Vanderbilt wealth and social scene in New York society
In New York society circles Reginald Vanderbilt, heir to the Vanderbilt wealth, features as a central figure amid gambling tales and vast wealth. The piece notes lavish plans, such as building a riding academy and an exclusive club-like squash court, and discusses hotels and social shifts in the city theater district.
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Reginald Claypool Vanderbilt
Mths
Vanderbilt
Yale
Canfield
Hell
Ward
George
Newport
New York
Preas
Commodore
William K Vanderpilt
Monte Carlo
Schwab O
The
Steel Trust
M’sieu Wahnderbeek
Reginald
Wok Jr
Mlegal
Cornelius
Faimis
Rel Vanderbilt Fortumes
William Hoban
Wali
Yeats
Jim
America
Arechise
Smith Stables
Belmont
Belenort
Smith
Valuable medicines and remedies advertised in 19th century notice
An advertisement fragment touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and colds in children, plus Herbine for digestion and general health, and Liquid Dream Balm and Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh. It names vendors F J Clendenin and Battles Pharmacies and Ely Bros of New York.
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M Craner
Esyon
Colombo
Ceston
Fortend Nin
E Heimbeck
Ely Bros
Warren St
New York
Literary immortality and living authors cited
The piece notes living authors once believed dead and lists Dr Elijah Kellogg near Portland, Miss Warner of The Wide Wide World fame, Grace Greenwood in Washington, John Habberton author of Helen's Babies, Bloodgood H Cutter of Innocents Abroad, and mentions Thomas Dunn English recently deceased. It discusses reactions to Trilby and Ben Bolt and Du Maurier’s use of the song. Owen Langdon.
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Elijah Kellogg
Gladiators
Portland
Miss Warner
Bloodgood H. Cutter
Laurial
Minneola
L. I
Thomas Dunn
Hen Bolt
Lmelight
Paris
Ben Bolt
du Maurier
Owen Langdon
Cure Offered for Private Diseases by Free Medical Counsel
A physician advertises private treatment for nervous coughs, private diseases, reflex complications, and female ailments. He offers free expert opinions, no charges for private counsel, and a contract promising his promises. He invites patients to mail a full history for remote evaluation with a scientific opinion at no charge.
Varicocele Cure Promises Nonoperative Treatment
Advertises a non surgical cure for varicocele and related conditions. Claims to restore diseased veins without cutting or destruction. Describes avoiding maiming and preserving organs while offering a life restoring treatment.
Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Ad
The blood purifier claim praises the tablets as superior for cleansing the blood and maintaining regular bowels. One dose allegedly does more good than a bottle of any purifier, offered at 25 cents with free samples at F J Clendening's and E Heitmbeck's locations.
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Chamberlain
F J Clendening
E. Heitmbeck
General Gleanings: Swedish Japanese translation and notable facts
Thien's Finemy of the People becomes the first Swedish work translated into Japanese. Senator Fikins of West Virginia has sons at Princeton Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. Texas holds a nearly 5 million permanent school fund untouched by certificates of indebtedness. Gilbert Parker, novelist and MP, praises Fifth Avenue New York as the world’s most beautiful street next to Champs-Élysées Paris.
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New York
Astor
Longacre Square
Astor Family
Hotel
Shanley's
Muschenheim
Boldt
Waldorf Astoria
William Waldorf Astor
London
America
Delmonico's
Delmonico’s
Fifth Avenue
Sherry
Forts Fourth Street
Toofar Down
Thien
Fikins
West Virginia
Princeton
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
Texas
Gilbert Parker
Parlatment
Champs Elres
Paris
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Relief for Heart Weakness
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Heart Cure as the top remedy to strengthen nerves and heart muscles. It cites palpitations, fluttering, and irregular pulses as signs of weakness and claims a case by Mrs. J A Coors from Upper Sandusky Ohio improved after three bottles.
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Miles
Quiets the nervous heart and regulates pulsations
A patent medicine claim from Dr. Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana describes a tonic that quiets the nervous heart regulates its pulsations and builds strength. Sold by druggists on a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
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Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Sixtieth
Ninetieth Street
Forty-eighth Street
Yale College
Cain Sas
Tritby
Bote
J. Alvin Horne
Mitchell & Lynde Bldg
Rock Island
Til
Moline
Woodyatt’s
Chase Bros. Piano Co
Woodyatt
Pi Ae Oi
Pure Watertown Ice
Second Street
Simon Lewis
7Th Street
Third Ave
Dr. Miles
Moline State Avings Bank
Moline National Bank Building
8Th Ave
15Th St
Moline State Savings Bank
RW. Hamilton
Moline Electric Laundry
8D Avenue
Third Avenue
Moline Lumet
Ill
Apni
LaSalle
Athens
L. M. Richards
Calso
Fifteenth Avenue
P. O. Work
DR. Ostrom
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