Dixon at hotel prompts forgotten collar and necktie
The Saturday Evening Post recounts Mr. Thomas Dixon Jr in a salon moment where a hall boy reminds him of a necktie. Dixon, famed for Leopard's Spots, adapts to the social scene as he studies his novel away from the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Bengal
Hallboy
Mr. Dixon
Dixon
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
New York Herald
Treasury Department
Treading Down Each Other
Henry Ward Beecher is invoked to illustrate how ambition drives people to crush rivals. The piece laments the primacy of money making over the interests of others and suggests teachers and preachers are displaced when they hinder business progress. The tone critiques social disregard for compassion.
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Seewston
Gadara
What the Factories Do in the United States and the South
The text argues that rich states and cities are defined by manufacturing, not raw materials. It notes the South's cotton output of about 990000 bales yearly, worth around 300 million dollars, and that finished cotton goods could greatly exceed the value of the raw lint.
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Citta
South
Carnegie’s scheme to lift cotton crop value sparks debate
In a Mayday-like burst the Wilmington Morning Star notes Carnegie’s idea to boost the cotton crop’s worth to 960 million dollars versus 390 million. The piece mocks the plan as a method to shed wealth by investing in failing newspapers, suggesting the magnate seeks a final loosening of millions before death.
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Wilmington Morning Star
Mephistos
Carnegie
Ting
Harlequin
Pastor's Farewell and Royal Portrait Plan
A pastor bids farewell with a biting sermon about pay and fruit, then King Edward orders 100 medallion portraits for coronation guests in colonies and India. The king plans formal presentation images of himself. A remedy claims to stop tickling and relieves throat irritation.
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Edward
Colonies
India
Peruna touted by professors and officials as catarrh cure
A college professor and other notable figures in Greensboro and North Dakota endorse Peruna for catarrh and general vigor. Letters from P A Curtright, W N Roach, Mrs W N Roach, Wm Hebley, Moses F Merrill, Willis Brewer praise its tonic and health benefits and invite readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are not prompt.
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A. Curtright
A. B
Georgia Norms and
Iie
P. A. Cartrigit
Greensboro
Galion
W. N. Roach
United States
North
Larimore
North Dakota
Roach
Peeruna
Peruna
Wam
Hebley
Moses F. Merrill
Columbus
Cherokee Co
Willis Brewer
Congress
Alabama
Hartman
Thure of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Peruna Medicine Co
Willis Trewer
Uartman
Hartman. Sanitarium
Ohio
Works Both Ways In A Witty Exchange
A judge quips that Christian Science did not cure rheumatism, while a respondent retorts that rheumatism cured him of Christian Science. The exchange ends with a pithy Beecher quote about learning from mistakes and life’s lessons.
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Welles
Suckley
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Lawrence
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Kitebin
Scothind Neck
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Stuart II. Smith
Tyler & Outterbridge
Edward L. Trayid, A
Halifax
The
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Aitchin
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John B. Lyatt
J. Brown’s
Ol Stand
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Chasm Walsh
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Sycamore St
Pewersnore, VA
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Bittle Pilie
Tom Dixon Coarless
Chicago Tribune
Sam A. Solomon
Ohn Henderson
Union
Georgia
Perune
Henry Word Beecher
Cahanola
Old Virginia
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J. T
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Tennessee
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Planet
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Tran
Chives & Forks
Von
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Shell
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Shea
Pocket Knife
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Voy
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Volkhors
C. Hy. Brown
Folsom Avenue
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