Weeklong miscellany of world news and notable events
A compiled roundup covers Dr J B Munyon asserting Belle Elmore Crippen is alive and offering 50000. university leaders urging women students toward homemaking or careers. Genevieve Cowles decorating a state prison chapel. Roosevelt campaigning in Des Moines. typhoons and shipboard tensions. a Manila siege and U S gunboat debates. a winter storm across the Atlantic. and various legal, political, and social notes from North America and Europe.
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J. B. Munyon
Francis T. Tobin
Philadelphia
Belle Elmore Crippen
Munyon
Hl. B. Hutchins
University of Michigan
Todeas
Genevieve Cowles
Farmington, Conn
Theodore Roosevelt
Wethersfield
W. B. Westlake
Marion
Ind
Iowa
Des Moines
United States
Cummins
Charles Griik
Congress
R. W. McClaughry
J.K. Codding
Leavenworth Federal
Lansing
Edward T. Rosenheimer
New York City
Grace Hough
Ribbon Sewing Bag Ideas for Travelers and Space Constrained
A practical guide presents ribbon sewing cases for porch or calling work. A waist worn case attaches with a ribbon band and holds spools, scissors, measuring tape, emery, pins, and a needle cushion. An invalid rocking chair bag uses dark denim or prints with multiple pockets, edged with tape, fastened to the chair with brass rings.
Surgeons from many lands meet in Chicago for clinics and talks
More than two thousand prominent surgeons from this country and abroad gathered in Chicago for two weeks of clinics and discussions on different aspects of their science. Other items note Baldwin threatening suit against Roosevelt over labor legislation remarks, a garment workers strike repudiating an arbitration agreement, and a dramatic medical incident in Pittsburgh. Population trends from the thirteenth census, Danish Greenland expedition claims on the Pole, Ellen Terry's moment of emotion in Boston, and a near fatal lockout accident in Los Angeles are included among varied news briefs.
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Philippines
War Department
William Wolker
Kansas City
United States
Princeton
Amapaia
Honduras
Jose Valladares
Davila
Hayes
Princemon
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Manitoba
Brandon
Causin
Earl Loeschel
C. F. Loeschel
Denver
Col
Hallowe’en
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Jersey City
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
United States Aeronautical Reserve
Columbia University
Yale University
New Haven
California
Henry T. Oznard
American Beet Sugar Company
Fullerton
Cal
Post Office Department
Washington
Nerbert Jackson
Athens
Ea. Dimson
Jackson
Dimson
Thomas T. Eckert
West End
N. J
Western Union Telegraph Company
Clendennin Eckert
William Eckert
Sherman
Brady
Houston
Tex
Newton
Mont
Northern Pacific
Owen Jones
Ben Wilson
John Pollard
John Peterson
Taft
W. B. McKinley
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Leonard Copper
Butte
Mont. M. Briand
Fallieres
Chicago
Simeon B. Baldwin
Roosevelt
Baldwin
Thomas A. Rickert
Hart, Schaffner & Mark
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburg
John Finley
Velvet in Fashion Finds New Roles This Season
Velvet appears in modern modes with borders on white lingerie gowns and as deep hems. Velvet borders revers on gowns and velvet used with English eyelet embroidery on white linen or cambric. Embroidery may sit over black silk and be bordered by black velvet. Velvet can be foundation or tunic overlay. Black dominates but colored velvets gain favor amid the fabric’s popularity.
Season of Style Changes in Women’s Tailoring
Fashion notes describe soutache braiding on fine fabrics like chiffon and mousseline with rose blue and gray shades. Russian braid trims dresses in union in a military style. Striped and checked fabrics surge in popularity for tailor made suits with various stripe arrangements. Skirts adopt marrow silhouettes with waist plaits, while velvet winter wear and embroidered boleros add ornate touches to gowns.
Bathrobes Enter the Wardrobe as Winter Style Picks
As temperatures drop women embrace bathrobes in Blanket material praised for plain cut and waist cord. Ripple eiderdown appears with soutache trim or broadcloth appliques, Turkish toweling in bright colors, plus fleece down and flannelette. Edges are faced or piped with satin bands for added smartness.
Chenille Caps Hit Parisian Fashion Circles
Parisian women embrace new knitted chenille caps in bright colors. The flat untrimmed headwear, light and pretty, suits skating and travel wear this winter. The trend began with a little girl selling doll caps at the Paris races.
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Paris
Embroidered Sofa Pillows Use Cotton Wadding Under Cover
When making up a pillow you have embroidered, insert a thick sheet of cotton wadding under the cover. This improves both the appearance and the feel of the cushion. The same applies to heavy pillows of all kinds, embroidered or otherwise.
Munyon’s Cold Cure Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old Munyon’s advertisement touts a 25 cent bottle of cold cure said to prevent pneumonia and grippe, speed healing, and stop nasal discharge and sneezing. It offers free mail medical advice from Munyon’s Doctors and refunds for empty bottles.
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Munyon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Fragmentary memory of Thompson's Eye Water and auto accident
The speaker recalls a fleeting moment on a car dashboard and questions a past auto experience. Fecke mentions being on the dashboard for a fraction of a second before the vehicle moved away.
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Fecke
He Was a Boston Boy Tale of a Gifted Child
A Boston schoolteacher recalls a five year old boy forming Greek words with blocks. The father boasts the boy’s genius but sarcastically recalls the child’s first words at twelve months as a quip about Boston culture versus Athens.
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Boston
Athens
Grape Nuts Diet Credited With Restoring Nervous Health
A Wisconsin mother writes of leaving tonics behind and adopting Grape Nuts with cream and milk. She reports two weeks of better sleep and a 20 pound weight gain, noting her daughter’s health improved to allow returning to school. The letters promote Grape-Nuts as a healthful food with a convincing testimonial.
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Wisconsin
Wellville
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