Plans for Buffalo Preservation Across U S Canada
The article details government and private efforts to save the American buffalo from extinction. It notes preserves in Montana Oklahoma and Canada, with fences water systems and staff to support herds. It credits Austin Corbin and the American Bison Society for initiating and expanding these efforts. It cites numbers on buffalo in captivity and in the wild and outlines funding and relocation plans.
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Canada
United States
Pison
Flathead Indian
Montana
Coas
Morton J. Ye Elrod
University of Monja
Jocko River
Ravalli
Jocko
American Bison Society
Austin Corbin
Blue Mountain Park
New Hampshire
Nowy
Buffalo herds dwindling across continents and styles of use
The article notes five buffaloes remain in the United States with 00 in Canada, about 1116 in the US, 130 in Europe, and the rest in Canada. It reflects on the plains’s past herds, the speed of travel, and the idea of shearing shaggy coats for wool, claiming buffalo wool is stronger and curable.
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United States
Canada
Great Plains
Prairies
Europe
Detroit News-Tribune
Barrier to Diamond Making by Intense Heat
The article explains artificial diamonds as real substances, detailing early methods from 1853 including Despretz’s electric spark deposition in vacuum and subsequent experiments. It notes deposits on platinum wires forming octahedral crystals, black and white, capable of polishing ruby, with carbon dissolved and reprecipitated as crystalline diamonds, though often in sand form.
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Andrew Noble
Chicago Tribune
Carpet Sweeper Too Noisy
A Portland Maine hardware dealer recalls a prim old lady who asked to see two carpet sweepers. While the dealer fetched them a lawn mower in front of one model rolled and rattled, prompting the customer to declare the noise exceeded her old one and flee, ending the sale.
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Portland
Express
Pajama Fashion Fun from a Japanese Traveler
A Japanese hotel guest in the United States notes Americans wear pajamas differently. He observes locals style pajamas with full trousers and jokes about rolling the pants to the knee, contrasting Japanese sleeping custom with American practice.
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Cleveland
Plain Deal
The Craze For Furs In Modern Dress
The quote notes a fashion obsession with furs across all hours and walks of life. It contrasts contemporary attire with past modesty, citing vivid images of prairie fat ties and lamb tail motifs as symbols of luxury and trend. The piece reflects social commentary on evolving dress codes.
Lemon Baths and Gentle Parenting Echo Young Caribbean Habits
A fragment discusses lemon baths among West Indian women as a near daily luxury with sliced lemons soaking to extract juice for skin freshness. It also muses on the health of a child and the idea that guiding children shapes true men and women as God uses parents.
The Secret of Happiness and Selflessness
The text argues happiness comes from making others better through kindness and selflessness. It claims cheerful courage and faith in God and humanity emerge when one acts to help in daily life, transforming tears into smiles and guiding personal fulfillment.
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New Haven Register
Costly Hats Expected Next Season
Rumors from fashion circles predict high hat prices as lace and real ornaments become essential. Cocked hats will grow in size and feature lace from Mechlin or Venetian sources with gold knobs and gems. Final styles may ban plumes while favoring silk flower sprays and toques, with costs potentially reaching around a thousand dollars.
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Paris
War era press day highlights at Waldorf Astoria gathering
The Woman's Press Club annual event at the Waldorf Astoria featured speakers like Arthur Bris bane Francis Whiting Halsey and Mrs Elmer Blair. James Creelman recalled a Manila cable race with a woman correspondent and urged women to push against war propaganda while noting war’s human cost.
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Woman’s Press Club
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Arthur Brisbane
Francis Whiting Halsey
Elmer Blair
New York State
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mme. von Klenner
Marguerite Linton Glenworth
James S. Clarkson
James Creelman
Manila
Creelman
Joseph I. C. Clarke
Frederic Courtney
Lillie Devereux Blake
Mme
Alma Webster Powell
Cecelia Bradford
French Omelet For Two Technique Steps
Instructions from the Boston Cooking School Magazine describe beating eggs and yolks with water salt and pepper, heating a buttered pan, folding and rolling a creamy omelet, and finishing with a final butter added for color. The method emphasizes pan tilting and timing for a smooth, creamy result.
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Boston Cooking School Magazine
February Straw Hats Stir Weathered Traditions
A fragment notes women begin February with straw hats despite shifting winds and forecasts. The observation reflects seasonal customs and a newspaper tone of light social chatter from New York.
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Mercury
New York Press
The Old Fashioned Woman Reflects Domestic Roles
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt portrays the old fashioned woman as content with household duties, enjoying male homage, and not seeking equality or family role disruption. Her interests center on maternal and domestic concerns, accepted as her superior position by society.
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Philadelpia Ledger
Love and Home Religion by Rev William Spurgeon
The Chicago Tribune reports Rev William Spurgeon of London preached on The Story of Christmas to the Sunday Evening Club at Orchestra Hall. He urged child love for a happy home and condemned childless women who seek leisure over family duties.
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William Spurgeon
London
Eng
Sunday Evening Club
Orchestra Hall
Chicago Tribune
Dudley Buck
Dorothy Dix and Edwin Markham Reader in New York
Miss Dorothy Dix delivered a monologue and Edwin Markham read several of his poems at a New York Tribune event. The appearance highlighted Dix as a humorist and Markham as a poet in a literary program.
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Dorothy Dix
Edwin Markham
New York Tribune
Rose hues and bright colors dominate winter fashions
The article notes raincoats in rose, green accessories, and a youthful schoolgirl silhouette. It highlights pointed envelope flaps, stiff linen collars, tucking in waists, and indoor wear of soft fabrics, with jet jewels and metal embroideries updating gowns.
Baltimore street-cleaning opens old horse farm for rest
The Baltimore street-cleaning commission has opened an old horse farm where five mules recuperate from hard work. The rest program aims to lengthen the usefulness of the department’s horses and mules through recovery and care.
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Baltimore
Household Matters Cure for Chapped Hands
A Boston Post item advises making a home powder from common starch ground with a knife until smooth. After washing and drying hands, rub the damp skin with the powder to cover the entire surface for a remedy.
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Boston
How to Free a Cork From a Bottle
A Boston Post tip explains a simple method to extract a cork. Tie a looped string to form a loop then insert it into the bottle. Gently shake or tap the bottle so the cork enters the loop, then pull the string to pop the cork out.
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Boston Post
Wall Back For Books Book Rack From Board Pieces
Instructions describe making a book rack from three boards each one and a half feet long and six inches wide with holes in the corners and spools on cords. String three boards with spools to form a rack, tie at the top, and finish by painting or varnishing. Adjust size by changing board length or number of spools.
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Boston Post
Table Fruit Trees Grow Dwarf Orchards For Easter Socials
A florist touts two foot high dwarf fruit trees bearing red and yellow apples for social events. Guests pluck fruit directly from tiny trees as part of a new dining concept. Nurseries claim dwarfing, taught by a Japanese expert, yields imperfect yet promising results.
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Reme
New York Press
Old Fashioned Fruit Desserts and Cakes Menu
A collection of home baking recipes including Blueberry Cake Sponge Cake Banana Cream Pie and several fruit and cake varieties. Instructions cover mixing eggs sugar butter sour cream and flavorings with baking powder soda and spices. Directions include baking times and pastry shaping for pies and crusts.
Rheumacide Blood Purifier Adverts
An old advertisement touts Rheumacide as a blood purifier that cleanses impurities and prevents germ diseases like rheumatism LaGrippe pneumonia and typhoid. It claims to give tone to the body and expel germs and is sold in tablet and liquid forms at 25c 50c and 1 per bottle Liniment 25c.
Credit to wage earners drives creditor meetings
The speaker urges retailers to extend credit to wage earners, warning that once begun, they cannot give enough. With unlimited capital it may be fine, but if limited, meeting creditors becomes inevitable.
Catarrh Cure Claim Offers Reward
An ad promises one hundred dollars for a cure of deafness caused by catarrh, claiming nine cases out of ten are inflamed mucous surfaces and urging readers to send for F J Cumngy & Co Toledo Ohio to obtain the Catarrh Cure.
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F.j.cumngy & Co
Toledo
McKinley Burial Expenses Itemized by Treasury
Treasury records reveal the distribution of the 1902 appropriation for President McKinley’s burial. Items include payments to many doctors and undertakers totaling funds used for the last illness and funeral.
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McKinley
Treasury
Congress
M. D. Mann
H. Mynter
G. McK. Hall
E. C. Mann
Undertakers
Drullard & Koch
McCrea & Arnold
Old Catholic motto on will power unity liberty and charity
A brief quotation emphasizing personal will power and faith in unity and liberty. It frames charity as the guiding principle in opinion and dealings, reflecting a moral stance attributed to Catholic thought.
Less Meat Advice of Family Physician
A New York man shares that reducing meat and fried foods improved his digestion and nerves after years of poor health. He credits Grape-Nuts cereal with restoring his strength, surpassing prior medicine, and notes his family’s health and happiness improved as well.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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