Rats Ban Sparks Hair Adornment Clash in New York
Rumors of a citywide revolt against wearing rats in women's hair surge as Erasmus Hall adopts strict bans and department stores threaten dismissal for violators. Telegraph company workers discuss a similar order from Kansas City, fearing the rat hair trend may spread to New York.
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Nu York
Erasmus Hall High School
Kate E. Turner
Manhattan
Siberia
China
Kansas City
A B. Richardson
Postal Telegraph Company
New York
May Go to Penitentiary in Barrel
Albert Kapp, a youth, faces a two year sentence after a prior trouble leading to a jail term. In the prison system he is deprived of clothes, provided “stir” garb, and must endure until release with garments supplied by the penitentiary. His mother visited briefly, then departed as he prepared for transport with thirty eight other convicts.
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T. Louis
Albert Kapp
Kapp
Albert
Wolf
Adam
Cat Aids Auctioneer in Realty Sale
A real estate board’s office cat served as emergency auctioneer in a Chicago sale at the exchange rooms. George IL. Warner of Baird and Warner led the bidding until the cat returned to the desk, after which bids surged with several raises of 25 to 50 dollars. The group credited the cat with making the day’s sale a success and she is set for a prominent future role.
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Hicago
Tabby
George IL. Warner
Baird & Warner
Mr. Warner
Aiong
Warner
Shore
Tabl
Chinese hotel planned for Chicago on Oriental Plan
A Chinese hotel is planned for Chicago at 112 Federal Street to serve oriental guests with a fully Chinese designed experience. The lease is applied for by Chicago Chinese businessmen aiming to create a modern, authentic establishment featuring Chinese staff, meals, tea, and services to suit patrons like Ah Sing.
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Battle Creek
Canton
Chicago
Ah Sing
Federal Street
Simple and Practical Rat Trapping and Farm Advice
Practical tips on rat control with lime, whitewash, copper salt, lime plaster, gas tar, red pepper and caustic potash. Mentioned traps include barrel drop methods and a Burmese jar trap. milk and arsenic method claimed to clean barns. Also notes on sheep feeding and cow dairy conformation and care.
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Cornhill Magazine
Too Much Corn Shoats Helps Feeders Stall On Growth
The article warns that when corn is plentiful feeders overfeed shoats while young. Shoats fail to develop proper frame and growth and stall fattening as corn prices rise beyond fifty cents per bushel.
A-SHAPED HOG HOUSE FRAME DESIGN AND MATERIALS
The article outlines an A shaped hog house frame with required lumber. It specifies nine 1x12s 14 feet, eleven 6 inch battens 16 feet, five 1x12s 14 feet for ends, one 2x8 10 feet for ridge, two 2x8 10 feet for plates, seven 2x4 16 feet for rafters and braces, three 2x6 8 feet for runners, and four 1x12 16 feet for framing.
Genius 13 year old Harvard student featured in father’s study
The piece profiles William James Sidus a 13 year old Harvard enrollee claimed as the youngest student there. His father Prof Borus Sidus Brookline psychologist describes an experiment guiding the child to discover facts and relations rather than being taught direct answers.
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Cambridge, Mass
William James Sidus
Harvard University
Mle
Borus Sidus
Brookline
Mass
Prof
Sidus
Stdus
Friend of the Children: Mrs Frederic Schoff’s Child Welfare Work
Philadelphia society figure Mrs Frederic Schoff, a key speaker at the national congress of mothers symposium in Atlantic City, has led major child welfare efforts since 1902. She founded Pennsylvania’s congress of mothers in 1859 and helped establish juvenile court and probation in the state. Born in Upper Darby, she belongs to the Society of Mayflower Descendants and the DA, MR.
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National Congress of Mothers
Atlantic City
N. J
Congress
Pennsylvania Congress of Mothers
Pennsylvania
Schoff
Upper Darby
Society of Mayflower Descendants
The California Fig Syrup Co. Genuine Syrup of Figs Claim
The California Fig Syrup Co announces its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna produced from pure medicinal plant principles. It warns buyers to seek the genuine product with the full company name printed on the package to avoid imitations.
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California Tig Syrup Co
Medicis
California
Child weighs questions at station penny machine
A boy aged six waits with his mother at a railway station and asks about the penny weighing machine. After weighing himself with a penny he wonders how much he would weigh with a dollar, prompting questions about purchasing power and value.
Christmas Post Cards Free Offer In Topeka
Free samples of Gold and Silk Finish Christmas Flower and Motto Post Cards offered by Art Post Card Club at 792 Jackson St Topeka Kansas. Send 2¢ stamp for five samples and view the colorful designs.
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Art Post Card Club
Jackson St
Topeka
Kan
The Hint That Failed And The Nevy Clothes
A fragmentary dialogue notes a wife gaining new clothes each spring with hats parasols and a tree motif. A husband remarks the wife makes them herself. The passage also mentions a tobacco ad and a beauty doctor opinion about homely women having fine faces for business. A teething syrup claimed to soothe gums and reduce inflammation is listed. The text ends with a quip about a man’s knowledge of women.
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Bret Harte
David E. Lantz
America
Harvard
James Sidus
Mrg
Frederick Schoff
Philadelphia
Frederic Schoff
Board of Managers of
Johnny
Lewis
Dodds
G To
Guaraty
Sige Heagaghe
Carters Ntyle
Egies
Witwn Refuse Subs
TES
John I, Brown & Son
Boston
Mane
Gucksus
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