Mrs Parkhurst Active in Reform Work at Dr Parkhurst’s Side
An hour of visitors at the Parkhurst home shows Mrs Parkhurst handling charity cases and directing aid by suggesting local missions, transportation and employment leads. Born into banking circles, she married the Williston professor who became a noted New York minister, later leading a fashionable Madison Square Presbyterian congregation.
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Dr. Parkhurst
Bowery
Band of Mercy
Mrs. Parkhurst
Williston Seminary
Easthampton
Leipsic
Lenox
A Matter of Signs
Jo defies a democratic sign on the barn prompting a tense stand with the owner of the canvas notice. After a confrontation, she tries to remove the sign and later intervenes when a drunk man collapses on the tracks, risking her safety as a train nears. She endures isolation and uncertainty in the dark fields.
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Matilda
Taylor
Scruggs’ Station
Wil
Brave girl and the landlord's son part in midnight rescue
In a dramatic night scene Jo helps a wounded man after a fall on a track as the landlord's son tends to her. The two share a tense moment then return to finish removing a disputed sign and walk toward her house guided by a cautious budding romance.
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Terra Firma
Witty Exchanges Highlight Domestic Finances and Language
A collection of quips from Detroit Free Press and Troy Times explores marriage funds with a tongue in cheek remark on weekly salaries for wives. A joke from Baltimore News also riffs on the Boer trek word in street slang.
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Baltimore News
New Field for Women: Cleveland's Young Drugist Pioneer
A Cleveland woman, Miss Carroll, becomes a pioneer druggist as she enters a rare female pharmacist role. She graduated from a pharmacy school three years ago, passed state exams, and joined the Ohio Pharmaceutical Association, highlighting growing opportunities for women in the profession.
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Cleveland
Miss Carroll
Ohio Pharmaceutical Association
Reading Proud Grace Learns With Grandpa Not School
A girl recounts struggles with spelling and pronunciation at school but finds encouragement at her grandpa's side. He lets her choose a place to read and listens with pride, predicting she may soon teach at the district school.
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Destrict
Elizabeth L. Gould
The Correct Corset Shapes Figures For Modern Skirts
The correct corset today is cut long over the hips 12 to 15 inches below the waist to mold the figure to eelskin skirt form. Front steels create a straight downward line where the waist used to be and stocking suspenders attach to the front of the stays for flatness.
Maltese Girl Reminds Kitty of Grandmother
A brief, quirky excerpt recalls a Maltese girl of old New York ancestry scolding her pet kitten. She pins the line to family glory, declaring, I’m ashamed of you Kitty for being so naughty, and just think your grandmother was Maltese. A disjointed aside follows about Rob Peter to pay Paul and a stray fragment on stimulants for weak.
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Newt York
Kitty
Rob Peter
Paul
The Nameless Stones of Valor in Boston Pilot
An obituary style meditation on unnamed soldiers who died in battle. The poem laments their anonymity and contrast with celebrated heroes, noting their blood and dust stain the homeland and their recompense was a numbered stone. The piece honors those who fought and died without public acclaim.
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Boston
Mrs. Danforth Guides Danforth in Democratic Campaign
Mrs. Elliott Danforth wife of the Democratic state chairman influenced her husband to run for lieutenant governor last year and to lead the current campaign for the assembly. She left social life at Waldorf Astoria to stay at the Hoffman House and remain with him, shaping the effort.
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Elliott Danforth
Democratic State Committee
New York
Danforth
Assembly
Waldorf-Astoria
Hoffman House
Short fashions: back to knits and drops this winter
Side or knife plaiting returns and skirts flare below the knee. Wine suede is in, boots are medium and heavy, cords and tassels adorn wrappers and bath robes. Drop hoods, reindeer gloves, buckled bonnets, and three or more gores on skirts shape the season. avoid one piece skirts and sagging short dresses.
How to Make Clear Coffee and Other Household Tips
A guide to brewing clear strong coffee using two pots and measured ingredients. Includes egg white clarifier method, precise timing, and washing of the pot. Also promotes One Minute Cough Cure and local Union Cooperative laundry and sewing machine services with contact details.
Child 6 Saves Life With Remarkable Coolness At Sea
Clarice Pettit six year old daughter of Dr. Pettit of Brooklyn was aboard a yacht when a gust swept her into the water. She surfaced near the dinghy and drifted astern on an oar until her father recognized her and both were rescued. She kept calm underwater and kept her mouth shut to avoid swallowing water, later explaining she could not swim fast enough with the oar.
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Clarice Pettit
Dr. Pettit
Brooklyn
Almost a Centenarian Rachel Smith Celebrates Ninety Eighth
Mrs. Rachel Smith marked her ninety eighth birthday with a family gathering. She has five generations and remains spry, offering hope she may reach a full century. The text notes she helped her husband establish a home in Michigan forests, living on game during early years.
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Rachel Smith
Smith
Daily Papers
Everyday dining rules from a 19th century guide
Practical tips for daily table service from the Philadelphia Record emphasize hot coffee with hot milk, cold water, heated plates, ready dining room, and instant guest readiness. It recommends keeping butter soft in winter, ample tableware, a cotton silence cloth, a polished or practical table, and fresh floral accents. Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup ad promotes a cough remedy.
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Philadelphia Record
Cover Your Old Brick Buildings with imitation of rock faced stone
H SHUTE offers rock faced stone imitation for brick buildings located at 34 Talbot block.
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H. Shute
Talbot Block
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Teething Use
An 19th century advertises Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child this syrup softens gums allays pain cures wind colic and diarrhea. It is priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
Wabash Railroad to Inaugurate Weekly Sleeping Car Line
The Wabash Railroad will start a weekly tourist sleeping car service between St. Louis and Los Angeles, leaving St. Louis every Wednesday at 9 p.m. The first car departs St. Louis on November 1. For full particulars contact G. D. Maxfield, D. P. hey Jackson, Indian Springs Ink.
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Wabash R. R. Co
Los Angeles
Cal
St. Louis
St. ‘Louis
G.D. Maxfield
D. P
Hey Jackson
Amusements Hype at Grand Park and Empire Theaters
The note lists multiple acts: the French farce In paradise at English's for two performances Saturday with Herman Sheldon praised at the Grand in to wife's peril with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Chester De Mond at the Park with George Monroe and company performs contortions. The High Rollers with music and dancers at the Empire proves a strong attraction.
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Herman Sheldon
the Grand
Chester de Mond
George Monroe
Dish Washing Tips From a Past Household Guide
Fewer dishes break with a small wooden tub and regular care. Use bevax or ammonia to brighten silver, dry thoroughly, then chamois polish. Wash knives regularly and avoid allowing water to dry on steel. Keep carafes bright with ashes added to soapy water.
State Secrets Must Be Kept
A five year old questioned mortality and divine plans in a tense domestic scene. The child pressed a doll in a quiet dialogue about dying and going away, asking why God would reveal such things and receiving a cautious reply that God does not disclose all his business.
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God
Trust companies praised as safe executors guardians and trustees
In a defalcation article Brooklyn surrogate court clerk Judah Voorhees urges trust companies for executorship and guardianship. He notes they do not fail or go crazy, are thoroughly responsible, and protect estates for years to come.
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Vyrust Company
Guardian
Judah V. Voorhees
Isq
Brooklyn
N. Y
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