Fashion Talk: City Men vs Foreign Styles in Dress
A veteran tailor compares American and foreign dress, debunking myths about London Paris and Berlin styles. He argues American tailoring outshines English and French, notes climate affects cloth quality, and predicts trends for summer with military coats large peg trousers and white vests gaining popularity.
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Indianapolis
London
Paris
England
America
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Washington's Beginning and the Capitol's Early Plans
Washington's early history details the federal city’s formation, L'Enfant's abandoned Pantheon vision, and Andrew Ellicott completing the work. It notes lotteries funded the Capitol and President's House, Virginia and Maryland grants, and public clamor over lavish outlays and corruption.
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Washington Times
Washington
Congress
Thirteen Colonies
L'Enfant
Paris
Andrew Ellicott
Capitol
Virginia
Maryland
National Capitol
Harvard
Vienna
Cahaba
Alabama
Jordan Presidency and the Stanford Link
In The World's Work account, Dr. Jordan recalls becoming Indiana University zoology professor in 1879 and then unexpectedly choosing to accept the California Presidency at Stanford University. He describes resisting the role, initial resignation, and how founder Leland Stanford cited Cornell ties in his election, with White's recommendation and a trunk of global faculty applications left unopened.
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F. B. Millard
Indiana University
Jordan
Mr. Stanford
Bloomington
University
California
Pr. White
Stanford
Cornell
White
Isl
New University
Asd
Indiana
Incandescent Lamps Cause Heat and Fire Risk
Milwaukee Free Press notes that only 6 percent of electrical energy becomes light while 4 percent becomes heat. A 16 candlepower lamp at 100 volts boiled 300 g water in one hour, and cellulose near the lamp ignited in five minutes, underscoring the need for caution with electric lighting.
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Milwaukee Free Press
Women Bought and Sold in Damascus Markets
The Chicago Record-Herald letter describes Damascus as a place where Moslem women are veiled and largely confined to domestic roles while girls and women labor in workshops for low wages. It notes arranged marriages, dowries, and the sale of women to pashas, alongside a view of social life, funerary customs, and the prevalence of harems, with violence and exploitation framed in a critical, morally charged tone.
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W. E. Oie
Damascus
Chicago Record-Herald
Constantinople
Bohemia
Hungary
Chicago
Fall River
Sweden
Spain
Japan
Bolivia
Turkey
Mascus
Constanople
Smyrna
Ottoman Empire
Acaha
Naples
Pera
Asia Minor
Standard Oil Company
Batoum
Syria
United States
David
God
Fruit Trees Bloom as Decorative Bouquets in London
Flowering fruit trees are grown in greenhouses to bloom in spring, with leaves often absent. Plum cherry peach and currant varieties used for aesthetics produce no fruit, some doubled through hybridization. Sprays fetch high prices and are arranged in vases or dishes for table decoration, rooted in Japanese vase styling with symbolic meanings.
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London
White Silks Offer Read in Partial List
Stock buyers see strong demand for white silks with a partial catalog listing items such as White Wash Taffeta Silk White Silk de Alma White Wash Louisine Silks and White Pallette De Sole priced from 49c to 1.55 per yard including Shantung Pongees Shanghai Silks and Grenadines.
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Alma
Beaten copper vases and flowering fruit trees
The piece notes flower trees need different vase shapes for display, usually beaten copper, and though beautiful they are affordable at 3s to 5s each, offering lasting value as decorations compared with cut flowers. It references Chicago Tribune dialogue on beef prices provoking farmers to leave.
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Arran
Haag's Liver Pills Move to 2 North Pennsylvania Street
The chemist behind Haag's Liver Pills relocates from Denison House to 2 North Pennsylvania Street. Mr Haag will occupy Anam Saat See Ah Rant and basement opposite the new location, expanding his salesroom and drug store presence.
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Haag
Denison House
Pennsylvania Street
Anam Saat See Ah Rant
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Marseilles
Dr. Jordan
Tommy
Me Layee
India
Bso
Point de Paris
Spo
Aoy
Opera
Madras
Oxford
Designer Readers
L. S. Ayres Cao
Merchants’ Association
Chicago Tribune
Beef Trust
Julius A. Haag
Canadian Rockies
Guildhall
Canadias
Rockies
Switzerlands
Edward Whymper
The
Matterhorn
Canadian Pacific Railway
Imperial Limited
New York
Boston
Atlantic Coast
Montreal
Toronto
Canadian Pacific
Imperl Limited
Palace
Banff
Pacific Coast
A. C. Shaw
Clark St
Chicago, NL
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