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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
7
In a New York setting, a reader recalls holiday stresses and social games surrounding gifts, budgets, and etiquette. A friend laments crowded duties of servants and elevator operators while considering practical, thoughtful presents. A luncheon club explores affordable meals, and fashion tips promote polished hair, fitting hats, and comfortable furniture selections for a busy urban Christmas.
A plain awkward girl asks why others admire a beautiful gentlewoman. Answer: she makes coworkers feel lovely when speaking with her. A devoted student highlights settlement work as a favorite with the children. A boy cites her tough appearance and blunt honesty as reasons for admiration.
American publisher notes female authors dominate modern fiction with high earnings. Mrs Humbleby Ward and Marietta Holtey lead, while Octave Thanet and Alice French gain fame for socially aware novels and labor themes. Rohlt and Wharton cited for vivid domestic and society portraits. Edith Wharton, Mary Johnston, and other women writers shown shaping American letters through pragmatic realism and historical psychology.
The text profiles Baroness Elizabeth Roxet, daughter of Russian ambassador Baron Roman Romenovikh Hosen, and author Miss Alice French known as Octave Thanet. It surveys their social circles in Washington, Miss French’s pen name origin, and views on American women writers, labor fiction, and Roosevelt’s praise. It notes Miss French’s Washington ties, Clover Bend Arkansas residence, and her aim to portray truthful, dual perspectives in her stories.
Mrs Batterem shops for a motto bearing “Peace on Earth Good Will to Men” and creates a scene. She elbows, snatches, and pushes through crowded stores to obtain the item, harming bystanders and even stealing a fur trim. Back home she hangs the motto as a message to her mother in law. The piece contrasts her ruthlessness with debates on women’s honesty and domestic service.
A garbled instruction discusses handling busy work with liquids. It mentions pouring over books and glycerin and waking a mixture, then dipping and avoiding complete wipeout of the glaze. The fragment is unclear and reads like a damaged recipe or care guide.
Fragmentary OCR notes praise Crown Princess Ainris as athletic, fond of heroes and music, describing her as violinist and queen in Raurmanin. Mentions Latta canvitaslon, Wittinburgh, Reumaniin, and relationships to Kite Fdycued, with unclear context and dates.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a chaotic mix of sentences about effort and progress, a strained refrain of today versus tomorrow, and stray references to individuals like Miss Grace Barstow and violinists. The passage reads like garbled dialogue and notes from domestic life, with unclear events or dates.
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