Lovely Gowns and Club Life in New York Society
New York notes discuss a fashionable Fifth Avenue club house opening on Sundays and weekdays, prompting debate over church service impact and social chatter. The piece also covers a Belgian wagon hospital idea, a Spanish battleship visit with lavish reception, a large gathering of Americans, and a bicycle anecdote in Abyssinia. Mentioned are Mme Dupuy du Lore, Mme Emilie Lopez, and Helen Gault, plus fashion notes on Jubilee toque trends and editorial views on hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charengoer
Eppen
Miue
Belgium
Loy
Hudson
Granta Mansoleum
Ag God Lady Guest
Dorky
Maria Teresa
Mme. Dupuy du Lore
Pilgrims to Lourdes Use Belgian Contrivance Carriage
The article discusses travelers and a Belgian contrivance for pilgrimage to Lourdes. It mentions a chapel attached to a carriage with papal permission for Mass. It contrasts clerical confidence with earthly desires and critiques social figures including Mme Lopez and Odette Tyler, noting wheel devotion and a pedestrian, Crime figure in Central Park as a bicyclist.
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Lourdes
Odette ‘Yyler
RD. Shepherd
Central Park
How to repaper a shirt and a pronunciation note
A Notre Dame Scholastic reader asks about repapering a shirt front with a loud slit. The answer advises soaking the bosom in warm water and removing the wallpaper, then reappering. The piece also discusses how to pronounce South Chicago as natives do, noting the th sound varies by usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame University
Scholastic
Getasson
Lonten
Coxey
Chicago
South
Contagion Alarm Over Consumption Says World Doctors
Drs Prudden and Biggs, eminent bacteriologists, report for the third time that consumption is contagious and could be stamped out if health authorities acted with vigor. In New York it kills more annually than cholera or smallpox, surpassing all major epidemics.
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New York World
Cause of business gloom in the face of monopoly power
An impartial observer notes the deep malaise in commerce caused by dishonest capital and monopolies blocking trade. The piece argues that the sin is vast and the penalty proportional, explaining long-continued national business decline despite abundant labor and talent.
Apprehension of War Stirred Market Anxiety
The Boston Post notes the arbitration treaty would ease fear of war rather than resolve disputes. It recalls last year’s Venezuela war scare that halted a budding business revival and plunged the nation into uncertainty, with far reaching economic losses that are hard to tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Venezuela
After Emperor William Aids Prize Fighting Morality Effort
Omaha Bee reports a satirical note that if Emperor William elevates duelling ethics he could profit by promoting prize fighting as a harmless pastime for polite society.
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William
Polita Society
Graham flour definition and composition
The statement explains that Graham flour, when properly made, uses whole wheat ground together. It emphasizes the complete wheat inclusion rather than refined components.
The Golden Harvest Time Ends the Farmer’s Strife
A lyrical meditation on farmers, debt, and endurance. The poem rebukes pity for farmers trapped by mortgages and praising the dignity of honest toil on land. It contrasts hardship with the joy of harvest and the bond between farmer, soil, and community.
Storing vegetables for winter in the cellar and barrel storage
Practical guide from Vick's Magazine on winter vegetable storage. It explains layering beets, turnips, carrots, parsnips, onions, squash, pumpkins, and cabbage in sand or earth, plus cellar placement and barrel burial to prevent rot, greenings, and spoilage. It notes potatoes require darkness, cabbage kept dry and covered, and horseradish stored in earth for winter use.
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Vick's Magazine
Cooking Food Pros and Cons for Animal Diets
The text weighs cooking animal feed to improve digestibility, noting possible advantages from ten to fifty percent depending on conditions. It discusses economy, possible use of heating apparatus, and the need for feeders to decide if cooking pays given corn prices and animal sale values.
Tuberculosis in Calves Report May Shape Dairy Practices
A fragment notes experiments in Iowa showing calves born from tuberculous mothers developed tuberculin when fed milk from their dam, but remained disease free when raised on milk from healthy cows. The report hints at implications for dairy management and disease control.
Question of Inherited Disease in Children of Consumptive Parents
A reader asks whether children of parents with tuberculosis could avoid the disease if removed from parental care at once. The question touches on inherited tendencies and is noted as an interesting point for scientific investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Why Leave the Farm Advice in Journal of Agriculture
The piece argues many leave farms for city work but find few vacancies and low pay. It warns against urban disillusionment, urging education and clear goals before leaving the farm. It asserts agriculture will improve and that farm life strengthens cities, urging careful planning and self qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Agriculture
Cornstalk Pith Could Transform Farming and Warship Protection
Prof Gibbs at a Cramp dinner discusses cornstalk pith creating cheap protective pads for ships, smokeless powder at 13 cents per pound, better lacquer from stalks, cheaper cellulose use, and new fodder and sugar prospects. Cramp founders foresee coducting production boosting farmer income to about $10 per acre and $2.25 per ton for stalks.
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Prof. Gibbs
Messrs. Cramp
Philadelphia
Thi
Messrs
Cramp
Prof
Gibbs
Louisiane
Chicago
Deccan
War Aims Echoed in Morgan Resolution Supporters
The New York Journal of Commerce reports that senators backing the Morgan resolution openly pursue war and favor sending ships into Cuban waters to aid Cuba and oust Spain. Critics question neutrality and note calls for arms despite claims of restraint.
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Cannan
Utah
Mills
Texas
Mason
Spate
Morgan
Spain
West Indies
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Mccinley
New York Journal of Commerge
Lost His Independence in Reunion With Old Friend
After years apart they meet and discuss an old acquaintance named Brown. The exchange suggests Brown is not as he was and hints at changes in his personal life, noting his marriage. The fragment captures a casual gossip tone from a Chicago paper.
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Ais
Brown
Chicago
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Aga Ehown
National Clask Co
W. 43d Street
Menelik
Abyssinia
Italan
Adam
Helen Gault
University Law School
London
Jeadera
Mme. Lopez
Byteriaa
Hand of Good Fellowship
Wilhelm
Fala
Pach
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