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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
5
New York Life Insurance President A A McCall faced a legislative committee and stated under oath that his estate would not be all wealth if he died tomorrow though he lives in millionaire style. He maintains a city home and is known for his high living.
The Utica Globe describes William McCall’s seaside estate Shadow Lawn, a grand Long framed mansion with a $150,000 building cost, $100 cost land, elaborate landscaping, and lavish interiors. Magnificent stables, a dozen traps, several automobiles, and a large horse string support carriage and saddle use. Accompanying grounds feature Italian lanterns, terraces, a 25 foot main hall, a 30 by 549 foot dining room, and marble baths atop the second floor. A northern roof garden hosts entertainments with open air promenades along hundreds of feet of balustrades. The piece portrays the mansion as fit for a multimillionaire, possibly McCall, though the source notes uncertainty about his exact wealth.
The article extols the Scots Grays or Second Dragoon Guards as a famed British regiment through two centuries, noting their bold deeds, distinctive uniform, and celebrated Waterloo participation alongside the Royals and Inniskillings. It recalls Sergeant Ewart capturing a French eagle and cites a London Globe anecdote about a host and guest.
A fragmented quotation recalls a veteran speaker declaring pride in being among the men behind the gun despite an audience in a gallery. The garbled lines hint at a wartime or military setting with severed phrases and missing context.
A fragmentary exchange shows a puzzled remark about Cholly Lowdon and his attire as the scene hints at color and style. The garbled text suggests a casual, humorous newspaper snippet with incomplete names and phrasing.
A long diagnostic passage frames rheumatism as a blood poison problem caused by poor digestion and kidney/liver weakness. It describes symptoms from muscle soreness to joint immobility and ties relief to a patent remedy. Personal anecdote from Joseph Frome Hawley claims a full cure after using the product, with aging praise.
A passage cites the Empress Dowager as a child enslaved to save her family, later rising to power. It contrasts her historic rise with a satire on masked faces and the fashion of false visages, referencing Pillsbury’s vitos and urban crowd dress. It notes the era’s appetite for masks on fete days and the abundance of mask production in bustling cities.
An explicit old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to treat foot troubles like sweating, aching feet, corns, ingrown nails, and bunions. It claims quick relief and lists general drugstores as vendors, with a postal or street address for the advertiser.
A young man enters a corner grocery and asks for soft soap labels then jokes about putting them on baggage. He refers to the baggage of a recently married couple, raising curiosity about the odd labeling request.
In a clipped exchange from the inherited fragment a settlement worker comments on a well behaved boy while a burglar's wife notes that his father always had a sentence reduced for good conduct. The dialogue hints at legal troubles and social attitudes with humorous irony.
In a rough talk between two locals, Mike-Ot complains of a three night mare and asks for a remedy. Pat suggests trading the mare for one of several automobiles as a possible solution.
A series of enhancements to buildings and equipment at the Los Angeles State Normal School have heightened the appeal of classrooms and boosted efficiency across departments. Notably Geography Physics and Physical Culture have benefited from the new facilities and improved layouts.
A returned traveler recounts a wild ride with an Irish Jarvey. As the spirited mare ran away down a lane, the driver coolly told him to sit easy and then directed the horse toward a bridge, saying that would stop her. The jarvey offered bright quips and calm guidance throughout the rush.
An old man gives a nickel to a beggar who claims it is lead. The beggar admits the prank and the old man laughs, rewarding honesty with the coin. The scene reflects rugged benevolence and a didactic moral about sincerity.
A fragment suggests a couple, Katharine and Sour, jest about marriage and courtship under a tree. The dialogue hints that after marriage they never manage to ride in or be seen together, with humorous references to the old apple tree and crabapple confusion.
An OCR fragment advertises Lewis' Single Binder straight tobacco of extra quality. It claims pricing contrasts and hints at a factory location in Peoria Illinois. Names and full details are incomplete due to the fragmentary source.
A tall brunette visits a large furniture shop seeking household goods, aiming to be ready for marriage as suitors, callers, and a proposed future are discussed with cheerful sales staff. In another scene a man on the South Side laments staying out late amid talk of imminent home conflict as warned in a Cleveland Plain Dealer line.
The tale recounts General Burgoyne's surrender to General Gates and the escort by young Major Seymour. It notes Seymour's gallantry, Burgoyne's gratitude, and the famed Trumbull portrait showing Seymour on horseback. Anecdotes cover a scalps jest, a Hadley sword gift, and a parishioner’s quip about Seymour’s altruism.
Sweltering at Cactus Crossing a stranger asks when the next train leaves. Ike-Waal offers his opinion while locals debate timing. Mr Weekley and Miss Strong are slated to marry despite nerves and gossip as a lighthearted reflection on love and public scrutiny.
A brief note endorses Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for mothers to use with children during teething, recommending its soothing effects for the period.
The Orpheum unveils five new acts for Christmas week led by The American Jesters and includes Miss Rooney, Raymond Finlay and Lottie Burke, Paulo and Marlow, the Belleclaire brothers, Salerno the juggler, the Seventeen Pekin Zouaves, and Charley Case. Special matinee Christmas day plus daily matinees the rest of the week.
The Grand Opera House announces a weeklong run of At the Old Cross Roads by Sumrthur C. Alstons. Set near Natchez Mississippi the charming South themed drama features Estha Williams and James M Brophy with a strong local cast. A Price Cure for Consumption is advertised separately.
Mercury in catarrh ointments damages smell and deranges the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally to reach blood and mucous surfaces. Get genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure from Druggists for 76c per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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