Gretna Cult Leaders Defy Mob with Vigil and Trial
In Gretna Nebraska a vigilante group guards Louis Figg and wife founder of a Figg sect. After a tar and feathering raid last March Mrs Figg was judged insane and later released via habeas corpus. Judge Slabaugh calls her a hypnotist while the couple push their Lord commanded program.
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Gretna
Omaha
Neb
Louis Figg
Figg
Board of Insanity Commissioners
State Asylum For the
Lincoln
W. W. Slabaugh
Mrs. Figg
Figes
Sarpy County
Figgs
Bargain of Brandy Backfires at the Green Dragon
Dick and landlord Prendergast are arrested as Curwen and twelve revenue men seize a keg at the Green Dragon inn. A hidden plan by Miss Judy and Sal leads to diverting the keg’s content into the duck pond, exposing the deceit. The empty cask reveals the trick as Curwen suspects brandy but finds only evaporated soda water.
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Curwen
The
Revenue
Green Dragon
Black Pool
Betsey Jane
Mr. Prendergast
Prendergast
Neutenant
Sal Prendergast
Poisen
Hedenstatt
Sal
Squire
Judy
Miss Judy
Leutenant
Dow
Rascal
Heutenant
Enameled Buckles Replace Paste Jewels in Fashion
Enameled buckles have superseded paste jewels with late Paris dresses featuring buckles of tropical birds flowers and heraldic designs. Young girls wear velvet ribbon belts ending in tiny enameled buckles for a dainty front detail.
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Paris
Please the Children With Candy Says a Droggista
Fragmentary text advocates candy for children claiming it improves health and mood. Mentions a druggist and a casual note on taste and wellbeing, but lacks coherent context or clear event.
Hair Ornaments For Summer Coiffures
The piece discusses summer hair decoration trends. It notes ribbon and velvet, ready made bow and twist ornaments, jerky wire loops, soft broad effects with peakh headed pins, small top or side pins, semi circular diamond studded combs under the chignon, and cautions selecting ornaments like hats. It warns butterflies and tiaras suit only certain women.
Mrs Julia Shade Honored at G A R Encampment in Chicago
Mrs Julia Shade of Philadelphia the national president of the Ladies of the G A R receives a warm welcome at the Chicago encampment. Her leadership aided veterans families and community support through wartime service and charitable efforts.
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Chicago
Julia P. Shade
Philadelphia
Touchy talk and eateries in old jokes and quips
A collage of jokes and quips from yesteryear columnists includes a senator named Sorghum debating the meaning of touch with a friend, a Chicago Tribune gag about Eddie Stapleford’s eating noise, and a Boston Transcript exchange on onions before a date. The humor locates social quirks in slang, manners, and marital bets.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Tommy
Eddie Stapleford
Chicago Tribune
Friend’s Fearful Worry for Dr Hu King Eng
American friends mourn the brilliant Chinese physician Dr Hu King Eng once serving the emperor’s family in Pekin. A Philadelphia trained doctor who aspired to reform in China she faced dangerous backlash from anti foreign sentiment and may have been killed. She was chosen by Li Hung Chang to attend a world medical convention in London next year.
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Hu King Eng
Woman’s Medical College
Philadelphia
China
Pekin
Eng
America
Li Hung Chang
London
Thrift Across Cultures A Wallet Tour Across Nations
The piece describes how nationalities store money: the Frenchman in a plain leather purse, the German in an embroidered silk purse, the South American with a money belt, the Russian in boots or lining, the Englishman in pockets, the American with a long pocketbook, and the Italian of the poor tying funds in a colored handkerchief.
A Day Dream Dreamer in New York Sun Verse
A fragment notes a dreamlike figure described as intangible and dear. The piece contrasts dream and reality with lines about a dreamer and a misstep exiting a car. It closes with an affectionate sign off to W. L. J. in New York Sun.
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God Bess Hert
W.L. J
New York Sun
Doan's Kidney Pins Featured by Mrs Nixon in Indianapolis
Mrs Margaret Nixon states kidney trouble caused dull back pains and weakness. She used two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pins from Henry J Huder's drug store and found back strength and pain relief. Other family members also benefited from Doan's Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents US. Remember the name Doan's.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
United States
Doan’s
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