Lucky Escape for Aunt in Philadelphia Item
A narrator recounts a tale set in Philadelphia about a rich aunt at 75 afflicted by flirtations with a retired major. The loyal butler John orchestrates a cautious scheme to shield the aunt, arranging a forged marriage with the narrator as in-law husband to prevent the major from gaining control of the property.
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Manchester
John Simmonds
Lancashire
Joan
Mallaby
John
Charlie
Maj. Mallaby
Charle
Old John
London
Langham
Saunders
Master Charlie
Philadelphia
Short Socks for Summer for Small Children
Short socks keep children cool in midsummer. Heelless shoes reduce fall risk on stairs. Defer heeled shoes until late dates. stout soles and easy uppers make comfortable footwear for kids.
He'd Have Said Tell Her to Go to the Sun
A New York widow who runs her own estate complains of troublesome tenants and seeks counsel from a sympathetic friend. She recalls her father’s picture and imagines what he would say, recalling a phrase to tell the demanding neighbor: Tell her to go to the Sun.
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New York
Father
McKinley to Present Diplomas at Mount Holyoke
President McKinley will present diplomas to 64 Mount Holyoke College graduates on June 20, including his niece Miss Grace Howe McKinley.
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McKinley
Mount Holyoke College
Grace Howe McKkinley
Witty Exchanges Appear in City Gossip Columns
A Detroit Free Press quip praises a son-in-law’s business acumen and restraint after a bold kiss and handshake. Harlem Life notes a clerk guiding a customer to a pocket notebook. Boston Transcript ponders scorchers and brains with a humorous retort. Suburbanite Life jests about mosquitoes described as long and slim.
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Griswold-st. Banker
Detroit Free Press
Harlem
Lost Child Anna Eschholz Found After Woods Sighting
Six year old Anna Eschholz was missing for about two days in dense woods near New Britain Connecticut. She was alive but briefly unable to speak due to fright from being lost in the woods at night.
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Anna Eschholz
New Britain
Conn
Lovely Little Widow's Revenge Controversy at Birthday Gift
A self-made state department man pursues a lovely widow despite her mild rebuffs. He sends an expensive satin-box gift for her birthday that features gem encrusted buckles. The widow replies with a humorous note praising a dog collar for Fido and signs off with a sly, defiant closing.
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State Department
Mr. Srash
Fido
Washington Post
Old Favorite Gone: Lizzie Creese Dies in New York
The actress Lizzie Creese dies in New York, removing an old stage favorite. She was mother to Victory Bateman, an actress of talent who recently suffered temporary insanity but has recovered and was with her mother at death.
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Charles Leaher
Cincinnati
Charles Frohman
Roland Davis
New York
Rolande Davis
Caroline Miskei Hoyt
Lizzie Creese
Victory Bateman
One Bride's Idea Sparks June Ceremony
A June bride plans a remarkable wedding with 12 bridesmaids dressed in white and apple green, copying an old picture. The attendants will carry tall white lilies tied with white satin ribbons, forming arches as the bride approaches the altar, creating a striking ceremonial passage.
Fact and Fiction Tearful Mother in Story Book Row
A New York Press line notes a mother crying over a neglected child in a story, she then boxes the ears of her own child if the interruption becomes a scene.
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New York Press
Pain Balm Recommended for Hip Strain Recovery
A fall sprain in the left hip worsened, leading to rheumatism notes. After failing to improve, the user visited a drugstore where Chamberlain's Pain Balm was recommended and tried with limited relief, signaling cautious hope for recovery.
Bumblebee and Bird Song in the Red Clover Fields
A lyrical scene describes bumblebees at red clover while a sparrow hawk circles the sky. A brown song sparrow sings from the pasture as clouds drift and a distant note fades. The verse, attributed to Ernest McGaffey in the June Woman's Home Companion, evokes nature's quiet clockwork.
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Ernest McGaffey
Conundrums from Youth's Companion humor page
A playful riddle style excerpt questions why whispers are illegal and explores eras of photography, mentions Aladdin, and puns on debt, silk, and riches. The piece is a compact, dated quip set reflecting light verse humor from a youth-oriented periodical.
Here is the bright dream take it and lay it away
A poem excerpt from the Atlanta Constitution expresses sorrow at losing love and joy. The speaker bids farewell to dreams, heart, and life, lamenting that nothing remains sweet or bright to them in light or shadow.
Hat Styles Shift With White Tulle and Straw
White tulle hats lead the season with pure white straw options trimmed in white taffeta and roses. Street hats evolve from March sailor shapes to large white fronts and high quills, then to rough braid walking hats with Tam or Shanter style crowns. Leghorn hats appear thinner on trim and fewer in number.
Doan's Ointment touted as cure for skin itch and piles
An Indianapolis reader Edward Abel credits Doan's Ointment with curing his severe itching hemorrhoids and skin irritations after trying many remedies. He bought a box at Henry J. Huder's drug store and saw relief after a few applications. Sold by local dealers for 50 cents. Feaster 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
Feaster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Notice of liquor license and pool table petition
Notice to voters of Third ward Center township Marion county Indiana that P Steinram Roeder will apply to the Board of County Commissioners at the July term 1493 for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking privilege. The business location is a West street front room on the first floor of a two story frame building at the southeast corner of canal and West street in Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana known as No W411 West street ward I. Also applies for pool table privileges for the same room.
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Third Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Westst
Canal and
West-st
Indianapolis
N. West-st
Steinram Roeder
Eleventh
Washington Street
S. A. Fletcher, Jrs
West
Frank Lux
Sixth Ward
Market Street
Jot
West Market Street
Christian Unger
Seventh Ward
East
John Roeckel
Fourteenth Ward
Board of
County Commissioners
Kappes & Frank
Center
Merion County
Center Ship
Board of County Comisioners
McCarty
Indiana Center Township
India
W. Rayst
Belt Pins and Clasps Adorn Bustling Wardrobe
Belt pins are necessary when ribbons and shirt waists are worn. Very pretty pins, with a turquoise set on top, are as cheap as 50 cents. Dainty enamelled blue belt clasps, set with amethysts and turquoise, are as cheap as 98 cents. More elaborate ones are $1.50. In sterling silver there is no end of inventions. In solid gold the prettiest clasps are perfectly plain. Oxidized silver belt buckles, set with mock amethysts and other stones, are 18 cents. Smaller buckles of the same design can be obtained to hold the collar.
Kidney health claim for Morrow's Kid-ne-oids advert row
Promotional notice touts Morrow's Kid-ne-oids as a scientific kidney and nerve tonic. The ad claims tablets have no after effects, require no work stoppage, and come in fifty cent boxes with about two weeks' treatment. It cites Miss Ssephene Talbott's testimonial and lists Sloan Drug Co. and John Morrow & Co. as manufacturers.
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Ssephene Talbott
Leota Street
Morrow
Sloan Drug Co
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
Liquor license request for Washington Street room, Indianapolis
Voters of the Eleventh ward Center township consider a July term 1599 license to sell spirituous vinous malt and intoxicating liquids in a room fronting north on Washington street first floor of a brick building. Location covers parts of lots 3 to 7 in Fletcher jr sub of lot 12 square 6&7 in Indianapolis Center township 117 West Washington street ward 1. Also public notice applying for pool tables in the same room with Frank Lux listed.
Property and pool table license request at 134 West Market Street
Christian Unger informs the Sixth Ward Center Township commissioners at their July 1899 term that liquor sales will occur in a 17 by 95 foot room on the first floor of a two story brick building fronting Market Street in Indianapolis Center Township Marion County Indiana. He states the premises are part of lots 39-12 and 32 6-12 on east and west sides of lot 7 in square 7 and that he will apply for pool table privileges in the same room.
Notice of ward seven polling place and pool table privileges
The text identifies the Seventh ward polling place at 44 East Washington Street Indianapolis Center Township Marion County Indiana a three story brick building fronting south on Washington Street and notes an application to the same room for pool table privileges by John Roeckel.
License To Sell Liquors Advertised In Indianapolis Ward
Voters of the First ward Center township meet at the July term 189% for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and on sale in a ground floor room facing southeast on Malott avenue 60 feet east of lot 26 in Alvord's subdivision Fletcher's addition Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana known as No 1224 Malott ave ward No 1 Joseph Acker seeks approval for the permit to operate a saloon in a frame building location description includes exact block and corner details.
Voters in Fourteenth Ward Hear July Term Prohibition Details
The report outlines Indianapolis Center Township Merion county Indiana proceedings at the July term 1899. It describes a liquor sale location in a one story frame building fronting east on East at the corner of East and Mir on lot Nos 32 and 4 in Kappes & Franks subdivision.
Union Trust Company Praised For Efficient Estate Settlements
A beneficiary letter commends the Union Trust Company for prompt and accurate handling of large estates with modest charges. The writer contrasts trust company efficiency with private executors, noting the firm’s disciplined offices and dispatch in administering legacies.
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TH Union Trust Company
Tru
Notice to sell intoxicating liquors in Center Township Indiana
Voter notice in Marion county Indiana of an application to the Board of County Commissioners at the July term 1899 for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with drinking privileges at premises 3 W. Ray st in McCarty's subdivision east of outlet 120 No. 15 Center township. The subscriber also applies for a pool table license in the same room and location.
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Les MY
Sprockett
Boston Transcript
Conundrums
Atlanta Constitution
HAT News
First Ward
Alvord
E. T
S. K. Fletcher
Malottave
Joseph Acker
HALY
Teielm
D. H. Baldwin & C6
Penn
Illinois Street
R. T. Felix Gourand
Orion
L. A. Sayre
U. S
Canadas
Europe
T. Hopkins
Prop
Gret Jones St
Ecutor
THE
Union Trust Company
Mak Bay
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