A Young Woman Summer Wardrobe Advice by Emma Hooper
Emma M Hooper answers a cor respondent in May Ladies Home Journal with a summer wardrobe list. The urged array includes net over silk gowns in pale hues, white and pale blue pique suits, silk waists, dotted Swiss, organdy, flowered fabrics, blue duck twill wear, a golden brown cheviot for travel, black satin and white silk skirts, shirtwaists and mohair suit, plus a changeable green taffeta for varied looks. The piece stresses that expense is not object.
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Emma M. Hooper
Wome Journal
Profitable Invention From Omaha Inventor Ferguson
Omaha inventor Thomas Ferguson showcases a drill bit with a removable shaper for adjustable openings and an egg carrier described as the simplest cheap egg crate yet. Both inventions were sold to a company with capital, via Sues & Co, patent solicitors in Omaha. A Council Bluffs inventor, Sgarenes II Judson, earns a patent for a card shooting device that launches a business card up to a hundred feet, usable as a toy and advertising medium. Sues & Co offer free information on patent law and practice.
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Thomas Serguson
Omaha
Nebraska
Ferguson
Messrs. Sues & Co
United States Patent Solicitors
Sgarenes II
Judson
Council Bluffs
Sues & Co
Bee Building
Made It Worse as War Veteran Title Jumps
A country editor praised an old soldier as a battlescarred veteran. The printer misread it as battle scarred and later bottle scarred. The soldier confronted the editor, who said corrections would come next day. The repetition led to a pistol point confrontation in Louisville Commercial.
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Spe Pistol’s Point
Louisville
Flall's Catarrh Cure Adclerical Price 75c
A fragment from a 19th century page shows an advertisement for Flall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents. The page also includes a quoted student composition on breath and life, attributed to the Bristol Medical Journal, noting breathing causes carbon dioxide in confined spaces and warning of danger to indoors study.
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Bristol Medical Journal
Three Posters Offered Free With One Dollar Purchase
A Kansas City item announces three posters drawn by W. W. Denslow Ethel Reed and Ray Brown will be mailed free of postage to any address for one dollar each. Limited quantities exist and poster aficionados are urged to respond promptly. Address Geo Il Hentford General Passenger Agent Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Old Colony Building Chicago NL.
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W. W. Denslow
Ethel Reed
Ray Brown
Geo
Hentford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Old Colony
Chicago
Summer Excursions Via the Wabash to St Louis and Europe
Summer tourist tickets available via the Wabash for St Louis and other destinations with departures in June and July. Thos Cook & Son offer special European tours with rates and itineraries available at the Wabash Ticket Office 1415 Farnam Street Omaha. Also advised is jelly making from straw berries with gelatine and lemon juice, to set in a mould on ice.
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Wabash K. R. St. Louis
St. Louis
Washington
Butta
Cook & Son
Europe
Wacash
Farnam St
Paxton Hotel
N. Clayton
Omaha
Ekr
Summer Resort Book Free by Wabash Agent
A request to C S Crane for a summer resort book via the Wabash Railroad, St Louis, inviting readers to learn about the lake region nurtured by rail lines. The notice promotes a monthly publication by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, urging 25 cent stamps to Corn Belt at Chicago for a one year subscription.
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C. S Crane
Wabash Railroad
St Louis
Ake
Chicago, Burlington & Incy Rk
West
Chicago
Margie Harrison and Archer Trevlyn Betrothal Fears End
After John Trevlyn's death, Archer Trevlyn inherits the fortune and returns to New York. He reunites with Margie Harrison, confessing lifelong love and seeking a future together. Margie accepts, and the couple plans to wed as dawn breaks on a hopeful new chapter.
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John Trevlyn
Archer Trevlyn
Belgrade & Company
Arch
Harrison
Engagement and Obvious Changes Mark Margie Harrison Era
The winter season brings Margie Harrison into New York society with Archer Trevlyn publicly engaged. A Cuban suitor, Louis Castran, alternates admiration with subtle pursuit after Margie softly rejects him. Alexandra Lee visits, noting Margie’s mood shifts from gaiety to sadness, as Archer gifts elegant attire and a necklace.
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Margearet Marison
New York
Mrs. Weldon
Archer Trevlyn
Margie
Miss Harrison
Arch
Louis Castrani
Castran
Alexandrine Lee
Archer
Robbing a Mother and Birds Nest Feathers Tale
A fragmentary historical excerpt discusses alcrettes worn in hats from dorsal feathers of the white cherron. It describes the hunt for mother herron nests, the harm to baby birds, and moral warnings about cruelty. The text also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a nervine and mentions a 1870s-era match.
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Herron
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Flall
Price
SY Clara
International Press Association
Hubert
Grandfather
Mr. Treviyn
Caroline
Treviyn
Margie Harrison
Sharp
Owen
Archer Treviyn
Calfurnia Pig Syrup Company
Bretelles
Cee
H C Ayer
Richford
Kays
Mali
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Neb
John A. Miller
Au Sate
Michigan
Chandler & Co
Kasota Luck
Minneapolis
Moscow
Russia
Mr. Winston
Congress
Mexico
Tore
Fort Scott
Kan
Howard M. ‘Cummins
Clinton
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Huntington Hotel
Cummins
R. E. Larimer
J. R. Cummins
Oklahoma Territory
Kingfisher County
Houston
Tex
Pete Golden
Atchison, Kan
Weir City
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Bane
Ayer
Yveruan
Hartford Bicycles
Colombia
Hartford
Columbia
Pope Mfg. CO
Conn
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