Municipal ownership abroad and in the United States
The list surveys global and U S cities adopting municipal services. It notes Cardiff buying gas works, London feeding meals to schoolchildren, Paris funding horse races, New York dock investments, Vienna brick yards, and many others operating water works, electric lighting, tramways, bakeries, and abattoirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardiff
Wales
China
Manchester
England
London
Leeds
Oldham
Hull
Helena
Mont
Valparaiso
Chili
Brantford
France
Springfield
Dartmouth
Birkenhead
Columbus
Philadelphia
Logansport
Ind
Rotterdam
Leadville
Colo
Stockport
Hastings
Neb
Paris
Riga
Russia
Tarnpool
Austria
Berne
Switzerland
Dresden
Germany
Vienna
New York City
College of the City of
New York
Leicester
Hamburg
Baltimore
Kopernick
Weislock
Austria-Hungary
Toronto
Union
New Orleans
St. Louis
Marseilles
Lyons
Liverpool
Zurich
Geneva
Rochdale
Varied laws and customs from around the world
The item notes Berlin pawnshops funding charity, Tokyo cremation rates, a North Carolina Supreme Court case fining Southern Railway for a free pass to a legislator donor in 1897, boxing in Austria harming recruits, a three mile liquor ban near Iowa colleges, Paris holiday toys showing John Bull and a Boer fighting, and upcoming legislative efforts to protect state universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tokio
Japan
North Carolina Supreme Court
Burke County
Southern Railway
Austria
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
State University
Iowa City
Paris
John Bull
Reflections of a Bachelor
The New York Press notes sayings about love and flirtation. It observes tears at prayers reveal love, beauty invites forgiveness, letters kept near the heart, and engagement tests a man’s restraint while flirting is compared to molasses candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Notable Figures Share Quaint Personal Tidbits
Senator Hale of Maine is described as a fencing expert while William Jennings Bryan praises activity as the secret to health and stamina. Earl Grey reportedly paid Newcastle workmen to hear viewpoints on Little Englanders. Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts is listed among the nation’s wealthiest clergy. Emperor William amasses a world cards collection. Jerome K. Jerome recalls misfortune that sparked his later fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Maine
William Jennings Bryan
Earl Grey
Newcastle
Bishop Lawrence
Massachusetts
Tillman
Emperor William
Jerome K. Jerome
Cannon Chase
Engand
Practical wardrobe tips for a refined visit
The text advises making a white linen bag to hide toiletries and keeping dressing items discreet. It suggests converting shabby house shoes into dressing slippers with scarlet cloth and a black bow, and storing shabby frocks away in the wardrobe, taking only a few best outfits.
Gifts of millions by American women in 1899
The year 1899 saw American women donate well over 16 million dollars to philanthropic and educational causes. Major gifts include Mrs. Stanford's 10 million, Lydia Bradley's half a million for Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Miss Flood's Menlo Park transfer, and Mrs. E B Crocker's Sacramento home memorial. Additional gifts fund universities, colleges, hospitals, and endowments across California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and New York, with bequests and endowments to several institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Lydia Bradley
Peoria
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
E. B. Crocker
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Sacramento
Phoebe Hearst
Leland Stanford
California
Emmons Blaine
Chicago
Vassar College
Katherine Tuttle
Caroline Swift Atwater
Poughkeepsie
William Beldon Noble
Washington
Harvard University
University
John Simpkins
Lawrence Scientific School
Frederick T. Philips
Lawrence
R. JI
Wellesley College
Martha S. Pomeroy
Irene B. Lewis
Hamilton
N. Y
Colgate University
Marie Hopper
Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Joseph Moffatt
Los Angeles
Cal
Florence Chittenton Mission
Santa Barbara
Anna S. C. Blake
Cottage Hospital
Ortheopedic Hospital
Boston
St. John’s Guild
Augustus D. Juilliard
New York
University of Chicago
Helen Miller Gould
Paris
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Police Pension Fund
Kings’ Daughters of
Newport
Elizabeth Plankinton
Milwaukee
Young Women’s Christian Association
New England
Bishop Grafton
Fond du Lac
Wis
Eugene Kelly
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Baroness de Hirsch
Holy Innocent Church
Hoboken
Church of the Holy Communion
Caroline A. Cisco
St. Barnabas Hospital
Newark
Eliza Wells
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Elizabeth Thompson
Rhinebeck-on-Hudson
Whims of Actresses Highlight Personal Rooms
The piece describes Sarah Reinhardt receiving callers during hair and manicure, enjoying Oriental colors and fur, with rooms reflecting her personality. Yvette Guilbert hosts receptions in her room, lit by bright morning light, with curtains raised and a playful, impish look. Fleanora Duses favors a minimalist aesthete room with white linen draperies and hotel-room transforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Reinhardt
Yvette Guilbert
Bernhardt
New York Telegraph
Yvette
Fleanora Duses
Tricks With Money The American Woman in Paris Writes
A Paris memoir-like column recounts an American traveler detailing how bad money scams flourish in London and Paris. She narrates incidents of counterfeit five francs, misread coins, and costly toning baths, ending with reflections on glassware trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
England
How to Renovate a Worn Bodice with a Zouave Jacket
A worn bodice shows wear under the arms and back while the rest remains decent. Create a small bolero or zouave jacket to wear over it using velvet lace or cloth. Narrow lace or fringe works as well as bought trim. edge with fur for a smart, inexpensive update.
Women Write More Letters From Rural Iowa Route
A Davenport postal official in charge of a free rural route notes that women are the main beneficiaries of the new system. He says rural mail traffic largely consists of correspondence to and from farmers wives and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Labor interests push union labor in Boston and beyond
A sprawling roundup notes union labor trends across the nation including Boston city work shifts by unions, 3800 bicycle drum mers forced off the payroll, Columbus clerks pursuing Sunday closures, the Minneapolis Labor League reorganization, and diverse labor movements from St. Louis to Antwerp. It records Panama Canal labor, Pullman car plant shifts, rising union labels, and new labor councils in Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Columbus
Ohio
Minneapolis Labor League
St. Louis
France
New York City
Kansas and
Missouri
Antwerp
C. B. and Q. Railway
Panama Canal
Pullman Car Company
New Albany
Ind
Trades and Labor Council
All Trades
Muncie
Journeymen Plasterers
Cleveland
Sharon
Wheatland
Sharpsville
Chenango Valley
United Labor League
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Chicago
Pittsburg
Riverside
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
United States
Chicago Electric Car Company
Belgium
Recent Inventions Span Pedals Coal Cars and Park Devices
A roundup of new designs includes a bicycle pedal attachment to hold the foot, an Illinois coal car with an adjustable weatherproof cover, a sectional decoy duck device from New Hampshire, an electric floor sander with a geared shaft, a loop fastener for garment buttons, a curb bicycle stand with a movable rack, and a canal style amusement device that moves boats through a rising water current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
New Hampshire
Mack
Shirt waists return as staple fashion item
The season of shirt waists is at hand and likely always will be perennially popular. The article notes their comfort, prettiness, and practicality and offers an illustration with back and front vignettes to guide making one.
Easter Cards and the Poetry Behind Them
The tradition of sending Easter cards grows nationally with more prints this year. Firms in New York Chicago and smaller cities produce cards with poetry suitable for printing, but the poems must be real poetry rather than jingles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
How to Stuff and Roast a Pig in Three Hours
The article advises roasting a whole pig at three to four weeks old. Prepare a stuffing from six crackers, sage, savory, onion, cream, and eggs. boil liver and heart for gravy. Stuff, sew, boil with water, season with salt, flour and baste as it roasts for about three hours.
How to Roast a Chicken with Ham Dome and Pastry
Cut a plump chicken into joints and season with parsley white pepper and salt. Arrange in a pie dish with legs on the sides and add half a pound of cooked ham. Add two wings and the breast cut in two pieces. Form a ham dome in the middle, pour half a pint of white sauce or broth, cover with paste and bake.
Apple Tart Bake With Spiced Filling
Peel and core eight tart apples and fill hollows with sugar and mace or cinnamon. Prepare a batter from flour cornstarch baking powder melted butter, mix to drop-cake thickness, pour over apples and bake thirty minutes. Serve with sauce or, for richer pudding, stew apples first, bake with custard and wine sauce.
Macaroni with Cream and Tomato Sauce Recipe
Prepare half a pound macaroni until tender, drain lightly. Stir in half cup sweet cream and one third cup butter, season with pepper and salt and simmer briefly. Place in a vegetable dish. Top with one pint seeded tomatoes seasoned with butter salt and pepper and pour over macaroni.
How to Prepare Tender Greens with Butter Sauce
Break off the green leaves and cut the flower close at the bottom. If large, divide into four quarters and place in cold water for up to an hour. Boil with milk and water or water only until tender, then drain. Serve warm with melted butter.
Tender young fruit prepared as mashed stew
The instruction describes preparing fruit by cutting young specimens into pieces if very young, peeling and coring otherwise, simmering with a little water, pressing liquid, mashing, and dressing the result with butter pepper and salt.
Apple Preparation Instructions
Pare, cure and slice some apples and stew them with water to avoid burning. When done, mash through a colander, sweeten to taste, add a small piece of butter and a little nutmeg or lemon.
Egg dish with parsley and onions fried over a red hot poker
A recipe describes beating eggs with salt pepper parsley and green onions then adding finely minced bacon, mixing well and frying. The notes instruct scorching the top with a red hot poker for finish.
Pan roast with sage and sauces
A simple kitchen instruction outlining splitting meat in two, seasoning with sage salt and flour, baking, and basting. It advises serving with apple sauce or egg or white sauce for accompaniment.
Domestic Economy Facts And Household Remedies
A compact collection of household tips from cleaning mother of pearl to rust removal for steel. Guidance covers whitening with soap and water, candle handling to prevent grease, rubber plant light needs, moderate watering, cod liver oil use with flavor options, autographic ink making, fresh air and light as purifiers, and a simple method to test water purity using sugar and a night tumbler.
New York Society Embraces Grand Drop Earrings
Four Hundred fashion at the First Assembly ball features oversized drop earrings. Mrs Oliver H. P. Belmont shows turquoise drops with three per ear, barely touching her shoulder. Mrs Drexel wears diamond screws and a drop pearl. Miss Ethel Davies and Mrs Brad(ley) Martin attend in noted earrings. Mrs George Gould dons three rubies per ear, each gem valuable and conspicuous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Mrs. Belmont
George Gould
Servants in South Africa and the native houseboy
A London Mail summary on white households employing Zulu servants in South Africa. It notes costs, confinement to white households, age range from 14 to 40, and praises raw Zulu boys for honesty and efficiency. It describes language mixing, etiquette quirks, humorous naming practices, and the teachers of their mistresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Natal
John
Sheba
Jim
Charley
Ubomon
Indevan
Baas
London Mail
Honolulu Wheeling Chronicle From Local Correspondent
Honolulu hosts scarce bicycle riding for pleasure amid business use and high prices. No clubs or races since two years, a rough board regulates repairs, prices stay stable. A notable ride to Pala with coastal coast back, and a kingly history of Kamehameha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Sharrick
Whitman
Pala
Kamehameha
Hawaii
Oahu
Flere
Los Angeles
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley Pittsburgh Railroad Schedule Note
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad timetable fragment lists times 8 30 pm 6 45 619 6 16 601 5 41 with unclear context and stations. No clear event or full details due to damaged OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
Sun
San
New York
Seessseeess Boseod
Sesesesse Ee Aidady Coors
Bosreeceresene
Sesverees
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Feeding Poultry Tips From Mrs A C McPherson
Early morning mash of shorts vegetables such as potato parings turnips pumpkin minced cabbage and onions helps lice control. Noon light feed of oats barley millet scattered in room. Dry leaves or straw for grain bed and exercise. Night whole corn best for Asiatic fowl. avoid lavish corn. Barn sweepings and clover hay mixed into warm mash are relished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McPherson
Athens Co. Q
Poultry Notes and Breeding Tips From the Era
Poultry notes list incubation periods for common birds: hen 21 days, turkey 26, duck 30, goose 30, pigeon 18, guinea 23, pea hen 28. It advises lawful pest deterrence with caution about pets and hints at breeders seeking high egg yield and larger, darker eggs akin to Leghorns.
Wool biting in sheep caused by winter manure buildup
Experienced sheep men link wool biting to skin irritation from heated gas and manure accumulation in crowded winter quarters. Cleanings in January February and April help, but timing depends on sheds, yard conditions, and flock size. Top-dressing with winter manure may limit cleaning feasibility.
Dairy Hints and Feed Practices in Agriculture
One pound of cheese equals 2144 pounds of beef in nutritive value. Cooperation with animals is wiser than selling soil fertility for low grain prices. Indian corn with bran makes premier fodder. guard salt odors and use fine salt, Windsor is preferred. Butter left exposed develops off flavor on the outside.
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Europe
Republic
Napoleon
Kodak
Place Vendome
Tother
Mademoiselle
Femme de Chambre
Madecoivelle
Castoria
Fezzy
Waded
Bird’s Nest Pudding
Mmerce’s
Cordelia Henson
C. Smith & Son
Warren
Baker & Bowman Co
Utz & Dunn
Levis & Pifer’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Goker & Son
Golden Horse Shoe
No. 309
Second St
Rowland & Sons
W. C. Rowland
J. E. Rowland
W. C. Rowland, JR
Eolor Ra
N.greenland & Son
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Lancaster
Pullman
Erie
Williamsport
Kane
Phiadelphia
Dubois
J. B. Hutchinson
J. R. Wood
Pisa
W. H. Drouen
U. S
Dearborn St
The
Union Piano E Organ Do
the Union
2 Organ CO
East 134 Street
New York Central
Hudson River R. R. Co. Lessee
Geo. W. Bartlett
H. Parry
Exchange St
Buffalo
Gro
H. Daniels
Cincinnati St. Louis
East
West
F. H. Garfield
Jamestown
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Sheffield Junction
Lamona
Pohet Junction
Shef
Sheeld
Jerry Crary
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamance
Olean
Olean Express
Irvington
Tidbute
Tionesta
Oil City
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
Leffard
R. Bell
Parker's Ark
Ali
Plymouth Rock
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