New Line of Work for Competent Girls to Follow
A column excerpt discusses women entering new trades, valuing ability over salary, and the idea of caring for delicate bric-a-brac in a large city. It features Edward Bok’s view on salaries, then recounts a Philadelphia bachelor’s social ruse with dog biscuit hors d oeuvres to impress guests, highlighting social norms and clever ploys. Bucklen's Arnica Salve ad ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Edward Bok
Philadelphia
London
Paris
Electric Bitters Prove A Wife’s Recovery From Disease
Manchester Michigan man recounts how his wife, bedridden for five years, was freed from illness after using two bottles of Electric Bitters. The remedy is praised for curing nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and dizziness. Each bottle 60 cents, guaranteed by N F Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
N. F. Clayton Druggist
Notable Offshore Bath Cracker and Quick Witted Sailor
An English officer near Ceylon takes a river bath after a local guide shows a safe pool. The guide explains there are no alligators there because they fear sharks. Also includes aphorisms from Swift and observations on enthusiasm across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nota
Nensan
Ceylon
Sar
Count Corrielli at Estelle's Fireside in a European aura
The scene centers on Count Corrielli, a cultured but worldly Neapolitan aristocrat, as he visits Estelle. He notes American ease masking deference to merit and speaks of solitude, a remote castle, and a longing to escape continents and the Count's entangled influence on Estelle's life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Corrielli
Republic
England
Imperial
Russia
Count Corbelli
Estelle
London
Paris
Count Correlli and Estelle The Hidden Proposal
In a tense villa scene Estelle contemplates a life of luxury and freedom as Count Correlli probes her heart and offers guidance about happiness and a potential marriage while a visitor arrives and a cryptic mission unfolds amid palace intrigues. A Peculiar docket from Lexington links a cork leg to a satirical court dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle
Count Correlli
Italy
Count Corrielli
Maine
Monsieur le Comte
Count Corrieth
Mr. Carrington
Futalle
Lexington
Rome
Payette County
Poller
Boothhack
Lis
Irkeone
Description of the Sulu Sultan's Court and Dress by Times Correspondents
Two Philadelphia Times correspondents visited the Sultan of Sulu at Maybun on the southern Sulu coast. They describe a wooden palace, a richly dressed ruler in silk trousers and a green jacket, and a retinue of servants and sultanas. The sultan, a Mussulman loyal to Turkey, presides over subjects with a council of elders while petty chiefs, the Dattos, collect tribute for a royal treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulu
Paris
Philadelphia Times
Maybun
Sulu Islands
Turkey
Mecca
Spain
Samoan Head Hunting Traditions and Dyak Practices Revealed
An authorized account describes Samoan head hunting rituals including preserving heads with hot stones, display in living rooms, and family heirloom status. It also notes Dyak and Philippine practices, ritual preparations, ceremonial huts, weaponry, and the peril to outsiders, all framed as traditional rites and local fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kautz
United States Navy
Pacific Islands
Asia
Borneo
Epliotts
Dr King’s New Discovery Brings Quick Relief
Mrs Michael Curtin of Saintfield recalls her battle with consumption. After a family physician declared her hopeless, a druggist recommended Dr King’s New Discovery. She bought six bottles, improved after the first dose, and now is fully well, saving money with a limited offer at Clayton’s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Curtin
Tainfield
Dr King
Noob Clayton
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the Cranbury Press
Cranbury,n.j
the Press Printing CO
Grand Army
International Commercial Congress
Union
America
N. F. Clayton Bruggist
Commercial Center of Islands
Cebu Island
Visayas
Cebu
Masbate
Leyte
Bohol
Mindanao Sea
Tanon
Negros
Point Marale
Baluarte
Carcas
Tanon Point
Manila
Point Cault
Mandaul
Badian
Badlan
Dean Swift
Prince of Wales
Cleveino
Nead Hunters of
Samoa
Donnelly
Haberdasslery
Opera House
Trenton, N. J
S.bhangle & Son
Hightstown
N. J
Applegate’s
State and
Warren Sts. Trenton
J. H. Goodwin
Jude
Clothiers
Straleht Coods
N. Warren Street
Trenton, N., J
Masonie Temple Music Store
Serge
Crash
East State Street
Trenton
Selbow
Himnee Simp
Wolf
Ave
City
Edward Schaffer
Dobblins
Hatter
Allman
Dobbins, the Hatter
Lrenton
Eost
Lupton Bros
Matawan, Keyport
Perth Amboy
P.O
Matawan, N. J
Frank A. Brown
Agent Tor the
Liverpool & London & Globe
Ins. Co. of North America
North British & Mercantile
Queen
Caledonian
Commercial Union
Standard
Mercer County Mutuals
Shrewsbury Mutual
Monmouth County Mutual
Columbia
Featherstone, Monarch
Bergen & Rue's
Steagi Fitters
Wang
He Arie
Varmah
O. K. Pormer Prive
Priva
Cortland Wagon CO N
Best
Long Springs
Pormer
Priva Ducing
Star Force
Cienbira
Thomas Peppler
Hightstown, N.J
Malown’s
Eldridge
Thomas Mason
Main St
Hightstown, N. J
Davison
Lehigh Coal
B.D. Davison
Jamesburg, N. J
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