Society Girl Plays Hidden Waitress at Staten Island Dinner
Miss Eleanor Sedley, a renowned New York society figure, acted as a colored waitress named Mary at a dinner hosted by D. Ogden Fowler on Staten Island. When the caterer failed and no corkscrew worked, Sedley volunteered to serve, revealing her identity only after guests asked for help with the wine, turning the evening into a lighthearted surprise for the guests.
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Eleanor Sedley
New York
D. Ogden Fowler
Miss Sedley
Fowlers
Staten Island
Mr. Fowler
Mrs. Fowler
Miss Sediey
Mary
Dr Beil Pine Tar Honey Recalled as Life Saver
A Grantsburg Illinois resident says he endured a 25 year cough and costly medical efforts before using Dr Beil's Pine Tar Honey. He credits the remedy with restoring strength to weak lungs and saving his life.
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Dr. Beil
J. B. Rosell
Grantsburg
Ill
Actress and Baron Wife Fearlessly Seeks Public Acknowledgment
Madeline Bouton, a San Francisco leading lady, is secretly married for over a year to German Baron Mimptsch. She traveled to New York to compel public recognition and plans to bring the baron home once aristocratic objections are resolved.
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Madeline Bouton
San Francisco
Frawley Dramatic Company
Baron Miinptsch
Acress
New York
East
Haron Mimpisch
Miss Bouton
Baron Mimptsch
Germany
Madeline
Eagle Eye Salve Promises Quick Cure for Eye Ailments
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve is advertised to strengthen weak eyes and clear vision. It claims to remove styes granulated lids and sore eyes swiftly, sold in tubes with a guarantee by reputable druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland
Demand for Corn and Corn Meal in South Africa Grows
United States Consul General Stowe reports strong demand for American corn and corn meal in Cape Town and Johannesburg, with corn priced at 3.52 and 4.44 per hundred pounds respectively and corn meal at 4.13 per 196 pounds. Large imports from America and Montevideo. samp rising as a competing import. Also notes wheat price movements and abundant shipments from America. Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve touts sharp vision, sold at 25 cents by dealers.
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South Africa
United States
General Stowe
Cape Town
State Department
Johannesburg
America
Montevideo
Stowe
California
Plea for Farmer's Wife and Rest Room Idea
At a Missouri Women’s Clubs convention in Springfield a letter from Mia Scammon urged provisioning a rest room for farmers’ wives who ride into town with their husbands. The space would offer furniture books and a refuge so wives need not wait on streets while their husbands finish shopping. The note accompanies other snippets including a medicinal plug for Dr Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey and a rattling line about De Witt’s Little Early Risers for constipation.
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Federation of Missouri Women's Clubs
Springfield
Mia. Scammon
Farmer Kills His Pets Before Moving to Philadelphia
Marry Breban a New Jersey farmer killed his three dogs and four horses before moving to Philadelphia to prevent them from being harmed by others. He buried all the animals in a single large pit behind the barn. The report links the act to a protective urge despite its brutality.
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Breban
Lambertville
N.J
Philadelphia
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Yonkers Statesman
Simmon
Russia
St. Vitus
J. W. Bankston Photo Co
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Depot
al Tf
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the Mutual Life Insurance Co
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Hotel National
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Little Rock, Arkansas
J. d. Mershon
The
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