Whistler's friendships and other humorous anecdotes
A collage of small items and anecdotes from Harper's Bazar and other sources. Whistler's friends are recalled with Brown urging patrons to buy etchings as he faced indigence. A joke about butter and a chelseas tea party is noted alongside a tale of a steeple jack and a shiver of fear. Halley’s Comet is discussed as a centuries‑long visitor with Norman conquest references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ford Madox Hueffer
Harper's Magazine
Madox Brown
Chelses
As. Whistler
Brown
Halley
Batley
Notable Figures Support Scout Corps and Farm Reclamation Plan
General Grant and other army leaders back forming a national corps of boy scouts to instill patriotism. W C Brown proposes a 1 million dollar syndicate to reclaim abandoned farms and sell plots to families leaving cities, aiming to lower food prices. Los Angeles names Clara Foltz as deputy district attorney to aid women and children in law matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ajor -Genem Bal Ff. D
Grant
Baden-Dowell
England
Springfield
Mass
America
W. C. Brown
New York Central
Los Angeles
Clara Shortridge Foitz
Foltz
2 State Normal School
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Calfornia
Engagement of Miss Harriman and Charles G. Rumsey
Society gossip centers on Miss Harriman and Charles G. Rumsey announcing their engagement. The couple, art lovers and outdoors enthusiasts, met at Meadow Brook Club as the sculptor Arden designed a new group for her. Miss Harriman runs Arden estate after her father’s death and is active in hunting clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Geen
Bils
Matthew Astor Wilks
Greet
Edward EL BR. Green
Texas
Southwestern Railroads
Howard H.R. Green
Tad E
Mary Hagh
Robert Walton Goedet
Tures
Charles G. Rae
Rumsey
Harriman
Tor
L. B. Rumsey
Buffalo
Meadowbrook Club
Arden
Miss Harriman
New York
Arden Estate
Fiestas Society
Fashionable Underthings and Garments in Vivid Ad Tone
An early 1900s style notice touts elegant garments and accessories. It praises trimmed petticoats and medallion details, noting light fabrics, tall designs, and refined wares. Wide price range implies affordable luxury and stylish options.
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Chestnut Street
Curtice Bros
Green Gage
Raspberries
W. Cherries
W. F. Dittig
Chestnut ST
Public Service Gas CO
Willie
Maark
Antony
Eerpicos
Cleopatra
Earth
Jack
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The
Boy Scouts
Hetty Green
Mes, Poltez
Mrs. Wllea
Lorimer
Gence
Neo
Amundgen
United States
William Lorimer
Manchester
Port Sanilac
Afrca
Ohio
Chicago
Boothiack
House of Representatives
Senate
Mr. Lorimer
Charles A. White
Senator Lorimer
Geree
Adeline Gener
Frank 8Isitt
Duke of Newcastle
Hbd
Mle
Gene
Berlin
Roald
Amound
North Pole
Amundsen
Nansen
Fram
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Bering Strait
New Siberian Islands
New Jersey
Shopping Centra
Luis
Wade
Messalines
Broad St
Newark
N. J
Hlewark-Paterson
Andrew
Alexander _ SIXTH AVENUE
19Th Street Station
Hudson Tubes
Lehigh, Jeddo and
Buck Mountain Coal
Jeddo
Chestnut
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