With Arabs and Auto Crises Intersect in 1910s Dispatches
Excerpts describe Arab Bedouin life via Douglas Caruthers in the Geographical Journal, noting cold winters in a drafty tent, snow on the desert, and shared meals. Separate Chicago police figures tally 43 auto accidents with 38 injuries, citing driver carelessness and calls for tighter regulation. A Maine resident saves an old farm tree by building around it, preserving a relic said to predate the Revolution.
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Douglas Carruthers
Geographical Journal
Chicago
Indy
Steward
Piney woods region praised for health wealth and produce
The pine stands as America's greatest tree, widely used and in demand. Piney woods areas in the south like Aiken South Carolina Pinehurst North Carolina Thomasville Georgia and others attract health seekers with resinous ozone. The region offers cheap living good health and abundant fruits vegetables and melons with well fed people.
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Piney Woods
Vide Aiken
S C
Pinehurst
N. C
Thomasville
Germany Allows Farm Stills On 20 000 Farms
An authority on alcohol stills says there are 20 000 farm stills in operation on as many farms in Germany. The government permits farmers to produce a limited amount of rain or potato alcohol based on farm size location and annual demand, upon payment of a reduced revenue tax. Alcohol distilled in excess of the allowed quantity is taxed at a higher rate. Denatured alcohol, however, is not taxed.
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Poertion
Germany
Mother Brooke
Jane
Vetter Ubu
Countess Vanderbilt Gifts 600000 Crowns to Budapest Academy
Countess Szechenyi nee Vanderbilt of New York gives through her husband Count Ladislaus Szechenyi a gift of 600000 crowns to the Academy of Bajences in Budapest to endow chairs for Hungarian language history literature and law instruction seeking world wide recognition of Hungarian nationality.
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Countess Szechenyi
Vanderbilt
New York
Ladislaus Szechenyi
Academy of Bajences
Budapest
Telegraph wire totals by nation in the world
The United States leads with 1 160 965 miles of telegraph wire far surpassing Britain and France. Germany operates Europe s largest system at 461 080 miles while Russia and Siberia total 402 871 miles.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Gerany
Europe
Russia
Biberia
German Ring For Divorced And Widowed Persons
A new jewelry novelty in Germany features a ring designed for divorced and widowed people. The claim is that it helps avoid awkward explanations and saves carers from embarrassment, while discreetly signaling the wearer’s status to others.
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Germany
Finishing Touches On Capitol Area Utility Station
A $1 500 000 freancoare near the Capitol in Washington completes exterior work to provide heat light and power for the vast government complex on Capitol Hill. Taxicabs replace hansoms in New York as they fade from Manhattan streets. Merchants in the south push rural phone lines to boost regional trade and aid farmers with new homes.
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United States
Capitol
Washington
Ithmense
Capitol Hill
Yaphong
Fights Rise in Nigerian Districts Amid Bees Tactic
News arrives from Koguro and Atuikka in northern Nigeria describing fighting where bees are used as a weapon. Villagers drive off attackers by releasing swarms amidst canyonlike cactus barriers, a striking if brutal wartime tactic. Astronomers note comets, while rare in view, occur about three times yearly.
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Koguro
Atuikka
Nigeria
Gowns and packing tips from Woman's World in Harper's Bazaar
A Delineator note on diaphanous June race fashions features foulards and lace with muted porcelain blue gowns. Packing advice covers alpaca attire and essentials, plus a companion piece on children's table manners and gift ideas in Sheffield plate and monograms.
The Girl Who Tans A Skincare Regimen Advice
A Harper's Weekly style note recommends a tan care regime using lemon juice borax rose water and peroxide for stronger treatments. It suggests buttermilk oil rosewater milk of almonds and a facial cream routine for wind exposure oily skin and pore tightening with vinegar as needed.
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Harper's Lawer
Wedding Gifts That Are Different Pastel Sugar Tongs Suggestion
When unsure what to give for a bride you hardly know, a practical choice emerges. Sugar tongs, plain and heavy, offer a tasteful, reliable gift option that suits many tastes and occasions.
Take Good Care of Your Gloves
Glossy admonition on glove hygiene from The Delineator June issue urges regular inspection and mending. It contrasts washable chamois gloves with kid leather, notes dirt and germs harm appearance, and advises prompt repair to keep garments ready for use.
How to Destroy Cutworms and Odd Kitchen Substitutes
A June guide offers home remedies and humorous food substitutes. It describes using soap suds to surface and kill cutworms in peas, growing watercress by sinking a tub near a water source, and spoof recipes with unsafe substitutes like putty flavored to taste like fish, excelsior dyed green, lawn clippings served as salad, and a greeting to modern cook humor.
Absurd Old Time Recipes and Odd Massage Advice
A fragmented roundup combines macabre kitchen fantasy with foot massage methods, charlotte russe instructions, and a note on black velvet slippers. It cites a Success Magazine piece on East Indian foot massage, details on making a charlotte russe, and a description of velvet dinner slippers with crystal adornments.
Hints for Cherry Pie Time from The Delineator
Delicious cherry pie tips from The Delineator include using deep pie plates, preventing overflow with a wet cotton strip or paper funnel, and preparing a flour dusting or egg wash on the under crust. It covers cherry dumplings, a traditional baster batter, boiling dumplings, and a cherry sauce or hard sauce accompaniment.
Honesty From Success in a Restaurant Tale
A conversation unfolds with Sam the waiter seeking a recommendation. Clark promises to tell others Sam is honest. Sam thanks her and asks for a table and a short cheek tomorrow, signaling a request in a colorful dialect.
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Black Sam
Sonetimes
Sam
Missah Clark
When you are grown up will you be a doctor
In the Ladies' Name Journal a visitor asks a boy if he will be a doctor like his father. The boy responds with blunt humor, saying he could not even kill a rabbit, revealing candid cultural tones of youth and gender expectations.
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Ladies' Name
Punch Style Jest In A London Social Office
A comic exchange shows a husband asking his wife to avoid the dress from the prior night. Paddington quips that he can see her wife’s pack from Paris, delivering a witty boxed‑in jab typical of Punch’s humor.
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Punch
Paddington
Paris
Towa Raises Meat Supply
Iowa leads in corn fed stock to Chicago according to Union Stock Yards figures for 1903 to 1907. State totals show Iowa shipments averaging over 110 thousand carloads annually, far ahead of Illinois and other states, with Wisconsin a notable exception. The article argues high meat prices reflect shifts in shipments and points to Iowa as the primary source for Chicago meats.
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Chicago Tribune
Towa
Union
Chicago
Iowa
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company
Ilinois
Union Stock Yards
Golorato
Indiana
Illinois
Idaho
Kentucky
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Missouri
Nebraska
N. Dakota
S. Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Ohio
Private Argentine President’s Palace Coach From England
A luxury steel private railroad car sent from England to South America for Argentina’s president is described. The 78 by 10½ foot car includes a day saloon with Louis XVI styling, a bedroom, a bathroom with needle bath, a study, two more bedrooms, and a kitchen with attendants, all finished in green, gold, white, and leather, with Argentine emblems.
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England
South America
Popular Mechanics
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London
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Couturieres
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Davebrine
Tee
Austin
Sheffield Plate
Sheffield
Caroline Lenten
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Harper's Bazar
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Success Magazine
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Stella
Tington Milles
E. Munger
Munger & Johnston
Physicians and Surgeons
Spencer, Io
Citizens State Bank
T. H. Johnston
Chas. M’allister, A. M.,m.d
C. M
St. P. Railway
McAllister Block
J. M. Sokol
Spencer, Iowa
McAll
H. D. Green
Nicodemus Block
Dickeys Drug Store
J. C. Collister
M. D. Phyliciso
Main Street
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Union Block
Corner Main and
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G. G. Baker, D. V. M
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J. L. Bisbee
Banitary Plumbing
Lowa
Dr. King
Foley
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