Up-to-Date Gowns and Dressmaking Accessories
Material and making tips for fashionable winter gowns from the St Louis Globe Democrat style column. Discusses gimps and yokes over shoulders for breadth, the bonne femme skirt with two thirds length plaits, soft robe materials, low-slipper designs, and avoiding overly large sizes. Describes waist fastenings, yokes, sailor-collar revers, jeweled buttons, and velvet supper jackets that convert evening dresses. Notes velvet jacket styles, lace sleeves, and collar details to suit various necklines and bodices.
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St. Louis
Democrat
Monotony Ends in Divorce Case Drama in Detroit
A Detroit lawyer recalls a divorce case sparked by a wife’s plea for escape from dull routine. The husband, once exemplary, became an agitated wreck amid threats and a dramatic late night confrontation. The story traces the case from insistence to court actions and public reactions.
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Detroit
Jones
California
Brown
Colorado
Langley's Burglar
An apparent carpenter, posing as a weather strip inspector, visits Mrs Langley to check windows and a door. Her husband suspects a trap while neighbors doubt the agent’s intent, highlighting a possible burglary setup as the suited stranger appears overly polite and incongruously helpful.
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Plimmer
Plummer
Monarch for a King By a Woman's Heart
Poem by Leo G Benedict printed in Chicago Chron icle reflects a kingly self image. It contrasts royal wealth with poverty and prizes a woman's heart over jewels. The speaker speaks of throne an old arm chair and a kingdom of love as supreme wealth.
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Leo G. Benedict
Chicago Chronicle
Nocturnal visitor suspected in Langley house
Langley and his wife discuss a self-styled carpenter leading a gang, consider a night watch with a police captain’s help, and endure a late night break in with two officers checking windows. Mrs Langley’s calm sarcasm clashes with William’s jitters as a cat knocks over his pantry setup and a cautious patrol reveals no intruders.
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Plummer
Langley
William
Woul
Mrs. Langley
William Langley
Chicago Daily Record
Professional Mendicants in London Report
London faces a vast beggar problem with about 70 000 professional mendicants cited by the local mendicity society. The figure highlights concerns over poverty and street life in the capital amid debates on relief measures and policing.
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London
The
Mendicity Society
Diverse returns from schools churches and universities
The article surveys education and religion with notes on Roman Catholics in Japan, a horse swapping event in Hartwell Georgia, church transfers in Greenland, high school salaries in Chicago, Cornell and Harvard library gains, New York fire training, marriage rates in England and Wales, Salvation Army banks in India, and remarks by Dr Joseph Parker and Macaulay on ecclesiastical and academic esteem.
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Japan
Hartwell
Greenland
Chicago
Cornell University
Harvard
Count Paul Riant
New York
Fire Department
England
Wales
Salvation Army
India
Joseph Parker
City Temple
London
Macaulay
House of Commons
True Greatness and the Limits of Genius
A Baltimore Sun opinion argues greatness cannot be measured by knowledge alone. It contrasts Abernethy with broader historic figures, noting inventions often arose from collective effort rather than a single genius. The piece reflects on whether contemporary figures rival past leaders like Calhoun Webster and Clay.
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Abernethy
Socrates
Lord Nelson
John Bunyan
Bunyan
Jenner
Watts
Sir Isaac Newton
Morse
Bell
United States
Calhoun
Webster
Clay
Senate
Baltimore Sun
Humorous Quotations and Burglary Anecdotes
A compilation of humorous snippets from early 20th century newspapers. Jests range from gendered word play in Harlem to light notes on air raids, canons in churches, burglar alarms, and two bumbling burglars who consider selling their testimonials to the safe manufacturer.
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Harlem
Tacoma News
Sterling
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Edgeways
Washington Star
Detroit Journal
Tyrolese Courting Customs Told In Brief
A Cincinnati Enquirer note describes Tyrolese courting ritual where a suitor brings wine and offers a glass to the beloved. If she accepts, the match is settled. if not, she uses excuses such as the wine looks sour or disagrees with her to avoid a direct refusal. The piece highlights shy lovers preferring subtle rejection to blunt civility.
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Mainttain
Cincinnati Enquirer
Weather says battles bring rain as cannon fire booms
The article notes weather experts say heavy firing often induces rain by disturbing small droplets in the air. It cites Waterloo as an example and mentions Gettysburg, claiming the thunderous concussion caused rain to fall.
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Waterloo
Gettysburg
N. Y
Printer Refuses To Pay For Five Years Of Paper
A sharp exchange from the Philadelphia Press features a "smart little man" who declares he will not pay for five years of newspaper delivery. The editor responds calmly that the paper cannot afford to print his bills.
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Philadelphia Press
Picking Winners and Bible Study Mix in Ancient Tales
A veteran gambler recalls a New Orleans poolroom scam where expert betting failed, contrasting with a Bible study excerpt on Jesus age twelve. The piece blends odds making with Christian teaching, detailing circumcision, presentation at the temple, Magi theories, and Jesus’ early growth under Edersheim’s interpretation.
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New Orleans
St. Charles
New York
Johnny the Oyster
Johnny
Corment
W. O. Times-Democrat
Jerusalem
Jerusa
Jesus
Corte
Simeon
Anna
Mary
East
Chaldea
Kepler
Nazareth
Esdraelon
Edersheim
Canon Spence
Fruit Trees Along French Highways Boost National Industry
France grows fruit trees along roads as a major national industry worth about 60 million dollars yearly. Twenty years ago poplars lined the northeast roads, but their spreading roots sterilized nearby meadows. Farmers cleared them and planted plums, less beauty but more utility, now shipping thousands of baskets to Paris daily.
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France
Paris
N. Y
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