Nellie Bly Takes Charge of Cliffstone Ironclad Company
Nellie Bly Mrs Cornelia Seaman has assumed active management of the Ironclad Manufacturing Company of Cliffst and is reviving the business once a million dollars yearly. the overhaul follows her famous world travel and journalistic feats. Her husband Mr Seaman is an older, wealthy man. The new leadership has already sparked a business surge.
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Nellie Bly
Cornelia Cochrane Seaman
Ironclad Manufacturing Company of Cliffst
The Magnetism of Nicholi Tests the Lovers
Rex Brooks praises Nicholi the Italian pianist who captivates Ethel and Nan with music and mystery. A haunting keynote theory causes a vase to shatter and hints at a hidden wife. Nicholi vanishes, leaving Ethel in Rex’s arms and Nan wary of charm.
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Nicholi
Rex Brooks
Ethel
Music Hall
Rex
Hitle
Weziris
Muse
Nan
Nichol
Winter's Arrival and Holiday Fare in One Page
A lyrical poem welcomes winter with vivid images of frost and snow eager to grip nature, shouting and singing as sleigh bells ring. The page also offers recipes for turkey risoles with thin pastry turnovers and an ad copy praising Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion following claims of a near death from dyspepsia and mineral springs.
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Conkey
Home Journal
Dr Lucy Wilson's Paris Exhibit Of School Biology
Dr Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson, biology chair at the Girls' Normal School Philadelphia, organizes a self funded exhibit for the Paris exposition. The 66 charts and 100 bound volumes showcase practice and laboratory work, printed in French and English, reflecting five years of a model curriculum under Dr Wilson.
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Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson
Girls’ Normal School
Philadelphia
Countess Forest-Divanne Returns to Her Girlhood City
The wife of Count Forest-Divanne, recently transferred to the French embassy in Washington, is warmly welcomed back to her girlhood city. She is famed for beauty and is among the few American women received by the old regime in France with salons in Faubourg St Germain open to her. The wedding to Count Divonne, once a French regimental attache in Washington, was a grand affair still talked about in diplomatic circles.
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Count Forest-Divanne
Washington
France
Fauborg St. Germain
States
Count Divonne
Wives Voices Amid Rain and Night in Hardy Verse
Poem fragment from Thomas Hardy printed in the London Graphic. The speaker witnesses wives marching through rain, noting lamplight, tar-cloths, and mournful voices. They fear loss but vow to endure, awaiting time’s fuller truth.
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Thomas Hardy
The
London Graphic
Witty snippets spark a gaze at life and society
A Chicago News round of pointed paragraphs mocks poverty praise and social folly. It jokes about alarm clocks, fashion cloaks, rash humanity, and living one day at a time. It quips about Boston rail plans and dime museum ads while noting a spinster's marriage to Mr Hope and baby ordinaries.
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Boston
Hope
Chicago News
Pretty Candidate Ruth Norcross Seeks Ward School Director Post
Ruth Norcross, a candidate for school director in a Philadelphia ward, campaigned vigorously. A West Philadelphia political leader resisted but ultimately endorsed her after her persistent effort.
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Ruth Norcross
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Jokes and banter mix with a cookery snippet
The column blends light humor from dialogues about a gentleman’s recognition and a minister’s wedding to a playful American slang gag and a domestic recipe. It includes a Detroit Free Press quip, a Washington Star aside, and a detailed Compote of Apples method with step by step instructions.
Cleaning a Raincoat with Soap and Brush
A muddy mackintosh can be cleaned by spreading it on a table and scrubbing with soap suds and a small brush. Rinse with clear water, wipe with a soft cloth, and hang up to dry.
Motherhood, Savings Banks and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
A piece notes parental savings habits for a child and asserts how a mother's state affects a child. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening femininity, reducing morning sickness, and aiding motherhood, citing a testimonial from Mrs. Axel Kier and noting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for biliousness.
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Axel Kier
Gordonville
Cape Girardeau Co
Dr. Pierce
Celebrated Qala Bourbon of Rye Notes
A fragment mentions The Celebrated Qala and Mammoth Cave Bourbon of Rye with references tied to COLDAWEY & CO Louisville and Indianapolis, claiming oldest status in Kentucky. The text is fragmentary but indicates branding and origin details for whiskey.
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Mammoth Cave
Coldawey: &Co
Louisville, Kentucky
Indianapolis
Kentucky
el Oe Ali SR
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Esthel
Chicago
Winter
Pennsylvania Street
Horace Waters
J. P. Hale
Temple
New England
Howard
Steinway
Emerson
Stultz and
Bauer
Lucy Wilson
Wives’ Voices
Star Store News
Tlinois Street
Patrick
Phwat
Detroit Free Press
United States
Washingston Star
Carlin & Lennox
Pennsylvania-st
Opera House
E. Market-st
Majestic Building
Little Katie
Radio
Katy
Mary Fidelia McCann
No. 18
Bronson
PF. Ae
Crushers
Danbury Hat Co
Washington N St
Physicians and Surgeons
W. B. Fletcher
Emorth Sabeme
Mary A. Spink
J.J. Byldha
Ohio St. Practice
A. A. Hill
W. Chiost
Vonnegue’s
Vonnegut Hardware CO
E. Washington-st
Umus
Beema
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