Pretender to Be Editor Sparks Royalist Newspaper Move
The Duke of Orleans buys the Paris newspaper Séreil to edit in support of his claim to the French throne. He reportedly will lead the editorial department and finance the venture, aided by restored royal property funds recently recognized by the French court. Mary Sackville in Washington society plans to wed Hamilton Dent, ending rumors of engagement to Frank Gould. Wisconsin legislator F. J. Frost proposes steam laundries at rural cross roads to relieve farmers wives, tying to creameries in Almond. Italy faces domestic discontent over gifts refused by the king and queen following royal birth. gifts are returned as unaccepted manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Orleans
France
Séreil
Orleans
House of Orleans
F. J. Frost
Almond
Wis
Wisconsin
Frost
We Ht
Oshkosh Normal School
Italy
Inside Williamsport Iron Works the nail industry
A detailed tour of the Williamsport Iron and Nail Works describes the puddling smelting of pig iron, the squeezer and muck rolls forming muck bars, plate rolls to create long nail plates, then heating, cutting, and finishing nails from three quarters of an inch to nine inches. The process highlights worker skill, machine power, and the world market for nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Williamsport Nail Works
The Sun Spots and Weather Debated
The article argues there is no proven link between sun spots and weather, noting Greenwich temperature records show no correlation. It explains weather changes arise from moving air currents, heat exchange, evaporation, and thunderstorm formation driven by rising warm air and surrounding flow. Prof Simon Newcomb is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Lockyer
India
Greenwich
Simon Nwcomb
Leslie’s Weekly
Philadelphian C Shaffer Heads Mystic Shriners
C Shaffer native of Philadelphia and prominent furniture dealer has entered his fifty first year and long served the Shriners. He has been Mason for over half his life and Oriental Guide of Lu Lu Temple for twelve years. He was temple potentate for three years and elected deputy imperial potentate at the latest Shriners meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Shaffer
Mystic Shrine
Philadelphia
Shriners
Lu Lu Temple
Temple
Shaffer
Qufts Society to Labor Arthur Cabanne Chooses Steel
Arthur Lee Cabanne, a 25 year old college graduate and athlete, leaves his home to work as a laborer in a steel factory seeking independence. He has rejected family wealth to carve his own path and has received marriage offers including a Toronto belle with 600000 dollars. His father J Charles Cabanne is a leading St Louis merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qufts Society
Arthur Lee Cabanne
Charles Beate
Mr. Cabanne
Belle
Toronto
Canada
J. Charles Cabanne
St. Louis
Cuanne
Factories and a Worker’s Identity in East St. Louis
A man in East St. Louis used an assumed name at a local factory but a former coach identified him. He now works on the payroll under his real name, resides with fellow workers, lives within his means, and learns the steel industry through hands on experience.
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East St. Louis
Mr. Cabanne
Christine Nilsson Ill in Sweden Reputedly Suffering Rheumatism
Mme Christine Nilsson, once a great singer now aged 58 or 59, has been reported seriously ill in Gothenburg Sweden though the report was denied. She has lived in retirement for years and was born near Vexio Sweden to a poor laborer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Christine Nilsson
Gothenburg
Sweden
Mme. Nilsson
Vexio
Swiss engineers halt Moving Mount near Neuchatel
Lausanne correspondent reports Swiss engineers stopped the Moving mount near Neuchatel by building a massive cement wall to prop up the mountain and fill its crevices with cement. The daring construction steadied the slope and reduced danger to the village and valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Neuchatel
Mond the chemist and art patron of Rome and London
Dr Ludwig Mond, native of Cassel, discovered a cheap gas and promises a revolution in production. He long lived in England, retains a German accent, and has invented many chemical processes. He owns a Rome palace, a town and country house in England, and belongs to five London clubs.
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Ludwig Mond
Cassel
England
Rome
London
Germans Hold Local Rail in Santa Catharina Brazil
German authorities report that at least one third of Santa Catharina's inhabitants are German. The colonists reside in their own settlements and govern locally through leaders of their nationality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Catharina
Brazil
Royal investments in American railroads and bonds
The Philadelphia Times reports that the United States funds foreign sovereignties through interest on vast holdings in American railroads bonds and industrial stocks. It cites Queen Victoria King Edward VII and other royals with substantial railroad and steel stakes and notes the czar’s conservative investments.
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United Staes
New York
United States
Victoria
Boling Green
L Holdings
American Sugar
American Steel and Wire
Tennessee Coal and
Trona
Edward
Prince of Wales, C
American Railrog
George
Th Ror
Germany
Ae Union
Southern Pacific
Kings Central
Atchison
Russias
Philadelphia Times
Moy Ying Fou Sells Papers Daily in Boston's Chinatown
Moy Ying Fou, Boston's first Chinese newsboy, recounts his daily routine of selling papers. He describes buying papers after breakfast, selling to Chinamen in stores and on the street, and earning small sums while facing insults from American boys who sometimes chase him away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moy Ying
Moy Ying Fou
Boston
Stheal
Melican Boy
Potatoes Carved Into Ivorylike Pipes and Balls
A material made from peeled white potatoes soaked for thirty six hours in eight parts sulfuric acid to one hundred parts water is dried and pressed to form a hard substance. It can create pipes resembling meerschaum and other articles and, under heavy pressure, imitate ivory billiard balls.
Lord Roberts Versus the Fox Hunt Hunter
Lord Roberts is a fearless rider known for sharp sight and deep horse knowledge rather than sheer daring. Though he has faced crops, his steel frame and skilled horsemanship have kept him from serious harm in hunting.
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Lord Roberts
Hunter
Patriarchal Lawmakers In U S Senate And British Lords
Senators Hoar Stewart Pettus and Morgan form a patriarchal bloc in the U S Senate, while the eldest in the British Lords, Lord Gwydyr, has just turned ninety one. He earned a Cambridge degree in 1831.
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Hoar
Stewart
Pettus and
Morgan
Washington
House of Lords
Lord Gwydyr
Cambridge
Miss Lucy C. Coolidge Wins Record Portland Vote
Miss Lucy C Coolidge received the largest vote ever cast for a single candidate in Portland while appearing on all tickets for the school board. The report notes her broad support across tickets and roles.
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Lucy C. Coolidge
Portland
Woman and Home Lucrative Work in HandMade Neckwear
The article notes hand made collars and neckwear as a highly lucrative feminine profession. It argues machine neckwear fails to satisfy discerning customers who seek unique drawn work, floss flowers, and perfect silhouette. It urges focus on broad lines and proper skirt length and hat placement for better dressing.
Fashions for Children and Household Odors in Homes
The piece contrasts Paris fashion with American wear in children’s dress, noting Paris style focuses on wearability over novelty. It pivots to a domestic section on boardinghouse cooking odors, their sources, and prevention through ventilation and routine cleaning, including soda and boiling water for pots. It closes with a nod to White Renaissance lace robes remaining in fashion with modest display.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Three Stylish Costumes No 1 2 3 Description
Blue and white foulard dress with tucked white silk yoke and black velvet girdle. Spotted silk in green and brown with white yoke sleeve puffs and lace. Blue and white lawn dress with white yoke insertions and white satin girdle.
Homemade Grape Wine and Okra Tomato Ham Stock
Instructions describe making unfermented grape wine from six quarts of grapes with water, boiled and bottled hot. Also provides a chicken stock recipe with corned ham, onion, okra, strained tomatoes, boiled until tender, then seasoned and served.
Chocolate Fudges and Indiana Life Prolonger Joke
A kitchen note shares a simple chocolate fudge recipe with sugar chocolate and milk boiled then set in a tin. The Minneapolis Tribune jokes about Indiana malaria as a life prolonger after reporting a 102 year old Minnesotan and a Mishawaka veteran.
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Minneapolis
Indiana
Mishawaka
Indy
Joseph Hush
Minneapolis Tribune
Regulation Garb for Society’s Outcasts
The New York Tribune laments the plight of those who dislike clothes yet must socialise. It suggests a universal dress regulation that would let people feel properly attired and comfortable in any occasion.
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New York Tribune
A Woman Seeks a Uniform to End Wardrobe Woes
A refined matron laments the endless cycle of seasonal dress decisions and costs. She notes pride in clothes and compliments but calls dress a vanity at times, wishing for a uniform to simplify life without appearing eccentric. She hints that joining an order could justify wearing a uniform.
Gown Description From the Bog ton Herald
A gown of dark blue lawn features a small white figure. The yoke and undersleeves are white with a hemstitched white lawn band at the collar and sleeves. Cream lace insertions edged with white piping. black bow and girdle. Yellow straw hat trimmed with black velvet and marigold.
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Bogton Herald
Substituting Vaseline Corks for Glass Stoppers
The piece notes vaseline steeped corks as an acid resistant, non‑fusing alternative to glass stoppers. It mentions a floating theater towed along the coast as a future English summer idea. It also observes the high cost of matrimony and severe peasant poverty in parts of Italy driving people to fetch sea water to salt food.
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Italy
The New Bicycle and Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Claim Limits
Bicycle manufacturers say this year’s model is the same as 1900, claiming no improvements are possible. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters likewise claims to be the ultimate remedy for stomach, liver, kidneys, and blood, with advice to use it for dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, flatulence, or sour stomach. Do not take a substitute.
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Hostetter
Garfield Headache Powders Ad
Patent medicine pitch praising Garfield Headache Powders for curing headaches preventing nervous strain and improving well being. It asserts harmlessness and endorses Russ Bleaching Blue for whitening clothes and notes comic operas audience seating.
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Pretender
Mary Sackville
Lady Mary Sackville
Lady Sackville
Frank Gould
Fickleness Society
Ted English
Hamilton Dent
Ron Naitis
Paoddlers
Mystic Shriners
Imperial
Christine Nilsson Til
Philadelphia Ledger
Fashions For Children
Forth Hall & Ruckel
Mitchell’s
Hall & Ruckel
New York City
Tsp
Ad. Tower CO
Mass
Manitou
Pirstoclass
Chicago
Charlevoix
Petoskey
Harebor Springs
Bay View
Mackinac Island
Am Steamship Lines
Canadian
Lake Superior
Jos. Berolzheim
G. P. A. Macalton Steamship Company
Booker T. Washington
Hichols Pub. Co
Atlanta, Ga
Sawyer
C. Phelps Brown
O. P. Brown
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