Ah Fong sisters of Honolulu set for American tour
The 13 Ah Fong sisters, daughters of a Honolulu sugar planter, plan an October visit to the United States with stops in Washington Philadelphia and New York. Their wealth, beauty, and cosmopolitan upbringing attract naval officers and travelers alike as they journey from Hawaii to tour the mainland.
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Ah Fong
Honolulu
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Harriet
Whiting
United States
Monadrock
Lucille
New Orleans
Alfred Morgan
Arthur Johnstone
Hawaii
South Seas
Wawaii
China
Ulysses
The Widow Grigg and the Dying Wedding Pact
A former lady’s maid recalls Miss Grigg’s elopement style saga. Miss Grigg marries Mr. Birch in a staged dying bed ceremony after planning a dramatic ruse with a white dressing gown and a hurried telegram for a trunk.
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Lora
Flora
Goose
Miss Grigg
Birch
Language of Sealing Wax Reveals Hidden Clues in Letters
The piece explains a ritual use of colored sealing wax for correspondence. It assigns meanings to colors like red for friendship, gray for business, blue for affection, yellow for jealousy, white for weddings, black or violet for condolences, and green for hopeful romantic signals.
Welsh Miners Buy Grand Piano After Windfall
An entry from Spare Moments recalls two Welsh miners who recently gained money buying a grand piano for 250. They returned for a book, and the shopkeeper asked if it satisfied them. The response: the piano now looks splendid, and the miner’s wife has painted it to match the chest of drawers.
Braids of Sweet Grass Offer Fragrant Linen Aid
In the Linen Press the article extols braids of sweet grass bred along full length for linen closets. The spicy sweetness lasts with a refreshing lavenderlike odor. Available to buy or to pick in Canada during summer visits, making pretty remembrances for friends at home.
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Canada
The Buns Liners Seventh Page Complimentar Headline
A fragment from a Seventh page item titled The Buns Liners appears with many headings and the word complimentar. The readable text lacks context but hints at a feature or column in a historical newspaper.
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THE
BUNS
Indian Girls and Mixed-Marriage in Indian Territory Observed
A Cincinnati Times-Star commentary discusses Indian Territory tribes and education for tribal youth, the influx of white men marrying into the five civilized tribes, and a new requirement for character certificates to curb opportunism. It also features a string of quips on human behavior and social norms.
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Susie McClelland
United States
Interior Department
Cincinnati Times-Star
Countess Festetics Survives Cannibal Encounter at Sea
Austrian Countess Festetics a former American, ferried with husband aboard a southern seas cruise. They photographed head hunting battles and cannibal feasts when hostility rose. She is daughter of Mrs. Louis T. Hagegin and granddaughter of J. B. Haggin. Married in 1892, five year cruise began then. A second cruise resumed last year. December voyage near Manila Bay warned by Admiral Dewey.
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Countess Festetics
Austria
Countess Westellcs
Louis T. Hagegin
New York
J. B. Haggin
California
South Sea Islands
Manila Bay
Dewey
Baked White Fish and Cream Salmon Recipes
A reader provides simple kitchen methods for baked white fish with a seasoned bread crumb dressing, then finishing with sweet cream and parsley. Cream salmon layers milk butter and salmon over bread crumbs, baked until brown. Codfish balls mix cod shredded, potatoes, egg, butter and pepper then fry to golden.
Wholesome Dirt for Healthy Children
A mother frets over a pale child until a physician prescribes plain play with dirt. The verdict: fresh air and outdoor activity in a gingham frock turn a languid baby into a rosy, energetic child in a month, proving clean dirt supports health more than overcare.
Lady Cunard Returns to England After Society Greeting
Maude Burke of Chicago, famed beauty and heiress, is now Mrs Edward Bache Cunard, head of the Cunard baronet lineage. Once betrothed to Prince Poniatowski, she chose marriage to Cunard in 1895. The couple, already prospered and influential, will travel from New York to Newport with possible later reunion.
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Lady Cunard
Miss Maude Burke
Chicago
New York
Newport
Sir Edward Bache Cunard
Sir Samuel
Cunard Line
Miss Burke
Prince Andre Poniatowski
Poland
Ring of fragile gold and grandmother’s memory
A poet recalls a delicate ring made of guinea gold worn through love and regret. The speaker envisions his grandmother by the sea where vows were exchanged and a lifetime of joys and losses is hinted. The poem ends with reverent reflection on memory and eternal rest.
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Guinea
Knowledge power and finish in literature and life
Reading through a collage of quotes, the samples reveal contrasts in ambition, aging, wealth, and social pretension. The dialogue snippets touch on merit systems for offices, education abroad, and the irony of advertisements versus reality.
Remedy Praised For Rapid Relief Of Diarrhoea
During the civil war and the recent war with Spain diarrhoea troubled the army and many veterans still suffer. David Taylor of Wind Ridge Greene County Pa. reports Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gave him swift relief. For sale by all druggists.
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Spain
David Taylor
Wind Ridge
Greene Co
Chamberlain
Mother's Love Remembered Through Time and Song
A nostalgic verse reflects on a mother’s enduring love as the speaker recalls childhood memories, starry guidance, and cherished songs from the past. Clifton Bingham credits Chambers' Journal for the memory of a mother’s gentleness and joy that outshines other recollections.
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Clifton Bingham
Chambers’ Journal
Valparaiso Normal School Opens Fall Term 1899
The Normal School and Business College at Valparaiso Indiana will open its fall term on August 29 1899. The institution reports prosperous condition with over 2000 students on average attendance last year. Instruction is described as high quality with lower expenses than elsewhere. Send for catalogue from President H B Brown.
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The
Normal School and Business College
Valparaiso
Indiana
H. B. Brown
Brotherhood event on Monon Route special train
Sunday August 20 train outing under Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Special train departs Union Station 7 30 a m and Cedar Lake return at 6 30 p m.
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Monon
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Union Station
Cedar Lake
Pennsylvania Lines Northern Michigan Excursions
Announce excursion dates from August 31 to September 6 from Indianapolis to Petoskey or Traverse City and Mackinac Island with fares of 10 and 11 dollars. Return valid for 80 days with through sleepers and coaches leaving Indianapolis at 7 10 p m. Reserve sleeping car accommodations early. W W Richardson D P A.
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Northern Michigan
Indianapolis
Petoskey
Traeverse City
Mackinac Island
Hmnt
W. W. Richardson
General Agent of the Colorado Midland Railroad Denver
The note requests maps, views, and descriptive matter from the railroad’s Colorado Midland line. It mentions merchandise and services in local businesses, including clothing, laundry, veterinary care, a restaurant, and a vacation appeal. The fragment ends with instructions to obtain materials from the railroad’s Denver agent.
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Mount Tons
Colorado Midland Railroad
Denver
Complimentary Many Headings on The Sun's Seventh Page
A Seventh page feature in The Sun headline section presents a collection of liners and page captions. Readers are invited to browse the array of brief notices and short blurbs showcasing column highlights and photo captions.
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the Sun
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Wing Ah Fong
Harriet Ah Fong
Howard G. Morton
Jessie Ah Fong
Kamindla Ah Fong
Mr. Birch
Hamlet
Madame
Traviata
Evening Paper
Orerg
Perates
Noah
Chicago News
Lady Bache Cunard
Philadelphia Inquirer
Peachums
Jack
Detroit Journal
Fogg
Figg
Bargain County
Jansme
Illinois Street
R. T. Felix Gourand
L.A. Sayre
Gouraud
U. S
Canadas
Europe
Ferd
T. Hopkins
Great Jones St
Plaza Restaurant
Monument Place
Pennsylvania Lines
H. L. Shute
Talbot Block
Progress
W.B. Craig
Wood’s Stable
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