Love and Ambition Echoed Through a Twenty Year Tale
A narrator recalls a youthful obsession with Vivian Meredith, a gifted writer, amid a circle of wealth and social drama on Tenth Street. Rival Halliday and mentor Alsbury shape choices as a Thorn ton reception tests affections, ending with Vivian’s marriage to the rival and the narrator’s lifelong reflection on what might have been.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halliday
Tenth Street
Vivian
Mr. Halliday
Alsbury
Jones
Vivian Meredith
Vivian Meredith-Jones
Meredith
Mereith
Jim
Thornton
London
No Seccession Yet in This Country of Ours
Ex-President Harrison argues against secession in Ladies' Home Journal, contending the United States is a government of the people, not a federation of states. He insists allegiance to the nation supersedes state laws and that the Supreme Court ultimately ensures constitutional obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Ladies’ Home Journal
Calhoun
Union
United States
Supreme Court
Watch Chains of Narrow Ribbon Gain Favor Again
The watch chain returns as a discreet accessory, no longer clipped to a corsage but tucked into a bodice. Designers favor narrow black ribbon with small silver or gold clasps, a ribbon chain catching the watch. Some opt for fine gold threads or tiny jewel strands, all still called watch chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
The Stomach Not the Heart Misleading Health Anxiety
The piece explains that many people fear heart disease while their symptoms arise from stomach trouble. It notes this misperception is common, especially among young and nervous individuals, who misattribute digestive issues to heart problems.
Notable Bits From Many Lands And Times
The item surveys varied trivia from Jeanne Hugo’s divorce and planned Paris marriage to Christine the two headed woman facing double fares on European railways. It notes Dr Donaldson Smith’s discovery of fifteen new African tribes near Lake Rudolph, including a dwarf group, and Mercy Thorndike’s ninety two years of mobility in Rockland Maine. It mentions a 1758 Charles Pownall commission in Bucksport Maine and Christmas gifts to Emperor William. Hesba Stretton’s Epping Forest years and Robins the auctioneer’s estate quip about rose litter and nightingale noise.
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Mme
Jeanne Hugo
Victor Hugo
Alphonse Daudet
Docto
Paris
Mlle
Christine
Donaldson Smith
Lake Rudolph
Heajght
Mercy Thorndike
Rockland
Bucksport
Thomas Pownall
Massachusetts
Jonathan Buck
Mr. Robins
Hygienic Hints on Health and Cleanliness Practices
A roundup of household health tips advises ten drops of aromatic sulphuric acid for night perspiration in lung trouble, a cold water bath for vigor, peppermint oil and carbolic acid gargle for tonsillitis, and coconut oil for dry hair. It warns against public expectoration and notes TB bacteria in clothing. suggests disposable receptacles for sputum.
Things to Know in Brief From The Boston Post
Facts and figures cover diverse topics from tobacco use worldwide to cat biology and insect anatomy. Notable items include a health statistic, cat deafness notes by an authority, gnats anatomy, a salmon packing total for British Columbia, and Paris National Library holdings.
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Globe
British Columbia
Bibliotheque National of
Paris
Boston Post
Early Bird Radish Seed Offer From Salzer Co
Editor urges readers to grow earliest vegetables and promises returns. Salzer's Seeds boast large variety including radishes cabbage peas beets cucumbers lettuce corn and more. Send 10c postage to John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin for a sample Early Bird Radish and their catalogue with 5c postage.
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Salzer
Monty
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
W.n
It is generally conceded that life is a span
A quoted exchange ponders life and death with a wry line about death as a rider. The dialogue ends by asking what fate befalls the other horse, prompting reflection on mortality.
Young man seeks fame as mayor amid rail line boom
A father comments that his son aims for office, noting a mayoral path may be long. He recalls two street railroads already under way, prompting speculation on the young man’s rise and local progress.
Walter Baker & Co. Dorchester Cocoa Makers Highlight Longstanding Prestige
Walter Baker & Co of Dorchester Massachusetts displays an extensive collection of medals from European and American exhibitions. The firm notes nearly 400 years of prosperity, claiming leadership in cocoa and chocolate production with verified purity and genuine Dorchester origins.
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Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Europe
America
Walter Baker & Company
Dorchester Mass
Jessie Bartlett Davis sues publisher over portrait on sensational novel
Composer Jessie Bartlett Davis files suit against a publishing house alleging unauthorized use of her portrait on the title page of a sensational novel. The action seeks redress for implied rights and damages.
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Jessie Bartlett Davis
Eyes far apart signal great intel and memory
Physignomists claim eyes set wide apart indicate high intelligence and strong memory. The quote notes distant eyes as a sign of mental acuity.
New York Leads Buckwheat Acreage and Production
Data show New York has 280,029 acres planted with buckwheat yielding 4,675,735 bushels. The item also notes varied per capita debts in major nations and plans for a Norfolk peanut oil mill with $40,000 capital capacity 400 gallons daily.
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New York
Dr.Murray
Prussia
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Britain
France
Italy
United States
Norfolk
Miscellaneous notes and curiosities from various countries
A collection of short items includes rising wells in Olympia Washington a topyka of public offices in Ireland the frog farming plan near Greenwood Lake NY and England delaying Christmas decorations for January to February 2 Also mentions air face massage popularity among New York men hyacinth varieties in 1596 to today Turkish coffee mixed with grain aluminum treatment by Dr Gottig bricks in the British Museum from Nineveh and Babylon showing no decay.
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Olympia
Wash
Ireland
Henry Moe
Greenwood Lake
New York
England
Gottig
British Museum
Nineveh
Babylon
Odds and Ends From The Era Of Curiosities
A compilation of varied notes covers currency print colors in France, US postage stamps usage, origins of Broadway’s name, costs of London lord mayor’s show and banquet, rising patent inventions by women, a Richmond museum plan for Jeff Davis relics, Pesths telegram voice newspaper, census trends on female labor, a Connecticut hardware firm’s skate orders, and a Maine man accidentally finding a woodchuck while shoveling gravel.
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Bank of France
United States
Broadway
New York
Broad Wagon Way
Jeff Davis
Richmond
Pesth
Hungary
Connecticut Hardware
Kennebec
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Horace Habberton
Miss Meredith
Younker Bros
Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa
Flegeman
O. C. G. Clark Co
N. Haven, Co
James O'Neill
Mra Winslow
Syaor
Academy of Music
John Hare
Australia
Low
Des Moines
Owa
Robert Latta
Runnels
Drs
J. P. Cross
Monroe Street
Montague & Williams
West Fifth Streert
Keeley Institute
Lowa
9Th
Walnut Sts
Burlington
O. J. Houston
Mgr
Josiah Livingston
Seedsman
Locust Street
F. M. Oakley & CO
Adout. Agts
Moines
Omaha
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Drs. Fellows
Fellows
Odds and
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