Miss Rosamond Secor May Become London Lady Mayoress
The 20 year old heiress Miss Rosamond Secor, daughter of a prominent New York lawyer, may wed London merchant and politician Thomas Dewar. Dewar, sheriff of London in 1897 and 1898, stands to become lord mayor, making Miss Secor the prospective lady mayoress of the city.
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Rosamond Secor
Thomas Dewar
Ypress
New York
Carle Brenner
Miss Secor
London
Julia Dent Grant
Mr. Dewar
London County Council
Tuendon
The Count and Baroness Duel on a Village Road
In a French village the neighboring estates Vert Coteau and Bois Fleurs sit a few hundred yards apart. Count Pierre de Courval fences a road to spite Baroness Korbon who rides Strapontin daily. She defies him by leaping the new barrier, and their tense standoff ends with mutual inquiry into the source of their hatred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vert-Coteau
Bois-Fleurs
Pierre de Courval
Re Korbon
Strapontin
Clavin
M. -le-Count
Annemy
Monsieur
Taye
Ter
Sorbon
Paris
Bsaroness Ge Kordon
Strapctin
Cornville
Untitled French Passage of Love and Regret
A fragment from a French scene portrays a baroness pleading for renewed love. The count sits on roadside stones while Strapontin the creature roams, as dawn gives way to afternoon and old emotions surface amid tearful dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meirihe
Oni
Strapontin
Delicacies and Pastry Advice from the New York Evening Sun
A collection of kitchen tips for pastry, potato dishes, rice pudding, and an oyster pie. Instructions cover flour and fat ratios, cold water handling, rolling for flakiness, potato browning with cream, rinsing rice, and a rich oyster pie with spiced liquor, celery, and eggs, all from the New York Evening Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Sun
Bargain Fabric and Blankets Listing
A local ad advertises genuine haircloth at 10c per yard and apron ginghams at 15c per yard in blue and brown checks. Also offered are white shaker flannel, striped domet flannels, all wool full size blankets with borders at $3.00 value now $1.75, and full size cotton blankets at 63c regular price now 49c.
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Cence Ween
BBC Ladies’ Union
Yonkers Woman Seeks Mandamus for Sanitary Inspector Favor
Miss Sarah Moore Delaney of Yonkers obtains a mandamus to force the Civil Service Board to place her name first for female sanitary inspector over Mrs. Von Wagner. Delaney claims Civil War veteran status grants preference. she served as a nurse in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Moore Delaney
Yonkers
Civil Service Board
von Wagner
Civic League
Miss Delaney
Chiffon Feathers In Fashionable Millinery Plumes
The Philadelphia Record notes a new millinery trend using chiffon plumes perched over turbans and walking hats. Chiffon feathers imitate ostrich plumes with soft waves, available in white, canary, pearl, gray, and black, and suit most faces though black alone is less flattering. The black and white combination is particularly handsome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Beatrice Harraden Denies Boer War Involvement
Beatrice Harraden, the English novelist now in California, writes the London Daily Mail to deny reports she would go to fight for the Boers. She declares loyalty to Britain and criticizes Olive Schreiner for speaking out, though she mourns England's mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Harraden
California
London Daily Mail
Olive Schreiner
England
Proverbial Snippets From Chicago News
A collection of quips and maxims reflect on courage deceit appearance and social behavior. The notes touch on trust perception humility and gendered perceptions with a Western print flavor and local flavoring.
Concert at Beattys Roof Garden by Crouch Bros
Crouch Bros present Kings America's Greatest for a Saturday show at Beattys Roof Garden. An eight nel byst car event closes the night with Hine noted.
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Crouch Bros
Kings
Beattyes
Morrow's Kidneoids Praised By Indianapolis Residents
Indianapolis residents praise Morrow's Kidneoids for backache kidney and nervous system relief. Mrs Ragland testifies the yellow tablets provided immediate help after other remedies failed. Sold in wooden boxes for fifty cents at druggists and Sican Drug Co. Manufactured by John Morrow & Co. Springfield Ohio.
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W. L. Ragland
Ragland
Morrow
Sican Drug. Co
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
Witty reply of Mrs Hazen to weather grant heckler
In Washington during Gen Hazen's term as head of the Weather Bureau the witty Mrs Hazen, wife of Admiral Dewey’s spouse, defused a hostile committee chairman. At a cabinet member's reception she calmly answered a critic: the very best for the appropriation, leaving him embarrassed as guests smiled.
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Admiral Dewey
America
Washington
Hazen
Gen. Hazen
Weather Bureau
Congress
A Sonnet of the Day by Frank L. Stanton
A Collier's Weekly poem reflects on distrust of stars and beauty, noting life as a phantasm. The speaker laments fragile trust, tastes bitterness amid spring sweets, and notes birds singing as solace to weary hearts. The verse credits Frank L. Stanton.
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Pacific
Frank L. Stanton
Collier's Weekly
Loss of Gold and Health Prompt Purification Message
A Chicago Times-Herald note recalls Utah figure Brigham H Roberts with remarks about his three wives. An ad copy after discusses Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming to purify and vitalize blood, linking health to wealth.
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Utah
Brigham H. Roberts
Roberts
Chicago Times-Herod
Moments of wit and dialect from classic columns
A collage of quips and scenes from Detroit Journal Brooklyn Life and Chicago Times Herald features a Kentucky dialect note from a colonel at a witness stand, humorous exchanges on pedigree and murder, social foibles, and card party banter with Mrs Bingley praised for winning second prize.
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Kentucky
Detroit Journal
Indianapolis Residents Endorse Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Katherine Hauser of 61 Elizabeth St. testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her daughter's two year kidney weakness after using them as directed. She bought them at Henry J. Huder's drug store at Washington and Pennsylvania streets. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes in the U S. Remember the name Dean's and take no substitute.
A Brave Coward in Manila War Story by CNW
The Chicago and Northwestern press a thrilling campaign tale titled A Brave Coward set in the Philippines. It weaves Malate, La Loma charges, a Pennsylvanian hero, and units like First Nebraska Thirteenth Minnesota Tenth Pennsylvania in Luzon with vivid half tone illustrations. Sent for 5 cents postage to W. B. Kniskern, Chicago.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Fiilippines
Malate
la Loma
Pennsylvania
Manila
Luzon
Nebraska
Minnesota
Uran
Oregon
Kansas
Aguinaldo
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth-ave
Chicago
Til
Sun Headlines Highlight Seventh Page Liners
A fragment from The Sun features scattered headings about seventh page liners and complimentary notes. The readable text suggests a focus on page layout or section design and does not provide a full story.
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SUN
Try Merchants' Lunch and Ormondes Restaurant
A Fall Meal for 100 is our business lunch served daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ladies' lunch served on the Second floor. Try Merchants' Lunch at 25 W. Union station and Ormondes at 16 W. Pearl St.
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Union Station
Our Business
Ormondes
Pearl St
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething
An old nurse remedy advertised for children teething. Claims to soothe the child ease gum pain and cure wind colic and diarrhoea. Sold at twenty five cents per bottle.
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Lore Ae
Olga
Stpapontin
Ted
Vienna
Mile
Frances Saville
Imperial Opera
Beatrice
Victoria
Chivaga News
Indianapolis
Hlinois
Mrs. Hazen
THE
Economist
Pleiades
Him
Indiana
PSSA
Cr Bliss
Swain & CO
Stevenson
Ciara
Edith
Brooklyn
Katherine Hauser
Elizabeth
Doan
Ry J. Huder
Corner of
Wash
Ington and
Pennsylvania Streets
Katie
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Sale
United States
Dean
R. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
Gouraud
U. S
Canadas
Europe
Ferd
T. Hopkins
Great Jones St
Atlas
Johnson & Waltz
Indianapolis “Y Business University
E.J. Heeb
Pras
W. B. Fletcher
Mary A. Spi
North Alabama St. He Pink
J. A. Sutcliffe
Indiana Dental College
Department of
Ana
Delaware and Ohio
Sts
Meridian Dental Pariors
Meridian St
Paul E. Hulsman
Optician
N. Meridian St
Mammoth Cave
Vonnegut's
Vonnegut Hardware CO
E. E. Washington St
Jos. R
Hudson Street
New Tel
Moses Optical CO
Sn Et Ao
Pennsylvania St
I. M. Rowe
Chas
Butterworth
N. Penn
St- Phone
Dress Cutting and Sewing School
Emma Edwards
South East
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