Lick’s First Love Affair Reveals a Wealthy Founder’s Romance
A Strand portrayal of James Lick, famed for the Lick Observatory and San Francisco fortune, whose wealth from pianos funded land bets and a mahogany palace mill. The mill stands as a monument to a rejected miller’s daughter and Lick’s lifelong passion.
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James Lick
Lick Observatory
California
San Francisco
Lick
Pacific Slope
Ami
States
Harry Furniss
The
Strand
Three Essentials on a Piazza
A bronze-haired woman explains her thrifted beauty: two good points hair and feet, plus affordable shoes and stockings and the latest hair style. She uses corsets as an absolute necessity while a bachelor notes her look on the piazza at a summer resort.
Country Boy Fooled by Nevada Mining Stock Scheme
A hardworking country youth in the city saves $200 then meets a slick Nevada mining agent who convinces him to invest in stock. The $200 is moved from the bank to the agent and a single share is issued with his name. A month later he receives a check for $1,000, the first monthly payment on the joke stock.
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Nevada
Nevada Mining Company
Excellent Skin Tonic For Astringent Refreshment
The text describes a facial astringent tonic made of one part hydrogen peroxide to nine parts water, to be sprayed on the face after washing. It also notes a second tonic of one part dilute acetic acid to ten parts eau de cologne and water, used as an excellent bleaching astringent. both may be sprayed over the body after a bath.
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Imperial Universal
Riverdale
Chicago
William May
Stahnke's
Stahnke
Dolton
Ill
Wisconsin
O. E. Cook
Dolton Yards
Resort
Calumet Hotel
137Th Street
Rivzrdale
F. L. Logan
Oxford
Grocery
John Behrens
Chicago Street
Main
Contract Department
Chicago Telephone Co
Washington Street
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