Mrs Meyer to Lead Cabinet Social Set in Washington
Washington society braces for a cabinet era led by Mrs Meyer as the social focus among cabinet wives. Mrs Knox, Mrs Dickinson, Mrs Halinger, and the Nagel and Ballinger families are noted for established Washington homes and wide continental ties shaping official social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Meyer
Social
Fashington
Washington
Knox
Meyer
Rome
St. Petersburg
Angelng
Inter Homie
Diplomatic Corps
K Street
Ihe
George W. Childa
Atai
MacVeagh
White House Budget Shows High Dining Costs In Early Era
A late congress debate on presidential salary prompts a look at the White House budget for the current year. It details extensive entertaining costs, including state dinners over $3,000, cabinet and diplomatic dinners, and blue room receptions, with all catering and staff expenses borne by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Congress
White House
Ber
Aaher
Uncle Sant
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Secret Service
Taft Daughters Social Plans Stir White House Talk
Helen Taft named New Belle of White House as the president’s daughter grows toward debutante status. Generals Bell and Ward are to guide social circles while Mrs Taft plans a cautious debut schedule. The family’s circle includes Miss Ayleshire and Miss Webster as intimate friends during home visits and vacations.
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Helen Taft
Belle
White House
Elen Herron Tapt
Bell
Clarence
Mice Ayleshire
Misa Webster
Abe
Wolyool
Mies
Ming ‘Taft
The
Foborne
Complete painting guide promises purity and safety
A 1902 notice from National Lead Co offers a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 40 with a full painting guide and a paint adulteration detector. It touts white lead as the only safe paint material and references the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a guarantee of purity and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wring National Lead Co
Trinity Bidg
New York
Turn About Fair Play. A Humble Salary Tale
A humorous tale of a newlywed couple where the husband hides most of his pay, giving only two dollars back after weeks, prompting the wife’s protest as she laments surviving on a meager allowance. The piece parodies frugal marriage misadventures with a twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Doon’s Kidney Pills Promoted By Nurse Thompson Watkins
A professional nurse, Thompson Watkins of Parsons Kansas, endorses Doon’s Kidney Pills for backache and kidney discomfort. She reports relief from sharp back twinges and irregular kidney secretions after using the pills, sold at 50 cents a box by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. An author’s humorous dictation scene closes with a punchline about a secretary’s witty quip.
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Palin
Tha
Kidheya
Reeve
Thompson Watkins
Parsons, Kans
Doon
Foster-Millmen Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Odd Montage Quips on Products and Proverbs
An OCR fragment mentions CASTORIA with a warning to check for a signature and notes it has been used for over 30 years. It weaves in a jest about “What would you men have had if God had not made us” and a quip about a widow and a joke about cigars and a factory in Peoria. The text then shifts to a proverb about the path of duty running parallel with happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceres
Poastum Co
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Cure Female Ailments
Woman named witnesses across many cities report positive proof of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing female ailments including removed tumors. The broad contact list invites letters from readers seeking confirmation, asserting honest medicine and urging verification of the remedy's merit.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Alvena Eperling
Langdon Street
Linsley
Lod
May Fry
Hinsley
Kans
Stella Gifford Beaman
Beott
Barber
Cornwallville
Wim. Roughton
Cincinnati
W.K. Housh
Milwaukee
Wis
Emmalouse
Terman
Wood
Bed
Mbourne
More
Clara Waleermanun
Hardstown
Joseph Hal Lewiston
Malno
Henry Cloutier
John G. Molden
Bhamrock
Moveroate Ham
R.F.D
Marlton
X.J
Goo
Jonily
Lonte
Mann
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Henry 8
Eames
Dickinson
Nashville
Teno
Citles
Yale
Halinger
Secretary of the Interior
Department
New England
Far North
Weat
Ballinger
Edward
Williams College
Richard
Wrery
Chariie Taft
Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel
St. Louis
Mra
Nagel
Mien
Anna Shipley
St. Ae
Tess
Riptsco Patearch
Aie
Thalse Samay Hel Roosevelt
Julia
Alice
Von
Fido
Lewin
Lewis' Factory
Peoria
Carters
UTES
Mational Lead Company
Trinity Bollding
Booth Band
Iecret Certis
Lafayette Straat
Rogh
Kentucky
Liesle Tolland
Broddeld
Sarah Lousiguant
Sir Paterson
Wm. Somerville
EB. Garrett
Worcester
Mans
Coté
Faooee
mMire
A. P
Jorean
Ever Moelhan A
Maddocke
Rn Beaman
Jons
Hampstead
Matiason
Dandy
Fear Ey
Sam Leo
Fourth Ft
Ost Harbor
Maine
Lilljan
Detroit
Mich
Joie Hosennu
Bad Meldrum Avenue
Germ
Poerinda
Goshen
W.D. Dalton
Ohio
Lizzie Steiger
Joyville
Pee
Maggie Bator
Asuna
Cline
Winchester
Tod
M. Y Deal
Wm. Oberlol
B.F.D
Balti
Bo Tord
Lane
Streu
Roxbury Mass
Francis Merkie
Clarkedal Mo
Anna Wallace
Deer
Gatihlo
Rae
Michiel
Harry L. Bittle
Louise Jang
B. Jorauld
Gus
A. Williams
Philadelpha
Srs
Chas
Boel
Piasisveng
Mie
Mim
W. PB
Boyd
Pama L.A
Fort Hunter
Mary Jan Fast Yar
eMra
Lisu
Neca Tae
Seke Waters
Alice Huffmin
Philadelphia
Fae Alri
John Dohnston
Mary Wood
Ada Youn Leaton
Sookie ES
Sua Tatra
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