Miss Ida Estelle Hall, Boston Lawyer and Suffragist Leader
The Boston University Law School graduate Miss Ida Estelle Hall, a prominent, highly paid lawyer, is cited as a leading example among Massachusetts women lawyers. She travels often with her sisters, enjoys Europe summers, and traces ancestry to Governor Endicott. She is active in feminist circles and youth politics.
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Mme
Roxton
Ida Estelle Slall
Boston
Miss Hall
Maine
Boston University Law School
Massachusetts
Ida Estelle Hall
Helton Memorial Library
Brighton
Foster Street
Europe
Ireland
Mouch
Halll
Youth Woman's Political Club
Babs Talk End and Language Lessons Highlighted
A Washington Post item notes that parents should speak English to children promptly, not use baby talk, to ease schooling. A dull boy in class is traced to a widow mother who speaks a private slang, hindering language learning, prompting a transfer to a higher grade. The piece ends with a blurb about interest in middle age.
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Tg Sggo
Washington Post
A Woman’s Psychic Shift and Selfhood in Mrs Harris’s View
Mrs L B Harris in Independent extols a woman’s transformation through allegiance, eyes opened, and judgment clear. She redefines love from husband to sons while embracing her own past roles as daughter wife mother and matriarch, asserting independence from men.
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Abe
Jover
Irisband
Harris
Independent
Burning Old Papers Plan From Long Island Village
In a town with strict yard burning laws residents devised a method using a coarse wire netting ring to contain paper piles. The netting, about 1.5 to 2 yards long and seven inches wide, is set in the yard, loaded with papers, and burned from the bottom so the flames burn through quickly and neatly with little debris.
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Long Island
Fitting a Sleeve in Old Dressmaking Rules
The article warns against mismatched sleeve and armhole sizes and warns against hasty alterations. It advises gradual shaping by easing at the seam and spreading excess fabric in several spots rather than cutting away abruptly. It emphasizes gradual, even adjustment.
Choosing Presents and Gift Etiquette for Value and Fit
The guidance warns against gift items that overstate quality such as rolled gold electroplate or imitation gems. It favors modest, sincere tokens like a half marked silver thimble over costly sham wares and offers practical tips on ribbon belts ensuring better fit by using two narrow ribbons rather than one wide piece.
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Dresden
A Hair Hint for Thicker Looking Hair Waves
After shampooing, when hair is completely dry braid into two or three braids. Keep one small strand tight and braid loosely with two larger sections. As you push the two large braids up toward the head the result is large natural waves and fuller appearance.
Wrinkled Skirts Say Fold and Pin for Smooth Fit
Instructions advise folding dress skirts down the center front and then in thirds. A large safety pin is placed through the folds to act as a banger, keeping the skirt hanging straight and preventing waistband strain.
Making Up Cottons Nap Direction in fabrics
The article explains an up and down nap concept in cotton materials. It suggests dampening a small fabric piece and rubbing with a finger to feel the nap. Cut the material so the nap runs in one direction for a smoother finish.
Enlarge the Hips Exercise and Clubwomen Count on Manhattan
An article promotes hip enlarging by foot pendulum swings and notes Manhattan hosts about 100000 clubwomen. It lists clubs from Fencers' and Chorus Girls' protective unions to the Emma Willard association and mentions scrim bags for handkerchiefs and neckwear to prevent yellowing. It adds tips on avoiding borated talcum on oily skin and using antiseptic powder, plus old storage-room practices to ward off insects.
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Manhattan Island
Fencers
Chorus Girls’ Protective Union
Emma Willard Association
John the Orange Man Marched Through Harvard Memory
Harvard mourns John Lovett known as the orange man mascot for decades. A Chicago alum recalls his woven ties to Harvard life from the Eliots era to the football crowd. He led cheers with a red fringe and silk hat, helped crews and captains, and recalled a single infamous mistake at New Haven before fading from campus life.
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Chicago
John
John Lovett
Crimson
Chicago Post
Eliot
College Yard
Crimson Crew
Hudson
Thames
Springfield
Old John
F. Herm Gade
New Haven
Yale
New York
Brown
Cambridge
How to Pack for Moving Household Goods
A veteran packer explains safe packing methods for fragile items. He advises padding each piece with tissue, excelsior, and brown paper, layering by weight in barrels, and crating framed art. He covers wrapping mirrors, china, glassware, and large furniture, plus space-saving uses of drawers and rollers for city moves.
Outing Modes Knit Waist Replaces Old Sweater Style
A knitted gray yarn item for canoeing and camping outfits evolves the old time sweater into a feminine wardrobe piece. It features a sailor collar and shield, full bust, front closure, peplum at the hips, and long red sleeves that can be rolled. Belts optional beneath skirts for fit.
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Wirhea
Earthquakes Measured and Their Varying Dreadful Impacts
A summary of global earthquake records, noting 131,298 shocks historically documented and the modern practice of meticulous observation. It covers frequency, undersea quakes, great events like Lisbon 1755 and Charleston 1886, and the far reaching effects across continents and seas.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Japanese Seismological Society
Caracas
Lisbon
Japan
Pacific
Simoda
San Diego
Cal
Alps
Great Britain
Baltic Sea
Germany
Algiers
Ferag
Spain
Portugal
Charleston
Carolina Coast
Georgia
Florida
New England
New York
Ontario
Canada
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
First Aid to Cob Horses on Berlin Streets
A woman bicycle patrols Berlin’s busiest streets offering immediate relief to horses and other animals in distress. She applies salves, treats wounds, binds ribs, and provides first aid when horses overheat or are injured. In one day she aided thirteen horses and two dogs amid initial driver hostility and a head scar from a stone thrown by a drunken cabman.
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Berlin
New York Sun
Amherst Natatorium Rule Requires All Students Swim
Amherst College dedicated a $50,000 Pratt natatorium and adopted a rule that all students must qualify in swimming. The New York American reports it as a first among colleges and suggests it may prompt broader adoption. An investigation notes that at most one quarter of college students can switch.
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Amherst
Pratt
New York American
Sweeping Dust Precautions and Fire Dust Control Tips
Advice from the Pittsburg Press on minimizing dust while sweeping and dusting. Use moist sawdust on bare floors and moist paper on carpet to trap dust, avoid wetness. Dust with soft cloths, shake outside, and mop with a barely moist wrung cloth to remove settled dust from bare floors.
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Pittsburg Press
Keep Well In Warm Weather Rules From Rochester Herald
Summary of health guidance urges moderation in eating and drinking pure air daily exercise and regular sleep from six to seven hours. Emphasizes daily baths alternating cold and warm days, regular work and mental activity, cultivating calm cheerfulness and hope, controlling passion and fear, and strengthening will while avoiding stimulants and narcotics.
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The
Rochester Herald
How to Drive a Nail Secretly and Painfree
A mid century tip compiles methods to drive a nail without profanity or pain by fixed attention on the nail. Also included is an old remedy for summer complaint advising a wheaten flour infusion gruel for children and a flour mash as a densified bolus.
How to Feed Dogs From a Successful Thoroughbred Breeder
A seasoned dog breeder shares a practical, economical recipe for nourishing large breeds. Boil a soup bone to extract juices, remove meat, chop fine, return to broth, and mix with cornmeal to form a thick mush. Cool, cut into slices for feeding. Add vegetables like cabbage and beets. Give each dog a large beef bone daily to promote dental health.
How to Make Cat Glass Sparkle and Counteract Salt
The Pittsburg Press suggests rinsing cut glass with a little alcohol or rubbing with a cloth soaked in alcohol for shine. Another method uses finely powdered chalk and a brush, or silver polish, cleaning as for silver. For excess salt, add one tablespoonful vinegar and one tablespoonful sugar to balance flavor.
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Pittsburg
Unique Naval Review With President Aboard Mayflower Passes Fleets
President Roosevelt will review the Atlantic fleet in a stationary array as the Mayflower passes between three lines of ships. A detailed chart outlines fleet positions off Oyster Bay and Long Island Sound, with specific ships in each line and a separate south group, plus a picket line outside the formation.
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WH Paes
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Washington
New York Herald
Navy Department
Oyster Bay
Long Island Sound
Fine
Centre Islands
Centre Island Point
Denver
Cleveland
Tacoma
Minneapolis
Maryland
Colorado
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Iowa
Indiana
Minois
Alabama
Dolphin
Bonaparte
Arkansas
Florida
Nevada
Virginia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Missouri
Maine
Blakely
Stockton
Rodgers
Wilkes
MacDonough
Lawrence
Hopkins
Worden
Whipple
Des Moines
Porpoise
Shark
Leonidas
Lebanon
Celtic
Yankee
CAINE ON CURSE OF DRINK AND ITS TREATMENT
Hall Caine's new novel on hereditary drink craving cured by hypnotism prompts a London interview. Caine weighs whether habitual intemperance is a disease or a sin and who should bear responsibility for its cure. He argues that law church and medicine have not solved the problem and asks where the drunkard belongs.
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Hall Caine
London
Chicago Post
Mr. Caine
Chicago woman opens maternity school for two year olds
Miles Helen Todd of the Henry Booth House returns from Europe to open a maternity school in a sunny tenement room for children aged two to five. The facility aims to prevent neglect as families grow with new babies, inspired by successful European models.
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Chicago
Miles Helen Todd
Henry Booth House
Europe
Chicago Post
Miss Todd
France
Italy
Germany
New Protection For Chauffeurs Speedometer Warns Over Speed
Technical World Magazine reports a new speedometer that shows mph and minutes per mile and can be set to a limit. Exceeding the limit triggers a buzzer to warn the driver.
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Technical World Magazine
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