Tea gowns of Paris show how American taste diverges
Paris dressmakers differ sharply in results for American women who order tea gowns. European patrons demand choice and explain their ideas, while many American buyers defer to salespeople. Examples include four yellow tea gowns in sling silk and crepe de chine with jet trim and mousseline de soie, plus a pale blue silk ensemble with black chenille fringe.
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Paris
New York
Ieee Om
Sadie Eka
Social tensions in a North Side flat over a new maid
A Michigan born maid Mary Hansen joins a North Side family but clashes over class. She rebukes her employer then reads in the weekly paper that she is Chicago bound for winter society. Her pointed remark about own status ends the domestic arrangement amid town social gossip.
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Letaly
Michigans
Mary
Thrifty Damsel and Funeral Wreath Tale
A thrift minded girl boards a car with bundles and meets a peer who asks about a wedding. The chorus reveals a wreath for a late teacher, bought for two dollars and sixty cents, two twenty five paid by a clever scheme. The tale closes with light quips.
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Noby
Detroit
Fragmented OCR health ad and Detroit Press quotation
A garbled OCR fragment contains an old Detroit Press quotation about football players and job concerns, followed by a Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement. It mentions Dr. F. J. Cheney & Co. and Toledo, Ohio, with claims of curation and product pricing.
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Detroit Press
Hall
J. Cheneonary & So
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Said to Cure Nervous Women
Letters from Mrs. Hart of Milldale and Mrs. Flanagan of Philadelphia praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing nervousness back pain falling womb and neuralgia. Hart says she recovered after use and urges others to try it. Flanagan credits seven bottles for curing chronic dyspepsia and irritability.
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RS. Pinkham
Anna E. Hart
Milldale
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellen Flanagan
Mountain St
Philadelphia
Railroad Enterprise Expands Copper Wire for Key Lines
The Baltimore and Ohio system reports steady growth with 2,100 units of copper wire, 166 pounds per mile, strung this year. New routes include Baltimore to Parkersburg and Chicago lines, with feeders to Newark and Grafton. Wires were laid on Camden and Cumberland corridors and duplicated west, reflecting quality construction and no recorded grievances. A second item recalls a Dewey quote and a Baltimore & Ohio note on naval command and a War era station, reflecting era discussions.
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Imore.& Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Parkersburg
New O
Chicago
Newark
Cumberian Land
Grafton
Cammer’ Bors
Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio
Non Territorial Expansion Rent Offer in Wisconsin Farmlands
A terse advertisement promotes securing a railroad line loan in Marinette County Wisconsin highlighting bountiful crops, ample labor, strong markets, good climate, pure water and cheap long term land. It urges renting farms at half the cost of rent and directs to the land agent at 16 La Salle Street.
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Pease
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marinette County
Wisconsin
Ge Land Agent
la Salle St
Notable Farewell at the Funeral
A man bent solicitously over the injured, asking if he had any last wish as he lingered. The conversation touched on an automobile, suggesting a connection to the event or the funeral. The scene remains strong despite the tragedy, conveying care and finality.
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Don Rome
A New Standard for Art Vase Veiling Dollars
A fragment from a period ad or column mentions a Secession vase and unusually high figures described as the loveliest dollars in a weekly publication. The tone suggests a showcase or humorous appraisal of art objects and prices with social wit.
Grove's Tastries Cans Tonic for chills and fever
The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is Grove's Tastries Cans Tonic a tasteless iron and quinine formula. Noctre nonay. Price fifty cents.
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Grove’s Tastries
Fragmented Quote From Unclear Source
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Indianapolis and a trader or caller, with garbled phrases about value and payment. The text is incomplete and lacks a coherent event or person to summarize.
Cold Cure Promise Ad Ends In Balloon Quip
A fragment notes a sensational claim to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a money back guarantee. The text also garbles a reporter’s question about ballooning, contrasting ascent and descent with a comic misquote.
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Philadelpia North America
Fragmentary clipping cites druggist claim and truth
A damaged OCR fragment cites statements about cures and truth from various sources including Atchison Globe and Chicago Daily News. It mentions druggists and a Brooklyn item dated October 26, 1893, with unclear context and garbled words.
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Ines
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Cassy
Gees Coer
Tenen
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Srain
Oss
Railroad Enterprise
Latinone
Dewey
Manila
Hong-Kong
Spain
Dies’ Home Journal
Wrath
Fio Bolameee Fates Co
Unionville
Atchison Globe
Pwonarty
Brooklyn
Chicago Daily News
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Swamsen
Rheumatic
Swanson
C. A. Jackson
Kearney
Neb
Lees
Hanute
Swanson Rheumatic Cube CO
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Ill
John M
Mammoth
Housis
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