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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
2
The piece recalls the Vanderbilt wealth and romance across generations from Cornelius to Grace and Consuelo, noting elopements and unhappy marriages. It highlights Julia Estelle Vanderbilt’s elopement with a Newport chauffeur and revisits famed unions and tensions within the Vanderbilt circle and their broader social intrigues.
William A. Radford advises readers on practical home building choices that maximize resale and rental value. He argues smaller yet well-equipped interiors can boost selling price and appeal, noting life events like death or relocation may force sale and the need to balance personal comfort with future marketability.
A discussion on affordable home construction urges buyers to cut less visible luxuries and focus on essential finishes. It warns against delaying interior details like fireplaces and built in storage, noting delaying adds cost and reduces value.
Julia Estelle French of Newport eloped with Jack Geraghty a chauffeur Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr married Grace Wilson eight years older and was disinherited of 352000000 by his father Reginald Vanderbilt wed Kathleen Neilson who was comparatively poor They appear to live happily ever after Gertrude Vanderbilt married Henry Payne Whitney and lives contentedly with her husband and two children.
A survey notes multiple separations and divorces among Vanderbilt relatives. W K Vanderbilt divorces and remarries, Consuelo Vanderbilt separates from the Duke of Marlborough, and others including Mrs. W K Vanderbilt Mrs Frederick Vanderbilt and Elliott Shepard experience separations. Additional cases involve Col Vanderbilt Allen Mrs Clarence Collins Countess Czaikowsky and Leroy Dresser connected by marriage to Commodore Vanderbilt lineage.
An Elwood Indiana woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding surgery. She endured months of pain from a right sided issue and says one bottle brought relief and improved health. The ad invites others to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential, free advice.
A reader reports a volatile scene after drinking at a club. The spouse reacts with concern as the narrator describes his heavy drinking and the disturbing condition upon returning home.
A mother assigns her eight year old Fred to illustrate the twenty third Psalm. He draws shepherds and pastures then stacks a train of cars a toy gun and marbles on the table declaring these are the presents of his enemies.
A Minnesota family shares how their mother failed with coffee substitute Postum until a second, longer boil improved the brew. The father, once a coffee lover and dyspeptic, grows fat and healthy after switching. The letter, from Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich, urges reading The Road to Wellville and notes new letters appear occasionally.
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