Senator’s daughter builds millinery business and opens branch
Mrs Bessie Stewart Wooker, daughter of Senator Stewart of Nevada, after divorce from Lieut R C Hooker U S N, starts a millinery shop with Mrs Robert A Osborne. She opens a Newport branch titled Stewart importer 400 Fifth Ave New York presided by three French girls. Her son Lieut Richard Stewart Hooker serves in the Marine Corps. a second son studies at Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Stewart Wooker
Senator Stewart
Nevada
R. C. Hooker
U.S. N
Robert A. Osborne
Stewart
New York
Newport
Fifth-ave
Richard Stewart
Hooker
Marine Corps
Mary Condit Smith
Pekin
Harvard
Romance on Stage Ends in Silence as Curtain Falls
A sentimental scene unfolds where a man and woman watch a play within a play. His thoughts follow her smile and sighs while music swells, then the curtain drops. Romance ends with their soft exhalations and a final sigh.
A Mother's Care and Hidden Love Note Unveiled
A mother laments Nell's messy desk with a school sketch and mixed items and discovers a secret love letter misattributed to the daughter. She recalls the father’s similar note from about thirty years ago in Frank Lesifie's Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lesifie
Unofficial Practitioner and Hospital Visit Drama in Workplace
The office scene centers on Miss Dana, Jimmie, and the ailing Mr. Fullenton. Jimmie suggests Miss Dana be discreet with hospital visitors to hint romance, while Dana hesitates as the hospital reports Fullenton’s weakness and absence of family. The tension hinges on unspoken affection and loyalty at the office.
The Dana Fullenton Nuptials and Office Whimsy
Miss Dana urges Mr. Fullenton to recover and marry, while an office boy nicknamed Jimmie flirts with the maid and plays a comic matchmaker. The scene includes a nurse, a bedsore, and a future wedding noted in a six month later report. The best man appears as a freckled, cheerful observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou
Katherine Dana
Mr. Gilmore
Jimmie
Miss Dana
Dana
Mr. Fullenton
Katie
Dana-Fullenton
The Abbreviated Sleeve Trend In Summer Dresses
The article notes a fashion craze for short sleeves with undersleeves worn in summer. It describes plain blouse suits with beading and ribbon trim, a one inch above the elbow length, and mentions colors like white organdie and lawn. It concludes with a nod to Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood builder.
Smiles and Snippets from Urban Dialogues
A collage of quips and exchanges from various papers shows light humor and social glimpses. Citizens question crime suspects while authorities joke about progress. family plans and social missteps surface in brief exchanges across Detroit Chicago Harlem Boston and Pittsburg papers.
Philosophy of Simon Frost
A rugged local reflection on character and conscience. The speaker contrasts self discipline with temptation and notes that actions often precede awareness, with laziness blamed sharply and responsibility tied to effort and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Frost
Time Saving Method for Preserving in Small Kettles
The article advises using multiple small enameled kettles of three quarts each to preserve fruit, especially strawberries, to avoid scorching and speed up the process. It describes selecting fruit after sunny weather, weighing berries and sugar, overnight maceration, staggered kettle starts, skimming, testing with a cool saucer, and jar readiness for efficient canning.
Hints for Campers From Early 20th Century Advice
Practical camp tips emphasize soap for dishes and drying them in sun, waterproof matches, salting water for boiling, heating fats before adding fish, cleaning fish to preserve freshness, thinning condensed milk with water, toasting fish on a notched stick, and fastening pan handles with a lash and a slit.
Baked and Stuffed Ham Recipe Historic Guide
Wash the ham boil for three hours remove skin and prepare a stuffing of bread crumbs minced onion chopped celery sage thyme pepper and salt. Melt butter add two beaten eggs fill ham with stuffing in each slice bake two and a half hours basting with ham juices.
For the Housewife Practical breakfast ideas and shopping tips
The article advises varied breakfasts using eggs fish and cereals with light breads and fruit. It recommends avoiding repetition, using dried fruits, cooling weather guidance, and an ice cream freezer to create affordable desserts. It also describes marinating split bone steak for tender results and praises good coffee for guest morale.
Two-Week Revival At Oak Hill M E Church
Sergeant Harry Rouzer of Company M US Volunteers has returned from service in the Philippines and was greeted by friends at his home 140 N Illinois St Brightwood. He left the U S in October 1899 and notes Americans struggle with the tropical climate after about two years of foreign service.
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Oak Hill M. E
Brightwood
Harry Rouzer
Company M
United States Volunteers
Illinois St
Philippines
Morning call of Chanticleer offers relief from misery
The advertisement promotes Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach and digestion related diseases affecting liver lungs and kidneys. It claims increased blood quality and energy, highlighting alcohol narcotic free content and endorsements from Prof Pleasant A Oliver. It also mentions Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy and offers the Common Sense Medical Adviser with small mail-order stamps.
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Chanticleer
Doctor Pierce
Pleasant A. Oliver
Viola, Fulton Co
Ark
R. V. Pierce
Common Sense
R, V, Pierce
Buffalo
Denny Lind Pudding and Home Remedies Featured
A home recipe for bread pudding with apples and butter is presented alongside advice on cholera infantum and diarrhoea. Also advertised are Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, a veterinary service, and rail travel deals to Detroit and San Francisco with various sale dates and return limits.
Vacation Trip Ticket Offer to Detroit via Special Train
Tickets go on sale July 6 to 8 with extension to September 1 1901 at one fare plus 2 dollars for a round trip. Special reclining chair cars will depart Indianapolis at 11 35 am Monday July reaching Detroit 10 pm. From Detroit trips to lake and river points Niagara Falls or Buffalo exposition. Contact Pennsylvania or Wabash agents or W W Richardson D P A Pennsylvania Lines Indianapolis Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Buffalo Exposition
Pennsylvania Or Wabash
W. W. Richardson
Pennsylvania Lines
Ind
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Maid
Scribner’s Magazine
Nell
Mr. Bassett
Tim Jeary
Gilmore
Hood
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Post
Norah
New Orleans
Harlem
Chicago Tribune
Pittsburg
Clara
Hetty
Esther
Charley
Boston ‘Transcript
Illinois
City Life
Portland
Pennsylvania St
N. Senate
A. B. Meyer & CO
Mr. Fowler
Baldwin’s
W. B. Craig
Wood's Stable
Lake Erie & Western and
Wabash Railways
Lake Erie & Western R. R
Michigan City
Laporte
Plymouth
Rochester
Peru
Kokomo
San Francisco
Via
Colorado
Monon
Michigan
Pennsylvania and
Wabash Lines
DR. J. Je Kyle
E. Christ
The
Indianapolis Gas Co
Albert Hutchinson
Washington St
Central Printing Co
Ched
Dayton
Toledo
R. P. Algeo
D.P. A
India
D. G. Edwards
Cincig
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