True Love Letters and the Virtues of Delicate Romance
Margaret H. Sanger argues that genuine love letters are warm yet deferential, and warns against clandestine correspondence. She cites examples from Hawthorne to Napoleon, notes how absence tests fidelity, and advises girls to keep letters open to family, ending with caution about drifting from attentive, noble suitors.
A Neat Shirtwaist Design for Various Materials
A pattern suitable for almost any fabric including fine cloth, cashmere, or delaine. Box-plaits edge the sides front and outer top of arm, with back fastening under a box-plait. Center front features diamond appliques, with hem-stitched collar and silk tie. Materials: three yards two inches wide and seven appliques.
Will of W H Mainwar ing divides estate by draw
In Victoria Carlton a will directs the estate of W H Mainwar ing be divided into six equal parts numbered. Envelopes bearing the numbers are drawn from a box by the six children, each receiving the portion matching the drawn number.
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Strange Desert Rainstorms Absorb Before Touching Earth
In the Colorado desert, rain falls from clouds but instantly evaporates in the hot air, leaving no moisture on the ground. These events occur in regions where temperatures often reach 128 degrees in the shade, producing visible but waterless rain.
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Colorado Desert
America
Popularity, social grace and charm discussed by writers
Success Magazine notes that popular people cultivate small graces. A comic exchange compares physicians and poets, joking that both are paid to write things few understand, as a Chicago Tribune quip recalls.
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Success Magazine
Chicago Tribune
Speeches Count More in Private Than Public says Senator
Senator Sorghum argues political influence stems not only from public rhetoric but also from private conversations. He notes that some of the most powerful words are spoken in secrecy, unseen by crowds and cameras. The Washington Star quotes him on the value of private discourse in shaping policy.
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Washington Star
Vicar Rey G Rogerson Honored By Derbyshire Parish
Ray G Rogerson vicar of Peak Forest Derbyshire has died. He carved monuments to Queen Victoria and the late duke of Devonshire, aided farmers with plowing thatching and stacking, and roamed the countryside aiding communities for miles around.
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Power Slipping In World Power Balance
Europe eyes widened as the United States rose to world power in 14 Japan's sudden emergence shows it must be reckoned with. The old world feels disturbed as power shifts. Florida Times Union notes the changing balance of power.
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United States
Japan
Florida
No. Dignity of labor cited in old Courier Journal line
A Louisville Courier Journal quip notes that a boy who shirks labor is a lazy whelp while a man who does the same is a captain of industry, reflecting period views on work and maturity.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Back Pain Says Everett Woman
Mrs. P Brunzel of Everett Washington reports fifteen years of severe back pain and fatigue followed by relief after using five boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. She praises prompt relief of aching pains and overall improvement. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents per box. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Wash
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Foster-Milburr Co
Buffalo
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Egg-O-See: Modern food promising health from white wheat
An advertisement extols EGG-O-SEE as ideal cereal for simple nourishing meals. It describes kernels of California white wheat cleaned, steam cooked, then flaked and maple tinted, flavored with natural fruit juice and grain sugar. It claims the cereal delivers strength and energy for body and mind.
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Rail Rate Legislation Sparks Senate Testimony
Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee in Washington, Prouty argued against giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate railway rates. He said railways should set their own rates and develop business, warning that an inherently unreasonable rate deprives a railroad of its property and that the fourteenth amendment protects the right to charge a fair and reasonable rate.
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Two Women Illustrate Dressed For Unpropitious Weather
A New York businesswoman favors bright red or green on dull days wearing a red and black plaid skirt with a red waist and black silk stock a black belt a fancy black straw hat with red quills red gloves and a three quarter black serge coat with red and black collar and cuffs A second woman adopts leather shorts heavy soles black and white check leggings a black and white checked tweed coat tight at the waist and full at the skirt worn over a light weight taffeta shirt waist suit
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New York
Curious Bathing Experiment Opens In Muniel
A new sirf bathing establishment began in Muniel located about 200 miles from the sea. The facility uses initiation waves formed by rollers to churn the water, mimicking sea beach conditions.
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Muniel
Mieh
Lightning Kills Fitch and Wipes Out Millpond Fish
A lightning strike near Danbury sparked a fire that burned an icehouse and killed hundreds of fish in Young's millpond about two miles away. The Hartford Courant reports fish floated dead on the water after the strike.
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Young’s Millpond
Danbury
Hartford Courant
Ontario Railways Weigh Electrification Using Waterfalls
Ontario government officials study electrifying provincial railways and consider using waterfall sites as energy sources. The plan aims to reduce fuel use and cut emissions while modernizing infrastructure and improving service.
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Ontario
Oldest Belfry Tree Marks St. Peter’s Church in Tacoma
An ancient fir tree forming the church spire at St. Peter’s in Tacoma is said to be seven centuries old and used as the bell support for the church. The remarkable tree stands as a historic landmark in the city.
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America
St. Peter's Church
Tacoma
Abundance of Asparagus on Russian Steppes
The passage notes that asparagus grows abundantly on the Russian steppes where cattle feed on it readily. It also mentions that the seeds are occasionally dried and used as a coffee substitute.
Wireless distress beacons planned for Swiss Alps climbers
Wireless telegraphy is to be installed in Switzerland to provide distress signals for alpine climbers in difficulties. The system aims to improve rescue chances by timely alerts and coordinated responses for perilous mountain conditions.
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Switzerland
Fruits and Nuts Diet Used in UC Experiments
University of California trials show fruits and nuts supply energy and some building material. Daily cost ranged from 18 to 46 cents per person, cheaper than a mixed diet. A student shifted from mixed to fruits without losing strength, working college duties and some heavy labor for eight days. The articles claim high nutritive value and thorough digestion, though long-term wholesomeness was not studied.
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University of California
Match Details of Costume Fashion This Season
The article notes extreme costume matching with hats, white straw braid dyed to tone, and milliners offering straw dyeing. Crin and horsehair braids color easily, but some straws are hard to dye, making them costly.
Carrots Said To Benefit Skin Hair And Nails
A diet of young carrots is said to be excellent for the skin and its appendages of hair and nails. This is attributed to its anti scorbutic salts, fresh water and the iron which exists in all red colored vegetables and fruits.
Lewis and Clark Exposition Displays and Lincoln Home Replica
The Lewis and Clark exposition will feature a gold pen manufacture display and a Missouri art exhibit by St Louis artists. Illinois builds a Springfield Lincoln home replica claimed as the president’s only real estate. Massachusetts showcases a Bullfinch front replica from its old state house, a $3,000,000 restoration.
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Incandescent gases and earth magnetic energy noted
Reports touch on incandescent gas spectra under low pressure and a continuous spectrum under pressure. Earth’s magnetic energy appears to decline 1.6 percent in 46 years, though such measures are incomplete and may reflect a long term variation phase. Other items note fuel cost cuts via water gas in glass work and a remarkable sense function linked to a snake’s tongue. A German claim introduces cryostase, a compound of carbolic acid sapopine camphor and turpentine that solidifies when heated and melts when cooled, pulsing between states.
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Stockhhelm
Maryland
Germany
Jokes and Anecdotes From An Old English Inn
A collection of brief village humor and social misadventures. A bishop faces winter in Algiers for health reasons, a barbering math riddle about herrings, a farmer outwitted by a bull, and a bridge luncheon miscount where a husband settles a debt with a lunch.
Sunday Squirbs and Quick Wits on a Bumpy Day
A string of humorous exchanges unfolds with asides about health, finances, and ambition. A clergyman scolds a golfer, a beauty mocks a clerk, and a conceited author contemplates readings from his own works. The snippets capture light banter and social foibles.
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Ton
Czar Purchases German Police Dogs for Czar's Guards
Reports say the czar's government has bought police dogs from Brunswick Germany trained for protective service. The dogs are described as specially educated to guard the czar and surpassing such animals from other regions.
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Brunswick
Germany
Quote on brains and money from the New York Times
A brief aphorism notes that most men admit having more brains than money, attributed to the New York Times.
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Mrs Pinkham Invites Women to Write for Advice
Every woman is cordially invited to write to Mrs Pinkham for help with symptoms she does not understand. Her address is Lynn, Mass. Her free cheerfully given advice has restored health to more than one hundred thousand women. Best understands a woman's needs.
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