Minturns Buys Kate a White Elephant Scheme
David Minturn, a wealthy bachelor, confesses his love to Katherine Sewell and bets on a dramatic gesture by obtaining a white elephant through Stacy & Co. The plan, built on a week’s deadline, culminates in a parade of the ivory beast before Katherine, who accepts the publicity as a declaration of affection.
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David Minturo
Promine Re
Famly
Intermedéte Minturns
David
Katherine Sewell
Ile
Katharine Sewell
Asia
Africa
Kate Sewell
Hin
Stacy
Leverything
Malf
Stacy & Co. Universal Providers
Tom Stacy
Tom
Wayid
Toni
Minturn
Stacy & Co
Sewell
Katharine
Katherine Lowell
Kate
Dye
Harvard Club of America Elects Mitchell Davis Follansbee
Mitchell Davis Follanshee elected president of the Associated Harvard Clube of America. A Chicago bar figure practicing since 1894, he is a Northwestern Law School graduate with a Chicago birth in 1870. He runs a firm specializing in corporation law and teaches minor practises and legal ethics at Northwestern University.
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Mitchell Davis Follanshee
Chicago
Associated
Harvard Clube of America
South Division
Harvard University
Law School of
Northwestern
Corporation 1A
Follanebee
Chicaago
Northwestern University
Mnniversity, Law
Famous Elm Tree Is Gone From Twelfth Street
A Philadelphia crowd witnessed the removal of the Twelfth Street elm that shaded the Friends meeting house yard. This Penn treaty descendant, planted in 1812, had flourished for years but declined after new high buildings altered the area. A heavy branch once split the sidewalk, prompting complete removal for safety.
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Penn
Indiana
Philadelphia
Twelfth Street
Chestnut
Friends’ Meeting House
Kenington
William Penn
Pennsylvania Hospital
Swarthmore College
Farmer Boy An Opera Star Hinshaw Joins Metropolitan
Eldora and New York scenes mark the rise of William Wade Hinshaw born on a Hardin county prairie. He signed a three year contract as leading baritone with the Metropolitan Opera after a critic test in New York singing arias from four operas in four languages.
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William Wade Hinshaw
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mr. Hinshaw
Hardin County
Corn Belt
Europe
New York
Beacon to guide liners into New York harbor light
A powerful beacon on Staten Island’s hule line will guide ocean liners into New York harbor. The lamp will emit 1,000 candle power, boosted to 1,500,000 with a reflector. Expected visibility reaches twenty miles at sea. Total cost estimated at $56,000.
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New York
New York Harbor
Ambrose Channel
Staten Island
Strangest Will Contests Billionaire’s Fortune Over Odd Conditions
The will of Col Robert St George Dyrenforth leaves $250,000 to his grandson Henry St George Dyrenforth with impossible terms. The boy must graduate high school at fourteen Harvard degree at eighteen and study abroad then enter West Point and become a lawyer. Grandmother in Washington challenges the provisions citing impractical demands and her potential share in the estate.
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Robert St. George Dyrenforth
Harvard
Washington
District of Columbia
Patent Office
Dyrenforth
Henry St. George Dyrenforth
Oxford
West Point
France
Spain
Italy
Greece
Germany
Denmark
Russia
Robert
PJ McGrath
Parone
Alonso's Narrow Escape in Madrid and Paris Incidents
King Alfonso of Spain, aged twenty four, has endured several close calls. His life was threatened twice, once in Paris and again in Madrid on his wedding day. He survived multiple motoring accidents and one near miss that could have killed the king of education minister, with a reapings machine incident at La Parda halted by the engineer.
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Alonso
Madrid
Alfonso
Spain
Lfe
Paris
la Parda
Air Line London to Paris Promises Founding Gift
London report notes Lady Abby, wife of Sir William Abay, offered $20,000 toward promoting an aerial passenger line between London and Paris. The proposal signals early private funding interest in international flight plans.
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Air Line
London
Paris
Abby
William Abay
Loudor
It Wouldn’t Stretch Assessor and Farmer Bargain Over Acres
An assessor tries to estimate farming land with a wary farmer. The farmer insists the land exceeds 20 acres, jokingly claiming nearer 120. He resists inflation, quipping that the land isn’t a rubber plantation. The exchange captures stubborn bargaining and humor from Harper’s Monthly.
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Reuben
Harper’s Monthly
Allen's Foot-Ease Adverts Becomes Trusted Foot Powder
The advertisement explains that continued ads prove merit and warns against imitations. Allen's Foot-Ease, first sold sixteen years ago, built a strong reputation through newspaper ads and word of mouth, while newer substitutes fail to sustain quality or sales.
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Allen
Mistress and Servant Exchange in Rude Courtroom Moment
Dialogue fragment shows a strict mistress scolding a servant who pledges obedience. The exchange references prior servants, implying a pattern of mistreatment and fear of repercussion within the household. No dates or places are provided.
Prisoner demands pauper’s house over tea bill
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal shows a dialogue where a person declines payment for a tea bill. A police station is proposed as the alternative, but the individual insists on being sent to the poorhouse instead. The exchange captures a humorous, era-typical street scene.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Casey at the Bat in Coca Cola Record Book
A Coca Cola promotional item includes Casey at the Bat from the 1910 Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book plus schedules and notes. It comes with a booklet The Truth About Coca Cola and a 2 cent postage stamp copy. The ad touts Coca Cola as cooling and refreshing and includes a quip about marriage and singleness.
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Casey
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
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Draxvist
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Ira
Winslow
Akm
Popes Company Jawaice
Mers
Er N. U
Salt Lake City
Buffalo
Pierce’ Pierce
People’s Medical Ac Adviser
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