Noted South African heiress Miss Rhodes in Kimberley
Miss Rhodes of Kimberley, known as Miss Alice Rhodes, owns large land holdings in the city and a country seat at Great Schur. Her brother Cecil Rhodes helped her rise in business, she maintains zoological and botanical gardens, a vast library, and widespread charitable work, with a public persona blending eccentric dress and civic ties.
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Miss Alice Rhodes
Alice
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Kimberley
Rhodes
Great Schur
Colonial Office
Fedora
Ulster
Miss Rhodes
Europe
Kimperley
London
Paris
Schur
The Hand on the Wheel
Crawford and Vandeleur rest on Hastings cliffs as memories of Omdurman and a vanished romance resurface. Miss Sinclair approaches, rekindling tension and questions of recovery, while Crawford hides concern behind bravado about the soldier’s health.
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Crawford
Vandeleur
Hastings
Palace Hotel
Jove
Sinclair
Omdurman
Dervish
the Sentinel
Friction and Witty Jabs Across Newspapers and Transit
A collection of quick exchanges from era newspapers and testimonies hints at social snubs and commuter quirks. Burton and Ferson clash over reconciliation while a conductor jokes about fare evasion. A Paris world’s fair tease echoes Chicago’s bragging in a chorus of light culture clashes.
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New York
Mr. Wabash
Chicago
Paris
Ladies lace shoes and fancy tops with patent trim
A catalog notice lists ladies lace shoes with kid and box calf uppers, Kul and patent leather trim, tan and black colors, flexible soles, medium round coin toes. Manufacturer's price shown as 2.50 and purse $1.39.
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Congress
Russia
Kabacker
Letters of Stevenson tied to Miss Ide birthday tale
A vein of humorous backstory explains that Robert Louis Stevenson gifted his birthday to Annie Louisa Ide, making November 13 her perpetual birth date. The note discusses legal quirks of shifting age and the odd effect on Stevenson’s own listed age and identity.
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Harper’s Bazar
Robert Louis Stevenson
Annie Louisa Ide
Annie H. Ide
Miss Ide
Annie
Henry C. Ide
Samoa
Stevenson
Annie Louisa
Pickled Philosophy Echoes of Privacy and Witty Advice
Fragments reflect advice on entering friends' affairs with caution and a dash of wit. A note on temperament and personal boundaries hints at social norms for trust and respect in relationships. The text evokes light feminist and domestic reflections from a bygone era.
Women to Plant Trees and Beautify Communities
Miss Mira Lloyd Dock of Harrodsburg Pa returns from Europe with ideas to involve club women in tree planting. She urges shade trees for villages to improve health and curb nuisances like pigsties, and calls for more open squares in cities to enhance public pleasure.
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Mira Lloyd Dock
Harrodsburg
Europe
Miss Dock
Detroit nurse among five to sail for South Africa
Miss M. E. Hibbard, longtime principal of the Grace hospital training school in Detroit from 1889 to 1897, sails from New York to London as part of a five nurse and three surgeon party bound for South Africa. She served as chief nurse in U S division and general hospitals in 1898 and worked in the surgeon-general's office in Washington. She chaired the Spanish American War nurses group and belonged to Michigan association of training-school superintendents.
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M. E. Hibbard
Detroit Grace Hospital
London
New York
South Africa
Miss Hibbard
United States Army Service
Surgeon-General
Washington
Order of
Michigan Association of Superintendents of Training Schools
A Friend in Need in Chamberlains Cough Remedy
A description of Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a reliable aid for mothers at night with a coughing baby and for anyone with a cold. It claims to soothe throat irritation and cure the cold and notes it is sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Complimentary Many Headings The UN Lineta Seventh Page
Fragmentary OCR notes show scattered headings and references to the United Nations and a seventh page. No clear event or outcome is readable.
Florence Nightingale Remembered by Crimean Survivors
A London banquet for Crimean War survivors reads a letter from Florence Nightingale the famed nurse. Though aging and unwell she remains a symbol to the wounded, known as the Lady with the Lamp for her steadfast care during war.
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Florence Nightingale
London
Crimea
Lorters
Ms. Nightingale
Fierence Nightingale
Timothy Brown and the Unlearned Year
A humorous tale about Timothy Brown who fails to learn French grammar geography or history. Two rich uncles test his age and birthday but he cannot remember his birth date or how to subtract. The story ends with a hinted moral about learning and memory.
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Timothy Brown
Eric Parker
Nishole
Union Trust Company Detail of Fiduciary and Banking Roles
The Union Trust Company engages in fiduciary functions as executor administrator trustee guardian receiver and assignee across the state. It acts as financial agent for railways cities and counties in securities or loan negotiations. It loans on first class collateral but does not discount commercial paper or operate as a general bank. Henry Eitel president John H Holliday vice president Howard M Foltz treasurer Charles McBride secretary Directors listed.
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Henry Eitel
John H. Holliday
Howard M. Foltz
Charles 8. McBride
Rice and cheese dishes and potato tips from a home cooking guide
The article outlines a rival rice and cheese bake with layers of boiled rice pepper salt butter milk and thin cheese baked to a brown. It also describes a cheese spread for sandwiches with yolk mustard pepper salt melted butter grated cheese and vinegar on bread. It warns soggy potatoes result from letting them stand after cooking and offers tips to keep them light and mealy plus a mashed potato variation with butter pepper cream and grated cheese.
Lettuce and Cheese Salad Instructions
Wash and dry the lettuce and sprinkle with French dressing tossing the leaves until coated with oil. Break Edam cheese into bits and toss with a little French dressing. Scatter over the lettuce and serve with brown or graham bread.
NONE SO POPULAR MORROW KIDNEY REMEDY GAINS FAVOR IN INDIANAPOLIS
An Indianapolis advertisement touts Morrow's Kid-neolds as a popular kidney and backache cure. It cites J. B. Shea of West Pratt Street who claims ten years of kidney trouble improved after using two boxes. The ad explains the remedy is a scientific yellow tablet, with about two weeks of treatment and price at about a cent per box.
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Morrow
Daly
Indianapolis
J. BR. Shea
West
Pratt Street
Gaye
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Miss Sinclair
Vamadeleur
Gladys
Vandeleur J
Hakon
Burton
Ferson
Cottle
Harlem
THE
Star Store
Washington St
Aaron Wert
Inois
Kabaker Clothing Company
Kabaker
Nabaker
Ka‘baker
Ren
Aetna
Yar Swain
Pope
Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
Haut-Ten
U. S
Canadas
Ferd
T. Hopkins
Great Jones St
the Union Trust Company
East Market Street
A. A. Barnes
C. H. Brownell
George Kothe
A. Culbertson
Henry C. Long
Thomas C. Day
Volney T. Malett
Edward L. McKee
I. C. Elston
Sam E. Rauh
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