Wealthy Women and Heiresses Dominate America’s Rich List
The Cleveland Herald surveys top fortunes held by women in the United States led by Hettie Green of New York with about 40 million, Elizabeth Garrett and Miss Hopkins heirs, wives in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago, and noting wealth in New York and Washington widows. It details methods, lifestyles, and the scale of estates across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Elizabeth Garrett
John W. Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mark Hopkins
Great Barrington
Mass
Jay Gould
Wall Street
Hettie Green
New York
Hettie
England
Bettie Green
H. Green
Green
Broadway
America
Josephine Ayer
Martin Bates
James Brown
Park Avenue
W. EH. Dodge Ibn ‘Khoi
Robert Goulet
John C. Green
Princeton College
Cunmudlore Vanderbilt
Stewart
Ike
Fifth Avenue
Diana
John Mainwurn
Agais
Morgan
Clarkson Path
Edwin Stevens
Castle Point
Hoboken
Paran Stevens
Victoria
Marshall. Roberts
Arthur
White House
Washington
Craig Wadsworth
Massachusetts Avenue
Alexander Ray
United States
Myers
Signal Service
Admiral Dahlgreen
Washington Society
Wealthy Washington Families Noted in Obituary Clippings
The widow of the late President of the Mutual Union Telegraph Company owns extensive Washington real estate and has substantial income. The widow of Dick Merrick, a renowned lawyer, is expected to inherit a fortune when her father dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Evans
Mutual Union Telegraph Company
Washington
Dick Merrick
Coon in Navy Yard and Bulgaria Royal Match Suspicions
A chaotic Navy Yard tale describes a coon wrecking papers and ink, with desks abused daily until the animal vanished in a wooden box. Also covered is Prince Alexander of Bulgaria’s pursuit of a royal wife, facing Russian indifference and rumored dynastic entanglements with German royalty and potential Prussian ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
Washington
Lee Boas
Oh Dat Possum A Darkey Detail Of Devouring The Dish
A dialectal instructional piece describes the traditional possum dinner in graphic detail. The narrator explains steps from catching and killing to cleaning salting and cooking the possum with potatoes, including the post dinner routine and quiet supper ritual shared between a man and his possum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar
de Calla
Sam
Oman
Living Testimony of Hunt's Kidney and Liver Remedy
A series of brief endorsements from woodworker blacksmith carpenter and sailor figures claim Hunt's Kidney and Liver Remedy cured kidney and back pain, nightly polyuria, and general weakness. Testimonials from Woodbury Blacksmith and Captain John Kimball appear, noting price one dollar twenty five cents and request for a pamphlet of testimonials. The ad promotes Hunt's Remedy as vegetable and targeted to kidney and liver diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
Dlacksmith
Wanchester
N. H
Yani
Joseph QC
Miller, Carpenter
Senta
Hunt
H. A. Glass
Columbus
Ohio
John Kimball
New London
Conn
Providence R
C. N. Crittenton
Amputation and Cure Promoted by Favorite Remedy
A Port Ewen man faced thigh amputation after doctors refused. Dr David Kennedy of Rondout performed the operation and used his Favorite Remedy to purify blood and restore health. The ad touts Kennedy as a medical innovator and urges readers to buy the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Ellsworth
Port Ewen
Ulster County
David Kennedy
Koudout
Ellsworth
Kennedy
Rondout N.Y
Rondout. N
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine Advertised Widely in 1860s
A motley garbled advert page touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a cure for numerous female ailments and general debility. It cites testimonials from physicians and Mrs Loomis of Elba, NY, Rev Emell of Pavilion, NY, and other locals, claiming relief from nerv ousness, malaria, insomnia, and weakness. The copy urges broad family use and male vitality benefits, with claims of universal cures and household necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olean
Sue
Gilmore
Nettalgia
Emell
Pavillion
Gilwore
W. Fisk Requa
Aurora, Il
Bola Remeny
Harris Feck
Wwelling Inc
LM. Deruy
3Inden
Luiny
Frleland
Fowlerville
Gumdit
Clarkson Hillcore
Wother
SH. McIntire
Dagwetts Mills
Gilmores Aromatic
Paw Wo
A.W. Moick & Co
South
Simmons Liver Regulator
L.M Hamwron
Washington, Ark
Administrators Notice for Estate of James McLorum
Administrator Cung Chase announces the estate of James McLorum late of Manefield Freeborn County Minnesota has letters granted. All persons indebted in Pennsylvania must pay immediately and those with claims must present them duly authenticated for settlement. Warren County Russell. September 5 1825.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sotice
James McLorum
Manefield
Freeborn County
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Cung, Chase
Russell, Warren Co
Positive Cure for Piles Ad Offers Local Remedy
County readers are presented with a coarse advert claiming a cure for piles labeled as Ox based remedy. It promises no cure no pay and is sold by A W Morck, a local druggist. The text reads as a sensational patent medicine pitch with dubious medical claims and archaic language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehisi
A.W Morck
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Sante Bh
Prince Alexander
Bulgaria
London
Russia
Darmatadt
Prince Louis of
Irene of
Hesar
Ris der
Frankfort
Darmstadt
Hin
We Borgstrasse
Ee Hunt
Tower
Lincoln
Finogran
Capitol
Bella
U.S
G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers
Take. Simmons
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Braantle
LEUTC
Shefield
Warren
O Mail
Pan
R. Buffalo
Ybilac
Wwe
GAG Pia hApress
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
Serre Sunda Yams
Kew Planing
Warren, Pend’a
Beech St
Dunkirk Depot
Nixon & OC
Pal Dee
Nas
Christian Smfiil
UOC
Eva Hoe
HOWE
Howe Co
Howe Sewing Machine
Sixth St
Pittsburgh
Pat
R. B
Eric
Claveland
1. Louis
Colonda
Garfleld
Prisol
Pusey Ags
Joh Rowland
Herman G
Rowland & Greeneund
House, Sign & Oranges P
Hickory
School House
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