American Characteristics and Tendencies in New York and Chicago
The writer contrasts busy, industrious American urban life with lingering European types, praising Americas’ work ethic and active women while noting a disconnect from politics. He predicts a developing national literature and art, blending past temperaments with modern vigor, and sees Americans as energetic, future oriented yet rooted in older traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
United States
Rembrandt
Jan Steen
America
Europe
Married Women and Their Liberties in Modern Society
The article analyzes evolving norms around marriage and social independence. It notes how wage earning women and businesswomen influence attitudes toward husbands, friends, and social engagements, and argues that self supporting women have created new norms and legal considerations.
Bachelors a Menace to Society in Declining Marriage
The essay warns that bachelorhood and small families threaten society more than hasty marriages. It argues this is a new risk in Christian times, citing Greece and Rome, and laments modern affluence fostering indifference to marriage, urging restoration of marriage as a social shield.
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Greece
Rome
Elopees Married in High Speed Bristol Chase
Elizabeth Park of Wythe County married F M Tate in Bristol after a chase by the bride’s mother. Rev W H Squares officiated in a carriage as runners fled through streets while the couple escaped to their hotel.
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Richmond
Bristol
Middt
Elizabeth Park
Max Meades
Wythe County
F. M. Tate
Mmissary Department
Southern and Western Railways
Clindirt
Mite Clark
Moth
W. H. T Squares
Central Presbyterian Church
Our Common Humanity in the San Francisco Disaster
The piece lauds American generosity after the San Francisco calamity noting rapid relief trains, donations of money and goods, and a global sense of unity. It insists calamities reveal brotherhood and national solidarity, with sympathy surpassing mere money in value. It closes with an odd ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills and a stray product plug.
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America
San Francisco
Chicago
Johnstown
Galveston
Brotherhood of Man
Golden Gate
Must Remove Poles Kentucky Standard Bardstown Cable Fight
At a meeting last Thursday night the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company was ordered to remove poles and wires from all streets and alleys. City authorities say the company has no franchise and acts after a rate increase from $1 to $1.65 in residences. They argue residence phones could be $1 per month and business phones $2, not $1.65 and $2.75, noting other towns offer $1 rates and Bardstown should as well.
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Kentucky Standard
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Lebanon
Shelbyville
Bardstown
Bucklen Arnica Salve Cited For Saving Daughter From Malignant Ulcer
A. C. Stickel of Miletus West Virginia credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with preventing a dangerous surgical removal of a malignant ulcer from his daughter's chin. He reports persistent use cured it and praises its effectiveness on cuts and bites. Sold by C. J. Haydon.
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Bucklen
A. C. Stickel
Miletus W. Va
C. J. Haydon
Ware
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Elopers
Dr. King
New Life
Sondern
Ji Haydon
W. B. Trumbo Co
Louisville
Kentucky
Ww. B. Trumbo Co
S. W. Corner
Market Streets
Louisville, KY
Washington County
Haydon & Burton
Freeman
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