Case Against Shoot Congress Tired of the Question Kit
Senator Smoot’s seat remains contested as the Privileges and Elections Committee report prompts Senate debate. The row over his Mormon faith and legitimacy clouds possible action, with a vote on canal type and other matters likely delayed for years. Sulzer fights for compensation for Slocum victims. Landis and Williams spar over Bailey quotes. Vice President Fairbanks to curb morning business to prevent interruptions.
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Arthur W. Dunn
Washington
Specul
Reed Smoot
States Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Utah
Smoot
Mormon Clearch
Congress
Willi Ug
Landis
Williams
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Bailey
Willams
Joe Bailey
Sulzer
New York
Slocum
United States
Fairbanks
Pairbanks
Renator Kordker
Tei Frye
Careless Dressing and Real Beauty Signals
Advice from the Philadelphia Press urging women to groom carefully and choose safe cosmetics. It emphasizes neatness, health, amiability, and using modest beauty steps to enhance appeal, likening transformation to a butterfly’s evolution and urging consistent self-improvement.
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Philadelphia Press
Hair Receiver for the Toilet Table Ad
A dainty hair receiver, neat for dressing tables, keeps combings tidy. The blue receptacle measures seventeen inches by nine, with diamond shaped white silk lining and white ribbon edging, sewn four inches from the top and finished with blue and white bow closures.
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St Louis Republic
Toiletry Tips For The Dressing Table Tools
A quaint guide suggests keeping camphor in a small glass bottle on the dressing table to curb cold sores and refresh breath when used in water. Tincture of benzoin is praised as a throat gargle and hand softener when diluted, with witch hazel or ammonia in the cabinet for minor uses and a pumice stone for removing stains and callouses.
Habit of Sheer Darkness Ends Evening Calls
A sewer puzzle notes a habit of closing shades and turning lights off after guests depart. It recalls a married couple known for not criticizing a departed guest for twelve hours, then letting other concerns push memories of oddities aside.
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Shere
The Fair Brunette Color Guide Appears in Period Fashion
The article describes a fair brunette with delicate skin and violet or dark blue eyes, warning against strong colors that harm her complexion. It recommends softened hues such as maize, golden browns, gold fans, parle coral, salmon pink, and liberty blue over bright yellows or vivid reds.
Rockefeller Institute Showcases Filtered Air Lab and Animal Quarters
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York unveils a highly filtered air system for laboratories and animal living spaces. It features canvas filter bags, closed ventilation, constant gas removal, and separate floors for animal suites, X ray work, and serum experiments. The facility, founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1901, advances medicine through experiments and grants, with notable researchers like Dr. Simon Flexner directing laboratories.
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Rockefeller Institute For Medical
New York
New York Sun
Simon Trexner
Hideto Noguchi
Japan
Germany
Rockefeller
Institute
John D. Rockefeller
Wiliam HL. Webb
Baltimore
T. Mitchell Pradden
L. Emmett Holt
Christian A. Herter
Simon Flexner
Hermann M. Biggs
Theobald Smith
Boston
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Famous Washington epicure retires after fifty years of good eating
George Washington Harvey, famed Washington restaurateur and canvasback expert, sells his business and plans retirement. The New York World dispatch notes his long career, signature dishes, and the legendary tale of his Paris salad dressing contest where a colorless liquid added an elusive aroma. Harvey claims the liquid was simply water from a pump.
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George Washington Harvey
Washington
Washington Special Dispatch
New York World
Harvey
Pennsylvania
Billy
John Scott
Peter
Warvey
Lis
Thomas Nast
Canvasback Club
Paris
Ampericans
Martial Spirit Surges as Chinese Militia Enlistments Rise
In China volunteer militias form nationwide amid a surge of thousands of young men volunteering. Recruit drives run a week, with local communities mobilizing for training and defense.
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China
Ya China
Wondraona Evolution Musings On Human Proseis
In a whimsical scene an elephant ponders the slow evolution from rudimentary forms to a perfected human visage. Curious onlookers outside the ropes feed the creature cakes peanuts and candy, while the animal contemplates vast geologic ages.
Considerate Nell and the Hansom Incidents
Nell recounts a disturbing episode as a man in a hansom clumsily kisses her, while Belle questions why she did not scream. Nell replies she did not want to alarm the others nearby, describing the tension of the moment.
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Nell
Wonderful Mirages in Northern Alaska Twilight
Describes winter mirages seen in northern Alaska that create vivid illusions of lakes, vegetation, and distant landscapes on snow plains. Images distort into enormous animals, riders, and birds through fog and wind, with sea mirages showing breakers and distant islands.
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Norther Atanka
Alaska
Mars
Red Squirrels and Chipmunks Hoard in Winter
A Bangor News report details how Maine red squirrels hide nuts in many places but seldom shell them, while chipmunks store shelled beechnuts underground with engineering-like burrows. It notes red squirrels stay active through winter and rely on pine and spruce cones for food, not relying on cached provisions.
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Maine
New England
Woodsmer
Rbangor News
Courage and everyday bravery amid life’s realities
A compact feature cites Smiles on courage beyond heroics and honesty in daily life, urging truthfulness and restraint. It then surveys marine Indian Ocean serpents feared by fishermen and notes their fierce, provoke-prone nature. A Noah ark tale of white ravens turning black follows, ending with a light local theater anecdote about Miss Trill.
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Indian Ocean
Noah
Model High School Planned for South Chicago by Board of Education
The Chicago Tribune reports a two story high model high school with top floor lunchroom, basement bowling alleys, and a two story gym with running track. Bowen named site occupies block near Ninth Street. budget about 400000. Architect Dwight L Perkins leads plans with input from teachers and principals.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Chicago Tribune
Dwight L. Perkins
Charles I. Parker
Perkins
Parker
James H.bowen
Eightyninth Street
Marquette
Manistee Streets
Golfer's Rare Stroke At Brooke Club
Walton I Crocker achieved a hole in one on the tenth hole by driving 185 yards from the ninth tee at Brooke Country Club Massachusetts. In a large Clyde Park tournament field of 140 players he faced the customary duty of treating the other competitors after the remarkable feat.
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Walton I. Crocker
Brooke
Mass
Boston
New York
Crocker
Clyde Park
Firemen Roll of Honor Honored in London Effort
London effort seeks to place the firemen's roll of honor in a public institution. A brass-framed list at Southwark Bridge Road headquarters lists names of those who perished fighting fires, prized by the fire service. Chicago merchants plan a fall exposition from Sept 29 to Oct 18 at Tattersall's, with the Chicago Commercial Association funding at least 59,090 dollars, hoping others join. The House of Commons moves toward a new prayer meeting in Tuesday afternoon sessions.
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London
Southwark Bridge Road
London News
Chicago
Merchants of Chicago
Chicago Commercial Association
Tattersall’s
Chicago Dispatch
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Sexton
Heaven
Havana
Riz
G. W. Harvey
Oratera
Hla
National Capital
Trill
Wisie
Moose of Commons
House of Commons
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