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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
3
In a cafe scene three women vent about the constant chatter over Phil Bayliss. A white linen clad woman laments tiresome gossip and media attention and insists she is simply friends with Bayliss, not engaged, while others tease and pry about their supposed romance.
A girl in a pongee suit nervously confronts the door and urges a quick exit with another girl in white. They discuss avoiding Phil Bayliss, dabbing powder, adjusting a hat, and debating rudeness about fleeing after he enters.
A quotation by A C Benson in Atlantic argues that vulgarity marks strong nations with self assertion, yet the Irish are said to lack vulgarity. He praises the Celtist temperament for melancholy humor and warns against complacent dwelling on what might have been, contrasting it with vulgar self satisfaction.
The Princess of Wales is portrayed as a meticulous housekeeper who insists on spotless duty from all staff. An artist and valet story illustrates her sharp eye and intolerance for misused items, alongside her husband the Prince of Wales and the king’s call witnessed during a portrait session.
W J Bryan will settle at Fairview Neb near Lincoln after touring nobles reside abroad. Faithful caretakers prepared the farm as blooded livestock thrived and wheat harvested. A medal for the finest rye from St Louis exposition awaits the master’s return.
Neighbors note the added beauties of the landscapes as William Jennings Bryan returns to a hospitable porch and well furnished study. Mrs Bryan keeps her flower beds, and guests arrive via Fairview traffic. Visitors travel from College View by car to Bryan station with plans for neighboring country homes and exhibitions of orchard products at the state fair.
The article argues that Fulton presented his steam navigation plan to Napoleon who may have embraced it if he investigated. A commission labeled steam navigation an obvious absurdity, two years before Trafalgar. If Napoleon had funded early steam ships Boulogne’s invasion might have reached England instead of Austrelitz.
Socially the minions of French workers stand over property holders, creating an exclusive caste. Now an upheaval of the excluded class arises as workers aspire for social conditions beyond their reach. The American experiment seeks universal class mobility, with today’s workman potentially becoming a millionaire or professional, yet many still claim a place in the sun.
In a mucky meadow, Charie and I unearthed a large stone too heavy for a horse to move. We buried it after Charlie, digging beneath the rock, found a hard sandstone layer. He mused that the buried stone would not stay down and must grow, a cautious, humorous reflection from Dallas Lore Sharp.
The scene features Mistress admiring a new assistant described by Mai as strikingly good looking with dark, melting eyes. The exchange hints at attraction and curiosity about the assistant in a Baltimore American context.
The late Russell Sage survived a 1891 dynamite attack by Henry Norcross in his Broadway office after a note demanded 1.25 million dollars. Sage, wounded, later described the head of Norcross and recalled Sage's austere money rules and frugal life. Sage praised charity but lived modestly, with two suits, yearly expenses under a hundred dollars, and a habit of buying bargains like 50 cent neckties for 25 cents. He cited thrift as the keynote of his life and avoided sentimental talk of death.
A Harlem landlord plates a remedy for upstairs noise by inserting a lease clause requiring tenants and their families to wear rubber heels at all times. The landlord offers to fit the heels at his chosen shop and promises to replace noisier footwear, arguing rubber heels are quiet and even medically advised. If tenants refuse, the landlord says he can easily find others willing to comply.
A landlord touts a plan to fit tenants with rubber heels via a local shoemaker, charging about five dollars a month for fifteen pairs and promising new heels when worn out. He says the scheme keeps flats rented, while a prospective tenant jokes about rubber heels as a solution to noise and suggests a law mandating rubber footwear, referencing a quip from the New York Sun.
Orison Swett Marden cites Success Magazine urging business men to involve their wives in evaluating partners and managers. He argues wives’ keen intuition detects deceit and rascality, recounting cases where ignoring that advice led to ruin and poverty for families.
The passage cites totals for U S newspapers—about 25 000 titles with 2 500 dailies—capital outlays over 1 million dollars annually for major papers, daily expenses over 10 000 dollars, and yearly publisher receipts near 175 million dollars. It notes 107 000 employed and 1 000 000 supported by the industry, with advertising at 95 600 000 and subscriptions at 880 000 000. Over 100 copies per person yearly are issued.
Instructions describe making a shirtwaist box with a smooth outer surface decorated in geometric designs or covered with matting cretonne or cartridge paper. Line the inside with padding and sachet powder, attach boards with ribbons for lifting, and use separators to avoid handling every waist when retrieving one.
A household tip advises rubbing lemon skin over pans and plates to neutralize strong fish smells from salt mackerel and salmon. After rubbing, let stand briefly, then wash with cold water and rinse in hot.
In a late night moment a mother tucked her 4 year old Johnny into the top berth of a sleeping car. Waking and sure of his location the boy replied that he was in the top drawer, a youthful misstatement highlighting a small moment of confusion and courage aboard a train.
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