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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1897

Page

3

Luxurious Spreckels Bathroom For Emma Beal Planned in New Jersey

A New York Herald report from Wrenton New Jersey details Emma Spreckels daughter of Claus Spreckels planning a lavish bathroom costing 10000 as part of a personal suite designed after European trips. The project features gold fixtures porcelain tub and decorated tile walls with panels depicting bathing scenes. Emma, 27, recently wed to Thomas Watson 59 in San Jose and living in San Francisco, reportedly refused her father’s money after the marriage.

New York Herald Wrenton N. J Thomes Watson Claus Spreckels America New York Emma Spreckels Europe Pacific Coast Trenton Grere Cupid Thomas Watson San Jose California Hotel San Francisco

Royal Drawing Rooms Set for May to June

American ladies seek presentation at upcoming drawing rooms as five events are scheduled including three with the princess of Wales acting for the queen. The June session leads into diamond jubilee celebrations with strict limit of 200 presentations per beach drawing. Her majesty remains in fine health and oversees jubilee preparations amid court reports and a semi official denial of illness. The court returns from Osborne to Windsor on February 10 and March, with a later trip to Cimiez, France planned.

Princess of Wales Osborne Windsor Castle Cimiez France

Three Beal Women Embrace Raw Food Regimen in Berkeley

Three Beal women, Mrs. L Beal and daughters Alice and Mary, live in Berkeley and follow a strictly uncooked diet. They reject all heated or fried foods, subsisting on vegetables cereals fruits berries and other uncooked fare learned during their years in the South Seas.

Beal Beals Islands Berkeley L. Beal Alice Mary Beal England South Sea Islands Her Mr. Beal California

A New Experience Why the Little Dear Was Disgusted

A Detroit Free Press moral tale in which a petite matron on a street car refuses to stand for seats. She and a child expect courtesy from male riders who ignore them, prompting the mother to declare the girl is disgusted by the hog car ride. The scene ends with immediate seating arriving.

Detroit Free Press Mamma

Medieval Imagination Details Pelican and Whale Lessons

The article cites Appleton's Monthly on early Christian views of marine animals. It describes the whale luring fish with odor leading to destruction and uses Pelican legends to illustrate atonement, including Augustine's interpretation of pelicans reviving their young with blood.

Appleton Hell St. Augustine

Keeper Son Braved Three Weeks of Storm at Lighthouse

The tale recalls a 15 year old boy left alone at a lighthouse while his father sailed for provisions. A violent three week storm raged, yet the boy kept the light burning with little food and rest. The father and crew later praised the brave youth and the proud keeper.

Scribner’s Maine Saddleback

Shoe Repair Call Service Promises Pickup and Delivery

Central-169 offers shoe repair with pickup and delivery. They claim staff time to call, repair, and return shoes with reasonable prices and guaranteed workmanship.

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