Mrs Sarah Donovan recalls cooking for Abe Lincoln in early days
Mrs Sarah Cooper Donovan of Bil Mora celebrates her eighty ninth birthday and recalls cooking dainties for Abraham Lincoln when he was a poor lawyer in Hindis and passed through Georgetown Indiana. She says Lincoln stopped at her Georgetown home for meals and that she cooked his dinners while he drafted speeches and shared stories. Eldora correspondence St Paul Pioneer Press reports.
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Eldora Correspondence
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To Tax Her Brain Puck’s economical housewife problems
Four math problems adapt Puck's humor to household economics. It asks the value of a housewife’s time for 1 hour 15 minutes of work, a walking distance to save 6 cents fare, a worker’s hourly wage from nails and board notes, and the savings from cheaper underwear vs doctor costs in a climate. Each problem uses simple arithmetic with given figures.
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Puck
Quiet citizen manhandled by bold woman on Green Lake car
A man near the door of a crowded Green Lake car last night is approached by a stout woman who orders him to sit on her lap. He offers his seat, she demands the seating, and the man stammers that he is not deserving. she claims she was addressing her niece.
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Seattle Post-Intelligence
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United States Navy Yard
Albert H. Metcalfe
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Pup and Lion Chums at Highland Zoo Guessing Contest
At the Highland Zoo a guessing contest identified a yellow pup as the three month old lion cub Pasha after spectators dubbed the creature funny looking. Pasha, lone surviving cub of five, befriended a companion pup named Butts, matching tawny coat hues. In separate copy, an editorial promotes Grape-Nuts as brain-friendly food, citing mineral phosphate and Nature’s lab diet for mental vigor.
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Fifteen Minutes a Night Keeps a Dainty Wardrobe Fresh
A New York World idea urges women with long days and small spaces to spend fifteen minutes nightly on face washing hair brushing nails and light repairs. Steps include cold cream facial care brush grooming glove and stocking mends skirt brushing whitening and airing Sunday for a fuller weekly refresh.
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New York
Women starve themselves and a Sioux homestead plan
A discussion on women reducing diet to save money and its health consequences contrasts with a Des Moines group of fifty women who will occupy huts on Presho Reservation for six months to establish homesteads and claim land. The piece also notes a White House renovation using ready mixed paint and ends with a Scots quarry finding a worm inside a split stone.
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South Dakota
Proper infant head coverings for health
The piece argues hats should be light and loose to allow sweat to escape. Mothers push tight bonnets, worsening perspiration and health. A wide hat protects in heat or cold, but otherwise a warm cap harms the child.
Summer driving wear favors light serge suits and white coats
A New York Telegram note by A. T. Ashmore discusses summer fashion trends favoring light serge suits in pale shades and white coats for out of town wear. Mauve and other pale colors gain popularity while mohair and taffeta styles influence serge suits with short jackets.
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A. T. Ashmore
New York Telegram
Queen Sophie and Swedish Salvation Army Ties
The Queen of Sweden is portrayed as devout and influential in promoting Salvation Army work in Sweden. Her health is poor but her kindness endears her to followers. Prince Oscar assists in religious duties and public preaching tours across the country.
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Color accents brighten dark riding habit design
A fashion note describes dark riding habits with small bright scanner revers at the front of the tight coat. It contrasts this touch with the newer lined position backs, noting the look as tastier.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Wake a Mull's Wafer Ads
A historical ad blitz touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a hundred dollar reward claim and testimonials from Toledo wholesalers. It promotes Mull's Anti Belch Wafers for stomach relief and urges readers to discard drugs for a natural remedy approach. The message features varied claims and Roosevelt auto sentiment.
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Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Birth and Rise
A historical sketch of Lydia E Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts. It details her early life as a teacher, marriage to Isaac Pinkham, and family ventures turning to herbal remedies. The 1870s crisis spurred public sale of her vegetable compound with family help, growth via advertising, and enduring medical records guiding women’s health.
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