Roosevelt Jr and Eleanor Alexander wed in New York church
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Miss Eleanor Alexander wed at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York on June 20. Col Roosevelt attended as father of the groom, with a notable gathering of prominent guests. The couple plan a honeymoon at Sagamore Hill and later San Francisco, as Theodore Roosevelts pursue carpet manufacturing in Connecticut.
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New York
San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Alexander
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore, Jr
Connecticut
Charles B. Alexander
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Mr. Roose
Mrs ffarington and Tom Curtis Linked by Widow Status in Lancashire
The article notes Mrs. ffarington, engaged to Mr. Tom Curtis, is the widow of the late Mr. W. 5. ffarington of Worden, Lancashire. It discusses the archaic spelling with a small f as a retained form of capital F in old deeds. It mentions the ffaringtons of Wordenhail, Lancashire, alongside other notable families like the ffolkes.
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Ffarington
Tom Curtis
W. 5
Worden
Lancashire
George II
George
Great Britain
Ffrance
Ireland
Ffarngtons
Wordenhail
Ffolkes
Raven’s Sharp Trick at London Zoo
A raven new to the London Zoo collection charms with talking ability. It greets visitors with Hallo Jack and uses vocal influence to charm a lammergeler in its cage. The lammergeler drops his meat and flees, illustrating the raven’s surprising conversational power.
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London “Zoo
Jack
London Spectator
Coffee dominance by Brazil shapes US consumption and Sao Paulo growth
Four and a half of five pounds of US coffee originate in Brazil with Sao Paulo leading production. The state hosts vast factories, cattle shipments, rice and fruit estates, and a growing wine industry. Santos port ships five and a half million tons yearly, boosting regional and national development.
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Washington
United States
Brazil
St. Louis
Sao Paulo
Santos
Europe
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Honor Rested With Author and the O. Henry Tale
A friend of the late O. Henry recalls his money spending style and sly wit over a disputed magazine payment. The editor offered a prize for endings after advance payments, but O. Henry quipped to let readers decide and all win. A separate New York writer, secure yet discouraged, laments literary doubt and is called a born chemist as every book he writes becomes a drug on the market.
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O. Henry
New York
Simeon
Ford
Boniface
Sim
Justice Refuses Home Marriage by Clerk Who Sells Matches
A young man comes to the office of a justice of the peace to marry with license in hand. The justice questions location and explains the office is like a department store that sells matches but does not deliver them to the home.
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Gun Justice of the Peace
Marie’s Beach Visit And Aims Of The Undertaker
Marie visits the beach for the first time fearless in the water. She enjoys bathing and recalls a strong undertow spoken of by bathers. On leaving she remarks in grown up tone that the undertaker was strong this morning.
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Marie
Putting It Up to Uncle
Henry G. Brooks recounts a servant tale at the Waldorf Astoria. A good girl asked to leave for a funeral and sent news that her uncle was ill and she could not stay longer.
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Henry G. Brooks
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Adornment and Beauty Across Nature and Life
Ingersoll reflects that the urge to adorn is natural and universal. He imagines beauty flowering the earth, coloring moths wings, tinting shells, and shaping a bird’s song, urging daughters and wives to seek love through beauty.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Vanity of Life and Youth’s Projections
The excerpt reflects on life’s brevity and the habit of chasing future happiness. It contrasts youth’s forward looking with old age's retrospection, noting that adulthood often centers on vague plans for lasting happiness instead of present enjoyment.
Coca Cola Cooling Drink Ad Promotes Heat Relief
An old Coca Cola advertisement urges readers to buy Coca Cola to cool fatigue and thirst, claiming it is wholesome as water. It promotes soda fountain and bottled sales at 5¢, offers a 2¢ stamp for a booklet The Truth About Coca Cola and the Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910.
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Coca-Cola
Wrong Diagnosis Drummer Seeks Aid After Illness
A drummer visits a physician after a sudden illness. The doctor suspects appendicitis, but the drummer protests he is not a millionaire, only a musician. The doctor retorts and asks for payment, implying cramps. The exchange ends with a demand for five dollars.
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Sard
Washtub Song Echoes In Hood Era Laundry Soap Claim
The passage credits Thomas Hood with Song of the Shirt and suggests a hypothetical sadder song about the washtub. It notes that Easy Task laundry soap did not exist in Hood’s day and only in recent decades has it relieved backaches and bruised hands by taking dirt from fabrics. The grocer sells it.
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Thomas Hood
Yes We Lived Together A Year Yet Married Seven Years
In Her Count a young wife claims she and Philip have lived together for a year without quarrel. The other woman corrects her, noting they were married seven years ago and that Philip is a traveling salesman.
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Philip
Conscience in Age and Virtue Quote Ad Text
A readable fragment cites Lord Lytton and Mrs Winslow's soothing balm. It includes a moral reflection on conscience and aging, and an advertising line for a teething remedy claiming soothing gums and relief.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Bloomdale Woman
Mrs E M Frederick of Bloomdale Ohio reports severe backache and headaches tied to female weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and urges others to seek the remedy. The ad promises safe relief by addressing the cause and offers confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Bloomdale
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. M. Frederick
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