Newport fashions and golf wear charm at summer season
Bright as the sea and full of life Newport's fashionable season showcases Miss Vanderbilt in tasteful bicycle outfits and tailored bathing gowns. yacht, riding, tennis and ballroom styles are described with vivid, period details, naming Mrs Godet and Mrs Burden among others as they parade in Paris and Newport venues.
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Miss Vanderbilt
Paria
American Press Association
Newport
Vantage
Vanderbilt
Saratoga
Ogden Godet
Viel Tanator
Theo Wrist
A Very Successful Educator Dougherty Named Head
Professor Newton C. Dougherty, president of the National Teachers Association, is described as a premier educator. Born in Chester County in 1847, he rose from Newark Academy to Penn State Normal College and Union College, later serving 17 years as superintendent of Peoria schools and guiding a historical early career at Morris Hill.
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Hitt
Dougherty
Illnois
Peoria
Newton C. Dougherty
National Teachers’ Association
Peari
Ims
Chester County
Newark Academy
Pennylvania State Normal College
Millersville
Union College
Schenectady
N. Y
Morris, Hill
Bea
Anna Edwards
Richard Edwards
Princeton
Uls
Uling i
Robert R. Witt
Hook River
Mont Morris
YAPAN'S GRAND OLD MAN Fukuzawa and Japan's modernization
In this portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa, the "Grand Old Man" of Japan, the article details his pivotal role in introducing Western learning and culture. From welcoming Commodore Perry to founding Fukuzawa University, promoting English, publishing Jiji Shimpo, and guiding reforms, he shaped Japan's rise while shunning public office and honors.
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Yuichi Fulkiyewa
Japan
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Commodore M. G. Perry
United States
Yuricht Vuruzawa
Pukuzawa
Fukuzawa University
Fukuzawa
Europe
Imperial Diet
Jiji Shimpo
Tianes
Martha Day's Turtle Farm in New Jersey Attention
Martha Day runs a 20 acre turtle farm at Tuckahoe New Jersey left by a wealthy uncle. She built flooded square beds for breeding snapping turtles and earned from 12000 to 3500 dollars yearly. A 42 pound monster snapping turtle named Samson guards her property and a trained herd of 15 turtles dances to her guitar.
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Martha Day
Tuckahoe
N. J
Martha
New York
Philadelphia
Samson
Cathedral Plan Edifice for England In Memory of Cardinal Manning
The Roman Catholics of England plan a grand cathedral to be built on the old Tothill Fields site Westminster with cornerstone laid late June this year. Cardinal Vaughan leads the project supported by Cardinal Vogue the archbishop of Ireland, cost about £750000 and aims to finish main structure in two years. The building will exceed 350 feet in length and 90 feet in height with a 800 foot bell tower, following Byzantine and Milan Sant Ambrogio styles with rich interior mosaics and marble. Cardinal Vaughan, born 1832, is seen as aristocratic yet popular among democrats and Irish nationalists, and has long aligned with Cardinal Manning.
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England
Cardinal Manning
Cardinal Wiseman
Tothill Field
Westminster
London
Cardinal Vaughan
Cardinal Vogue
All Ireland
Manning
Pew Cathedral
Milan
Sant’ Ambrogio
San Marco
Venice
San Vitale
Ravenna
Gloucester
Vaughan of
Courtfield
Rome
Vaughans
Vaughan
Vaaghan
Herbert Vaughan
America
St. Joseph's Poreigan Missionary College
Mill Hill
Middlesex
Maryland
United States
Besant the tireless novelist and social reformer
Sir Walter Besant, knighted on Victoria's birthday, is a prolific UK writer and social advocate who, with James Rice, produced many novels including Ready Money Mortiboy and All Sorts and Conditions of Men. He champions working class welfare, believes religion can aid the poor, and helped found the Society of Authors and promote copyright laws.
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Walter Besant
United Kingdom
Anthony Trollope
Trollope
Besant
Notabe
James IE. Rice
Rice
Peti
UST
London
Ile
Society of Authors
Will leaves Bristol Welshman funds for Pontypool memorial
A Bristol Welshman has died leaving £400 to create a public ornamental building near Pontypool. The will has just been proved and the project aims for a faithful replica of the Rachel's tomb near Lebon in Palestine.
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Pontypool
Lebron
Palestine
Boots Squeak No More With Linseed Oil Soak
Paragraph advises stopping boot squeaks by placing the boots in linseed oil until the soles are saturated. The method claims to permanently prevent future squeaks.
English Newspaper in Germany Shifts Postwar Reach
The English Mail at Frankfort on the Main announces itself as Germany’s sole Mogdish newspaper, marking a unique English language publication hub in the postwar city.
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Germany
Frankfort-on-the Main
Cosmopolitan Japan Shaped by Global Models Across Spheres
The remark notes Japan as cosmopolitan with political models influenced by England, religion largely from America, courts modeled on France, and schools following the German idea, illustrating a mix of foreign templates shaping its institutions.
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America
Garnets Found Across United States With Colorado Best
Garnets occur in many US locales with Colorado yielding the finest gems. Additional notable finds include regions in New England New York Virginia and North Carolina as collectors report.
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United States
Colorado
New England
New York
Virginia
North Carolina
Kalmucks Dying Out in Astrakhan District
In Astrakhan the Kalmucks face a mysterious mental illness filling asylums and hospitals with high mortality. Officials warn the race may soon be extinct in the district.
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Astrakhan
Wyoming Girl Governor A Week By Eleanor Richards
A 10 year old girl, Eleanor Alice Richards, acted as Wyoming’s governor for a week while her father, Governor Richards, was away in St Louis. As private secretary she opened the office daily and signed state papers in blank, exercising the prerogatives of the office, including pardons. She rode her bicycle between the executive mansion and the governor’s office and even dispatched a prisoner transfer by train, completing the task before the next departure.
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Ship of State
Wyoming
Eleanor Alice Richards
Richards
St. Louis
Senate
Viiet
Miss Richards
Modern College For Women
Cheyenne
Ox Gall Cleaning Method for Carpets
Instructions warn that ox gall is not a cure-all and requires dust removal before use. Mix two gills of ox gall with a gallon of water, apply with a soft brush, create a light lather, then rinse with cold soft water changed frequently. Do not soak or splash, dry quickly on a hot day, and note the odor is unpleasant but mitigated by wetting.
Mrs Oliphants Literary Influence and Life in Brief
The article extols Mrs. M. Oliphant as a prolific versatile author, praising her novels and especially her biographical works on St. Francis of Assisi and Count de Mounta MES OLIPITANT. It notes her long career, editing Blackwood's Foreign Classics For Hoglish Readers, and her broad contributions including Dante and Cervantes studies. It traces her origins at Wallyford Musselburgh Midlothian and highlights her enduring literary esteem and serene human portrayal.
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Lembert
Mrs. Oliphant
England
Blackwood
Hoglish
Margaret Maitland
Sunnyside
Haelish
Mrs. Poyser
Hawker
Women of Revolution Inspire American Rights Movement
A historical reflection on Mercy Warren and Abigail Adams highlighting their roles in advocating liberty and gender equality. The piece notes Warren’s early claims on the right to life and happiness and Adams’s letters urging independence and fair laws, linking their patriotism to modern calls for women’s enfranchisement and political voice.
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Mercy Warren
Samuel
John Adams
Adamses
Mars
Abigail Adams
Mrs. Warren
General Howe
Howe
Philadelphia
Trong
Political Equality Club
New York Meiland Express
Manners and womanhood shape the civilized man
An Exchange excerpt argues women greatly influence male behavior and social refinement. It contrasts primitive gender roles with civilized etiquette, noting punctuality, selflessness, and courtesy as essential, with women guiding society through considerate conduct and attire choices.
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Paris
Mrs. Burden
Sarah
Mrs. Astor
Hancock
William H. English
General Hancock
English
Indianapolis
William II. English
Indiana
House of Representatives
Kentucky
Old Northwest
English Block
Tie
Finglish
Claude Matthews
Harrison
Washington
State Department
Yapan
Turtle Farm
WEAN
Tne Aetiet Meyview
Ireland
Crimea
Condianity of Oblates
Bayswater
Salford
Red Hat
Sir Walter Besant
LA Walter Resant
Rachel
MES. Olipitant
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