Fate and Van Styver in a Struggling Artist Tale
John Van Styver, a once-promising illustrator, battles fate and poverty after typhoid cuts short his rising career. He sends a farewell letter and seeks work as a newspaper illustrator while his wife and child in San Francisco await news. A trunk line executive rips his crude designs, sparking renewed determination in Van Styver as he returns to the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Styver
Pacific Coast
Front Bay St
San Francisco
Cal
van Styver
John
New York
Prairies
California
White Marble
The
Herald
Palmer Davidson
Davidson
Texas
Vision of a Road to Prosperity in a Continental Design
John Van Styver competes with Davidson for a railroad commission design. Davidson rejects crude sketches, demanding a chariot of Progress and Wealth. Van Styver drafts a bold scene of a vast continent, sunrise on the east, prosper ity sweeping west along the great road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Davidson
John van Styver
Pacific
Early Women Writers Show Long, Prolific Careers
The article notes prominent women authors such as Mrs Meade Burnett and Edna Lyall began writing in childhood. It highlights Mrs Hodges and Reverses, tied to the cotton famine, as early literary figures who started crafting fiction young and continued into adulthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meade
Hodges. Burnett
Curest
Edna Lyall
Miss Mulford's Flag Unfurled In Newark On Dewey Day
Miss Josephine Mulford of Madison New Jersey created the largest flag in the world for Dewey Day in Newark. The banner, built by hand, will be sold by subscription to raise funds to pay a mortgage and then gifted to the nation. Each star honors a historic site and figure linked to the nations early history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuehne Beveridge
Kaiulani
Hawaii
Newark
N. J
Josephine Mulford
Madison
Mulford
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Carpenter's Hall
Continental Congress
Mancock
Independence Hall
New Jersey
Washington
Morristown
Maryland
Fort McHenry
Frrancis Scott Key
Virginia
Mt. Vernon
New York
Fraunce's Tavern
McKinley
Artist Offered San Francisco Sketch Sale
John frames a silent scene as Van Davidson praises his work and offers 3500 for a drawing. A train, telegraph, and a hopeful departure follow, while a message from M. Van Styver brings urgent family news from New Orleans.
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John
van Styver
Davidson
San Francisco
M. van Styver
New Orleans
Cimes-Democrat
A Spring Song in Pall Mall Magazine Verse
A short poem contrasts two scenes as love visits a garden turning lilies blaze moss-rose blooms and lawns grow greener while later absence brings withered roses jasmine and weeds. The speaker pleads for sweet love to linger and keep every season bright with June.
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Pall Mall Magazine
Reflections of a Bachelor in a Humorous Look
A column offers witty reflections on marriage and love noting marriage saves a woman from herself and that flirting is poor hunting. It suggests pity for a woman who marries out of pity and pokes at social expectations with a sharp, satirical tone.
A Gleam of Pleasure Amid Urban Weather
A brief lyric describes a bleak day in the city until a young sweet face appears on a crowded car. The smile brings peace, warmth, and a moment of sunshine, with the speaker praying for the bearer to keep her life blessed and steady, whether as a single woman or wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Personal: Roosevelt honored by New York clubs
A collection of brief anecdotes notes Gov Roosevelt's election as an honorary member of two New York clubs, parrot antics of Chief Justice Suler's pet, Oglesby's quest for gold experience, Stratton's mine sale, Ex-Speaker Reed's train mishap, and Macon mayor Price promoting literacy through newspaper distribution.
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Gov. Roosevelt
New York
Suler
Papa
Fuller
Oglesby
Illinois
California
W. B. Stratton
Independence
Reed
B. Price
Macon
New Ties and Scarfs Highlighted in Modern Fashion
In this fashion note the new silk waists and linen shirt collars anchor a trend led by stylish women. Lace four in hands and Duchess laceways are praised while scarfs with wedge shaped ends showcase intricate patterns. The piece touches on fashion remedies and mentions Dean's Ointment as a cure in drug stores.
Snippets of Wit Collage From Era Papers
A collage of quips and exchanges from Chicago Record Town Topics Chicago News and Judge features wartime tone humor about aging culture book agents and marriage. Notable lines include warnings about mortality envy of knowledge and a married man’s defense against a sales pitch.
Dainty Cakes Recipe Summary
A concise recipe for Dainty Cakes: include sugar butter eggs soda sour milk raisins and spices. Mix, roll thicker than cookies and bake in a moderate oven.
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Recovery
Mythical hope fades into tangible recovery through Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for weak lungs, persistent coughs, bronchitis, and lingering illnesses. Thousands improved, letters welcomed from sick readers. consult Buffalo, New York, by letter with confidential replies mailed in plain envelopes. Pleasant Pellets offered without fostering a pill habit.
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Pandora
White shirt waists spark summer fashion craze
White shirt waists in white are described as the summer fashion favorite with six waists suggested. Delicate lingerie tucks and lace frocks are highlighted as the stylish trend, noting the shift from simple parallel folds to intricate trimming shaped by clever tucks and shaping.
Piano sale advertisement with multiple brand offers
A local ad lists pianos for cash and weekly payments from Steinway & Sons and Emerson plus other brand names. It quotes prices from 28 to 175 for squares and uprights and 310 to 50 for organs, with additional mentions of a full meal deal and a lunch service at Ormonde. Also promotes collars and cuffs and sewing machine parts with display at 5 to 9 East Market Street and 332 East Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinway & Sons
Emerson
New Hiies Bros
J. P. Hale
St. Louis Mfg. Co
New England
Carlin & Lennox
An Old Nurse for Childress
An old advertisement promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child, soften gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhoea. Available at twenty-five cents a bottle.
Quickest Big Four route to Denver via Peoria division
The Big Four offers a daily 7:25 a.m. departure from Indianapolis except Sundays, with a single car change at Union Depot in Peoria, reaching Denver at 6:20 a.m. the following day. Also note advertising for covering old brick buildings with rock-faced stone imitations by H. In SHUTE of the Talbot block.
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Big Four
Denver
Pacific Coast
Peoria
Indianapolis
Union Depot
Shute
Talbot Block
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Margaret Dunn
Springfield
FATE
Ikuerng Beveridg
Girl Authors
Dean
Aay
Chicago
Chicago News
Nost W. Orvin
Langley, Aiken Co
S.C
Charleston
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
D. H. Baldwin & CO
Ponmayinania St
Slater
Chantilly
Torchana
Neneee
Oxfords
Progress Laundry
Washington St
Jas. C. Pfleger
Ormonde
W. Pearl
Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
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