London council teaches Mary Smith modern housewifery
The London county council opens a Brixton based school of housewifery and conducts classes in cookery bed making child care sewing and laundry for Mary Smith and other girls. Lessons stress economical living proper infant care ironing and finishing, with emphasis on turning housework into a respectable lifelong skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London County Council
Brixon
Mary Smith
Mary
Brixton
Marty Smith
Baby
Mery
London
New Photography Process Prints Direct on Ceramics
Miss Marion Peters of Middletown Pennsylvania showcased direct transfers from negatives onto ceramic tiles at a Franklin Institute exhibition. The method, first of its kind, preserves fine negative detail with a unique softer look while making images permanent under enamel. Exhibits include a Martin Luther medallion, German market scenes, and ship forecastle interiors with striking detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Peters
Middletown
Franklin Institute
Peters
Martin Luther
Not Really Her Fault Delineator Humor Of Beatrice
A Delineator note recounts a five year old girl Beatrice correcting a younger child. The child asserts authority and offers to fix a broken toy while a parent admonishes the rude remark and asks for politeness. The scene captures unconscious humor of children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laster
Beatrice
Brother
Tariff Dust Up Signals South Shifts From Democratic Ties
A Cleveland Leader interpretation notes that tariff pressures are weakening Democratic hold in the Deep South. Test votes show southern lawmakers aligning with industry needs, challenging historic party principles and Democratic allegiance as protectionism gains in southern states. The split fractures Democratic power from Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cleveland
Senate
House’ of Representatives
New South
South
Ohio
Gulf of Mexico
Better Than Guarantee for Bank Deposits
The text contrasts mutual bank deposit guarantees with solvency insurance paid by banks. It cites Comptroller agreed approach and Attorney General Wickersham's view that banks can insure their solvency at their own expense. Insurance is said to retain individual management while adding external inspection and oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham
Senator Money Defends Ore Tax as Revenue Source
Mississippi Senator Hernando D Money endorses a 26 cent per ton iron ore duty as a revenue measure. He cites revenue needs and defends it amid tariff debates, contrasting with other Democrats and protectionists in the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hernando D. Money
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Senate
Sutherland
Utah
Bacon
Georgia
Public Welfare Over Protection for Failing Enterprises
The comment argues that when an enterprise fails it must justify its public protection, showing contributions to welfare through freer circulation of goods, better quality, and lower prices. It contends protection should end if compensating benefits to the public are not evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Tillman Signals Tariff Views On Tea Raisers In South Carolina
The Hon. Ben Tillman discusses tariff policy, favoring revenue tariff with no tax on the poor man’s table and suggesting a modest protest for tea raisers in South Carolina. He notes the difference it makes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Tillman
South Carolina
Tariff Reform Seen As Better Law Yet To Come
Washington Star argues for extending the tariff reform process to craft a lasting, nonpartisan law. It cites the Dingley law as a model yet warns that delaying changes past McKinley’s era has hampered progress. The piece stresses timely revision to lower prices, boost production, and fund government without political uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Louse
Senate
Washington
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft Tackles Government Purchasing Reform
The Chicago Record-Herald notes President Taft’s shift from a lawyer to businesslike governance. He creates a Washington purchasing committee to review department needs, consolidate common buys, secure best prices, and ensure quality, replacing costly ad hoc procurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
United States
Washington
Chicago Record-Herald
Supreme Court Mercy and Merit in Commodity Clause
The editorial notes railroads may still face trouble as the Supreme Court exposes defects in the commodity clause. It warns that the court shows no favoritism and praises the just, impartial justice found in the United States Supreme Court, urging gratitude for its integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Pse
United States
Washington
Senator Daniel Sees Democrats In Worse Shape But Optimistic
Senator Daniel says he has seen the Democratic party in worse shape, yet remains hopeful about its prospects. The remark frames ongoing party challenges with a note of perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Daniel
Buckeye Officials and Court Decisions Highlight Ohio News
Italian consul seeks accountability for Giugliano Gravato who allegedly lost his mind after four months in county jail as a witness. Gov. Harmon pardons Joseph Dusseldorf and Earl Ritchie, commutes William Loctmann. Kearns to head state shop and factory reform. 39 appointive posts eyed for Democrats. Lake seamen strike unresolved. Wellston foundry dispute under mediation. Misbranding probes target Pennsylvania and West Virginia cat soup firms. Mahoning county local option rulings aim for fair challenger selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Giugliano Gravato
Jack” Evans
State Pardon Board
Harmon
Joseph T. Dusseldorf
Herman Fink
Hamilton County
Earl Ritchie
Stark County
William Loctmann
Franklin County
State Department of Workshops
Thomas A. Kearns
Dayton
Gov
John H. Morgan
Kearns
Columbus
Joseph Bishop
State Board of Arbitration
Cleveland
Lake
T. R. Jones
Wellston
Peck-Williamson
Bishop
State Dairy
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Dunlap
Thompson
Mahoning County
Secretary of State
Man sues for deformity from childhood lifting
Harley Piper, 26, claims spinal injury from being lifted by George H. Clayton, now 50, when he was a boy. Piper has been deformed for more than 20 years and sues Clayton as hearings begin Monday in Bellefontaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Harley Piper
Piper
George H. Clayton
Clayton
Pioneer Nicholas Zintsmaster Ends Life at 84 in Navarre
In Navarre Canton June 5 Nicholas Zintsmaster 84 a Stark county pioneer shot himself after declaring I have lived too long at his home. His wife heard a gunshot as she prepared breakfast and found him dead with a shotgun beside him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Nicholas Zintsmaster
Stark County
Navarre
Miners Fight Ends in Two Deaths at Gilles Bottom Mine
In Belmont county near Bellaire two men were shot and killed and a third fatally wounded during a mine riot over a factional fight in the union. About twenty workers clashed at the mine tipple before a shooter fired three shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Gilles Bottom
Here
Belmont County
Hand Made Nails Found in Old Trees Near Ashtabula
In Ashtabula on June 5, lumber dealer R. L. Sheldon of Jefferson reported discovering eight inches beneath the bark of two very old trees, 13 hand-made nails, 22 pebbles and a peach stone embedded within the trunks. The trees stood closely together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Sheldon
Jefferson
Peace Plan Rejected in Street Railway Fare War
City leaders reject Judge R W Taylor's terms for a street railway settlement over fare maximums. Mayor Johnson flatly opposes the plan and the city council shows tentative agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
R. W. Taylor
Johnson
Wife Deserter Sent Up in Bellefontaine June
Marvin Good of Bellecenter who vanished two years ago leaving his wife and two children was sent to Manafield reformatory by Judge Brodick. He left home a week after his youngest child was born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Marvin Good
Bellecenter
Manafield Reformatory
Brodick
Good
Burdens Lifted by Dean's Kidney Pills
A testimonial from Mrs. Wesley Clemens of Manchester Iowa credits Dean's Kidney Pills with easing her back and kidney pains after constant sewing work. She reports rapid improvement and full relief after a course of the pills sold at 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Wesley Clemens
Marion St
Manchester
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N, Y
Selfish tariff talk quoted by Senator Dixon
The piece cites Senator Dixon critiquing a tariff proposal as selfish. It references a Missoula anecdote about George Cartwright and his ill week, then shifts to a light note on kissing as a natural art, attributing the quip to the Atlanta Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
George Cartwright
Missoula
George
Lydia Pinkham Medicine Boosts Winchester Woman Says
Mrs May Deal of Winchester credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing her when four doctors warned of dropsy and pain She recommends the remedy to other women noting relief from cramps chills sleep problems and distress The company based in Lynn Mass promotes the product to girls with painful or irregular periods and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Pinkham
Mrs. May Deal
Winchester
Lydia E. Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Solomon
Tondon
Housewives
Buckeye
Atlanta Constitution
Ind
Western
Canada
Leone
Hh.m. Williams
Law
Toledo
Chia
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!