Ghost signatures captivate famous and touring elites
A playful trend spreads in London and New York as signs of eminent figures appear in ghost books rather than traditional autographs. Taft and Shaw among others pledge ghost portraits, with designers claiming signatures emerge as artful, symbolic echoes of the living.
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London
New York
Singer
Taft
Hot Springs
Mrs. Taft
Mary Garden
Miss Garden
Geraldine Farrar
Mies Farrar
Thursby
Japan
Miss Thursby
Indy Warwick
Coamo Duff-Gordon
Bilaor Glyn
Three
Europe
Henlans
Euripides
Sophocles
Cycle dealer praises a cyclometer used in riding
An advertisement style fragment extols a cyclometer as accurate and superior to other devices noting one mileage unit and promoting remedies for colds with Capudine and Severtane products. claims quick relief and drugstore availability.
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Misa de Byke
The Secret of Happiness and Social Wit
The piece argues happiness comes from unselfishness and kind daily acts. It cites a Brooklyn Eagle quote about finding joy when serving others and notes humorous takes from Samuel Gompers and the Detroit Journal. It also comments on women embracing stylish, attractive dress as part of modern virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Jonesville
Maria Higgins
Detroit Journal
Getting at the Root in a Comic Medical Exchange
A comic misheard patient scene features a tired patient and a physician. The joke pivots on a bald husband and the wife gaining what she is not entitled to from that marriage, delivering a light observational punch about marital roles.
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Cleveland
Aid Fight Against Tuberculosis Poster Campaign
National Association of Bill Posters in Atlanta decides to devote 1,200,000 dollars in publicity to tuberculosis awareness. UK and US posters will use 3,500 billboards nationwide with messages on prevention and cure. Poster Printers' Association adds 200,000 dollars in printing and paper for the effort. Campaign run by National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in cooperation with the National Bill Posters Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Bill Posters
Atlanta
United States
Canada
Poster Printers’ Association
They Were Good Mothers With Stanton And Howe
A fragment notes that Elizabeth Cady Stanton said a woman's first duty is to develop her powers to guide the next generation. An admirer cites Stanton as mother to seven healthy children and Julia Ward Howe’s children vouch for the virtues of motherhood. The line compares maternal merit across birds by saying the eagle may be as good a mother as the hen or goose.
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Hirabeth Cady Stanton
Quips and Fragments Spark Newspaper Snippet
In a terse exchange from a Cleveland Leader feature a reader asks about kinship terms while other lines reference a sports column and obituaries. The snippet showcases the paper’s casual dialogue style and reader curiosity reflected in brief, fragmentary quotes.
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Autograd
GOS
FAMO
Justinished
America
Empress Dowager of
Chia
George Bernard Shaw
Mr Shaw
George D
Mr. Shaw
Shakespeare
Rhine
Broadway
Bath Beach
Kokomo
Kalamazoo
Panama
Tose
Hallie Erminie Rives
Steamship Company
Ays
Businews
Countess de Spitabergen
Countess of Spitzbergen
Price
Mr. Moulti-Milsionaire
Kynes
Sores
Wanic Tauntess
Warwick
Gates
Carters
Barton Toilet
Bobton
Mabe
Parker's Air Ballaiestos the
Johnny
Howard
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek
Michigan
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