Christmas Flower Gifts Costly Yet Alluring This Year
A New York Flower Shop outlines festive options with price ranges from five to eighteen dollars a dozen for American beauty roses, plus wreaths, silk wood pot coverings, and water-holding baskets. Seasonal greens like Scotch heather and holly decorate graves, while gifts include Gloria de Lorraine begonias, violets, carnations, and liberty roses.
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Erwin Bettermann
Mr. Bettermann
California
Christmas Tree Harvests Bring Prosperity to Maine
Maine’s Christmas tree industry yields about £100,600 this winter as markets surge ahead two weeks. Families gather in woods for harvests, couples bundle trees, and buyers pay five to fifteen cents per tree depending on height, with markets supplying large cities.
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Maine
Point of order settles Texas convention ruckus
An Indianapolis attorney recalls a Texas Republican convention where three factions clashed. A loud participant prompted a man to rise and file a point of order. The chairman declared the point well taken and harmony returned once laughter subsided.
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Indianapolis
Texas
A Paris Tale Of Alaric And A Ward's Fortune
In Paris June 185 , the narrator Alaric meets M Jules Levane who plots to marry his wealthy ward Louis to secure her fortune. Levane confesses decades of misuse and near ruin, asking Alaric to aid in a bold plan to marry Louis and Marie to keep control of the ward's wealth.
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M. Jules Levane
Col. de Liste
Monsieur Levane
Masieur
Marie Duchane
M. Levane
Levanes
M. Jules
Evans
New York News
Robert Thurston
Paris
Monsieur
Alaric
M. ‘Levane
Col. de Lisle
Col. de Isle
Louis
Marie
The Swirl of Society
Don P Hawkins will wed Miss Julia Myrtle Durand of Chicago on January 2. Mrs I N Richie hosts a luncheon. Julia Kern returns from school to spend holidays with her parents, Mr and Mrs John Kern. Kathrine Home sells dolls from the fair at Albert Gall store Tuesday. Mothers of boys at the Boys club receive a party Tuesday. framed Madonnas are gifts. Rosemary Brennan comes home from St Marys college for holidays. Frederick W Dickhut and wife entertain the railway postal clerks womens auxiliary Tuesday with a Christmas program.
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Don P. Hawkins
Julia Myrtle Durand
Chicago
Julia Kern
John Kern
Katherine Home
Albert Gall
Rosemary Brennan
St. Mary’s College
Frederick W. Dickhut
Fletcher Ave
Clark's Ambition to Lead Copper Trust Revealed
Paris dispatch reports Senator Clark aims to head a copper trust larger than the steel trust, a bid disclosed during his recent visit.
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Paris
Clark
Ohio Republicans Prepare Fight Over Hanna Re-Election
Cincinnati reports that anti Hanna Republicans in Ohio are organizing for a heated battle to defeat the incumbent Senator Hanna in the coming reelection. They vow to mobilize against his reappointment and rally supporters in the state.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hanna
Women urged to use Dr. Pierce remedies for female complaints
The text promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for womanly diseases, claiming relief from headaches and side pain, and promising restored health. It cites Dr. Pierce's extensive experience and offers private consultation by letter at no charge, with free sample mailing for a one-cent stamp.
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Jey
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
R. V. Piercé
Buffalo, N.Y
Annie Stephens
Belleville, Wood Co
West Va
Brownsburg pairs: De Tonce Hoberts and Ridgeway wed on Christmas
A Brownsburg record notes the engagement and upcoming marriage of Mr. Veneretia De Tonce Hoberts and Miss Viola Ridgeway on Christmas Day. The item sits among a mosaic of local observations about business, fashion, and oddities in Indiana towns.
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Brownsburg
Veneretia de Tonce Hoberts
Viola Ridgeway
Botha Shot in the Leg Claims Army of 24,000 Men
Durban dispatch reports General Louis Botha wounded in a battle near Luneberg. He reportedly asserts command of 24,000 armed men. A separate note features an approval of Dean's Ointment by C. F. Cornwell of Saugerties, New York for chronic hemorrhoids.
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Louis Botha
Luneberg
Botha
Dean
C. F. Cornwell
Valley Street
Saugerties
N. Y
Omega Oil advertised for aged relief and vitality
A late 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Omega Oil for old age aches and pains. It claims rubbing the body relieves pain, invigorates the system, loosens joints, softens skin, and soothes nerves. It targets rheumatism gout lumbago back crick and stitch in the side with a 50 cent price.
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Whiting
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Booneville
Indiana
China
Candy Department
Yvonight
Durban
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Atest
Cooper & CO
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Lal
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