Brilliant Wife of the English Premier and Social Figure
The article profiles Mrs. Asquith as a brilliant Victorian era figure, noting her influence on her husband Herbert Asquith and her circle including Gladstone and the czar of Russia. It also offers health and fashion guidance from Mrs Saratt on breathing exercises for a beautiful figure and discusses financial scale in domestic life through a illustrative couple and the role of women in setting living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Tennyson
Balfour
Hyde Park
Buckingham Palace
Russia
Margot Tennant
Charles Tennant
Miss Tennant
Lord Rosebery
Arthur Balfour
Herbert Asquith
Mr. Stead
Saratt’s. Jackson
Living to Scale Editorial on Proportion for Women
A magazine editorial titled Living to Scale discusses living to scale and a lifelong rule in proportion. It reflects on how balance and measurement relate to women's roles and appearances, signaling early 20th century attitudes toward female form and societal expectations.
The Plain Girl Wins By Wits In Modern Society
The article argues the plain girl, ignored in past eras, now thrives. It asserts most women are not ugly but poorly presented, and that plainness, sharpened by brains, attracts discerning partners. It credits plain women with rising in society by mental alertness and wins in matches against lovelier rivals.
Weeds or Flowers A Word to Girls
A short exhortation to girls stressing active cultivation of the mind and conscience. It argues that idle time fosters foolish feelings and fancies, while gardening and housework provide mental refreshment and moral strength, citing Punch to illustrate lost spring when idle.
Backhanded compliment to Dr Edward Hale delights judge
A judge recalls a church scene where an elderly parishioner laments Hale's departure. She fears upheaval as he leaves, while the judge notes a backhanded compliment praising Hale as a fine preacher and excellent man. The woman resists change, claiming she has seen six preacher changes and they only worsened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett Hale
Hale
Judge
Pear and Orange Preserve Method Recited in Brief
A household recipe describes layering peeled pears with sugar, orange juice and rind in a kettle, repeating with another dozen pears and sugar. Let sit overnight, then cook until the peel is tender. A note suggests two and a half dozen Tartletts fill about six pint jars.
Japanese Auction Process Described in Home Notes
A description outlines a Japanese auction method where bidders write names and bids on slips, place them in a box, and the auctioneer opens the box to declare the highest bidder the owner. The notes emphasize the silent bidding and sealed entry of offers.
Ellen Terry and dresser Sarah Holland in McClures piece
Ellen Terry recounts dresser Sally or Sarah Holland as an exacting, methodical assistant in American theater. She recalls Sally’s insistence on order and the humorous misreadings over food and ironing during their American tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bally
Ellen Terry
McClure
Sarah Holland
Miss. Terry
America
Sally
Nance Oldfield
Telephone Courtesy Turns Ugly in Neighbor Call
A neighbor phone exchange shows polite start then sharp clash over yard mischief. Mrs Weston is told her son Thomas sits on bleach sheets while a mud pile forms, prompting a polite-but-snapped response about a neighbor’s dog Rab damaging rosebushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodby
Trial Transcript Delivers Witty Scottish Wit
In a Scottish courtroom a woman answers a young lawyer’s age question with humor and restraint. The judge urges disclosure. she finally states she is fifty and perhaps sixty, then declines marriage to the inquisitive attorney, quipping she is tired of his talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Miss Jane
Psychology of Broken Jaws Allegedly Seen After Holidays
A columnist cites a New York Medical Journal remark noting many fractured jaws come from quarrels among the very poor. The piece links holiday celebrations to injuries and jokes about gossip and mischief driving incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Breundlich
New York Medical_Journal
Shooting Stars and Atmospheric Dust Traces
Describes shooting stars igniting in the atmosphere leaving combustion remnants as atmospheric dust. Notes iron-containing particles found in polar snow, on church towers, and among minute bodies that scatter in sunlight. Concludes that particles from shooting stars are present in various places.
Father Discipline Scene Reported in Local Page
A father punishes his disobedient son by grabbing hair and delivering bangs to the ears and shaking the boy until hair begins to fall out, in a vivid portrayal of domestic discipline.
Youthful Assurance in a Witty Exchange
A Washington Star cartoon caption features a stern parent recalling youth earnings when asked by a graceless youth if the public was easier in the past. The exchange highlights differences in financial independence and societal expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
The Final Shock
A patient pleads about battery use while a doctor confirms one final shock. A terse exchange hides a medical billing note, as the doctor promises to send the bill tomorrow.
Wise men read private history in your book and gait
A concise saying attributed to Emerson noting that sharp observers infer character from a person’s behavior and movements. The quote emphasizes the idea that personal conduct reveals private history to discerning minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
The Andromeda Nebula A Closely Studied Cosmic Object
The Andromeda Nebula fascinates observers as a misty speck visible to the naked eye. Its rings around a central mass suggest gas, yet its spectrum is sunlike, with parallax studies placing it nearer than some bright stars. Some propose it as an external universe, but calculations imply immense mass if so, supporting it as a Milky Way member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andromeda
Constellation
Capella
A Curious Superstition Across Far Lands
A report on a shared superstition between Shetlanders and Ceylon rice cultivators and Shetland fishermen. They avoid naming tools like spades nets or hooks to keep evil spirits from recognizing and harming their implements. Each group uses secret nicknames for their equipment to mislead malevolent forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Shetland
Coronets and Their Distinctive Royal Crowns
The coronet of a duke features alternating crosses and parsley leaves. Princes of the blood wear a similar crown. Marquises have a diadem ringed by alternating flowers and pearls. Earls display rising points with a pearl atop. viscounts have a plain pearl-embedded circlet. Barons use six pearls on the golden border to distinguish from an earl.
A Bit of Blue Sky Experiments By Professor Tyndall
Professor John Tyndall demonstrated a blue sky in a glass tube in 1869. He exhausted air to one tenth its normal density and introduced nitrite of potash vapor. A beam of light in a dark room formed a vivid blue cloud inside the tube, resembling a sky brought to earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tyndall
Earth
Auctioneer David Floyd Publishes Notice
David Floyd, auctioneer, lists contact at 34 School Street Boston and Winthrop Massachusetts.
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David Floyd
School St
Boston
Winthrop
Mass
Mortgagers Sale of Real Estate in Winthrop Mass
Foreclosure sale under a 1897 mortgage from Charles R. Ford to Homestead Co operative Bank. The property on Bowdoin Street Winthrop Suffolk to be sold at public auction September 14 1908 at 4 PM. Terms require three hundred dollars at sale. Bank and officers named.
Mortgagee's Sale of Lot 5 in Winthrop Mass
Public auction of Lot 5 on the plan of land in Winthrop Mass to satisfy Wilbur F Stafford's mortgage to James P Prince dated May 8 1908. Sale Monday September 21 1908 at 2 PM on the premises, bounds per Suffolk Deeds Book 3279 page 276 and Book 3211 page 186. 5348 square feet. Sale subject to a prior mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Stafford
James P. Prince
Suffolk
Winthrop Mass
Linden Street
Mortgagee's Sale of Winthrop Property Foreclosure Notice
Public auction announced for September 30 1908 at 3 PM on premises in Winthrop describing a parcel of 8855 square feet with buildings. Property bounded by Pleasant street Somerset avenue Wharf and Tewksbury land, subject to first mortgage of 3500 dollars and unpaid taxes. Assignee William Horwitz and attorney Harry Bergson listed. two hundred dollars due at sale. further terms at 61 Court Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osman B. Ingalls
Julia A. Ingalls
Anthony E. Navin
Suffolk
William Horwitz
Winthrop
Pleasant Street
Somerset Avenue
Somerest Avenue
Wharf
Tewksbury
Fleasant Street
Vleasant Street
Isaih
Whort
H. T. Whitman
Channing Howard
Harry Bergson
Court Street
Boston
Sister Bernardine Mystery At Rural Post Office
A nun from the Sisters of St. John the Baptist visited a rural post office seeking letters for Sister Bernardine. The postmaster doubted the name and wondered if the sister had been dead for nearly a century, per Harper's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of St. John the Baptist
Sister Bernardine
Bernardine
St. John the Baptist
Harper's Weekly
Woman negotiates piano purchase in Chicago Tribune dialogue
A young woman assesses piano quality and price with a salesman. She says she only goes to G but wants a full octave instrument, indicating a preference for wide range and value in the sale. The exchange reflects consumer dialogue in a midcentury newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Let Him Try at Concert Described by Bantering Crowd
A man in shining armor boasts fearlessness at a concert. A bachelor in the front row retorts with quiet sarcasm asking if he can open a sardine box with a pocket knife. The exchange highlights frontier bravado and comic one upmanship among audience members.
Secret Money Hidden by Prisoner Provokes Defense
A prisoner admits hiding money and seeks to keep it, prompting the lawyer to demand full disclosure before effective defense. The exchange centers on whether full truth has been revealed and how hidden funds affect the case.
Prisoner Confesses Under Judge's Question Over Drug Case
In a Birmingham court the judge sternly asks the prisoner if he understands why he is there. The prisoner replies yes, and acknowledges possession of the drug in question as cited in the Birmingham Age Herald report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age Herald
Printing and the value of quality business printing
The text argues that professional printing signals value to customers and that using inferior materials or sloppy layout harms a business. It emphasizes presenting bills notices and announcements on proper paper with careful design to convey credibility.
Plain and Fancy Printing Company Service Appeal
Plain and Fancy Printing promises neat attractive results on every order. They handle orders of all sizes with a fully equipped shop, diverse type and materials, and a competent staff.
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England
Plain Girl
Pear and Orange Preserve
Scotland
Shooting Stars
Charles R. Ford
Homestead Co-operative Bank
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bowdoin Street
John G. Schuler
Jane A. Tewksbury
Lord and Daley
Martha A. Tewksbury
Julia C. Welles
L.j.whipple
Daniel Eldredge
Walter H. Roberts
Congress St
William Torwitz
Secret
Castoria
Ivars
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