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11 Jun 1900

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Philadelphia Times

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1900

Page

9

Atlantic City Opens Summer Season With Big Crowd

First Sunday of the summer season draws large Atlantic City crowds on the boardwalk. The water pleases bathers as travel through Reading and Pennsylvania roads brings many Philadelphians. Hotels report busy days with many prominent visitors registered at Wiltshire Bleak House Grand Atlantic Rio Grande Seaside House Iroquois Pierrepont Bingham Koopman Rudolf Leedom Cornell Inn Walter Reed etc. Notable guests include Philadelphians and travelers from Harrisburg Detroit Washington and New York as well as business and theatrical figures enjoying the shore season.

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Atlantic City Vanity Fair Strand Pennsylvania Fifth Avenue New York Wiltshire J. Balford EB. Fairchild Philadelphia William Johnson Detroit Mich House of Representatives George B. Cooper Harrisburg Shope Justin McGrath Washington, C Bleak House J. Frank Andrich Washington, D. C Charles Abercrombie J. E. Whittley George L. Gray Milton D. Grove Ben Lilliard Mary Haw I. Morrissey George Mauliff Grand Atlantic Calvin Snoddy H. M. Bird John Fox W. L. Hunter Turtle Creek W. F. Miller Yonkers The Rio Grande Waldo H. Marshall Cleveland Ohio F. C. Moran West Virginia M. M. McDaniele Poughkeepsie, N. Y John McNeil and Familly Germantown Seaside House L. N. Donne W. C. Barrett Parker J. M. Postley Baltimore Postley Bingham Ene 2. Beachalter and Son New Haven Conn Louise Welsh J. E. Brugger H. H Jacob D. Lit Lit Brothers EB. van Baalan A. L. Isaacs A. ©. Biglow Beresford B. F. Small B. Hayne Leedom Louis N. Crane Boston T. B. Greenley Meadow Lawn P. N. Kirk M. F. Leveter Cornell Inn Frank Whiteman Whiteman Jessie Whiteman Roxborough McCorke William Brewer Woodbury N. J E. D. Beadenston A. Clifton Camden William Order Bicyclera Chalfonte Kramer Northern Liberty National Bank West J. Jessup H. B. Reeves Western National Bank W. R. Dunham P. Jenks Waldorf-Astoria F. W. Ireland Denver Colorado John O. Cole W. Vannerman Williams Omaha Elberon EB. P. Baker Norristown William van Hart Brownsburg C. M. Norton Miss Damon Honolulu Hawaii George W. Banks Cornelia Higbee Hunsicker Higbee Haddonfield W. B. Hunt Walter L. Wright George PB. Nye James D. Butt Supreme Court Berkeley E. L. Goff United States Army C. H., Smith Bainbridge W. H. Rexford W. C. Dawson Dawson Charles P. Donnelly David W. McMahon United States John Lowndes McLaurin Marlboro County D. C Rudolf Gustavus Weber Senator McLaurin Washington George McCurdy Common Council Fred Weber Pierrepont J. ©. Fleming J. Lewis Good National Guard of C. A. Rahter American Medical Association D. P. Rahter Ferdinand J. Dreer Orang Abbie D. Dreer F. J. Dreer He Uaker Eree Haddon Hall Wilmot Grant Pheree
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White dominates winter and summer fashion in early era critique

The writer extols white as universally flattering and age defying, arguing white near the face enhances complexion while black worsens tones. She recalls elderly women favoring lace caps and notes the enduring appeal of white garments in daily life and social dress.

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White House dresses and a king’s approval

A narrative recounts Marguerita’s preference for white dresses worn since youth to please her husband and King of Italy. In her later years she fears vanity, but her husband agrees to consider the matter. Boxes of new white costumes arrive, revealing her answer.

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Italy Marguerita
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Satirical Observations on Family and Society Roles

The excerpt ridicules gender expectations and parental duties with wry humor. It contrasts the petted child’s authority with the skeptical adult, noting a father’s preference for topics beyond the baby and a wife’s woes. It ends with a playful jab at a boy’s schooling.

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Silk From Spiders Showcased At Paris Exhibition In Madagascar

A colonial Paris Exposition feature describes Madagascar spiders producing silk for bed hangings. Missionary Father Cambone first tested spider silk potential, with M. Nogue advancing practical extraction using a stock-like apparatus. Twelve spiders yield 300 to 400 yards each, with new insects replacing spent ones. The golden thread is finer yet strong, enabling easy weaving.

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Madagascar Father Cambone M. Nogue Antananarivo
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Midnight Mistake in Indiana Avenue Purification Craze

A Chicago News item recalls a wife reading a sanitary journal claiming charcoal purifies refrigerator air. She borrows coal from a corner Italian, buys oranges, and late that night encounters a stumble at her back door, revealing the mistaken purchase.

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Indiana Avenue Chicago
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Roach Poison Mistaken for Dinner Ends in Alarm

A man eats cold leftover food by lamp light and bites a charcoal lump by mistake. He flees to the hall, cries out that poison has killed the roaches and a husband, alarming his wife Ella who asks what he is talking about and where the poison came from.

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Ella
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Convention Opens Without Gavel to Start Meeting

The session of the General Federation of Women's Clubs began without a gavel as Mra Lowe failed to bring one and local committees had overlooked the detail, delaying the start briefly.

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General Federation of Women's Clubs Mra Lowe
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Fifth Biennial General Oration Opens With Wooden Gavel

Upper floors of the Alhambra were searched without results. A thoughtful soul brought a tack hammer and used it to call the fifth biennial of the General oration to order. Half an hour later a handsome wood gavel appeared.

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Alhambra
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Bananas Lauded For Nutrition By Mexican Chemist

A Mexican chemist compares bananas with wheat and potatoes, noting water 72 percent, nitrogenous matter 2.14 percent, and saccharine 22 percent. He concludes sweets in bananas make it nutritious, arguing equal space and cultivation yield similar nutrition to other staples.

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Anana
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Unprecedented Spring Furniture Sale of Reed and Rattan Pieces

The article advertises a spring sale of used and excess home furniture, featuring reed and rattan items marked down to cost. It highlights parlor pieces, chairs, divans, rockers, and accessories with substantial discounts, including linoleum and rug specials, and Cedar chests offered at deep reductions.

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Notable Guests Fill Atlantic City and Nearby Resorts

A crowd of prominent Philadelphians, New Yorkers, and dignitaries arrive for the season at Atlantic City and nearby hotels. Visitors include Smith and son, Mrs. Amela Priestman, and guests at Waldorf Astoria, Berkeley, Elberon, and Iroquois. Senators, generals, lawyers, and society figures are listed at multiple resorts amid weddings, honeymoons, and indefinites.

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Union veteran found dead with crushed skull near Potomac

Richard Dye a 61 year old Union veteran was found dead in the Potomac river near Hancock Maryland with his skull crushed in. He had worked as an expert horseman at local stables and his death is being investigated amid possible foul play by persons connected to a nearby military entry attempt.

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the Times Cumberland Richard Dye Potomac River Hancock Tee Ba Barry Jonts
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Strenuous religious days in early Maine diary

The Kennebec Journal notes a June 1828 diary excerpt from Waldoboroian Charles Creamer showing a strenuous era of religion. The fragmented passage references Congregationalists, Antinomians, and early church disputes as readers glimpse the era’s fervor and social clashes.

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Kennebec Charles Creamer Waldoboro Congregationaliscs
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Exposition for South Carolina Exposition in Charleston

Philadelphia editor J C Hemphill campaigns for the South Carolina and Inter-State and West Indian Exposition to run Dec 1 1901 to May 1 1902 in Charleston with a $250000 stock, possible $500000, and projected revenues over $1 million. The fair seeks Southern and international exhibits with Philadelphia among leaders, aided by subsidies from Baltimore Washington and local rail companies.

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J. C. Hemphill Charleston United States Senate Congress Philadelphia Baltimore Washington West Indies Philipines Uthern Railway Plant Coast Line Clyde Steamship Line Phill Wilson Commergt Hompeiti
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Hamlin Garland Riots at Wisconsin Meeting

Special Telegram to The Timms reports novelist Hamlin Garland provoked a riot at a West Salem old settlers gathering when he praised Indian removal of whites. Uproar and shouting followed as the crowd demanded order and some listeners left in anger.

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Timms St. Paul Hamlin Garland West Salem Wis Tclomed Sndtey
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