Fay Templeton Reveals Weight Loss Battle and Ban on Ice Cream
A New York letter to the Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Fay Templeton’s strenuous eight week flesh reducing regime. She details sheet rubber outfits, daily workouts, and strict dieting that trimmed about thirty two pounds, while confessing longing for ice cream sodas and noting plans to shed more weight.
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Misadventures in NYC Spark Fay the Wairy Comeback
A colorful report traces Fay the Wairy’s return to New York after six weeks’ rent woes and travel mishaps. Mise Templeton credits art over hardship, vowing to lose twenty five pounds, resume dancing, and endure strict diet and abstinence from ice cream sodas to reclaim the spotlight.
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Mise Templeton
Talk With Placida Levelord in Reader Magazine
Placida discusses books and fictional characters in seeding playful all-star talk about Tom Sawyer Huck Finn and Becky Sharp among others. The dialogue touches on growing up of juvenile originals and the lure of literature, with humorous and sharp asides from Placida.
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Peak in Prison for Murder of Silas Hulin Alive
Clarence Peak is serving an eighteen year sentence in the Tennessee penitentiary for the murder of Silas Hulin. The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the sentence after Peak’s attorneys produced Hulin in court, arguing the charge applied to a living man. One justice dissented, suggesting Peak should be released or tried for the killing of a person unknown.
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Miss Cameron's Raid to End Chinese Slave Trade in San Francisco
An overview of Miss Donaldine Cameron's anti slavery campaign in San Francisco's Chinatown, detailing how she became a legal, detective, and raider to free Chinese slave girls. The piece notes the rising prices, perjury obstacles, and the 1882 exclusion act aiding rescues, while acknowledging remaining enslaved individuals and ongoing efforts.
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Healey
Civilization
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White House
Beauty and Love in a Child's World Verse
A reflective verse by Rt. Rev. John Lancaster Spalding contemplates beauty and love as guiding forces in a child's gaze. The poem muses on how love shapes perception, turning even empty things into cherished visions as it follows the child through life.
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How to Beat the Packers and Vegetarian Menus
A quirky old column imagines a vegetarian restaurant fight against meat pricing. It highlights a New York Vegetarian Society claim that peanuts can substitute meat and lists a sample day’s menus, breakfast and dinner items, with prices and diet arguments.
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Ernest H Crosby
Vegetarian Society of New York
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Free drink scheme ends when waiter proves unsympathetic
Gene Lewis of Tennessee devised a ploy to drink for free at ten Chicago hotels but collapsed from heat prostration after a fifth beer in the Pompeiian room. Barkeepers aided him, a reading room cooling, yet the plan failed as a stern waiter refused further indulgence and he could not cover the tabs.
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Auditorium Annex
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Victoria
Glorious Hair Promise Free Trial Package Offer
An advertisement from a hair restoration proposer claims a rational scientific method to cure baldness by addressing the root condition. It offers a free trial package on request, promises no cost to see the method, and asserts proof before payment. The message emphasizes dramatic improvements in hair growth, abundance, and beauty under a simple, easy-to-understand regimen.
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Ranyony
Chas
Keone
Oklahoma's 9000 Acre Wheat Farm Run by Miller Brothers
From the Chicago Chronicle Elias Okla July 9 harvest in two weeks with 300 on payroll and 160 mule crews. The 9000 acres in wheat plus 4000 more under the 101 ranch owned or leased from Ponca Indians. millers own 4300 acres outright. Modern ranch house with full staff and supportive facilities. Melons, cattle, and diverse crops fill a vast and carefully managed operation along Salt Fork River.
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HER CAVALRY BOOTS Ruse During Postseason Ice Water Trick
A well known actress in a special production wore high topped cavalry boots as part of her costume. During a warm week the theater barred strong drinks. She arranged a boot stash at a hotel and had a staffer retrieve the boots, then hid a beer bottle inside a boot to drink in her dressing room.
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Svithin
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