Wealthy Widow Seeks Repress Agent in New York Society
Mrs. George Law, a young wealthy widow famed for beauty, hires a re press agent for privacy amid endless society gossip. The plan offers a $2,500 annual fee to curb sensational stories about her gowns, escapades, and high profile friends and lovers. Other society women, including Mrs. Fish, consider similar retreat from public notice as her NY presence wanes since last October.
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George Law
London
Paris
New York
Law
Grace
Dash
Reggie Vanderbilts
Sandy Point Farm
Vanderbilt
Avenue d'Antin
Kapurthala
Craig Wadsworth
Norman Whitehouse
Gerald Lefevre Pontalis
Mrs. Law
Manhattan
The Family Hotel at Astor Place Indica of Elite Standards
A long standing New York family hotel near Astor Place preserves strict standards of decorum and suitability. Managed by the third generation for over 60 years, it enforces rigid acceptance, no levity, and lifelong occupancy once admitted, with residents drawn from high social standing and church leaders attending convocations.
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New York
Astor Place
Episcopal Church
New Leader Fred T Martin Shifts 400 Society Power
Frederick Townsend Martin succeeds Ward McAllister as the 400 ruler bringing a democratic touch and bringing talent to gatherings. He is independently wealthy, brother in law to Mrs Bradley Martin, and resides at the Plaza New York with winters at Palm Beach. He hosts elaborate entertainments with Mrs Howard Gould and Salmado with a live python, plus Kyrle Bellew and Mme Nordica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Townsend Martin
Ward McAllister
McAllister
Simon Pure
400
Harry Lehr
Martin
Howard Gould
James B. Eustis
Salmado
Kyrle Bellew
Mme
Nordica
McAlister
Bradley-Martin
Continents
New York
Plaza el
Palm Beach
Marlborough Club
London
Turkish Bath Luncheon Charms Society Ladies at Prince George
Mrs. J. San key Jones hosted 17 ward club presidents for a Turkish bath luncheon at the Prince George Hotel. Guests arrived by auto, wore kimonos, and endured a Swedish movement device before a luncheon. The event ended with talks on beauty and cleansing and was hailed a fad.
Williams Warns Republicans on Unpassed Legislation
Washington March 25 John Sharp Williams minority leader of Mississippi declares Republicans must pass key measures or face persistent obstruction. He denounces the party as passive and says parliamentary coercion will be used to force action on employers liability campaign finance disclosure free print paper and anti ex parte injunction bills.
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Washington, D. C
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Wiliams
Flo
Republican Party
Williams
La Follette Speaks Against Aldrich Bill in Senate
Senator La Follette resumed his attack on the Aldrich bill in Washington, charging that the wealthy few control U.S. industries and urging progressive senators to unite to defeat the measure. He cited trusts and corporate directors as proof and warned the Vanderbilts see the handwriting on the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
la Follette
Senate
LaFollette
Vanderbilts
May end night riding in White Burley district
In Cincinnati Ohio on March 25 an agreement between the American Tobacco Company and the Society of Equity’s executive committee ends night riding in the White Burley district. The company will buy the 1906 and 1907 crops at 16 and 18 cents per pound, totaling about 80 million pounds, with purchase to begin immediately.
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Cincinnati
Burley
American Tobacco Company
Society of Equity
Winchester
American Society of Equity
New York
Maryland Elects Smith for U S Senator Seat
In Annapolis on March 25 the democratic members of Maryland's legislature voted unanimously in separate sessions to elect former Governor John Waller Smith to fill the unexpired term of the late William Pinkney Whyte. Smith had already been chosen for the full term commencing March 4, 1909.
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Maryland
Smith
Annapolis
John Waller Smith
United States
William Pinkney Whyte
Chicago presidents meet to challenge state rate laws
A conference of railroad presidents centered in Chicago plans to attack several state rate laws. They aim to address faults like those in the Minnesota rate statute ruled unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Presidents of Railroads
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Yellow Fever On Board Ship Aboard Aconcagua
A case of yellow fever was found on the steamer Aconcagua which arrived at a canal zone port February 29 from Guayaquil Ecuador. There was no difficulty in handling the case to prevent spread. The last canal zone case was in May 1906 and health conditions remain favorable per Colonel Gorgas February report.
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Washington, D. C
Aconcagua
Canal Zone
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Gorgas
Isthmian Canal Commission
A Linville Editorial Sparks Nighttime Robbery Tale
Richard Vinton, a Oxford graduate editor in Linville, seeks fresh copy as an outlaw robs the Glasgow to Linville stage. The robber is mortally wounded by a uniformed rider who proves to be Vinton’s own printer. The dying man urges, Good story, before dying.
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Linville Weekly Express
Richard Vinton
Oxford
Missouri
Vinton
Goslings
Glasgow
Linville
Chariton River
Tenderfeet
Klondike Output Hopes Soars Over Five Years
Mr Thompson, Canadian member of parliament for Yukon, predicts that within five years Klondike production will reach 20 million dollars yearly due to major dredging company operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Yukon
What is White Lead and how to test purity
An exposé on White Lead describing its production from lead and acetic and carbonic fumes, how adulterated products dilute pigment with barytes or rock, and a blow-pipe test to prove purity. It notes the National Lead Company offers a free blow-pipe kit and booklet to verify purity at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Strenuous Rescue Descent From Snowy Mountain
Two officers hunting wolves in central Servia lost their way in fog on Dry mountain. After fourteen hours one officer collapsed from exposure. His partner fashioned a sitting position with cords and rolled him down the slope. He slid to the valley, was found exhausted, and is hospitalized with injuries. The other officer remained unhurt.
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Servia
Origin of the Elevator in Central Europe
A historical note traces the elevator to Central Europe with Napoleon I mentioning the flying chair at Schoenbrunn near Vienna. The device, commissioned for Empress Maria Theresa, was a small square room hung by ropes with counterweights, lowered or raised in a shaft around 1760.
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Europe
Napoleon I
Maria Louise
Schoenbrunn
Vienna
Empress Maria Theresa
Seance Ends As Skeptic Seeks Wit From Spirits
A Cincinnati Enquirer note describes a clairvoyant swaying under strain during a seance. The skeptic demands brevity as the seance concludes with the claim of conjuring visible communication from the spirit realm.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Druggist’s Generous Offer to Suitor
An old-time druggist regrets he cannot give his daughter Amy in marriage. He has promised Amy to his partner’s son but offers the suitor an alternative: he has five other daughters and will give him something just as good.
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Amy
Remarkable 98 year old credits kidney pills improvement
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace St Red Bank New Jersey recalls 40 years of kidney trouble with nightly awakenings and back pain. After using Deans Kidney Pills he reports complete relief and recommends the remedy sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Shepard Kollock
Wallace St
Red Bank
N. J
Mr. Kollock
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Why won't you see Herr Schmidt today, Erna
A domestic exchange reveals Erna’s refusal to meet Herr Schmidt after her mother recalls the last encounter. Erna narrates he waved his handkerchief as he left and then sneezed into it, underscoring the awkward tension driving the rift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Schmidt
Erna
Mamma
Cuticura Cure Claim For Severe Eczema On Hands
Customer recounts seven years of eczema with severe cracking. After trying many remedies, Cuticura Soap and Ointment fully healed hands after two ointment boxes and one soap cake. Claim attributed to W H Dean of Newark Delaware dated March 28 1907.
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Cutiura
W. H. Dean
Newark
Del
Frozen Lambs
A playful dialogue notes sheep as resilient domestic animals that can endure long snow burials. The speakers joke that sheep have survived weeks in snow and compare them to being frozen out in Wall Street.
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Bill
Jill
Wall Street
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted
Lonel y women seek blessing and cure for female troubles praised by testimonials. Mrs Maggie Gilmer and Mrs Josephine Hall report health restoration and motherhood. The ad claims thirty years of proven results for hysteria, displacements, inflammation, fibroids, irregularities, pain, backache, and nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites readers to write for advice from Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
S. C
Mrs. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Grape-Nuts promotes health for aging readers
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for old age, noting easy digestion, brain and nerve nourishment from wheat and barley nutrients, and the diastase action that converts starch. A 74 year old Iowa customer testifies to strength, regularity, and improved clarity, while a 92 year old credits Grape-Nuts and Postum for enduring health and daily work.
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Iowa
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvilla
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