Global curiosities and wars spark varied headlines
A Kansas agitator notes European university teams and Japan's cavalry growth. New Orleans surgery removes swollen veins with success. A diamond tour in New York fetches limited offers. Coast surveys assess Pacific shoreline changes. Swiss census records Zurich growth at 428,030. Paris loses the Temple market. El Paso bans floor-length skirts for teachers. Pekin ministers push for harsh justice on Boxer suspects. A Chinese choir in San Francisco marks missionary progress. England and France expand submarine fleets. US lags in naval tech and patent buys.
Shirt Waist Reigns in Summer Fashion Trends
A lively fashion note surveys the shirt waist surge this season, contrasting it with bodice and bolero shifts while detailing fabrics, trims, and colors. It discusses a pale hellotrope shade and a silk muslin example, plus notes on dress compatibility with dark skirts and room or plaza wear. It also touches on child bird protection education and a home workshop sewing pattern for a morning gown.
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Slater
Lodien
Corsage
Hadley Industrial School and cooperative debates
A long mixed set of passages covering Hadley Industrial School for Girls, its founders Addison and Martha Hadley, and the 19th century plan for cooperative business. Discusses funding by farm income and benevolent gifts, non denominational stance, and training aims.
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Hadley Industrial School
Indianapoli
Danvills
Iod
Hig Pour Ie
Addison Hadley
Martha
Friends’ Church
Indianapoli News
Labor, industry action targets state law changes
Secretary David Ross of the Illinois Labor Bureau backs industry training in common schools. The Illinois State Federation of Labor aims to push labor law measures during the Illinois Legislature session. The Southern Cotton Spinners Association voted to cut production by fifty percent. In Charlotte North Carolina a resolution urged mills to halt night work for four months starting March 1 1901 and to limit daylight mills to one day off weekly from March 1, with 60 days implementation for daylight only mills.
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Industrial Notce
David Ross
Ilinoii Labor Bureau
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Aesoviption
Charlotte
N. C
Phat
al Milla
Overcoming Bashfulness Through Society Advice
A fragment from New York Weekly notes advice to conquer self consciousness by frequent social exposure and acting naturally. It also recalls ex-Congressman Culberson of Texas in Detroit catching a cold and joking about home remedies including flannel and vinegar to recover.
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Nashfoloris
New York Weekly
Hemedien
Culberson
Texas
Detroit
Forestry growth and longevity in oaks and pines
The text notes that oaks reach maturity in about seven decades and similar timelines apply to ash, larch and elm, while spruce and fir take around eighty years. After growth slows, decline follows. Some oaks remain alive for roughly a thousand years, with exceptions to the general pattern.
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Treva
Hope for Minch Henied Men
Hope dawns for bald headed men as Timothy J Malealy an engi n l and tannery worker reports hair sprouting on his head after months of exposure to a revolving belt. A doctor found electricity stimulated the growth, yielding a thick but short covering of hair.
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Te Mies
Toole
Bibeltierr
Mie Huet
Lbor
Workingmer
Doc Eagary
Timothy J. Malealy
Governor Joho B Cleveland Plans Memorial Tablet in Scotland
Gooper from Governors CoM proposes a memorial tablet to James Glenn of Long croft Scotland. The copper plate reportedly comes from Glenn’s coin and ties to Linlithgow Castle churchyard. Glenn served as South Carolina governor from 1788 to 1755.
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Gooper
Joho B. Cleveland
Spartansburgy
Bride’s Mother Dies Moments After Greenville Wedding
In Greenville a wedding ended in tragedy when Mrs John M Jordan mother of the bride collapsed and died shortly after the ceremony. The sudden death occurred as speech and congratulations continued with the couple Miss Talla Jordan wed David Jennings Porter and guests witnessed the abrupt collapse.
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Hride
RHEUMATISM CURED BY FREE TREATMENT CLAIMS B B B
An advertisement touts a free treatment for rheumatism and catarrh claiming to drain and cleanse blood and bones. It promises rapid, permanent relief from swollen joints and muscles, breath odor, and fatigue, with mail order supply from Blood Balin Co.
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Hawkins
Hlowd Balin
Mutolwil KL Atta
Allen's Foot Ease Advertisement Notice
Do Your Feet Ache and Born Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes new shoes feel easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 26c sample Kent FREE Address Allen Olmsted LeRoy NY
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Allen
Allen & Olmsted
LeRoy
Purified Blood Remedy Promoted By Correspondence Schools
A dubious advertisement claims Garfield Peaan Herb Merdivine cleanses the system after winter. It touts male teachers at correspondence schools and extols the remedy as beneficial for capelessness and purity in a dubious, sensational tone.
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Garfield Pea
Shonesty
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Kansas
Garnett
Wmilpe
Lousvain University
Liexo
Trusnela
Japan
New Orleans
Malden Line
New York
Corpa
United States Coast and Gendetic Survey Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Switzerland
Zurich
Geneva
Paris
Old Temple
France
Ondo
New Haven
el Paso
Princess Reuss
London
Pekin
Actal
San Francisco
J. M. Condit
England
Holland
Tag
United States
Italy
Vitelanio Tonta
Germany
Birdy
Workshof
Mia
B.C. Kinney
Itea
San Francisco Bulletin
Philic
Vo Moyt
Uhtadolpitle
Trades Lange
Philadelphia
Southern Industrial Convention
Atlanta Constitution
South
Southern Industrial Association
St. Jacobs Oil
Okahoma
Dick T
Moan, Parry
O. Te
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