The Golf Girl Enchantment Brings Dick Coniston Home
Richard Coniston, famed globe traveler, pursues a calendar image titled The Golf Girl across cities from Chicago to Portland to Midvale. After a thwarted search and a bold act, he discovers Miss Marjory Hollingsworth in Echo Cove California, wins her heart with a carnation and his generous nature.
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Portland
Condor House
Coniston
United States
Hollingsworth
Calendar
New York
Pennsylvania
Midvale
Calendar Company
Echo Cove
Glen Duglass
Dick Coniston
Old Tightwad Pays Clerk Seven Dollars
A clerk holds seven dollars up to a magnifying glass and jokes that the bill magnifies ten times, remarking that the sum roughly mirrors his weekly earnings. The boss asks if it’s counterfeit, and the clerk explains it’s just the magnification.
Not His Fault Dont Laugh At A Bowlegged Man
A brief editorial perspective cautions against mockery of a bowlegged man, asserting if he could change his condition he would and urging compassion over ridicule.
Too Strong to Be Cured in Brides les Bains
Louise Closser Hale remarks on a trip to Brides les Bains and a spa cure that proves more social than medical. The piece notes visitors rise early, stay late, enjoy non gambling leisure, and a physician deems an illustrator unfit for the waters while the narrator ponders the verdict.
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Brides-les- Bains
Louise Closser Hale
Harper’s Magazine
Harvest Field Not Suited For Cardsharp
A brief line from the Atchison Globe notes that a skilled card player is unlikely to gain prominence in farming, suggesting practicality over gambling in harvest work.
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Atchison Globe
Free wool policy recalled as disaster for farmers
A historical critique labels the 1890s free wool policy as ruinous for American sheep growers. It notes wool prices collapsed to ten cents per pound, farmers earned little from sheep, and no cheaper cloth reached consumers. Champ Clark is cited, with Longworth challenging his wool free trade stance in Congress.
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United States
America
Missouri
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Clark
Fowler says he will stay loyal to Republican principles
Congressman Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey, after failing renomination, issues a statement affirming his loyalty to Republican ideals. He declares he will continue to fight for party principles within the GOP and emphasizes the choice between a Republican or Democratic majority in Congress.
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Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
People’s Action
Republican Party
Taft
House of Representatives
Unintelligent Protectionism in German Tariff Policy
The San Francisco Chronicle argues that protectionist tariffs in 1871 damaged Germany’s sheep industry. It notes a drop from 25 million to 7 million sheep, blaming unwise protection that discouraged stock raising and raised meat prices.
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Germany
San Francisco Chronicle
Protection and High Prices Prompt Free Trade Debate
The Toronto Mail and Empire argues that favorable U S farm prices support protection for U S industry. It cautions that removing protection could reduce demand for American farm products if foreign supply rose, lowering prices. The piece questions whether free trade with Canada is logical under these dynamics.
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United States
Canada
Toronto Mail
Empire
London liberal press jubilant over Maine Democrat victory
The London correspondent of the New York Evening Post, dated September 17, reports English liberals rejoicing at Maine Democrats win and predicting it signals the end of protection in the United States. A fall in American tariffs would greatly benefit British manufacturers and free traders seeking access to a vast market, worth billions in potential exports.
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London
New York Evening Post
England
Maine
America
Senate Reform Talk and Maine’s New Senator
The Springfield Maryland Republican mocks Champark predicting Democrat dominance if polls hold. A Chicago Record-Herald note praises Maine’s Democratic senator as a strong new figure, the first in four decades and perhaps the last for another forty years.
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Maine
Chicago Record-Herald
Bread Prices Rise as Free Trade Feeds Starvation in Britain
The New York Press notes bread costs rise in London with a four pound loaf at 12 cents, despite no wheat or flour tariffs. The piece argues free trade, not tariffs, drives Britain’s bakeries into distress, unemployment, and bread scarcity across the United Kingdom.
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London
United Kingdom
Great Britain
How Will You Vote Protects Protection in District Race
The piece frames the contest between a Republican candidate pledging protection and a Democratic candidate favoring free trade or tariff for revenue. It argues that protecting policy supports prosperity and national interest, urging voters to choose the Republican path of duty based on four years of protectionist success.
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Congress
Clever Needlework Turns Old Skirt Into Fashionable Garb
The article urges using an wearable old skirt plus a neat bodice to fashion chic outfits for callers, tea, and parties. It highlights kimono sleeves, collarless necklines, short elbow sleeves, and delicate guimpe and undersleeves, noting restraint and refined simplicity as key to moderne dressmaking.
Prosperity Compared With Political Claims
The speaker questions Democratic rhetoric about ruin noting record wages and busy factories railroads and transportation. He highlights low unemployment strong farm prices and widespread prosperity while asking where signs of distress such as soup houses Coxey's Army or declining industries would be. He urges readers to reflect.
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Coxey
Tearing Down Tariffs: Clark Pushes Free Trade
The text notes Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri praising free wool and aligning with the old free trade platform. It recalls his 1897 remark claiming to be a free trader and stating he would tear down customs houses, echoing Peel Cobden Bright and Henry George.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Robert Peel
Richard Cobden
John Bright
Henry George
Roosevelt’s Warm Indorsement at New York Convention
Theodore Roosevelt declared a right to appeal to the people from national and state achievement. He noted in eighteen months a long list of laws enacted by Congress and approved by President Taft as wise and progressive.
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New York
Portland
Photographic Supply
Coniston
Portland Concern
Congress
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
True Republican Spirit at Saratoga
Controller Prendergast urged the party to avoid defeats and reject compromise with evil during remarks at Saratoga. He warned that temporizing for office is unworthy, reflecting a stance praised by the Troy Record as aligning with honest principles.
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Prendergast
Saratoga
Troy
Remember This Democrats and the Million Men Marching
The speaker recalls a period when the Democrats were in power and claims a million men filled city streets begging for work. He states they would accept any wage to feed their families, contrasting with a labor market demand.
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United States
Woman's Fashion Waist Described With Delicate Textures
The article discusses sheer fabrics suitable for a fashionable waist including chiffon marquisette ceiling chiffon-satin messaline mousseline and airy cheaper materials like cotton jacquard voile and flowered muslin. It notes a chantecler red chiffon waist with a white mousseline decolletage edge and dull gold tinsel lace.
Embroidered Borders for Towels and Linens
Towels borders should match initials and monograms with straight or scalloped edges. Embroider patterns may include wild rose aster forget me not trefoil and traditional wreaths bowknots and flowers. Such linens are described as a lasting gift to a beauty loving housewife.
Sherman emerges clean from con test
Mr. Sherman leaves the contest without any hint of underhanded dealing. The report states he is absolutely free from suspicion of impropriety.
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Mr. Sherman
Urgent Need for Republican Congress Supports Taft Program
The Rochester Times urges a Republican congress to carry on Taft's national program. It warns that a Democratic house would lead to a Democratic legislature and a gerrymander, deeming direct primaries and local issues minor by comparison.
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Taft
Ous
Rochester Times
Home Remedy and Health Advice From A Old Newspaper
A sprained wrist or ankle can be bandaged with a salt and egg white mixture spread on cloth for support. Keep bright eyes from direct harsh light to avoid crow’s feet, read with proper lighting, and eat regular nourishing meals to combat anaemia. Emphasizes outdoor activity and open windows for better sleep, plus a tonic to improve appetite and blood tone.
Window storage box for kitchen window fits outside
A winter window storage box offers simple outdoor storage for farmers wives and city housewives. The guide suggests building or hiring a carpenter to construct a box that fits outside a kitchen window and sits halfway up the lower sash, preferably on the north side.
Hidden storage in sash box a weatherproof container
The passage describes two deep shelves behind a sash with a curtain to hide them and a method to store items in a raised sash box. It suggests hanging a wooden box outside the window or a shoe box inside, with a tight lid and temperature lining like asbestos paper or oilcloth for easy cleaning and temperature balance.
New Fashions in Veils Show White and Black Net Styles
The article describes veils in white net with black rings and lace borders, winter veils with octagonal meshes and large dots, and a popular beauty veil in black and white tiny dots on white. It warns against nose peeking through meshes and notes colored net veils exist but black or white remain most common.
Watches Worn on Cuffs and Desks Improve Time Reading
The article highlights new motor coats with cuff buttonhole watches tucked into a curved back, letting drivers check time without stopping. It also notes desk watches with a thick back angled to 30 degrees for easier reading.
Sleeve fashions vary by garment type and occasion
The kimono sleeve appears in dresses waists and coats with bishop and fullness sleeves in dresses and waists. Automobile and evening wraps use peasant and raglan sleeves while street coats favor the regulation coat sleeve. Dressy costumes favor three quarter length sleeves. evening gowns are elbow length or shorter. tailor made dresses and waists feature full length sleeves.
A Novel Chemisette From Old Irish Lace
A girl explains turning a worn Irish lace coat collar into a decorative chemisette for her blue dress. The other maiden learns the DIY transformation, noting the pretty and novel result.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad Claims Cure
A Black Duck Minnesota reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound noting it relieved illness and pregnancy symptoms. The ad urges women to avoid surgical operations and seeks buyers nationwide with Mrs Pinkham offering free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Black Duck
Minn
Lydia
Pinkham
Anna Anderson
Lydia I. Pinkham
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
A Million for Tuberculosis Seals Aids Bed Shortage
A National Tuberculosis bulletin explains Red Cross Seals funding will help secure 275000 additional beds in public TB hospitals. It argues beds are scarce, urging public money for hospital construction and a broad agitation campaign funded by seal sales to sustain nationwide TB care.
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Red Cross
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Physician from Portland Endorses Grape-Nuts as Health Food
A Portland physician argues that physicians must educate on health, praising Grape-Nuts for all uses from healthy breakfasts to aiding digestion in sickness. He cites twenty years of experience and recommends the cereal as nourishing and universally usable, noting the book The Road to Wellville.
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Portland
Oregon
Wellville
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