Proverb Origin Echoes In Club Talk On Service
Miss Elsie De Wolfe at the Colony Club discusses a new servant trust. She traces it to the Philippines where army servants began it, then spread to Honolulu and San Francisco. A quip compares the proverb rolling stone gathering moss to a vain appeal to a suburban cook to stay one month longer.
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Elsie de Wolfe
Colony Club
New Servant Trust
Philippines
Honolulu
San Francisco
Abridged Bible Advocated For Modern Readers
The Gallipolis Tribune argues for a concise Bible edition that retains only essential parts. It suggests a fifth of the current pages could cover the core narrative, appealing to nonstudents who want truth compactly presented.
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Gallipolis
Postum Named Woman's Best Friend Over Coffee
A woman profiles Postum as a superior beverage to coffee, claiming coffee harms the nervous system and heart. She cites improved weight, energy, and absence of palpitations after switching to Postum, and notes family members like it too. The ad promotes Instant Postum and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Philadelphia Women Marry European Nobility Abroad
A Philadelphia social column details numerous marriages between prominent Philadelphia women and European nobles. It highlights brides such as Miss Margaretta Drexel to Viscount Maidstone, Miss Anita Stewart now Princess de Braganza, and Ruth Snyder who became Countess Borchgrave d Altena, among others. The piece notes the prominence of American dowries funding partnerships and the active social roles these women hold in Paris, London, and Berlin society.
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Philadelphia
Margaretta Drexel
Maidstone
London
Anthony J. Drexel
Anita Stewart
Portugal
Miss Stewart
Mrs. Drexel
James Henry Smith
Japan
Scotland
Countess Borchgrave d’Altena
Ruth Snyder
Thomas Alexander Reilly
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Jason Waters
Ellen Nixon Waln
Jacques de Meyronnet de San Marc
Paris
Parisian
Church of the Redeemer
Bryn Mawr
Gertrude Berwind
Bocklin von Bocklinsau
Kaliser
Mary
Clara
Roberts
Nineteenth
Walnut Streets
d’Eskens de Frenoy
Goffredo Galli
Myra Dick
Marquise de
Breslau
Alfred C. Harrison
Mildred Harrison
Countess von Hornstein
Eulalia
John B. Stetson
Idra
Old
York Road
Rodman ‘Wanamaker
Fernanda ‘Wanamaker
Arturo de Heeren
Ambergris Find Sparks High Hopes for Whalers
The Hartford Times notes a Norvegia voyage bringing ambergris near Christchurch New Zealand claimed at half a ton with a value of 300000 dollars though market price quotes suggest five dollars per ounce. The piece questions supply risks and preserves the sailors celebratory mood while hinting at perfume use from Paris.
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New Bedford
Nantucket
Norvegia
Christchurch
New Zealand
Ambergris
Armberegris
Paris
Hartford Times
Woman Rat Catcher in 17th Century London
An 1672 English warrant shows Elizabeth Wickley employed to kill rats and vermin in His Majesty's Stores and Houses in London, earning eight pounds per year. The role grew in prestige over the century, with The Gentleman's Magazine noting Gower as rat killer to the king at £100 annually.
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Elizabeth Wickley
Tower of London
Gentleman's Magazine
Mr. Gower
Contrasts in Romance and the Modern Girl Debate
A London reader asks if the average man prefers a coy demure wife or a bright vivacious partner and which makes the best wife. Rev. C H Grundy argues for contrasts and opposite kinds, saying the best wife is the non matching partner. A broker recounts the Morgan money trust case with a dramatic verdict scene.
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London
C. H. Grundy
St. Peter’s, Brockley
Tree Dispute Between Master and Slave Ends With Cutting
The country owner tells his gardener Sambo about a tree to cut down. Sambo agrees it should come down citing three reasons: it blocks light to the greenhouse, it is getting old, and he cut it down last night. The exchange reflects a regional dialect and power dynamic in a rural setting.
Fletcher's Castoria Ad Emphasizes Century Signatures
Safety claim highlighted urging mothers to inspect every bottle for the Fletcher’s Castoria signature. Promotes trust by noting use for over 300 years and appeals to parents as a reliable infant and child remedy.
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Mothe
Stee
Fletcher
Still a Chance in Washington Herald Dialogue Fragment
A brief dialogue from the Washington Herald shows a rejected suitor pressed by an older man asking what “final” means. The exchange captures a moment of unresolved romantic tension within a newspaper snippet.
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Washington Herald
Cautionary Tale of Misfocusing Efforts and Trash Goals
A proverb warns that some individuals waste time chasing an elusive jack rabbit in a mousetrap. It frames a lesson about misplaced efforts and ineffective problem solving.
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