Strange Debutantes and a Lost Pocketbook at St Patrick's
A sprightly Detroit born woman recounts visiting St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. While praying she leaves her pocketbook on a small altar, then discovers it missing as a veiled mourner, later blamed as a “Chief Mourner” burglar. Detectives have not located the thieves. the woman salvages only her railroad pass, prompting thoughts on churchgoing and New York life.
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Detroit
New York
Free Press
Lesington Avescue
Fiftieth Street
Sr. Patrick's Cathedral
United States
Thad
Charity
Lexington Avenue
St. Patrick's
Preparation of Furs Reveals Costly Stock Rooms
A fur manufactory stores $65,000 worth of pelts in a tarred paper lined cave. Individual pelts fetch high prices, with a silver fox skin around 3 to 4 dollars, and other furs valued from hundreds to thousands. The cutting process turns skins into long, matched pieces to create cloaks and muffs, demanding both taste and skilled judgment to maximize value.
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Manufactorion
London
St. Paul
Irish Poplin Fashion and Sect Hair Beliefs in 19th Century Observations
The piece notes Lady Carew dying, praising Irish poplin worn in Paris by noblewomen, and mentions Dublin’s Huguenot maker Popeline. It then oddly detours to contrast Sunni and Shiite hair growth patterns on arms as linked to washing customs, weaving fashion with sect practices.
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Carew
Ireland
Paris
London News
Tuileries
Marie Amelie
Marle
Clementine
Dublin
Popeline
Fusion
Princres Clementine
Pope Lin
Torla
Treport
Louis Philippe
Japanese Student’s Baggage Left at University Door
A large trunk and several bags labeled with a Japanese name were left in the doorway of Haskell Hall at the University of Chicago. Faculty and a translating student helped identify the owner as a newcomer intending to attend college, and the baggage was moved to North Hall with assistance from officials.
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Haskell Hall
University of Chicago
Harper
de. Harper
Moran Park
Ret DB
Muribert
Divinity School
Oxutha
North Hall
Glimpses of Many Lands Across the World
The article surveys global trade and demographics, noting European warders, West African colonies populations, the Kretean mercantile marine with steamers and tensels, and Amsterdam’s diamond industry. It mentions Tyrol and Norway aiding winter tentilet business, Upland populations abroad, and Greenland and Ireland trade flows. It cites coal imports by Mediterranean routes and a mass of counterfeit or disordered figures, ending with a note on Hungarian interior policy targeting wandering gypsies.
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Europe
Kreetan Mercantile Marine
Dammad and Jewelere
Amsterdam
Tyrol
Norway
Paking Stee
Iit
Bert Saite
Vrland
Matta
Teing
Mediterranean
Gibentiar
Port Said
Ureenland
Leriand
Farmer Finds a Friend with Dodd's Kidney Pills
Nadeau Michigan February 3. Nelson De Kosler, a 61-year-old farmer, suffered kidney trouble for years. After trying many medicines he used Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports relief. He praises the remedy and urges others with kidney trouble to use it. The ad notes cures for Bright's disease, dropsy, rheumatism, lumbago, and backache. Progressing A records mention the Michigan peach crop in advance, with concerns about upcoming weather impacting yields.
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Nadeau, Mich
Nelson de Kosler
Dodd
Iteanya
Bright
Grand Trunk Exhibition to Bring Canadian Scenes to Chicago
The Chicago Tribune reports plans for a major Grand Trunk Hallway Company exposition in Chicago from February 3, featuring a large cast of photos depicting Canadian landscapes and resort areas. The display, to span about 4,000 square feet, aims to attract thousands of visitors from the United States, highlighting Ontario Highlands and Georgian Bay scenes and oceanic views.
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Trask Herares
Sportamen
Grand Trunk Hallway Company
Csmulion
Connecen
Seco
Chixeige
Colmeum
America
Paila Jon
Ahan
Thy ' Eer
Georgian Bay
Portland
Nite
United Countries
Ontario
United States
Ereneinge
Steve Tures
Canada
Peruna praised by public figures for catarrh cure
The U S Census Report of Cataffi Mrs Belva A Lockwood writes Peruna invaluable for cold catarrh and nervous debility noting no evil effects Congressman Amos J Cummings of New York says it relieved his catarrh on a trip to Cuba Major General Joseph Wheeler notes Peruna as an excellent tonic and effective for catarrh Senators Sullivan Roach and McEnery also endorse it Catarrh is described as a national curse and Peruna as a systemic remedy Address The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus O for free samples
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Belva A. Lockwood
Congressman Cummings
New York City
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Cuba
Perrin
Joe Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Santiago
Peruna
Saya
Sullivan
Roach
McEnery
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Fijis
California Fig Syrup CO
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Chicago Tribune
Wander Teaue
Won
New York Police
HH. Green
Atlanta
Torrow
John Ee
Elohn Hoyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Hale
Mike
Eniecitet
Tin
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John A. Salzer
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United Sites
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