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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
7
The piece recounts the Vanderbilt family’s long history of high society matches and scandals. It highlights Julia Estelle French's elopement with a Newport chauffeur and recalls love marriages, disinheritances, and separations within Cornelius Vanderbilt's line, including Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, and others, framing ongoing romantic intrigue as a legacy of wealth and status.
Julia Estelle French of Newport elopes with Jack Geraghty a chauffeur Cornelius Vanderbilt II marries Grace Wilson eight years older and loses fifty million to his father Reginald Vanderbilt weds Kath leen Neilson who is poorer they seem happy Gertrude Vanderbilt marries Henry Payne Whitney and lives with him and their two children
A sequence of separations and divorces touches the Vanderbilt lineage. W. K. Vanderbilt is divorced and remarried, Consuelo Vanderbilt separates from the Duke of Marlborough, and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt each divorce and remarry. Elliott Shepard, Col. Vanderbilt Allen, Mrs. Clarence Collins, Countess Czaikowsky, and Leroy Dresser are noted as separated or divorced, reflecting ongoing shifts in the family.
A farmer notes his son Josh keeps odd hours and jokes he seems born to be a milkman. The remark reflects the youth’s unusual schedule and the kin’s humorous expectation about his future occupation.
An advertised remedy promises rapid burn and cut relief with no scar, priced at 25c and 50c by druggists. The notice asks readers to request a free sample from J. W. Cele & Co. of Black River Falls Wisconsin. The text also includes Beecher quotes about happiness and cheer.
A vintage ad notes Hamlin’s Wizard Of Liniment as the best household remedy for headache toothache and earache. It quips that being a vice president is nearly as unimportant as being the church wedding bridegroom.
The copy promotes Hewitt's Easy Task Soap as the remedy for rag bag cemeteries by cleaning with the original white soap. It claims old clothes rot from strong greasy soap and asserts the Hewitt's soap makes dirt fly and extends garment life at five cents a cake.
An old newspaper snippet advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething at 25c a bottle, alongside short aphorisms about faithfulness and friendship. The ad copy reflects period marketing and social sentiments of the era.
A fragmentary line from a period piece recalls hunger in a Tennessee town as a visitor, called Uncle John, returns home for a meal according to a Success Magazine excerpt.
An advertisement touts a bread raising cabinet that prevents crusts and dryness, claims porch or kitchen use, and saves fuel costs. It offers a free 30 day trial with freight prepaid and a no-satisfaction return option at the company's expense.
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