Voices in the Night and the Call of Samuel
In a 1904 Chicago reflection, the author likens Samuel's night calling to the temple's sacred faults, urging readers to awaken to God, seek Him, and wait. The piece exalts the soul’s awakening, seeking, and submission to divine revelation, warning against spiritual indifference and self-rule.
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Chicago
Samuel
Eli
Self
Israel
Temple
God
Body Temple
Body
Bill
Celf
Christ Jesus
Amuel
Lord
Dr Wiley's Campaign On Food Purity Standards
The public backs Dr. Wiley as he fights to set a standard of purity for foods and expose failures. He condemns widespread poisoning and robbery by respectable sellers who use cheap substitutes, making products unfit for table or sickroom.
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Dr. Wiley
My Papa Spelling Confusion in a Child’s Verse
Ida L McIntosh of St Nicholas presents a child’s poem about learning spelling and a father who insists on an unorthodox method. The narrator, a girl named Alice May Hall, recalls classroom spellings and a conflict with her father over correct letter sequences.
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Darling
Ida L. McIntosh
St. Nicholas
Bright Russian girl earns place at Mount Holyoke College
Tyna Helman, 14 when she arrived in 1900, entered a West End Boston school and advanced from primary to Girls Latin in three years. She mastered English and Russian with dictionaries, graduated top of her class, and chose Mount Holyoke to pursue a full college course. Her father runs a small grocery at 198 Marion Street, East Boston. Her family says she is tall, brunette, with keen black eyes and a face that shines with intellect.
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Tyna Helman
Boston
Mount Holyoke College
Russia
Miss Helman
Girls’ Latin
New York Sun
Helman
Wells Grammar School
West Ind
Boston University
Marion Street
Mast Boston
Old Tennis Balls Given New Life for Children
Worn tennis balls are repurposed into bright attractive balls for poor or sick children. Crafters use leftover wool from crewel work crochet or knitting to create a colorful new dress to decorate the balls.
Easy Wire Work for Home Craft Projects
The article promotes wire work as a popular pastime with three essential tools a pair of flat-nose pliers round-nose pliers and a file and a few spools of wire. It describes making items such as a toasting fork a spring perch for capre-birds hanging baskets and a book-marker with ornamental wire ends. It emphasizes practice and dexterity and suggests using gold-cased wire for attractive results.
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People's Journal
Sheep in the City Walks in Their Tracks
A Chicago Tribune report highlights worn sidewalks where crowds repeatedly tread the same center lane. A patrolman notes the phenomenon across busy downtown walks, calling residents sheep and a lone gawky rider a giddy young goat.
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Chicago Tribune
Prim
Slate Street
State Street
Man In Blue
A Beautiful Negligee Description in White Crepe De Chine
A detailed description outlines a negligee crafted in white crepe de chine with a pale green silk girdle and lace accents. Finishing touches include green silk ruffles on the collar fronts sleeves and yoke lace trim on the yoke elbows and sleeve caps and puffed undersleeves encircled with green bindings.
Senator Tillman on Mildness and Unexpected Wit
Senator Tillman cites a theater incident to illustrate how gentleness can defuse anger. He recalls a quarrel over a ruined silk hat where mildness and a sharp twist produce a better outcome. The anecdote ends with a punchline about satting on one’s own hat.
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Tllman
Sine Cure Quip Sparks Laughs In City Talk
In a light exchange Mrs. Malaprop explains a sinecure joke to Mrs. Browne. The line notes Ties boasting about a sine cure and the idea that everyone is watching him, in a quippy Philadelphia Press style.
Bride Sends Rice Toll in Hat After Train Start
An Atchison bride, half an hour after her train left, found a handful of rice in her hat and cried that the Japs have so little to eat. The Atchison Globe reports the moment on the bridge.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
First Island Frogs Arrive on Steamship Argyl
The steamship Argyl arrived from Honolulu to San Francisco with the first shipment of island frogs ten dozen. San Francisco gourmets seek frogs legs, exhausting local supply.
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Honolulu
San Irrancisco
San Francisco
History of the muff and its changing fashions
A furrier recalls how muff color once indicated social rank under Charles IX and traces its evolution from noble exclusivity to varied styles from long and narrow to the Louis XIV chien Manchons design. The muff, once worn year round, moved from court attire to a cold weather accessory.
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France
Charles IX
Louis XIV
NEW RIBBONS FOR WINTER IN FASHION TRENDS
The report highlights new ribbons with soft sheerness like broad silks and crepe styled printings. Designers feature borders in two contrasting colors and metallic gold trims echoing military uniform weave, enhancing single color gowns with color contrasts and varied widths.
Deceit Was Her Theme in a Blunt Conversation
A New York Tribune anecdote features a blunt speaker who details how people change to flatter others. Sophie Loft discusses Jack Z ig engagement to Minnie, disparaging the bride-to-be before unexpectedly praising her. Jack smiles and moves on.
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New York ‘Tribune
Sofie Loft
Jack Z.ig
Mr. Z
Jack
Minnie
Sophie
Style in Perfumes Reflects Fashion's Daylong Demands
The piece surveys perfume trends across Europe and notable figures. It notes Royal Shamrock in London as a current rage, Dame Imashion’s call for consistency, and Queen Victoria favoring lavender water. It cites Empress of Russia spending heavily on perfumes and lists scents like jasmine, narcissus, tuberose, and violets as favorites.
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Dame Imashion
England
Paris
London
New York
Italy
Iranea
India
Christian
Duc
Sarah Bernhardt
Russia
A Pretty Morning Gown Pattern in Blue Flannel
An illustrated instruction describes a women's morning gown easy to sew. Made in cashmere flannel or similar fabrics, the blue fancy flannel version features a slightly open throat, wide collar, belt, and silk cuffs. Materials: ten yards of material 38 inches wide and three quarters of a yard of silk.
Hand-painted leather belts brighten autumn fashion lines
The article describes belts in varied colored leathers as key autumn items. A cream belt with a feather buckle features pale greens mauves and pinks in Louis XV floral motifs. A brown belt with dull gold buckle shows mauve sprays and hand-painted leaves.
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Louis XV
Nodrick Percy Sapp Promotes Family Tree Claim
Common Variety notes Nodrick Percy Sapp talks of a family tree, sparking discussion as Chicago News reports on his ongoing emphasis. The piece hints at lore around lineage and public interest in Sapp’s familial claims.
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Nodrick
Percy Sapp
van Albert
Chicago News
Economy of Effort Dialogue Quip Attributed to Chicago Record Herald
A humorous exchange notes a wife training her husband by wit and circumstance. The speaker remarks the husband was a widower when she married him, implying the marriage avoided effort. This quip reflects a snappy social witticism from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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