Wireless wooing a new form of love in modern times
A humorous essay argues wireless and other technologies accelerate romance revealing how a Chicago man courted Miss Leslie Miller in San Francisco, via telegrams and emails, culminating in a New York wedding and a playful forecast of future elopements by telepathy and aeroplanes.
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Qupid
Lawrence Critchell
Chicago
Leslie Miller
San Francisco
George Miller
New York
Paris
Miss Miller
Critchell
Ene
Prairie Avenue
Dispatch
Hongkong
London
Dover
Plymouth
Lochingar
Lina Cavalieri
Cable
Mr. Critchell
Millers
Italy
America
Arcadia
Olympus
Likes and golf in America praised for sport and pleasure
Horace Hutchinson writes in the London Graphic that Americans are hospitable and play golf for enjoyment rather than merely to win. He quotes a judge who calls golf “the cleanest sport in America” and notes the pleasant company and spirit of the game there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Horace Hutchinson
London Graphic
Beelzebub Warning Sparks Dual Allegiances
In a French church a peasant woman knelt before a marble group and, warned by a priest she worshiped the wrong figure, Beelzebub. She replied that it was well enough to have friends on both sides. This remark echoes themes of doubting devotion and divided loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beelzebub
Moncure D. Conway
Argentina’s Rise and Riches Across South America
The article surveys Argentina as a growing power in meat and grain, detailing its area of one million square miles, its state government, and rail expansion. It notes Pampas plains, Andean foothills, vast estates, foreign investment, and a culture led by a few wealthy Spanish-descended families. It highlights cattle ranching, wheat exports to Europe, and the beauty and education of Argentine women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
London
Paris
Rome
Venice
Berlin
Africa
Asia
Japan
Siam
Australia
Bill Lang
Bill Squires
South America
Argentina
United States of
Argentine Republic
Plains
Kansas
Arizona
California
Catamarca
Chile
Andes
Republic
Buenos Ayres
Cordoba
Santa Fe
Pampa
Liverpool
Duluth
Chicago
Kansas City
Central America
Pampas
Atlantic Ocean
Patagonia
Statues and Smears in Washington Meade Memorial Delayed
Washington editorial notes a push in Congress to fund an equestrian statue of General George B. Meade in the capital. It discusses Meade’s Gettysburg victory, past debates over his pursuit of Lee, and compares Meade’s memorial prospects with McClellan’s prominent Washington statue amid a broader view of reporters and officials in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
General Meade
National Capital
George Clinton
Washington
New York
Taft
Taft Hag
Lima
Cabinet Office
John B. Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Chicago
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of
New York City
The
Treasury
Gage
Wilkie
Secret Service
America
Meade
George B. Meade
Senate
Warner
Missouri
Committee On Library
Gettysburg
Army of the Potomac
Grant
Richmond
Lee
Capitol City
George B. McClellan
McClellan
Connecticut Avenue Bill
Parrot Talk Goes Modern in Dealer’s Sales Pitch
A dealer boasts an exotic parrot talks by a phonograph method. A prospective buyer questions if it imitates a phonograph, while the dealer insists the bird’s speech is indistinguishable. A request for an old-fashioned bird prompts further demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
John
West
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Reginald
Gwendolyn
Gwennie
Caruso
Melba
Father
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Drfation
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