Mrs Taft's Paris Shopping Feat Highlights her Interests
Mrs William Taft, keen on art music literature and education, discusses government aid to the arts, women voting with a proviso against office, and her multilingual reading. She recalls a three hour Paris shopping feat fitting a year’s purchases into a brief trip, then describes her appearance and lineage.
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Paris
Washington
Mrs. Taft
White House
Diplomatic Corps
Muesic
Pacific
Philippines
China
Japan
Siberian
St. Petersburg
Hayes
Styles In Bodices With Woolen Fabrics And Silk Details
Description outlines two bodice styles suitable for woolen fabrics with intricate linings and silk trimming. Details cover back and front views, fastening from center front, waist fullness, and sleeve constructions with tucked braces and silk undersleeves. Materials list includes yardage for each style and trims such as silk cord and pompons.
The Hand Made Necktie Craft Tips
The crocheted or knitted tie rose from suspicion to coveted fashion for the well dressed man. To pass muster a homemade tie must be well made, firm, even, and correctly sized with proper shaping and staying, and the color must be right.
Wrist Bouquet as Fashion Accessory Described
A smart girl wears a wrist bouquet pinned to her glove band, a slender floral arrangement of violets with occasional center gardenias or orchids. The description notes colors like velvet or green or purple and the compact border formed by surrounding violets.
Cushions for Summer Divans in Lace and Filet
A homemaking note suggests small fat pillows for summer divans using madras and cottons. It describes open eyelet designs for linen squares, satin stitch sparingly, and covers from filet squares or dyed invitation filet for affordable, washable cushions. Edges may use Cluny lace or arrow overcasting for a refined finish.
Cameos Grow Popular in Fashion Accessories
The fashion note reports cameos remain in style and are used in drop earrings, pins, belt buckles, bracelets, and hatpins. Jet or old gold settings highlight carved cameos, with wide jet settings and large brooches noted. many imitations appear, some very convincing.
Toilet Vinegar Recipe Snapshot
A simple toilet vinegar mixture uses lavender flowers seven ounces, alcohol eight Wald ounces, and diluted acetic acid sixty five Guld ounces. The recipe lists these ingredients in an archaic measurement scheme and outlines a basic homemade cleaner idea.
Old Priest Keeps Exact Age Secret Despite Long Service
Very Rev. Canon Jeremiah Moynihan, aged by custom about 100, refuses to reveal his precise birth date though he admits 1808 as a possible year. He marks seventy years since ordination, lives at 193 Thirty-ninth Street, and remains active, healthy, and cheerful, joking that he could pin a 70 year old on his back. He hints his age prevented a bishopric, possibly the archbishopric of New Orleans.
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Jeremiah Moynihan
Thirty-ninth Street
Jerry
Moynihan
New Orleans
Canon Moynihan the centenarian Irish priest in Chicago
Aged about 100 and living in Chicago, Canon Moynihan recalls Ireland’s history with humor and fierce memory. Born in Kanturk, County Cork, he witnessed revolts, wore his age proudly, and despite blindness to his glasses, still celebrated mass and spoke six languages. He previously served as rector in Bradford and canon in New Orleans, and once brought five Sisters of Charity from Dublin.
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Kanturk
County Cork
Ireland
Robert Emmet
Canon Moynihan
New York
Dublin
Sisters of Charity
America
Church of the Holy Angels
Chicago
Bradford
New Orleans
Detroit trolley row over torn dress sparks demand for repair
An angry Detroit resident confronts a trolley superintendent after a conductor tore his wife's dress on a company car. The man brandishes a scrap of fabric asking for compensation or a dress replacement, challenging the official’s claim of fault and urging action.
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Detroit
Harper's Weekly
Three month old itching relief miracle in Concord note
George B. Farley of 50 South State Street Concord New Hampshire describes a severe skin eruption two months prior that looked like raw beefsteak and itched and burned intensely. After trying several remedies relief began the moment Cuticura touched the skin and by two days he could wear shoes again. May 14 1907.
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George B. Farley
South State
Concord
N. H
Optical illusion remark on a statesman’s attitude
A statesman calls a colleague thoughtful and serious while another counters that the persona is an optical illusion. The reply suggests the man is simply sitting, taking life easy, and letting his mind wander.
Capuchine Cures Indigestion Pains and Heartburn
Capuchine offers immediate relief for indigestion stomach pains and heartburn with doctor approved formula. Available in bottle sizes two and a fraction cost at druggists. Many men display courage of their convictions because they have never been convicted.
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William Taft
William Howard
Canon J.c.moynihan
Ordeal
Strew Car Company
Cutiura
Tee Hisengi
California E Syrup Co
Oly
Regula
Carters, Tne
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