featuring an unusually wide skirt with inverted box plaits and a tree of red accents. An Eton coat falls over a tomato red girdle with a long dull silver buckle, paired with a matching moire vest and a jaunty underblouse. Classical aphorisms follow.
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Eton
Hamburg
Stiff collars fuel demand as women craft varied styles
Nearly every woman who can wear a stiff collar is busy making up a supply. Col lars range from hem stitched and French knotted hems to eyelet embroidery all around. Edges feature scallops and tiny ruffles. color embroidered pieces in French blue or dull red and black are favored, recalling Dutch china hues.
Avoid Thick Laces and Poor Tagged Shoelaces
Advice warns against thick clumsy laces and shoelaces with flimsy tags that come undone easily. It discourages buying woolly braid resembling skirt binding and urges selecting laces that stay tied under slight provocation.
Honey Candy Recipe From Old Notebook
A historic recipe for honey candy uses half pint honey and sugar dissolved in a granite pan. When boiling add butter and vinegar, boil to brittle stage in cold water, then add soda and avoid boiling over. Pour into greased shallow pans to set.
Seasonable Fabrics Drive Early Spring Fashion
Early spring gowns showcase Irish tweeds and fine-faced cloths with cashmere and merino in demand. The soft fabrics suit the modern semi-classic modes shaping the spring and summer fashions.
Done In Maze of Lace Fashion Piece
White linen is the high water mark of modishness and lace elevates it to frost like frostwork. The description paints lace trimmed linen as an exquisite snowy frill adorned fabric.
A Cold Brought It On Severe Kidney Congestion Endured No More
Richard M. Pearce of 231 So. Orange St Newark N J suffered a severe cold with back and kidney pain, headaches, and weakness after night work in bad weather. He found kidney congestion disappeared after using Deans Kidney Pills, with eight years of lasting relief. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Richard M. Pearce
Orange St
Newark
N. J
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Married Women Face Likely Trials in Domestic Life
A remark notes that misfortunes can follow a woman after marriage, implying ongoing challenges in wedded life and social expectations of the era. It reflects attitudes toward marriage and womanhood of the period with a cautionary tone.
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort
In this old advertisement a powder named Allen's Foot-Ease claims to cure painful, smarting, and nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It promises shoe comfort and relief from sweating feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package offered by A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy, New York.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Sunflower Philosophy on Life and Manners
A collection of witty proverbs and quips on nature, money, property, farmers, fashion, flirtation, marriage, and daily life. The remarks critique perception, communication delays, and social behavior with humorous asides about temperament and town life.
The Gentle Cynic
A satirical, aphoristic column notes that happiness is not selfishly hoarded, truth must be labeled, and troubles rise with ambition. It jokes that pawnshops fill when troubles mount and that pessimists rarely hope for the best but still complain if denied it.
First Shedding of Tears Observed By Expert
A European physician notes most infants do not shed tears before four months. He finds no proven early crying. moans and screams are not tears. The discussion centers on the onset of actual tear shedding in infants.
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Europe
Cure for Scalp Eczema With Cuticura Proven
Ten years of scalp eczema with crusting and itching behind the ears improved after using Cuticura remedies. The user reports two weeks to clear symptoms, and later a October November 1904 eruption on the body healed in two months with Cuticura Soap and Ointment plus medical care. H. M. F. Weiss of Rosemond Illinois states August 31 1905.
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Cuthura
Spanish Wedding Ceremonies in Spain
Marriage in Spain occurs either day or night based on the couple's social status. If well-to-do, ceremonies are held early in the morning.
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Spain
Lewis' Single Binder Price Shocks Cigar Buyers
Peoria cigarettes prime the market as Lewis' Single Binder costs more than rival five cent cigars. Smokers learn why the premium is charged, with factory details pointing to quality and branding at Lewis' Factory in Peoria.
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Lewis
Ealer Or
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
The Attic Philosopher Notes on Life and Wit
A compact column of maxims and wry observations on work money and manners. The prose blends advice on thrift caution and success with wry musings on love luck and newspaper life. A Manila era note mentions a Colorado volunteer cured of stuttering by a Mauser wound.
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Manila
The Coffee Debate Risking health with coffee and Postum Food Coffee
A group of coffee importers and roasters are accused of bias against Postum Food Coffee. The piece urges a public fact based discussion, asserts coffee harms a significant portion of drinkers, and promotes Postum and Grape Nuts as pure alternatives with claims of chemical safety and health benefits. It proposes a $100,000 wager to disprove claims about Postum ingredients.
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Boston
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Shakespeare
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Emerson
Schiller
Thomas A Kempts
Addison
Sunflower Philosophy
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Milwaukee- Sentinel
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