New York Chronicle and The Round Up From Harbor to Stage
A bustling late summer page review notes the Hamburg liner Kroaghnessin Ce re docking with grand decor and a 1.35 percent crew. Bronx Zoo adds a young three and a half foot orangutan. London marriage plans for Mrs Stanford White and Charles McKim spark interest. misalliance between Mrs M D Bussell and Baron von Motz ends with arrest. Fulton’s Clermont centennial celebrated with harbor decorations. Edward M Morgan crowned NYC postmaster after 34 years rise through ranks. Broadway chatter covers The Time the Place and the Girl at Wallack’s, star turns by Arthur Deagon and Violet McMillan, Wart tl te Music Master’s exit, and upcoming plays A Grand Army Man, Anna Karenina dramatization, The Lady From the Sea, The Lady From Lane’s, When Knights Were Bold, and The Round Up. Henrietta Lazarus.
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Amg
Focal
Brein
Ned Wayburn
Arthur Deagon
Johnny Hicks
Uccens
Violet McMillan
Harriet Burt
Dixie
David Wartlelg
Belasco
the Stuyvesant
Warfield
Indiana
Virginia Harned
Herald Square
Tolstoy
Grace George
London
Lyceum Theatre
Ibsen
Lyric Theatre
Lane
George Broadhurst
Francis Wilson
Garrick ‘Theatre
Maclyn Arlbuckle
Wright Kramer
Florence Rockwell
Marle Taylor
New Amsterdam Theatre
Henrietta Lazarus
Hat Costs $240 Shocks Paris Milliners In Fashion Exposé
Paris dispatch reports hats reaching unprecedented prices with a capeline in straw priced near 240 dollars and marabou and aigrette adornments. Milliners defend the cost amid a dress market with costly gowns, noting lace is worn on hats as well. Consumer reactions frame the piece with commentary on age and propriety. Also includes an advertisement for Doan's Reguleta for constipation.
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Paris
Hmit
Elrele
Sauce for the Gander
A San Francisco woman engaging a Chinese cook asks his name. He answers in broken English with a long name, and she abbreviates it to John. He repeats asking for her name, and she mishears as Mrs. Melville Landon. He tags her as Tommy in playful mispronunciations.
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San Francisco
Wang
John
Melville Landon
Membal Lorton
Tommy
Water main burst threatens 600 at Stockholm Hotel
A 36 inch water main ruptured at Chicago and Kingsbury, near the Stockholm Hotel, creating a panic as guests fled. Police helped evacuate women and children to safety while floodwaters inundated basements two blocks in every direction, endangering residents and property.
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Chicago
Chicago Avenue
Kingsbury Avenue
Stockholm
Rockefeller to Receive Witness Fees for Landis Hearing
Chicago August 20 The Salvation Army awaits as John D Rockefeller prepares to sign a government check for 73.96 for his one day testimony before Judge Landis on July 6 about the Standard Oil affair. Rockefeller traveled 1449 miles and swears he is president in name only, requesting 1.60 for witness fee and 72.45 for railway fare.
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Chicago
Salvation Army
Isam
John D. Rockefeller
Landis
Mr. Rockefeller
United States
John P. Wolf
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Judge Landis
Rockefeller
Marshal Hoy
Cleveland
Hoy
Depuy Wolf
T. C. MacMillan
Distriet
Byham
Wolf
Walt
Undertakers
Mitchell Wagons Stand The Tent Solid Service And Light Running
Mitchell Wagons promise solid hard service and easy running. B A Batterfield & Co promotes the Mitchell wagon as dependable and efficient for frequent use and travel.
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Ines
Mitchell
B. A. Batterfield & Co
D-Tyee& Fridt
Power broken in Wall Street Journal on rebates and Standard Oil
The Wall Street Journal’s fair view on fiscal matters centers on the Landis fine and its effect on Standard Oil. Critics doubt the attack will only dent prestige but also loosen the company’s grip on American finance and rail rebates. Memphis News Belimitar reports on market influence.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Whicch
Landis
Standard 611 Company
Ite
Standard Ol
Mariner
Ita
Vcapitallata
Belimitar
Brownlow to Launch Bristol News Paper
Congressman Brownlow will start a Ben Davee in Bristol at an early date The News Publishing company has been chartered for this purpose The paper will be the official organ of the Republican reader and will be an eight page afternoon publication
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Bristol
Teun
Congress
Man Brownlow
Ben Davee
News Publishing
Republican Reader
Prof Norwood Corrects Elliott County Diamond Claims
State geologist Prof. C. J. Norwood writes Lexington to correct errors about Elliott county diamond prospects. He clarifies that no US Geological Survey member predicted diamonds there and urges cautious prospecting for gems other than diamonds, while supporting measured exploration by informed parties.
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C. J. Norwood
Lexington
Ch Errour
Elliot
County
Elliot, County
Kentucky
A. R. Crandall
Henry Carville Lewis
United States Geological Survey
Lewis
Crandall
Elliott County
Kennclky Geological Survey
Prof
Eliott County
Kimberley
Kentucky Geological Survey
Co. J. Norwood
Nine million inheritance shocks Wheeling clerk
Mrs Atepa Humex of Wheeling West Virginia a Government Printing Office clerk has learned she inherits more than two million from Jonathan Hodges an Englishman under a will. Real estate valued at one hundred million may be turned to cash before distribution with eighty million in dole fare deposited in English banks. Humex plans to resign only after receiving her portion saying someone else will need the place more.
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Washington
Aus
Atepa Humex
Wheeling
W. Va
Government Printing Office
Jonathan Hodges
Freight Depot Destroyed at Paris Tennessee
Fire destroyed the freight depot of the Louisville and Nashville railroad at Paris Tennessee this morning at 2 o clock with all freight stored inside. Loss estimated at around 10000 dollars. Cause unknown. This marks the second fire loss for the line at Paris, previously destroying the railway station in 1892.
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Paris
Tenn
Lantsville Amd
Nashville
Gether
Louieville
Shark Attacks at Salina Cruz Leave Sailor Missing Foot
The big steamer Arizona crewman Frank Fonda battled a ten foot shark at Salina Cruz. His forearm was torn, three fingers crushed, and his right foot nearly severed. Rescued and rushed to hospital, he fights for life as surgeons assess further losses.
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San Francisco
Frank Fonda
Salina Cruz
Fonda
Arizona
Iosa
Eye Panes for Pet Pups in Automobiles and Races
New York Press notes a trend of canine goggles worn by dogs during car rides and at Brighton Beach race track Endurance Derby events. A thoughtful owner devised protective eye gear after observing watery eyes from dust and wind, featuring comfy straps and fastenings for secure wear.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Doggle
Only a Fable Moral From a Memphis Newspaper
The Memphis Scimitar reports a fable of a fierce bear trapped by hunters and praying to Jupiter to end such traps or bear-kind would vanish, leaving people without bear oil. The moral warns against taxing the common people too heavily, lest they starve and fail to keep the rich supplied with labor.
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Jupiter
Memphis News Scimitar
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Kossip
Gotham
York City
Borneo
Hye
Bronx Park Zoo
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Charles P. McKim
McKim
American Institute of Architects
Laura Brown
Alice C. Nevill
San Antonio
Texas
Lone Star State
M.D. Bussell
Mary McGavock
Christian von Motz
Anita Coward
Waldorf-Astoria
Russell
Suilaw Street
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Edward M. Morgan
New York City
Boston
Wallack
Tracy
King of Diamonds
Louis Tracy
Berger
Philip Anson
Heyals
Philip
MO. D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Mitchell Wagons
Norwood
England
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