Wives and Daughters of Celebrities Embrace Summer Retreats
The article notes how wives and daughters of prominent figures seek quiet summer havens. It cites Mrs John D Rockefeller Miss Anna Morgan Mrs Garfield Mrs Harrison Mrs Cleveland and others at countryside farms lakes and camps from New Hampshire to Adirondack forests. It also mentions golf horse and aeronautics interests among these prominent families and highlights Miss Katherine Elkins as a notable horsewoman and dog show patron.
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John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Cleveland
Anna Morgan
Adirondack Forest
Hughes
Mountain Lakes
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Victor Herbert
Whitelaw Reid
England
Camp Wild Air
Marion Oliver
Frances Griscom
Lloyd Griscom
United States
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Sky Sailing
Katherine Elkins
West Virginia
Missa Elkins
The Chicken Lure and City Folk to the Country
The piece argues chickens have become a nation wide lure for city folk to move to the countryside. It contrasts city dreams of big profits with the farmer’s patient, frugal reality and notes the celebrity status of poultry in fashion and economics.
Delicate Situation In Local Poetic Turn
A Delicate Situation notes Hiram Dickson’s companion turning to spring poetry. The piece questions whether Siram Waal has arranged support or action for her literary effort and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram—Dickson
Siram—Waal
Bonaparte's Resolve Over Baron Munchhausen Golf Fracas
Napoleon storms into the clubhouse fuming at Baron Munchhausen after clashes on the links. Caesar asks what’s wrong as the emperor complains of bad lies spreading over the golf course and newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Baron Munchausen
St. Helena
Munch
Bony
Caesar
Emperor
Lippincott
Itching Ailment Vanishes After Cuticura Use
Frank Gridley of New York details a severe rash from March 80th to April 1, 1909 that covered his body. After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment, the itch almost entirely subsided by April 1 and disappeared a day later. Cuticura remedies are sold worldwide by Potter Drug & Chem. Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gridley
East 43Rd Street
New York City
Two Street Cleaners in Tense Broadway Altercation
Two street cleaning department workers argued while driving side by side on upper Broadway. The red faced man accused the other of not moving, while the other retorted that he only picks up ashes. The dialogue reflects a hostile exchange with racial slurs noted in the sourced quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Broadway
New York Press
A Witty Bishop
A Philadelphia physician recalls how the late Bishop Foss joked during a visit. When asked if he talked in his sleep the bishop replied that he talked in other people's sleep, asserting I am a divine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foss
Philadelphia
An Improvement
A light dialogue shows one man’s vacation transforming him into a new man while another congratulates his wife on the change. The exchange captures a period tone and social wit.
His Finish
A political figure once quick to start moves cautiously now. The quote suggests fluctuating positions as he remains undecided, keeping stance uncertain amid shifting public cues.
His Last. Poet's Wife-My husband read this poem at a public celebration before thousands of people.
Publisher-I see. Did they lynch him or shoot him?-Leslie's Weekly. Constipation causes many serious diseases. Ti s thoroughly cured by Doctor Vierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative, three for cathartic. Always keep imagination under con trol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie’s Weekly
Turlock Board of Trade Advertises Land and Water
The Turlock Board of Trade promotes land in California with abundant water and a healthful climate. It claims crops such as peaches apricots figs olives sweet potatoes and alfalfa plus dairying pay over $100 per acre yearly and invites readers to request an illustrated booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turlock
California
Dept. F. Turlock Board OF Trade
Cal
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Endorsed
Promotion extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle reliable laxative for all women at different life stages. It emphasizes buying only the California Fig Syrup Co. version with the company name on the package and warns against substitutes. Price listed as 50 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
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Sherman
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Beef Trust
Brooklyn Eagle
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Carter
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
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