The Evil of Simplicity in Millinery at Eastern PMillinery Meet
A report from the Eastern PMillinery association conference highlights The Evil of Simplicity in Millinery with calls for more public information on hats and prices. The banquet featured Chief Justice Russell speaking on The Triumph of Truth as debates on fashion economics unfold across courtroom anecdotes.
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Eastern
Pmillinery Association
Presiduent
Russell
New York World
American-born Opera Singer Defies Royal Pressure
A young London opera singer told the queen she is all American when asked about her English lineage. She chose national pride over royal approval, exemplifying frank Americanism for Americans abroad.
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London
Frank
Supreme Court Denounces Marital Abandonment Motive
A New York supreme court justice rejects the idea that a husband may abandon his wife due to her nagging. The decision frames the relationship as governed by law rather than personal motives.
Harvard authorities replace elms with white oaks amid pest threat
The Harvard decision to replace college elms with oaks shows how new pests are devastating old trees. Insects threaten elms today as never before.
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Harvard
College
Law backs alimony despite wife working in New York
A New York judge ruled that a wife entering the workforce does not free her husband from alimony. The court maintained the principle with limited exceptions, noting the law has generally favored the wife in such cases.
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New York
New York Birth Rate Shown as Three Minutes Per Baby
Official figures indicate a baby is born in New York every three minutes. The note adds a playful aside about a supposed birth of a sucker every minute, implying New York is not living up to its potential.
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New York
Moving and Cleaning Season Brings Household Strain
The article discusses the seasonal surge in moving and house cleaning tasks and the patience required to manage the workload. It likens the effort to daily endurance and physical exertion in handling chores and logistics.
Fights for Freedom Sotto Extradition Sought in Hongkong
Vincente Sotto a Filipino journalist and lawyer, jailed four years for seduction, fled to Hongkong where he edits the Philippine Republic. Authorities press extradition after four years abroad as Manila authorities denounce his independence advocacy and the paper circulates.
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Hongkong
Far East
Vincente Sotto
Sotto
Hbel
Philippine Republic
Philippines
Manila
Boston
AEC
Little Journal
Emissary Claim in Lama Island Talks With Ricarte
The article reports an interview between Mr Artacho and General Ricarte on Lama Island Hongkong. Artacho says he was commissioned by Gen Franklin Bell to secure Ricarte oath of allegiance to the United States and return to the Philippines with promises of a high government post. Ricarte refused the offer. It is admitted the interview occurred but contested Artacho was not Bell’s emissary. Sotto fights extradition arguing charges are for a political offense only.
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Artacho
General Ricarte
Lama
Hongkong
Franklin Bell
United States
Philippines
Ernment Service
Ricarte
Bell
Sotto
Bridegroom Held for Theft and Shipboard Madness On St Paul
Chaos aboard the St Paul in New York as Mrs Helen Erickson an émigré from Copenhagen is deported and bursts from an ambulance to assault Ellis Island staff and fearfully cries of kidnapping. A Spanish passenger Senorita Puertola also rages aboard tearing at crew and passengers amid sea fright.
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Helen Erickson
Chicago
St. Paul
New York
Copenhagen
Elis Island
Fairman
Ellis Island
Senorita Fernando Puertola
Bellevue
Salling
Senora Marie Puertola
Bridegroom Held After Bride’s Accusations
A bride accuses her husband at a police station, where he admits the facts and is formally arrested. The event unfolds at the local station as the couple confronts alleged wrongdoing.
Oakmont Ordinance Bans Scant Attire in Public
Oakmont borough council passes an ordinance prohibiting nude or semi nude dress in public at fetes and entertainments. Aimed mainly at canoeists, the rule is framed to protect local morals in the Oakmont suburb of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburg
Oakmont
The United States versus 2659 glass eyes
Federal District Attorney Wickersham files a suit alleging 2 659 glass eyes were smuggled into the United States. The action targets the import of the eye products and seeks legal relief.
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3. S
Chicago
The
United States
Wickersham
Silk Socks From Butts Case Spark Theft Probe
In Joplin Missouri police report a tan silk pair valued at $1.50, a Christmas gift to Willard Butts, was linked to a theft spree. Suspects Roy Smith known as Cockroach and Lulu Smith, a domestic, are held after a trunk with many missing items was found at their residence. The socks were confiscated as evidence for prosecution.
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Joplin
Willard Butts
Mr. Butts
Hastile
Butts
North Moffet Avenue
Wife of Sculptor Adopts Stranger's Briefly Held Baby
Mrs McNeifl, wife of the Canton Ohio sculptor who designed the McKinley statue, held a baby for a minute for a polite stranger in New York and now plans to adopt the child. The incident drew attention to a chance act of kindness in the city.
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New York
McNeifl
Canton
Untitled fragment hints at temptation and dialogue
Fragmentary text shows a character named Thompeth Bee returning to a path described as temptation. The lines include quoted questions about why and how, with disjointed punctuation and unclear context.
Meanest Man in New York Remanded for Theft
Magistrate Appleton at the Tombs described James Dowling of 55 Rose Street as the meanest man alive and a disgrace to manhood after he pleaded guilty to stealing six dollars his wife saved. Dowling, who beat his children when left alone, was remanded to await trial in special sessions.
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New York
Appleton
James Dowling
Rose Street
Dowling
Parable of the Sower and soil analysis lesson
A lesson on Mark 4 1 21 explains why Jesus used parables to reveal truth to seekers and conceal it from the unwilling. It details the seed as the word of God the sower and the four soils with implications for belief endurance and fruitfulness.
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Jesus
Paul
Luke
Mark
Proverb and Advice Fragments Highlighting Regrets and Cautions
A collection of quips and product plugs combines a proverb about a woman hiding what she cannot know with lines about inexpensive cigars, love fading with age, Garfield Tea aiding digestion, and a caution to assess a suitor as an airship chauffeur before promising to fly with him.
Telegram Wires Spark High Bills in Dispatch Rush
A humorous exchange reveals how a clerk justified sky high telegram charges by claiming he followed orders to use dispatch for all correspondence. The dialog highlights bureaucratic zeal and the cost of rapid communication.
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Claims Quick Relief for Eyes
An old newspaper ad promotes Murine Marine Eye Remedy for red weak and watery eyes with granulated eyelids. It markets an illustrated booklet in each package and lists prices 2c and 25c for eye salve in aseptic tubes from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
If That's True She Must Be an Oyster
A plain but famous woman lecturing on woman’s suffrage in Florida tells the audience she is from Baltimore famed for oysters and beauty. A schoolboy whispers that she must be an oyster, given the claim.
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Florida
Baltimore
Taciturn Southern Negro Story From Judge
A northern visitor learns a southern Negro farmhand named Steve always answers “Yahs, sah” to every question about a plantation. When pressed to say no, Steve again replies “Yahs, sah” in a deadpan tone, illustrating the stereotype of quiet southern speech.
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Steve
Coffee and Tea Cause Digestive Woes Say Farmer Turned to Postum
A farmer describes decades of dyspepsia from coffee and tea and recounts switching to Postum. He claims complete health recovery, weight gain, and no stomach medicine since adopting Postum, encouraging his family to do the same.
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