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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
9
Aunt Susan attacks pampered upbringing as Mary’s future hinges on self-reliance. Mrs. Jones defends privilege, while Aunt Susan cautions that overindulgence harms character and may leave Mary vulnerable if fate or health fails. MAT ROBINSON
As timber grows scarce and steel gets cheaper, a Sandusky trial tests steel ties made from old rails cut to 8 7/8 feet and fixed on flat plates. The design uses angle irons and ribs for soil grip, claiming a steel tie could outlast four oak ties while costing about $292 each. About 150 were laid on the Lake Shore main line east of Sandusky for hard use.
A literary review of Dorothy Vernon by Charles Major praising its historical setting at Haddon Hall. It lauds Major’s command of language and romance, noting Queen Elizabeth and Mary Stuart appear within a vivid Elizabethan world. The piece emphasizes strong heroines and fidelity to history as entertainment.
A teacher explains the value of thoughtful purchases in all areas from food to garments. She argues that French women dress well on limited means by studying intrinsic worth, avoiding fads, and buying for the future rather than the present.
Three women painters receive chevalier rank in the Legion of Honor. Rosa Bonheur secured the honor via Empress Eugenie, Mme Demont-Breton is honored as the second, and Mile Marie Breslau earns recognition after winning a gold medal at the 1900 exposition.
Mrs. A. J. Harris of Fairport is described as a woman of business. She serves as a freight agent local manager of a telegraph office and of the telephone exchange and collector of customs.
Reports suggest Lord Kitchener and Boer leaders may fix strained relations through a harmony dinner. The proposal envisions dialogue and reconciliation steps to ease hostilities between British forces and Boer factions.
Ladies lingerie features white silhouettes with lace trims and new sleeve styles. Straw sailor hats pair with tailor suits, while rosebud chiffons and pale pinks accent floral furniture. Lace hats stay popular as laces and ribbons in soft grays oranges greens appear in summer accessories. The reflection ends with a witty exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald.
A satirical quip from the Detroit Free Press contrasts wealth with aging as a plutocrat boasts of wealth while his wife notes he is two days older, implying little happiness from sudden fortune.
A newspaper item reports a woman stopping a train in Arizona and becoming the central figure of the incident. Details on motives or outcomes are unclear in the available text.
A listing offers a twelve room edgewood park property with three lots and a two flat configuration near seventh avenue and twentieth street. The house once priced at 6500 dollars is offered for 5000 dollars for a quick sale to fund retirement for a farmer. Also advertised are parcels of fine jota at edgewood park from 9500 to 650 dollars each.
Dr James William Kidd of the Baltes building Fort Wayne Indiana announces a mysterious life elixir that can cure all known diseases. He offers free samples by mail to prove its power and cites cures of rheumatism neuralgia stomach and other ailments. He says the remedy purifies the system restores nerve function and blood flow and that all systems are affected equally.
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