Hearst and Boutell Dominate Reform Talk in 9th District
Column sketches Mrs. Phoebe Hearst as a philanthropist whose gifts to education and California institutions are noted, while Rep. Henry Sherman Boutell is portrayed as a veteran congressman with reach in Washington. A New York mayoral episode with Fiorello La Guardia style critique is touched on, citing Gaynor’s visit to lobster-palace resorts and his stance on licenses and reform.
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Phoebe Hearst
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
University of California
San Francisco
Washington
Hearst
Apperson
George Blearst
California
United States
Birs. Hearst
Benny Sherman Bontel
Bit
Caliva
Brenk
Isayer Gaynor
New York
Sore
Marty
Brooklyn
Mock Beefsteak Serving Ideas and Decor
A guide to making mock beefsteak as a budget substitute with decorative plating. Includes shaping into chops, platted steak presentations, garnishes with parsley lemon and tomato, and kid friendly frill decorations for an attractive table display.
How to Remove a Double Chin and Quick Fashion Tips
A humorous roundup of home tips on reducing a double chin through looser collars and collarless dresses, plus a DIY facial exercise involving breath control and sharp taps. Additional pieces offer gardening, floor polishing, and hat cleaning methods drawn from vintage magazines.
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Woman's Magazine
Fortune
Prayer Meeting In the Commons
A weekly prayer meeting in the House of Commons has a brief two room setup and twenty minute limit. Records show early attendance by Quaker Y F Buxton Evangelical Sir George Grey and Zachary Macauley.
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Commons
House of Commons
Y. Fowell Buxton
George Grey
Zachary Macauley
Tivo
Beg pardon confused talk on stage and train clash
A humorous sequence shows Jones repeatedly saying I beg your pardon after treading on an old man’s toe and mishearing Peggy Underwood. An actress tells of a society woman seeking stage fame and managers doubting her talent, while Loris Pierre rises in Fitzgerald Georgia. A comic Judge Pierre mocks bilingual piety and Canadian supremacy.
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Jones
Sionder
Peggy
Peggey
Loris Pierre
Fitzgerald
United States
Pierre
Diet of Wild Honey in Early Diet Observed
The Geographic Magazine notes that wild honey can be agreeable briefly but becomes nauseating after days of sole reliance, with a fortnight of eating only honey and maize. It suggests John the Baptist endured hardship from a similar honey based diet.
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John the Baptist
Geographic Magazine
Ancient oath taking in Forest of Dean mime court
A centuries old practice in the Forest of Dean mime court used holly sticks to touch the four gospels before witnesses spoke. Hats were worn to signify miners are free, a note from the London Chronicle references the ritual.
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Forest of Dean
Londer
Quip on Suffrage Sparks Banter in Cleveland
An exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer jokes that no woman can be a suffragist without a grouch on a man. Sinks responds that his wife is not a suffragist, prompting a humorous cross dialogue about gender politics.
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Binks
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pa Was Wise. A Child Learns Quiet Hostility
In scraps of a family vignette, a father explains quiet hostility to a curious child. The exchange centers on the idea that avoiding sneaky taunts behind a chair reflects restraint and humor within a domestic moment.
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Papa
Little Jim
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