What Men Should Wear In Spring 1905 Fashion
A 1905 overview details spring topcoats, sack suits, and cutaways with velvet collars, narrow cuffs, and three button coats. It notes russet shoes, white silk waistcoats reappearing, and colored waistcoats for emphasis, while advising modesty in design and grooming.
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Ashtion
Cupid
Elbridge Gerry
Oliver Iselin
George Gould
George Vanderbilt
Europe
Lorillard Kip
Frederick Gebhard
Perry Belmont
Duke of York
Union Club
John Jacob Astor
Suspender Button Sparks Domestic Comedy in Brooklyn Life
Mrs. Henry Peck berates Henry Peck over a missing suspender button while trivial quarrels unfold, revealing plans of marriage next month. Robbins jokes he has taught her father poker during the wait, as Higbee comments on the couple’s timeline.
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Mrs. Henry Peck
Mr. Henry Peck
Puck
Higbee
Robbins
Brooklyn
Shanned by the Sentimentalists
A jail warden jokes a suspect may not be a murderer, noting the absence of bouquets since the arrest while the judge questions the claim. The exchange underscores rumor and sentiment influencing perceptions of guilt in a courtroom setting.
A Tenant for Life
A new boarder asks why the sour man stays in the house and learns the landlady is his wife, revealing a decade of unhappy lodging and a grim, resigned outlook. Le Figaro excerpt.
Virginia Beauty Rules From an Old Southern Belle
A Chicago Tribune note recounts recipes and tips from an old Virginia homestead. It describes methods to gain or lose weight, maintain pale skin, build muscle, and keep small feet, framed as fashionable guidance for Southern belles.
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Virginia
South
Chicago Tribune
Tarragon Delights for Salads and Sauces in Elegant American Style
Americans abroad find tarragon a versatile herb for salads and sauces. A teaspoon adds zest to lettuce and mayonnaise dressings. tarragon vinegar can substitute fresh herb in salads. Recipes include tarragon sauce for spring lamb and chicken, a browned chops breakfast dish with egg crumb coating, and an omelet a la tarragon finished with cream sauce.
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N. Y. Tribune
Cutting the Throat Excerpt From Philadelphia Record
A Philadelphia Record excerpt notes that inexperienced attempts to cut the throat from ear to ear rarely sever the jugular vein. It explains that the neck muscles protect major veins when the head is thrown back and that holding the head forward can still mislead, while a half inch side incision can reach the jugular.
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Philadelphia
England Benefits From German Tariff Boon to Manufacturers
The Albany Journal notes English exports to the United States rose despite US tariff policy. January 1904 figures show gains in beer and ale, spirits, and various textiles with totals reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars. The piece argues the Wilson Gorman act and broader tariffs boost British trade while US production declines. It cites Belfast business reports showing recovery after tariff changes, claiming America is England’s best trading partner.
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United States
Taney
Belfast
Belfast Board of Trade
England
America
Albany Journal
Plunder and Finance Debates Over Bond Crisis and Congress
Extensive critique accuses the Fifty-third Congress and the administration of mismanaging finances during a bond crisis. Articles argue treasuries and debt issues were mishandled, demanding open market bond offerings and highlighting alleged profiteering by a syndicate.
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Treasury
People's Money
Toa
Congress
N. Y. World
Dei
If I Could Remember I Was Eight
Child-narrator wonders how life would change if he recalled his age eight. He imagines behaving better at home and school, avoiding scolding, and not making his mother cry. The poem notes adults’ varied judgments while a caretaker recalls her own forgotten age.
What other name the camel is known by in Arabia
In Arabia the animal called the ship of the desert is the camel. The text explains the camel as a beast of burden and ships of the desert carrying goods, noting the desert belts around the interior plateau and the scarcity of water.
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Arabia
United States
The Camel and Its Training in Arabia
Greta Bryar describes camels in Arabia, noting two species Bactrian with two humps and dromedary with one. The dromedary, called the ship of the desert, can be trained from infancy to kneel on command using a switch. Children feed camels milk and water, pausing to teach kneeling as part of daily routines.
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Desert
Turkey
China
Arabia
Greta Bryar
Patriot pigeon recalls homeland after four years in captivity
A Paris bound carrier pigeon captured by German troops during the siege was sent to Princess Frederick of Germany and kept in a dove cote for years. When a door was left open, the bird escaped and returned to its Paris home ten days later, greeted by its old keeper as a patriot.
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Paris
Prince Frederick Charles
Germany
Boulevard de Clichy
A Little Girl's Prayer and a Child's Doubt
Nora asks her mother why she must pray nightly to be good and wonders if she is truly bad. Mrs. Strong gently insists on nightly prayers as guidance.
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Nora
Mrs. Strong
Marmon
Mamma
Judge
Italy Adopts Twenty Four Hour Dial Across Timepieces
A movement in Italy to replace the standard twelve hour dial with a twenty four hour system gains official status in parliament. Timetables and railway indicators now use 0 to 24 hours, with trains showing minutes past and to the hour in a full day cycle.
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Dominion of Canada
Italy
Rome
Genoa
Vintimiglia
Nice
Catching Turtles with Reves Off Cuba
A visitor describes a Cuban method of trapping sea turtles using the rev fish. Boats carry tubs of reves which attach to a turtle with a disk on the fish head. once gripped the turtle is towed to the boat and the fish released to be reused.
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Cuba
Wildcat Attack Halts Florida Track Repair Crews
Four section men repairing a Florida railway were attacked by a large wildcat that jumped on a worker from the woods. They beat the cat off with pikes, then chased it only to be bitten and clawed as it jumped among them. The beast was felled with a crowbar and the men tended their wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Buffalo
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Thomas B. Reed
Crisp
Fifty-first Congress
Toledo Blade
Niagara Falls
New York Sun
Treasury
Navy
Congress
Democratic Congress
Republican Congress
N. Y. Republic
Florida
Hold Canine Conspiracy and Town Feud in Readable Fable
A dog, frightened by a larger hound, eats only half his rations and stores the rest. He then brings several local dogs to feast on his hoard, attracting his master’s attention as the pack heads to the town outskirts. The leader selects a large dog for collective punishment. The snippet also includes a quip about Skiply and a playful wedding toast from Puck.
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Bome
Antwerp
Brussels
Ile
Virginia’'S Beauty
Bond Dicker
Fifty-Third Congress
Troy Times
Harrison
San Francisco Chronicle
Iowa
Ohio
Kentucky
Iowa State Register
Joe
Ike
Miss Brown
Lou
J. Edmund V. Cooke
Serlin
Durance
Mabel
Karper
Hold Canine Conspiracy
McSwatters
Skiply
New York
Syracuse Post
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