Horoscope Scholarships Aim to Guide Minds in England
Education by horoscope gains vogue in England with a new society offering $75 horoscope scholarships. Parents submit birth details and the most promising future is awarded funding to develop talents in music art business or overall ability. Prizes target under 14 and 14 to 17 year olds for a commercial career.
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England
Napoleons
Miltons
George Washingtons
Isaac Newton
Simon
Proud Pugilist Nelson Meets English Countess in SF Restaurant
San Francisco fans buzz after Battling Nelson, conqueror of Joe Gans, dines in a fashionable restaurant. An English titled lady at the table asks to meet the champion and a quick-arranged greeting follows, highlighting Nelson’s approachable bravado.
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San Francisco
Nelson
Joe Gans
Discontented disposition required for job hustle
Merchant rejects applicant who claims a contented disposition. employer wants a man with a discontented disposition capable of hustling.
A Quarrelsome Domicile Dialog Fragments
A brief snippet from the Baltimore American features a sharp exchange between Tramp and Snappy Woman. The tramp asks about cold scraps and the woman retorts that the scraps in her house are hot stuff, capturing a lively domestic squabble in terse dialogue.
Bound to Come Obituary Warning From Airship Comment
A Detroit Free Press line laments an impending obituary for the “fool who rocked the airship” and warns it won’t be long before such a fate is reported. The quip reflects sensational tone about aviation mishaps.
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Detroit Free Press
The
Evening Journal of
New York
Justice Brewer
Witch tale in Perugia sparks debate on punishment
A sensational report from Perugia claims police seized a witch famed for love potions and fatal drafts. Rooms held skulls bones and forbidden books. authorities promise trial, sparking debate on appropriate punishment in modern times.
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South
Springfield Republican
Perugia
Italy
Reading at meals vs talking for digestion on summer piazzas
Debates on hotel piazzas weigh reading novels at meals against conversing during meals. One speaker argues reading excites the mind and hinders digestion by diverting blood from the stomach, while another contends talking promotes a tranquil state and longer dining aids digestion.
Oldest English Lighthouse Closes After 150 Years
Leasowe Light on the Wirral shore, England’s oldest lighthouse, has been closed after a 150 year service. Seven stories high and built on cotton, the foundation came from a wreck and proved sturdy in sand. Damaged by fire in 1765, the lighthouse also influenced liquor laws in its inquiry.
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England
Leasowe Light
Wirral
Leasowe
Fez Name Origin Tied to Hoe and City Founder
Fez the headgear traces its name to the Arabic fas meaning a hoe. Legends credit Idrees II with planting the city Fez using a hoe, or indicate a Persevered name swap from the ancient city Saf. The dye and European taint references appear in the tale of its origin.
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Fez
Mulai Hafid
Europe
Idrees II
Saf
Idrees
Prussian Ban on Sending Children to Foreign Schools
The Prussian courts ruled that it is illegal for a Prussian subject to educate his children abroad. An Arnsberg resident who sent his 13 year old daughter to a Brussels school was fined four times. The higher court upheld the sentence on appeal.
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Arnsberg
Westphalia
Brussels
Sky scraper hats ignite millinery bids in Kansas City
Quote from a Kansas City Journal item shows a husband requesting one of the sky scraper hats and instructing his wife to have the millinery submit designs and competitive bids. The brief exchange highlights fashion business and bidding discussions.
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Kansas City Journal
Women and Perfumes Stir Aristocratic Social Rules
Mary Dale reports on high society defying etiquette by using perfumes, detailing famed figures such as Wilhelmina of Holland and Alexandra of England, and notes about the social debate on women’s suffrage, labor laws, and forest preservation led by women like Mrs. Lydia Adams Williams.
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Wilhelmina of
Holland
Victoria
Spain
Helena
Italy
Queen
Portugal
Czarina
Paris
Lydia Adams Williams
Williams
Washington
Women's National Press Association
Forest Service
United States
Mary Dale
Mourning fashions loom in pastels and directoire trends
Olive Barber notes mourning attire shifts toward fashionable, comfortable fabrics with crape trims and banded facings. Describes new autumn hues from olives to dark blues, garnets, pale yellows, and grays, plus directoire silhouettes, mob caps, and visible coats echoing older styles.
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Phelps Store
Greeley
Nishes
Rissler
Fish and Oyster House
Greeley Opera House
Mcfaddens Flats
NEW Faces
NEW Music
Office of Justice of the Peace
Reblican Justice
Geo. C. Stevens
F. O. Hayner Hackman
7Th Ave
Greeley, Cole
C. W
Freeman
Stand—Union Tea & Coffee Co
the Tribune
Florence Kelly
National Consumers’ League
Hughes
New York City
the Society For Promoting the
London
Fabrice
Directoire
Widow'ss
I. O. Glazier Jeweler
Optician
L. W. Hammerly
Gheeley Cleaning & Pressing Works
J. T. Miller
Prop
Sanborn & Howste
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