Wau Meets His Match at Washington Dinner
A New York woman meets Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang in Washington. She notes the exchange about marriage and personal questions, joking that she expected the usual intimate queries, while Wu Ting Fang questions remain polite. The anecdote from the New York Sun highlights cultural exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wau
New York
Wu Tins-fang
Washington
Wu Ting-fang
Minister Wu
New York Sun
Mark Twain and the Negro Tatler dinner tale
A dinner anecdote recalls Mark Twain and a colored man claiming to have known George Washington. Twain asks if the man steered the boat crossing the Delaware and the man replies he steered it. He remembers Washington’s back at the cherry tree and says he drove the back himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Negro Tatler
South
George Washington
Washington
Delaware
Massa
George
Cherry Tree
New York Times
Never Worked and Never Will at 70
A Cleveland Plain dealer quips about a New York farmer who is seventy, never worked since reaching discretion, and questions the hired man’s responsibility. It imagines dressing the man in ragged clothes and placing him on a high stool in a cornfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland Plain
Cole's Carbolisalve Promises Quick Burn Relief
Reverend A L Tull of Ashland Wisconsin endorses Cole's Carbolisalve for severe burns, claiming instant pain relief and scar-free healing. He urges readers to buy Cole's in 6 and 50 cent sizes from reputable druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Tull
M. E. Church
Ashland
Wis
Cole
Malt ecce cat relsing kittens and wildlife in barn
In W. H. Bunch’s barn a queen cat raises three of her own kittens a pair of black kittens two fox squirrels and a wild rabbit. The cat shows impartial devotion while the squirrels cause trouble with their frolics as the elder is kept busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bunch
No Adequate Return Stirs Lecture Dispute
Professor George W. Kirchwey of Columbia Law faced a student question during a lecture on Property. He quoted a student remark about taking property without adequate return, then recounting a reception where his hat was taken and not returned, illustrating the point with a personal anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Kirchwey
Columbia Law School
Mameseekers Tickets for West Homeseekers Excursions
Tickets via the Great Northern Railway to joints in Manitoba Montana Washington and the West available at about one fare for round trip on first and third Tuesdays of July August September and October. Tickets and information from railway ticket agents or F I Whitney G P and T A St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
Manitoba
Montana
Washington
West
Whitney
St. Paul
Senator exposes river snag cane as $50,000 aid prop
Senator Lotsman shows a walking stick carved from a snag removed during a river improvement project. Senator Sweetner asks the price, and the exchange highlights a claim that $50,000 had been appropriated for river work in Lotsman’s state the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotsman
Senator Sweetner
Wolf Scalp Bounty Report From North Park
A hunter-trapper in North Park this winter has brought in four gray wolf pelts. Stockmen offer a $50 bounty per wolf scalp. The article notes increasing need to exterminate wolves due to cattle losses, estimated at $500 per wolf over its lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Park
Mrs Grigsby Rejects Friends Smoking In House
A playful exchange questions Mrs Grigsby's tolerance for guests smoking at home. The husband’s supply of cigars would influence her stance. A dénouement looms as the mission’s outcome gathers suspense.
Waist Made of Folds of Crepe de Chine New Way to Serve
A fashion note highlights a waist design using crepe de chine folds and introduces a novel method to present aspargus as part of stylish dining. The piece also offers tips to refurnish a room cheaply and previews minty dining trends.
Refurnishing Ideas with Affordable Slipcovers and Pillows
A practical guide shows home refresh on a budget by swapping sofa pillows and table covers. It notes using denims and sateens that are easy to launder, and describes a clever green walled living room with a yellow slipcover and matching pillows appliqued with green linen, plus a coordinated table cover.
Mantillas Foresee Fashion Rise For Summer Wear
The article anticipates damine or batiste mantillas becoming popular as light summer garments. They will feature a small round cape shape with long front ends and abundant lace trimmings in ecru or yellow. Garments may be lined in white or self color for town and seaside fashion.
New Features in Tailormades For Street Costume
A fashion note on Tailormades introducing a handsome street costume using a fancy suiting material. The design aims for chic versatility and smart style in urban wear.
Fashion notes on sleeves skirts and fabrics in dress trends
The article describes sleeve details with flaring cuffs and a skirt laid in wide tucks, forming a full hem. It notes a shift toward mixed or fancy suitings over smooth fabrics, with cloth remaining the dominant choice among fabrics like Scotch tweed and covert cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maire
Novel Crepe de Chine Waist With Lace and Rosette
A waist of crepe de chine features tuck effects, lace straps, and a deep lace yoke. Black chiffon bands are artistically arranged with a left side rosette. Sleeves are notably novel. All stitching uses Corticelli silk for shirt waists, pongee noted as special.
Fashion notes on smart gowns and fabric trends
The article surveys modern gown features such as basque skirts and broad shoulders with maire collars and white moire vests. It highlights Gibson and Duchess waists, Corticelli embroidery, ecru pongee and mer cerized fabrics, and new sleeve and button detailing.
Veranda Fashion Sees Coquette Wrap With Lace Collar
Wear on the veranda features the coquette wrap or Mon te Carlo coat, commonly paired with a large lace or silk collar trimmed with lace. An extra decoration comes from bias cut ribbon ties plaited with fringed silk ends or dangling braid or enamel ornaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Leghorn Hats and Children's Styles Featured in Little Folks
The column highlights Leghorn hats as the children's special property with thin sheer dresses and broad yoke ruffles. Mother Hubbard styles return, grasses trim hats, posies adorn garlands, and simple muslin hats with ruffed brims suit little faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Hubbard
Democracy of Japan's Emperor Described as Plain Host
The emperor is portrayed as a simple, approachable figure who greets guests standing and converses freely. He values knowledge across professions and invites distinguished people to his table, reflecting impartial favor and frequent garden parties where he meets many individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Temperance and Moisture Map of the United States
Prof Woodwort from Lewis Institute Chicago argues that moisture levels shape temperance effects. He claims alcohol dries the body more in arid western regions than in moist coastal climates, noting Florida natives drink less visibly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodwort
Lewis Institute
Chicago
United States
Florida
Frank Lesile
Fruit of the Mahaleb Cherry as a Stock for Budding
The Mahaleb cherry is known in the United States mainly as a stock for budding cherry varieties. It is a small, dark fruiting tree that grows comparatively dwarf and thrives in heavy soil, favored for Central States plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Central States
Mechan’s
Saved the Baby. Moon Child Survives Kidney Illness
In New Providence New Jersey a three year old girl named Helen Moon narrowly escaped death from severe kidney trouble. After doctors warned of poor prognosis the family used Dodd's Kidney Pills. Nine boxes later the dropsy subsided and the child fully recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Providence
Town
Helen Moon
Dodd
Chimpanzee Queries Humans In Quiet Zoo Moment
A young chimpanzee peers through bars and asks a question to its mother about descent from humans. The mother reassures and urges improvement over ancestors in a reflective zoo scene noted in the Ohio State Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad and Court Hearing Exchange
An OCR fragment shows an old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming gum softening and pain relief for teething with a 25 cent price. A courtroom exchange repeats questions about a plaintiff striking a defendant and describes an assault with a mallet behind the ear.
Cole’s Cough Cure Ad Consumers Should Take
A vintage drug advertisement urges stopping a racky cough and avoiding consumption with Cole’s Cough Cure. It promises prompt relief and a pleasant taste with a money back guarantee. Sold by all good druggists in 25 and 30 cent bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Pegasus Has Hin Opportunity
The Pegasus mocks critics over poetry with a horse laugh and claims the odor of a gasoline vehicle tied up after a bucking incident. Automobile Magazine reports the exchange with a playful, archaic tone reflecting equine pride and literary complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegasus
Automobile Magazine
Great Northern offers home seekers tickets west in 1902
Great Northern Railway sells home seekers’ tickets from St Paul or Minneapolis to all points west including Montana and Washington on the first and third Tuesdays of July August September and October 1902. One fare for the round trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Montana
Washington
Contentment and Love as Keys to Riches
A reflective note urging contentment as a path to happiness and wealth. It emphasizes that care blocks joy while loving deeds sow fruitful outcomes, framing character virtues as essential in life’s plan.
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Ad Card Ad Claims
An old advertisement notes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to stop coughs and relieve colds for 23 cents. The copy includes a vending-style list and a scene with women reading flavor menus at a soda fountain, calling for sarsaparilla.
Great Nerve Restorer Offers Promised Cure Claims
An advertisement asserts FITS are permanently cured with Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and promises a free bottle and treatise. The appeal targets nervous disorders and links prosperity with farming success, noting distribution by R H Kane Ltd at 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kline
R. HW. Kane, Ltd
Arch Street
Miladelphia, Ye
Peruna touted by Memphis society woman in ad claim
Med examiner Miss Blanch Grey of Memphis writes of Peruna as highly beneficial for tired nerves and poor health. Chicago reader Mrs X Schneider shares a tale of systemic catarrh relief after using Peruna, praising its cure and urging others to request Dr Hartman’s free book and advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Blanch Grey
Alabama Street
Memphis
Tenn
X.schneider
Chicago
Ill
Peruna
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Locomotive Brought Him at Jewish Reception
At a reception for Prof. Solomon Schechter, Dr. G Solis Cohen of Philadelphia replied to a toast with a joke about motives. When asked what motive had brought him, Dr. Cohen quipped that it was a locomotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Schechter
G. Solis Cohen
Philadelphia
Dr. Leipziger
Dr. Cohen
Great Northern sells round trip homeseekers tickets West
The Great Northern Railway offers homeseekers tickets to Manitoba Montana Washington and all points in the West for about one fare round trip. Tickets available on the first and third Tuesdays of July August September and October. Information from all ticket agents or F I Whitney G P T A St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
Manitoba
Montana
Washington
F. I. Whitney
Viewing With Alarm and a Ringed Resolution
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows Esmeralda asked by her father about the young congressman's visit last night. She replies they were merely holding no caucus and had adopted a ringing resolution, prompting the father's stern response and a glint on her finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmeralda
Rapa
Chicago Tribune
Northwestern Inventors Patent Awards Last Week
List shows Willis J. Frank of Alcester South Dakota with a hay rack lifter James W Rickey of Minneapolis Minnesota with a water wheel penstock construction Joseph Suchy of Little Heart North Dakota with a gear transmission Cyrus Co Webster of Minneapolis Minnesota with a strip metal casting machine Patent attorneys Lothrop Jolneen 011 012 Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minnesota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Willis J. Frank
Alcester
S. D
James W. Rickey
Minneapoli
Minn
Joseph Suchy
Littleheart
N. D
Cyrus Co. Webster
Minneapolis
Lothrop & Jolneen
Pioneer Presa
Paul
Ming
Supreme Court Appeal Question For Constitutional Disease
A witty exchange questions whether a medical condition is constitutional and if the patient must appeal to the U S Supreme Court to determine its nature. The Richmond Dispatch lampoons legal-constitutional sensitivity in medical matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Richmond Dispatch
Runainess Woman Refuses Marriage Proposal
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt a woman named Viola recalls a man asking for marriage. She admits she declined, saying she had no time, while Olivia teases her about a proposal in a playful dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia
Viola
Detroit Free Press
Maple Street woman credits Piso's Cure for life saved
Mrs. T1108 Robbins of Maple Street Norwich New York writes that Piso's Cure for Consumption saved her life three years ago. The note dated February 17 1900 adds a testimonial tone to the remedy's reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich
N. Y
To Continue the Dispute Over Marriage Question
Exchange quotes reveal ongoing struggle over how the couple wed. A public dispute centers on who proposed and how the decision was made. Both sides stand by their narrative amid private deliberations and social scrutiny.
Quotations on virtue and perception by a cautious speaker
A reflective line urges restraint before moral judgments. It emphasizes that true goodness appears in others only to a good man who pauses to observe rather than rush to praise or condemn.
Medical Examiner Endorses Peruna For Catarrh Cure
R Llewellyn Jordan a U S Treasury medical examiner and West Point graduate credits Peruna with a dramatic recovery after one month of treatment. He urges fellow sufferers that Peruna will cure them and states catarrh disappears, with lasting cure claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Llewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Peruna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vpaussy
Quece
Lenbfer
Home and Fashions
Duchess
Homeseekers
The
United States Treasury
Liewellyn Jordan
J. HW. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
St. John’s University
Collegeville
Benedictine Fathers
Northwest
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Libby
U.S
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Anarhas
Mickford
Washington, D.C
Thompson
Wneapolis
Woodward &C. Grain Commission
Ouluth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!