Society Beauty Chooses Stage Over Drawing-Room in Chicago
Miss Dorothy Peper of St. Louis, a 1898 debutante and Vassar graduate, joins Louis James and Kathryn Kidder in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her tobacco‑millionaire father Christian Peper Jr. opposed the move but relented as she pursued acting. He reportedly offered $10,000 if she achieves success on stage.
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Chicago
Louis James
Kathryn Kidder
Jane Oaker
Dorothy Peper
St. Louis
Miss Peper
Christian Peper, Jr
Bacco
Vassar
Courtship by Wire and a Telegraph Office Romance
A telegraph clerk recalls a romantic exchange via telegrams with Reginald Peel seeking Maud Hampton. Maud’s curt refusals and Peel’s hopeful persistence unfold in a humorous yet awkward office romance, highlighting the human side of busy telegraph work.
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Albert Memorial
French ambassador’s wife seeks American birth for son
Mme. Patenotre, formerly Miss Elver son of Philadelphia and wife of the French ambassador to Spain, sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse after a summer in Atlantic City. Her cherished hope was for her baby boy, born in the United States, prompting her yearlong visit to America.
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Mme. Patenotre
America
Engagement of Love and Deception in Park Confession
A shy suitor confesses a mistaken engagement ruse to win his beloved. He admits the telegrams to Maud were deception and reveals he truly loves the narrator, proposing a real engagement after a public misunderstanding. The scene ends with an implied wedding.
Question of Marriage Puzzles Friends in Newark
Miss Mary Gilbert of Newark Ohio faces a puzzle about marrying her cousin Risely Edgerly. An uncle who died recently left her sixty thousand dollars on the condition she wed his son. Edgerly, age 35, has just come into a fortune from his mother.
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Mary Gilbert
Newark, O
Risely Edgerly
Edgerly
Seasonal Changes Foretold in Verse from St. Louis Post Dispatch
A reflective poem notes summer fading into September and October with freezing rains to hint at colder months. The speaker anticipates December’s peace and a new century beginning in January, capturing hopes and changes across time. The piece reads like a seasonal meditation from a city paper.
Reflections of a Bachelor From a Laughing Press
A humorous meditation on love and marriage from the New York Press. The piece muses that love is cheaper than laziness and notes a bachelor’s view of women's happiness, memory, and social cleverness in shaping men.
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New York Press
Paris accessories feature eagle motif and colorful fasteners
Paris fashion celebrates the eagle as the season’s emblem in charms buckles and clasps with Ros tand and Bernhardt in mind. Enamels on hooks and eyes match new gown colors, offering luxurious finishes as dressmakers seek discreet, colored fasteners.
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Paris
Rostand
Bernhardt
Cyrano
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Cures Whooping Cough and Croup
An ad claims Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup cures whooping cough when other treatments fail and asserts it conquers croup at once, presenting a strong medicinal endorsement.
Wee Cee Ceva E 20 Pound
A fragmentary item notes a sum of 20 pounds linked to a person or entity referred to as Wee Cee Ceva E. The readable portion provides limited context and lacks clear actions or outcomes.
Observations On Morals And Human Nature From The Philadelphia Record
A collection of aphoristic thoughts on forgiveness, responsibility, and manners. The author contrasts tears and smiles, steel pens and swords, hope and risk in family life, hinting at lessons from old regimes and wise mothers.
Mother’s Pie Memories From Courtship Days
A Denver Post reminiscence recalls courting days and a mother in the kitchen with pies and milk. The narrator longs for the old flavors as he reflects on marriage and modern cooking.
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Jane
German Missionary Work Among Young Women
In Germany over 2000 associations for young women support the depot mission that helps arriving girls seeking work with no friends or lodging. The method has been successful for years in English towns and is now expanding.
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Germany
Depot Mission
College mates at luncheon surprise wedding prep
A group of western university girls arranged a luncheon for a bride to be a week before her wedding. They arrived quietly, served a delicious meal, and left each guest with a cup and saucer keepsake. They also tucked small kitchen tools into the wedding chest as mementos of college days.
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Western University
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Tsay
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Mand
Buncombe
Green
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California
Pound
Aedes
Sais
Neebe
The
Philadelphia
Denver Post
Tia
H. C. Anderson
South Britain
New Haven Co
Conn
E.R. Dreithaler
Disantee
Lades
Delaware &c
Indianepels
Hood
Progress
Kitz
E. Kitz & Co
E. Court St
Lake Erie & Western R. R
Tipton
Elwood
Alexandria
Muncie
Redkey
Portland
Hartford City
Bluffton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Celina
Lima
St. Mary’s
Indianapolis
Ft. Wayne
Washington
Pennsylvania Lines
Spencer
B. F. Bye
N. Tilinolsst
N. Sinotsst
Vermont
Chas. L. Hartman
Washington St
Court House
Gentral Printing Co
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Wash, St
W. Pearl St
SUN
Call Telephone
Bryant & Stratton
Vonneguts
Vonnegut Hardware CO Aahingten
Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry
University of Todianspolis
S. W. Cor
Delaware and Okie Sts
Annie Donahue
Vinton St
Hoyt
Lump and
Crusher
Indianapolis Gas Co
East Washington St
People’s Credit Clothing CO
Mporatrs
W. Wash. St
Indianapolis Cancer Institute
New York St
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Ohio St
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