Limelight Fervor Fails to Move Hetty Green at Plaza
The richest woman in the world, Hetty Green, dislikes attention and plans to leave the Plaza hotel. Since moving from Hoboken, she endures persistent suitors and borrowers who misread her wealth. She spends $600 a month on her suite at the Plaza but keeps simple tastes, dining frugally and avoiding display. Her departure date is undecided as she seeks quiet apart from the limelight.
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York
Hetty Green
Plaza
Hoboken
Lucre
Gaikwar
Baroda
Rampur
Mrs. Green
Court of Tears Aids Jews in Trouble Tribunal for ghetto residents aims to ease family disputes
The Hebrew Educational Alliance runs a nonlegal Court of Tears to settle matrimonial and domestic matters among Jews. It meets daily with crowded Sunday sessions, seeks moral influence over desertion, and advocates a state court of domestic relations to relieve police courts. Judge Robbino urges prioritizing family welfare over civil debt enforcement and prison.
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Hebrew Educational Alliance
Court of Tears
Robbino
Vast Wealth Flows From Wall Street Corner Daily
The Broad and Wall streets corner in New York handles an estimated 600000 dollars per minute during working hours, with gold and currency traveling to the subtreasury. The fortress like treasury houses 1500 bombs, 4 gatling guns, and heavy armament to repel mobs.
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Broad and
Wall Streets
New York
Financial District
Wall Street
United States
Chamber of Wealth
New Fashionable Women's Clubs Flourish in New York
The city sees a rise of women’s clubs modeled on men’s groups with their own quarters and amenities. Colony Club led with a chic building and prominent members, followed by Kelectic Club leasing space at the Waldorf Astoria and offering sleeping rooms. The Three Arts club for young women studies art and music, signaling stronger club culture among women and potential spousal pushback.
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Woman’s Club
Man’s Estate
New York
Woman's
Waldorf-Astoria
Three Arta
Why Musical Plays Succeed Says Frohman
Charles Frohman explains that successful musicals hinge on a single distinctive feature rather than broad excellence. He cites The Merry Widow and A Waltz Dream as world successes due to a unique element, with the book and a strong central idea key to lasting appeal.
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Charles Frohman
Gilbert and Sullivan
London
Wisson
Anot
Citas
Two David Harums and a Counterfeit Mare
Rose Stahl recalls a dinner of stage folk where a country fair tale centers on a jockey and a horse doctor haggling over a lame mare. A gentleman learns the mare is hopelessly lame, but the punchline reveals the five dollar note was counterfeit.
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Rose Stahl
Theatrical Personal News From Broadway and New York
Maud Adams extends engagement in The Jester for a month. Henry Miller severs ties with the Shuberts. Mrs J T P O Connor to write a play for Andrew Mack. Charles Klett new play for Henry Betharts. Otis Slidner extends in The Honor of the Mat might. Adelaide Kelp opens in Barbara Prietehie in New York. Margaret Anglin to produce Mater by Percy Mackaye. Louis Mann season under William A Brady in The New Generation. Mine Schumann Heink naturalization filings in Newark after earlier papers in Cincinnati.
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Maud Adams
Henry Miller
The
Shuberts
JT. P. O'Connor
Andrew Mack
Charles Klett
Henry Betharts
Otis Sldinners
Dane
Adelaide Kelp
New York
Barbara Prietehie
Margaret Anglin
Percy Mackaye
Louis Mann
Wiliam A. Brady
Cgouodman
Schoumann-Heink
Stapp
Newark
N. J
Cincinnati
Don’t Poison Baby Castoria Warning From Fort Worth Era
Forty years ago parents overused paregoric and laudanum to sedate infants. Narcotics from opium cause sleep yet risk fatal overdose. Druggists must label narcotics and avoid giving them to children without oversight. Castoria bears Chas. H. Fletcher signature and contains no narcotics.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Chicago
Ill
Alexander E. Mintie
Cleveland
Ohio
J. S. Alexander
Omaha
Neb
J. A. McClellan
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
C. H. Glidden
St. Paul
Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boarman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn
Between Doctors and Dentists in a Witty Exchange
A humorous quip from the Kansas City Times notes a doctor claiming an operation succeeded with a $600 fee paid by the executor without fuss. The item accompanies several quick ads and gossip snippets typical of the period, including patent medicines and tobacco promos.
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Kansas City Times
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