Bohemian Romance Sparks a Publisher Showdown
Eusebius Smith, a rising literary star, faces a fierce bidding war among publishers over his next volume. Lansing and Lane push artistic books for select readers, while Chapwells and Richards Baht offer rival terms. Smith tours offices as bright gold of a mysterious woman’s head catches his eye in the Lansing & Lane den.
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Chapwells
Mr. Smith
Eusebius Smith
Messrs. Chapwells
Richards
Lansing & Lane
Lansing & Lanse
Falen
The Patch of Gold in a Man’s Quiet Life Romance
Eusebius Smith, a prosperous bachelor, dreams of love as he watches a mysterious girl in the Lan sing & Lane offices. He schemes to win her through a manuscript collaboration with a clever designer known as Miss Torrey, leading to a sunlit moment that ends his bachelor days.
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Eusebius Smith
Lansing & Lane
Mr. Lane
Mr. One
Dusebinus Smith
Archer
Gifts from her purse Mrs Leland Stanford deeded $10 million to university
The widow of the U.S. senator who founded Stanford University has donated most of her stocks and real estate worth about 10 million dollars to the university.
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Leland Stanford
United States
A Day in June Verses From Chicago Record
A nostalgic poem from the Chicago Record celebrates a restful June afternoon. It describes lazy days, flowered fields, scented breezes, and nature's soothing charm inviting readers to pause and enjoy a balmy, shadowed moment in nature.
Blur of Patterns in Foulards Described as Pleasing
The article discusses blurred foulards with white patterns on pink and Copenhagen blue gowns. It notes vertical markings blurred to soften the design, preferring quaker gray and soft fawn foulards printed in white. It suggests securing a blurred pattern for appeal.
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Copenhagen
Big Bows Rule Fashion for Neck Adornments
Bold neck bows dominate fashion notes as a reaction to tiny cra vats. The trend favors small centered bows with long sweeping ends, using ribbon and materials like silk mousseline de soie taffeta lace and mull. The style clashes with the shirt waist’s tailored look, yet fashion embraces such caprices.
Chamberlain Pain Balm Aids Hip Injury Recovery
A patient describes spraining the left hip while moving boxes. Initial diagnosis was a slight strain, later rheumatism, worsening until using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. After trying half a 50-cent bottle, the patient reports cure and recommends it to others.
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Chamberlain
Salted Remedies for Household Spots and Stains
Salt in a whitewash helps it stick. Salt keeps moths out of swept carpets. Salt revived a weak coal fire. Salt on soot prevents carpet stains. Salt on fresh ink spilt on carpet helps remove the spot. Put salt on hot clinkers in the stove after raking the fire to remove them.
Poet of the Washtub The Flooratrs Recall Mrs Howarth
Cleveland notes recall of Clementine Howarth of Trenton W J a poet once widely discussed eighty years ago Paralysis halted her career and in recent decades she wrote little Her famed verses emerged while she worked at the washtub or made cane seats as breadwinner amid hardship. She learned only to read.
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Cleveland
Clementine Howarth
Trenton
W. J
Smiles and Snippets of Society Humor
A string of light gossip and quips from Brooklyn Life Harlem Life and Life features. Aunt Broadhead recalls a wedding site mishap as Abby Stang fainted before the minister could speak. Bridget explains eggs kept to the same length of time with varied heat.
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Aunt Broadhead
Abby Stang
Kohokus
Bridget
Brooklyn
Pointed Paragraphs in a Wry Chicago Style
A collection of satirical quips contrasts charity for the dead with that for the broke, noting sayings about time and money. It riffs on self made men, polished furniture, cranky ideas, and the futility of climbing hills before reaching them in a humorous Chicago News tone.
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Shaw
Chicago News
Victorina the Swordswallower Narrowly Survives in Chicago
Victorina, a woman sword swallower, nearly died when an eight inch blade fragment broke during a performance in Chicago. She discarded the hilt and gripped the broken end with her fingers, describing her close call and fear it would have gone worse if the fragment had been lower.
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Victorina
Chicago
Use of Cooking Butter Warns Against Waste
A home economics note cites Ella Morris Kretschmar warning that using butter past its prime for cooking spoils dishes and wastes money. Table butter loses aroma and flavor when old but can still season. once rancid, it should be discarded, as soap-fat in a jar is the proper fate.
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Ella Morris Kretschmar
Full Meal for 106 Lunch Special at Ormonde
A daily business lunch from 10 a m to 2 p m offers a full meal for 106. A ladies' lunch is served on the second floor at Ormonde located at 16 West Pearl Street.
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Our Business
Ormonde
Pearl St
Clark
Pratense BC
Missouri Pacific To Sell Colorado Round Trip Tickets
During late June and early July the Missouri Pacific Railway will offer round trip tourist tickets from St Louis to select Colorado points with return valid until October 31. Tickets priced at one fare plus .00. For full info pick up folders or contact G. A. A. Deane Traveling Passenger Agent Missouri Pacific Railway 231 McCreast Indianapolis.
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St. Louis
Denver
Missouri Pacific Railway
Colorado
G. A. A. Deane
Missouri
Pacific Railway
McCreast
Indianapolis
One Summer Love Remembered in a Chicago Verse
The speaker recalls a past summer when a shared sweetness and a promise were made. He sees the woman with her new partner and child, reflecting on how her vows now belong to another man who fathers their son. The poem preserves a quiet, nostalgic tone from the Chicago Times Herald.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Shirt Waist Parties Return as Pleasant Social Trend
Shirt waist parties are back as a popular and profitable way to spend an afternoon. Each girl brings her own waist material and sewing is simple with several friends working together. Conversation and hostess hospitality with light refreshments like strawberries and ice cream follow the activity.
Pretty Bows Fashion Yields Big Trends
The article notes bows in chiffon ribbon lace silk and other materials as a fashionable trend this year. It highlights a six and a half inch bow as especially popular and versatile for changing neckwear with little cost.
Boiled Icing Recipe Note From Detroit Free Press
A Detroit Free Press note describes boiling one third cup water with one cup sugar until a thread forms. Then beat stiff egg white and gradually add the syrup with lemon juice until the mix can spread with a knife.
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Detroit Free Press
Unanswerable Logic Quoted By Married Man
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote notes Charles Francis Adams saying people rarely have their own way in life. It adds that such reasoning is the unanswerable logic of a married man.
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Charles Francis Adams
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Empress Elizabeth Remembered as Slender Figure
The beautiful and lamented Empress of Austria is described as a slender woman who weighed less than 100 pounds at the time of her death.
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Empress Elizabeth
Empress of
Austria
Indianapolis Citizen Praises Doan's Kidney Pills
A local resident Mr. C. F. Cook of 515 Daugherty street describes six years of kidney pain and relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Henry J. Huder's drug store. He endorses the treatment, noting relief from nocturnal secretions and back pain and urges others to use the product sold by Foster Milburn Co. at 50 cents.
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Indianapolis
C. F. Cook
Daugherty Street
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
The Modern Trousseau For the Bride Elect
The trousseau today should include only items the bride will use in the first season after marriage. Fashion changes quickly, so avoid overbuying hats wraps gowns shoes and corsets. Tailor the wardrobe to the couple s plans travel city living and immediate needs.
National Educational Association Meeting in Los Angeles
Union Pacific offers a greatly reduced round trip fare of one fare plus 42 cents for the National Educational Association meeting in Los Angeles July 11 to 14, 1899. The railroad highlights palace sleeping cars dining cars free reclining chairs and other comforts with routes via Omaha or Kansas City. For tickets oversights or the illustrated Overland Route book contact A G Sherman Cincinnati or J H June Indianapolis.
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National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Union Pacific
Washington
Points
Omaha
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
A. G. Sherman
Pass
Carew Bidg
Cincinnati
J. H. June
Trav
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Ind
New Upright Pianos and Other City Ads
A collage of ads promotes new upright pianos at low down payments and monthly terms, local eateries, and services. It also urges readers to trust The Union Trust Company as executor or guardian, touting safety, separate trust funds, and clear administration costs.
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Union Trust Company
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