First Day of Year Bustles With Diplomatic Social Duties
The opening day of the year swells with social obligations for ambassadors ministers and their staffs alongside diplomatic spouses. Preparations begin weeks early with dressmaking and the noon breakfast at the secretary of state residence drawing over 200 attendees to a mansion valued at $150,000. A separate note mentions French excavations uncovering a 6,000 year old city in Babylonia.
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Philan
Babylonia
Diplomatic New Year at Washington Attire and Etiquette
Washington’s New Year social season opens with diplomats in full court dress awaiting the president’s White House reception. Ambassadors lead in seniority, followed by ministers, as lavish uniforms glitter with gold lace and insignia. The day continues with formal calls at vice president, cabinet, and other official residences, ending with a night of ceremonial dinners across the city.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
United States Army
Navy
White House
Baron Mayor Des Plancheys
Italy
Diplo
House of Representatives
Army
Ruskin and Rose La Touche Friendship in Youthful Years
In 1858 John Ruskin gave drawing lessons to Rose La Touche, a charming friendship grew through letters and drawings. They did not meet for ten years, during which Rose matured from a blue-eyed child into a very lovely young woman.
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Ruskin
Rose la Touche
Surrey
Munpey
Primitive mills in Brazil described by De Young
Vice-Consul De Young reports from Santos on a primitive Brazilian corn grinding method. In the interior, a mojello uses a water driven trunk cup and pestle to pound corn, with water releasing to reset the log. Modern grinders are scarce, offering market for a small affordable device for family use.
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Brazil
Consul de Young
Santos
Onion Tale Ends in Silent Divorce
A humorous old tale describes a husband who loved onions but deserts them for a festive maiden. The wife, surprised by his change, learns he has left the onions and then the marriage, reflecting a sad yet playful end to a very peculiar divorce.
Sores Eyes Cured by Cuticura Ointment
G B Halsey of Mouth of Wilson Virginia describes two years of inflamed eye balls and lids not responding to physicians or home remedies, then quick recovery after one week use of Cuticura Ointment. He notes lasting relief and praises the product. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston is listed as sole proprietor.
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Cutiura
G. B. Halsey
Mouth
Wilson
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Prope
Boston
Western states unite against tuberculosis drive
Public sentiment rises as every state west of the Mississippi except Idaho Wyoming Utah Nevada and New Mexico joins the fight against tuberculosis State sanatoria for treatment are now established in Minnesota Idaho Missouri Arkansas North Dakota South Dakota and Oregon State anti tuberculosis associations have been formed and are active in Washington Oregon California Arizona Montana North Dakota Colorado Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana Efforts to eradicate tuberculosis are under way nationwide
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Mississippi
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
New Mexico
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oregon
Washington
California
Arizona
Montana
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Iowa
Louisana
A Sane Diet for a Person Aged Seventy to Seventy Five
The guide suggests a diet rich in vegetables and fruit with some fish eggs a little meat and simple cereals to avoid obesity. It advises against drinking with meals and recommends two quarts or more of water between meals and hot water for inactive days. It cautions that stimulants like tea and coffee should not be strong.
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Harper’s Bazar
Just Married Echoes Of Family Fate
Gwendolyn and Harry celebrate marriage while debating how awful life would be if their parents had never met or they had never been born. The moment underlines cherished family ties in a reflective tone from Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
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Gwendolyn
Harry
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Needle and Thread Joke
An old advertisement promises testimonials for Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co. while a quip about a needle and thread humorously riffs on being pulled through when the thread gets in a hole. The snippet blends a product pitch with a punny cartoon moment from a periodical page.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Silent snobbery over rival readers sparks a question
A playful exchange compares two women who snub each other, each noting the other’s taste in fiction. A stray fragment then laments youth, reputation, and wisdom in the presence of new graduates.
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Miss Cayenne
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