Dan Sully the Cotton King Now Runs a Watch Hill Boarding House
The ex cotton king known as Dan Sully operates Kenneth Ridge a sea front summer home in Watch Hill Rhode Island now used as an all year boarding house. He recounts past Wall Street glory and a $2 million loss in minutes while planning a future Atlantic City of New England and vows never to return to active trading.
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Dan
New York
Sully
Watch Hill
Rhoda Island
Cotton King
Ltring
Bully
Block Island
Montauk Point
Spain
Wall Street
Cotton Exchange
Kenneth Ridge
Dan” Scully
Gulf Stream
Providence
Denly
Dan” Sully
Rooma
Fleli
Boniface
France Seen as Fashion Leader by Jules Heuret
French writer Jules Heuret declares France unmatched in fashion, notes widespread industry earnings, and cites 116000 shops and over a million workers in sewing and embroidery. He cites 15000000 francs export revenue and hundreds of millions of pieces sent abroad yearly, highlighting Paris as the fashion capital.
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Jules Heuret
Angerta
France
Germany
England
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
M. Heuret
Paris
Miss Christina Arbuckle Granted Control Of $25 Million Estate
New York courts appoint Miss Christina Arbuckle as administrator of the $25,000,000 estate of her brother John Arbuckle after his intestate death in March. She joins a quartet of women with vast fortunes including Mrs. E H Harriman, Mrs. Russell Sage, and Mrs. Hetty Green, totaling about $366,000,000. Arbuckle’s income will be shared with her sister and nephew as the sole surviving relatives, with planned philanthropy linked to the Brooklyn church once led by Beecher.
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New York State
Christina Arbuckle
John Arbuckle
E. H. Harriman
Russell Sage
Hetty Green
Miss Arbuckle
Shoe
Arbuckle
Shantendy
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Woman and Culture in the Home World View
A discussion on women's roles emphasizes broad culture beyond law and lab. It argues women must command wide sympathy, knowledge of people and life, to shape society. The piece stresses the mother's influence and claims no great man exists without a great mother.
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Chemlet
Years of Our Life and Culture in Women
A compact reflection cites Olive Schreiner on yearly life shaping identity and gender culture, noting that a woman's skills in cooking and dressing can appear sufficient culture to some observers. The remark frames expectations of female culture and social role.
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Olive Schreiner
Mucky Men and a Bank Cleanout
A fragment notes that some men are mucky and a man who cleaned out a bank faced no action. The dialogue implies he had influence but then corrects that he did not. The piece centers on perceived power and accountability.
Willing He Should Go Far Scheme For Child Exchanges
A Sewickley man and a Wilkinsburg man discuss a plan where countries exchange children for a couple of years. References are exchanged and both families gain language exposure and cross cultural ties. The idea is described as elegant by the Wilkinsburg man.
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Sewickley
Wilkinsburg
Wilkingburg
Sf Herla
Child’s Face Covered By Red Spots And Blisters
A four year old boy suffered a severe facial breakout with red spots and blisters. After standard medicine failed, treatment with Cuticura Soap and Ointment led to rapid drying and healing within about ten to eleven days, leaving no scar. Mrs. Arthur Haworth attests to the cure from Boston supplied products.
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St. Terre Haute
Ind
Lila
Arthur Haworth
Addrera
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
How He Left
Servants discuss a domestic rift at the manor with an argument between master and mistress. Rumor says the husband fled, with debate over whether he departed by car or on foot, while guests overheard a sharp quarrel and a sudden departure.
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London
Accounted For
Fragmentary lines discuss widespread ability to buy automobiles and the idea that cars are among the earliest purchases to clear dust. No clear event or person names identified. The readable bits suggest a reflection on wealth or consumer behavior, but lacking concrete entities or a coherent incident.
His Answer to Wilde on Antiquities and Curiosities
Oscar Wilde visited the United States to lecture on aesthetics and promote Gilbert and Sullivan. He criticized America for lacking antiquities and curiosities, sparking a witty retort from an American girl who noted the country would acquire antiquities and was already importing royalties.
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Oscar Wilde
United States
America
Paxton Toilet Co Promises Free Pextine Antiseptic Trial
Idealo notes a humorous exchange about a perfect husband. The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston offers a large trial box of Pextine Antiseptic, a cleansing germicidal toilet preparation, free to any woman upon request.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Its Rank and Cigar Ads in a Vintage Style
A fragment shows characters debating whether telephone work is a profession and notes LEWIS' Single Binder cigars as dependable over decades. It promotes Cole's Curball salve and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, with brief sales lines and humorous quips about catching a husband.
Mother of large family praises Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Mrs J G Johnson of Scottville Michigan, mother of thirteen, praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for preventing backache and bearing down pains from hard farm life. She notes it helped her daughter through painful periods and irregularities and claims it keeps her household healthy. The ad asserts the remedy is made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics or harmful drugs and claims it is the most successful remedy for women's life known.
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Scottville
Mich
Gates
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Mre
J.G. Johnson
Scottville, Mich
Lydia BE
Pinkham
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