Fabrics and Fashions for Brides and Day Wear Gowns
New York Evening Post outlines summer dress trends with pure white fabrics from shoes to parasols, delicate sleeves, and elaborate shirt waists. It highlights taffeta and organdie gowns, Parisian embroidery, sage green silks, and velvet trimmings, noting chic tea gowns and negliges in light silks and mohair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Trousseaux
India
Eton
Ehine
Harrow
Gould
Chantilly
Our Way to Ride by Allen Sangree in Ainslee's Magazine
Ted Sloan revolutionized riding by a erect posture and minimal weight on the horse, inspiring English jockeys to imitate him. The piece traces earnings, frugality, and later fates of famed jockeys including the Reiff brothers, Sloan, and Ural, noting retirement woes and post-racing careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Sangree
Ainslee
Ted Sloan
Sloan
All England
Reiff Brothers
Danny Maher
Martin
England
Reiff Boys
Ohio
God Ural
Coney Island
Ural
Triumph
Charles Ross
Mike Bergen
Petie Dunn
New York
Jimmy McLaughlin
Revenue of Ocean Liners in Ainslee's Magazine
The article examines New York offices and rent for major lines like White Star and North German Lloyd, plus advertising, printing and insurance funds. It notes large insurance pools, dividend leaders Hamburg American, North German Lloyd, and White Star, and mentions Cunard expanding into cargo and ships docking at New York with values cited for Hamburg American and North German Lloyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Wood
Ainslee
New York
State Street
Lower Broadway
No Line
White Star Line
Lloyd Mne
Bowling Green
Trieatlantic Lines
Hnes
Lloyd Hnes
Holmay
Cunard
White Star
American
Lloyd
Oceanis
Hamburg-American
Cunard Line
Emalier
Inez
Hampure
White
Forest Culture in Indiana Presses for Timber Preservation
Prof. W H Freeman of the Indiana State Board of Forestry urges strong action to halt timber land shrinkage. He notes declines from 1,227,141 acres in 1890 1900 to about 242,854 acres in 1897 1898 and explains coppice and woods pasture as key classes. He advocates seedling planting after tree removal, careful use of pure timber land, coppice management, and transforming woods pasture into forest with deep soil turning and early spring planting. He cites improvement of Bronnenburg near Anderson and calls for farmer participation and board assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Freeman
State Board of Forestry
Indiana
Bronnenburg
Anderson
Ind
George Forey
Lmits
Jland
Forestry Board
Lonely St Kilda Rocks in the Atlantic
An English census officer visits St Kilda, Britain’s westernmost point, a remote island group off Uist. The islanders rely on sea birds for fuel and food, harvest tens of thousands of birds each summer, and fear ships bringing a rumored epidemic. Population has dwindled from two hundred to about seventy-seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uist
St. Kilda
Great Britain
Lfe
Grange Wife Exiled to St Kilda for Eight Years
The Grange family saga unfolds as Lady Grange, loyal to the King, confronts her husband Earl of Mar over treachery. After threats, Lord Grange abducts her in Edinburgh and sends her to Skye then St Kilda, where she endures eight years in exile under McLeod ownership and Dunmore feudal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Earl of Mar
James
Lady Grange
Man fakes death notice to trick papers ends in embarrassment
A youth entered Baltimore Herald and Sun offices with a self written obituary for C Raymond Murphy claiming he died of heart trouble. City editors verified the tale, a reporter checked the address, found the story false, and Murphy was alive. The incident prompted no print in the Herald and a correction in the Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Herald
The
Herald Sunday Evening
C. Raymond Murphy
North Calvert Street
P Gity
J. Edwin Murphy
Baltimore Star
Emily R. Murphy
J. ©. P. Murphy
Bonnie,Brae
Herald
the Sun
Emily P. Murphy
J. C. P. Murphy
Richard J. Kuntze
James Sullivan
Elmo Murphy
Leo J. Doewnly
William
Land Crabs on Christmas Island Revealed in Pearson’s Magazine
A Pearson’s Magazine article explores tropical land crabs on Christmas Island. It describes the robber crab’s size and gaudy colors, eye-stalks, and claws, plus a smaller red land crab that burrows and hoards leaves. It notes mass inland migrations to the sea for breeding and the hermit crab’s inland shell-dwelling habits and cliff foraging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christmas Island
Bees Found Nesting In Senator Carters Home
A swarm of bees inhabited Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana's Washington home, filling spaces between joists with honey. Mrs Carter reports hundreds of pounds harvested over a week, as fumes of sulphur finally drove the insects out. Neighbors wish to keep the bees for local honey. The three story brick house at 022 Staughton Street is their residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Bers
Carters
Staughton Street
Bee infestation fills old home with honey treasure
The narrator recalls uncovering a floor filled with honey stacked between joists, reaching from ceiling to floor across fourteen inches. Bees were smoked out with sulphur. hundreds of pounds were removed, more remains under the fur, and the floor was restored as the bees returned to their hive.
Relic Craze for Souvenirs Haunts President Visit Home
Relic hunters harass Henry T. Scott in San Francisco where President McKinley stayed, rambling through the Scott home for keepsakes from the visit. Police guard the house as guards chase away marauders while noting the value of doormats, knobs, and gates touched by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Henry T. Scott
McKinley
Scott
Washington
Scott House
San Jose
Sete
Tricks With An Automobile In Remarkable Driving Feats
Chicago driver Jack Worth demonstrates trick driving with a delivery wagon. He snaps a watch case with a wheel at 8 to 10 mph without damaging the timepiece. He also cracks an egg shell under a wagon tire without spilling contents, showing precise control of the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson's Magazine
Jack Worth
Worth
Chicago
Prevention of Typhoid Fever Warns Readers
Youth's Companion emphasizes prevention of typhoid fever as a waterborne disease. Contaminated drinking water and milk, raw oysters, and improperly cleaned bottles spread the bacillus. Emphasis on pure water, boiling or cooking foods, and stomach care to reduce infection risk.
To-morrow Seventeen and the Sex Problem
A Detroit Journal excerpt portrays a girl in a strict New England upbringing pondering turning seventeen and writing a frank novel about the sex problem. The narrator notes she is an unusually mature girl, yet constrained by social expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
New England
Live Stock Market Report from Indianapolis Union Stockyards
The Indianapolis Union Stockyards report steady cattle prices with hogs opening steady and closing slightly lower while sheep decline. Cattle receipts were light this week, with overall demand steady. prices stable with some softening in grass fed cattle. Hog prices fluctuated daily but closed near week’s end higher than last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Missouri
Bucot Asc Ceese
Yesu
B.S
Interstate
Enity
Fe Bey
Kasmnadeee
Chicago
Momar
Texas
Rae
Salen
Kansas City
Gragg Tenn
ST. Lowis
Agate Aarne
South
Omaha
New York
Nambe
Yscar
ST. Joseph
Methods in Cities: Methodists Grow in Urban Centers
Harper's weekly examining Methodist urban growth notes seven of American cities with populations over twenty five thousand show Methodist losses only in ten year span. Boston Chicago and St Louis show strong gains. North cites wealthier members drifting to other folds but discipline remains a restraint on drinking and leisure. The article weighs urban wealth, lifestyle tastes, and church adherence amid changing city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nort
New York
Nation City Evangelization Union
Huri
Boston
Chicago
S T Louis
North
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fletcher National Bank
J. Fletcher
Chas, Latham
S. A. Morrison
S. A. Fletcher
Penses
Manakee
Lonely ST. Kilda
Atlantic Plat
Balti
South Sea Island
Senator Carter
Hunters
Mcinley
Columbia National Bank Capital
Washington Street
Mortimer Levering
A. A. Barnes
W. F.C. Golt
W. K. Sproul, Jr
Ags
Elsewner
Methodists
Harper's Weekly
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!