Newport's Vast Summer Cottage Boom Attracts Nations Wealth
A Newport column notes a new three million dollar summer cottage rising on the island’s summit, Commodore Edward Curtiss James guiding a project rivaling the era’s grand show houses. It surveys Breakers, Elms, Marble House, Rose Cliff and more, highlighting opulent stone, marble, and bronze ornamentation and the social prestige of owners like Mrs. Belmont and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs.
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Ewport
United States
Tounston
Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Oliver Hazard Perry
Edward Curtiss Jamies
New York Macht Club
James Tors
Ecole “Gas Addicks
Hur
Durricks
Edward J. Berwind
Philadelphia
France
Mme. Pompatour
Ita
Newport mansions and summer homes described in ivy and stucco
The piece paints Belmont green with ivy and Whiteholme on Nar Tigansett Avenue as handsome red tile and white stucco estates. It highlights Mrs H B Jacobs, famed as welcome of Highest Baby in America, and mentions Mrs Nicholas Brown with the “summer place for the richest baby” remark. John Nicholas Brown, about six, is noted as an only child. The French chateau faces the jawy and island Ida Lewis’ stone wharf, while Wakehurst, home of Mrs Janes J. Van Alen, sits as a Norman French style cottage with leaded glass windows and sunken gardens, all lushly described across Newport.
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France
Pompadour Palace
Narragangett Avenue
Swanhurst
Bellevue Avenue
George Lockhart
George Peabody Wetmore
Taft
Acrosa Marina Avenue
Levin
Morton
Charley Barney
Newport
M. Hunt
William K. Vanderbilt
Delmont
Vanderbilt
Oliver Hazard Perry del Mont
Rutland
Caen
Gaen
R. M. Hunt
Belcourt
O. H. P. Belmont
William K. Vanderblit
Consuelo
Dughesa
Marlborough
Richard Gambrill
James RR. Keene
Sternes
Herman Oelrichs
Rose Clift
Ase
Watterus
Whiteholme
Nartigansett Avenue
H. B. Jacobs
America
Nicholas Brown
John Nicholas Browns
Ida Lewis
Wakehurst
Janes J. van Alen
Aged Deed Paper Sells After London Agent Win
Aged paper once stored as a deed loss is sent to a London agent who sells it at any price. The instant success brings large orders to the maker who faced a reproduction dilemma. His wife confides the inward facts, guiding their fortune.
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London
Useful Articles by Chance in Everyday Life
A humorous look at accidental discoveries that shaped common conveniences. From porcelain and Russia leather to sugar refining and accidental color changes in vats, the piece cites curious anecdotes about how chance and observation lead to useful innovations across eras.
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Scotland
Marshall Jewell
Russia
Jewell
Virtue Above All Glory and Treasures Quote
A compact quotation note presents Sallust on virtue enduring beyond wealth and beauty, framing virtue as brighter and eternal than riches and transient splendor.
Happiness Found Only When Rejected By Another
A reflective piece argues happiness comes not from inward meditation but from responses to others. It suggests value arises in contrast to external rejection, framing joy as relational rather than solitary.
Apple Weevil Poses New Threat to Young Fruit
Observations from 1903 to 1909 show a small snout beetle, later identified as a new apple pest, breeding in tight fruit and causing punctures near the calyx and stem. Infections by other insects and fungi may accelerate decay, with larvae forming tunnels and feeding chambers inside maturing apples.
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Apecialiite
Washington
W. E. Rumsey
Staton
Morgantown
Hetch
Method of Removing Stump Using Leverage and Roots
A columnist notes securing leverage by fastening a chain to a large root and crossing over the stump to maximize horse strength in stump removal. Garden tips advise planting a few flowers even away from the road to improve appearance and inspire gift bouquets. Another horticulture item suggests older florals to preserve memories and brighten surroundings. A farmer reports hog feed using skim milk from the separator mixed with cornmeal at a one to three ratio yields about 40 cents per hundred pounds of eleimo milk.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Patient
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after severe illness and failed operations. The testimonial claims the remedy rebuilt her feminine system, alleviating inflammation, small tumors, bearing down, and other distressing symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Edie
Pinkham
Aine
Alvena Sperling
Clytourne Ave
Lydia &. Pinkham
Awful Prospect in a Parsonage Marriage Tale
A clergyman conducts a marriage at the parsonage while his young son listens closely. The child asks if a husband must live with all the women he has married, prompting a mother to explain. The fragment also mentions patent medicines and amusing asides about dentists.
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Plutocrat
Edward Curtiss James
NEW York Yacht Club
All Landa
Mro
Herman Gelrichs
Rose Cliff
MRS
Oh-P- Belmont
Boston Herald
Warble Palace
Carter
Sas
Eben
Larter
Adele
Pol
Sal Prise
Tance Stargh Cies
Aigat
Winslow
Pierre
Ati
Cae Maya
Western Canada
Denean
Illnels
Acarcely
Hilwakee
Wiecoosta
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