Kansas Agitator and Notable Sightings Abroad
A Kansas agitator notes Tom Murray of Chicago vows to donate half his business proceeds to the poor. A French scientist reports plants and fungi detect metals. a bishop halo debate in Circle City. Krueger’s land use case in Wisconsin cites street burden compensation. Navy portrait of Crowninshield referenced. Philadelphia Natural Science holds hair locks of U.S. presidents with coats of arms.
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Tom Murray
Chicago
Murray
Circle City
Krueger Va
Whicontin Telephone
Wis
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science
United States
Washington
McKinley
Vast Ocean Farce and Rail Tales From Old Dispatches
A garbled column of mixed notes discusses hawaii fish decline blamed on Chinese fry harvests, Gideon Hawley at 74 still working the Lake Shore railroad, a Malta wireless test delivering 134 miles, Italian warship reply, silent baseball ideas, German military uniform changes, war’s grim reality, and Mary Cullimore the needle woman jailed for drunken gowns.
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Gideon Hawley
Erie
Lake Shore Railroad
Lake Shore
Hawley
United States
Graut
Malta
Syracuse
Malkins face eviction amid tenement agony and debate
A New York City tenement scene unfolds as Louis Malkin and family prepare for eviction on Division Street. The story contrasts their dire poverty and a crippled child’s burn injuries with broader calls for land reform and a single tax to end private ownership of natural resources.
Rockefeller wealth claim sparks critique of employment myth
The Springfield Republican argues Rockefeller’s claim to have created work worth 100 million overlooks that labor would exist without him. It contends he monopolized resources, stifled trade, and misrepresents the rich giving jobs to the poor, noting the impersonal nature of natural bounty and labor.
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Rivera
Landfordiam
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Springfield Republican
Woman and Home Notes and Embroidery Tips
A New York Evening Post excerpt laments growing social tensions over municipal ownership of utilities and labor issues, citing Tom L. Johnson and Schwab while noting unrest in Wall Street. It then advises on placing a writing table in drawing rooms and discusses Mountmellick embroidery designs, materials, stitches, and practical tips for home needlework instructing readers in tasteful, durable table pieces and covers. The piece encourages readers to craft their own elegant furnishings and linen with guided patterns and stitching techniques.
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Congress
Wall Street
San Francisco
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
United States Senate
Billy
The
New York ‘Tribune
Anna C. Guernsey
Dew Molnon
Princess gown with striped silk and lace details
A changeable striped silk gown in red and gray with yellow lace over red satin. White tucked mousseline lower sleeves close over the shoulder and under the arm.
Window Decorations in a Country House Sitting Room
A visitor admires a charming country house window scene with a deep recessed window and seat. Large plate glass sashes frame a fruit orchard beyond as a semicircle of hyacinths and tulips adds vibrant color, echoed by emerald turf and matching cushions.
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Sbe
Summer meat reform urged for healthier eating
The article argues Americans eat more meat than Europeans due to busy, sedentary lives and proposes a summer reform. It recommends limiting meat from June to October to once daily or less, with vegetables, fruit, salads, and whole wheat bread as substitutes. It cites physicians urging abstemious eating and echoes Pope Leo in favoring fruit breakfast, soups, vegetables, and fruit for supper.
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England
Leo
Brown hair becomes fashionable replacing blonde trend
A Chicago Chronicle piece notes brown hair dominates today’s style over blonde and auburn phases seen among stage stars. It credits actresses like Zara and several others for proving brown hair is fashionable and practical, reflecting a broader social shift toward natural looks.
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Zara
Miss Mannering
Miss Marlowe
Miss Angin
Misa Eleanor Hobson
Milas Tyree
Mise Batea
Misa Adama
Chicago Chronicle
Remarkable woman runs farm shop and mill in Pennsylvania
Mrs John Bucher of Guraltar Pa has for years managed a blacksmith shop a saw mill and a farm while caring for five children and her ill husband. She assumed all duties when he fell ill and last fall harvested rye and corn and helped operate the cider press.
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John Bucher
Guraltar. Pa
Pennsylvania
Japanese Empress Aims at Western Ties and Fitness
Japan's First Lady, the empress, admired by English royalty, and her husband have driven national Westernization. Married thirty years with five children, she remains vigorous and active daily in her palace gym at Tokyo and is noted as a skilled horsewoman.
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Japan
England
Toko
Fragmentary moral reflection on memory and peril
A distorted excerpt reflects on how the past warns us of danger yet should not haunt us. It contrasts inner striving with divine guidance, noting the living souls seek God rather than evil. The fragment hints at spiritual struggle and hopeful perseverance.
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Kansas
Garrett
Navy Department
RW. Crowninshield
Navy
Whitney
Hackett
Hawaii
Jungs
Graves
Debra
Grover Cleveland
New York
Mary Culllamore
A. Carter
Metropolis
Lower Divison
Malkin
Beth Iarael Hospital
Pia
Louis H. Malkin
Tooma
Division Street
Lowla Malkin
Tal
Mr. Matkin
Eve
Beth Israel Doctora
Charity
Mr. Malkin
New York Evening Poat
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Steel
Schwab
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