Co operative Dress Association Sparks Merchants Debate
A prominent New York City merchant argues against the Co operative Dress Association. He cites high quality standards, tight margins, and significant risks from stock valuation and manager vested interests. He contends co operation may fail without strong leadership and broad patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Co-operative Dress Association
Broadway
New York
Paris
London
Berlin
Vienna
Cooperative Dress Association
Army and Navy Society
Civil Service Co-operative Society
Civil Service Supply Association of England
Tts
England
Army
Dress Dress Association of
Mystery Blackmail Plot Linked to Columbus Bank Leader
A Columbus blackmail hoax was publicly revealed as police probed a letter to FF. C. Sessions, head of the Commercial Bank, urging a $100000 handout or murder. A disguised detective acted as a witness while detectives shadowed suspects, with wagon and watching figures noted during the staged scare. The Sessions family remains alarmed as investigators consider the case serious but unclear if real.
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Columbus
New York Herald
FF. C. Sessions
Sessions
William Deshier
Franklin National Bank
Denison
Green
Hocking Valley Railroad
Clackmail
Broad Street
Connecticut Blacksmith's Daughter Becomes Lady Stirling
A Stratford girl marries a traveling heir who vanishes then letters back. She sails to New York with her child, finds wealth and a England mansion, becoming Lady Samuel Stirling after he dies. The Ship returns her to a titled future in the Peerage.
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Toronto Globe
Stratford
Conn
Folsom
Strawger
New Orleans
England
New York
Samuel Stirling
Miss Folsom
North America
What He Saw in the Class How a Congressman Was Reclaimed
A Washington Capitol tale recalls a man who rose in Congress after a long struggle with drink. Four friends lured him toward a saloon, used a worm in his glass to test his resolve, and he refused to drink, ultimately choosing sobriety. The narrator says his talents later flourished.
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Washington Capitol
Congress
Dar-room
Tom
Brooklyn Eagle
George Washinton
Washington
Norwich girl swallows pin during long illness
Miss DeFrane Gale of Norwich has suffered a three year cough related illness. After three days of severe coughing a pin was expelled from the chest area. The pin fragment measured a minute length and the patient is now rapidly recovering.
Exhibition of a horned woolly pig at Heavenly Joy knoll
Carson Times reports Jim Kyle, brother of Eureka Sheriff Kyle, hosting a public exhibition of a genuine horned woolly pig at Heavenly Joy knoll Lower Ruby bill. The pig weighs 2942 pounds with four inch horns projecting from its head that can be twisted or doubled by hand. Its head features a defined snout ears and eyes, with glossy variegated wool and ears like a Newfoundland dog.
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Carson Times
Jim Kyle
Sheriff Kyle
Eureka
Heavenly Joy Knoll
Slang of the Stage and Its Vernacular Twists
The article surveys theatrical slang from actors and backstage life, tracing origins from fakir to fake and detailing terms for roles, behavior, and stage actions. It notes the Beltway chatter in green rooms, terms for various actor types, audience dynamics, and travel life of the troupe, ending with the aim of hogging the audience.
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Peacee
Jonah
Torture by Electricity in Russian Tyranny
A Geneva despatch described Russakoff and Jaliboff tortured by electric shocks in the presence of General Loris Melikoff, with Park Benjamin noting the idea originated in Britain. The piece explains two torture methods, one via rapid muscle contraction and the other burning sparks, and recounts a surgeon's demonstration of the electric scourge.
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New York Sun
Geneva
Russakoff
Jaliboff
Loris Melikoff
Park Benjamin
England
Louis XIV
Pe Bei
the Inquirer
The Avoca Farmer Marries a Glass Slipper Bride
A farmer from near Avoca traveled to Omaha to meet a fiancée revealed by a matrimonial ad. He paid for a railroad ticket and wedding outfit with borrowed money, sent 100, and waited three days at the Union Pacific transfer. The widow never arrived, leaving him broke and disillusioned.
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Herald
Union Pacific
Avoca
Wen
Rock Island Road
Smallest Man in Coal Regions Described in Journal
John McConnell of Pottsville is among the world’s smallest men. Born in Vermont, he is 82 on June 24 and stopped growing years ago. He stands 3 feet 11 inches with boots, weighs 86 pounds, wears a 7 1/2 hat, and has a 36 inch chest.
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Pottsville
Penn
John McConnell
Mevonnell
Vermont
Pennsylvania
The Millionaire Kimball and His Faithful Gold Pen
Kimball of Georgia, once a Maine figure and brother to Charles P. Kimball, praises a worn gold pen he has used since 185 percent. He notes the pen has signed bonds and drawn checks totaling over fifty million dollars, helping railroads, factories, hotels, and jobs. He believes it has shaped Atlanta’s growth and will do more in the future.
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Dutchy
Hoss Fiddler
Catgut
Cully
Atlanta
How He Won Her and Peabody Dies a Bachelor Tale
A Baltimore romance tall Tale of C C the rival, Sarah Ann Brown and Peabody. A bold grandmother known as Grandma Brown helps defend a marriage, with vivid scenes of a storefront meeting, a dramatic kiss, and a later peopled family memory. The piece ends noting Peabody and many others are long dead in Greenmount cemetery.
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Cleopatra
Peabody
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Sarah Ann Brown
Maryland
C. C
United States
New York
Mr. C
Mr. Peabody
Sarah Ann
Brown Mansion
Miss Brown
Himsell
Grandma Brown
Lauy
Its. C
Greenmount Cemetery
Political Brag and Political Glee Across the Nation
A long satirical collage mocks party spoils and graft while recounting humorous anecdotes. It cites political boasts about offices and emoluments, then shifts to a series of comic vignettes from trains and towns, including playful asides about history lessons, humor on stage, and mischief around social norms.
Return of Speech After Three Years At Pool
Six years earlier Buxton man Libby grew hoarse and breathless while fishing at the Pool. He became mute for three years, then recovered after a fall on an island. He spoke clearly again and lived about two more years until death.
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Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
Biddeford
Libby
Buxton
Lit- Ly
The Old Story of William Grossman’s Sudden Return
An Allentown correspondent reports that William Grossman, once a German tramp in Lehigh county ore fields, married a young woman, vanished for years, then reappeared last year with substantial wealth claiming a £25 inheritance from a deceased relative. The tale underscores a dramatic, unresolved past.
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Allentown
Philadelphia Times
William Grossman
Lehigh County
Wealthy husband’s spree ends as sheriff sells land
A man who exhausted his $26,000 in seven months spent lavishly on a wife and luxury, buying a fine house, jewelry, furniture, horses, carriages, sleighs, and elegant apparel. When the funds vanished, his last asset, twelve acres of land, was sold by the sheriff.
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American Dress Association
Lim
Abe
Noarger
Madame Elite
Henry Fox
Volilceman
Baron von Sedlitz Powrertz
Grosaman
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Ladies’ Dress Association
New York Tribune
New
York
Stern’s
Altman
Macy's
Completences of
Co.operative Dress Association
Department of
Toontrol
Uonder
RK. H. Macy & Co
Macy
la Forge
Valentine
Morris
Enrich Brothers
William Ebrich
Europe
Association
Bayard Street
Eleventh Avenue
Christendom
Mahacer
City of
Lovis R, Exricn
Ohio
Connecticut
Guying
Genuine Dramatic Guild
Curbstone
Union Square
Torturi NG
Omaha Herald
George Peabody
Mr. Pea
Mistress C
Church
Alwys
Brig-A-Brag
Real Republican Platform
San Francisco Post
Emily
the Maidens' Chorus
Cleveland
Thister
West
Boston Common
Stouchton
Burlington
Endymion
Galveston
Mose Schomburg
Gilhooly
Brudder Sam
New Haven
Heaven
Weill
Albany
Capitol
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