A Girl's Stratagem Sparks Elopement Plan and Rescue
Kate Winslow devises a ruse to save her cousin Levia from an arranged marriage to Judge Winslow’s chosen suitor. She pretends to be Levia, is taken by a policeman to the station, while Levia and Harry Carroll flee toward a country home. The ruse succeeds, the judge relents, and Kate is forgiven on condition she avoid further elopements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate
Levia Winslow
Papa
Harry
Levia
Kate Winslow
Kentucky
Louisville
Phil Lee
la Grange
Jeffersonville
Squire
Harry Carroll
Levin
Judge Winslow
Miss Winslow
Harry Good-By
Philip
Success in Fiction Gathers Interest from Essayist James Bryce
The St Louis Republic notes Mr James Bryce, famed essayist on economic problems and political analysis, may turn to fiction. Motive unclear whether for amusement or profit, possibly both. The piece surveys other writers who flirted with novel writing and why fiction rarely suits even great minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bryce
St. Louis Republic
Dr. Holmes
Lowell
George William Curtis
Bayard Taylor
Macaulay
Froude
Red Cross Starch and Free Calendars Offer
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross laundry starch by J. C. Hubinger with coupons offering two free starch packages and Shakespeare pictures plus a calendar to early buyers of the Endless Chain Starch Book. It also touts Allen's Foot-Ease and various consumer notices and quotes from fiction and medicine ads, imitating a bustling 19th century ad page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
J. C. Hubinger
Careful Inspectors Condemn Carpet for Trace Arsenic
Swedish inspectors ban sale of yarn with .0009 percent arsenic. A carpet was condemned for containing one thousandth of a grain of arsenic in sixteen square inches, equating to one grain in a ten foot by ten foot piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Odd Collecting Fad Notice Sparks Trade Sign Interest
A growing collecting fad centers on researching odd trade signs and circulars. Collectors claim more enjoyment and challenge from this pursuit than any prior collecting trend.
Practical Help for Suffering Women
A collection of testimonials praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts is cited as the expert reference and several women from Indiana and Campbellsburg credit the remedy with relief from weakness headaches and bedfast illness after using multiple bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Leanne
Cewies
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Tas
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Perker
Nashet
Union Pacific
Denver
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Pa Coast
HI Iith Street
TTS
Pittedelphes
Belindatt
Guernia
Omee Sen Pereta
J. H. Montgomery Mach. Co
Curtis ST
Colo
Bramp
Ganol
West
Eaghet
Tamey
Celiac
Olga Piait
the. Stee
Aches Song
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mass
Moyes
Thompson
Gelston CO
Washlngtes
D. C
Treat &Co., Publishers
New York City
Ladorman
Zi Moten Co
Manon
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