Caring for Babies and Weaning Ideas From Old Household Advice
A late nineteenth or early twentieth century column offers practical childrearing guidance. It emphasizes letting a baby sleep in a bassinet or crib with proper airing and warm covers, warns against over comforting, and suggests warming sheets. It also covers feeding strategies, recommending turning meals into play and stories to coax appetite, and proposes simple home projects using a sweet potato and mustard seeds to teach care and observation.
Spring Fashion Trends Move Toward Subtle Coats and Accessories
New dresses emphasize coat effects while artificial bouquets gain popularity. Hat brims narrow for day wear and crows wing trims appear on fully felt hats. Dark colors dominate spring suggestions with tiara-like ornaments on combs. Border linens fill counters as violets and gardenias remain favored flowers. Fancy hosiery improves daily. guimpes now in cambric and net. A jeweled hair band can be worn back or front.
Improvised Rack From Umbrella Handle
A clever housekeeper made a towel rack for the bath room by removing the curved handle from an old umbrella, drilling a hole for a wall hanger, and adding screw hooks along the handle. A wooden spool slid over the cut handle, gilt painted, became a decorative touch. towels and washcloths hang, with toothbrushes on some hooks.
Dress in a Good Light for Bedroom Grooming
Advice urges arranging bedside illumination to fall directly on the wearer when facing a mirror. It warns that poor lighting in drawing rooms or entertainment spaces can reveal flaws in one’s attire and grooming.
Skirt Closures Shift to Left Back Position
A notable change in new skirts is the closing moved to the left side of the back while bodices still fasten at the center. This pattern shift marks a distinct design update noted by observers.
Six Day Race Draws Elite International Field
Runners from Great Britain, France, Holland, Italy and Germany may compete as training runs in Philadelphia. The six day go as you please race, starting March 7 in New York, has pared over 100 entrants to about twenty teams. Notable foreign entries include France’s Cibot and Orphee and Italy’s Ferri, with Igorrotes Nu Newt and Ma Lee Dan arriving in Philadelphia for training under Mike Murphy’s staff.
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Great Britain
France
Holland
Italy
Germany
Igoriotes
Philadelphia
New York
Eduardo Cibot
Louis Orphee
Cibot
Orphee
Rouen
Paris
Ferri
Europe
Dorando Pietri
J. R. McRae
Nu Newt
Ma Lee Dan
Luzon
Mike Murphy
Simpson Aims to Race Tom Longboat in Marathon Event
Ojibway runner Fred Simpson of Hiawatha Canada seeks to meet Marathon champion Tom Longboat in an international race in New York next month. Simpson, trained by Tom Eck who guided Dorando with Longboat, previously finished sixth in the 1908 Olympic Marathon and beat Longboat in Canada. Eck claims Simpson defeated Johnny Hayes, notes a recent Madison Square Garden relay, and vows to enter any distance from fifteen miles to the marathon on turf or board.
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Tom Longboat
Fred Simpson
Hiawatha
Canada
Longboat
Tom Eck
Dorando
Simpson
Eck
Johnny Hayes
Madison Square Garden
Shrubb
Redskin
Eckie
Maloney
Hayes
Pat
New York
OILED ROADS Southern CA Oil Dustless Pavement Method
Southern California roads are kept dust free by oiling surfaces. A typical treatment uses 100 barrels per mile over eighteen feet, with three applications of sixty then twenty barrels per mile. A specialized heated oil machine drills oil into the dust, creates furrows, flips dust to absorb, then rolls the surface to finish.
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California
How Autos Damage Roads In Massachusetts
A Massachusetts commission member told the Boston Globe that road damage by autos has reached about 60000 dollars. He warns the wear is ongoing without new surface methods, noting broad rubber tires on small wheels erode macadam by sucking binders away. The commission tests tar surfacing used in France and oil with an asphalt base as possible solutions Massachusetts may adopt soon.
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Massachusetts Commission
Boston Globe
Commission
France
Park Commissioners
Massachusetts
Hobson Campaign Promotes Forestry and Road Plans
Congressman Hobson of Alabama wraps up a district tour focusing on forestry drainage road building and improved agriculture. Accompanied by Samuel Hill of Seattle Samuel C Lancaster and other US Agriculture experts, the trip aims to spread benefits and spur similar campaigns among other congressmen.
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Hobson
Richmond P. Hobson
Congress
Alabama
Goofs Roads Magazine
Samuel Hill
Seattle
Wash
Samuel C. Lancaster
Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
The Future American Highway
An inventor described in Engineering News proposes a future American highway 120 feet wide with eight lanes, four in each direction, plus two sixteen foot animal traction lanes and four foot pedestrian walks on each side. Total cost estimated at 100000 to 200000 dollars per mile, justifying the title highway of the future.
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Engineering News
Nevada drives to build automobile roads south for travel
A good roads association forms in Nevada to speed automobile road construction in the southern desert region. Plans include linking Tonopah to Goldfield to serve mining camps at Manhattan and Bullfrog, with later extensions to Walker Lake and northward.
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Nevada
Good Roads Association
Tonopah
Goldfield
Manhattan
Bullfryg
Waller Lake Reservation
Cut Flowers Water Sweetener Tip
Add a small bit of sugar to the water used in vases of cut flowers to keep the water fresh and sweet. The tip works even for flowers like wallflowers.
London man attempts to shield wife as husband menaces
A London man intervened to stop an angry husband from abusing his wife. The wife then shot and killed the good Samaritan who tried to help. Police are investigating the fatal incident and any potential charges.
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London
Honor to Old Age Honor to the Elderly
A brief quotation reflects on respecting aging and the obligation to honor the elderly. The saying emphasizes daily reverence for the life lived and the home one rests in each night.
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Alphonse Karr
Sometimes the Less the Better in Atchison Globe Notes
A brief item from the Atchison Globe notes that talent shines in simplicity with people who sing and play piano, highlighting everyday capability over showy showmanship. The piece emphasizes accessible artistry and community appreciation.
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Atchison Globe
Thoughtful Waiter Quote Cited in Menus and Tales
A humorous exchange features a waiter warning diners about scalding soup while noting the heat of the dish. The remark highlights careful service and the traditional cautionary tone in dining scenes.
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Waltter
His Occupation and Odd Jobs in Court
A large man testifies in a justice court about his work. He says in spring he sketches and sells young mockingbirds, in summer he mostly sells rattlesnake buttons for babies, and in winter he sometimes chops wood.
Evil Wrought by Want of Thought
A reflection on how lack of thought leads to errors in life and in grave matters. The piece argues that many serious mistakes could be prevented if we allowed more time and contemplation to our problems.
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Kentucky
New Life Pills Claim to Prevent Appendicitis
An old ad proclaims Dr King s New Life Pills can prevent appendicitis by gently stimulating the stomach liver and bowels to avert constipation and biliousness. It mentions a second location at Phillips Drug Store and lists several ailments the product cures or prevents.
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Dr. King
Phillips Drug Store
Jimmy's Grievance at School Whispers Tired Pupils
After several days at school Jimmy begged to stay home saying he is tired of whispering because the teacher forbids talking. He complains the rule makes chatter impossible and desires rest from the quiet classroom duties.
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Jimmy
Turkish bath praised by Miss Tartan at exposition candy stalls
Miss Tartan comments that a Turkish bath is excellent and jokes that Turkish candy sellers at expositions should Try one now and then.
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Miss Tartan
Definition of a bore cited from Bishop Mackarn of Oxford
The London Spectator article on Bores cites a definition attributed to the late Bishop Mackarn of Oxford a bore is a man who talks about himself while you wait and talk about yourself Sydney Smith is said to have originated the phrase
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London Spectator
Bishop Mackarn
Oxford
Sydney Smith
Weather Forecaster Faces Public Question in Debate
A humorous exchange centers on a government weather forecaster described as a man the weather seldom agrees with. Myer asks who he is while Gyer quips about his public role and the nature of weather predictions.
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Gyer
Myer
Near Death in Big Pond Recounts Dr King’s Cure
Mrs Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania describes a long incurable lung trouble relieved by Dr King’s New Discovery after doctors failed. She calls it a near death experience and a permanent cure lasting twelve years. The ad promotes coughs colds la grippe sore lungs hemorrhages asthma croup whooping cough bronchial affections with trial bottle free and guarantee by Phillips Drug Company.
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Ida Soper
Phillips Drug Company
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the Home Department
Jack Horner
Jack
Pred Simpson
City of
Winchester
Winchester News Company
Big Pond
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