The Gotham Millionaire Moves Among Neighbors
The piece surveys how great millionaires like Webb Vanderbuilt and Astors shift residences and yachts between Newport Narragansett Rhode Island and New York. It notes entourage and transport details, with sightseers buzzing over the wealth and mobility of the rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Mr. Webb
Vermont
Newport
Narragansett
Mr. Vandersbilt
Astors
Hudson
Rhode Island
Webb
Victoria
Great Western and Union Pacific Travel Advertisements
A cluttered notice copy promotes electric lighted vestibule trains for routes Chicago to Minneapolis St Paul and Chicago to Omaha Sioux City with coupon tickets and agents listed. Harvest excursion tickets to Texas Indian Oklahoma and New Mexico are advertised with agents A W Noyes and J Brooks Des Moines and Des Moines Iowa. Also quotes about fools lawyers time and vacations.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Sioux City
Geo. H. Heafie
Great Western R’y
Texas
New Mexico
A. W. Noyes
A. Aes
C. J. Brooks
C. P
T. A
R’y
Fourth Street
Des
J. Brooks
Rth Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Exposure to Hypochondria And Exhaustion Promises Help
Hypochondriacal despondent and nervous men with backache fatigue memory loss dizziness melancholy and discouragement seek home correspondence treatment from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo NY. A 136 page book on these maladies can be obtained sealed for 10 cents in stamps to World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
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Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Matrons and Maids and Frugal Health Cures
A late 19th century feature recalls a farmer wife who saved her doctor’s bill by a strict regimen during lean years 1595 and 1894. She begins each day with water and iron tincture, works in cooler hours, airily cools rooms, eats plain nourishing food, and ends with a salt bath and milk before bed. The piece also offers craft ideas for cushions, cases, and a brush and comb set using simple materials and period colors.
Pretty Gifts Made Out of Nothing
The piece suggests holiday craft ideas using scraps and inexpensive materials. It highlights gift pillows and small keepsakes for men and women, including sofa cushions with denim and silk decorations, as well as tips on hair curling and a potato cream sauce bake.
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Lords of Creation
Dancing Wind Ties Hearts in Breezy Lane
Poem fragment recalls a country girl with a bonnet tied under her chin and her floating hair teased by a Western wind. Ellery Vane invited her to walk, and in the playful breeze a young man’s heart is captured as they stroll toward the hill. The verse ends with the wind’s mischief and a kiss beneath a dimpled chin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Will
Ceris
Ellery Vane
Nora Perry
Antidust Brush Patented by Cassell’s Magazine
Cassell’s Family Magazine notes a new patent anti dust brush for uncarpeted floors. The circular device carries a disinfecting fluid stourolene in a metal reservoir and can auto rotate when a peg is pressed to spray fluid as dust rises.
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Cassell
People of the Day and Miscellany Snippets
A collection profile noting Dr Charles Eastman and Elaine Goodale living in St Paul, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr as heir to $300000 with a $5000 bequest, and various curiosities. It mentions Lord Rosebery with his daughter at Dalmeny park, empress of Germany routines, General Meade, Mrs Oliphant’s loss, and assorted ads for cures and tonics. Also cites Berlin charity hospitals subsidy, Congress spending, and racial population stats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eastman
Elaine Goodale
St. Paul
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Melville
Olympia
Minneapolis
Colombia
New York
Lord Rosebery
Dalmeny Park
George
Strength of an Arch Tested at Beaune France
A brick arch with 13 ft 1 in span and 1 ft 11 in rise was tested in Beaune France for a service reservoir. Bricks 11.8 by 5.1 by 1.2 inches laid with 0.4 inch cement joints and 8.10 inches mortar outside. A two foot section on rock abutments supported 820 lb per sq ft for eighteen hours without sign of failure.
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Beaue
France
Himalayas Joke Sparks Alpine Pride
A witty exchange recalls a writer who bragged about an alpine article to a woman praising scenery. The quip centers on comparing the Alps to the Himalayas and the joke about the writer’s inkling of distant peaks.
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Himalayas
Alps
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