New York Beauty Queen Sallie Hargons Wins Crown
Clara Belle surveys New York society gossip, noting Sallie Hargons' triumph as queen of beauty amid a circle of debutantes. The piece contrasts Baltimore and Hartford contenders, describes Hargons’ chic French style, and previews social scenes from Delmonico balls to exclusive Lexington Avenue dining. It also catalogs babies and young children of notable families in Washington and national circles, with portraits of General and Mrs. Greely, the Pedrosa, the Hoxies, the Sheridans, and others, through a lens of high society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Sallie Hurgons
Astor
Vanderbiit
New York
Lillie Price
Delmonico
Miss Frick
Baltimore
Edward Cooper
Hartford
Miss Beach
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Miss Frex
Sallie Hargons
Delmonico’s
Miss Hargons
Bailie Hargons
Washington
General Greely
Henry
Mrs. Greely
Pedrosa
Magnificent free engraving offered with Wax Starch sale
Advertisement touts a 19x24 inch engraving titled Will They Consent as a copy of an original painting by Kwall. It features a young lady in a luxurious room with a half open door and a Dover-like young man in an adjoining room seeking parental consent. The engraving is free with the purchase of a small box of Wax Starch, claimed to be a revolutionary nineteenth century laundry product made with pure white wax that lightens ironed fabrics and restores whiteness to textiles. The notice directs orders to B. L. H. Dobbs in Keokuk Iowa for portraits and notes Wax Starch as superior to prior starches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwall
Dover
THE
Wax Starch Co
Keokuk
Iowa
Eere
Hazzar
Daniel
Mene
Tekel
Apharsin
Milk Brena Leads and Local Ads Endorsements
Milk Brena Leads offers milk bread touted as near fen in quality. Boop diseases claim free cure at 1102 Carson Street Southside. Hauch's Diamonds promotes lowest prices at 295 Fifth Ave. Wrso one Jtap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Fen
Hauch’s
Fifth Ave
Wrso
Great Economic Problem and Prepaid Stock Idea
The piece argues for building associations and prepaid stock as safer higher yielding options than savings banks, detailing two example plans. It contrasts installment mortgages with savings, citing east west practices and a broker note on Citizens’ Traction to illustrate potential gains and risks for the middle class and wage earners. James W. Breen signs as the writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uring
Peno Bank
Nation Trust Company
Southside Savings Bank
Pittsburg
Liberty Street
Building Association
Estern
Ceunssane
B. A
P. c
Canada
Linsey Woolsey
Fourth Avenue
Citizens' Traction
Traction
Southern industries and race in the old South
A dispatch from Aiken South Carolina notes rising Southern manufacturing such as Chester plow stocks and washboards, aided by cheap labor and an expanding local free schools drive. it critiques tariff beliefs, cites Berea College and racial attitudes, and urges time and education to resolve Southern problems while noting objections among colored families to public schools. ESSIE BRAMBLE
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Aiken
8. C
South Carolina
South
Chester
North
Berea
Chillun
Essie Bramble
Death by own action in France and its motives
A Paris based medical note surveys self destruction in France, noting higher summer rates, regional differences, and hereditary or imitation trends. It recounts cases from Baron de Creuzy to a cabman, analyzes motives from trivial to profound, and describes methods and the psychology observable on corpses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dence
Aris
Paris
London
Naples
France
Montesquieu
Esquimaux
Falkland Islanders
Selwarder
Robert du Sreuzy
Rue Monge
Baron de Creuzy
Spain
Russia
Prevost-Paradol
Washington
Jardin Des Plantes
Dr. Delar
Paris Faculty of Medicine
Association of Doctors
Tomorrow Coat Blowout at P. C. C. Coe
A local ad proclaims a limited one day sale from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. offering 460 English melton men’s overcoats in three shades at 3 dollars each. The coats, valued at 12 to 15 dollars, are marketed to clear stock with a Tomorrow only deadline and a boastful pitch from P C C C at Grant and Diamond streets opposite the new Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melton
P.C.C.C
Coe
Grant
Diamond
New Court House
Electric Paste Sample Promised for Stove Polish Use
Sample offered for Electric Paste consumption as a cleaner for stoves. Advertisement claims no dust or dirt during use and invites trial. It presents a basic product pitch without technical details or provenance.
Free cures and gold dealer ads in brief notices
A fragment advertises free medical cures at 1102 Carson Street in the Southside and a gold and silver buy price at Hauch's, 295 Fifth Avenue. A separate note praises photographs by Dobbs for refinement and strength of likeness.
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Dobbs
Pure and Wholesome Marvin's Orange Blossom Soda Crackers
An advertising blurb noting Marvin's Orange Blossom soda crackers as unsurpassed and available at your grocer. It emphasizes purity and wholesomeness with a local storefront orientation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Morals and manners in church finance and marriage
A Sunday meditation argues church income must come from congregants not auctions by pastors, urging welcoming pews and shared stewardship. It surveys divorce causes, calling for balanced modern liberty, stronger family unity, and reform of divorce laws to protect wedlock and social order. It warns against mercantilism and libertine literature eroding domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrick Johnson
Herbert Weer
Egypt
Prof
Phelps
Utah
SOME QUEER ADVERTISEMENTS A LONDON PAPER FUNNY COLUMN
An inquisitive reporter probes a London paper’s advertisements finding humorous claims of royal patronage by ham suppliers, coach builders, coal merchants, carpet makers, and others. The piece notes similar novelty in English ads and jokes about tea and Senate dining room fare.
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London
England
London Exchange
Dispatceh
Prince of Wales
Germany
N. M
House of Commons
Senate
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Gotham
Queen of
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Delmonios's
Lorenzo
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Winnie Ream Hoxie
Hoxie
Papa
Mamma
Master Phil
Sheridans
Lidie Bak
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Champs Elysee
Reamy
Samoan Islands
Frances Folsom Lamont
Frances
Dorothy Whitney
Dorothy
Martha Cameron
Camerons
Dyle Taylor
Lafayette Square
Martha
Cameron
Kate Greenaway
Ciara Belle
B. L. H. Dobbs
Carson Street
Southside
Whitten
Tate
Cort
Citizens’ Traction
En Aaabessaaank
BIX Mons
Eeeneeeresemersssasens
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
James W. Breen
Boss Township
Southern Industries
Northern
Corres
Jfe
Nell
Caillaud
Bourganeuf
Crense
Adbother
Rousseau
Rue Des Paris
Stark
le Petit Parisien
Antwerp
Cerberus
Gall
Champs-Elysees
Place de la Bastille
Towers of
Notre-Dame
Wfsu
Angeon
Par
Canaan
River
Jordan
Promised Land
Mark
Gordon
Wadsworth
Lynch
Mrs. Browning
Talmage
Flavel
Puniie
Minthey
Jehu
Jehon
Argus
Briareus
Christendom
Christ
Behm
Wagner
Disciples of Christ
Antioch
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Sceanacles
Boston
Ireland
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