Dear Will and Ward in a 1900s ChicagoLetters
A pair of letters dated May to June 1900 recount romance and social life between Wilfred Stanton Ward Hunnhewell and Muriel Leighton. The men boast wealth and yachts while planning cruises to Newport and Boston, and Ward announces a marriage proposal to Muriel.
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Boston
Billy
Newport
Ward
Muriel Leighton
Wilfred Stanton
Chicago
Mr. Stanton
East
June Li
Boy
Mrs. Stanton
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Cited in Woman's Letter
A testimonial from Mrs May Farrsanss of Minneapolis praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing headaches general weariness and other female ailments. She urges others to try the product and notes she has advised friends to use it. The letter underscores health warnings ignored and recovery after following directions.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
May Farrsanss
South 7Th St
Minneapolis
Minn
Fairbanks
From Here and There News Briefs
W. J. Bryan trips to Mexico for a brief visit. Heavy snows blanket Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska. L and N firemen and engineers seek higher wages. Oscar Anderson 24 of New York dies after falling from a boat. Grant mausoleum in New York receives Mrs Ulysses S Grant remains. Obituaries include Very Rev Alphonse L Mangnien St Marys Seminary Baltimore Capt D P McCartney navy Washington Detective Isaac Lees San Francisco Mrs Ida Davies Green widow of the late Lieut Green U S Manesville Wis. Attorney Patrick Farrell Washington Charles W T Neale iron dealer Pittsburgh.
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W. J. Bryan
Mexico
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebrasks
Oscar Anderson
New York
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant Mausoleum
Alphonse L. Mangnien
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
D. P. McCartney
New Year Durbar Showcases Imperial pomp in Delhi
Princes and chiefs arrive for the durbar proclaiming King Edward as Kaiser-I-Hind. Tents span eight miles and host hundreds of attendants. Elaborate camps, gold embroidered canvas, and sacred queens in palanquins contrast with poorer hill rulers. Lord Curzon tent valued around 25 000 dollars as Durbar crowds prepare for ceremonies and entertainments.
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Delhi
India
Edward “‘Kaiser-I-Hind
Inala
J. P. Morgan
Curzon
Lord Curzon
War is Murder says Toledo mayor at Chicago peace talk
Mayor Golden-rule Jones of Toledo told the Chicago peace society that war is murder and that universal peace comes from treating killing as murder. He criticized General Young's call for strong forces and praised Roosevelt for a man’s rational approach to the coal strike, asserting government is not supreme.
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Chicago
New York
Fralim Beach
Newport
Hosalind
Will
Jones
Toledo
Chicago Peace Society
The
Ohioan
M. B. Young
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Booth Tarkington Joke Stumper Stirs Indianapolis Crowd
The New York Herald reprints a Booth Tarkington quip from an Indianapolis campaign speech. A man in the audience, speaking with a Scotch brogue, offers that if Tarkington and he stumped the country together they would tell more jokes than any two men, and he would say nothing in return.
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Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Indianapolis
Boni's Kids Arrive in New York from France
The two young sons of Countess Boni De Castellane, Boniface and George, aged 6 and 5, arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse with Miss Anna Gould. They spoke both French and English, wore gray coats, and admired the American flag as they met their aunt at the pier.
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New York
Voni de Castellane
Boniface
George
America
Helen Gould
Count Boni
France
Chamber of Deputies
Countess de
Borh
Kipling Poem Seethes Over British Alliance Impasse
Rudyard Kipling writes a new poem titled the rowers criticizing Britain’s alliance with Germany against Venezuela. Published in The Times, the piece laments vows with an open foe and condemns sailing with the Hun while wounds and debts linger, questioning loyalty amid disputed seas and global powers.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Germany
Venezuela
Times
Plague Deaths Prompt Quarantines in Mazatlan
In Mazatlan on the Pacific coast 19 people have died from bubonic plague. Other cities in the district have quarantined against Mazatlan as the federal government pledges strict vigilance to stop spread into the interior of Mexico.
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Mexico City
Mazatlan
Pacific Coast
Christian employers face sermon on the mount in Chicago talk
T K Webster of Webster Iron Works told Evanston church attendees that no business can meet Christ’s ideals and succeed commercially. He advocated sharing profits with workers while warning literal adherence would lead to bankruptcy. In Seymour, Councilman Henry Price was wounded when a glass umbrella case toppled on him. He survived after doctors treated the artery injury.
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Chicago
T. K. Webster
Webster Iron Works
First Congregational Church
Evanston
Webster
Christ
Seymour
Henry Price
Price
From Society Heir Alfred Pell Becomes Bishop Preacher
Alfred Duane Pell of 929 Fifth Avenue, a member of a wealthy New York family, is ordained as a Protestant Episcopal minister by Bishop Potter. He follows Anson Phelps Stokes, ordained two years earlier and now secretary of Yale University.
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New York
Alfred Duane Pell
Fifth-ave
Protestant Episcopal Church
Highop Potter
Pell
Anson Phelps Stokes
Yale University
Santa letter seeks drum gun and wagon
A reader writes to Dear Santa Claus at THE SUN office in City. The note asks for a drum drumsticks candy a gun with bullets a wagon and a shooting gallery, signing Clifford Allen at 826 Boanokest.
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SUN
Santa Claus
City
Clifford Allen
Boanokest
Methodist century fund reaches twenty million in pledges
Dr. E M Mills reports the Methodist century bank offering fund has reached 20 million in cash or pledges. In the last 35 days an additional 500 thousand was received bringing education support near 8 million and church debts to a similar amount. Mills aims to raise a permanent fund for worn out preachers and then a five million goal after completing the present drive.
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Rochester
E. M. Mills
Methodist Twentieth Century Bank
Trinity Church
Springfield
Mass
Conference of Wyoming
West
Middle West
Mills
New York
Layrman
MfDols
Convicted of Whipping Death on Hillhouse Project
John E. Hardy was convicted Monday night of whipping to death William Youne, a convict, at Hon. 4. W. Sheldridge's Hillhouse property in Clarksville Mississippi. He received a five year sentence to the penitentiary.
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Clarksville
Miss
John E. Hardy
William Youne
W. Sheldridge
Hillhouse
Hardy
Present for 30 cents promises land office business
Rural items report a Greenfield Globe note about a present that costs 30 cents yet seems worth $5, plus a horse biting incident in McCordsville where Riley McSwatt’s finger was bitten and a costly medical bill. Earl Teeter's overnight visits and a Shelbyville man’s holiday caper conclude the Monticello Democrat roundup with a drunken misadventure and a hat shot.
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Greenfield Globe
Riley McSwatt
McCordsville
Riley
Rollie King Claims Solo Route to Central on Sunday
Peggsville correspondent to Sheridan Sun reports Rollie King asserting he is the only person who can get central on Sunday evening.
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Peggsville
Sheridan Sun
Rollie King
Central
Beasley Church Women Split Over Christmas Chairmanship
Beasley women clash over who leads the Christmas entertainment as neighbors quarrel and the town foregoes an event this season. The piece comments on local ambition and hints at broader jokes about Indiana women in politics, while noting a Frankfort ad about clocks. Rabbits fetch 6 1 3 cents despite many being headless.
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Beasley
Indiana
Sleeping apartments in the rear sign spotted in Indiana church
A church in southern Indiana displays a sign reading Sleeping apartments in the rear to warn visitors. The notice stands in a quiet church setting, reflecting local concerns about privacy and space.
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Indiana
Hunter recounts deer turkey hunt in rural Indiana
J. T. Busby of Clayton Indiana describes a rustic hunt in which he shoots a buck and ten turkeys and retrieves them on the way home. He details tearing his overalls, catching a two pound fish and a rabbit being killed by a button striking it.
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J. T. Busby
The Boss Liar and a Wild Hunt Tall Tale
A Clermont Indiana man recounts a fantastical hunting day: 48 turkeys on a limb, 26 quails killed by the falling limb, a deer's death by a gunlock, trout filling pants and a bear’s demise, ending with a supper. The tale is framed as a boast by H S Shepherd.
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H. S. Shepherd
Former Champion Sullivan Quits Alcohol After Detention
In Detroit on December 22 John L. Sullivan, after a three hour drunken episode and being carried from the Russell house by officer Jim Sprott, spent a night in the lock-up. He declared he is through with alcohol and signed a document to quit. His manager Ben Harris plans another vaudeville try.
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Detroit
Mich
Dez
John L. Sullivan
Big Jim Sprott
John Harleycorn
Ben Harris
Mrs 8S Rotherwal Endorses Nerve Pills In Indianapolis
Well Worth Knowing Mrs 8S Rotherwal of 2867 Wheeler St Indianapolis Indiana says Dr A W Chases Nerve Pills are a superior tonic they steady nerves aid sleep and improve spirits The drug is sold for 50c a box by dealers of Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY Each package bears the signature A W Chase M D and seal.
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8S. Rotherwal
Wheelerst
Indianapolis
Ind
A. W. Chase
Huder
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y. Sea
A. W. Chagy
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