Billy Abbott and the Morrison Twins Mix Up Hearts
Billy Abbott misreads two similar sisters as he phones to invite them to a theater date. He ends proposing to Mignon Morrison by mistake, then learns Margery and Tom Spaulding are together, forcing a last minute switch of plans as the clock nears eight.
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R. S. Phillips
Billy Abbott
Morrison Twins
Margery
Mignon
William Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Morrison
Billy
Jove
Tom Spaulding
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription promotes women's health
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription is advertised as a powerful tonic boosting health for women especially those worn-out or overworked. It claims to soothe nervous symptoms, aid sleep, relieve anxiety, and treat conditions of female organs with safe herbal roots, with physician consultation offered at no charge.
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Pierce
Aval’ Ote Ped Purgical Institute
Cesarmiting
Escaped robber Robbins foiled by mining course lapse
The scene unfolds as No. 1876, Robbins the train robber, escapes while a guard reports the lapse to the warden who blames his own fault for allowing a mining engineering correspondence course. The exchange reveals the prison guard and warden reacting to the escape.
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Robbins
Elsie Janis to Earn Eight Thousand Weekly
Elsie Janis is to receive $8,000 a week as she heads into a new engagement. The piece notes the ease of stage work lies with management rather than acting, and includes a quip about eggs possessing more strength than beef if aged.
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Elsie Janis
BAY STATE BEAUTY CONTEST NOTES AND LOCAL SNIPPETS
A sequence of short items from a Boston area page notes a variety of light curiosities and social notices. It mentions a man seeking to enter a beauty contest, a humorous jab at a tax judge, a street car sighting of a strap-hanger, a $500 request, and a tattooed prizefighter, with remarks on public life and upcoming civic events. It also covers a bean supper hosted by the Ladies of the G A R and Elks’ reunion plans for Philadelphia.
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Boston
Mass
Thomas W. Lawson
Robin Has Won His Bride In Flirtatious Ballad
By Cynthia Grey the piece satirically observes courtship and male vanity through a narrator describing a robin’s wooing. It muses that men display themselves to win wives, often using flattery while women weigh sweetness and need. The tone is playful and pointed.
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Cynthia Grey
Robin Redbreast
Miss Redbreast
Robin
Chicago
Fashioned Leghorn Hat with Amber Ribbon Bow
A Leghorn hat dyed a rich golden brown features upturned sides secured with a velvet ribbon bow. An amber buckle holds the ribbon and a broad plume of coque feathers extends beneath the buckle. The hat displays soft brown shades from deep ecru to russet brown.
Queen Victoria Bust Gift Brought to King Alfonso
In Madrid in April, King Alfonso received a Carrara marble bust of Queen Victoria from the duchess of Rutland and 40 other English ladies. The sculpture by Conrad Dressler marks a memory of his young queen-wife amid a hopeful yet uncertain moment.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Duchess of Rutland
Conrad Dressler
Astounding bakery conditions shock Chicago readers
Chicago inspectors revealed filthy basements damp rooms and sleeping quarters used by diseased workers. Dough rising near beds and feet kneading dough exposed gross sanitation failures. Health officials plan stricter controls, more inspectors, and prosecutions to curb tainted fats eggs and contaminated ingredients.
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Chicago
Health Department
Sanitary Bureau
Striped Tweeds and Handkerchief Collars Fashion Details
A fashion note highlights a gray and white striped tweed suit with a white vest and black satin belt, plus trim variations using striped patterns on the jacket and skirt. It notes embroidered handkerchief collars as a vogue detail and suggests simple at home transformations for buckles with gold tissue or fabrics to finish edges.
Gingerbread Pudding With Canton Ginger Sauce
A recipe outlines a pudding made from crumbled bread crumbs moistened with hot Canton ginger syrup, mixed with eggs nutmeg maca roons and diced ginger, steamed two hours in a buttered mold, then unmolded and served with a hot foamy sauce.
Spring salads from wild herbs to market lettuce
A guide to seasonal salads using fresh greens from gardens and markets. It covers cleaning and preparing salad leaves, making a plain dressing with olive oil and vinegar, and using cucumber, radish, tomato, and onion to craft simple, palatable greens. It notes blanching, crisping, and careful handling to avoid typhoid germs and to suit various dressings.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Daily Fashion Hints From Paris Patterns by mail
The Sun offers exclusive Paris designs with 1,000 spring and summer styles. Order by mail for 16 cents postage paid or ten cents per pattern from a leading company. A new pattern is described daily and postpaid orders to The Sun Fashion Department.
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Paris
Sun
Fashion Department
The
Paris Pattern No Size Name City
Pattern request listing a Paris design with pattern number size name and city. Compact catalog item noting specific pattern, size, and location details for selection.
The Wedding and Divorce That Shook The Press
The newspapers focused heavily on Mabel's wedding yet overwhelmed by coverage when she filed for divorce. The public interest highlighted sensational reporting and personal disclosures within the social pages.
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Mabel
Puro Distilled Water Ad Lists Prices and Contact
An old advertisement from Puro Distilled Water Company offers half gallon bottles at five cents and five gallon demijohns at forty cents. It also provides contact numbers with a new phone listed as 277 and an old main line as 778.
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Puro Distilled Water Company
Accordion dress plaiting at Peum hall
In Room 8 of the Odd Fellows Building details mention dress plaiting for accoutrements. Wash buttons were recovered as part of the same report.
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Odd Fellows Building
Celery Vesce Heads Bat and Glove Sale Ad
A local ad lists baseball uniforms at 2.00 each including bats and gloves. Contact Gus M Habich at 12 West Washington Street for purchases.
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Gus Mhabich
West Washington Street
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