Wickersham Named Attorney General in Trust Busting Tone
Washington readers glimpse George W. Wickersham intensified as new attorney general a compact hustler with sharp eyes and a keen will to enforce anti trust laws. The piece compares him to Edward Harriman notes prior corporation defense work and hints reformers waver yet concede a possible shift toward vigorous prosecutions.
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Washington
Edward H. Harriman
George ~ Woodward Wickersham
Harrman
Wickersham
Mr. Harriman
Nottorney
Mr. Wickeraham
Mr. Bonaparte
George W. Wickersham
Whisky Trust
Sugar Trust
Taft
New York
Roosevelt Trust
Mr. Wickersham
James J. Hill
Middle West
August Belmont
Thomases
Philander Chase Knvox
Trust Conserver
Buster
Wickershamm
Street Fashioned Costumes Described for Two Styles
The article details two historical costumes. The first features a navy blue plaited skirt and waistcoat with a semi fitting coat, elbow sleeves, satin hat with beads and feathers. Materials include serge, linen, coat lining and braid. The second, a princess shape in cloth or serge, includes trim front straps, box plaits, and a felt hat with ribbon.
High Collars Harmful to Throat Health Advice
An older health column warns that extremely high collars impede neck circulation and can cause a permanent dark mark. It urges choosing a neckwear that fits not too tight and allows air for comfort, suggesting occasional style changes to relax cramped neck muscles.
Skirts Wider At The Hem Fashion Shift
The piece laments the move away from ultra narrow skirts to skirts with wider hems. Street and house styles now span three to seven yards at the hem, offering graceful fullness, ease of movement, and a natural silhouette without elastics. Rumors of ten yard hems at the Paris races are dismissed as unreliable.
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Paris
To Keep Rugs Flat Cardboard Corners Advice
Short tip advises girls who shuffle feet cause rug scalds to cut medium weight cardboard triangles and sew them to rug undersides at each corner to keep rugs flat and life more pleasant.
Altering an Evening Gown With Draping Veils
A fashion note explains transforming a slim sheath into a more classical look using two veils as drapery. It highlights veils as an affordable substitute for chiffon, with selvage edges for effect. Methods include draping at shoulders under the arm and fastening with a buckle, or an extra long veil across the back, creating light straight drapery from shoulder to hem.
Garment description outlines decorative oversleeve trim
The text describes a fabric composition suitable for various materials including cashmere and serge. It explains an over bodice made from a song already used for a skirt, three tucks on each shoulder, and stitched-down details. A material strap with embroidered edge trims the opening and runs down the front over the fastenings, with oversleeve trim described in a similar manner.
Proof for Two Cents Offers Kidney Cure Narrative
Medina man G W Winney invites kidney sufferers to write for his testimonial of using Dean's Kidney Pills after eighteen months of pain and hospitals. He claims a weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds after 10 to 12 boxes and says the pills cured him. Sold by Foster Milburn Co 50 cents. Then a joke exchange about beards follows.
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G. W. Winney
Medina
N. Y
Dean
Mr. Winney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
CURED ITCHING HYDRO CURES WITH REMEDIES CLAIM
An 1908 testimonial from L. Wilson of Puryear Tennessee describes a three year skin illness with black swellings and itching. After doctors failed, three sets of Culleura Remedies allegedly healed him within a week, leaving him sound and well. Potter Drug ad by Beaton.
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L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Western Canada Sees Bright Immigration Prospects
Western Canada enjoys its brightest outlook since development began with large immigration from across the Atlantic and the United States. Thousands of homeseekers from Ontario and neighboring regions arrive, special settler trains move west, and wheat prices above a dollar spur seeding. Officials anticipate a record year for settlement and cultivation, with Canada’s government agents offering transportation rates and pamphlets.
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Canada
Atlantic
Ontario
Une
North Portal
Emerson
United States
Dressed as Scholars at Eastbourne College Wedding
At the Eastbourne College wedding the head master and bridal party appeared as scholars. The three pages wore black satin knee breeches buckled shoes scarlet silk gowns with white shirt fronts, each carrying a mortar board hat and a scarlet hound prayer book.
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Eastbourne College
England
Doctor Advise Operation. Woman Finds Cure in Pinkham’s Compound
Emma Drarer of Paw Paw Michigan and Mia Alvena Sperling of Chicago Illinois credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding surgery and restoring health from chronic female illnesses including inflammation and congestion. The ads tout the remedy as effective for displacements fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Drarer
Chicago
Ill
Mia
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Bt
Lydia EF. Pinkham
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B. We -Wickersham
Harriman
Corporation
Cuthura
Jim
Mel
John
Pettit
Howard Bros
Western Canada
Lydia E.pinkham
Paw Paw, Mich
May
W. B
Pearl Street
New York Cay
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