Paper Collars Still Made Despite Modern Dress Trends
A Warren haberdasher notes paper collars persist for old fashioned dressers and bulk orders from a northern planter. The celluloid collar industry remains strong with global exports, including to France, Germany, Italy, and even the Russian army. Major markets are the West, with lumbermen in Minnesota and Wisconsin buying by the bale. policemen wear them in cities. Fireproofing improvements ended the old flam I able joke about burning collars.
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New
Fiji Islands
Tropics
France
Germany
Italy
Turkey
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Paris Becomes World’s Best Lighted City
Paris claims the title of best lighted city after a measured, large scale electric installation under the central markets. The system serves experimental purposes and regulates charges by leasing city divisions to electric companies, while subways prevent obstructive wires.
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Paris
Tea Cigarettes A Novel Form Of Tobacco
A medical journal claims the tea cigarette challenges the nerves and vitality more than tobacco. Made from whole green tea leaves with tea dust, it looks like a cigarette but induces a heady sensation followed by exhaustion, then nausea and loss of appetite. Recovery is hard and relapse common.
Ingenious Device for Ash Disposal on Steamships
The article explains a new chute system that uses a strong air current to blow ashes from ship furnaces directly into the sea. Previously ashes were gathered in large cans and hoisted to decks for overboard disposal, a time consuming task. The device dramatically reduces labor in handling enormous quantities of refuse.
Roman Emperor Trajan Bridge to Unite Romania and Serbia
Romanian engineers find the piers of Trajan s Danube bridge solid enough for a new structure linking Terna Severin in Romania with Gladova in Serbia. A statue of Trajan will stand at the bridge’s center four squares to all winds.
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Trajan
Danube
Terna Severin
Roumania
Gladova
Servia
School Children Provided For In Roubaix
In Roubaix a socialist stronghold 11 000 public school children receive free meals and clothing funded by the town. Each school dinner includes soup bread vegetables meat and a glass of wine. At summer and winter starts each child gets a complete suit of clothes.
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Roubaix
France
Strange pet wasp tamed by Sir John Lubbock in Pyrenees
A man kept a wasp as a pet after catching it in the Pyrenees. He began by feeding it by hand and the wasp soon expected meals that way, making it perhaps the strangest pet in his experience.
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John Lubbock
Pyrenees
Petrified Wood in Arizona Almost Diamond Hard
Report notes some petrified wood in Arizona is so hard that steel tools fail to cut it, with petrifications described as three degrees softer than diamond.
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Arizona
Forging Bank Notes Spurs Hiring at Bank of England
The Bank of England added 70 clerks in 1802 to detect forged notes after the introduction of £1 notes. This surge shows widespread counterfeiting pressure and institutional response.
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Bank of England
Skull-themed watch design sparks Swiss intrigue
In Switzerland a watchmaker unveils a skull shaped timepiece with a hinged lower jaw that opens via a spring knob to reveal the dial. The macabre design draws curiosity for its anatomical motif and mechanical novelty.
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Switzerland
Remedy for Wilting Collars
Collars and cuffs stay stiff by inserting a thin steel or aluminum strip between the two collar sections before sewing.
Mandatory church attendance on Gonoatoa island
On Gonoatoa in the South Seas the entire population must attend church at least three times weekly or face arrest and fines. The rule targets men women and children alike and enforces strict religious observance.
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Gonoatoa
South Seas
Legion of Honor Membership Numbers Quoted
The Legion of Honor includes more than 50,000 French members. Among them thirty two thousand are tied to the army and the remainder are civilians.
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Legion of Honor
Army
To Suggest Age: Hydrogen Peroxide Mixed in German Drinks
A cautionary note discusses a belief that mixing hydrogen peroxide with beverages in Germany imparts an aged flavor. The claim appears as social lore without scientific basis and raises health concerns due to peroxide toxicity risks.
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Germany
Handsome Spring Dress with Mauve Taffetas and Venice Guipure
The engraving shows a sp drese of mauve taffetas and mou line de sole with Venice pure. The skirt is mauve taffetas fitted to the figure then widens to a train, trimmed with wide frilled flounces over gathered layers. The tunic is veiled with mouselline de soie and richly guipure covered, forming a tightly fitted habit redingote shaped over the flounce.
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Venice
Effective Spring Costume with Mauve Silk and Lace Details
The upper corsage features guipure lapels extending to sleeves and a high pleated neck trim in mauve mousseline de soie. A tunic waist is cinched by an amethyst and strass buckle, with lace flounces at the wrists. A mauve silk tulle bretta hat with two bird of paradise aigrettes completes the ensemble.
Forties Winks Advice For Busy Homemakers
Miss Morris of Woman's Home Companion urges the value of a short daytime nap for women tied to home duties and busy schedules. She notes five to twenty minute rests refresh the body and mind, restore energy, and help maintain quick, energetic work through the day.
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Fila Morris
Miss Morris
Old Fashioned Bandboxes in Modern Millinery Fad
An old fashioned bonnet box revival reappears in millinery displays. Designers showcase floral beflowered bandboxes with carnations and moss roses, paired with ornate hat creations. The decorative boxes, with glossy printed flowers, temper feminine emotions when faced with mounting costs.
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Grandmamma
Teday
Toxi
Art of Applying Reuge So That Its Use Will Not Proclaim Itself
A Paris trained traveler advises women on procuring proper makeup colors and application methods for day and evening use. She stresses matching tones to hair color, applying in bright light, washing before use, and carefully blending rouge on the cheeks before fixing the lips with a distinct liquid shade.
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Paris
The French Woman Makeup Rules for Day and Night
A reader describes day makeup rituals among women including powder on the forehead nose and mouth aftercare, brows and lashes use not pencil, a compact ink-like substance applied to hair, and hat use. Night makeup favors darker, well lit settings and warns against careless work under electric light.
The Curse of Familiarity and Male Perception
A Ladies' Home Journal essay argues familiarity erodes a woman's mystique and the male ideal. It contends everyday slang ruins allure, increases marital unhappiness, and compares seeking ideal mates to a boy climbing for higher cherries.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Greek Beauty Standards Emphasize Cosmetics and Dowries
A historical critique describes Greek women as obsessed with cosmetics painting cheeks and brows while aging into unattractive crones. It notes early betrothals with dowries of furniture and moneyless marriage, limited education focused on social graces, and a curriculum centered on cooking and entertaining skills.
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Greece
The Exchange He Made
A brief romance unfolds as Percy asks Miss Williston for a photograph before a long journey. Jeannette hesitates yet agrees to marry a week after the planned announcement, discussing fear and intuition in a tender exchange. The Chicago News presents a snapshot of intimate resolve and commitment.
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Miss Williston
Jeanette Willistone
Jeannette
Percy
Chicago News
Conciliating Her Commuter at Night
Subbubs travels at 11 p.m. to fetch chewing gum for the cook who warned she would quit without it. The exchange reveals a late night errand and a tense domestic moment.
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Subbubs
Lightning Rods Protect Washington Monument From Lightning Strikes
The Washington Monument, capped by an aluminum four sided pyramid and grounded by four copper rods, withstood five lightning strikes on April 5 1885 and a later June 15 1885 strike that caused only a minor stone fracture, demonstrating the effectiveness of lightning protection.
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Washington Monument
Thrift Celebrated in Graduation Caps at Edinburgh and St Andrews
The presiding officers at Edinburgh and St Andrews graduation exercises wear thrift caps. Edinburgh uses a cap fashioned from the seat of an old breeches once owned by George Buchanan. St Andrews uses a cast off pair of John Knox's. Prof. Chiene of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh cites the claim.
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Edinburgh
St. Andrew’s
George Buchanan
John Knox
Chiene
Royal College of Surgeons At
Time in Gardiner Maine Uses Dual Clock System
Gardiner claims both local and standard time are observed. Two town clocks run twenty one minutes apart, each with its own devotees, causing confusion in business and social engagements. Visitors struggle to read the time while locals question the correct hour.
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Gardiner
Maine
Vanderbilt and Fair Marriage Ties Tie Storied Fortunes
A late 19th century look at William K Vanderbilt Jr and Virginia Fair marriage linking two great fortunes. The piece traces James G. Fair a California mining pioneer and his Bonanza era partners, the Comstock lode wealth, and the rise from poverty to opulence. It notes Fair’s Nevada route, the four big players, and the couple’s Colorado to San Francisco and New York connections.
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Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt Fortune
Virginia Fair
James G. Fair
New York
Fair
Feather River
California
Unitedstates
WM. K. Vanderbilt, JR
Nevada
John W. Mackey
James C. Flood
William S. O’brien
Mackey
Flood
O’brien
San Francisco
Ireland
Comstock Lode
Mt. Davidson
Treasure Mountain
Nevada County
Calaveras
Tere
Rooney
Jim
Douglas Flat
Casey
Virginia City
Acerville
Red Dog Trail
James Glair
Taber
Herman Oelrichs
Theresa Fair
Herman Oelrchs
Osmium the heaviest metal and its limits in use
Osmium, the bluish white metal discovered by Tennant, has a specific gravity of 22.477 and extreme infusibility. Joly notes its resistance to oxyhydrogen flame while Moissan’s arc heat melts ruthenium. osmium remains refractory though alloying with iridium offers limited value for gilding gold pens and compass bearings.
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Smithson Tennant
Joly
Moissan
A Vienna Custom Bans Balloon Flight Without Consent
In Vienna a local custom prohibits any married man from ascending in a balloon without the formal consent of his wife and children. The rule reflects social norms and family approval in the community.
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Vienna
Governor Stone Faces Financial Strain Amid Veto Power
Harrisburg report notes Governor Stone uses vetoes to curb rising education spending. He details how school funding rose from 1 million in 1874 to over 3 million by 1893, then argues for a 500000 annual reduction to prevent state credit damage. He aims to liquidate old obligations while preserving education.
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Stone
Congress
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Beeder
Hastings
Peter P. Smith
Lackawanna
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