The Jefferson County Record Opinion Notes On Beauty Standards
The article outlines gendered beauty criteria for women emphasizing regular features clear eyes and a white hand. It also cites a Department of Labor bulletin on European bathhouse management showing spread of public baths and workmen's showers in Britain Germany and American interest in providing baths for workers.
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Europe
Department of Labor
England
Great Britain
Germany
Iowa Exposition Appeal Urges Rapid Fund Raising
The Iowa Exposition Commission asks farmers and stockmen to raise 60 000 beyond a 10 000 state appropriation to fund a strong Iowa exhibit at next summer's Omaha exposition. Iowa previously won a farm and dairy gold medal at Philadelphia and impressed at Chicago, prompting a call for statewide pride and support.
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Iowa
Omaha
Boston Mayor Race Sparks Pugilist Candidacy Contest
Mayor Quincy of Boston refused to greet boxer Sullivan and Sullivan announced a mayoral bid against Quincy provoking a political rival with a combative tone. Sullivan frames the platform around public play spaces for children and fair wages for women and workers.
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Quincy
Boston
Sullivan
Sul
Indian Question Reframe Labels Plunder as Idler Side
A remark shifts framing of the Indian question by labeling the plunder side as the idler side and describing killers of Indians as confined to dime museums, alleging they rely on imagination for ammunition.
Lecture and song at Lutheran church tomorrow night
The Atchison Globe notes Professor Kuerr will lecture at the Lutheran church tomorrow night and Mise Ellison will sing. Admission is 25 cents, or two for a quarter.
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The
Atchison Globe
Kuerr
Ellison
Partridge Shooting Tactics on Maryland Shores
The article argues Maryland offers prime partridge hunting this season with abundant coveys across Dorchester Wicomico Worcester Somerset Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. It details a typical five to six man drive along the coast, roles for drivers centers and outside gunners, and describes coveys crossing sea banks and flushing over tidal shorelines.
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New Yok
New England
Maryland
State Game and Fish Protective Association
Kansas
Dorchester
Wicomico
Worcester
Somerset
Prince George’s
Anne Arundel
Connecticut
Atlantic Coast
Middle South
Mortgage First Joke With Swedish Buyer
A Swede visits a lawyer asking for a mortgage on land bought from Nels Petersen. The lawyer suggests a deed, but the man insists on a mortgage to protect against a previous seller having taken land with a mortgage.
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Hare
Maister
Nels Petersen
Socks worn for forty years become family heirloom at wedding
A Pittsburgh wedding anecdote recalls a groom arriving in a pair of socks knitted four decades ago. The elderly hosiery has appeared at two prior weddings and is now retired in camphor for future generations.
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New York
Pittsburg Dispatch
A Light Meal First Moth Still Hungry
Two moths share a brief exchange about hunger. First Moth asks if the meal sufficed, and Second Moth replies the dinner was only a girl’s bathing suit, implying a minimalist or surreal humor in a small-format panel.
Present Russian Premier Earns Mixed Praise for Schemes
The article reviews Dr. Miguel's tenure as Prussia's finance minister noting mixed success. It credits a progressive income tax and abolition of taxation immunity for nobles, contributing to rising revenue and a 60 million mark surplus, with an 80 million mark forecast. The Emperor honors Miguel with the Black Eagle.
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Miguel
Europe
Landtag
Prussia
Snake Bite That Didn't Kill
F. T. Summers, bitten by a two horned viper near Opobo in West Africa, killed the snake and escaped death after rapid swelling. He was treated at the consulate by Dr. Thomas with iodine or bromide of potassium and recovered in eleven days, with the leg swelling subsiding from three times normal.
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Benny
West Africa
F. T. Summers
Opobo
Young Taunton Caller Told to Eat Bread and Go Home
An East Taunton Mass youth who believed himself old enough to date was admonished by a girl's mother. She briefly left, returned with bread and molasses, and ordered him to eat and hurry home to avoid his mother’s worry.
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Sonny
Taunton
Mass
Treasury
Wind Flower Appears Only With Breeze In South America
A cactus family shrub about three feet tall with a crook at the top is said to reveal several beautiful flowers only when the wind blows. The flowers emerge from little lumps along the stalk as the breeze passes. Some say the bloom is visible only during windy conditions in the region.
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South America
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