Richest merchant Wanamaker and a theatre panic
The item notes Jonas Wanamaker as the richest U S merchant and that his advertising is notable. It reports a panic at a Johnstown theatre after a fire alarm incident, with ten people crushed before evacuation. It also references Dawson’s farm proposal and the first President's Centennial in Washington with Justice Fuller delivering the oration. It cites Maryland politics and praises the Baltimore Sun.
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Jonas Wasamaker
United States
Mr. Wanamaker
Johnstown
House of Representatives
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Melville W. Fuller
Holiday Handkerchiefs Show Down at Golanamaker’s
St Nicholas and Kris Kringle scramble through Golanamaker’s winter sale on Market Street. The two floors and Basement brim with stock while shoppers crowd the aisles. Featured is pure linen handkerchiefs sold by the dozen or box at $2.50 and $1.25, priced to rival the best 50 cent pieces.
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St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
Market Street
Grand Reserve
Fan and blanket bargains at Wanamaker’s sale
The catalog highlights a range of fans from 25 cents to 285 dollars, Ostrich Feather folding fans, and black satin items. It promotes wool blankets sold by the pair, small purses, leather wallets, and Paris Exposition pocket sets. A new 80 page Wanamaker catalog offers about four thousand standard and holiday titles.
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Priestley
Ted Suk
Tyes
Iere
Wanamaker
Subscriptions Open for The Century Magazine at $4 Year
Booksellers postmasters and subscription agents offer The Century at four dollars yearly. Remittances may be sent to The Century Co. of New York. Start new subscriptions with November's first issue and receive Mark Twain's story A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
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Andover Meadows
Peter’s Corner
Tempreville
Queen Anne's County
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Lincoln History
George Kennan
Siberia
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Jefferson
Jeffersons
Australia
Amelia E. Barr
Frank R. Stockton
Mark Twain
H. H. Boyesen
Great Lick
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America
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Ohio
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Yale
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New York
Century
THE
Century Co
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Queen Anne
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George M. Russum
Henry R. Lewis
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Catharine Hardcastle
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Said Langsdale
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Jumptown
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Thomas Blackburn
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Emily Bell On Divers Times Since Said Iarringe
Frank Bell
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Curetino County
Luther H. Gadd
Puter H. Gadd
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Warren St
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AGS
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American Loan and Trust Co
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Wekee
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