World of women and colors in period notes
A collage of observations from Jamaica bananas to Philippine crafts and Boston rides. It links social issues with color symbolism from pearls to diamonds and discusses stamps, liquor dealers in Maine, and urban scams in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Philadelphia
Madrid
Paul Rever
Boston
Longfellow
Banca Italiana
the Battery
New York
Maine
Parisian
Ladies’ Home Journal
City News Briefs and Advertisements Mixed In
Lulu Sanhope of St Louis touts Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a beauty aid. Tenor tablets cost 35 cents at City Drug Store. South American dental schools cited as poor. City of Mexico shifts Latin to English in a four year course. Glasgow University reports 103 more students than last year. Edinburgh up 102, St Andrews 26, Aberdeen down ten. Carnegie gift impact unclear. Chautauqua bureau offered Senator Hanna 10000 for 18 lectures but rejected. Manager notes he could earn similar money in a month serving in the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Sanhope
St. Louis
Hollister
City Drug Store
South America
Mexico
Glasgow University
Edinburgh
St. Andrews
Aberdeen
Carnegie
Chautauqua Bureau
Hanna
South
Middle West
Ohio
Senate
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Vitality
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with claims of cures for eruptions sores pimples kidney liver trouble digestion and constipation. Available as tea or tablet for 35 cents at City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
City Drag Store
The Jewel Box Accessories and Hair Ornaments
The article lists novelties such as amber bead chains on gold cords, old-time snoods of pearls, lorgnette chains with pink coral beads, smoked pearl buttons with diamond centers, perfume balls shaped as almonds pears or apples encrusted with diamonds, blonde tortoise shell hair buckles with diamond dust, all reflecting elegant adornment trends.
Battle at Bunker Hill remembered in scattered notes
A historical reminiscence traces the June 17 1775 battle that popularized the Bunker Hill district. It covers the early monument efforts led by the Masons, Daniel Webster, Lafayette, and the 1843 completion celebration with Webster's oration. It also relays parade antics and a 1869 Grant impersonation episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Bunker Hill District
Chais River
King Solomon Lodge F
A. M
Warren
Daniel Webster
W. Tudor
Theodore Lyman, Jr
Boston Globe
Massachusetts
Lafayette
Boston
New York
Gen. A.S. Grant
Lunker Hill
Prominent Gilded Age Figures Distinguished in Social Snippets
J P Morgan George Gould and Cornelius Vanderbilt join a numismatists society, while Morgan cracks a joke about a dog named Russell Sage. Judge Putnam discusses wealth with a nouveau riche youth, and Cornelius Vanderbilt proves a handy mechanic among New York Central workers. Cecil Rhodes stories recount blunt imperial wit with the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.P. Morgan
George Gould
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Society of Numismatists
Pierpont Morgan
Russell Sage
William L. Putnam
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Portland
Ore
George
Mott Haven
New York Central Railroad
Cecil Rhodes
Africa
Rhodes
South Africa
Chicago Banks Grow via Mergers Amid Deposits Rise
Over five years Chicago national banks saw deposits swell 65 percent while capital rose less. Many banks expanded by merging with others. Since last year several new banks opened and seven state banks began, while 13 national banks closed in seven years, leaving 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Banks of
Chicago
Drovers’ Trust and Savings
Live Stock Savings
Chicago Savings
Federal Loan and Trust Company
Colonial Trust and Savings
Comet A 1902 Catalogued and Tropical Agriculture Study
A report notes Comet A 1902 discovered by Dr. W. S. Brooks at Geneva New York and the U S department of agriculture sending an expedition to Guatemala and southern Mexico to study tropical crops with focus on rubber and coffee. It also mentions a German trackless trolley adapted for Franklin New Hampshire and a silk industry potential in Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Veeetie Welle Trgste Roche
Central America
Peabody Museum
Cambridge
W. S. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
United States Department of Agriculture
Guatemala
Mexico
Germany
Franklin
N. H
Also Mentioned on This Page
Majestic
St. Clair
China
Bed Rock
Karpen
Geo. Keating
Leavenworth
E. D. Hodge
Irk Whited Natar
Public, Whited & Hodge Attorneys
Law - Wash
Wenatchee
Frank Reeves
Chelan County
Wash
Court House
G. W. Hoxley
Washington
D. W. M. McCoy
Leavenworth Hospital
Leavenworth, Wash
J. J. King
Secretary of the Interior
Jour B. Adams
S. D Griffith
Wenatcher, Wash
Attorneys At Law
Wasa
H. H. Whitaker
Pennsylvania College Dental Surgery
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Washington
City Drag Line
L. I. Turner
Prop
A.O.U. W
Tumwater Lodge
M.W
John W. Laden
O. G. Bjork
A. O. U. W. Leavenworth Lodge No. &2
Amanda Martin
H. Lottie Doyle
Louise McGuire
Companion Court
Independent Order of Forresters
Forresters
G. English
C. R
C. B. Turner
K. S
Imp. C. R. M
Tumwater Tribe
Red Men
St. Woldenberg
W. Walker
G. B. Hathaway
THE
Price
Post Office
J. M. Beamish
Jewel Box
Grant
Rocky Mountain Tea
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