Brilliant American Countess Waldersee Queen of German Court
The Countess Von Waldersee born in New York as the daughter of a wholesale grocer named Reade. Her first marriage to Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein ended when he sacrificed his title. he died on their honeymoon, leaving a large fortune to the widow. After two years she wed Count Waldersee, then a young officer, and she became a leading European court figure with strong influence on the German emperor’s circle.
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Countess von Waildersee
China
New York
Reade
Prince Frederick
Schleswig-Holstein
Count von Waldersee
Countess Waldersee
Europe
Billie
Emily Louise
Grandma
Belinda
Billie Jere
Mill
Watching the Harvesters by the Baltimore American
A reflective verse describing wheat fields shining like a sea under summer skies. Reapers glide through grain with swift scythes as winds croon and waves of grain ripple. The imagery likens harvesters to a ship crossing a golden sea toward cider, amid loafing by the shore.
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Reapers
Golden Sea
Baltimore American
Circus Dream Gift by a Grampa and Grandson
A grandmother and Billie secretly attend a town circus, after planning and preparation that empowers both. They ride the thrill of poster lore, posters, and a long walk home under a moonlit night, savoring shared wonder and a rare escape from daily drudgery. Their joyous nocturnal feat ends with quiet, contented memories.
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Billy
Martha
Stebbins
Billie
Bille
Grandma
Murray
Belinda
Gramma
Martha Stebbins
House of Malone
Daudet
Chisago Tribune
Amusing Clippings on Wives War News and Quack Remedies
A collage of humorous and sharp witticisms from early 20th century papers. Jokes about wives, speaking wives, soldiers, a market butcher, and a quack doctor appear in brief quotes and caption style snippets, reflecting social humor and blunt public sentiment of the era.
Wise and Otherwise Snippets of Small Moral Maxims
A compact collection of aphorisms on happiness and virtue. It notes that happiness comes from making others happy, favors should help both giver and recipient, and honors may outshine prizes. It also advises discreet good deeds, cautious finances, and the futility of wolves at the door overcoming home security.
Hearts-ease Flower Request By Walter Landor
A short verse expressing a request to wear a preferred flower, hearts-ease, and to bring it with rings for two, credited to Walter Savage Landor in a romantic sentiment.
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Walter Savage Landor
Boston girl’s washday tip saves pink and blue waists
A Boston reader suggests preserving pink and blue shirt waists by coloring the wash water. She outlines using vegetable pink for pink waists and a pinch of carmine for pink tones, with indigo for blue waists, claiming the colors stay true all summer and require small quantities of dye.
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Boston
Gift to China Empress from Christian women
On the sixtieth birthday of the dowager empress of China, ministers of England and America presented a new testament bound in silver, enclosed in a chased silver casket. Subscribed by about 10,000 Christian women of China, the gift cost 1250 dollars and bore a gold plate with the words Holy classic of salvation.
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China
England
America
Girl as a Wager on Bryan McKinley Election
In Kansas a father bets his daughter on McKinley’s re election and a suitor wagers a marriage on Bryan. Miss Mary Johnson, a farmer’s daughter, is the stake, with J B Johnson and James Howard as other parties to the controversial bets.
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Kansas
W. J. Bryan
McKinley
United States
Mary Johnson
J. B. Johnson
President McKinley
James Howard
Miss Johnson
Bryan
A Dainty Salad From Breakfast Melon and Lemon Dressing
If the breakfast melon tastes insipid, chill it and use as a luncheon salad. Prepare a French dressing with lemon juice in place of vinegar. Remove the ripe lemon flesh and cut it into pieces the size of walnuts before drizzling the dressing. Serve the salad on watercress.
Ege Salad Nest with Hard Boiled Eggs
Arrange crisp lettuce leaves as a small nest in a salad bowl. Quarter three hard boiled eggs and place on the lettuce. Serve with mayonnaise or boiled salad dressing.
SHORT FASHIONS In high favor cashmere and new hat styles
Cashmere is in high favor once more with the mushroom hat of the Ladysmith order described as newer and better. Waists use cashmere nuns' veiling and Lansdowne with many tuckings straps and stitchings. New Geisha jackets of sheer albatross lined with silk appear, while red dominates tennis golf cycling yacht ing and beach fashion. Lace bodices with narrow ribbed panels form chic figures.
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Ladysmith
Teaching Little Ones in the Kindergarter System
A nursemaid can impart much knowledge to small children by using the kindergarten method. Children ask questions and learn useful ideas when answered intelligently. The system aims to teach them to think for themselves and deserves parental effort to study it. Distorting words and nonsensical talk to children should be condemned.
Economic Fashion Brightens Gowns With Tulle Accents
A frugal trend appears in tulle bodice fronts in white black or vivid colors. The decorative fabric can brighten a gown worn once too often but risks a mistaken impression when no need exists. Worn on the bodice left side, the fashion aims to economize while signaling style.
Lake Maxinkuckee Excursion Round Trip Special
Pennsylvania Lines offers a $1.00 round trip excursion to Lake Maxinkuckee on Sunday August 19. Special train departs Indianapolis at 7 30 a m returning from Lake Maxinkuckee at 6 30 p m with a stop at Maxinkuckee assembly grounds.
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Lake Maxinkuckee
Pennsylvania Lines
Indianapolis
Soldiers' Home Day Trip Excursion From Indianapolis
Special train leaves Indianapolis at 6 30 a m for Dayton Ohio and return from Dayton at 6 p m Sunday excursion priced one dollar twenty five cents round trip with early street car service arranged to bring Indianapolis residents to the departure point at the Soldiers Home Dayton Pennsylvania.
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Dayton
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Central Trust Company Advertising Card
Central Trust Company offers trusts of all kinds, accepts deposits with interest, makes loans on favorable terms, buys and exchanges real estate, collects rents, and writes insurance.
Corset Covers Shift to Waist Line in Fashion
The article notes that most premier corset covers end at the waist with surplice fronts. It states high necked or half high styles are no longer favored by the best dressed women.
Breeding and Feeding Microbes in the Intestines
An old advertise style claim says the intestines harbor disease germs that become active in constipation. It promotes Cascarets as a remedy to kill and expel them. It mentions druggists and a price of 10 cents.
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Marth Stebbins
Casey
Morthal
Pittsburg
Detroit Journal
Chicago Times-Herald
Dr. Quack
Willie
Papa
Teddy
New York Evening Journal
Star Store
India
Ball Bros
Central Trust Company
Indiana National Bank
Treproof Building
E. Market Street
Bryant & Stratton
Indianapolisusiness University
P. O
N. Penn
Eeech
North
May Wrig
Sewall
Theodore L. Sewall
Vonnegut's
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Washington St
Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry
University Ofdianapolis
S. W. Cor
Delaware and Ohio
Tod
Morton Place
Central-ave
Anna R. Meyer
Om Kimball
Sir Greerst
Major’s
Major Cement CO
New York City
Bar West
H. L. Sanders
Indiana Ave
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