Woman in Business Woxman Should Exercise Great Care
Woman investor guidance stresses safety over high returns in placing surplus funds. Advice covers choosing legitimate investments, securing titles, and using lawyers or corporations to inspect real estate and abstracts. It outlines mortgage safeguards, foreclosure rules, and the value of insured, improved real estate and farm investments.
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Woxman
Katherine Louise Smith
United States
Montana
Wells
Joseph JH. Bowiles
Modern shoe dressings show a shift from craft to science
The manufacturer recalls a past when shoe blacking was a simple paste in a round tin. Now dressings come in powders cakes cleaners dyes and liquids as chemists tailor products to varied leathers and colors. American dressings now follow American shoes worldwide.
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France
England
Remembering a Stenographer Who Typed Love Away
A witty remark from Fliegende Blaetter recounts a past employer who proposed marriage to his stenographer. She left not for romance but for professionalism, turning his shorthand notes into a typed, signable document, leaving him both amused and outsmarted.
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Laly
Woman in Yarmouth Faces Legal Threat Over Neighbor
A Yarmouth woman received a lawyer’s letter warning her not to annoy a next door neighbor. She displayed the missive on her backyard clothes line, and the situation subsequently worsened with additional complications.
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Yarmouth
England
Great Apple Country Rivalry Emerges in British Columbia
British Columbia aims to challenge Oregon as a top apple growing region with plans to expand industry. During last season, v00,0000 trees were planted, signaling aggressive orchard development and potential market competition.
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British Columbia
Oregon
Teacher Questions Prompt Boy to Laugh
A humorous Heitere Welt exchange shows a student teasing his teacher about asking too many questions. The quip hinges on the playful line about the teacher not knowing much because he harps on questions.
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Louis
Charm Beyond Looks The Power Of Personality And Good Breeding
Margaret E Sangster argues charm outlives youth and beauty. It rests in personality and good breeding, not looks, with dress shaping but not defining allure. She cites Julia Ward Howe, Mme Recamier, and Mme de Stael to illustrate lasting charm.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Joseph Bb. Bowles
Mme. de Staci
Mme. Recamier
Julia Ward Howe
Saint Elizabeth
Saint Theresa
Fashionable Thins Through Hard Work and Housecleaning
A plump woman recounts to Mme. Julie D Arcy how discipline, daily 6:30 starts, heavy housework, and selective eating aided weight loss. She cites Turkish baths as helpful but stresses personal effort, rest cures, and walking or dancing at night to sustain charm and fitness across life stages.
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Mme
Julie D'Arcy
Care of the Fingernails A Practical Guide
Hortense Prevost warns against over manicuring which injures nails and cutsicle. The piece explains how rough cuticles harbor dirt, the harm from steel instruments, and how petroleum jelly can harden nails while patient softening and careful shaping reveal the almond form and moons.
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Hortense Prevost
Prosperity Evident in New York Savings Banks Rise
The 1905 to 1906 comparison shows New York savings bank deposits at 1.292 billion and total resources at 1.405 billion, each up about 94 million the past year. The improvement surpasses prior yearly highs, reflecting broad economic gains across coal, metals, and industries, with 1906 expected to exceed 1905.
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State of New York
State of
New York
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Great Britain
Germany
France
End to Treasury Deficit Brings Surplus Outlook for 1906
March 1 reports a surplus of about one million dollars with likely substantial gains for the year. The American Economist endorses the Dingley tariff, noting increased expenditures are matched by higher customs duties and internal revenue, and imports remain large due to prosperity and full employment.
Tariff Will Be Let Alone Amidst Congress Debate
The House Ways and Means Committee discusses tariff revision as Representative McCall of Massachusetts urges changes aligned with Republican platform. Chairman Payne signals no general tariff overhaul this session, noting Massachusetts Republicans favor protected industry and wage levels, while some item tweaks may occur. The public favors maintaining protections, arguing the Dingley tariff has worked well.
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Sways and Means Committee
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
McCall
Payne
Troy Times
House of Representatives
Congress
Fashion notes on hats coats and accessories for the new year
The column lists current style advice including hats without real flowers, discarded burnt straw hats, oversized bows, coats deemed becoming, white cloth or mohair skirts as essentials, velvet coat buttons, striped fabrics described as zebra like, new flowered ribbons in silver and gold, pastel bead necklaces, lace veils with plaited chiffon borders, and praise for the modernized Charlie hat.
A Christening Party Observed in Pink and Song
A reader recalls a six month old’s christening with pink candle lightings, a piano font, and a soprano quartet. The ceremony moves downstairs for the Episcopal blessing, followed by lullaby, then upstairs for light refreshments and chocolate served by eight attendants amid sugared almonds.
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France
Cordelia How Draws Crowds With Exclusive Functions
A playful dialogue suggests Mrs. Crush hosts exclusive events that attract many attendees. Amelia notes the gatherings’ select nature as the reason for their popularity.
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Cordelia
Mrs. Crush
Amelia
N. Y. World
Hair Bow Advice for Young Girls in 16th Year
A reader asks how a 16 year old should wear her hair and how many bows and yards to use. Madame Merri advises against multiple bows and suggests either one bow with a full yard or two bows each with three quarters of a yard. The style features a soft pompadour in front with hair gathered on top, ends braided, turned under, and secured with a second bow.
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Northern Inquirer
Madame Merri
Madame Merrt
Beauty Builder Uses Bran Filled Bag As Washcloth
A cheesecloth bag filled about three-quarters with bran serves as a beauty builder and cleanser. The bran softens water and helps those whose skin is irritated by winter plunge baths.
Mixed Linen Suitings and Mercerized Cottons On Offer
The article describes mixed linen suitings blending linen and cotton in chambray like fabric with colored flecks in shades of blue green pink gray brown and lavender. It notes a width of 28 inches at 15 cents a yard and introduces mercerized checked cotton taffeta priced at 25 cents a yard with two color checks and three color checks for the current year.
Grace and Symmetre Diet Advice From Club
Advice urging controlled meals and moderation to regain grace and symmetry after joining the club. References to lunch choices stewed fruit toast tea and limited soup and punch. Recommends coffee hard toast rolls and overall temperate eating to improve health and balance.
Press opinions on party lines and tariffs from major papers
A compilation of editorials and comments from Hearst on democracy and Bryan, plus tariff policy debates. The Guthrie Capital notes record January foreign trade at a record 227 million dollars with a 64 million dollar surplus, while the American Economist critiques Secretary of War and free trade. The Boston Transcript warns labor would be harmed by tariff revision and urges higher living standards for American workers.
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Hearst
Milwaukee
Guthrie Capital
Congress
Friends of Foreigners
Europe
Boston Transcript
How to Test Flexibility and Body Fitness
The guide instructs standing upright with loose clothes and tipping forward without knee bending until fingertips touch toes. It notes that failing to reach shoes with straight knees indicates excess weight.
Fruit timing and ripeness for complexion care
Eat fruit before breakfast or with meals to reduce facial redness and improve complexion. Do not eat skins or seeds or other indigestible portions. Fruit must be perfectly ripe.
Orris Root Scented Sachets Highlight Florentine Quality
A description notes the high quality of Florentine orris root powder with violet aroma. It claims orris root alone forms the basis of violet sachets and yields a delicious, lasting scent without elaborate blends.
Free Trade Endorsement in Democratic Debate
The Times notes a House exchange between Democrat Burgess of Texas and Leader Williams showing Democrats favor free trade in practice. Burgess opposed the Philippine tariff bill to avoid U S duties to the islands, while Williams suggested the bill neared free trade given circumstances.
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Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Burgess
Texas
Williams
United States
Islands
Astounding Bank Clearings Signal Tariff Era Rise
The 1905 bank clearings set a record at 413 874 902 588 dollars, surpassing prior years by 31 billion and exceeding all earlier totals. Analysts credit the Dingley tariff, noting January clearings at 16 321 500 279 dollars and predicting 1906 results could reach four times 1896 levels as trade expands under protection.
Germany backs down on tariff war threat
The Kansas City Journal notes Germany delayed its tariff war with the United States as Ambassador von Sternberg informed Secretary Root the US would receive the conventional rate. A pending Congress measure proposing a 25 percent duty increase on nations discriminating against the United States prompted Germany to capitulate.
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Germany
United States
Specr von Sternberg
Root
America
Congress
Kansas City Journal
Treasury shows February surplus over $1 million
The treasury statement for February indicates a fiscal year surplus of more than $1,000,000 with receipts exceeding expenses for the first time in two years. Earlier deficit was tied to extraordinary payments like those for the Panama Canal, while critics blamed the Dingley tariff.
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Treasury
Panama Canal
Sam
Troy Times
Missouri Board Expands Rule to Drop Application No 13
The Missouri State Board of Examiners will no longer issue Application No 13 to aspiring lawyers. A would be barrister tore it up recently and the board has eliminated the number from practice procedures.
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Missouri
State Board of Examiners
Givnen
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