Matinee Girl Ideals On Love Career And Riding Advice
Mrs Barr argues matinee girls lack future unless married and home life provides happiness. She urges modest careers, stresses poise with age, warns against vanity, and praises homemaking as the true path. The piece also covers equestrian training for girls, saddle technique, nerve, and safe riding practices.
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Goda
Broadway
Zitan
Mrs. Barr
New York
Grental
Ladies' Pictorial Magazine
Power of personality through posture and grooming
An excerpt from the Pittsburg Dispatch argues nature shapes female figure, stressing erect carriage, chest development, shoulder concealment, and poised head. It urges five practice rules: abdomen in, chin aligned, chest high, blades hidden, and half an hour for dressing to present a polished appearance with neat hair and tidy teeth.
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Pittsburg
Fashion Notes on 19th Century Girls Garments
Young girls adopt older colors this year and favor longer silhouettes. Poke bonnets return in fashion while gowns remain clingy and shimmering. Pockets in skirts are predicted to reappear as a sash dominates the garb.
Sugar Cane Jongle Thriller Bites Back
In a quirky note the performer Jongle shows a sugar cane routine that blends rhythmic tricks with playful staging. The act captivates spectators as bold patterns and agile movements create a lively, comic musical moment.
Sugar Plantation Life and Labor on the Mississippi
A New Orleans sugar estate, one of Louisiana’s largest, uses steam powered mills and 500 workers to produce cane from 3000 acres. The manager discusses planting, yields, and labor, noting racial tensions and pay affecting output, and contrasts with Cuba’s higher yields. He describes Turkish time quirks and Ottoman official schedules as context.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
New York Evening Post
Mississippi
Great Forks
Cuba
Kkte
Diquor
Teamsters
Time in Turkey and Its Service Inefficiency
Nichalag argues in the American Magazine that Turkish timekeeping adds laziness and inefficiency. The Sultan is cited as shaping perceptions causing delays in public service. The piece critiques how cultural time norms affect administration and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichalag. Asossides
Turkey
Hard on Chairs in Mirthful Reader Letter
A New York Suns reader laments being hard on chairs. He claims his weight about 175 pounds and a peculiar sway causes chairs to break or splinter veneer. He notes rocking chairs loosen backs and arms and rungs drop when he sits for long periods.
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Mr. Trogeleton
Oheirs
Chippendale
Lewis Evi
Jong
New York Suns
Found a Letter Place by Mark Twain
A Twain anecdote recounts him asking his enslaved servant George to lock the house and hide the key. The key goes missing, Twain searches, and George returns, shouting for the key while a black servant declines to say where. George then says he found a better place for it.
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Mark Twain
George
Massa
I Love Chicago and a ghostly Christmas tale
The narrator speaks of Chicago’s spirit and fondness for its streets and people. A midnight tale unfolds of a freight yard tragedy and a faithful stranger’s letter, revealing a buried couple and a baby under a willow in a Brackenboro memory, ending with a miraculous reunion.
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Leigh
Remedial Claims and Patent Promises Feature War Era Ads
A garbled page mix advertises remedies and cures including patent medicines for health issues and a claim of guaranteed results. It cites testimonials and offers money refunds, referencing J Corey Co Toledo Druggists and Hari Alatabare Cure. The text also touches on military logistics such as French army dogs and ambulances, illustrating wartime consumer promotion.
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Pare
Urry
ToLeno
Lincas
County
J. Cryer
Dong
Tolis County
Jim
Hrane J. Cheney
W. Gleason Notary
J. Corey & Co
Toledo
Wall Druggists
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Enos
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Brackenboro
Ray
Alice
England
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Hugh Tigh
Eod
Mae
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Rase Hartwick
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Ogland
Thea
Washington
Rive von
Tor
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Em Olant
Potter’ D ‘& Chem. Corp
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United Kingdom
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Sample
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le Roy
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