Levy’s $30,000 sable overcoat stirs Capitol intrigue
New York Representative Jason M Levy reveals a $30,000 sable overcoat kept for cold days. He dodges whether the coat came as a gift from J P Morgan a constituent or foreign elites, saying details would surprise. The New York delegation watches for a clue about the coat’s origin.
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Jeson M. Levy
New York
Monticello
Virginia
Jefferson
Mr. Levy
J. P. Morgan
Levy
Turkey
Duke of Sutherland
The Rise of Woman to Public Life and Work
This essay traces how time and economic change have eroded traditional gender roles. It cites France’s 1866 1896 1906 census growth in women in commerce and industry, notes women’s expanding industrial participation, and argues feminism reaches a mature, political equality without sacrificing the home.
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France
Alsace-Lorraine
United States
Germany
New York Visit by Oklahoma Reform Leader Miss Barnard
A slight yet influential Oklahoma reformer, Miss Barnard, traveled to New York to address women on usefulness. She described hotel life as artificial and recalled drafting Oklahoma child labor laws and charities reforms. Her notable act includes restoring nearly $2 million in assets to Indian children and pursuing those who exploited government wards.
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Oklahoma
New York
Miss Sharnard
Charles Phillips Hatch
Hatch
Marie Wilhelmisia van Halsten
Modern Marriage and the Elevation of Woman in Society
The text argues that denying women occupation and responsibility degrades the soul of modern woman. Providing meaningful duties will reduce frivolities, raise moral standards, and elevate love. It envisions a more spiritual union, less sensual but strengthened by shared intellectual aims and mutual understanding.
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George Sand
Animal Luminescence Across Species and Plants
The piece surveys widespread luminous phenomena in nature from birds and monkeys to flowers and fungi. It notes bright eye shine in some monkeys, glowing patches on night heron and blue crane, luminescent nasturtium blooms, marigolds, poppies, and dry wood. It links luminescence to radioactivity and radium decay as a potential energy source behind natural light.
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Boston Herald
Nasturtium
London
Aigrette Price Soars In Modern Couture
In Chicago reports the cost of aigrette has jumped to 50 dollars an ounce from seven, tied to demand for fashionable hats and the threat to egret populations from plume hunting. The article notes the birds face possible extinction due to feather harvesters.
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Chicago
Mark Twain's Frog Outdone in Savannah
In Savannah Georgia Tucker Mauldin a planter arrived with an 18 inch long bullfrog that outgrew expectations by dragging a young chicken toward a stream on his plantation He shot the giant in defense of the chicken and saved the rest from the predator’s grasp.
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Savannah
Tucker Mauldin
Maulding
Triplex Glass: A Breakable Yet Safer Alternative
The New York American explains triplex glass developed in France. Two glass sheets with gelatin faces and a celluloid layer are pressed together to form a transparent composite that resists shattering. pendulum tests show cracks but no complete fragmentation, suggesting safer use in carriages and public conveyances, with benefits for accident insurance and child safety.
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New York American
France
Modern Mona Lisa Found in Russian Girl Replica
Chicago artist Gordon Stevenson says seventeen year old Miss Mathie Kurpinowitz resembles Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. He met her on a ship to New York and plans to have her pose for a modern painting in Lynn Massachusetts where she stays with relatives.
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Gordon Stevenson
Chicago
Mathie Kurpinowitz
da Vinci
Stevenson
New York
Karpinowitz
Lynn
Mass
America's Highest Bridge Near Madrid Iowa Described
Chicago reports that the new St. Paul bridge over the Des Moines river near Madrid Iowa will be the largest and highest on the continent. Engineers note a major double track fill, rock ballasted floor, and a grade reduction of 98 feet along seven miles shortening the line by two miles despite major earthworks.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Des Moines River
Madrid
Iowa
Western
Great Trunk
Woodward
Des Moines
Blind telephone operator program grows in Baltimore
The blind telephone girl Miss Elsie Sonderman proved successful at the Sheppard-Pratt asylum exchange. Maryland School for the Blind trained five more seepless operators and plans a new training board to boost efficiency. Operators at the Young Women’s Christian Association handle a large hotel style board with 200 rooms and eight pay stations. A. Collman, plumber, 416 Main Ave.
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Elsie Sonderman
Sheppard-Pratt Asylum
Maryland School For the Blind
Young Women’s Christian Association
Associa Club and Home
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