Broadway Keeps Up Showy Pursuit To New York Boom
Jackson Jones known as Broadway rushes from Jonesville after a $259000 inheritance. He pursues New York glamour with Wallace, clashes with uncle's lawyer and Pembroke, and plots a dramatic sale of his gum plant as he spirals into debt and entangles with a wealthy widow.
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Jackson Jones
Broadway
New York
Jonesville
Abner Jones
Judge Spotswood
Robert Wallace
Gerard
Wallace
Abner
Europe
Peter Pembroke
Consolidated Chewing Gum Company
Brooklyn
America
Jones’ Pepsin
Spotswood
New York City
Jones
Japan
Rankin
Connecticut
Bob
Jackson
Gilroy
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Patients
Lettered testimonials from Mrs. C. H. Graiffitu of Cleveland Ohio and Mrs. Apa Wilt of Hanover Pennsylvania describe relief from side pains and female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A confidential reply service from Lynn Massachusetts is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
C. H. GraifFitu
Madison Ave
Hanover
Lydia B. Pinkham
Apa Wilt
Stock St
Hanover, Pa
Jonesville Mourns As Factory Captain Dies
The town reels after the death of Broad way, a stern man who kept the factory operating and protected the town from a gum trust. Judge and Wallace confront fear over the mill’s future, while Broadway reenters as Mr. Jackson awaiting hotel registration.
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Jonesville
Broadway
Gum Trust
Higgins
Wallace
Little Jackson
Jackson
Ole Bull at Cambridge Headlining a New London Visit
Madame de Hagermann-Lindrencrone notes Ole Bull the famed violinist arriving in Cambridge occupying James Russell Lowell's house with his wife and daughter He often plays on Sunday evenings accompanied by Mrs Bull and mesmerizes audiences with his feu sacre and magnetism while flaunting a diamond in his bow gifted by the king of Sweden He recounts a Danish king’s quip about his teachers and the pine forests of Norway as his training ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Madame de Hagermann-Lindencrone
Cambridge
Ole Bull
James Russell Lowel
Liszt
Mrs. Bull
Sweden
Frederick VII
Denmark
Norway
Fjords
Harper’s Magazine
Tell College by Her Kiss
A French author cites a chapter from Uncle Sam's Women noting how different colleges shape a girl’s kiss. He claims Smith College yields the best kisses, Harvard Annex girls prefer kisses to bon bons, Vassar kisses are like a blow, Bryn Mawr graduates kiss without batting an eye, and Mount Holyoke kisses resemble a volcanic eruption.
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Emile Deschamps
Smith ‘College
Harvard Annex
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Mount Holyoke
Tenement Mother Seeks Lost Willie After Wash Day
A distressed mother begs help finding her son Willie who has vanished in a tenement area after being washed. A sympathetic neighbor tries to reassure that Willie is known around the place and will be found soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Allen's Foot-Base Antiseptic Powder Ad
Odorless powder offers relief for tired swollen feet and nervous fret. Promotes comfort and dancing ease. Sold everywhere with Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York advertising.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Adv
Life's Ups and Downs
A Forsyth quote contrasts folly with caution as one climber contemplates descent from a rock. The fragment notes a humorous exchange about risk and prudence.
Contrarian Fortune Teller Forecasts and Ball Blue Ad
A garbled editorial fragment notes a fortune teller misforecasting his own odds. It then promotes Red Cross Ball Blue detergent as a trusted white-clothes cleaner. The item cites a large French goods purchase at $140,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
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Edward Marshall
George M.coran
Pembroke
Harlem
Conn
J—o
Huyler
Dewey
Him
Golden Gates
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Jackson
Jonesvile
Miles
You
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Diva E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn,Mass
Dodo Ee
France
Bright
Dean
Indiana
John D. Whitaker
N. East St
Madison
Ind
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Carter
Carters! Vittle Pills
Indianapolis
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