Great Country Houses of New York Society Settle Anew
A long account describes the decline of grand Long Island estates centered on Mrs Clarence Mackay’s Harbor Hill Hempstead home. It notes Tuscan and French influences, masons, gardeners, and social spectacle at a lavish housewarming, while comparing to aging mansions like Biltmore and Shadow Brook and locating Oyster Bay near the presidential site.
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Long Island
Connecticut
Mackay
Cortly
New York
Chateau Lafitte
France
Biltmore
George Vanderbilt
Newport
Richard H Hunt
Shadowbrook
Lenox
Anson Phelps Stokeses
America
Machasy
W¢ Whitney
Stanley
Oll
Vanderbilt
Pall Moll Gavette
Tim Heen
Wall Street
Thearest
Vast house with grand rooms and vast surrounding grounds
The text describes a large imposing house with immense rooms resembling a library or courthouse, 80 by 40 feet and 33 feet high, surrounded by smaller servant quarters near interior courts. It notes a wide portico, a retaining wall, and a vast area of about 0 acres of country surroundings intended to preserve the estate.
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Porto
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Pain Relief
A testimonial asserts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets ease childbirth pain and support maternal strength. Maria Hayzel from Krokland DC describes improved health after trial, crediting the remedies with better endurance and a healthier baby. The letter extols relief from constipation and lifelong vitality from the tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erces
Pierce
Here
Maria O. Hayzel
Krok Land
D.C
Rc Pierce
Wedding and Divorce Boost in New York Society Pages
A fragmentary clipping hints at a high society wedding and a divorce in New York with chatter about a groom to be and social observers. It references a German connection and mentions a piece on shop girls and cabans in a broader cultural column.
Inventor Uses Bicycle to Drive Catamaran
The Scientific American reports an American inventor has adapted a bicycle to propel a catamaran. The rear wheel presses on friction rollers linked to a two shaft gear train that drives a paddle wheel, moving the catamaran forward.
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Scientific American
Homes and farms for sale by Allen Bros in Moline
Twenty houses priced from 450 to 2000 offered on easy terms with additional farm properties in this and adjoining counties for sale at low prices. Allen Bros., McKinnile block, Moline.
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Allen Bros
McKinnile Block
Moline
Moran
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-fourth St
Fifth Ave
Nineteenth
First
Second Street
Nineteenth Street
Atkinson Park
Eleventh St
E. B- Eastman
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Hempstead
Hooven
Geel
Nao
Teva Fil
New Yorko
Pty
Sears
Martly
Guirox
Young Poorman
Chicago Daily News
Adiees
Rt. Vv
Avenue
Rock Island
Speidel
Tae
Nervigor
Mupar
C.H. Jennings
Lima
Peffer
C.J. Hetty
Santa Clara
Cal
Moline Heating & Construction Company
Elm Street
Hook Island
Ave
Fil Chase
Metort
X Care Journal
R. McCord
Moline National Bank
Hotel
Ith
Journal of
Fies
Boxer
First National Bank
Covn
Rosslyn Addition
Miteral Springs
Noor Fthe
Fred R. Young
Peterson
7Th Avenue
Mineral Springs Park
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Iowa
Montana
Canada
Webb & Albrecht
Gould & Company
15Th Street
Humphreys
Issees
Northwest
Bronx Valley
Brooklings County
Clear Lake
Sherburne Co
Minn
11Th Street
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
John Mak
Rae
Cones
Aseealaert Suliber
Hetae
Raat — Etsatte
MW Avenue
B.A. Bolyn
12Th Street
J. G. Swenseon
M. D
Regenstein Building
Boston
J M. Wyland
Chase Building
16Th Street
6Th Avenue
Marie — Palmist
4Th Ave
J. A. Bailey
17Th Street
Deere Block
Cornered Avenue
Undertakers
A. V. Esterdahl
Weat of Lutheran Church
National Accident Society
Broadway
Ee Peetey
Moore
Tawi
Née
Jackson & Hurst
Law
Rock Island National Bank
Rock Island, Ill
Cc. J. Searle
Cc. B. Marshall
Searle & Marshall Lawyers
Mitchell & , Lynde Block
Merchant Tailors
National Association OF Stationary Engineers
C Grantz
C. E. Cornell
BANKS
Moline National Zbank
3D Avenue
People's Savings Bank
German Savings Bank
Davenport
Lows
Moline State Savings Bank
Cffice
Molino National Bana
Ree Fice
D J Webb
H.R Albrecht
General Insurance and Real
16Th St
Motine
City Hall
Nutter’s Real Estate Bargains
Edgewood Park
Seventh Avenue
Twentieth Street
Cordova
7Th Ave
the Guarantee Home Building Club
Second Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Illinois
D. W. Gould
Marion E. Sweeney
George Bennett
Edgarse
Godfrey
Bone
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