White Lady of the Moor Goddess Grants Three Favors
Gammer Bassett helps a pale white spirit trapped as a hare on a Moor tale from Merivale. The spirit grants three favors for her aid improving eggs milk and tongue. The widow warns the devil’s agents and Gammer gains lasting influence over her stubborn husband and farm.
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Tavistock
Whitchurch
Bay of Hounds
Mother Bassett
Merivale
Bassett
Cranmere Pool
Dame
Wenceforth
Gammer
French fiancÉ scorns Dreyfus talk over marriage
The French girl constantly arguing the Dreyfus case angered her fiancé Lucien de Girardin a rich clubman. He refused to marry her after she persisted in debating Dreyfus rather than focusing on love. When her brother protested he whipped the brother and, in court, claimed he loved his fiancée.
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Dreyfus
Lucien de Girardin
Putes
Pointed Paragraphs On Society And Sport
The passage offers aphoristic lines linking urban wealth, discipline, and morality. It contrasts street smarts with lawful paths and hints at corruption in sports and schools while noting social priorities in pursuit of success.
Worn With a Shirt Waist Point d esprit Collar
The article describes a stock collar of point d esprit worn with shirt waists as more comfortable than high linen collars. White net lies in folds over white silk on the buckram collar band, with net ruching at the collar and ends, finishing at the back of the neck for a cool, airy effect.
Old Fan Reveres a bygone Courtly Grace
Mary A. Denison writes in Collier's about antique fans with delicate carvings and jeweled touches that echo Louis XIV era court life. The poem laments fading kings and courtiers yet praises the enduring magic and tradition found in a single old fan.
Aphorisms From Philosophers And Poets
A collection of brief maxims on virtue humility religion and human conduct. Each saying presents a distinct viewpoint from Carlyle Confucius Johnson Horne Byron Treville and Cecil on idleness adversity seriousness and imitation.
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Confucius
Johnson
Bishop Horne
Byron
New Glove Stretcher Uses Powdered Finger
A glove stretcher of similar shape to existing devices features a hollow finger filled with powder. When activated the powder is released inside the glove to soften and shape it efficiently.
Escape Fire Dress Spurs Move to Plainfield
A sensational wardrobe mishap at the O'Sullivan residence beside the Hotel Windsor in New York caused such distress that the woman was sent to Plainfield for a change of scene after the fire disaster.
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O'Sullivan
Windsor
New York
Plainfield
Comic Couple Teases Onstage Mass Meeting Misprint
The dialogue captures Mrs. Crabshaw and Mrs. Crawford teasing the mass meeting incident. Remarks joke about angry husband, his name in the also spokes, and the groom's doubt about his own importance before marriage.
Women in the Business World
A discussion on women balancing independence and family roles, arguing that striving in business can coexist with gentleness and strong home ties. The piece notes shared strains of modern life and the value of companionship between spouses amid work pressures, urging understanding and resilience. Try Merchants' Lunch, 250, Union station restaurant.
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Union Station
When Warm and Weary Tonic Bath Members
A 19th century remedy describes a lemon or lime soak for an hour to extract juice, then bran added for a refreshing bath. It notes face baths with oatmeal soap almond flour and other cleansers, praising lemon bath for reviving effects and a tester remark about feeling like a goddess after using eau de cologne in the tub.
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Dodo
Scenic Line of the World routes via Denver and Grand Junction
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway offers two mountain routes between Denver and Grand Junction and between Grand Junction and Ogden. Tickets read via the Scenic Line allow round trips through Leadville Glenwood Springs Marshall Pass Black Canon and Salt Lake City Ogden or San Francisco. Tourists are advised to obtain tickets reading both directions from S K Hooper G P T A Denver for illustrated pamphlets.
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Colorado
Denver& Rio Grande Railroad
Rockies
Mountains
Denver
Grand Junction
Rio Grande Western Railway
Ogden
Denver & Rio Grande
Leadville
Glenwood Springs
Marshall Pass
Black Canon
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
S. K. Hooper
Colo
Pianos for sale and rail fare to several Western cities
New upright pianos offered at 310 down and 5 a month at Wulschner's 128-130 N Pennsylvania St. Pianos at lowest prices on easy terms. Round trip rail to Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden one fare plus 2. Tickets on sale at St Louis June to July with full information from G A A Deane T P A Mo P Ry Indianapolis Ind.
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Wulschner’s
Pennsylvania-st
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Ogden
St. Louis
Family dinner tale of chicken parts and tastes
A Baltimore News item recalls a young boy who only ate chicken legs, sparking gentle guilt among relatives. The story then notes a broader “expansion” to white meat as the family shares new dining habits. The anecdote ties to Fauntleroy like charm.
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Fauntleroy
Alpha
Omega
Baltimore News
First colored woman to graduate from Middlebury College
Annette Anderson, a Shoreham native, becomes the first colored woman graduate of Middlebury College and delivers the valedictory at graduation. She led her class from freshman year after attending Shoreham High School and lifelong residence in Shoreham. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills advertise in the notice.
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Vermont
Annette Anderson
Middlebury College
Anderson
Shoreham
Union Pacific Offers Reduced Fare for 1899 NEA Meeting
The Union Pacific Railroad promotes a greatly reduced round trip fare to Los Angeles to attend the National Educational Association meeting July 11 to 14, 1899. It highlights superior service including palace sleeping cars dining cars and free reclining chair cars and provides contact details for agents A G Sherman in Cincinnati and J H June in Indianapolis for tickets and information.
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National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Union Pacific
Washington
Points East
Omaha
Kansas City
Carew Bldg
Cincinnati
J. H. June
Trav
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Ind
Ormonde Lunch Offer at 16 W Pearl Street
A daily business lunch priced at ten cents is served from 10 a m to 2 p m in the Ormonde on 16 West Pearl Street. A ladies lunch is offered on the second floor.
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Ormonde
W. Pearl St
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