Norfolk Store Fashion and Fabrics Sale Adapts To Summer
Local retailer promotes a wide array of ladies garments and children outfits with price notes on second floor specials. Also features men’s furnishings including shirts neckwear and underwear, plus free Cumberland Lithia water all summer, and fashion sheets from Butterick and Delineator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Book of Fashions
Sprite
Stummer
the Delineator
Journal of Culture, Fashion and Fine Art
Giliss
Perente
Anality
Boston
Wrapper Sale Promises Heavy Linen Bargains
A local ad promotes a wrapper sale with fifty dozen items in light and dark prints over three yards wide at 59 cents each. Also advertised are damask table linens, towels, and related linen goods touted as superior value due to direct buying with tomorrow’s Linen offers.
Examining the Patent Office's Arbitrary Rules and Powers
A historical critique describes the patent examiner as an arbitrary judge with power to forfeit applicants' inventions without due process. It cites Seymour replacing old rules with new drafting, illustrating bureau chief overreach and legislative neglect of field offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Washington
Séymour
Bureau
Lochran
Lawler
Ymour
Congressight
Duchess dAlencon’s Fiery Life Ties to Bavarian Royal Line
The Duchess dAlencon’s fame recalls her Bavarian royal ancestry. Daughter of Archduke Maximilian and a Bavarian branch, she grew up with a democratic father who educated children in plain manners. Her unconventional upbringing shocked Munich and shaped her public image in a tumultuous era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
dAlenenn
Faris
Lse
Maximilian
Yweibryi Béken
Esides
Sophie
Alfreon
Sarphduke Maximilian
Ith
Carl
Allaren
Royal intrigue and a Bavarian royal wedding scandal
The article recounts Sophie Bavarian princess stories surrounding Empress relatives and Archduke Carl Theodor, detailing Sophie’s beauty and a rejected royal engagement with King Ludwig I of Bavaria. It notes a secret romance, costly preparations, and the eventual break amid royal scandal and rumored motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Vienna
Carl Theodor of
Havarin
Bavarhon Alps
Sophie
Wenanatop
Ludwig 1
Bavaria
Wagner
Warner
Sophie IV
Ming
Elsa
Lohenerin
Munich
Starenberg Lake
Ludwie
Alps
Waitten
Prin
Athens Tenn Inventor Advances New Typewriter Factory
An interview in Knoxville May 10 discusses Ren Fisher of Athens Tennessee who has created a new quad vartus typewriter with upright type bars to strike up not down. Fisher, cashi er of the National Bank of Athens, has built a factory, produced 500 machines, spent $7500 the original capital grew from 3150 000 to 2 000 000 and seeks more stock. The first machines were sent to clerks in Washington to gauge demand and expansion plans follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Themes Y. Maxwell
Knoxville
Tenn
Athens
Ren. Fisher
National Hank of
Mar Misher
coVercoite
Sudhan
App
Picher
Hoor M. Pullman
Washington
English Horse Racing and Its Economic Web
The article discusses English racing, stakes, and prize distribution under Jockey Club rules, noting large purses at events like the Grand National and national schemes. It details industry employment, stud farms, training, transport, and the broader economic impact on bookmakers, hotels, and merchants while warning against efforts to suppress racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ascot
Mande
Chub
Yenur
Burke
Hoynal Biampiten
Pesan
Orme
Vyat- Waly
Ees
Mice in Folklore and Old Remedies across Cultures
In a survey of mice in lore from Greek charms to Bali's public rites, the text notes mice as symbols of mischief and protection across cultures. It mentions legends of mice guided by devils, Noahs ark, and island rituals, alongside a historical ad touting One Minoche Cough Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Standard
Ark
Bali
Streightwig
Mr. Wraser
Ville
Cobbett
Dr. Deuee
Matteo
Tom
Veotier
Walker
Briarblaton
Wruitt & Binith
Berkley
Global life facts and curious notes from distant lands
A miscellany notes life abroad in Denmark and Japan with oddities from Europe Asia and Africa. Highlights include Denmark’s first Christian Endeavor society, Li Hung Chang’s wife’s vast gown collection, a giant parasol magnolia leaf, a Turkish court pianist’s pay and suspensions, and a Kansas woman who married in St. Louis after a man advertised for a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
St. Louis
Aenius
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promises Cure and Relief
A testimonial claims Dr Bull's Cough Syrup cured a chest cough and pneumonia symptoms after two bottles. The ad lists multiple Philadelphia and Cleveland pharmacies selling the product and urges readers to take only Bull's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Dr. Bulls
Gustav Thurmaster
Trickory St
Cleveland
O.m
Uall
Cannon's
Phamalacy
Bute Street
Alfred ‘T. Wist
Main St
Holmes & CO
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Aclear
Norfolk, VA
St . 15
API
Bio Store
Iwi
Childen
Silk Sale
Anire Roche
Vresil
Rilentine
Butterick
Norfolk
Zephyr
Ioc
the Duchess
Dalencon
New York Sun
Pagatshiengd
Commeilor
Hantstiener
Adis- Coven
Englaneys Racing Haunsen Lss
Owrraers
Bettine
Mick EN Folk-Lore
Christian Endeavor Society
Kingdom
Denmark
Li Hung Chang
Ceylon
Norway
Jecis
Louis Annie
Paulis
Japan
Willian Eoree Venables
Vernon Warcourt
M. T
House of Commons
London
San Jose
Dstromate Bank
She i
Midwiven
Bradfield Regulator Coo
Atlanta, GA
Cooke, Clark & Conorbole
Norfolk Iron Works
Water Street
Gost VL
Blorkesl
Elcamidakov Kk
Duvalys
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