Fashions for Men Explained by Clothiers Leader
Marcus M. Marks of the National Association of Clothiers tells The Textile Manufacturers' Journal the country’s business is hopeful despite Wall Street confidence issues. He urges buyers to embrace new shades and quick fashion changes to sustain a growing U S clothing industry. The Times notes his warning about excess and economy.
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Marcus M. Marks
National Association of Clothiers
Textile Manufacturers’ Journal
Marks
Wall Street
Mr. Marks
United States
Mark
The
New York Times
Future America: Cultivation Declines Amid Shifting Trade
The author argues that in the United States the cultivated class is shrinking as education yields to money making. In Europe and England similar shifts occur, with a reduced pool of writers and cultural elites. The piece notes longer educational starts but a drift toward commerce and less cultural attainment.
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America
United States
Europe
England
Choosing Automobiles and Social Attitudes Across Nations
A collage of quotes discusses who buys cars, with women favoring smoother rides and finding stops for repairs embarrassing. It cites Leslie's Weekly on 75 percent ownership, notes gendered preferences, and mentions attitudes toward corporations and universities. Several regional views touch on agriculture policy and state law enforcement.
Borrowing From Your Widow Feeds Distress in Families
A discussion notes that many policy owners pledge life insurance to secure loans, with up to a third of policy value borrowed. Few loans are repaid and funds are diverted to business ventures, causing hardship and poverty when policies mature. It argues borrowers risk family protection and should not do this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Mutual
Guarding the Girls Fifty Thousand Missing Girls Debate Etiquette
A famous newspaper cites 600 disappearances in twelve months between New York and Chicago and urges protective rules borrowed from England. Critics question whether such social quarantine reflects civilization or merely moral zeal and warn of chilling effects on urban life.
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New York
Chicago
English Association
Cheer Up And Face Life With Cheerfulness
A motivational exhortation urges readers to stay cheerful despite hardship. It counsels saving money, dressing neatly, greeting others kindly, and spreading optimism to lift moods and brighten daily interactions. The piece frames cheerfulness as actionable, repeatable effort with lasting personal and social payoff.
Evolution of Sweet Pea Through Two Decades of Breeding
The article traces twenty years of sweet pea development from a small flower with limited color to robust varieties. It notes large blooms with frilled standards and prominent wings, vigorous habit, and free blooming with up to six blossoms per stem on long stalks.
The Affects of Opium on Mind and Body
Opium smoking divides users into pain relief seekers and distress victims. It causes weakness, mental dullness, and moral decline, with many stealing to obtain it. Costs rise high, poorer classes resort to crude mixtures and longer-term ruin of prominent men. The Cantonese list ten inability traits for the opium smoker.
One Busy Potato in Gardener’s Care
A thought on a single excellent potato kept by a first class gardener potentially yielding 10 000 000 tubers over ten years highlighting growth potential of a superb seed asset.
Ours is a country of swimming and water culture
The piece extols swimming as a national art, noting abundant water bodies and diverse swimmers. It details local scenes from swimming holes to beaches, praising long distance and high dive feats, and highlights individuals shaped by water skills from Samoa and a bronze-worthy transformation through daily practice.
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Ours
Samoa
Harbors
Coillier
Poverty Adjectives in Country Newspaper History
A critique of the era when country editors were labeled poverty stricken and the shift to affluence. It traces changes from isolated print shops to perfected presses and gas engines, noting editors now travel by automobile and reject post office appointments.
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Peemise Fiction
Uerein
Lawyer Man and Witness in Judge Tedford Court
In a Missouri town a lawyer provokes a witness in Judge Tedford's court. A Black woman tester replies that she can only speak after thinking, and the lawyer grows impatient demanding direct answers. The exchange ends with her apologizing for needing to think before talking.
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Missouri
Torneys
Improvements in Sweet Peas Delight with Color Range
Expert growers report gains in height and bloom quality for sweet peas. Colors span white to scarlet and blues to maroons with striped and marbled patterns. Fragrance remains a key feature across improved varieties.
Present Joy Hidden in Daily Glimpses
A reflective piece from Harper's Weekly urges appreciating small daily joys rather than waiting for a distant bliss. It compares life to walking a dark corridor toward light, reminding readers that happiness lies in ordinary moments and the beauty around us.
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Harper’s Weekly
First Treasurer for Uncle Sam on the Ten Dollar Note
The article notes that Michael Hillegas, not Robert Morris, was the first United States treasurer. It credits descendant Michael Lee Menich for proving Hillegas’s precedence and securing his portrait on the ten dollar bill. Hillegas, a Philadelphia sugar refiner, helped fund Washington’s army and served as the first treasurer after independence.
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Michael Hillegas
United States
Robert Morris
Hillegas
Michael Lee Menich
Hay
Shaw
Morris
Washington
Philadelphia
Trees Growing in Churches Across England and Devon
A London Daily News note reports elm trees flourishing beside the Man of Ross pew in Ross parish church, said to mark Divine wrath. It mentions a chestnut rooted in a Kempsey chancel from Sir Mond Wylde’s tomb and a beech on Fishktoft tower, with a similar tree at Culmstock. Also Crick church in Northamptonshire reportedly hosts two trees growing from masonry.
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Ross
Sterefordshire
John Kyrie
Kyi
Kempsey
Worcester
Sirmond Wylde
Fishktoft
Boston
Culmstock
Devonshire
Five Thousand Dollar Clerks Bequest In Will
A Clark Street merchant asks a lawyer to draft a will giving five thousand dollars to each of his clerks. The lawyer questions the generosity as most have been in his employ twenty years, but the merchant insists it looks liberal and fair by offering the bequest after ten years of service.
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Olark Street
Stewart and the merchant prince rules of conduct
The piece recalls Alexander T. Stuart known as the first merchant prince and outlines his guiding rule: never praise an article, ask what is desired, offer it without comment, name the price, and let the customer decide without further remark. He urged letting the article stand on its own merits and granting buyers the freedom to buy or decline.
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Alexander T. Stuart
Stewart
Sensational dervishes perform in Constantinople spectacle
Travel Magazine notes a Friday evening 7:30 pm exhibition on the Grande Rue where a whirling dervish group presents a solar system themed performance. The dance lasts about an hour with turbaned priests spinning in unison as music of flute and tambourine accompanies the unusual rite. Admission is 10 cents.
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Constantinople
Grande Rue
Fishing from trains on Salton Sea trestle causes carp capture
Passengers aboard Southern Pacific overland trains troll from car windows at the Salton Sea. The sea floor drops into deep water beneath a trestle, where scraps from dining cars lure fish. A man on the train hooked a three foot carp, drawn aboard the Pullman as the train passed.
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Southern Pacific Overland
Salton Sea
Theory of the Universe from Australian Natives
Andrew Lang describes native Australian cosmology where the sky houses three beings a great male Ul thaana a female and a child. Upon death the spirit ascends to Ul thaana then is cast into salt water rescued by two lesser Ul thaana who reside on the shore to save spirits from harsh treatment. The rescued spirit then lives with the lesser Ul thaana.
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Andrew Lang
Australia
Rat Snap Adds Calm To Farm Pest Problem
An advertisement promotes RAT SNAP, a rodent killer for farms. It claims a 50 cent package kills 50 rats and features cakes that cremates after use with no odor. Sold by John Cook & Sons and R P Mulins with three sizes S5c 65e and $1.25.
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John Cook & Sons
R. P_ Mulins
Porch Lamp Inside Wall For Hall And Porch Lighting
A new type of porch lamp is designed for indoor wall installation to protect from weather and illuminate the hall as well as the porch. Light diffuses into the room while horizon rays travel via a 11 4 inch tube to an exterior globe with a reflector for even porch illumination. The lamp also suits other uses such as lighting closets.
Rat Snap Claims to Protect Grain in Feed Store
Fred Lamb says RAT SNAP eliminated rats in his feed shop after years of trouble. A neighboring store recommended the product, and Lamb reports daily collections of dead rats and no feeding on his grain. Sold and guaranteed by John Cook & Sons and R. P. Mullins.
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John Cook & Sons
R. P. Mullins
Reliable Health Pills Ad Promises Care and Free Information
A fragmentary ad from a Wisconsin source touts Triumph Pills and Safe and Always dependable remedies sold not in drug stores. It urges caution against experiments and invites readers to write for reliability details from a national medical institute in Wisconsin.
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Triumph
National Medical Institute
Kee
Wis
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