Moreland May Events Highlight Socials and Construction
Many attended the shirt waist dance at Central Park Hall on May 29. Miss Amelia Wilmot hosted friends on Sunday evening. The Rehberg Cotillon Dancing school held its farewell on May 28. Miss Jennie Johnson left for Nebraska and Mrs Moody with two children departed for Ottawa Canada. YoungPeople attended the May 23 Young Men's Social Club dance. Mrs Tompkins and relatives left for Canada May 26. Miss Elizabeth Bippus entertained May 25. New buildings at Forty seventh and Fulton and Forty ninth and Lake streets near completion promising improved corner appearance. Decoration Day exercises held at H. H. Nash School May 29 drew praise for students and teachers.
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Central Park Hall
Amelia Wilmot
Rehberg Cotillon Dancing School
Jennie Johnson
Austin Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
Nebraska
Moody
Ontario Street
Ottawa
Canada
Moreland
H. H. Nash
Washing delicate lace and embroidery by sun and soap
Instructions describe whitening fine white waists with ammonia, washing in clear water, soaking in sunlit soap suds for three hours, then rinsing in three waters, blueing, starching, and ironing on the wrong side with a sleeve board covered in flannel.
Mall carrier in Monroe decouples mail and eggs route
A Monroe Missouri carrier notes the season increases time needed to gather eggs over mail as he handles both lines of collection, slowing the rounds. The statement reflects local delivery challenges cited by the St. Louis Star.
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Monroe
St. Louis Star
Married Philadelphia Couple Hailed On Honeymoon Welcome
A Philadelphia couple Mr and Mrs Frank H Miller returned from their Washington honeymoon to a prepared home. Friends led by the Eight Ws Pinochle club serenaded with horns and crowds. A sign reading Just married oh what bliss was hidden by shutters then removed amid a startled scream.
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Philadelphia
Frank H. Miller
Washington
Origin of the phrase that never set the Thames on fire
The article explains a common misquote about the saying never set the Thames on fire. It traces origins to a temse, a rough grinding stone, where turning the handle could ignite friction. As machinery improved, the expression persisted, shifting from wheat grinding to a river image.
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Thames
Fagland
Head of Brothers of Charity On Tour at 87
Brother Amadeus superior general of the Brothers of Charity travels in America visiting houses of his order. He is 87 years old, a native of Antwerp. He holds knighthoods in the Order of Leopold Belgium and the Royal Order of Charles III Spain and is a chevalier of Our Lady of Villa Vicosa Portugal.
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Brothers of Charity
Amadeus
America
Antwerp
Order of Leopold
Belgium
Our Lady of Villa Vicosa
Portugal
Charles III
Spain
First Woman Lawyer Faces Fierce Opposition in Europe
Emilie Kempin died at Basel after a brilliant run at Zurich University where she earned a 1886 law degree. She became Europe’s first woman lawyer, confronting social academic and professional opposition in a male dominated field.
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Emilie Kempin
Baste
Pfarrar Kempin
Alstatten
Zurich
Zurich University
Europe
Parables and Equality in a Kendall Sermon
Winthrop R. Kendall of Oak Park Illinois argues that the Parable of the Talents condemns social inequality while stressing use of gifts for God. He warns against wealth hoarding and calls for unity, mercy, and shared duty among all, citing Christ’s example and love as central.
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S. M. Johnson
Christ
Lazarus
Jericho
Church of God
Winthrop R. Kendall
Oak Park
Ill
Potato injustice noted in a monthlies critique
A monthly essay omits the potato while praising other American gifts. The piece traces the tuber’s global spread from South America to Europe and North America, arguing the potato’s neglect contradicts its wide use and long history in world cuisine.
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America
Great Britain
Ireland
Mexico
South America
Europe
Peru
Florida
Virginia
England
Sir John Hawkins
Royal Geographical Sociey
New England
Kansas City Journal
Fibula fashion pins draw attention as new accessory
Women save money for fibulas the latest and fascinating pins to fasten drapery and neckties. Descriptions note gold wire designs with a long securing pin and a turning 8 motif, echoing Roman brooches, with prices from about eight dollars to the mid range for gem-set variations.
About Mexican Indians Nature's selection they grow up to be our superiors
A Boston Herald writer lauds Mexican Indians as mentally and physically superior when educated. He argues Indian blood brings gravity and willpower, while urban life weakens manhood. He praises stamina, deep breathing, and un-corseted beauty of Mexican Indian women, contrasting them with gilded, nervy urban women.
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Mexico
Boston Herald
United States
Nietsche
Sierras
Vanderbilts Beginnings in America and Dutch Roots
A dispatch notes Katchkarovka Russia as motherless and cites the Vanderbilt lineage in America. The first Vanderbilt in the U S was Jan Aertsen Van der Bilt, a Holland farmer who arrived in the 1600s and settled near Brooklyn.
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Katchkarovka
Russia
Stouts Republic
Vanderbilt
America
Vanderbilts
Jan Aertsen van der Bilt
New World
Brooklyn
Bilt
Utrecht
Frisia
Yildiz Palace: A Self-Contained Royal Town
Yildiz palace, home of the sultan, is a fortified town within a town. Thick walls enclose the central palace set among parks in an English style. Surrounding are the residences of court officials and state halls where government business is conducted.
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Yildiz Palace
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