Perils and promises of shopping in a great city
Narrator recounts imagined shoplifting fantasies and a real scare from a department store. A pensive girl and another woman discuss detec tive temptations, while a fashionably anxious chorus recalls a close call involving cufflinks and buttons. The moral: save money for better buys. Chicago News.
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Tate
Chicago News
Curious Sweat Gland Facts From the Human Skin
The article touts astonishing figures about sweat glands, claiming millions of glands, miles of tubing, and vast annual water loss. It cites varying authorities to back different lengths and totals, urging readers to accept whichever figure suits them.
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Saya
Ainstee
Graham Bread Disaster Lip Sunk by Cleaning Flour
Huldah, a new kitchen helper, bakes graham bread for the Beat family but substitutes whiting for graham flour. After guests arrive and the dough rises oddly, the loaf turns out crisp and oddly gritty. Mrs Best uncovers the fraud and dismisses Huldah.
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Mia
Chicago News
Huldah
Beat
Graham
Mra. Beat
Mrs. Best
Dressing Girl A Dream Dress and Church Hand Shake Tale
A 12 to 14 year old girl designs a white-alte dress with green velvet trim and lace bands. In Union City a pug named Jess disrupts a church service by attempting to shake hands with the minister, then returns to her seat displeased. A segment also notes landscape gardeners faking famous ruins and an asbestos mining overview in Canada with hand-picking and machinery processes.
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Jess
Goi
Lons
Manda
Union City
Philadelphia Times
T. R. Smoot
Tunnel under the Quirinal palace to link Rome quarters
In a few weeks a tunnel under Rome's Quirinal palace will open linking the ancient city with a newly built quarter from around 1870. It will be well lit by electricity and guarded by police wary of possible anarchist plots. The piece notes the Arctic region hosts the largest mosquitoes in the world.
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Virginia Water
Gelsbach
Water and
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Buasex
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Quirinal
Rome
Polce
Russia and America Trade War Histories of Friendship
The article discusses a tariff dispute between the United States and Russia over beet sugar and export duties. It recalls historic Russian aid during crises, including naval help during wars and a gold loan offer in 1893, arguing Russia and France have been steadfast friends while others were fair weather allies.
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Russia
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
America
England
Mason and Slidell
New York
Ruawan
Czar
Dr. Talmage
Berge Yulevitch de Witte
Lincoln
Europe
France
India Threatens Revolt and Pan-American Exposition Notes
Indian princes with British oversight hold limited sovereignty under treaties and may be curbed by Britain for peace. Armies and revenues total large sums with native troops. Armour’s generosity helped a colored porter pursue education leading to Oberlin college. Pan-American Exposition flag designed by Adelaide J. Thorpe features stars and an eagle bearing Pax 1901. Black walnut canes from Lincoln’s former farm were presented to cabinet members.
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India
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Buffalo
Adelaide J. Thorpe
North America
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Abraham Lincoln
Hierrstown Township
Macon County
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