Washington taft aide Jimmie Hay sent to Beverly
A Washington Times journalist Jimmie Hay who covers the White House was sent to Beverly during Taft's summer trip. The editor asked him to return, joking about telegrams and prices. The page also includes satirical quips from Puck on weather and a joke about Fletcherism Westonism.
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Jimmie Hay
Washington Times
White House
Taft
Beverly
Jimmie
Washington
Hay
Fair City
Saturday Evening Post
Up-to-Date Mythology and Louis Wain Cat Art Fame
A collage of whimsy about Louis Wain the famed cat artist, references to Hercules and Pandora, and a theater encounter. Fragmented humor and media banter mingle with brief jokes about fashion, engagements, and a detective scene.
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Cerebus
Pandor
Pandora
Chanticless
Insomnia and Sleep Disorder Conversation
A dialogue explores insomnia as a class of mala drea. A student claims insomnia is contagious, citing a neighbor's dog sleeplessness as experiential evidence. The professor questions the source, prompting discussion on sleep health and hypotheses about contagion versus perception.
Fragmentary Notebook Quip Tries To Fit In Odd Laughs
A garbled OCR passage from a humor page jumbles names and phrases about pork, a fan, a car ride, a prominent lawyer’s wife and hygiene. The text reads like a scattered index note with incomplete dialogue and non sequiturs.
High-brow serenade awakes city girl in Alma Signal
A girl regarded as belonging to the high-brow crowd was serenaded at night, prompting a friend to remark that there is nothing nicer than waking to vocal singing. The Alma Signal reports the incident as a light local anecdote reflecting social chatter.
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Alma
Fragmentary quip about Gorely Tried remarking on phonograph
A suburbanite mulls a remark about Job's event and an innocent bystander asks how to figure it out. The other explains that the next door neighbor did not own a phonograph, adding a playful misinterpretation.
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Gorely
Pati
Mud Flats and Worries Over Growing Old
A Chicago man remarks on fine swimming holes near St. Louis, then jokes about bathing after a Mississippi swim. A St Louis man questions the man’s after swim actions. The Inevitable features Mrs de Woory, who wears a discontented expression and worries constantly. The cause is aging.
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Chicago
St. Louis
St Louie
Hats for Mourning in Elegant, Subtle Designs
Three mourning hats display restrained styles with fine workmanship. Small to moderate shapes include a tiny crape turban with rolled brim and a flat brimmed hat with chiffon underbrim. Velvet turban, crape and chiffon trims, veils, and black lynx fur accents complete the somber millinery.
Combining Lace and Beading for Thin Fabrics
Detailed sewing guidance for attaching lace and beading to light materials such as muslin or underwear. Includes threading tips, gathering technique, and methods to insert lace or straight edges, baste designs, and finish hems with careful overstitching.
Fashion notes on belt and waistline adornments in Paris gowns
A Paris fashion piece highlights belting as a new understated touch to gowns, with sapphire blue dinner dresses and rose girdles. It notes neck and wrist frills elevate tailor made suits, praises home made trims from chiffon to lawn, and urges frills as affordable fine needlework boosting children's wear.
Tailored veil idea conceals low neck attire
A girl conceives a method using tarrow beading around the bottom and baby ribbon threaded through to pin at back. Matching the well with the color, the beads and ribbon fasten under the chin, preventing untidy or bulky veil while worn with a low-necked blouse.
New Color Combinations Create Dark Red Blue Purple Effect
The latest color pairings combine a dark red with a bright blue to produce a fashionable purple tone. The note warns against mixing with black lines in the boat or any neutral shade to preserve the effect.
Heinze Marries Actress Misa Henderson in Montana
Butte reports a high profile wedding as copper magnate Fit Augustus Heinze wed actress Misa Bernice Henderson, known for Vampire in A Fool There Was, in a union that draws public interest beyond the bride. Heinze, born 1867 in Brooklyn, built vast Amalgamated Copper influence and battled the trust through Montana courts while maintaining wage standards for workers.
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Butte
Mont
Fit Augustus Heinze
Misa Bernice Golden Henderson
Montana
Heinzo
Brooklyn
Germany
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Great Amalgamated Copper Company
Ost
Heinze
Amalgamated
Supreme Court
Sulia
Amalgamated Company
Ile Bride
Kathryn Knelred
Mise Henderson
David Belay
Women Smoking Sparks Moral Crusade in Washington
In Washington a campaign targets women smoking cigarettes, arguing it signals social decay. The piece argues smoking by high status women is nothing new, citing Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln’s mothers, and notes immigrant mothers and daughters also smoked pipes, framing the debate as hypocritical.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Doctor Advised Operation Ends With Quick Recovery
Galena Kansas Mrs RR Huey describes a March fall causing a painful lump near the right side. A top Kansas doctor advised surgery for a rupture like tumor. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the lump broke and passed away. The ad touts the remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities and backache. It invites free expert advice from Lydia E Pinkham's sales agents.
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Galena
Kans
Kansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
RR. Huey
Eral Ave
Order of Spings Meeting Gives Lost-Heart Theme
Atchison Globe reports on the Ancient Order of Sping gathering where members discussed independence and loneliness of wives and mothers. A speaker recalled past hardships and urged sisters to visit lonesome women, as the group planned ongoing outreach.
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Order of
Sping
Spin
Alice
Atchison Globe
Why He Wouldn't Hurry in Church Ride
A church party rides late to service. The old pastor jokes not to fret as listeners await. The tale echoes a prisoner’s calm, with guards anxious to start but the condemned man replying that people can wait.
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Christian Herald
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