Ethel Roosevelt to be presented at White House debutante season
Washington dispatch reports Miss Ethel Roosevelt plans to leave National Cathedral School and be presented to society next winter at about age 17. Unlike her sister Alice, she will have a quieter debut, not seeking fame or heavy social splendor, with a conventional season likely.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Ethel
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Miss Ethel
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Whitehouse
Miss Roosevelt
Alice
Longworth
Young Eddie Buys Father a Colorful Neck Tie
A six year old boy saves 40 cents to buy a necktie for his father and a pin for his mother. On a family outing the father mocks the gift, humiliating Eddie. The mother wears the pin in honor of Eddie, while the father remains unaware of the offense to his son.
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Eddie
Adie
Papa
Mamma
Women to be taxpayers in Paris Missouri protest saloons
A Paris Missouri committee will enlist women as taxpayers to sign remonstrances against saloons. They plan to survey residents and list a sewing machine, watch, or similar item to reach at least $20, with the committee paying the tax when due.
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Paris
Miss Morgan Becomes Delaware River Pilot
Miss Jane Morgan, renowned yachtswoman, passed the strict marine examination to obtain a pilot license for the Delaware river. She holds both a United States pilot certificate and a New York certificate and can command her own craft anywhere.
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Jane Morgan
Delaware River
United States
New York
Capt
Mayor Aims for Governor Job Amid Salary Barrier
Omaha mayor insists he cannot pursue the governorship while the current $2,500 salary remains in place. He argues the pay level would impede entry into state leadership.
Lemons in Chicago Directory No Squeezer Found
A quirky item notes the Chicago directory lists 15 lemons but no squeezers. The odd juxtaposition suggests a humorous or misread entry in a local listing. No names, places, or dates beyond Chicago appear.
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Chicago
Quotations and stock market jibes mix in a clipped lament
A vintage column blends literary quips with jokes about Standard Oil and a wary stock market. The piece contrasts Byron's maidens and moths with a caution about the year and public mood, while noting the market’s volatility and fear of decline.
Dahlman To Run For Nebraska Governor On Big Salary
Lincoln Neb Aug 13 Jim Dahlman Omaha s cowboy mayor has launched a gubernatorial bid with a $10000 salary as his core plank claiming the governor must entertain friends properly without graft. He says the current $2500 is insufficient and vows honest, stylish leadership funded by the state. Dahlman just met William Jennings Bryan and won his cooperation in a brisk campaign of stump speeches.
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Omaha
Jim
Nebraska
Dahlman
William Jennings Bryan
Seminary Teacher Miss Sparker Dialogue Sparks Wit
In a Seminary Teacher Miss Sparker exchange the flirtatious banter turns playful as Miss Sparker declares she will not decline to love. The dialogue hints at social mores and humor with a jab about whisky prices and a Pittsburg girl’s navy enlistment, ending with a cheeky comment on naval tradition.
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Miss Sparker
Has This Summer Hotel All the Features of Home
A wry note on seaside lodging and its curious neighbors. The piece hints at how a hotel mirrors home while provoking lively suburban chatter about the guests and their conduct.
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Sea Quile
The Fashions: Oyster grey coat and elegant chiffons
A oyster grey broadcloth long coat with a creamy Erin hat and brown plume is paired with a short kimono coat richly embroidered. Capes in long and short styles with hoods or flat collars appear, while evening frocks feature creamy chiffons and a pink satin dotted border with rose embroidery.
A Nice Luncheon Dish From Simple Leftovers
A pint and a half of cold boiled potatoes cut in cubes, a sliced onion fried in butter, four hard boiled eggs quartered, and a pint of milk. Cook potatoes and onion with milk about five minutes, add chopped parsley and eggs, and optionally cold beans. Season with salt and pepper for a hearty meal.
Fruit Pudding and Orange Cake Recipes
A compact home cookbook glimpse detailing a fruit pudding steamed in cups with preserved fruit, a light batter, and a hot sauce. It also covers an orange cake recipe with orange rind, eggs, sugar, milk, butter, baking powder, and a cream filling for layers.
Milk Sherbert Recipe From Old Instructions
A historic domestic recipe details making lemon milk sherbet using milk lemon rind and juice gelatine sugar and ice cream method. Soak gelatine in milk then boil and dissolve add soaked gelatine return to milk strain into ice cream can chill and freeze. Grate lemon rind and juice remaining sugar blend then chill pour into prepared milk and freeze for six servings.
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Dasher
Angel Charlotte Russe Recipe From Old Home Kitchen
Soak gelatine in cold water then dissolve in boiling water. Mix sugar with the cooled liquid, beat heavy cream stiff, fold in almonds macaroons marshmallows and candied cherries. Flavor with vanilla or cherry. Pour into a water dipped mould and chill. Turn out and serve with angel cake.
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Knox
How to Hem Stitch in Historic Sewing Practice
Instructions describe pulling threads to baste a hem midline, loosening machine tension, and sewing with a medium stitch length along the hem edge. After stitching, remove baste threads and align hem with threads. Mentioned uses include underskirts sheets and a fine handkerchief.
Elbow Shape as Dating Clue in Early Advice Column
A dated advisory piece warns young men to judge a potential wife by elbow shape. Pointed elbows signal a sharp temper and quarrelsome nature, while rounded elbows imply easygoing, careless habits and gossip. Indentations suggest fickleness, whereas a balanced softly pointed elbow promised pleasant words and orderly home life.
Must an American Woman Be Tagged by Male Escort
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, leading American suffragist and daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, plans to sue the Hoffman House in New York after a waiter refused to take her order while unescorted on the roof garden. She argues the hotel enforces a feudal rule denying dining rights to women without male accompaniment and seeks to establish women’s right to dine unescorted in public restaurants.
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Harriet Stanton Blatch
America
Hoffman House
Sunny Broadway
Broadway
Women Ha ve Higher Honesty in Business Stats
The American guarantee companies claim women are more honest than men based on their data. They say women in America are employed in business as widely as men and that nearly all embezzlers and defaulters are men. They note more women cashiers than men.
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America
Pekinese Pups Become Fashion Among Financiers Daughters
Mrs. Herbert Satterlee, daughter of J Pierpont Morgan, owns three Pekinese dogs bought at 1000 dollars each. Miss Croker, daughter of Richard Croker, and Miss Lawson, daughter of a Boston financier, also keep costly Pekinese, a breed that has supplanted the Pomeranian in high society.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Miss Croker
Richard Croker
Lawson
Boston
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