Washington's Dog Days and Cool Capitol Deserts
Special correspondence describes midsummer Washington as a desert town with idle social life and dull trade. The Capitol and its cool basement corridors attract visitors and brides alike, while the Washington Monument shaft offers refreshing air and a long elevator ride. Baseball, summer opera, and Jeannie Winston dominate city amusements as residents seek relief from the furnace-like heat.
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Wasarxerox
Washington
Senate
Treasury Steps
Capitol
Great Capitol
Liberty
Kington Monument
Charles Lederer
Chicago
Harrison
Secretary of Agriculture
Jerry
Anson
Rutgers New Building The Fine Dormitory At Rutgers College
New Brunswick July 16 Winants hall the corner stone laid will be the finest among Rutgers college buildings upon completion. The site lies west of existing structures and follows Colonial style like the old Queen’s. It will measure 145 feet by 65 feet, stand four stories with basement and ample cellar.
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Garrett E. Winanta
New Brunswick
Winants
Rutgers’ College
Queen's
Wimants Hall at Newark Belleville plans detailed in stone work
The building will be a brown stone red brick and terra cottaed college hall with rock faced columns and deep recessed porches. It will feature a terra cotta coat of arms and motto, a clock with bells, and suites for students including two bedrooms and a study. Donor Garrett E. Wimants funds the gift to Bergen Point, NJ.
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Winants’ Hall
Newark
Belleville
Trenton
The
Reformed Church
Garrett E. Wimants
Bergen Point
Words That Conceal Thoughts Adclaims Pills in Brooklyn Eagle
An advertisement text mimics a Pills pitch opening with a waking dry mouth and bad taste. A man claims the malaise is not from food, insisting he did not eat anything, prompting skeptical doubt about truthfulness in the Brooklyn Eagle excerpt.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Girl Helps Two Men Handle Georgia Moccasin Monster
A 14 year old Waycross girl assisted two men in mudding a stream for fishing when a giant moccasin bit her hand. The snake was killed after it coiled around her arm and bit repeatedly. Lard and tobacco were applied to the wounds and she recovered. The Savannah News reports the incident. A separate note mentions using crimped tissue paper Japanese lamp shades as covers for flower pots used in decorations or gifts.
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Mac
Georgia
Savannah News
Costly Dresses and the Art of Fifth Avenue Dressmaking
A Fifth Avenue dressmaker discusses the economics of haute couture, noting profits aren’t vast despite luxury settings and high prices. She details costs of dressrooms, fabrics, and customs, and explains how artistry reshapes a cliente’s silhouette through padding and tailored waists, with examples of extreme gowns and real gold adornments.
Examine Before You Buy Ivory Soap Instruction Poem
A cautionary verse urges consumers to scrutinize Ivory Soap in grocers to avoid imitations. It warns that false praises and deceptive appearances can mislead buyers and advises verifying the product name on the package before purchasing. It also notes that any doubt will vanish during tub use on washing day.
Ivory Soap Warns Against Counterfeits
An old notice warns that many white soaps claim to match Ivory Soap but are inferior counterfeits lacking its special qualities. It urges customers to request Ivory Soap and insist on receiving it. Copyright 1656. Rentor Gamble.
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Rentor
Gamble
Scranton Doctor’s Remedies Endorsement From New Haven Mother
A New Haven resident, formerly of Scranton, Pa, praises Dr Hand as a leading physician and endorses his colic cure cough and croup medicine and teething lotion for children. She cites safe reliable remedies, recommends wholesale and retail outlets Johnson Siegfried Geo Davis Merck Drug Store and L G Noyes.
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New Haven
Scratton
Hand
Scranton
Enward Gacuz
Howard Avenue
Johnson & Siegfried
Geo
Davis
Merck Drug Store
L. G. Noyes
Keller’s tailor shop showcases 250 pants patterns and more suitings
Jacob Keller advertises over 250 styles of pants patterns and many suitings, highlighting German velore Dutch plaids French and Scottish diagonals cheviots and other fabrics. He keeps a large force of tailors, offers modest prices, and promises full value and stylish, well made goods. Ed Clemons notes daily ice wagon service with low prices.
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Jacob Kel
Warren
Keller
Ed. Clemons
A. Ruhlman
Jacob Keller
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Washington’s
Washington Monument
Monument
Mr. Rust
AnSh
Jerry Rusk
Capt
Baal
Uncle Jerry
Arlington Hotel
Ebbitt
Eivery Sumer
Jeannie Winston
Miss Winston
Emma Abbott
Winston
Pippa
Azucena
New Orleans
Martha
Rutgers
Fifth Avenue
New York Society
New York News
N. Greenlund
Berckey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland Undertaker
Exchange Block
A . Great - Bargain
Morris & Mullen
J. R. Nash
Winthrop
Boston
Washington and Jeferson Loge
Judolph Schmitt
Prin
Moffat
GEO. P. Rowell & CO
Newspaper Advertising Bureau
Spruce Street
New York
OUR
Binghamton, WN
I B Arnold
Owen
Cortland Corset Co
Cortland
N.Y
Water Street
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