Navajo Land Allotments Rent Trouble for Wives and Wanderers
The article analyzes U S government 160 acre land allotments for Navajo families across Arizona and New Mexico. It notes how wives raise land value, fuels polygamy, and complicates life for poorer men. It critiques confinement to farms and lauds Navajo mobility and self sufficiency.
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United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Desert
Dan Cupid
Rooseveltian
Sam
Southwest
Arigona
Zunia
Utah
Colorado
Pennrvisanta
The Picture Lady Tall and Up-to-date Shape
A playful caption suggests the Picture Lady appears tall and shiny and questions if she works in a dime museum. The dialogue cautions against jumping to conclusions about her height and role, framing it as a lighthearted anecdote from Lones Journal.
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Lones Journal
Relaxation Secret for Women From a cat model
A writer promotes feline relaxation as a model for women to maintain grace and youth. She argues women hold tension in mind and body even in sleep, causing weariness and facial lines. Society adds petty cares, but the habit can end after the cause is gone.
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Fran
No-bragging virtue in marriage bids, Ridgeway claims
A fragment voices a boast about never drinking as Ridgeway touts virtue in courting, while another critic notes a man without vices would be a safer and cheaper son in law for a rich daughter, implying practical marriage concerns.
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Ridgeway
Bob
Pepper
Lucy
Jane
Blackguard
Divorces Wholesale Celebrations Spur Lavish Astor Party
New York reports reveal Col John Jacob Astor hosted a $25,000 divorce eve entertainment with 150 guests. The lavish affair featured roses, parasols, jeweled favors, and a roaming conservatory reception, highlighting a trend of grand celebrations following marital separations.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Col Astor
Prudence Standish Urges Etiquette For Mothers And Daughters
Prudence Standish argues women must improve home life by raising moral standards for men, selecting suitable husbands, and shaping sons through vigilant observation of male behavior. She critiques idealized mothers and daughters, urges practical duties, and advocates pleasant domestic routines to keep husbands and brothers bonded to family life.
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C. D. Gibson
Pepper
Lucy
Jane
Pop
Chicago
New Guest Size Soap Promoted for Guests
The practice of supplying each guest with a new sealed soap piece gains favor. Hotels promote best grade toilet soap in guest sizes as a standard amenity.
Two Smart Costumes and Home Dress Patterns
Describes tobacco brown serge suit with walking skirt and Russian styled coat, trim details, and hat with ostrich feathers. Also outlines a practical home dress with a deep yoke skirt and braided trims, including required materials and measurements.
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A. Ant
Crege-De-Chine
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Coorbis
Hogan
Campbell
Nebraska Experimenter
Dry Farming Congress
Billings
Mont
Plains
American Desert
Hokhara
BY Schwartz
Prudence Standish
Father
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