Remarkable Bosnian Hat Inspires Berlin Fashion Plans
A German traveler recalls discovering a Bosnia origin headgear in Kronica near the Servian border. The cap combines a straw or fez foundation with an ornate feathered superstructure and mirrored embellishments. Married Bosnian women discard the feathers after a year, leaving only the foundation. The traveler’s firm now considers adapting the design for Berlin fashion.
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Krenica
Pik Wan
Berl
Ruia
Bosnia
Herlin
Removing grease spots with gasoline and solvents
Instructions from the Tribune on treating greasy stains in fabrics. Recommends applying gasoline with a cloth, changing the cloth as it becomes dirty, then steaming hard spots before cleansing. If gasoline fails, use chloroform or repeat gasoline applications, keeping windows open to vent fumes.
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Y. Tribune
Practical washstand for cramped bachelor quarters
Coral Wheaton suggests a compact washstand device for small closets in Good Housekeeping. A carpenter mounts a rounded shelf on the closet door with brackets and a front-edge hole to hold a washbowl, plus a narrow wood strip to stop items from falling. A towel rack can be added above the shelf for convenience.
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Devic
Coral Wheaton
Beyond. A Storm Passes Yet The Way Remains
A reflective couplet from Antoinette Van Hoeven in Harper's Bazaar urging endurance through sorrow. The poem asserts that all clouds and storms pass, and that steadfastness honors a steadfast God who lives forever.
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Antoinette van Hoeven
Harper Bazar
Niagara Falls Power and Future Growth Potential
A fragmented note on Niagara Falls power development outlines lines of future growth, stressing electric power as a new, high potential force. It emphasizes cheap, abundant electricity and its rising demand, with speculative references to advancements and possibilities in electrical technology and industry.
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Rage Cossier
Niaganet
Waters
Power and art theft dominate scattered 19th century notes
A garbled mix of topics references Col. A McClure and power transmission aims at hydroelectric stations, notes on Victorian attendants and pensioners, plus a recovered painting case involving Charles Loon and a forged Cupid statue. An amateur dealer traces theft, while a painting and engraving tale surfaces with a father and son dispute over a Cupid scene.
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Cromwell
Charles
Charles Hh
Toad Crewe
Fox Ad
Cupid
Departure of Oriental Servants From England Attracts Little Regret
The departure of oriental menials from England will not be lamented by the court or Brit ish domestics who found them arrogant and troublesome. The queen's munshi Nafiz Abdul Karin and his wife leave with a pension after 15 years at court, having lived on Frogmore and Balmoral grounds. A European journal notes coke ash bricks can be made from waste by pressing bricks, mixing ashes with slaked lime and water, drying in air, without artificial heat, producing a hard, valuable building material.
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England
Nafiz Abdul Karin
India
Munshi
Frogmore Demesne
Balmoral Grounds
Ricky
Goke Anhe
Mamie
Judge Rules Wife’s Earnings Belong to Husband
A New York judge has ruled that money earned by a married woman belongs to her husband. The Chicago Record-Herald notes a likely scheme in New York to keep married women at home to care for children.
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New York
Chicago Record-Herald
Suburban social games and the crystal wedding trend
The piece sketches social schemes around weddings and china fetes in a suburban city. It notes Mrs Mamie’s crystal wedding party forcing guests to lend cut glass and china, while Mr Skinner contemplates a china wedding to even past costs. Friends discuss silver and gold anniversaries as social leverage and clubhouse celebrations unfold amid witty gossip and cautionary views.
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Mavcus Aurelius
Leuying
Aribale
Mamie
Mame
Pate
Skinner
Mia
Henry
Maria
Napoleon
Dame Mumor
Irs
W. Weippiert
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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McClure
Philippine Islands
Henry Stepler
Gale
Bord Crowe
Kemie
Ollers
Nediniey
Ueir
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Josephi Hreakemap
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