Dr Moreau and Other Novels Review in World of Letters
The piece surveys Wells Island of Dr Moreau and Dr Nikola by Boothby, Yekl by Abraham Cahan, and Clyde Fitch’s Some Correspondence and Six Conversations. It praises Wells for radical imagination, notes the mechanics of Moreau, and highlights themes of vivisection, moral change, and human cruelty. It also reviews Mitch, Checkers, A Daughter of Cuba, and Bowen’s historical Cuba tale with period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Suicide Club
H. G. Wells
Dr. Moreau
New York
Btone & Kimball
Mr. Wells
Doctor Moreau
England
South Pacific
Moreau
Zangwill
Abraham Cahan
New York Ghetto
D. Appleton & Co
Clyde Fitch
Stone & Kimball
Mr. Mitch
Journal of Koheleth by Elbert Hubbard intro essay
Roycroft printing house presents The Journal of Koheleth with an Elbert Hubbard introductory essay. 712 copies, 700 Holland hand made paper and 12 Javan vellum, numbered and signed. The edition features Romanesque typography and white buckram binding, imperial octavo size, accompanying musings on Ecclesiastes and Hubbard’s modern reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roycroft
Fast Aurora
Koheleth
Elbert Hubbard
Hubbard
David
Mr. Hubbard
Solomon
Farmer
Ben Jonson
Earth
Old Saw About Never Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
A dialogue on the saying never look a gift horse in the mouth. Father explains the proverb signals ingratitude and wasted focus on value, while the youth asks how to tell a horse’s age by its teeth. The Chicago Tribune note is referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Chicago Tribune
Bargain Matrimony in Desolate Western Town
A San Francisco Examiner piece describes a Vancouver Island town’s extreme shortage of women. Men lure brides from the east with dowries and home comforts, sparking rapid settlement, social events, and a bustling marriage market among frontier miners and loggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Examiner
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Vancouver Island
Stalso
Vancouver
Europe
Australia
High Seas
France
America
United States
Chicaro
Businees
Chairman Hanna Endorses Honest Campaign For McKinley
From the Times-Herald the article portrays Mr. Hanna as a businessman ally in politics focused on national welfare. It praises his disinterested work to nominate McKinley and pledges strict, transparent, ethical leadership at Republican headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
McKinley
Mark Hannas
Above Personalities in the 1900 Campaign
The Washington Star argues the contest will be between platforms not men. McKinley and Bryan stand for home and country, with both leaders praised for blameless lives. Voters must judge pledges and avoid coarse personal attacks for a principled campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McKinley
America
Mr. Bryan
Spouterys
Spiritualist Advocates Pink Pills Cure Tale
A Moon article recounts Henry Weston’s cure after years of illness with Dr Williams Pink Pills. Mrs Estell, urged by Weston through the Society of Spiritualists, also credits the pills for relief from indigestion and a long illness, praising their ease of use and effectiveness. The piece promotes the pills by Wm. Ambery store and the Dr Williams Medicine Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Weston
Weston
Thas Dome
Estell
Avenue
Iady
Ladhew Aid
Society of Spiritualists
Williama
Eims
Eims’ Medicine Cures Any, Cobeaeeteey
N.Y
Cosmetic medicine promises clear complexion for all
A wartime style ad touts a medicine that acts on the air to remove discoloration and parity tagging. It claims a perfectly clear complexion is obtainable in every instance. Price is 3 per bottle. Sold at E. M. Hessel's Hairdressing and Manicure Parlors in Lackawanna. Mail orders filled promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
el Dorados
E. M. Hessel
Lackawanna
Ince
HAMAD
Steen
Uures
Matthews Bros
Scranton
Local Business Directory Excerpt for Scranton Area
An OCR style list catalogs shops and services in Scranton Lackawanna county including bedding carpet cleaning china glassware toys confectionery paints engines hardware furniture boots clothing pianos and more. Entries name merchants and street locations such as Lackawanna avenue Spruce Penn Main and Market with firms like The Fashion J. Scott Inglis Brown's Bee Hive and Parker EB among others.
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World OF Letters
Cock-Sur—Pontily
Hut
Nikola
Guy Boothby
The
Appletons
Chicago
Herber 8, Stone & Co
Henry M. Troscom, Jr
Lts
Cuba
Helen M. Bowen
the Merriam Co
Lawa
Netlon
Talleyrand
Browning
Alden
Living Topics
John B. Alden
Vandewater Street
Internal Revenue Receipts
McKinley Jaw ' Gorman Law
Nenee
Perry
Cone
Jan Sean Ts
Vancouver Village
Times-Herald
Washington Star
Eva M. Hetsel
Pennv
Canadian Pacific R’y
Maine
Canading
Maritime Provinces
Nneapolis
St. Paul
Eer
Sents Tey
SRC
Portland
Ore
San
EB. Vv
Skinner
Broadway
BANKS
Wanns Trust and Safe D — Caerchants’ and A Banke
Shanmac Koe
Tasubwanea
Genekaan Tae Savings
Wyoming
the Scranton Bedding Co
Lacka
Bet Sezinsen
Rupprecht
Louis
Penn
Wiliams, J. D. & Bro
Weston Mill
Slencke & Males
Monumental Works
Owens Bros
Adams Avenue
Scranton Dairy Co
Penn and Linden
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lackawanna Avenue
Dale & Stevens
Cleveland, A. C
Kelly & Healey
Finley
P. B
Keiler
Luther
T. H.oot Co
W. Lacka
Babcock, G. J. & Co
Franklin
Beranton Supply and Mech. Co
Howley, P. F
M. T
Wyoming Ave
Harness & Saddlery Hardware
Frits G. W
Keller & Harris
Hill & Connell
Washington
Rogers, A. B
Boots and Shoes
Goodman's Shoe Store
Kelly, T. J. & Co
Megarge & Connell
Porter
John T
Lackawanna Rice, Levy & Co
Walsh, Edward J
Blume, Wm. & Son
Spruce
Barbour
Williams, Samuel
Scranton House
Near Depot
Inglis
J. Scott
Foote & W. P
Bona
Petit. Foote & Shear Goths
Ay N. Washington
Goldsmith Broz
Wall Paper
FTC
Ford
W. M
Goranton Candy Co
Plorey
C. M
Gunster & Forsyth
Osterhout
N. P
W. Market
Jordan, James
Orphant
Barthold
B. J
Olyphant
Nook
Winke
J. C
Grand Union Tes Co
Clark, G. R. & Co
Caterer
Huntington
D. C
N. Washington
Pirie
J. J
Raub
A. R
C. K In
Davis
Main
Linden
Wash
Peckville
Davies
John J
Simwell
V. A
Green
Joseph
Crockery
J. L
Radin Brow
Kresky
Creamery Stone Bros
ETA Parker
EB. R
Caryl's
Trubles
Bae and Rubber
Benjamin & Benjamin, Franklin & Spruce
Roberts, J. W
N. Main
Stelle
J. Lawrence
Qhullaz
Ambrone
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