At the Home of the President-Elect Canton Letter
The piece describes daily life at the president elect's home, focusing on Mrs. McKinley and family routine, fashion, and hospitality. It highlights the couple's intimate life, the influence of Ida McKinley, and the supportive roles of relatives, with portraits of their tastes, adornments, and American-factory pride. It also touches on Mrs. McKinley’s mail, her badges, and Major McKinley’s affectionate, respectful demeanor. The article closes with a note on the American silver fox trade and its high value in London and other markets.
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Canton
Daily Mail
White House
Sam Saxton
McKin
Maser
Ida Saxton
Ida McKinley
Maria
East Liverpool
Trenton
Fred
Washington Hotels
McKinley
Ibsen
Nordan
We Shall Be Like Him and the Tyranny of Rush
A religious column contrasts the promise of Christian likeness to Christ with the tyranny of hurried modern life. It urges steadiness, inner renewal in old age, and living out faith through active service, wealth stewardship, and persistent spiritual effort toward immortality.
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Natuer
Art
Rush
God
Susan FE
Gammon
Philadelphia
Charles G. Ames
Ruste
Cemery
Earth
Nature and Art and the Human Connection
The excerpt argues that true communion with nature requires retreat from civilization. It claims humans uniquely alter nature, noting coral reefs in the ocean and chalk cliffs as evidence of grand natural transformations caused by earthly creatures. It emphasizes a tension between artistic appreciation and urban disturbance.
Women, surgery fears and a remedy praised
A reader testimony touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relieving a long list of gynecological woes including womb disorders and back pain. The letter claims dramatic health gains and prior hospital surgery advice, urging other women to consider the remedy.
Wanted carriage team with soundness and drive
Wanted a matched carriage team 15.3 or 16 hands high not over six years old 1030 to 1100 pounds. Must be sound kind and true with high knee and hock action. Address Amaha Nebraska Gladstone may help cure a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
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Amaha
Gladstone
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