Women Speak Masculine Tongue in Gilbert Islands and Other Curiosities
A journal column surveys linguistic taboos in Polynesia noting Gilbert Islands men and women use different languages and women may speak the men's tongue to communicate with men. It also highlights Mary L. Reilly at a Catholic university summer school, Cleopatra and the hobble skirt, Icelandic bridal cooking tests, Spokane’s bubonic plague, and Greek constitutional reforms.
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Polynesia
Gilbert Islands
Mary L. Reiily
Fuut
Catholic Uniersity
Washington
Milingly
Smith Col
Statue proposal for Balboa memorial in San Francisco
President Crooks of Albany college Oregon suggests a Balboa memorial statue fronting the Golden Gate in San Francisco to honor the discoverer of the Pacific. Balboa sighted the Pacific on September 25, 1513 with the 400th anniversary observed September 13, 1913.
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Crooks
Albany College
Oregon
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Boa
Pacific
Balboa
Colorado lawmaker proposes five year disenfranchisement bill
Mrs. Louise C. Jones introduces a measure to bar from voting anyone convicted of ballot crimes or felonies for five years in addition to existing penalties. A collage of unrelated notes follows about forestry, pearls, and a doctor’s memory aid.
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Louise C. Jones
Colorado
Paper rope patents and other world notes
A summary of varied items from patents to aviation crime in France, motorbike design changes, Nebraska debate stance on woman suffrage, paper from pulped timber, Brazilian irrigation plans, cablegram trends, Southern Pacific locomotive styling, French male survival rates, Japanese pulp from millet, and Manchuria pulp output with Northern locomotives shifting to oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State University
Statiaticians
France
Linotype Birth and Legacy Across Newspaper History
The aging linotype celebrates age two as a cornerstone of modern journalism. Ottmar Mergenthaler’s invention, born 1883 and perfected by 1890, transformed typesetting from hand setting to line casting, enabling rapid newspaper production and new eras in journalism.
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Mergenthaler Mnotype
Inotype
Ittmar Mergenthaler
Mergenthaler
Linotype
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Walter N. Haldeman
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Victor Lawson
M. E. Stone
Chicago News
Harry Smith
Chicago Inter-Ocean
W. H. Rand
Rand-McNally Company
Silton Hutchina
The
Washington Post
Brooklyn Standard- Union
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Brooklyn Standard-Union
Printers’ Union
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Wurttemberg
United States
Baltimore
Landscape Gardening A New American Profession Emerges
Landscape gardening becomes a growing profession in America with skilled practitioners shaping urban and rural spaces. Real estate, railways, and schools increasingly rely on landscape experts to boost value, beauty, and climate resilience, turning blighted areas into sought after grounds.
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Frederick J. Haskin
Sioux City Tribune
America
Europe
New England
Skelton
Middle West
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Northwestern
Pasadena
Callifornia
Neighbors Unknown Charles J D Roberts Animal Stories
Charles J D Roberts author of Kings In Exile and The Buck Woodman presents a series of animal stories. The collection includes On the Root of the Earth and The Black Swamp among others, with nature lore praised for its instruction and fascination.
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Charles J. D. Roberts
Buckwoodman
Macmillan Company
Pitthave
New York
Publishers
Price
Charles G. D. Roberts
Tlow
Barrens
North
Koberia
He Supplied It Wallie How fast he horse te ramnin
A fragmented OCR item shows a phonetic exchange about a horse and rider. A teacher corrects a missing g in ramnin while noting a fast horse run. The readable text hints at a schoolyard or rural scene with casual dialect. No clear event or named entities present.
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Wallie
Old Silken Shawls Make Dainty Wraps for Summer
Women can repurpose heirloom silk shawls into light summer wraps. The guide details edging with compatible or white fringe, folding methods for small and wide squares, neck back tacks, and front fastening options. No lining is required, and ribbons or clasps may be added for style.
Making Summer Covers for Home Furnishings
Instructions for updating bedrooms with summer muslin coverings including cushion pieces table scarf and valance. Guide covers cutting hemming inserting lace or ruffle details ensuring uniform designs across all pieces and choosing easy to launder plain edges over lace frills for practicality.
Summer Petticoats Move With Filmy Summer Styles
Summer petticoats gain emphasis with sheer linens muslins nainsooks and similar fabrics. They are smooth at the hips to the top of a deep flounce, widening slightly at the bottom while keeping a slim straight silhouette. Delicate flounces feature fine eyelet and hand embroidery with Valencia lace trims. White China silk petticoats edged in lace suit foulard or pongee frocks, while black messaline models serve well for travel.
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Valenciennes
A Novel Plan for Regular Weekly Sewing by a Single Seamstress
The Woman's Home Companion advocates a system where a single seamstress visits each of several women on a fixed weekly day year round. Garments needing mending are gathered in a basket, with materials ready and notes attached. The approach promises time saved and consistent stitching, with the seamstress familiar with each home.
Uses for Milk on Household Surfaces
Milk cleans piano keys and removes long standing ink stains. Starch gives a satisfactory gloss. Milk lifts discoloration from gilt mirrors and picture frames. Bluing with milk restores lace curtains to a near new appearance.
Stocks and Belts in Fashion Shapes and History
Very smart are the belle and stocks of striped taffeta in black white blue pink mauve and white with a gun metal belt buckle. Postoffices were first established in 1464.
Fragile family tensions over hosting and invitation dynamics
A reader questions whether a relative should be invited again citing patronizing behavior late arrivals and harsh judgments. The note describes discomfort with household role expectations and perceived interference with private family events.
Simple Tub Frocks Best for Children
Mothers favor tub frocks for children year round noting their charm and practicality. Home sewing offers savings and control over quality though ready made garments may rival in craft with experienced hands. Remnants and odd pieces can be transformed into stylish tiny outfits.
Care of the Attic Guidance for Organizing and Storing
Advice from Christine Terhune Herrick on attic upkeep includes venting, dust prevention, rodent controls, and careful boxing of items. It recommends whitewashing walls, regular floor cleaning, periodic moth and vermin checks, and organized storage by item type and season for easy access.
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Christine Terhune Herrick
Attica
China
Lace Parasol Styles Reflect Gentlewoman Wardrobe
Lace parasols appear in many shapes and materials this season. Women may select one or more parasols to suit taste. Chantilly lace in black and white tops the list for moderate prices, with two or more lace kinds used together for effect.
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Chantilly
Hand Embroidery Edging Revives Old Fashioned Trim
The vogue features narrow embroidery strips for shirtwaists in white or tan foundation with white or colored stitches in red blue black and other shades. Edging is scalloped and sometimes the sole decoration. later another trim feather stitched braid reappears after a long eclipse.
Things Worth Knowing from a Victorian Household
Practical household tips on shoe care oiling and drying methods. Advice covers letting new shoes stand in olive oil to stop squeaks and last longer, adding coconut and chopped figs to puddings, and a habit of wiping the bath with an oiled rag after use to keep it clean.
New Grenadine Material Trends For Evening Wear
The article notes grenadine fabrics debuting for early spring evening wear. It contrasts with oil varieties, describes a 44 inch width and multiple weights, highlight lightest used for gowns, and mentions embossed satin designs that enhance the look over bright colors.
Senator Elkinw recalls Mige Brown horse sale tale
A garbled reminiscence recounts Senator Elkinw telling of Mige Brown, a man called Bige who lived in Biking, and his casual response about a horse for sale on the main street, culminating in a small smile as the senator inquires about a buyer.
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Elkinw
Mige Brown
Coronation Gowns and Mrs. Hammond’s London Role
Mrs. Hammond leads American presence at King Edward coronation preparations. Her court gowns feature blue tulle with pearl train, brocade from Moscow, and emeralds while her entourage includes Mr. Hammond in formal regalia. The article notes the ceremonial schedule, attire rules, and hospitality at Burdett-Coutts house.
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America
Ie Nai
United States
Whitelaw
Edward
Reid van
London
Amerca
Queen Victoria
Alexandra
Edward VII
George V
Mary
Duchess of York
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Mr. Hammond
Mra. Hammond
Moscow
Russia
Catherine the Great
Warinas
Trussia
Catherine the Grant
Buckingham Palace
Mia
Hammond
Reid
Mrs. Reid
Mra. Held
Mra. Choate
King Edward
Afterthought from The Woman's Home Companion
A witty verse notes a once thoughtful maid who becomes a costly wife after marriage, contrasting restraint with rising expenses and playful social judgment. The piece uses light irony to comment on domestic life and marriage.
A Diamond Saw From Harper’s Weekly
Describes a circular diamond saw used in France for cutting stone. The diamond teeth cost about 2.60 per carat and are mounted on a steel disk over a foot in diameter, driven by electricity. For hard stones the edge has 200 diamonds, 300 rpm, cutting about one foot per minute.
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Harper's Weekly
France
Itaccome
Tom Johnson and his turbulent reform career
A portrait of Tom Johnson as a controversial reformer against private ownership and long term franchises. The piece highlights his wealth, sharp rhetoric, municipal railway push, and clashes with powerful interests while noting his consistency of aims and impact on Cleveland public policy.
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Tom Johnson
New York World
Congress
Cleveland
Tie
The Loco Weed Known To Wreck Livestock Behavior
The loco weed grows in the southwest and is nicknamed the crazy weed for its toxic effects on cattle and horses. Early signs include glazed eyes and stumbling, followed by impaired vision, frantic antics, and erratic movement. As poisoning progresses animals avoid the plant and waste away, with dramatic cases of agitation and unpredictable flight endangering livestock near pastures and fences.
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Loco
Harper's Weekly
Horace
Fireat
Dut and Harold in a Moonlit Plea
A fragment shows a tense plea between Dut and Harold with repeated appeals for pity. The men discuss meals and the odd phrase about trainers pressed and bones, hinting at a strained moment during two weeks of nightly supplication.
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Harold
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Water Mountain Globe
H, H
Hulett
Crook County
Wyoming
Meopatra
Cleopatra
Octavia
Cleo
Iceland
Board of Health
State of Washington
Spokane
Council of State
Italy
Spain
South Dakota
Ike
Gulf of California
Brazil
Southern Pacific
Manchuria
Hundred
Great Northern
Frederic J. H.8kin
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