Leipzig Fairs Decline Yet Nobles See Market Value
The writer notes Europe’s Leipzig fair remains a key buying and selling hub while most fairs have lost commercial meaning. A Nashville street block once used for slave trading is described as the city’s antebellum relics are removed, revealing barred rear rooms. Archaeology mentions Herculaneum papyri excavations and early deciphering efforts in Italy and Britain.
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Europe
George N. Lft
Baxon
Leipzig
Burk & Co
Union Street
Nashville
Retrenchment hits auto orders as cancellations rise
Edward G Gilmore recalls a New York manufacturer canceling eight auto orders in a day with a $600 forfeit per machine. He notes a $34,000 loss and eight unsold units while predicting broader belt tightening as wage earners and Wall Street workers grow poorer.
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Edward G. Gilmore
Fifth Avenue
New York
Wall Street
Flower exports from the Riviera bring large profits
Reports claim vast sums are earned from Riviera flower cultivation with about $2,000,000 shipped to foreign markets in a single season. The bulk goes to England where delicate blooms arrive in pristine condition, pleasing English women.
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Riviera
Eng Tt Ts
England
Remarkable Freach Newspapers and Wolf Bounty Report
The Luminara newspaper in Madrid used phosphorus ink for night reading, while the Regal offered nourishment on edible dough sheets. Le Blentre promised subscribers forty years’ pension and free burial. The state auditor paid 1,021 full grown wolf claims and 951 cub claims totaling $9,721.50, with about $20,200 yearly. Marshall county led with $1,620. Hennepin county claimed $192.50. Current bounty is $7.60 for grown wolves and $3 for cubs.
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Luminara
Madrid
Regal
le Blentre
Marshall County
Minn
Hennepin County
Alligator incubators attract interest for market hides and exhibits
Popular Mechanics notes incubators hatch alligator eggs for market uses as hides rise in demand and live reptiles fetch exhibit orders. The piece connects this with broader clips on society, peace history, honeybee work, fashion, and even a bizarre choir of unrelated facts.
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Saya
Hot Springs
Ark
Parka and
Visiting the Sick and the Proper Visit Etiquette
The article advises visitors to avoid recounting illnesses and dwelling on symptoms. It recommends a brief cheerful bedside talk, sharing light anecdotes, and steering conversation away from sickness. A short, uplifting visit is valued, with attention to the patient’s comfort and doctors’ roles.
First Occurrences Across History
A compilation of early milestones noting dates for post offices printing presses musical notes watches kerosene lighting copper cents window glass envelopes anaesthetics needles and knives across Europe and the United States with scattered dates such as 1464 1473 1493 1687 1825 1645 and 1550.
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Nuremberg
Copenhagen
New Haven
England
Washingtons Late Fad In Wardrobe Records
A new trend among Washington society women has them keeping a silver cased notebook. The book lists each gown with maker, description, first wearing date, and the hostess to be honored.
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Woman of Fashion
Society of Women
Washington
Thamueclyey
Broken Needles and a Tiny Glass Bottle First Aid
The article advises storing broken needles in a tiny glass bottle kept in a work basket. It suggests covering the top with fine net to push needles through while preventing loss, noting even bent needles are dangerous. A small, artistic vial can be a handy, essential sewing aid for crafters.
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Wisb
Odd Wedding Across Counties in Brookhaven Mississippi
In Brookhaven Mississippi a wedding was solemnized with the bride groom and officiating clergyman in three different counties due to quarantine rules. The bride stood in one county, the groom in another, and the minister in a third, all within reach.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Worth Knowing Evergreen Identification Guide
A travel friendly notes list evergreen names and key traits for summer vacation readers. It describes White Pine five needles per bundle, Scotch Pine two needles per bundle, Fir erect cone and scattered needles, Austrian Pine two long needles per bundle, Norway Spruce large hanging cones and scattered needles, Hemlock small hanging cones, Red Cedar bluish berries and prickly spray, Arbor Vitae flat branches with cones and two seeds per under each, White Cedar roundish cones with four to eight seeds, Pitch Pine dark needles in threes.
How to Keep Cool in Hot Weather Tips
Practical advice for staying cool in heat. Recommends lightening diets, drinking water, iced tea with lemon, cold coffee with whipped cream, plenty of fruit, tepid baths then cold, and cooling powders. Suggests temper control and housework adjustments to reduce heat and discomfort.
Women and Humor in Diplomatic Life and Domestic Roles
A satirical piece argues women keep humor and restraint in balance while men cling to old norms. It mocks male vanity and domestic economies, noting wives shape style, household income, and social expectations.
Dainty aprons and baby ribbon fashion notes
The piece describes popular summer apron styles in sheer fabrics with Valenciennes trims and ribbon bows, noting they suit formal chatting dishes and sewing circles. It highlights short, knee-length aprons, delicate baby ribbon colors in pink blue and white, and a hand crafted white linen box with pink ribbon accents as a stylish gift.
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Elibbon
Hopkins Sayings Column Obscenity and Irony in Rural Talk
A humorous column by Hose Melville Jr. features Ma’s wry maxims about women work and society. It parodies rural chatter on marriage vanity and class lines, with quips about calves ignorance money and flirtations. The piece ends with a jibe at a Bon Ton waitress deflecting a tip inquiry.
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Bon Ton
Kokomo
Late Frills of Fashion Warmly Flaunt Summer Styles
Chaotic pre season fashion shows a mix of colors and materials with adaptable looks. Delicate blue pink lavender and ecru dresses feature eyelet embroidery and fine braid on cuffs belts and flaps. Walking skirts emphasize seven nine or fifteen gores with rare nine gore popularity and pleated folds.
Helpful Household Hints From An Early 20th Century List
A collection of practical tips for daily care and cooking. Instructions cover preserving cheese by wrapping in vinegar-wrung cloth, adding salt to coffee for improved flavor, thinning mashed potatoes with hot milk, Borax for handkerchiefs, and maintaining enamel bathtubs with cold water. Also notes on waxing/tron care and chiseling items with paraffin and sandpaper.
Homemaker Tips Patch Screen Doors and Clean Garments
Practical household hints cover patching a screen door and removing coat stains with soap and fuller's earth, plus turpentine polish. It describes repairing a bed net, converting sideboards into a box seat, transferring pictures with turpentine, and tips for peeling and drying oranges efficiently.
Outfits for the Summer Outing and Dolls Talk
A London Star feature advises on nursery beachwear with serge and jersey outfits for boys and girls, large sun hats, and washable lingerie hats. It also notes a York meeting discussing doll care education and a Clipham girls caravan holiday scheme to tour Kent, Surrey, and Sussex in a crimson linen costume caravan.
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The
London Star
Abence
Great British Association
York
Alexander Brunton
Dolly
Therl
Clipham
Jeader
Claphim
Kent
Surrey
Sussex
Misery of Famous Geniuses and Poets in Poverty
The text recounts hard lives of writers and poets such as Tiomer, Coryantos, Dryden, Raleigh, Butler, Tasso, Otway, Bacon, Steele, Bentivogno, Colling, Chatterton, and Goldsmith. It notes hunger, debt, imprisonment, and neglect, with references to poverty, scandal, and tragedy amid literary fame.
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Tiomer
Spencer
Coryantos
Dryden
Torrance
Sir Walter Raleigh
Butler
Paul Gorghese
Tasso
Otway
Bacon
Steele
Balllite
Bentivogno
Colling
Chatterton
Bovage
Hrintol
Wakefield
Curious Mortgage Office Tale Of A Healing Letter
A New York Sun feature recounts a clerk from a mortgage broker's office describing a neighbor's donated dollar and a promised cure. The tale centers on a Mary Daker G. Rady doctrine claim and a mysterious postal notice confirming the sender’s address.
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New York Sun
Mary Daker G
Tonelliti
Gomlo
Oney
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Billiu Burritt
Connecticut
Hague
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Tate
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Hose Melville
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