To Miss Cleveland and the Decent Draping Demand
A New Jersey correspondent appeals to Miss Cleveland from the Executive Mansion to urge reform in women’s dress. The writer argues bare necks and shoulders threaten health morals and propriety, tracing dress from ancient bondage to modern fashion and urging decisive action by public figures to restore modesty and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Power Cobbe
Israel
Gatton
Carlyle
Sartor Resarius
Garden of Eden
France
England
Washington
Russia
America
Europe
Andy
Miss Cleveland
Evizagera Capy Stanton
London
Paris
Potter Palmer and Chicago’s rise from ruin to palace hotel
Special Correspondent recounts Potter Palmer’s life from Quaker farmer to Chicago’s leading dry goods merchant, builder of State Street, Palmer House, and a vast hotel empire. His bold postwar bets rebuilt a city, with a vast rent roll and a unique villa on Lake Michigan, amid a life of wealth, romance, and lasting influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Albany County
N. Y
Platt Adams
Durham
Greene County
Cate Hills
Oneida
Lockport
Sumter
Interior
America
Palmer
Saratoga
Wild West
H. H. Honore
State Street
Palmer House
Falmer
Wred Grant
Lake Michigan
Lincoln Park
Prospectus offers free sample box of work from home
Advertisement promises a 10 cent postage mail order for a free royal sample box of 7 goods claiming easy wealth and high earnings with no capital. It targets all ages and sexes, offers $1 refund if unsatisfied, and urges immediate action from Portland Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Cure for Piles
The advertisement promotes Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy for piles with back and abdominal discomfort, moisture causing itching, and associated indigestion. It asserts quick relief, tumor absorption, and a permanent cure at 50 cents, with The Dr Bosanko Medicine Co. of Piqua, Ohio, selling through Flower & Petrikin.
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Bosan
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MISS
Cleveland
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Italy
Power
Medea
Antwerp
Irving
Alhambra
Walter Wellman
Hater 400K Co
Portland, Maine
Baar’s
Old Reliable Drug House
J. F. Fezer
Denver
Tabor Elk
Eady Ras
E. H. Cooper
General State
Lawrence St
Deever
Enver Iron Fence CO
Fifteenth St
H. Walker
Walbracht Elk
Cor
Champa
B. Copeland
Weatherfield
Este
Blake
18Th Sts
Jenver
Colo Ted
Larimer
Hast & Ler
Hart
16Th Street
Fred
A. Hale
Opera House
Yenuis
E. E. Achert
Larimer St
Lgicks , Bailey
Arapahoe Street
Colo
Fir
Strich Plumes
Chas
Eacock
Manu
W.koeller & CO
Mfes
Hitching Post
Seventeenth St
Ncyclopedia Brita Briga. Inc
H. Williamson
ART Carpet CO
Sixteenth St
H. A. Ancurr
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Tus Centaur Company
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