Queer Schools and a Jay Walker Defined in City Tales
The piece surveys a St Petersburg police training site teaching forgery prevention alongside a Monte Carlo croupier school and a Brussels grave-diggers program. It notes Kansas City naming the jay walker as a distinct class of pedestrian. It describes crowded sidewalks and risky street crossings.
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St. Petersburg
New York Herald
Monte Carlo
Tir Aux Pigeons
Salle de’Escrime
Office of Croupier
Brussels
Evere
Belgium
Jay Walker
Kansas City
Baltimore tries new plan to handle street mendicants
The Baltimore American reports a cystomatic plan begun in Baltimore to address street beggars. A special mendicancy officer will examine each case and propose the best method, with many beggars aging in the business and few deserving charity, driven by easy access to food and drink.
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Baltimore
Shetland Clings to Old Calendar Despite Reform Bill
The London Globe notes Shetland largely ignores the Gregorian reform. January 13 is New Year here with ancient customs and the toast Health to man and death to the gray fish echoed in celebrations.
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British Isles
London Globe
Shetland
Group of Islands
King Alfonso Receives Hero Medal for Saving General
King Alfonso of Spain stopped a runaway horse and saved the life of a general. The request urges immediate praise and a hero medal to encourage kings who deserve public recognition for bravery and service.
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Alfonso
Spain
Athletes Living It Up in Europe After Stockholm Trip
Citizens back home celebrate the athletes who traveled to Stockholm, noting their time abroad as a sign that no effort is spared for these competitors and that the country shares in their success.
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Stockholm
Europe
Invention sparks talk of love detecting machine
A New York man unveils a device claiming to reveal when someone is in love. The humorous remark follows with a wish for a gadget to determine hunger.
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New York
Two Dearest Housekeeping Things Butter Butter Meat
WHELNEY notes in a Ter story that the two dearest things in housekeeping are butter and experience. Today the writer suggests adding meat to the list to reflect modern pantry needs and cooking trends.
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Us. Whelney
A. Ter
A Chapter on Meats and Leftover Dish Ideas
A cookbook style excerpt describes preparing hamburger steak by grinding round steak and broiling, served with hot seasoned cream. It covers breakfast chicken with cream sauce, beef miroton with minced ingredients, and numerous meat pairing ideas for leftovers such as veal with rice stuffing or turkey with giblet gravy. It also suggests a hash breakfast dish served with poached eggs and parsley.
ECONOMY IN THE KITCHEN OFFERS WISE HABITS FOR LEAN TIMES
The article urges efficient kitchen organization to save energy and time. Plan storage near work areas, soak dishes promptly, and use leftovers creatively to avoid waste. It stresses daily planning, feeding scraps to pets, and thoughtful use of larder items before buying new supplies.
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Haad
Earthly Paradise and the Guilty Man Quotation
A framed quotation from Francois Coppee’s The Guilty Man meditates on happiness found in work love youth and lasting devotion, contrasting earthly joys with enduring emotion in a reflective literary aside.
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Man
Francois Coppee
Peter the Great Reverses Dutch Flag Colors
The Russian flag owes its colors to Peter the Great who admired Dutch design and rotated their colors to create Russia’s national banner. The maneuver reflects cultural exchange and state branding through naval symbolism.
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Peter the Great
Accompaniment Elicits Relishing Taste Art Debate
The passage treats cookery as a fine art with no strict laws of proportion or contrast like painting or music. It argues that taste and enjoyment in food are legitimate arts essential to well being, rivaling other higher arts in value.
Leftover Sausage Stuffed Onions and Quick Dishes
The recipe outlines stuffed onions using leftover sausage and bread crumbs with nutmeg, baked and sauced with a butter cream mix. It also covers Mexican Chicken with tomato, peppers, and bread crumb thickening, plus a dessert option of Puffed Rice Custard with orange rind and meringue.
Dawn's Gift from Pain to Love and Beauty
A reflective verse excerpt celebrates dawn after night, portraying daylight as a boon after pain. It extols beauty found in created things and love as the source of all beauty, describing these as life’s gifts.
Frozen Dishes and Rare Creams Recipes
The article describes two ice cream classes Neapolitan and Philadelphia with distinct textures. It provides guidance on custard handling straining overcooking and fruit preparation and shares two uncommon recipes Burnt Almond Ice Cream and Orange Ice.
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Philadelphia
Orange Aroma Sugar Teas Flavor Tip
A loaf of cube sugar rubbed on an orange surface absorbs oil to retain orange flavor. The sugar prepared this way adds a distinct aroma to tea, hinting at orange pekoe as a desirable note.
Haircut Debate Sparks City Motto Quip Exchange
In a light exchange, Dix jokes about quality standards while Bix quips about getting a haircut. The dialogue reveals a playful banter on self-reliance and doing things properly in casual city chatter.
Pretty Summer Silks Promising Simple Lightweight Gowns
The article discusses summer gowns in light-weight silks such as foulards, messalines, chiffons, taf fetas and crepes. It notes design and color pairings that flatter different figures, with two example models featuring changeable taf fatas and chiffon prints, lace, pipings, and two-tone coatees.
Some Home Made Presents Listed in Gentlewomen’s Note
A list describes handmade gifts such as cretonne lamp shades with net, lace cake covers on wire frames, embroidered towels, linen collar and cuff set, gathered ribbon garters with satin rose posy, traveling cases with matching covers, lingerie pillows, Cluny lace touches, Monk's cloth table cover with cross stitch, tea cloths with monograms, and dainty sachets of varied sizes.
Natural colored pongee costume described for a chic yet practical look
The natural colored girl returns in a linen or pongee outfit paired with leather pumps risle hosiery a linen petticoat with coarse unbleached lace a suede belt and self colored buckle An outing hat of raffia or Panama with a natural Shantung scarf completes the ensemble She carries a raffia sunshade and a raffia handbag The look is praised as knowing for country wear amid prevailing all white or white and color outfits
Boudoir Fancies In Swiss Shams And Scarfs
Delightful dainty decor items in plaid Swiss for pillow shams bureau dress and table scarfs. Heavy scalloped edges and stitched braid designs echo summer curtains of plaid muslin or Swiss with cushion covers and couch throws in bright cretonne. Light matting or colonial rugs complete the look with airy appeal.
Protect the Blouse Dressmaker Trick from Silk Guards
The passage advises protecting the blouse at the sides under the arms with a strip of oiled silk to prevent unsightly holes and extend wear. This tip is noted as a common practice among fashionable New York dressmakers per Good Housekeeping Magazine.
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New York
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Frocks for Little Girls Show Style Parity with Adults
The piece notes that children's frocks now mirror adult fashion, with simple lines common to girls, grown girls, and mothers. It predicts fashion shifts may bring more elaborate panniered looks, but current coats and skirts favor plain fronts, large reverses, collars, and button detailing suitable for school-age wear.
New Stock Collars Highlight Robespierre Neckwear Trend
The article describes a fashionable collar variation labeled as the grandfather's stock. It features sheer hem stitched white linen turning over a high stock of plaited black silk and pairs with tailored silk blouses for morning wear.
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Robespierre
Renovate Crepe With Skim Milk and Water Solution
A recipe notes skimmed milk and water with a touch of glue heated to restore old rusty black crepe. If well squeezed and dried like muslin, the fabric will look as good as or better than new.
Cure for Eczema Hands Promises Restored Comfort
Mrs Mary Taylor of St Clair Missouri reports fifteen years of watery blisters cracking and bleeding on her hands. She tried home remedies and salves before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After following a doctor’s advice the products cured her completely with no remaining trace.
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St. Clair, Mo
Mary Taylor
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
A Girl's Rise to Fame Ends in Handing Over Its reins
A reflective line notes how many women begin pursuing fame or status but end up surrendering the spotlight to men. The remark underscores gendered dynamics in ambition and career progression.
Red Cross Ball Blue promises whiter clothes
Water in bluing is adulteration and costly glass and water. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue for clothes whiter than snow.
The Natural Inference Motoring Tale Recalled
A reader recalls meeting an old friend while out motoring. The exchange centers on whether the friend was injured, hinting at a casual, anecdotal reflection rather than a formal report. The fragment captures a social moment and a question about harm.
Cole's Carbolisalvae Stop Itching Skin Disease
Cure advertised for itching skin diseases claims Cole's Carbolisalvae soothe irritation make skin smooth. Sold by druggists in 25 and 60 cent sizes.
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Cole
Missionaries Urgently Sent As Famine Ravages Island Territory
An officer of the French colonial army reports that fanaticism traps a small missionary band in a southern Pacific island group. The harvest is ruined, famine spreads, and authorities urge dispatch of more missionaries to aid the stricken area.
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Pacific
la Petite Republique
Barber Shops Flourish Across the Far East
The Chinese revolution spurred many to cut hair, opening numerous barber shops wherever Chinese communities exist. Singapore businessmen imported many American barber chairs but face supply delays. Chinese insist on American hair clippers, rejecting other makes, signaling a rise in American barber supply orders in Asia.
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Far East
Singapore
A Wise Man's Advice In A Noted Case
A colored man faced a police judge for stealing chickens and pleaded guilty. He explained that a dog in the yard would have foiled any talk of the crime, remarking the judge should “stick to the bench” if he wished to discuss such rascality, given his familiarity with the case.
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Zion
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