Miss Kussner Paints Czars Portraits Amid Europe Return
Miss Kussner, a noted American miniature painter, recently returned to London from Russia where she painted a miniature of the grand duchess Vladimir and was summoned to the winter palace to do a likeness of the czar ina. The czar ordered a miniature of himself and spoke warmly of America and Admiral Dewey. A Terre Haute native, she rose from poverty in New York after a wealthy patron helped her gain orders.
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Miss Kussner
Europe
America
London
Russia
St. Petersburg
Vladimir
Winter Palace
Missussner
Tie
Americans
Admiral Dewey
Manila
MissiXussner
Terre Haute
New York
Sisters of St. Mary’s of the Woods
Freshness Cured by a Gun on a Jersey City Street
A Jersey City street scene unfolds with two rail workers and a street-wise boy as a prank escalates. A later tale recounts a brakeman’s feud with an old fisherman who fired blanks from a revolver at him from a river scow, leading to a courtroom confrontation and a surprising legal twist.
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Binghamton
Weill
Paia
Railroad Man Quits Job After Slur and Brawl
A railroad man recalls getting discha rged after being taunted by fellow workers. He says the taunts led him to quit, adding that a neck bump from the incident was treated with arnica and that the assailant’s gun was averted when a boy wasn’t shot.
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New York Sun
Mrs Carley Havemeyer Bride-To-Be In High Society Set
Portrait of Mrs Carley Havemeyer, famed New York society beauty, awaits marriage to Frederick O Beach. She is described as strikingly handsome with dark hair, brown eyes, and a vivid complexion. her late husband’s death was ruled accidental by a coroner’s jury. Beach, nicknamed Beauty Beach, is a sports-loving society man with an athletic, model-like figure.
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Carley Havemeyer
New York
Frederick O. Beach
Beauty Beach
Weds His Nurse In Covington Cathedral
James J. Stokes, a Muncie newspaper man, married Miss Ida Scott, a former Cincinnati hospital nurse, in Covington Cathedral on Wednesday. Stokes had suffered a smallpox illness while vaccinated and met Scott during a pay ward stay.
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James J. Stokes
Muncie
Ind
Ida Scott
Cincinnati Hospital
Covington Cathedral
Stokes
Miss Scott
Breakfast with Jenny Poem Note Atlanta Style
A lyric from the Atlanta Constitution speaks of a morning promise and the joy of a breakfast with Jenny. The speaker hopes for radiant weather and the happiness found in her eyes and presence, seeking a blessing of shared companionship.
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Jenny
Atlanta Constitution
Daly's theater to be sold and Frohman likely owner
Theatre chatter notes Daly's theater sale with Charles Frohman likely to become owner. Mrs Fiske has engaged her company for Becky Sharpe with Maurice Barrymore. Adelaide Herrmann performs magic in a New York roof garden. Bellows stock at Grand Denver. Mme Sans Gene this week. Cyrano de Bergerac and Trilby previously played. Miss Shannon from Grand last year now in Washington as her husband retires from the Castle company Boston.
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Daly’s
Charles Frohman
Shannon
Washington
Castle Company
Boston
Pointed Paragraphs and Proverbial Sayings in Debate
A collection of aphoristic lines on manners and society touches on fashion duty and memory. It notes the sea hotel, a head waiter, truthful fishermen, skirt length in July, bread versus philosophy, tariff knowledge, writing resolutions, memory treachery, and wasp nest misadventures.
Clouds Roll By Prompting Silent Kiss
A moral vignette recounted by Tom Masson describes a man bold with a passing cloud as an old maid waits. He kisses her in a secluded moment and, after a sequence of clouds, asks why she remains silent. She replies not now, let the clouds roll by.
Miss Glenrose Bell Designs Linens for Chicago Factory
Miss Glenrose Bell, a fair-haired blue-eyed young woman, embodies the successful designer with imagination and an artistic eye, working for a large Chicago manufactory.
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Glenrose Bell
Chicago
The Modern Sandwich Varieties A Survey
A historical overview details the vast range of sandwiches then available. It lists ham tongue corned beef roast beef turkey chicken tuna sardine anchovy sardelles salmon musk eel crustacean options and many cheese and salad based creations plus multi meat and mixed fillings totaling about 64 varieties with new ones continually added.
Humorous Fragments and Nerve Food Ads in 19th Century Papers
A collage of jokes about large heads and Irish chats from Chicago News, Tit-Bits aphorisms about a guest at a resort, Chicago Post quips on unfilled hammocks, followed by an advert for Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills promising nerve nourishment and constipation relief.
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Chicago Post
Hood
Local ads for home facades pets pianos and dining opens
Cover Your Old Brick Buildings with imitation of rock faced stone H 1 SHUTE 34 Talbot block Neckbands put on shirts free Progress Laundry Tel 1121 Dr W B Craig Veter inary office Dogs treated Office Wood state Tel 1 Pianos at Lewest Prices Wulschner 128 130 N Pennsylvania St New Upright Pianos 10 Down and a month at Wulschner 123 19 N Pennsylvania St Marcy s place to buy watches jewelry diamonds and silverware Lowest prices A Fall Dinner for 15 N Plaza Cafe 38 and 4 Monument place
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Shute
Talbot Block
Wulschner’s
Pennsylvania-st
Langtry’s Regal Lodge praised for luxury stables and horse training
The article highlights Mrs Langtry’s Regal Lodge in Kentford as a model of comfort among English racing houses near Newmarket with around 28 horses in training. It also notes Nurse Isabella Smith receiving the royal red cross for her service aboard a hospital ship with the Benin expedition and her posting at Haslar naval hospital.
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Isabella Smith
London
Order of the Royal Red Cross
Windsor Castle
Miss Smith
England
Malta
Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
The Better Part by Matthew Arnold
The excerpt debates human limits and moral duty. It questions earthly ease and urges striving for a higher, Christlike standard, asking if man can live like Jesus and endure an inward judgment.
Hot Weather Philosophy From The Providence Journal
Advice on surviving heat with common sense foods and routines. Eat lightly and avoid heating foods when temperatures reach 99. Prefer fruits vegetables fish and cooling drinks. Stay out of sun walk shaded streets rest briefly nap at noon and keep calm to reduce heat impact.
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Providence Journal
Doan's Ointment Promises Relief for Itch and Piles
An Indianapolis resident testifies Doan's Ointment cures hemor rhoids and skin irritations. He bought it at a local drug store, used it, and found rapid relief after initial application. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents or mailed by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole agents.
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Doan
Indianapolis
Edward Abel
Newport St
Fifteenth St
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Washington
Pennsylvania Sts
Foster-Milburnx Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Vivid Nasturtiums Featured in Breakfast Fruit Dish
A garden note suggests scattering cool-native nasturtium leaves among breakfast fruit to enhance color and flavor. A single blossom may crown orange ice or cream for a decorative edible touch.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids Praised By Indianapolis Man
A testimonial from Wesley Wilson of 133 Saint Charles Street, Indianapolis, claims Morrow's Kid-ne-oids cured his back and kidney troubles after using the yellow tablets. Sold at druggists and Steam Drug Co for fifty cents. manufactured by John Mowen & Co in Springfield Ohio.
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Ina Ganapolis
Morrow
Wesley Wilson
Sont
Charles St
Am Druggis
Steam Drug Co
John Mowen & Co, Chemists
Springfield
Ohio
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