One Out of Ten: A Thanksgiving Call to Gratitude
A devotional essay cites Luke 17 17 18 noting only one of ten lepers returns to thank Jesus for healing. It urges readers to reflect on gratitude amid harvests and prosperity, urging personal repentance, faith, and renewed life through thanksgiving to God. The piece emphasizes the moral difference between physical cleansing and spiritual wholeness.
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Chicago
Jesus
God
Oliver Wendelwholmes
Father
Esus
Man
Apollo
The Democratic Party in 1908 and its rivals
The article analyzes potential 1908 reorganization shifts within the Democratic Party amid pressure from radicals and progressives. It contrasts Debs and Watson forecasts with Bryan and Hearst influence, predicting a Bryanized and Hearstized Democratic front to challenge the Republicans, with a populist and socialist influence shaping the creed and coalition dynamics.
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Debs
Democratic Party
Socialist Party
Social
Thomas EH. Watson
Bryan
United States
Republican Party
Messrs
Hearst
Watson
Parker
John Hay as Secretary of State and 1900s diplomacy
The New York Post reports that John Hay retaining the secretary of state post under Roosevelt would reassure voters. It praises his Lincoln biographer status and notes potential peace moves in Manchuria involving Russia Japan and China, with the United States benefiting from his leadership.
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John Hay
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The
New York Post
Hay
Lord Lansdowne
Lincoln
Manchuria
United States
Russia
Japan
China
Pressure on Congress to ease schedules urged by manufacturers
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that producers thriving under protective tariffs seek freer trade. They want reduced import duties to access foreign markets and hope reciprocal openings will follow from foreign governments.
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Congress
Republican Party
Vilwauke Sentinel
A Dainty Xmas Calendar
The Christmas calendar illustrated may be drawn in pen and ink or pyrography and can be decorated with holly instead of mistletoe. It is one of many acceptable homemade gifts that children or adults can craft during early winter evenings.
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Paul
Korean King Wifes Slave and Court Power Play
A profile of Lady Om wife of the emperor at the Korean court detailing her rise from queen’s attendant to powerful favorite. The piece notes her age, appearance, ruthless influence, and a recent purge of a rival, with a new Seoul building commemorating her supposed virtues.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Kim Uyueng-Chun
Kang
Kim
Seoul
New Turbans and Skirt Trends Highlight historic fashion
The article surveys current fashion shifts with new front panel skirts and predominance of tricorn and boat shaped hats. It notes distinct crown shapes, heavy use of tulle trimming, coq de roche relief notes, and the rising importance of separate wraps and contrasting ribbon trims on tailor hats. It mentions panne velvet and net in fire brown and spinach green.
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Coq de Roche
Kiss Injuries Warn of Repeated Embraces
A doctor warns that repeated kissing harms the skin more than resting the cheek in a warm palm. The piece notes that the warmth and pressure from lips can cause lasting damage to a rosy cheek and red lips.
Paris Fashion Sees Corset Covers Fade As Chemises Reign
Paris society notes the corset cover banishes from autumn weddings as hundreds of brides display ornate chemises. The Milan styled gowns celebrate progressive silks while the bride Anna Massena d's Missling de Rivoli, tied to Bonaparte lineage, showcases refined inners and lace.
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Milo
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Bonaparte
Lucien
Massena
Protecting Childs Bed Device for Window Draft and Fall Prevention
A Rural New Yorker suggestion describes a triangular cloth shield tacked to the bed side with brass tacks to block drafts from an open window and keep children from falling out. It folds under the mattress by day and can be decorative if made neatly.
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New Yorker
Rules for Good Health an excerpt from Youth's Companion
The passage lists health habits such as regular sleep, consistent bedtimes, morning rising, cold sponge baths, boiled drinking water, plain meals starting with fruit, avoiding work immediately after eating, open air exercise, comfortable feet, ventilated rooms, brushing teeth twice daily, and mental activity in old age. It ends with a poem fragment and aMamma exhortation to children about a show with a crowd of varied characters.
Approved Ways of Dressing the Hair in Modern Fashion
The article discusses the shift to contour oriented hairdressing that flatters individual head shapes and faces. It warns against theatrical or generic styles, urging women to choose coiffures that harmonize with their beauty type and avoid imitation trends. The illustration demonstrates diverse styles while stressing personal selection.
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Burne-Jones
Eugenie
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Carlo Dolci
When Mother Reads Aloud Poem Excerpt
Poem describes a child imagining grand adventures while a mother reads aloud. The narrator longs for noble deeds and justice, finding courage and distant lands made near by the reading. Signed by H. H. H. in St Nichols.
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Mother
Hhhinnih G. Mernard
St. Nichols
A Daring Girl Rescues Frightened Cat From Telegraph Pole
In Philadelphia a cat chased by a dog climbed a telegraph pole at Germantown and Staunion avenues. A crowd of about a thousand gathered as Miss Sethel Sibley, a young girl, climbed the pole to rescue the frightened animal.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Germantown
Staunion Avenues
Sethel Sibley
Dreams Idle Dreams and a Halloween Prank
In a humorous juvenile tale a boy recounts a prank gone wrong with a fall from a bed and a bumped head. A girl asks what she would do while the boy describes receiving pink ice cream lickerish drops and jelly cake from a careless friend.
Ridder’s Line of Work Revealed in Chicago Mint
Ridder tells Katherine his brother earns more money than he can spend. Katherine asks where he works and Ridder replies he works in a mint in Chicago Journal.
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Ridder
Katherine
Chicago Journal
Whale Attack Ends in Death After Shipboard Duel
A large bowhead whale attacks a whaling steamer off Maine. After the crew fires explosive lances and uses a water cask as a decoy, the whale breaches and loses the fight, sinking to the sea dead after a furious display. The crew survives.
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Nova Scotia
Maine
W. Alva
Gala
Agin
Susk
Too Fond of Operations Sparks Surgical Debate
A New Zealand surgeon sparks a dispute over modern operative methods in surgery. Specialists resent the idea that appendectomies and other abdominal operations are done merely to perform procedures. A London expert likens abdominal operations to burglary, arguing the goal is entering the house and taking more than needed. The debate extends to fees and the notion of an overzealous surgical ideal.
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New Zealand
London
Rural Wits and a Kennebunkport Jibe
New York actors vacationing near Kennebunkport Maine take up sailing and joke at a local farmer. A shore resident replies with a quip about crops and turnips, revealing rural wit and a playful clash with city sophisticates.
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Chicago Record- Herald
New York
Kennebunkport
Hennery
New York Thespian
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