Treacherous memory from a New York hotel hall
A hotel clerk recalls a February scene in a bustling New York hotel hall where non-guests lounge near the heaters. Ronald Farquharson of Ottawa and a visitor posing as John Henry Robinson engage in a humorous misunderstanding over a card and identity as the clerk notes the growing curiosity of the crowd.
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Mr. Farquharson
Ronald Ronald Farquharoo
Ottawa
Ronald Farquharson
Canada
Farquharson
Wes
John Henry Robinson
John Henry
Mr. Robinson
New York
Bounderby in Ottawa Hotel Scheme Sparks Fugitive Meeting
In a Philadelphia Item recount, Robinson Jones aka Bounderby, a traveling “news agent” for western papers, visits an Ottawa hotel to confront Farquharson about a past theft. The exchange reveals the man’s true identity, a fleeing bookkeeper, and the clerk exposes a long-ago Detroit link as the fugitive evades pursuit.
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Mr Jones
New York
Farquharson
Ottawa
Detroit
Bounderby
Robinson
Jones and Brown
Canada
Philadelphia
Club leader Mrs Hanger heads Arkansas federation
Mrs. Frederick Hanger of Arkansas is recognized for executive skill in club work among women and for aiding last year's national meeting of women's clubs in Denver. She now serves as president of the Arkansas federation of women's clubs.
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Frederick Hanger
Arkansas
About Pies and Pie Crust Techniques
A compact home economist note lists pie crust and several filling recipes. It covers crust made from three cups flour one cup lard and salt, plus water, and details ideal lemon custard cream and custard pie fillings with eggs milk sugar flour corn starch and vanilla.
Going Away Gowns Show Varied Styles of 19th Century Dress
Going away gowns illustrate differing views on proper attire for the occasion. Descriptions range from gray cloth with white satin trim to a pale gray French cloth tunic dress with scalloped white flounces and a chatelaine coat. A pale checked costume with brown revers reflects conservative taste while a gray canvas over pink and a pale blue taffeta look travel ready. A white serge gown with embroidered daisies stands out as most unusual. Also noted is a testimonial for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve from Hamilton Clark of Chauncey Georgia warning against counterfeit medicines.
Silly Gossip and Snippets From Busy Minds
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from periodicals. A woman laments a cheap hat as her husband approves its charm. A Detroit Free Press quip mocks a caddie and a red coated observer. A Harlem Life line ponders divorce as revenge. A Chicago Post joke questions a waste basket or a hat's orientation.
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Detroit Free Press
Everlasting Love in God’s Care
Poem excerpt from the New York Tribune expresses faith in divine protection through distress. It envisions God’s care for all creatures, comfort in trials, and a future in God’s home with no pain or night, ending with the promise of everlasting day.
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New York Tribune
Wedding superstitions from old proverbs
The text recounts rustic wedding lore and customs. It warns brides about spiders on dresses, pre wedding dreams, carrying a miniature horseshoe, ship marriages, telegrams to church, dropped rings, kissing before the groom, and dish washing heat as signs of luck or misfortune. It reflects traditional beliefs linking actions and outcomes to marriages.
Reflections of a Bachelor Quote Analysis
A satirical note on marriage and women contrasts bachelor ideals with married life. The piece cites a New York Press quote about widows, a June bug moment, and social manners, suggesting men misread women and fall into foolishness and mischief.
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Satan
New York Press
Short Fashions Show Fall Dress Goods Trends
Reed green leads the light tints under lace in a subdued green. The fall dress goods preview includes brown green and blue shades with numerous plaid options. Black remains fashionable for thicker dresses, while novelties with a color yoke offer stylish appeal.
Homely Mrs Kruger to Help at Home in Transvaal President’s Wife
Mrs Kruger wife of President Kruger of the Transvaal is described as unusually homely. She handles most house duties herself including cooking, washing, and bed making. At state dinners she serves as butler in a white apron while her husband enjoys a private fortune of 25 million dollars and an annual government allowance of 2000 dollars.
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Kruger
Transvaal
Two Sides of Life and Work in a Witty Quotation
A collection of wry aphorisms on fame happiness gender roles and work ethic from a Chicago Daily News style voice. It muses that fame matters little without proof backing and notes the paradoxes of happiness misery public opinion and life’s silver linings.
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Bigamist
Gun
Chicago Daily News
Portraits and Passages on Painters and a Divorce Suit
In Louisville Martha Washington Lincoln sues for divorce from Abraham Lincoln. Artist William M. Chase notes sitters resist natural poses. Evarts’ health is lightly treated by the statesman. A quip about aging echoes a craftsman tale from sculptor Johannes Gelert explaining sculpture versus marble.
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Louisville
Martha Washington Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
William M. Chase
William M. Evarts
Johannes Gelert
New York
Pretty Neckwear Styles for Formal Wear
The article describes white or cream marine neckties worn in a bow at the throat, then doubled around a high straight stock and fastened halfway between throat and belt with a pretty pin. It also notes satin ribbon wrapped around the stock with jeweled buckles, and white silk muslin bows edged with imitation Mechlin lace, enhancing plain waists.
Pearls Becoming Priceless for Women Everywhere
A fashion note extols pearls as increasingly valuable and sought after, warns against imitation strands, and cites Empress Eugenie’s pearl necklace worn at her wedding. It recalls wartime sales and the $400,000 price for eight rows, with four necklaces of two rows each eventually sold.
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Eugenie
Extravagance Is Economy in Women’s Wardrobe
A concise claim that lace hat trimmings and buttons define prudent dress choices. The piece argues extravagance in these superfluities is a wise economy, urging women to invest in essential wardrobe details rather than skimp.
Pointing the Way in Duty and Care by Physicians
A veteran admiral faces the weight of his fleet and a conscientious physician bears a similar burden for patients. Mrs. Claus Nelson commends Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo for relief from long illness using Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and his medical guidance. Pierce, chief consulting physician at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, has helped countless sufferers, with Garfield praising him. Free copies of Common Sense Medical Adviser are offered, with or without cloth binding, and mail consultations are free. Address Dr. Pierce at 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N Y.
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Claus Nelson
Pico Heights
Los Angeles
Cal
Boxer
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Dr. Pierce
Garfield
Pierce
Dr. R. Vierce
Main Street
N. Y
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Idaho
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Marshal Shantz
Temince
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Hag
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Temperance
Chicago
Shantz
Frances Willard
Temperance Lectur Tm
Hamilton ‘Clark
Chauncey, Ga
DeWitt’s
Hazel Sheffield
G.’.S. Sheffield
Calumet Ave
Harlem
Chicago Post
Essen
Aces
Sun’s Saee Etree
Madras
Tllinois
Eldredge& McRae
Massachusetts Ave
Catarra
Dr. Klick
Indianapolis
Oliver Satkaryo
Indiana Wire and Furnace Co
Dr. H. C. Klick Medical , Co
E. Ninth St
Cincinnati
D. H. Baldwin & CO
N. Peon
Indianapolis Brewing Co
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