American Heiress Sues Manchester Duke for Breach of Promise
Portia Knight of Cincinnati sues the Duke of Manchester alleging breach of promise after the duke, who recently made a duchess of Miss Zimmerman, had lured Knight toward a London stage career. Knight, born in Salem Oregon, has acted with Frederick Warde and E H Sothern, and now understudies leads with Miss Marie Tempest at the Prince of Wales in London.
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Portia Knight
Duke of Manchester
Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Salem
Ore
Col. N. B. Knight
Baker City
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Miss Knight
Frohman
London
Frederick Warde
Ady
E. H. Sothern
Marie Tempest
Prince of Wales Theater
Rhymed History of England Reference Outline
The poem presents a chronological rhymed sequence of English rulers from William the Norman through Victoria, listing successive William, Henry, Edwards, Richards, Mary, Bess, James II, and Georges, ending with Victoria in a New York Sun attribution.
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England
William
Henry
Stephen
Richard
John
Edwards
Henries
Guess
Edward
Mary
Bess
Jamie
Charles
Cromwell
James
Anne
Georges
Victoria
Robin Song Prompts Early Spring Message
A fragment from the Chicago Record hints at seasonal change as the robin’s song signals spring. The text mentions packing away seeds and preparing beds, pairing natural imagery with household tasks in a brief, period tone.
Canon's Morning Rush In Bristol Drama
Canon Beckford frets over a late night dinner and a controversial engagement of his son Reggie to Cissie Morrison. He storms about the dining room then hurries to catch the Bristol to London train, narrowly avoiding the delay of social scandal.
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The
Peace Association
Canon Beckford
Bristol
London
Reggie
Regete
Cissie Morrison
London Express
Clergyman and actress share quiet train talk in Bath leg
On a train to Bath Canon Beckford discusses peace and patronage with a young actress who supports his stance, while he wrestles with his son Reggie's bold letter about marriage and stage hopes. A chance note and a dropped envelope reveal personal tensions aboard.
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Canon
Ana
Bath
Paddington
the Canon
Peace Association
Express
Swindon
Reggie
Canon Beckford
Cissie
Aine
Caton Beckford and a strained royal engagement
A royal drama unfolds as a young woman pleads for a suitable match for Caton Beckford and questions a parent’s reluctance. The canon and inspectors observe a tense exchange about worthiness, marriage, and social duty aboard a train headed to Faddington. The scene ends with a reunion on the platform as a familiar voice welcomes the canon and Cissie.
Quotations and quips from early 20th century papers
A sequence of satirical exchanges is cited from various newspapers. The Boston Transcript notes a dog’s value to the Dudleys, while the Chicago Times-Herald jokes about damaged goods in marriage. The Atlanta Constitution and Chicago Record provide quips on theft and gendered purse carrying.
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Briggs
Dudleys
Griggs
Boston Transcript
Chicago Times-Herald
Black Silks Revived in Fashionable Silk Gowns
A New York Evening Telegram note describes black silks reviving this season with gowns that echo gentility of old times. Taffeta silks gain favor for wear and design, offering softness and pliability with stiffness. A taffeta skirt paired with a separate waist or matching jacket proves versatile and practical, improving wear longevity.
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New York Evening Telegram
Creamed Oysters Thrift Guide From Old Recipe
A vintage recipe details creamed oysters using one and a half pints of oysters three gills of milk or cream one tablespoon of flour one teaspoon salt and a dash pepper a pinch mace and onion juice. Milk and mace heated in a double boiler then thickened with flour mixed with cold milk. Oysters heated to boil and stirred into the thickened cream seasoned and served with optional butter.
Dawson City couple rise from dressmaker to millionaires
Mrs. Nowell Beck arrived from San Francisco in 1897 and worked as a dressmaker in Dawson City. She married Joseph Beck after meeting in the mines. Their ventures in the Old Dominion and Gold Run claims propelled them to wealth, with a $90,000 offer on a strip of land and Mrs. Beck owning gold nugget jewelry worth over $2,000.
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Joseph Beck
Dawson City
Beck
Nowell
San Francisco
Nome
Dawson
Old Dominion
Becks
Get Started Yet A Quiet Vow Across the Day
A reflective poem set in a quiet, shady place where the speaker plans actions before dusk. The voice hesitates, mocks procrastination, and promises to begin soon despite aging and fading youth. It closes with a devotional prayer from Adelaide A Proctor to Washington Evening Star.
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Washington
Adelaide A. Proctor
Woman and Woman in Moment of Recovery in Detroit Journal
The Detroit Journal reports a scene where an injured girl opens her eyes and asks where she is. Her wife whispers the location, replies Here, and the girl sighs with contentment before drifting back to sleep.
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Detroit Journal
Corset Covers and Petticoats Shape New Fashion Slim Lines
Fashion notes describe ultra slim corset covers as light veils of muslin and lace, avoiding waist wrinkles. Beading belts often finish the waist while new covers and petticoats fit the straight front corset. Night dresses and corset covers appear in square, V back, or circular shapes.
Woman's endurance lauded by backache remedy claim
An advertisement extols women’s patience under pain, praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as superior for regulating feminine functions and healing inflammation. It notes no alcohol or narcotics and cites a Canton resident testimonial of relief from uterine displacement and heavy discharge after use.
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Dr. Pierce
Mercurial Poisoning Condemned in Cascarets Ad
An old Cascarets Candy Cathartic ad asserts no mineral poisons like mercury are used and promotes vegetable substances. It highlights prices at 10c 25c and 50c and frames the product as a late medical discovery.
Bargain store offers infant remedy and dental college travel sale
The ad promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and diarrhoea relief priced at twenty five cents a bottle. It lists Indiana Dental College contact details and hours. It then advertises special low one way rates via the Southern Pacific to California with dates from Feb 13 to April 30 and returning by March 18, with contact agents in Chicago Cincinnati and Chicago Union Station.
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Southern Pacific Company
Ogden
California
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Omaha
Kansas City
Southern Pacific ¢ Company
W.G. Neimyer
G. W.A
Clark St
Chicago, IL
W. H. Connor
C. A
Chamber Commerce
Cincinnati
Cats Fur Trade Tops German Market Demand
A German market surge raises prices as orders pour in for military needs in China. The exchange notes ten thousand fur coats and equivalent fur gloves and gaiters require 14 cat skins per coat, two skins per gaiters pair, and one per gloves pair, signaling rising cat fur demand.
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Germany
China
Bewitching Actress Loses Curl On Stage
A Chicago Record item notes a bewitching actress wearing a "Janice Meredith" curl that contrasted with chalk on her shoulder. The curl falls onto her long skirt as she exits the stage while a railroad man in the audience quips that the train took the switch in time.
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Janice Meredith
Chicago
Poultry and Produce Prices From Shippers Ledger
Listings of prices paid for poultry dairy and wool items including turkey hens young toms and chickens at 7 cents per pound ducks geese and cheese varieties with New York full creams Swiss brick and timbarger at listed cents per pound plus butter eggs wool hides tallow and grease prices for green salted hides calf hides and tallow numbers.
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New York
The Jobling Trade Price List Review
Wholesale price list highlights for candies and nuts pine for grocers with varied rates for English walnuts Brazil nuts and hazelnuts. Included are fruit standards, berries oysters beans rice coffee sugars and coal with regional price points and per ton or per bag figures.
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Brazil
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New York Sun
Footlights
Caton Beckford
Vickers
Westbourne Park
Faddington
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Fulton Co
VIA
Buffalo
Indiana Dental College
A. W. Cor
Delaware and Chilo-ata
Pennsylvania Lines
W. Washington St
Union Station
W. W. Richardson
Indianapolis Gas Co
Moses Optical CO
Pace Omns Wa
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
I. M. Rowe
Optician
W. D. Allison
E. South-st
Nidalley
Gaal Forel
Star Store
Battle Ax Plug
Illinois Street
Switzerland
Swiss
Hamburgs
Coal and Coke
C. & O. Kanawha
Pittsburg
Winifrede
Raymond
Jackson
Island City
Mlossburg
Connellsville
Lée
Castile
Epsom
Prime
Strictly Prime
Java
Golden Rio
Bourbon Santos
Golden Santos
Prime Santos
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Caracas
Dillsworth’s
Gates
Columbia
Navy
Rice
Louisiana
Carolina
Michigan
Elmira
Florida
Messina
Kingan & Co
Indiana
Tierces
Oysters Fish and Game
Baltimore
J. 8
F. Brand
O. N
C. R
B. R. Dreithaler
Delaware St
D. P Stirk & CO
East St
Ind
Lanapolis
Larkin & CO
Sanitary
Bas
Aaok
Kilmer
Green
Cardus
Dr. Piercé
Scott
Warner
Bell
Stuckmeyer
Hua
STONE
Weet
Ohio Street
H. C Krendler & Co
the Sun
Ness
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