New Style Boots and Millinery Highlight 1900s Fashion
Idalia de Villiers notes the season favors loose gliding steps and ultra high boots in gray antelope and suede shades. Dark blue black green and crimson leather boots rise in popularity with inner lacing or buttoning. Parisian millinery features a small Belgian blue straw toque with silver gray lace scarf and a pink rose, plus revival of mid Victorian veils and close fitting toques decorated with flowers. Belgian blue dominates with pink hues complementing hats. Redoux.
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Idalia de Villiers
Boston Globe
Biarritz
San Sebastian
Plate Holder of Bamboo Decorative Stand for Wall Plates
A decorative bamboo plate holder fashioned like a miniature easel holds wall plates on cabinets or pianos. It uses thin bamboo pieces joined with nails, a taped back to prevent slipping, and satin ribbons tied as bows for a coordinated look. The small stand also suits photos or tiny framed pictures.
Exquisite toques of Belgian straw with pink rose accents
Craftsman creates elegant toques from Belgian blue straw featuring a black crown accent and a bright pink rose or camelia on one side, blending rustic material with delicate floral detail.
The Plodder Wins The Long Run In Life
An analysis from Dayton News arguing that the most successful people are not the rapid genius types but the steady plodders. It notes that smart youths with flashy charm often fail to sustain success while ordinary, patient workers rise to leadership and secure homes and stable lives.
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Dayton News
Military inspired spring footwear and tailored suits
Boots feature brass buttons and cord frogs to match military tailleurs with short skirts and high curved heels. Patent leather keeps the foot trim while light colored tops and top stitched pockets, braid, and cord trimming emphasize the military look in coats and belts.
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Cone
Use of Cucumber Milk for Cleansing and Whitening
A historical recipe describes cucumber milk as a cleansing lotion with mild whitening benefits. It instructs slicing cucumbers, boiling with water, straining to juice, mixing with alcohol soap and cucumber juice, adding almond oil benzoin tincture and boric acid, then letting stand overnight and applying twice daily with a sponge.
Sleep Elimination Cure Promises 20-Year Leap in Life
A specialist argues sleep is a habit to be shed gradually and claims removing sleep could extend conscious life by two decades. The plan provokes family disruption and suggests barracks where sleepers can avoid disturbing others, though it adds a daily meal burden for patients.
New Petticoats Return to Old Fashioned Skirt Extenders
Boned Petticoate notes fashion moves toward crepe de chine and muslin petticoats with feather bone extensions. Describes these as forerunners of a revived era of skirt extenders following hoopskirt styles.
Bound With Leather Article Description
A frock of georgette crepe features three ruffles on the skirt bound with narrow black leather. The same leather trims a belt and binds the pockets on the bodice.
May Baskets and Tiny Votive Holders for Spring
Charming braided paper baskets in pale pink lavender or blue decor handsomely for May baskets. Includes folded edges and diagonal corner handles with optional flower embellishments. Also suggests a twig and moss box as a rustic vase for violets and arbutus buds to brighten spaces.
May Basket Cake From Sponge Pan Basket
A sponge cake baked in a deep pan is cooled and cut into squares to form a hollow basket. The basket is covered with white icing pressed through a pastry tube and decorated with candied fruit pieces. It is filled with candy and nuts.
Donor Offers Five Dollar Gifts for Chinese Orphans Names
A Philadelphia donor offers five dollars to name one of five Chinese baby orphans in a China asylum. Rev Dr Garrigan reports the appeal from a sister of charity and receives a $25 envelope with the donor proposing five names Patrick John Bridget Margaret Johanna.
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Philadelphia
China
William J. Garrigan
Society For the Propagation of Faith of the Catholic Church
Charity
Garrigan
Patrick
John
Bridget
Margaret
Johanna
Cyclone Travel Anecdote From Prairie Salesman
A portly salesman in a Kansas town retells a cyclone story that landed him in a distant town and delivered his sample cases ahead of him, saving five dollars in travel. The tale shows the peculiar luck and humor of prairie commerce and travel in a bygone era.
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Kansas
Odd Facts From Distant Lands and History
A New Mexico aluminum rich Alum mountain near the Gila headwaters promises an almost inexhaustible supply after eastern deposits exhaust. In Jena Prussia the 1816 oak of peace, planted for Napoleon’s downfall, was struck by lightning and burned as Belgrade Austrian war notes arrived.
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Gila River
New Mexico
Jena
Prusala
Belgrade
Federal League Developing Stars Outshine Veterans
Irwin W. Howe notes the Federal League is building a crop of young stars alongside veterans. The report highlights players like Zwilling at .325, Westerzill at .476, Cooper at .370 in 15 games, Tobin at .289, and Oakes at .255, plus strong fielders Deal Mann Rawlings and Chadbourne.
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Irwin WN. Howe
Federal League
Ed Zwilling
Chicago Whales
Zwilling
Kenetchy
Westerzill
Brooklyn Federals
Hal Chase
Buffalo Feds
Brooklyn
Cooper
Fielder Jones
Wizards
Young Tobin
Rebel Oakes
Hanford and
Flack
Chicago
Charles Deal
Leslie Mann
Braves
St. Louis
Kenworthy
Rawlings
Chadbourne
Kansas City
Tigers Star HurlER Jean Dubuc A Posi tion of Versatility Noted
French Canadian pitcher Jean Dubuc stands out for hitting and exceptional fielding in the Detroit Tigers. He relies on a change of pace and a crossfire, keeps calm under success, and offers to pinch hit or play any position when needed.
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Jean Dubuc
Jean
Dubuc
Tigers
Jennings
Indiana readers report relief from stomach and digestion issues
Hundreds in Indiana report quick relief from stomach, liver, and intestinal troubles using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Testimonies from Charles Inman and Walter Spray claim rapid improvement after treatment with lasting effects and no need to alter diet. The ad promises permanent results and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Indiana
Mayr
Charles Inman
East Chestnut St
Hartford City
Ind
Fort Wayne
Walter Spray
South Second St
Frankfort
Baseball notes mix speed dreams with star power
Ban Johnson Mobilizes AL clubs for faster play. Leifield joins St Paul. Cobb backs women's suffrage. Joe Jackson headlines Winning Winning Girls and Losing Boys. Knox captain Goro Mikanie and Bronkle named captain in Indianapolis. Lobert endears himself to New York fans while Chicago fans back Bresnahan. Cubs look to a strong season as Washington judge sparingly shows clemency to Eddie Ainsmith.
Idea Doesn't Please Herzog
A humorous exchange criticizes uniform colors for baseball. A bug suggests khaki uniforms to hide players from pitchers, while Manager Herzog retorts that easier hits win games. Buck Herzog dismisses the idea with a jab about aligning feet before considering further advice.
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Herzog
Cincinnati Reds
Looking for Good Recruits in Yankee Camp
Manager Bill Donovan plans to scout all major league camps with Joe Kelley gathering likely youngsters for waivers. About a hundred recruits must be weeded to fit team limits, giving Donovan a wide pool for selection.
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Bill Donovan
Yankees
Joe Kelley
Donovan
Plank Remains Lefty Juggernaut Says Jones
Fielder Jones states Eddie Plank still dominates on the mound eight years on from his prime. He recalls Plank’s formidable how he never hit him and notes Plank is even better when armed with experience. Jones predicts several years of star performance from Plank.
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Fielder Jones
Eddie Plank
St. Louis Feds
Plank
Jones
Danny Green
Frank Isbell
Tke
New Batting Style Taught By Moran Affects Sluggers
Pat Moran has introduced a new batting method for his hitters slowing their swings to improve contact. Cravath and Luderus, top NL sluggers, are hitting fewer home runs but more singles due to Moran's instruction.
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Pat Moran
Cravath
Luderus
Moran
Pitcher Kitty Knight Joins New Orleans Pelicans
Pitcher Kitty Knight, who trained with the Cincinnati Reds this spring, has signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. Last season he played for Ogden in the Union Association before a Des Moines stint, and he once had a trial with the St. Louis Nationals.
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Knight
Kitty Knight
Cincinnati Reds
New Orleans Pelicans
Ogden
Union Association
Des Moines
St. Louis Nationals
National Song of China Proposed as Official Anthem
The Philadelphia Record notes rejection of eight proposed anthems and reports that Wang Yan Pao and Chang Tsein’s latest songs may be accepted. Translation highlights praise for China’s mountains and plains, Confucian equality, and unity of the five tribes, urging wealth, agriculture, education, and happiness for all citizens.
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China
Belgium
Wang Yan Pao
Chang Tsein
Confucius
Mengtse
Yao
Suen
Philadelphia
Western Canada seed ing finished and farming expands
Seeding of spring wheat took place in early April across Western Canada with oats and barley soon after. By May 1 seeding was nearly complete and farmers shift to breaking land and summer fallow. Cattle rearing, fodder corn expansion, and alfalfa growth are evident. potential seed corn development aims to boost Western markets.
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Illinois
Iowa
Canada
Japan
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
West
Western Canada
Dominion of Canada
Cautious Investigator Probes Summer Hotel Proximity
The investigator asks about a recommended summer hotel near the station and presses for the means of distance. The exchange uses terse humor to question practicality and proximity.
South Africa Buys Toys Worth 363 Thousand in 1913
South Africa spent 363580 dollars on toys in 1913, with most purchases coming from England and Germany, reflecting a strong import pattern for consumer goods amid the period.
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South Africa
England
Germany
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Ban Johnson
Lefty Leifield
St. Paul
American Association
Ty Cobb
Mrs. Pankhurst
Joe Jackson
Goro Mikanie
Knox College
Jawn McGraw
Marty Kavanagh
Detroit
McConnell
Chicago Feds
Cubs
Eddie Collins
Brooklyns
Wilbert Robinson
Herman Bronkle
Indianapolis
Hendrick
McGill
Hans Lobert
New York
Arthur Devlin
Chicago Rooters
Roger Bresnahan
Washington
Eddie Ainsmith
Walter Johnson
Buck
Hove
Buck Herzog
Southpaw
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