Prudent Man Sets His House in Order and Other Notices
An old article fragment notes The Prudent Man Setteth His House in Order and references a flow of health and literary notes. It mentions Finley P. Dunne joining The Ladies Home Journal to create a character Molly Donahue and describes her ambitions for women’s clubs and social life in Chicago. Also included are vintage ads for blood purifiers, tonics, and remedies, along with testimonials and patent medicine endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siri Dooley
Mr. Dooley
Finley P. Dunne
Ladies Home Journal
Molly Donahue
Molly
Chicago
Why Men Do Not Go to Church Sparks Banquet Rift
Rev Cortland Myers发布的短书引出他与 General Horace Porter 在纽约一场华盛顿纪念宴上的争辩。 Myers 因致辞超时而道歉，并表示在布鲁克林会众演讲常常超过两小时。 Porter 以此化解此前争执并给出 Brooklyn 人不去教堂的原因的解释。 文章还提及多条火车票价与州展览信息，以及 Baltimore and Ohio 南部铁路改造进展。
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland Myers
New York
Horace Porter
Brooklyn
Porter
Bits of Fumor And Wit From A City Page
A fragmentary humor column notes sayings about vaccination, money, railways, drinking, and gossip. It includes a brief exchange about a fever and a husband, with jokes on social behavior and propriety amid incomplete dialogue.
Mammoth Institution John Smyth Co Emphasizes Reliability
Advertises the John M. Smyth Co at 15 West Madison Chicago as a trusted, long established catalog retailer serving hundreds of thousands of homes. Promotes an illustrated catalogue with household goods and a sample sale on ladies’ ulsters, plus large special offers on Red Cross starch and Shakespeare picture sets. Includes miscellaneous moral notes and literary quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Smyth Co
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Lady's
Ulster
John M. Smyth Company
RED Cross
Fife
Cers
J. CG. Hubisger
Wooing School Teacher in a Globe of Love
A young man professes love to a pretty schoolmistress, claiming to fly to her in any place even Australia or the north pole. She quips about the globe being round and physics, noting the century ahead before flight, while the suitor boasts of his balance in the bank as a marriage bid. Wichita Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Earth
Minerva
Australia
North Pole
Twell
la Curtain
Wichita Eagle
Tiger claw curio at Palmer House sparks curiosity
A Petersburg Indiana man owns a rare tiger claw collection set in virgin gold with ivory boxes. The claws, two inches long and carved like scimitars, were made in Trichenoplis India and once sold for £300. The piece passed through several owners and is now with an American merchant in Peru, awaiting exposure to jewelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Frank
Petersburg
Ind
Palmer House
India
Trichenoplis
Murshidabad
Ganges
Peru
Mr. Frank
Marshall Field
Tiffany
Practical Help for Suffering Women
An advice feature from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advocates practical help for female illness. Testimonials praise relief from weakness headaches and nervous fatigue after using the remedy. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offers guidance to women seeking cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Correctionville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Flood
Grove
Hall
Whalesale Druggists
Toledo
Ohio
Murat
Allen
2Ic
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Ayer
Bento Buckinghan
Belete
Uauncisrson F
Boston
Mass
Farmers’ National Congress
Cincinnati
National Convention
The
Christian Church
Austin
Texas
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Dallas
Baltimore and Ohio South Western
Parkersburg
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Jasny
Gossin
Virginia
W. L. Douglas
L Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton, Mass
Capt
O'Farrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
Bond
Pepanses
Owen Bigg
Ghlenga
E. B. Treat &Co
New York City
Nipps
Witticus
Gripps
Gough Byrup
Tarte
Guo
Cruyzist
BROWA
Bottie
Pico
George Wo Lotz
Hostetter
Bo. J&p. Warren
Bevatur
Douggists
Zac
Leltoy, N. Y
Madison ST
Royal Cape Mackintosh
Ioc
Catalogus
ALJ
TOWER
DR. Moffett
C. J. Moffett
Chow
Jos
M. D. St. Louis
Curt Pet Minaisund
Watents
Thompson
W. Ne
U. Dallas
Western Newspaper Union
Prine
van Vleet-Mansfield Drug CO
Memphis, Tena
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