Pretty American Girl Renounces Nobility in Wedlock Plan
Miss Arline Peck, daughter of Ferdinand W. Peck the U S commissioner to the Paris exposition, renounces foreign suitors to wed an American. Engagement announced in Dayton Ohio with wedding expected after the family returns from Paris in December. Her elder sister married Charles Simms, a brother of William Simms.
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Arline Peck
Dayton, C
Miss Peck
Ferdinand W. Peck
United States
William A. Simms
Daytona
Charles Simms
William
How I Won Her a Night of Wedded Flight
Paul R recounts a London style detective tale in which Dellie Pierce, heiress to sixty thousand dollars, runs off with a suitor named Edward Percy. The chase leads through Mag Harris's boarding house to Dandy Jim, a master of disguises. The detective unmasks Percy as Dandy Jim and reunites Dellie with her father after rescuing her from a staged romance.
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Paul R
Chichester
Dandy Jim
Pierce
Dellie
New York
Edward Percy
Mr. Pierce
Percy
Jim
Doe
Will
Pearances
Mag Harris
Mag
Mag's Shanty
Dellie Pierce
Miss Pierce
Mandy Jim
Eward Percy
May Harris
Tombs
Paul
Detective Heroic Journey Ends in Love and Service
In a New York Times excerpt, a detective recounts saving a girl from ruin, gaining local praise, courting Dellie in Chester, and marrying her after three months. He resolves to remain in secret service, calling his work a second nature, while Dellie warns other young women against trusting strangers as Jims serves his sentence at Sing Sing.
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Ptia
Dellie
Chichester
Secret Service
Jims
New York Times
No sighs for love and brave deeds today
The passage urges moving beyond tears for a woman and facing life as a battle song. It contrasts tranquil landscapes with urgent duty, urging courage as time presses on and the world moves toward action. It attributes the sentiment to the Atlanta Constitution.
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Swift
Atlanta Constitution
Evening hood fashions from Harper's Bazar
The new adjunct to the fashionable evening cloak is the evening hood with two examples reprinted from Harper's Bazar. Velvet satin glace silk and lace trimmed gar niture take the lead as fur and ermine options grow with colder weather. Madame Mode predicts a wide vogue for the hood in the season ahead.
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Harper’s Bazar
Tinted Plaster Casts Go Ivory With Wax Mix
The New York Tribune praises giving plaster bas-reliefs an ivory tint to enhance their appearance. Apply a beeswax turpentine paste with burnt umber, brush on unevenly, then wipe excess with soft silk to reveal details.
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Éity
New York Tribune
Mrs. Tweedle Discusses British Women in Agriculture in New York
Mrs Alec Tweedle known as the woman with the hoe arrived in New York and spoke on British women in agriculture. She urged professional farming with well ventilated buildings, machinery, thorough record keeping, and viewing farming as a formal profession.
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Alec Tweedle
London
New York
Aphorisms on Society and Human Nature from the Philadelphia Times
A collage of wry maxims on justice wealth and gender roles. Observations note heavyweights rising while injustice wounds more than law, warn against vanity and social traps, and joke about mothers lovers and women in society with a skeptical edge.
Quotations on Duty Faith and Integrity
A compact collection of moral maxims from Virgil Tennyson Simmons Kingsley Clarke and Macauley praising public good duty accuracy reverence sentiment faithfulness and honesty as guiding traits in character and action. The quotes emphasize moral purpose and steadfastness.
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Kingsley
J. F. Clarke
Macauley
S. Brooke
Jewelry in fashion: restrained elegance replaces ostentation
A haberdasher notes that well dressed men eschew flashy jewelry. Diamond studs rings scarf rings and watch chains have fallen out of favor. Subtle pieces like plain signet rings and simple gold neck chains are preferred for evening wear.
Fashion Details and Health Touts in 19th Century Ad Snippet
The passage highlights narrow and deep belts, decorative buttons, and ornate outdoor garments with wrought iron and oxidized silver. It also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a health tonic and Hood's Pills as a headache remedy, followed by a railway special train notice from Indianapolis on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 7 am.
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Indianapolis
Pluck Over Luck Says Buffalo News Advice Column
A Buffalo News piece urges readers to rely on pluck and conscience, not luck, stressing steady work and clear sight to thrive. It counsels facing reality, staying on the right path, and using inner strength to win in any endeavor.
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Buffalo News
Odds and Ends from a Changing World
The florists claim London spends £5000 daily on cut flowers while a California man cultivates two square miles of almond trees. England's public buildings are valued around £250,000,000. A London dealer notes 300,000 Englishmen have lost one or both legs. Hot water is scarce in Cuba as water is heated in small vessels and Cuban cooks wash dishes in cold water, challenging American servants.
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London
California
England
Cuba
Victorian Headwear Styles Described in Detail
The passage catalogues hats and toques with broad flat crowns and draped shapes. It notes feathers or plumage as common adornments and large buckles used to lift, gather, or clasp hat components. It emphasizes the need for neat hairstyles to suit these flat headpieces.
Uncommon Wisdom Promotes Doans Kidney Pills in Indianapolis
A Indianapolis resident Mr C B Conde of 198 Woodlawn Ave endorses Doans Kidney Pills for back pain and urinary issues. He cites relief after using the product sold at Henry J Hyder’s drug store and notes his father in law Mr Graves also benefited. Also posted is a public notice from Irvington Indiana about bid reception on November 14 1900 for an underground surface sewer and a meeting with affected property owners.
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Indianapolis
C. B. Conde
Woodlawn Ave
Panhandle
Dean
Henry J. Hyder
Board of Trustees
Irvington
Ind
Ritter
Washington
First Alley
Samuel M’gaughey
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Song OF Life
Altea
Dame Nature
Dame Grundy
Philadelphia Times
Virgil
Tennyson
Accuracy
Honesty
C. Simmons
Rick
Hood
H. C. Krentler & Co
Ohio Street
de 'Phene
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Imei E Washingense
Odds and
Uncommon Wisdom
Feater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dean’s
D. P
Stirk & CO
East St
E. R. Dreithaler
N. Delaware &J
Morfon Place
Central
Anna ‘R. Meyer
Paysicana
Allisor & Co
E. South-st
R. &. Stone
M. D
Aaron
Wiliams
Robert van Karen
Dr.Nitaras
Aix
de Wreatane Musas Qomeane
Schenectady
Alansing B. Melville
Pennsylvania St
Ree
Capital City
Indianapolis Paint & Color Co
Physicians and Surgeons
J. A. Sutcliffe
M. Offics
Market St Houns
People's Credit Clothing CO
Upataira
Wash. St
the Central Trust Company
National Light
Indiana Oil Tank
Indianapolis Indians
Bryant & Stratton
Lanasr
Bastinabe
Une
J. Hess
Club
Wilson National Surgical Institute
Moses Optical CO
Petail
Pennsylvania
Optisian
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