Drayton and His Wife End Public Divorce Tale in New Jersey
A long rumored split between James Coleman Drayton and his wife ends in a New Jersey chancery divorce suit. Drayton, a Princeton graduate and book lover, sought custody to protect their children as their marriage soured amid New York society life and divergent interests.
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J. Coleman Drayton
Drayton
Beotrowe
Mr. Drayton
Court of Chancery of
New Jersey
William Astor
Fifth Avenue
Princeton
New York
Lispenard Stewart
Miss Astor
Coleman Drayton
Philadelphia
Barnardsville
N. J
Surplice Choir Sparks Controversy At St Mary at Hill
In London the St Mary at Hill church introduced a choir of women in white surplices and mortar-board caps. The procession through streets drew criticism from locals who favor tradition. The rector reportedly retraced the step, with women to sing inside the church to broad approval.
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London
St. Mary-at-Hill
Gypsy Borrowe Custody Case Opens in Chancery
An ongoing custody dispute involving James Coleman Drayton and Charlotte Augusta Asver surfaces in chancery with an Aug 6 notice and a plea for continued care of the children. The narrative recounts Borrowe’s prodigal youth and ties to the Drayton family, including social circles and the Palette venue on Fifty-second Street.
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L. Coleman Drayton
James Coleman Drayton
Philadelphia
Charlotte Augusta Asver
Morgan Dix
Shrine of Guadalupe to Have Grand Silver Altar
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports completion of a magnificent sanctuary over the high altar in Guadalupe Mexico. Polished Scotch granite pillars weigh seven tons each, three feet in diameter and twenty feet high. The altar will be ready for dedication December 12 and, with additions, will be among America’s costliest church edifices. The solid silver altar railing weighs twenty six tons and the shrine holds millions in other features. A royal gift in England brings a baby carriage from the German emperor for the newborn prince.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Our Lady In the Shrine of Guadalupe
Mexico
America
Germany
Hohenzollern
Deed of a Crazy Lover and New School Bag
A fragile home sewing note describes making a sturdy ticking bag with striped fabric and internal lath supports. It also reports a murder suicide in Illinois where Ed Oliver shot Miss Anna Carlock in Chandlerville and then killed himself after expressing jealousy. Carlock survives.
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Ed Oliver
Anna Carlock
Beardstown
Chandlerville
Miss Carlock
Burlington
Ill
World of Facts Briefs from Historical Notes
Statistics show liquor consumption costs about 16 dollars per person yearly. Oklahoma rainfall rises with farming. Siberian mammoth tusk weighs 860 pounds. Jemima means dove. damask rose reached Europe in 1543. Glycerine resists freezing and evaporation. New York has fewer savings banks than 20 years ago. Potsdam clocked from three miles away. Catholic total abstinence union lists 57 350 members. Declaration of Independence faded to near blank. Passaic river naturalist- taxidermist raises and markets owls. Cherrapingi Assam records 493 inches yearly. 1861 noch 905. Philadelphia clock claims world’s finest with 10 yard face and long hands. Pianist Gravagni plays 25 hours straight under eight-musician jury.
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Oklahoma
Damascus
Europe
New York
Potsdam
Germany
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
United States
Passaic River
Cherrapingi
Assam
Philadelphia
Gravagni
Candles Placed In Hotel Rooms With Note For Backup Light
In San Francisco a leading hotel with its own electric plant instructs guests to use candles if lights fail. In Louisville eight young pallbearers dress in white complete with caps gloves dresses and shoes accompany Miss Huber’s coffin, drawing attention due to their unusual role.
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San Francisco
Miss Huber
Louisville
Battle Against Malaria With Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
The article touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive and curative against malaria. It traces malaria’s impact from the 1849 California gold rush to the Isthmus of Panama and tropics, claiming the Bitters provides relief from exposure fatigue miasma poisons and digestive ailments for invalids.
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California
Panama
Tropics
Vienna Plans Suspended-Erailway With Novel Features
A new elevated railway for Vienna is proposed with suspended cars instead of traditional rail traction. The plan envisions an elevated line featuring innovative design elements aimed at improving urban transit efficiency and reducing ground-level disruption.
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Vienna
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
An 1890s advertisement promises a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's catarrh cure. It cites J. Cheney & Co. Toledo proprietors and endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinman Marvin, Toledo wholesalers. Claims the cure is taken internally and aids blood and mucous surfaces, pricing 75 cents per bottle. Also notes testimonials free and Hall's family pills at 25 cents.
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Hall
Rez J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
D. Wethe
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Ohio
Walding, Kinman & Marvin
Aists
Jumping Beans Prompt Curious Customer
A playful exchange shows a customer asking what the mysterious items are and a clerk answering with a literal reveal. The clerk explains the beans jump because of a tiny active worm inside. The customer recoils and declines to buy.
Placating the Public in an Old Boiler Explosion
A brief dialogue mocks blame shifting after a boiler explosion. The coroner notes public fatigue with finding no guilty party while the foreman half-jokingly blames the boiler builders, estimating the boiler’s age at about eighty years.
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Milt
Reflection Sparks Theorizing On Scorned Appearance
A woman peers into a mirror and muses on others claims about her face. She wonders if her complexion really reflects being countryside or rustic, and if gossip about her past holds truth.
Home Seekers Excursions by Chicago Great Western Rail
The Chicago Great Western Railways announces three home seekers excursions on Sept 1, Sept 25 and Oct 9 with one first class fare plus 2 for the round trip. Tickets from all stations to northern southern and western points available with sleeping car accommodations and full information from ticket agents led by F H Lord G P T A Chicago.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
F. H. Lord
G. P
T. A. Chicago
Excursion Tickets On Wabash Line Announced
The Wabash railroad will sell excursion tickets September 11 and 25 and October 9 to points south west and north at one fare for the round trip plus two dollars. Valid returning twenty days from sale date. For details contact Horace Seely Commercial Agent 220 Fourth Street Des Moines Iowa.
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Wabash Railroad
Horace Seely
Fourth Street
Des Moines
Chicago firm to test girls as messengers
The American District Telegraph Company of Chicago plans to try girls as messengers, signaling a potential shift in staffing and service delivery for the telegraph firm.
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The
American District Telegraph Company of
Chicago
That Joyful Feeling and Renewed Health From Syrup of figs
A promotional passage notes the exhilaration of renewed health and internal cleanliness from Syrup of figs, contrasting it with old time medicines and cheap substitutes. It asserts beer ads cannot create demand for unwanted products and mocks inferior remedies.
Texas real estate and rail excursion offer
Go to Texas for home buying or investment and enjoy cheap rail trips on September 11 25 and October. For details contact Horace Seely Commercial Agent 220 Fourth Street Des Moines IA. Nutmeg hickory touted as the strongest US grown wood.
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Horace Seely
Fourth Street
Des Moines
Miscellaneous 19th Century Advertisements and Claims
A digest of assorted ads and notes including cleaning services for fabrics and carpets, medicinal tonics for teething and coughs, a Maine cider order, matches in Europe, corn remedy, and claims about women architects and electric plant costs. Weathering claims on tonics, teas, and patent medicines are interspersed with promotional snippets and moral edicts.
Diverse Facts From Curiosities And Anecdotes
A collection of short notes ranges from height statistics and bereavement reflections to rare income figures and travel touches. It mentions one Englishman earning 250000 annually, a New York man catching twelve fish in two minutes off Cobb's Island, and Deerfoot the Seneca living on a reservation near Irving New York. A gentleman’s gift of a mirror is cited as the most admirable declaration of love.
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New York
Cobb's Island
Northampton County
Virginia
Deerfoot
Irving
N. Y
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Sixth Avenue
Broadway Cable Company
Borrowe
Hallett Alsop
Hallett Alsop Borrowe
Consolidated Traction Company of
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Jersey
Fred
Tos
Detroit Free Press
Court of Chancery
Apunt Alsop Borrowe
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Crow's Foot
Young Borrowe
Columbia College
Zeta Psi
Columbia
Draytons
Crow’s Foot
Mrs. Drayton
Borrowes
Alsop
Fortune
Primter’s
Shekels
Sense
Texas
H and H
Iowa
Maine
Mars
WixsLow
Hanson
Atve
Coe
Karl
ST. Jacobs Oil
Menen
Lespinasse
W. Lane
Alnois Dairy Associations
FA Winkle & CO
la Salle St
Ensio
John W. Morris
Washington, D.C
U. S. Pension Bureau
Syra
Anty
Iron
Pioneer Knitting Works
Owa City
Lowa
Jones
Pierce
Golden Medical
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Educations
LPR
Loa PO
Conmereial College
Capital City School of Shorthand
C. A. Bldg
Ory Toe
Melan & McCaviey
Omaha Bus'ness College
Etalogue Free
F. PF. Koose
Iowa Business College
Catak Jennings & Moor
Webster’s International
Brewer Justice
U. 8
Peasey Eee
G. & C. Merriam Co., Publishers
Springhel
Mass
U.S.A
W.L. DougLas
Mn S Boys School
Douglas
Brockton
W. L. Douglas
D. M
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