Hair Lace Nears Extinction in 16th Century Fashion
A quirky report notes point lace made of human hair was rare by the sixteenth century, found only in French cabinets. A relic linked to Mary Queen of Scots appears in Countess Lennox’s tale, hinting at belief in the queen’s innocence. A Pittsburgh club anecdote closes the item with a boast of cheaper wine.
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Darnley
Lord Charles Lennox
Bess
Hardwincke
Mary
Queen of Scots
Railway Signal Schools Start Three Year Course
The Pennsylvania Railroad has established signal schools east of Pittsburg to train men for the signal system. Six apprentices will study three years, focusing first on mechanical work, then supervision in the signals office, and finally outside work on electric and electro pneumatic devices. Missionaries of the Sudan report cannibalism persists despite government efforts and witchcraft obstacles, yet Christian missions number over 3,500,000 in Africa today.
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Pittsburg
Stgnar
Sudan
Cr. A. C. Hudson
Los Angeles
Africa
Of Interest to Women on Marriage Decline Views
Mrs. C. H. Belmont and Mrs. Helen B. Waterman discuss Prof Edward Armstrong’s claim that universal education reduces marriages. Belmont argues educated women seek intelligent partnership and motherhood as standards, while Waterman notes education makes women more selective and hesitant to marry, reflecting a broader dilemma.
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C. H. P. Belmont
Edward Henry Armstrong
Armstrong
Helen B. Waterman
Cleveand
Board For Education
Women criticized for independence and decline of marriage
The piece cites Miss Jane Addams and Dr. W B Riley arguing women seek luxury over motherhood, noting fewer marriages as women delay or avoid bearing children for social and economic reasons. It warns the trend could threaten population growth and calls it a serious matter.
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Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
W. B. Riley
Minneapolis
What Cynics Are
A fragment describes the Cynics as a school founded by An Usthenes, pupil of Socrates, teaching happiness through base appetites and viewing civilization as a curse. It notes their contemptuous attitude unlike the Stoics and their limited numerical strength but notable eccentricities and insolence.
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Usthenes
Socrates
Clearing House Concept and Daily Settlements
A clearing house is an agency set up by city banks where checks drawn on one bank and deposited in another are sent for payment. Each morning a settlement of accounts is made by totaling deposits and checks for each bank, with differences settled in cash as needed. The phrase clearance refers to both the settlement act and the aggregate checks cleared, and the volume of business indicates overall economic activity.
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Clearing House
Opersune
A Vacancy and a Minister's Prophetic Puzzle
A minister preaches on the four greater prophets for over an hour. When the audience ends, she turns a new page and asks how to order the minor prophets. An irascible elder in the back exits with a quip about taking Hosea's place.
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Hale
Hosea
Richmond clergyman's humor about marriage and loss
A Richmond minister nicknamed C survives a railroad wreck that costs him a foot. After marrying a beautiful wife he meets an old friend who taunts him about her beauty. He replies with a witty line about ladies liking remnants.
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Richmond
Man slides a mountain mile in a minute without effort
A boarding-house philosopher notes a remarkable feat as a man achieves a mile a minute down a mountain side with no apparent ambition or excessive effort. This unusual reflection highlights the role of calm persistence in extraordinary speed and success.
Shooting Stars and Meteor Phenomena Across the Sky
The article explains that shooting stars refer to several related phenomena including meteors fireballs and aerolites. It notes meteors and aerolites strike Earth regularly while luminous meteors stay about fifty miles from the planet, clarifying the distance and nature of these events.
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Earth
Notes and Comment Of Interest to Women Readers Jn Looming Large In the Divorce Courts
A Saint Louis Globe Democrat note discusses diaries in divorce cases. It argues diaries record every irritant from wedlock, predicting they poison trust and permit malice. The piece warns diaries threaten modern marriages and urges caution against diary use in marital disputes.
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Gary Toting
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Warning to Sniffers Reads Like Fatal Contempt Note
A Topeka girl wrote for the love of a man then ingested carbolic acid and died. Atchison residents note the incident as a cautionary tale. The woman, a married mother of seven, labored on a farm while her husband was well off. Doctors warn sniffing with such bitterness can injure vital organs and end a life.
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Pitsburgh
Brooklyn
Topeka
Atchison Kotors
Atchison
Fand
Wealth as Burden and Simple Living Urged in Opinion
Mrs Howard Gould argues a $40000 yearly dress budget is excessive urging wealth becomes a burden from time wasted dressing and undressing. she favors a simpler life. The ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Idea as a kidney cleanser and regulator amid warnings about undetected kidney disease and related ailments.
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Howard Gould
Andy
Bright
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Moser & Lutz
The Hat Chase and a Mock Conversation
A vivid, breathless street scene features a well dressed man chasing a hat, another man retrieves it, and the hat is found to hang behind on a string. The piece includes a quip about lost imagination and a joke about a drowning misinterpretation at dinner. It notes okra stem paper experiments in Macon, Georgia, and explains the concept of a limited monarchy with contrast to absolute rule.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Macon
Bering Sea volcanic islands named in science note
A Science letter notes the Bogoslofs, three volcanic isles in the southern Bering Sea, lie 37 miles northwest of Unalaska. Castle Rock has been known since 1796 and Fire Island since 1883, while Perry Island rose around the 1906 San Francisco quake era.
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Bering Sea
Unalaska
Castle Rock
Fire Island
Perry Island
Science
Meaning of Twins in The Standard Dictionary
The user explains the dictionary definition of twin as one of two young born at birth. It notes confusion around the phrase a "pair of twins" and suggests the term may mean two offspring or a paired set in human context.
One Worthless Without the Other Uncle Time Stayin After School
Readable fragments discuss Uncle time and after school rudiments of common instruction. The tone hints at a local column or civic note advocating balanced effort between two related themes. Entities are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
France Grows Its Own Wheat In Most Years
France has largely met its domestic wheat demand, with only two lean years in the past two decades. The crop stability underscores a strong self sufficiency, reducing reliance on imports and supporting prices in the grain markets.
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France
Local Notes From Catawba Area Social Roundup
May 25 report from Catawba lists residents and visitors including W. L. gherrill in Statesville, Mrs. Arthur Yount in Newton, Mrs. E. H. Miller from Salisbury, Nat Reid returning from Hot Springs, Ark, and several others visiting relatives. A spelling match at the school house Friday benefits the Methodist parsonage with admission five and ten cents.
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Arthur Yount
Newton
J.T. Harwell
E. H. Miller
Salisbury
J. H. Pitts
Nat Reid
Hot Springs
Ark
C. A. Reid
Oliver Typewriter Sees $100 Model Attract Wide Interest
A bold sales pitch proclaims the Oliver Typewriter as the standard visible writer with a $100 price tag and a 17 cents a day payment plan. The plan has drawn a flood of applications, attracting people from all classes and ages, with a strong belief that the era of universal typewriters is at hand and a quarter of a million people are making money.
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Oliver
Starling
Oliver Typewriter Promises Home and Workplace Fortune
A promotional piece touts the Oliver Typewriter as a money making tool. It claims beginners can quickly reach expert status, earning 17 cents a day plus profits, with demand for Oliver operators nationwide. The ad seeks home use, education value, and explains a new selling plan and free catalog.
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Amtee Ware
Oliver
Oliver Typewriter Co
Baling
Chi
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