Mrs Blaine Implements Eight Hour Day for Servants
In Chicago Mrs Emmons Blaine organizes servant work shifts to eight hours daily with watches from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. The plan, inspired by Edinburgh professor Patrick Geddes, aims to improve household conditions and gains interest from society figures. Mrs Anita McCormick Blaine, widow of Emmons Blaine and heir to Cyrus McCormick, funds a pedagogy college and supports broader reforms.
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Emmons Blaine
Chicago
Blaine
Patrick Geddes
Edinburgh
Fis
The Passing of the Laird at Magersfontein
Piper Duncan Farquharson lies wounded in the Magersfontein night after the Black Watch retreat. He and Lieut. Duncan Farquharson, both named as laird, struggle for water, safety, and memory amid barbed wire and the chill of the loch’s memory as the dawn of the battlefield recedes.
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Magersfontein
Black Watch
Highland Brigade
Tweed
Duncan
Laird
Piper Duncan Farquharson
Duncan Farquharson
Bendhouran
The Piper Farquharson's Final March at Dawn
Duncan Farquharson of the Highland brigade aids his laird in a grim night raid. He plays the reel Lochaber No More as dawn rises, the laird dies, and a Boer sentinel kills the piper, a last haunting moment of the siege.
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Duncan
Piper Farquharson
Duncan Tose
Veldt
Kopje
Easter Ribbons and Plush Edges Inspire Spring Fashion
The article notes ribbons with fruit and flower brocading and raised patterns on silk or satin. Plush bands with floss silk fringe appear, in pale blue or pink, with white fringes. It mentions stripes and spots as current motifs and includes an ad blur about Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills. It also references a New Management for the Piasa restaurant at Monument Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Advertiser
Hallway Kiss Sparks Scolding In Society Sparks
In a gossip snippet the Chicago News reports a fiancé being kissed in a hall and the rival remark that darkness spared the boast. Brooklyn Life adds a flippant witticism about light and manners. Detroit Journal notes a heroine’s terror and a comic aside about ethnic comedians shaping love.
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Detroit Journal
Little Ruth Donovan Fire Heroine Helps Brother Escape
Ruth Donovan, a New York girl, saved her brother during a blaze by shutting doors to block smoke and keeping a window open until a fireman used a rope to lower them from the fourth floor to the street.
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Little Ruth Donovan
New York
Different Kinds of Cheese
Mrs. Rorer describes cheese varieties by fat content and ripening methods. New milk yields mild cheddar, cream adds richness like Stilton, and Chester or American varieties arise from partial cream removal.">
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Nauschatel
Rochefort
Pretty Blouse Fashion: Box Plaits and Lightweight Bodices
The article describes spring blouse styles using thin wool, silk, and crepe de chine bodices. It highlights three inch wide side box plaits, a center back plait, and a pand hold to fit the figure. Variations include fancy stock or lace, shadow cuffs, and remnant fabrics like foulards and taffetas for bodices.
How to Clean Lace Safely and Economically
The New York Telegram explains a home method to clean lace. Spread lace on paper, cover with calcined magnesia, top with another paper, and press between book leaves for two to three days. Shake out powder to reveal clean lace without rubbing delicate threads.
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New York Telegram
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Promises Permanent Cure
An advertisement asserts Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup will permanently cure all coughs and chest or lung colds when other remedies fail and claims physicians recommend it.
Finest prepared Mealim City dinner at St Charles hotel
Full regular dinner served daily at St Charles hotel with a 25 cent business men's lunch option at 15 cents. Chas Muel Jerschoen, proprietor, situated opposite Union station offers meals in Mealim City.
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St. Charles Hotel
Chas
McCreast
Union Station
Best $3 Hats At Seaton's Hat Store
Merchant's 3c Restaurant operates day and night at 50 N. NL. The ad promotes Seaton's Hat Store with a claim of first class goods and urges customers to see Stanton L. Wilhite photographs before shopping elsewhere.
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Best
Seaton’s
Merchant's
N. NL
Ponder
Etdio
Stanton L. Wilhite
Some Things Worth Knowing About the Prince of Wales
Biographical notes assembled from his private secretary describe the prince of Wales. He shuns typewriters at home spends large sums on telegrams and uniforms and leads a highly scheduled London life. He travels incognito in Paris loves theater buys many tickets and speaks several languages. He is 57, five feet six, 180 pounds with gray eyes and a bald head. He holds many titles and enjoys travel and people with money.
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Prince of Wales
London
Europe
England
Paris
Parrot Cotillion Delights New York Society Guests
A cotillion featured a parrot dance with life sized colored parrots on long sticks carried by guests. Mrs Elbridge T Gerry, a prominent New York society figure, introduced the dance to great success before Lent with many dignified society ladies participating.
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Elbridge T. Gerry
New York
Ular Society
Swirl of Society Notices and Local Weddings
Engagement of Miss Gertrude Talott to Fred J. Denny announced. Mrs. John H. Baker returns from Asheville with Mrs. Beveridge. E M Wisher hosts musicale for guests Mr. and Mrs. Kohn. Charles D. Law and Miss Mae Holsapple wed in Chicago. surprised Fort Wayne friends. Hope circle hosts musical tea at Miss Hettie Adams home. Emma B. King exhibits art from Europe and America at Liebers. Rosemary club elected officers led by Miss Hettia Adams. WEDDINGS: Miss Rosalie Reddinger weds Frank McGregor in Seymour on the brides parents anniversary. Richmond nuptials of Laure Tillaga and John H. Graham.
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Gertrude Talott
Fred J. Denny
John H. Baker
Asheville
N. C
Beveridge
E. M. Wisher
Kohn
Fort Wayne
Charles D. Law
Mae Holsapple
Chicago
Hope Circle
King’s Daughters
Hettie Adams
Emma B. King
France
Lieber’s
Europe
Rosemary Club
Hettia Adams
Adah Connor
Edith McMacter
Lucille Ballard
Olive Poucher
Anna Hubbard
Richmond
Laure ‘Tillaga
John H. Graham
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Maude
Clara
Chicago News
Miss Withers
Miss Knisely
Brooklyn
Fire Heroine
Walters
Walter and
Bar
Sepone
Indiana Ave
T. L. Sanders
Indianapolis
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Bondon Tailors
Massachusetts Avenue
Julian & Dick Obberg
Ansien Tailors
Rooma
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Vories
United ‘States
Usiness Universit
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Vonnegut Hardware CO
Washington St
Physicians and Surgeons
B. Fletcher
Dr. Ma
Mary A Spink
Boyd & Neall
Baldwin Block
Morton Place
Central-ave
Anna R. Meyer
Ind
Indiana Dental College Department
Indianapella University
S. W. Cor
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Optician
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