Dan Lamont and Cleveland's political travels
A 1909 account recalls Dan Lamont's career with President Cleveland. Lamont accepted a New York street railway post, enjoyed a Europe trip urged by Whitney, and later sought personal favor to appoint a secretary of legation, arguing Americans deserve equal treatment. Cleveland defended friends, Bayard resisted, and Lamont secured his one personal request.
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Cleve
New York City
Lamont
Harrison
Mr. Whitney
Washington
Dan
Europe
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Fifty-second Street
Whitney
Cleveland
Lait
Amont
Veland
Neveland
Ry White
France
Legation
Hia
Mia
Nrow
House of Commons
London
Dan Lamont
Thos. F. Bayard
Delaware
Court of St. Janice
White
Bayard
Great Britain
H. J. Edwards
Fragmentary Notes on Savage Chief, Suffragist, and Media
A garbled extract cites a native chief burial, college involvement, and uprisings. It mentions a football game with Choctaws, a marathon, and 17 dispatches covering rumor and denial, plus photos of a snake and a moving picture of a funeral. A quip on fortune tellers and a definition of suffraget conclude.
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Puck
Tourlat
Snake
Moving Picture
Edison Cement Houses Promise Affordable Country Living
The Chicago Record-Herald reports Thomas A. Edison’s plan for cement houses that cost about $9 monthly including car fare. The design features a 25230 foot two story villa with a concrete hollow-wall frame, fireproof construction, and rapid nine day assembly aimed at housing workers away from crowded cities.
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Chicago Record-Herald
A. Edison
Edison
Mr. Edison
R. Edison
Gate to the Primrose Way Quest in New York Sun
Kate Masterson signs a poetic plea in the New York Sun asking for guidance to the Gate to the Primrose Way where dreams and fountains might be found. The verse seeks a friendly guide from gallant figures and discreet lutes players amid a dreamlike cityscape.
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Willon’s
Kate Masterson
New York Sun
INOVELIST OFFERS WIFE MONEY TO COME BACK
A column from the Washington Star recounts Cornelius Vanderbilt at Bar Harbor drawing a joke from a sloop Aurora victory and a lobsterman’s quip about yachting. The piece contrasts romantic yacht talk with practical jokes about marriage and money.
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The
Washington Star
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bar Harbor
Aurora
Portland
Rockland
Camden
Inovelist
Progress of a vulgar yet cheery prosperity in America
The piece cites a Victorian voice condemning public nosing and boastful dining costs while noting humorous hospital anecdotes about cross eyed women and bacteria treatment. It also mentions the 85 cent hair cut price impacting bald men and the slow growth of fringe.
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America
Everybody's Magazine
Manners of 60 Years Ago Show A Victorian Etiquette Book
A reader finds The American Ladies' and Gentlemen's Manual of Elegance from 1850 by Charles William Day in a secondhand shop. The piece quotes pungent excerpts on table manners and dancing, noting quaint rules about napkins, soup, teeth cleaning, and polite restraint, with bemused commentary on bygone social norms.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Charles William Day
Auburn
N. Y
London
Europe
Mr. Day
Child’s Hurt May Unite Parents
The fractured arm of a child may mend the rift between Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt Jr. after the pony throw at Weet bury near the mother's estate. The arm was at first deemed in need of immediate amputation. Mr. Vanderbilt, away at the time, took a motor car to return, arranging urgent care and staying on the phone all day.
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Muriel Vanderbilt
Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Weetbury
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M Meale
Barrie
J. M. Barrie
Mrs. Barrie
Pauline Chase
Carrie
Rastus
Mose
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