Heelless sandals charm Paris and fashion across seas
A New York woman recommends small Japanese hand stoves as ideal Bon voyage gifts seen by the Detroit Free Press. Paris fashion echoes past trends with heelless sandals in panne satin suede and soft kid. The shoes shape the foot, tie with a ribbon, and may end with a jeweled clasp.
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Detroit Free Press
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Philadelphia Times
Fashion's Diction Drops the Word Charming
The article notes that the term charming has fallen out of use in the new century. It traces trends in language as fashion accessories like black velvet bows and pulley belts become common and lose distinct impact.
Differences Between Limbs and Sights of Genders
A health note outlines gender differences in body symmetry and strength. It cites eye alignment, ear height, and leg dominance, notes skull hair counts, and claims male bones weigh more than female bones. It adds heart and blood flow facts and mentions lying versus standing heart-rate differences.
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Chicago Journal
Skunk Farming Profits Questioned by Officials
A New York Sun report on skunk farming cites T. S. Palmer of the biological survey warning the public that the rise of profitable skunk farms is largely a misperception. He notes many farms are abandoned and fur prices, especially white skins, keep profits low after costs.
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Agricultural Department
T. S. Palmer
Biological Survey
Wilson
Alaska
New York Sun
Sordid exchanges over poetry and puzzled street chatter
A grocer refuses to discuss the schooner Hesperus while a poetry seeker pesters him. The shopper hints at a junk wagon horse with many ailments. A conversation with an exchange editor ends in a playful quarrel resolved by a labor editor’s timely intervention.
Artists and engineers seek warmth in cold-day tasks
Reaching Europe, she begged for another pair to Persia, her objective point. The article notes stores selling to artists and civil engineers who work in cold weather gain comfort from warm garments, making numb hands or chilled chains more tolerable.
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Europe
Persia
Engagement ring fashion and a slander case in New London
The article notes pear shaped diamonds set with an invisible circlet as a preferred engagement ring and mentions a ruby framed five diamond band as another option. It also reports Foster vs Foster, a slander suit over calling a woman a lobster face, dismissed on demurrer in New London with likely resolution.
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New York
Felicity
Foster
William T. Connor
New London Telegraph
Connor
Parisian Footwear and Halibut Cutlets Recipe
The Parisienne favors empire sandals with empire gowns in Paris this winter. A recipe uses two pounds of halibut cutlets baked in a dish for one hour with onion, tomatoes or canned tomatoes, butter, salt, green pepper, and finely chopped blanched almonds, served with pan sauce.
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Parisienne
Paris
Simpler Speech Signals Social Status Shift
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes society favors concise wording in daily talk. Terms like yacht give way to boat and theater to playhouse, reflecting a broader trend toward plain speech as a social cue.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Pacific coast future tied to raw material manufacture
The Pacific coast must build its future on manufacturing the raw materials produced locally and sourced from outside. This would mirror nineteenth century Britain's industrial and financial supremacy, or the emerging U S strength centered on the Atlantic coast, else it risks lasting commercial subservience.
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Pacific Coast
Great Britain
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Engineering Magazine
What Paul Would Have Said in a Church Debate
During a London church debate Blomfield presided as a student denounced luxury among prelates. The speaker asked what the Apostle Paul would say about carriages palaces and wealth. The bishop replied meekly that Paul would have urged the church to look up.
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Blomfield
London
Apostle Paul
Absent Minded Man and a Neighborly Introduction
A humorous sketch from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly Apr reveals a poet who wanders into a neighbor's house and meets a coy hostess. The conversation blends wit and awkwardness as the man asserts his writerly identity and seeks to explain his unexpected presence. The piece contrasts playful social missteps with literary vanity.
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Frank Leslie
Noel
Billy Encouraged To Claim Free Hair Brush
A captioned line from a casual note invites Billy to come along and receive a complimentary hair brush, suggesting a promotional giveaway or friendly patter in a social setting. No other details are provided.
Do not talk about the lantern but hasten to reveal light
A short directive urges swift action to uncover illumination and let the light shine forth without delay. It emphasizes moving past distraction to reveal clarity and visibility. The message has a brisk, imperative tone.
England Faces Defense Gaps Cited in Armies Shortfall
The piece warns England's army and navy are inadequate to deter a sudden attack. It likens the nation to an individual with a weak stomach and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best remedy to strengthen digestion, cure dyspepsia and related ailments, and serve as a tonic.
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England
Aphorisms Prove Good Only When They Are Bad
A common view holds that an aphorism gains merit only when it challenges norms or unsettles expectations. Critics argue true insight emerges from contrarian or uncomfortable statements that provoke reconsideration.
Smith's Sure Kidney Cure sale notice
We defy the world to produce a medicine for kidney and bladder troubles that equals Smith's Sure Kidney Cure. Ninety eight percent of cases observed were cured. Sold with a guarantee and money back if not cured. Price 50 cents. For sale by all druggists.
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Smith
Diamonds and dye refund offer from Monroe Drug Co
The ad warns of danger in chasing diamonds and offers a 10 cent refund for every package of PUTNAM FACELESS DYES that fails to satisfy. Monroe Drug Co located in Unionville Missouri promotes the guarantee.
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Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
Young leaders at front in English public life
Dr. Winnington-Ingram at 43 becomes bishop of London. Other notable figures include Mr. Brodrick at 44, Lord Selborne 42, Lord Kitchener 50, and Lord Curzon 41, illustrating age ranges of prominence from forty to fifty.
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Winnington-Ingram
London
Brodrick
Lord Selborne
Lord Kitchener
Lord Curzon
Uniontown Blacksmith Who Ran Pulpit Reopens Forge
Rev. David E. Minerd once a preacher and blacksmith in Uniontown Pa now plans to reopen his former blacksmith shop. After years in religious service his health declined and he seeks to regain vitality at the forge.
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David E. Minerd
Uniontown
Thugs Remembered In Brief Prime Newspaper Line
A compact item notes that certain thugs linger in memory for even the most absent minded readers. The brief highlights their notoriety and lasting impression in local recollections.
A Month's Fest Free From Dr. Sheep Wis Offer
Dyspepsia sufferers offered six bottles of Dr. Sheep's Restorative with express paid. No money due unless cured. Send request to Dr. Sheep Wis Box 148 for details and six bottles. Payment required only if successful.
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Dr. Sheep
A True Enemy Teaches Virtues and Faults Passage
A quotation notes that a true enemy reveals your virtues while others disclose your faults, emphasizing the paradox of adversarial honesty and self awareness. The idea frames character as shaped by outside judgment and internal reflection.
Cure of Cancer and Blood Poison by Botanic Balm
An old remedy advertises Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eating sores and festering eruptions. It claims B B B improves health by supplying the system with essential elements. Druggists sell it, with treatment free and prepaid by the B B Co located at 62 Mitchell Street Atlanta Georgia.
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B. B. Co
Mitchell St
Atlanta
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted for Deafness Link
An advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube due to catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and invites readers to request circulars. Druggists stock Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
No living thing is so lone lonesome as a friendless child
A compact saying about loneliness declares that no living thing matches a child left without a friend, emphasizing isolation and emotional need.
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