Society Leader Tells How to Belong in New York
Frederick Townsend Martin, new leader of New York society, predicts future entertainments will shift from lavish balls to a mix of novelists, explorers, actors, scientists, and reformers. He argues prominence should rise from achievement and magnetism, not mere wealth, and cites shifts from London society to New York.
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EW York
Frederick Townsend Martin
New York
Alaska
London
Wart McAllister
Everard Eyes New York for Original Maxim's Restaurant
Maxim's former owner and Paris maitre d hotel Everard says he plans a festive Times Square restaurant in New York. He notes American limits on dancing and liquor, cites three essentials of a successful eaterie, comments on New York trends, and recounts how he chose the Maxim name after leaving the Paris landmark.
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Borges Everard
Plaza
Maxim's
Paris
New York
Times Square
M. Everard
Maxim
Caprice
Hetty Green’s social reinvention sparks society buzz
Hetty Green undergoes a beauty makeover at a New York salon and plans a Newport summer visit, signaling a shift from finance circles to high society. Report notes her Plaza Hotel meals and dinners, with observers predicting teas, bridge parties, and a Fifth Avenue mansion.
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Hetty Green
Newport
Hoboken
Plaza
Fifth Avenue
H. Robinson Green
Society News
Hetty
Financial District
New York Plans for Two Immense Lobster Palaces
The city spends millions daily on food and drink with a high end market feeding lobster palaces and grill rooms in the white light district. Plans call for two vast restaurants in Longacre Square, one seating 8000, aiming to attract the purse over palate with garish displays and impressive urban garden features.
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York
White Lght
la Newburg
Longacre Square
Babylon
Addie Joss Heads American League Pitching Elite
Addie Joss of Cleveland emerges as the premier twirler with ten straight wins. He deflects praise to his teammates behind him and stresses fielding and strategy as keys to his success. The piece notes his precision at the plate and disciplined approach to every game. A separate note reports Otis Stockdale accusing Memphis manager Babb of ordering losses to help Atlanta in 1907, with Southern League President Kavanaugh promising a formal probe.
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Addie Joss
Cleveland
Joss
Addie
Jess
Walsh
Altrock
White Sox
Naps
Memphis
Atlanta
Otis Stockdale
Hartimore
Washington
Mobile
Stockdale
Babb
Southern League
Kavanaugh
Callahan Denied Reinstatement to Major Leagues
James J. Callahan, Chicago magnate, remains barred from organized baseball as the national baseball commission rejects his reinstatement. There appears to be little chance he will rejoin the major leagues.
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Callahan
James J. Callahan
Semioro
Chicago
National Baseball Commission
Baseball Magnates Enlarge Parks and Draw Big Crowds
Baseball has grown into a major nationwide spectacle with parks expanding to fit surging crowds. Comiskey and others have packed venues from Chicago to Philadelphia and Brooklyn as demand soars across all populations. Football and boxing decline while baseball becomes the dominant attraction.
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Charles Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Cubs
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Detroit
Cub Park
Comiskey’s Park
Major League Notes and Baseball Quips from the League
Mordecai Brown is tipped as a pitching sensation in the Pulliam league while second division clubs face tougher times. Bemis leads Nap batters and the league slugging list. Sweitzer is described as anything but cheese. Tommy Leach, though small, appears a batting giant. Bowerman is a standout at the plate. St Louis tops the American League with 22 double plays as Philadelphia clocks a triple play.
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Mordecai Brown
Pulliam
Bemis
Nap
Finnny McAleer
Sweitzer
Tommy Leach
Joe Mclaaity
Frank Bowerman
McConnell
St. Louis
Philadelphia
One Woman Endures Torture Then Benefits From Treatment
A Mississippi woman Mrs. A S Payne of Columbus endures years of severe back side and loin pains with kidney irregularities. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid benefits restoring strength. Advertisement mentions price and seller Foster Milburn Buffalo NY and dealer networks.
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A.S. Payne
Third Ave
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Onions for Pneumonia Report Sparks Health Boards
Northern New Jersey boards of health discuss a Washington published remedy for pneumonia using onions rye meal and vinegar as a hot poultice for chest therapy. The paste is heated applied in cotton bags and repeated until perspiration. claimed to cure the disease with several applications.
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Boards of Health
New Jersey
Health Board of
Washington, N. J
Papers of
Washington
New England
Accomplished Woman Overlooked In Pie Question
A quick exchange highlights a social judgment about a talented woman. The dialogue notes her singing and painting while someone questions her pies revealing a bias about domestic skills versus public achievement.
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Lewis’ Factory
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Daisy Fly Killer
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le Roy
Peterborough
England
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