Princess Margaret of Prussia A Clever Miniature Artist
Woman’s World highlights Princess Margaret of Prussia as a gifted 17 year old artist who paints ivory miniatures. Her charitable portraits of royal family members boost German art amid a Berlin fund drive. The piece also previews ancestry books for children, linking lineage pride to noble duty in American households.
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Margaret
Prussia
Germany
Berlin
Duchess of
Conht
Margaret of
Prus
The Art of Talking Well and Social Cues
A reflective piece on conversation stressing originality and tact. It warns against borrowing sayings and notes how constant self reference alienates others. It urges humorous restraint and focus on the other person to avoid social harm and maintain rapport.
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Adam
Ellow
Whittier
Ancestry Book Fragments on a Family Chest Theme
A fragmentary note reflects on a girl named Deer in an ancestral setting. It mentions a matriarch, overflowing gifts, heirlooms, and a cherished chest destined for a future home, hinting at what the family keeps and what may come.
Dust covers for upholstery and turnout protection
Housekeepers should use dust sheets over chairs and furniture during turnout periods. Old bed linen fails when thin or torn, allowing dust to spoil covers and paint. Calico or print fabrics are preferred, with two pieces sewn to two yards square for armchairs, washed, starched, and ironed with a glazed surface to repel dust.
Silk faced poplin for shirt waists in white and madras
For shirt waists nothing beats silk faced poplin. White poplin sells about 50 cents a yard and launders like linen, ironing perfectly when dry. It can be plaited or ticked and used from plain tailored to dressy lace or velvet garniture with various colors available.
Mint Garnished Coffee Cream Dessert from Harpers Bazaar
A recipe for a rich plain cream dessert flavored with coffee. The method adds mint leaves candy coatings and a ginger ice cream in glasses, with candied mint leaves placed atop each serving for a contrasting note.
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Harper’s Bazar
The Perfect Bride Sketch excerpt
A man searches for the Venus of Medici charm Mme Recamier grace and Hannah More prudence in one bride. His disappointment leads to querulous complaint as he realizes no woman embodies all three qualities.
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Venus of Medici
Mme. Recamier
Hannah More
Four wastes of life in medical journal quote
The passage asserts four preventable wastes of life: death sickness and conditions of low physical and mental efficiency, and ignorance. Ignorance is blamed for the others, as noted in the Woman's Medical Journal.
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Woman's Medical Journal
Not an easy task to live up to children's ideals
A reflection urges parents to be their best for their children and to embody perfection as an inspiring goal in daily life.
Fish soaking enhances saltiness and flavor in salted fish
Highly salted and smoked herrings haddock mackerel or other fish are greatly improved if laid over night to soak in sour milk. This draws out the salt and improves flavor by reducing smoke and seasoning.
Glass washing tip for milk stains
A guidance on cleaning glasses after milk usage. Rinse with cold water first to remove residues, then wash in warm water as usual for safe cleaning.
It Is Only the Great Hearted Who Can Be True Friends
A Home Notes reflection asserts only generous souls grasp true friendship and cowardice blocks understanding. The short aphorism emphasizes steadfast loyalty as the measure of friendship.
Prices and fortunes and the limits of success
A reflective piece contrasts price stability with buyer restraint and warns that fortune cannot be built on failings. It notes patience may stall when effort falters and lamp of romance can blind judgment, while happiness does not equal sensibility and anger blocks clear sight.
Proclaimed Cures for a Cold in Satirical Verse
A humorous polemic attacks dubious home remedies and patent dopes. It mocks extreme cold cures such as ice baths, quinine with whisky, fasting and open air sleep while urging skepticism toward fashionable remedies and self treatment. The poem catalogs absurd practices and ends with a critique of quitting work to pursue all remedies.
Tongue dish sparks debate among household members
A reflection on shared meals shows one person avoiding canned tongue while admitting a preference for fresh meat at home. The exchange hints at differing tastes and domestic routine.
Flying machine planned for water wagon next year
Dialogue notes concern about John and his resolutions. The exchange hints at a plan to use a flying machine for the water wagon in the coming year, implying a humorous or cautious view of progress.
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John
Local feature on a boastful congressman’s swagger
A southwest figure boasts of strength claiming he can defeat any man in the house. Observers note his arrogance and limited engagement with common people, highlighting the gap between self praise and public accessibility.
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House of Representatives
When the coal bin is empty in the cold gloom
A brief verse fragment notes the season’s hardship and mood with a cue about an empty coal bin and the chill of days without coin, reflecting bleak economic hardship.
Inheritance Tax Jibe in Old Political Parties
A comic dialogue mocks traditional parties as needing an inheritance tax to curb members gained by inheritance. The quip frames parties as growing through succession rather than merit.
Stenographer Praised for Creative Spelling Skill
A light Variety item notes a stenographer described as a young lady of originality who can invent multiple spellings for the same word. The remark applauds her quick thinking and suggests she can conjure numerous variants beyond ordinary expectation.
Flo aims to be the greatest criminal of the day
A quoted exchange features Flo declaring ambition to rise as the day’s top criminal. The other speaker asks if Flo intends to go to jail, and Flo denies any intention to become a minor offender.
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Flo
Tartary Settlement and Marriage Talk
Dialog notes a plan to settle in Tartary and wed a Tartar girl described as the cream of Tartar maidens. The exchange hints at cultural marriage customs and a future with a local spouse.
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Tartary
Jury Tampering Charged in Wisconsin Grain Case
Warrants issued in St Paul for nine men tied to the Wisconsin Grain company and four Wood brothers in a postal law case. The government accuses the defendants of juror bribery and conspiracy. immunity granted witnesses testified previously as officers and dummies. Sherman Smith, a Minneapolis politician, was arraigned along with two jurors.
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St. Paul
United States District Court
Four Wood Brothers
Wisconsin Grain Company
United States
Sherman Smit
Minneapolis
Clinton Th. Phelps
H. P. Ormberger
Martin Quigley
Brukce Tuttle
Charles Stuart
Charles Kelley
Paul Foss
A. W. Brown
George W. Wood
G. W. Wood
L. A. Wood
KE. Wood
F. B. Wood
Paul Fosa
Ormsberger
Phelps
Quigley
Ambassador Reid Arrives in California With Family
Whitelaw Reid the U S ambassador to Great Britain arrives in San Francisco with D Mills and Mrs Reid from New York. They may spend part of the winter at the remodeled Millbrae home though the duration of the stay is not stated.
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Ambassador Reid
California
San Francisco
Weather Forecast Across The Midwest Tonight
The forecast calls for Illinois fair and cold with brisk northwest winds. Indiana expects partly cloudy skies with possible Lake Michigan snow flurries and strong northwest winds. Lower Michigan faces very cold conditions with possible flurries and high northwest winds. Wisconsin remains generally fair with cold, high northwest winds. Iowa is generally fair but colder in the eastern portion.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Cor telyou Denies Presidency Offer and Morgan Talk
Secretary Cortelyou denies being offered the presidency of a New York trust company and refutes reports of talks with J. P. Morgan. He states he did not meet Morgan or anyone in Wall Street interests during his New York visit and calls resignation rumors baseless. He remains committed to serving as secretary of the treasury.
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Washington, Tin
Cortelyou
Knickethooter Trust Company of
New York
Witchout Foundation
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Lila
Wall Street
the Treasury
Death of a Noted Sculptor in Detroit
Judas T. Melchers, a noted sculptor and father of painter Carl Melchers, died at home in Detroit at age seventy eight after suffering a paralytic stroke last May. He was an intimate friend of the late Carl Schurz.
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Detroit
Judas T. Melchers
Melchers
Carl Melchers
Carl Schurz
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Coughs
The note promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy that stops coughing and strengthens lungs to prevent pneumonia. It warns against substitutes and claims the genuine product comes in a yellow package with no harmful drugs.
Markets Report From Chicagoand East Buffalo Trade
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show mixed grain and livestock prices with wheat at about 1.04 for May and corn around .60, oats near .52, and hogs trading around 4.50 to 4.60 per hundredweight. East Buffalo reports steady cattle, strong hogs, and lambs at 7.40 to 7.50, with calves up to 9.50.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
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