Patten’s Corn Corner Bets Million-Dollar Fortune
James A. Patten, famed for a past oats corner in Chicago, has reportedly completed a corn corner yielding an estimated gain between one and two million dollars. The Patten firm, Patten Bros., built on grain since his farmer youth in Sandwich, Illinois, and now stands to amass further wealth as he continues to gamble on grain markets.
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James A. Patten
Chicago
Patten
Mr. Patten
Sandwich
George
Harry
Moore seeks DC laundry licensing after shirt mishap
Philadelphia congressman J Hampton Moore pushes a bill to license all District laundries and ban acids and violent machinery. He cites ruined shirts and banquet costs, recalls a political rise from messenger to Roosevelt appointee, and calls laundries an urgent necessity.
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J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Congress
District of Columbia
Moore
Mr. Moore
Roosevelt
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce
Allied Republican Clubs
Union Republican Club
Woodbury
N. J
Runciman Appointed British Education Chief in Liberal Cabinet
Walter Runciman named president of the British board of education and won re election at Dewsbury. At 37 he is among the youngest in the new ministry, praised as a keen speaker and capable campaigner. His challenge includes reconciling the education bill with clergy opposition while smoothing enmities left by his predecessor McKenna.
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Walter Rufciman
British Board of Education
Dewsbury
McKenna
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Runciman
Liberal
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Campbell-Bannerman
John Burns
Treasury
Haldane
H. H. Asquith
World Leader John H Converse Elevates Baldwin Locomotive Works
John H Converse, once a Baldwin employee in Philadelphia, rose to head the Baldwin locomotive works and now leads a worldwide evangelistic drive for the Presbyterian church. Born 1840 in Burlington Vermont, he also serves as New England Society of Pennsylvania president and directs several banks. His near million dollar donation helped restore the Real Estate Trust Co. of Philadelphia after a financial scandal.
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John H. Converse
Presbyterian Church
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Mathias Baldwin
Converge
Burlington
New
Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Germany
France
Russia
Africa
Japan
South America
Mexico
Australia
Converse
Real Estate Trust Co
Ita
Tub Costumes Mark a Season of Extremes in Washable Fashions
The season favors extreme tub outfits from tailored lines to ornate linen frocks. Lace, embroidery and wide borders challenge laundering, with white ground fabrics and navy or pale blue borders noted as best washable. Breezy shirtwaist suits feature braiding and plaiting, while bretelles in wash fabrics add style for slender figures.
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Ecru
Easy To Overdo Duty In World Of Women
A moral note warns wise women to draw lines on duty not to overburden themselves. It describes how overdoing duties drains energy, leaves little time for pleasures, and can make spouses and friends feel neglected. The piece also briefly mentions fashion trends with Parisian veils and chinchilla dots.
Keeps Collars in Shape Bag for Travel
A simple, practical bag holds collars to protect them from being crushed or soiled during travel. Use a round cardboard box with the top removed as the foundation to form the core of the holder.
Sewing Tips for Boxes and Petticoats from a Fashion Page
Instructions describe lining a box with silk or linen and securing it with a ribbon edge. It suggests a round or card circle base for buttons and mentions a collar label. The piece moves to clinging Petticoate fashion, favoring drapable fabrics over stiff silk, and ends with a Warm slip pattern for a little girl’s apron from an old sweater.
Reband Petticoats Method for Replacing Band
Instructions describe sewing a new waistband on the wrong side a seam below the old line, then removing the old band, folding the new band over, and stitching it to the right side for a neat finish.
One Woman's Endurance and Medical Remedies
Mrs. A B Payne of Columbus Mississippi endures years of kidney pains and weakness. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid relief improving health from the first use. The ad promotes 50 cent boxes and mentions sale by dealers and Foster Milburn Co. Also references eye remedy marketing and unrelated quotes.
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A. 8
Payne
Third Ave
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Onions and rye poultice touted as pneumonia cure
A Washington New Jersey health board promotes a hot onion poultice remedy as a supposed sure cure for pneumonia, claiming three to four applications suffice and urging continued heating until perspiration begins. The claim cites a famed New England physician and has drawn interest from other boards.
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Boards of Health
New Jersey
Health Board of
Washington, N. J
Papers of
Washington
New England
Accomplished Woman Impresses with Talent
A dialogue notes a woman praised for singing painting and other talents. The exchange highlights curiosity about her cooking, implying versatility and public regard for her skills. The conversation centers on her artistic achievements and personal reputation.
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Vella
Paris
Catholic Standard and Times
Grey
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Knicker
Bocker
New York Sun
Lewis
Peoria
PacSimile Signature of
New York
Evi
Castoria
What Is
Emersa
Carters
Daily Fly
Caries
Rinmod
Asbury Park
N.J
Allen
Oh le Roy
N.Y
Peterborough
Eng
Easa
Poon Wade
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