New Kitchen Utensils Highlighted by Household Department
Robert W Caird introduces a specialty table in the New York store to display new cooking utensils. Highlights include the Royal beater for eggs and batter, a three‑blade chopper, a coffee condenser, a self basing roasting pan, porcelain inner boilers, Stransky steel ware, Van Deusen cake pans, fancy pie crust pans, Springle rollers, Timbale molds, and a 16 cent fruit and vegetable cutter offering novel shapes and easy prep for housewives.
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Cairad
San Francisco Doughnut Maker Nets Fortunes in Nome
Miss Jennie Long of San Francisco returns from Cape Nome with enough gold to live in luxury. She sold home made doughnuts to miners, buying a tent and opening a doughnut shop using her mother’s recipe. Each doughnut earned 25 cents and five dozen sold in an hour. Orders then poured in faster than they could be filled.
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Funny Papers
Cone Girl
Jennie Long
San Francisco
Cape Nome
Nome
Miss Long
Little Leonora Flusters McKinley With Dewey Guess
A story in the Saturday Evening Post recounts a White House visit by Leonora Pa child of five or six. Mrs McKinley and the president laugh as the child declares a portrait in Mrs McKinley’s watch is Dewey.
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Leonora P
White House
Leonora
Mammy
Dewey
Proper folding of men garments to preserve shape
Guidance on storing coats waistcoats and trousers by folding instead of hanging. Fold coats lining side down with sleeves tucked and the waist portion aligned with the collar, then fold lengthwise once. Keep drawers long enough to avoid horizontal creases and store waistcoats with lining out.
Color of dress imprints size perception in fashion notes
The color of a woman's dress affects apparent body size. Black and dark hues make stout women appear smaller in public and in motion while white and light tones can alter perceived dimensions, with observers noting optical effects in street wear.
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Col
Fashion Advice for Enlarging Objects and Emphasizing a Stout Woman
The guidance suggests enlarging all objects and making the stout woman appear almost mountainous. It notes she should not look dingy, recommending rich dark hues. Greens and blues are preferred over reds to convey repose and distance.
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Ors
Man to Man Poem by S. E. Kiser
A poem reflects on a man who sneers at others behind their backs yet praises them to their face. The speaker contrasts hidden malice with public flattery and laments how decent men chase virtue when confronted directly.
Queen Victoria's Death Marks End of Era in Europe
The article notes Queen Victoria's death leaving Wilhelmina as Holland's ruler, marking a historic moment in the civilized world. It also mentions Mme Sarah Bernhardt naming her 17 year old Paris Conservatoire recital prize as her happiest moment.
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Victoria
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Conservatoire
Paris
Fashion Notes On Fabrics And Accessories
Fashion tips describe gold dotted panne for undersleeves sashes and vests figskin gloves with one button in a mannish walking style belts of suede with braided edges in gold and choices of fabrics like cashmere albatross nun s veiling henrietta etc for house gowns and olive crepe in a pearly pinkish white for ceremony wear
Wife of Dr Kennedy Seeks New Trial in Dolly Reynolds Murder
The wife of Dr Kennedy the dentist remains convinced of his innocence after a granted retrial. She has pressed for another trial, never wavering in her belief he will be freed from the charge.
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Kennedy
Dolly Reynolds
Birds and feathers and ark jokes in a comic collage
A collage of quips from old newspapers features a taunting line about tar and feathering a man, Noah’s joke about zebras and the ark, a flirtatious gag about a garter, and a schoolroom pun on spelling chicken, reflecting period humor and dialogue.
Indiana Court Denies Divorce Over Wife’s Sewing Burden
A Indiana court refused a divorce sought by a wife arguing that with five children and moderate means, it was not unreasonable for the husband to require her to sew for household expenses. The Philadelphia Times questions this stance as a mark against women’s push for equality.
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Indiana
Philadelphia Times
Laugh Like Sunshine and Music Poem
A light verse compares a laugh to sunshine and music stating it brightens days, lifts courage, and cheers others. The poem by Ripley Saunders suggests laughter banishes life’s ills and leaves happy thoughts in the heart.
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Ripley . Saunders
Baked Onions Plain and Slow Roasted
Bake onions in skins until tender then peel and serve with melted butter and pepper. An alternate method boils large onions for an hour, then bakes with crumbs and butter, finishing with a cream or butter sauce.
Cabinet-maker’s method for cleaning and restoring furniture
A cabinet-maker recommends a cleaning mix of three parts dinsed oil and one part spirits of turpentine to restore scratched frames and furniture. The solution covers the surface and helps wood regain its original color, applied with a woollen cloth and buffed when dry.
Keating Daughter Aids 52 Families After Fire
Miss Katie Keating led relief efforts for 52 families displaced by a large New York fire. She secured temporary shelter, arranged rent prepaid for four and a half months, arranged furniture and clothing, and coordinated shoes and a month of provisions for each affected family. The project followed a request to find permanent homes and involved city officials.
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Katie
Keating
New York
Department ‘of ‘Highways
Thomas F. Woods
Board of Aldermen
Miss Keating
Remarkable Secret Cure Claimed To End Drunkenness
Dr. J. W. Haines promotes Golden Specific as an odorless tasteless remedy that can be given secretly in coffee tea or food to cure drunkenness. Endorsed by clergy physicians and temperance workers the product is mailed free with directions testimonials and a full list of related goods and prices.
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J. W. Haines
Schimpfelman
Crigine
Irene Florence
Franklin, Warren Co
Rene Chabot
Franklyn Waters
Golden Specific
Franklin
Warren County
Ohio
Grand Junction
Iowa
Williams
A.vg
Enoch Hill, Fasor
M. E. Church
Qgrend Junction
Nebraska
Exocu Hill
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Bchenectady
Daughters of the American Revolution Weigh Presidential Candidacy
Indiana Daughters rally around Mrs C W Fairbanks as front runner in the DAR presidency. Rumors say Mrs Roebling loses support for wearing a long diamond chain and a satin gown at a New York reception. Prominent contenders include Mrs Fairbanks Mrs Donald McLean and Mrs Roebling.
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Indiana
D. A R
Fairbanks
Senator Fairbanks
Donald McLean
New York
Roebling
New Jersey
Proper Identity in Business Letters by Women
The letter argues women in business correspondence should clearly reveal identity. It urges signing with full name and a prefix in parentheses to indicate marital status, advising "Miss" for spinster and "Mrs." with the husband’s name for married women, to ensure dignity and clarity.
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M. A. Smith
Mary A. Smith
John B. Smith
Proper tooth brushing urged by a dentist
A dentist urges correct brushing using an up and down motion, noting ordinary brushes fail to clean teeth fully. He recommends rubbing a soft wood like a match stick up and down over the front teeth to keep them in first-class condition, predicting fewer patients for him if practiced regularly.
Poultry and Produce Prices List
The notice lists current farm prices for poultry and produce. Turkey hens 74c per lb, young toms 6c, young chickens 74c, hens 7c, cocks 4c, ducks 7c, geese 35.40 per dozen. cheeses New York full creams 18c, domestic Swiss 17c, brick 14c, limburger 18c. butter Choice roll 6 to 7c, Begs 16c per dozen. wool various grades 19-30c, hides and tallow values by grade, grease and tallow prices 4c and 3.5c respectively.
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Turkey
New York
Grocery Price List From Market Catalog
A long list of retail prices for food and household goods including produce meats and seafood. Items cover cabbage celery onions apples bananas oranges lemons potatoes sweet potatoes parsnips carrots beets turnips cranberries figs hams bacon lard sausage pork beef oysters fish clams lobsters frog legs and shrimp with varied weights and per unit or per unit prices.
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Michigan
California
Elmira
Florida
Jersey
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Robert W. Caird
M’kinley
Saturday Evening Post
S. E. Kiser
Patti
Fashion Tips
Olga Crepe
Chicago Post
Noah
South Africa
Chicago Tribune
Harold
Leslie
Brazil
Sun
Coal and Coke
C. & O. Kanawha
Pittsburg
Winifrede
Raymond
Jackson
Island City
Blossburg
Connellsville
Druga
Castile
M@lée
Java
Bourbon Santos
Prime Santos
Ariosa
Lion
Caracas
Columbia
Windsor
Ridgewood
Asia
THE
Diamonds
Garland
Encch Hill
Rice
Louisiana
Carolina
Kingan & Co
Oysters Fish and Game
Baltimore
F. Brand
O. N
Monument Place
Vonneguts
Vonnegut Hardware CO
E. Washington-su
W. D. Allison& CO
133
E. Seuth-st
H. C. Krentler & Co
Ohio Street
Bethibenk
Phene
Indianapolis Gas CO
Indianapolis
Solid
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
H. M. Bronson
AG PL
Charles Mayer & Co
Giit
W. Wash. St
Rambler Bicycles
Stearns Bicycles
Orient Bicycles
Indianapolis Automobile and
D. P Stirk &Co
East
Dakes
Duce
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