Millionaire plans star turn for Liverpool deck boy
Mrs George Gould intends to fund a formal music education for Jimmy Hughes, a New York steamship deck steward with a renowned tenor voice. Born in Liverpool to Irish parents, he sang solos as a boy and sailed at 16. praised by Ben Davis and Edward Lloyd, he reportedly can two and a half octaves with a remarkable high C, yet has had no formal instruction.
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George Gould
Jimmy Hughes
New York
Jimmy
Liverpool
Ambitious Assistant Reigns In Editor’s Absence
In a tense newsroom moment J Graham Champnies wields full editor powers while Matthew Elder is away. Cynthia Page visits, probing challenges and a hinted proposal, as Champnies schemes to shape the paper with her unusual interest and his own ambitions.
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Matthew Hider
Inner Circle
J. Graham Champines
Elder
Matthew Hitler
Hitler
Champnies
Champnnes
Cynthia Page
Matthew Elder
Miss Page
Ign
Wider
Miss Whittier Led Sotton Mill After Father’s Death
Miss Helen A. Whittier, president of the Sotton mill in Massachusetts, assumed daily duties when age forced her father to step back. After his death she remained the sole person to carry on the business tasks and relieve his concerns.
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Helen A. Whittier
Sotton Mill
Helen
Whittier
Clever plot twists hint at a bold writer’s romance
A journalist Matthew Elder shares a chaotic plan to woo Cynthia Page after discovering her acclaimed story. He seeks to mislead a rival editor Champnies about a supposed meeting while a Tea Cup note hints at an upcoming marriage with J Graham Champnnes, a rising journalist.
Reformed confidence man recalls racing pasts and Mormon rumors
A collage of quotes traces a con man who once rode races and faced rumors of being a Mormon elder in North Carolina. The pieces blend wry humor with reflections on fame and fate as a pastor and others weigh in on health, weddings, and mischief.
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North Carolina
Chicago Times-Herald
Chicago Tribune
A Bachelor’s Reflections on Love and Society
A reflective column humorously critiques notions of love and gender roles. The speaker notes women’s shocks to propriety and jokes about love’s rationality, comparing attitudes toward appearance and behavior in daily life.
The Feminine Observer’s Quick Take on Modern Women
A playful roundup of how women react to auctions fashion costumes and travel habits. It notes women’s heart trust, bidding against themselves, ball gowns at contests, and a light jab at chewing gum trends while reflecting on autumn housekeeping and travel wear.
The New Skirt Fashion Shock Hits Stores
The first fall importations display a new habit skirt with a center seam and no back fullness. The back mirrors the front and the garment hugs the figure to the knees before flaring to about three yards at the hem, featuring a scallop fringe pattern. Public opinion divides on the radical look.
White taffeta shirt waist with tucked yoke trim
A white taffeta shirt waist features clusters of vertical and diagonal tucks forming a yoke. It has slight fullness in front, small sleeves, and rounded cuffs.
Digestive tonic cures dyspepsia and indigestion
A digestive tonic by E. C. Dewitt & Co. promises instant relief and lasting cure for dyspepsia indigaestion heartburn flatulence sour stomach nausea sick headache gastralgia and cramps by digesting food and strengthening exhausted digestive organs.
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E. C. Dewitt &Co
Colcaga
Senators Propose Changes To Senate Methods
Senator Chandler from New Hampshire advocates abolishing long speeches and documents in debates and favoring a house of commons style procedure. He also calls for curtailing legislation on appropriation bills and implementing a cloture rule to overcome obstruction.
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Chandler
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Senate
House of Commons
Pettus
Alabama
Gallinger
Uncle Sam's Girl Model on 1896 Two Dollar Bill
Rose Marston, a New York model, appears on the 1896 two dollar bill among five figures. Beginning her modeling in 1835, she has posed for leading artists and contributed to images of Steam Electricity and Manufacture. She earns about $60 weekly and keeps pets Ned the spaniel and Nesby the pony.
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New York
United States
Rose Marston
Sarony
Miss Marston
Congressional Library
Washington
Ned
Nesby
Belts and Chatelaines Set Fall Fashion Tone
Belts grow narrow this autumn and tiny netted purses hang from them, a vogue update. Women of extreme simplicity carry mouchoir and coins in the little pouches, often worn with a silver ring on the forefinger. Also notes on preparedness for accidents alongside ads for Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with a Tennessee testimonial.
Invitation to read The Sun's Liners Seventh Page
A note invites readers to access The Sun’s liners on the seventh page. It signals ongoing content and prompts engagement with the newspaper’s internal feature.
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SUN
Summer Beau Returns and Whirls With Maid of Love
The summer beau is home again after a whirl on the veranda with a lovely summer girl. He recounts flirting with the maid and she prattles about making a fool of him, as reported by the Chicago Times-Herald.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Worry, sickness and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
The piece urges Americans to act quickly when fatigue or rheumatic symptoms appear and to visit drug stores for Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. It claims the product purifies blood, repairs tissue, tones the stomach and liver, supports kidneys, calms nerves, and contains no alcohol or narcotics.
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Dr. Pierce
Ex-Speaker Reed to Set Up NYC Law Practice
Ex-Speaker Reed will base in Portland until October then relocate to Hotel Manhattan in New York to pursue his law practice. His family will join him later in the city.
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Kan
Fecenti
Way
Stanley
Society
Emporiz
Reed
Portland
Manhatta
New York
Garden In Her Face Poem Snippet by Richard Alma
A compact verse fragment describes a woman whose face holds a garden of roses lilies and cherries. The speaker imagines orient pearls and pearly fruit as symbols of beauty with phrases of guarding brows and heavenly eyes. The tone blends admiration with barriers to access and preciousness.
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Richard Aliso
Quiet Rural Rest Versus City Silence in Verse
Poem fragment echoes longing for quiet, natural sounds and escape from urban din. Cites birds, bees, brooks, and insects as soothing, with a preference for rest in open skies. Ends with an advertisement for Dean's Ointment promising gentle skin relief at 50 cents.
Reunion of Wilder's Brigade Brings Fans to Chickamauga
Big Four and Q and C route set for the Wilder's Brigade reunion at Chickamauga Tennessee from September 19 to 21. Special through train departs Terre Haute 4 25 p m and Indianapolis 6 50 p m on September 18 skipping changes and reaching Chattanooga early next morning. Round trip from Terre Haute and Indianapolis 9 82 with tickets valid September 18 to 25. Rates from other points apply. For details contact Big Four agents at No 1 E Washington St Massa chusetts Ave or Union Station H M Bronson A G P A.
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Big Four
Washington St
Massachusetta-ave
Union Station
H. M. Bronson
Dewey Celebration Travel Deals Released
Tickets go on sale September 26 27 and 28 for travel on Standard Lines at 25 35 return 22 65 via Differential Lines with good return valid until October 4.
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Dewey
Admiral Dewey Receptions Train Fare Deals
Pennsylvania Lines announces reception trips with return fares to New York at 25.35 and Washington at 21.35. Tickets on sale Sept 26 27 28 for New York with return by Oct 4. Washington sales Sept 30 Oct 1 with return by Oct 6. Contact W W Richardson Indianapolis for details.
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Admiral Dewey
New York
Washington
W. W. Richardson
Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania Lines Offer Scenic Reunion Trip to Nashville
Special through coaches depart Indianapolis at 7 10 p m September 18 bound for Nashville via Louisville and L N R R and N C St L A R route. Trip commemorates Wilder's brigade reunion and Indiana monuments with daylight travel to view battlefields. See agents or address W W Richardson D P A.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Chattanooga
Wilder
Indiana
Indianapolis
Louisville
Nashville
N. C
W. W. Richardson
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