America's Guarantee of Peace With Japan
An essay argues that Anglo American alliance with Japan underpins world peace through shared aims in commerce and industry. It notes Japan’s vast 1905 trade, with Japan exporting heavily to the U.S. and the U.S. buying less from Japan, and asserts stronger U.S.-Japan trade secures global stability.
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America
Japan
Great Britain
Commodore Perry
Pacific
Atlantic
United States
Prosperity Challenges Public Service Pay and Retention
The era of broad prosperity boosts private labor rewards, making civil service jobs harder to fill and retain. The postal service salaries lack clear increases, and a reclassification with defined, periodic raises tied to tenure is urged to attract and keep capable workers.
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Moe
Postal
Gum or a Valuable Final Asset
Humor aids serious work by adding spark to effort and speeding appreciation among leaders. The piece praises Mark Twain as a great humorist who moves readers to both tears and laughter, notes Roosevelt and Lincoln as humorous in their own right, and argues humor unites pathos with wit in enduring greatness.
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Roosevelt
Mark Twain
Lincoln
Father Valorizes Education Over Illness
A boy pleads to skip school due to a sore thumb but his stern father insists schooling must continue. The father notes his own self-taught education and believes education is invaluable, despite never attending school. This excerpt from the Chicago Record-Herald reflects a parent's fierce belief in schooling.
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Chicago
Eerald
Murdock
Chicago Record- Herald
Chicago Record-Herald
A Nightly Parade of Witty Notes and Jests
A long collage of light humor from the era with quips about imag inative girls and phone kisses. It weaves jokes about doctors, love at first sight, odd bets, and everyday mishaps. Names of papers and snippets of dialogue animate the page with playful punchlines.
Bitter cold prompts jacket reminder at the bridge dives
A fragment from Brooklyn Eagle notes a shivering husband and a witty retort about buttoning up, while a bridge disaster joke follows and a river flood danger is mentioned by a bridge tender. The scene shifts to social quotes from the Musicale and remarks in the Baltimore American with playful exchanges.
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Hubby
Witey
Brooklyn Eagle
Turn-Over Collars and Lace Details Dominate Neckwear Trends
A fashion piece surveys neckwear, highlighting turnover collars with Valenciennes lace, delicate frills, and varied edgings. It notes lace and insertion combinations, fringe tab styles, silk scarfs, and matching cuffs sets with hand embroidery. Prices for scarves range from 35 cents to $1.50.
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Valenciennes
Violet Hostess Luncheon and Book Party Ideas
The piece describes violet themed hosting ideas for March including a violet lunch menu with caviar toast baked oysters and desserts, violet centerpieces, and gowns. It also covers an “A Novelty Shower” for brides with unusual gifts and a lively book title costume party. New color trends are noted with browns greens and bronze shades entering fashion.
Fashion notes from a 1900s school and nursery scene
A description of a taffeta shirt waist suit with omitted sleeves and a deep armhole, exposing lingerie waist beneath. Then a red cloth and black velvet frock with white underbety and velvet ribbon on white foundation. A baby's sheer lawn dress features hand embroidered yoke and lace trim. Orlos diamond linked to 67 murders.
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Taffeta
Miss’ Sicure
Berty
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Amile
Chicago News
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George
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Pope
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Gether
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