Wealthy heiresses lure New York suitors in society match list
New York society clubs highlight heiresses and fortunes as prime catches. Alta Rockefeller, Helen Gould, Pauline Whitney, Elsie Clews, Helen Benedict, Van Rensselaer, and Frances Ives among top prospects, with potential marriages to leading bachelors like Eugene Higgins.
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New York
Adele Sloane
Edith Rockefeller
America
Helen Benedict
Alta Rockefeller
Ben Adhem
Alta
Miss Alta
Cleveland
L. A. Crandall
John D
Helen Gould
Pandone
Irvington
Miss Gould
Pauline Whitney
William C. Whitney
Miss Whitney
Henry D. Payne
Mr. Whitney
Whitneys
Millionaire Crossroads
Fifty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Misa Elsie Clews
Henry Clews
Wall Street
Miss Clews
Newport
Sam Dexter
Chicago
Papa Benedict
Benedict
Jeunesse Doree
Pelf
Miss van Rensselaer
Old Knickerbockers
Clara Vere de Vere
Elsie Clews
Frances Havens Ives
Brayton Ives
Ives
East Forty-fourth Street
Miss Ives
George Kidd
Grace Georgette Kidd
Miss Kidd
Eugene Higgins
Astor
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Higgins
Louisburg Surrender Commemoration at Cape Breton
The 150th anniversary of Louisburg’s surrender to the English marked by unveiling of a Tuscan column monument at the old King’s Bastion. Gov William Shirley and Col William Pepperrell led the surprise siege in 1745, with British forces capturing the fortress in forty seven days as bells rang in Boston and cities celebrated.
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Louisburg
Cape Breton
William Shirley
Massachusetts
William Pepperrell
Gibraltar
America
France
Nova Scotia
Great Britain
Cape
Scotia
Canso
Gov. Shirley
Annapolis
England
Douglass
Boston
Pepperrell
Shirley
New York
Philadelphia
London
Lords of Regency
Louisbury
King’s Bastion
Beaux by the Sea and a Dust Nuisance Tale
Cartoonish clip from Our Wit and Humor features seaside flirtation at Beaux by the Sea Shore and a Pullman car surprise. It contrasts college romance with parental money and a dust nuisance joke touching maple sugar pricing in a humorous Texas Siftings aside.
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Pullman Palace
Texas
Explicit as Could Be Passenger Confronts Train Time Clerk
A man pesters a special officer about a train time and refuses to accept answers. The officer repeats the 4:40 schedule, confirms the PM slot, and explains the train will depart regardless of weather or nearby chaos. The man persists until the officer demands obedience.
Bridal couple from Canada aboard ferry
A Detroit Free Press item notes a young bridal couple from Canada traveling yesterday on a ferry. They sat close and held hands in the cabin, while a boy and his mother watched. The boy exclaimed that the girl wanted to wipe her nose but the man wouldn’t let her.
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Canada
Detroit Free Press
Earned Tip Sparks Mild Traincar Banter
A Pullman porter reacts with disbelief to a tip of half a dollar from a lady passenger who jokes about shoe care and misidentification based on his shoe size, in a humorous Texas Siftings vignette.
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Pullman Porter
Missus
Texas Siftings
Time Brings Changes Husband and Wife Dialog
A humorous exchange recalls marriage era views on smoking. The husband jokes about a wife liking cigars while she retorts that such quips are part of a young lady’s capital. The dialogue plays on contrasts between affection and social expectations.
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George
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Gould
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West Brooksfield
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Oberlin College
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H. B. Blackwell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Island
Louisburg Monument
Mamma
Papa