Best Dressed Man in the World A London and New York Fashion Clash
The piece compares London and New York styles with American ready made and semi ready outfits dominating Broadway, while Bond Street tailors blend traditional evening attire with Fifth Avenue cut suits. It notes London tailors’ global measurements and the aura of the American business suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Broadway
Iand
Washington
New York
Bond Street
England
Express
Tan Tay
New Yorker
Battery
Bronx
Sacek
Count Wittee
Prince Albert
Fifth Avenue
New Clothes for Easter Emblems and Superstitions
A note on Easter attire and its links to luck. The piece cites church flowers as resurrection symbols and recounts a Dorsetshire verse by Barnes about wearing new clothes on Easter Sunday to invite good fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsetshire
Barnes
Elderly Spinster Sketch Scene About Hallucinations
Dialogue from a sketch shows a doctor and an elderly woman, Vin, debating whether she is imagining a following person. The doctor asserts she likely suffers from hallucinations in a terse exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vin
Caromian
Decttor
Sketch
Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton
A critical review of Setons new Animal Heroes noting its composite animal protagonists drawn from real life, and the vivid illustrations and engaging narration. The piece highlights Snap the bull terrier and a dramatic hunt near Mendosa North Dakota where wolves threaten livestock, with vivid field observations and admiration for Setons animal tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Thompson
Seton
John Burroughs
Mr. Seton
Nevest
Snap
Mendoza
North Dakota
Wolvers
Hilton
Wolf Hunt and Snap the Wolfdog’s Valor
The narrator recalls a Halloween wolf hunt against a dangerous Grey Wolf. Snap the Wolfdog, wounded, is kept in an outhouse while the hunt proceeds. Dogs and men pursue the wolf across Skull Creek mesas with bold confrontations and a perilous stand, revealing each hound’s courage and the hunt’s risky outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asee Balicteerioe
Hallowe'en
Snap
Skull Creek
Hilton
Dander
Riley
Usu
Grizzly Golly
Garvin
Cedar Ridge
George
Snap the White Dog and the Gray Wolf Tale
An account follows a hunting pack battle with a gray wolf near the ranch. Snap the white dog kills the wolf after a swift, perilous fight, though wounded, and is carried home by the narrator. A companion later reflects on poultry pecking behavior and measures to prevent cannibalism among young chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snap
Mendoza
Hilton
Wordless Ranch Farewell for a Gritty Cattle Dog
A rider recalls a brutal encounter with a dog named Penroof on a ranch. After a dangerous ride home, Penroof dies and is buried on a blue backdrop of the ranch house. The event earns a gruff compliment on grit from a bystander.
Fighting Instinct in Bristol Foreman Haverly Battle
A Bristol Tennessee foreman named Haverly repels a laborer mob with a crowbar, fighting off attackers with picks axes and spades. He reportedly kills seven workers and drives off the rest, seen here as a brutal display of courage and combat prowess amid violent labor conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Bristol
Tennessee
Haverly
A Sudden Change
Two travelers compare weather quirks in London and New York. The Englishman cites abrupt shifts from warm to cold, while the American recounts Johnson and Jones in a snowball dispute that ends with a sudden summerlike thaw and a scalding splash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Johnson
Jones
Investigation on perishable goods in cold storage time
The Agriculture Department continues scientific tests on how long meats milks and other perishables may be stored in cold storage. Dr Wiley aims to show the need for legislation setting storage periods. Experiments in Philadelphia and Washington will pull samples from time to time to gauge deterioration and safe storage limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural
Wiley
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
The Oregon Displays Record Homeward Pennant
The Oregon left Hongkong with a homeward bound pennant over 500 feet long, supported by two small balloons to keep it from the water. Silk thread pennant drew much attention in port, a nod to old customs of length tied to days of cruise, with 700 foot Brooklyn pennant as a longer record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Hongkong
Asiatic Station
Asiatic
Brooklyn
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Haines
J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
S&e
Suara
Moni
Good Asinstruments Co
Fred. Walsh
Bowe
Tisland
Ontario
Canada
Marth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!