Swell Society Scandals Darken New York Season
A flurry of upper class disruption hits New York as Ward McAllister family honor and three aristocratic matrimonies come under fire. Ward McAllister vows to protect sanctity of home amid a breach of promise case with actress Lizgle McCall-Wall. Meanwhile James Coleman Drayton sues for divorce from Charlotte Astor Drayton, while Mrs Drayton counters with a divorce suit of her own amid past liaisons. The social world eagerly discusses Newport, Lenox, Saratoga, and Europe as fallout reshapes trust in elite circles.
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Senator Stewart Faces Divorce Scandal Amid Extortion Claims
The Nevada senator William Morris Stewart, aged 67 and a long-time U S senator, is accused in a divorce suit filed by Charles L. Glasscock with Stewart named as corespondent. Stewart calls the case a blackmail plot and recounts gifts given to a needy woman, while Mrs Glasscock alleges drugging and coercion.
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The New Education and Its Difference From Book Learning
The piece contrasts new educational methods with traditional bookish schooling. It argues education should build power to observe and act, via kindergarten, laboratories, outdoor study, manual arts, and physical training, while cultivating faith, hope, reverence, and a sense of the divine.
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Soapsuda Stilied the Storm Aboard Senegal
Captain Gall of the steamship Senegal tried an experiment with soapy water to calm Adriatic waves. He dissolved six pounds of soap in 70 quarts of water and poured it on unraveled ropes creating a 40 foot zone of smooth water around the vessel. The zone rode with the ship as it moved and engines reached 45 revolutions.
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Messageries Francaises
Deaths by own action among German schoolchildren noted
A return lists 289 instances of self harm by pupils across years in the German empire. Motives show fear of punishment predominating, especially among elementary school students. About 20 percent fall into this category, prompting reflection.
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German Empire
Footpads Terrorize Philadelphia Women in City Center
A Philadelphia paper reports six women were robbed by footpads within 44 hours in the heart of the city. Most attacks are attributed to Black suspects with victims fearing to travel after dark. In the Nineteenth district women refuse to walk alone, seeking daylight routes. Also notes Pennsylvania coal supply optimism with mine output expected to last 990 years at current excavation rates.
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A Lillies Message to a Sickroom
A poem fragment describes a scented waxen cup as a symbol of healing and fresh morning air. The speaker links spices, sea salt, pine, and a white lily to comfort sent to a sick person. Edith M. Norris.
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Edith M. Norris
Paris stage to feature Honolua dancing troupe from Honolulu
A Paris corre s talks of a Honolulu women’s troupe joining a show at the Folies Bergere variety theater. The woman described as wife of a prime minister will appear on stage to introduce Honolua dancing to Parisians with a supporting Honolulu group.
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New England whin blooms draw praise from Meehan
Thomas Meehan extols the New England whin, a golden broom species, comparing Massachusetts hills to England’s famed gorse scenes. He recalls Linn as moved by English blooms and suggests Massachusetts rivals those vistas on rugged, flowering slopes.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Spelling Spat Over Catechism In Bible Class Home
Mr Jones battles his dictionary at home while preparing a Sunday school report. He searches Webster for catechism and finds no such word, prompting witty banter with Mrs Jones about spellings and dictionary entries.
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Eighteen Pence Fee Sparks Churching Service Anecdote
A Cornhill Magazine anecdote recalls a parish clerk’s shock at a curate calling a titled wife “this woman” and a London curate recounting a fee of eighteen pence for the churching service. A poor woman quips the charge is brief and calls it an imposition, asking for more reading.
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Mrs Blank Mentioned For Mourning Air In Jonesome Company
A reflective comment describes Mrs Blank as a kind but reticent hostess who endured a long afternoon of conversation. A peer quips her visits are "Jonesome company," capturing the mood of her prolonged social calls.
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Harper's Bamar
The Engagement Ring Design Described in Ladies' Home Journal
An artistic engagement ring is formed by two narrow gold bands that unite at the center with a band filled by small pure diamonds. The tiny stones are favored by women of good taste for their color and shape.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Origin of the Green Room in Theater History
In Elizabethan times actors’ retirement space was strewn with green rushes, giving rise to the term green room. Later walls were decorated with green paper and sometimes rushes gave way to a carpet of green blaze.
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Bence
Folsom's Staggering Crime Ring Rocks Hammondsport
Edward Folsom of Hammondsport New York amid an array of alleged crimes including arson forgery attempted murder and train wrecking as described by accomplice William Daniels. Prosecutors say he forged notes mortgaged property and plotted to kill lawyer Sebring banker Ainsworth and judge Hunt while planning a bank robbery and arson to destroy papers.
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Professor Blackie Examines Case of a Hungry Student
Professor Blackie discusses a young man who endured a session on red herrings and potatoes brought from home. He ultimately died from weakness caused by insufficient food.
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Strange Korean ancestral spirits and demon sacrifices described
The text outlines Korean religious practices with ancestral worship and demon sacrifices. Spirits inhabit walnut tab shrines or secluded niches, with households propitiating them through offerings, ritual dress, and three year rites. Sacrifices include boiled foods, vegetables, fish, fruit, and strong wine.
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Korea
Oklahoma high court voids territorial divorces granted by probate judges
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled probate judges lacked authority to grant divorces in the territory. All such divorces since August 14, 1893 are void, affecting about 600 cases. Most of the divorced have remarried and will appeal to the U S Supreme Court to overturn. The ruling does not change the territorial divorce law beyond requiring district courts to grant divorces.
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Daring Miss Laura Warwick Teases Fate On Bell Buoy
Laura Warwick a young woman under 20 sails with Kiam Wescout’s Corinthian fleet near an inlet. She climbs the moving bell buoy five miles from shore, poses on the prow as the buoy rises and falls, and a photographer captures the moment provoking astonishment at her bold feat.
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Voice strain blamed on teachers urge training
A throat specialist warns that a throat affection is exceedingly common among elementary school teachers, especially women. He calls for voice culture lessons as a remedy and notes that crowded rooms with poor air worsen the damage.
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New York Times
Married in a Springfield furnishing store wedding
Alonzo Rathbune and Miss Laura Waltman of Orchard, a wealthy couple, obtained a spur of the moment ceremony in a Market Street furnishing store in Springfield Ohio. Rev. Charles Stroud officiated as the couple were married and then chose household goods before leaving apparently very happy.
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