Steamed Lady and mirrors of fashion rise in talk
Two women recount travels to Europe noting easier travel and grand hotels yet dresses now dominate dining rooms. A wealthy lady undergoes a “steaming” cosmetic to erase wrinkles, emerging smooth yet grotesque, sparking debate on vanity and aging. Classical reflections on beauty, motherhood, and character follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisty
Aio
Margaret Sangster
Ife
The
Christian Herald
40 000 Miles of Pipe Line in Tarbell’s Vision
Ida M. Tarbell argues Roosevelt vs Rockefeller, praising the Standard Oil pipe line network. She notes a 40 000 mile system draining and distributing Mississippi Valley oil to Kansas City Whiting Lima Cleveland Buffalo Olean Pittsburg Philadelphia New York Baltimore and beyond. The text emphasizes the vast, efficient drainage and the involvement of Standard Oil crews extending to new fields at no cost to producers.
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Wee
American Magazine
Ida M.tarbell
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Standard Ll Company
Standard Oil Company
Kansas City
Whiting
Indiana
Lima
Cleveland
Ohio
Buffalo
Oil pay and early field ownership in market terms
A note explains oil buyers pay market price and early field producers own oil until sale, with a market certificate as liquid as gold. In a separate vignette, Dean Stanley travels to Palermo reading, shivering, and unexpectedly wearing a night shirt over his clothes as locals react.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Stanley
Monreal
Palermo
Stanley
London
A Curious Sermon Sketch From the Atlanta Constitution
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution captures a Negro preacher delivering a local sermon. The text uses a dialect tale about a possum as a teaching device, provoking a reaction from an old brother who jokes he never knew such a text existed in the Bible.
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Dataway
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Blade
Lée
van Deusen
D Street
Irvington
Irvington Pharmacy
H. Barr
Prc
Barr
Main Street
Ington, N.Y
Westchester ‘Stamp Works
Irvington, N.Y
Standard Medical Society
Baltimore
Chas, A. Adams
Westchester County
D" Street
N Y
PRANK
J. Selpridge
Hackett & Williams
Hatate
Union Street
Poughkeepsie
Kate Upson Clark
H. Bronnes
New York
Main
Irvington, N. Y
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