The Lone Girls and Wives Amid Urban Strain and Advice
A sprawling New York Sun excerpt portrays a desperate young immigrant girl overwhelmed by city life, finds refuge with a benevolent donor, and ends in a shelter as labor exploitation and hunger threaten many arrivals. It contrasts warded poverty with harsh advice for wives and mothers, urging restraint, thrift, and domestic steadiness amid modern temptations and social pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
New York
Ft Mont
Lal
Meirics
Inez
New York Sun
Ray Hoth
Abelas
The Roving Notes on Tea, Blondes, and Ceylon Natives
A kaleidoscopic survey lists tea flavor, outdoor life for blondes, and the charm of country visiting. It describes etiquette for guests, beauty ideals, and care tips, then pivots to insights on Ceylon cinnamon gardens, native boats, bullock carts, and Sinhalese and Tamil peoples with scene-setting detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alew. Sherwood
Merly
China
Lin Grown Boys
Ueemughe
Bowie
India
Malahat
Madras
Singapore
Chinest
Tbarrot
Kalutara
Ruth
Kates
Fragmented Notes on Medical Topics and Remedies
A garbled passage discusses various medical concerns and remedies, mentioning kidney issues, gout, bladder activity, diabetes, and digestive problems. It references treatments and supposed protective effects against stone formation, with scattered terms like Bright's disease and nervous symptoms, though the text is largely incoherent and contains many misspellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Rave
Fragmented Photographs Reveal Private Halloween Portraits
A cache of intimate photographs shows a young woman displaying friends at a Halloween gathering, with curving “Good night” captions and portraits of girls in robes. The scene shifts to a New York hotel suite with a stark display of fashionable poses and personal mementos, suggesting a private world of artful vanity and social spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willy
Finich
Toya
Thors
Abe
Liza
Tollette
Gower
Vance
Ban
Catharine Cole
New Orleans
Picayuna
Conservatorim
Arix
Lily
Eutire
York Cor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ali
Clatia
Wight
Anton Rein
Ton Emile Andrew Huber
Mian
Fiage
Drom
Cortes
Tes
Biondes
Strongwen
Honam
Pratt Montest
Ron
Guy Tao
Friston
Ling
Wallen
Lowise Merischeffel
Toledo
Shirley Dara
Tam
Res
Crich
Frank Leslie
W. O. Atwater
Bergen
Odin
S. Sh EL AL
Chcago Herald
Baltimnore Pluraician
Ceylon
Exmayor Harrison
Cinnamen Gardens
Cerson
England
Chasen
Lizcervonl Boras
Jos Ann
UPS Macneest
Chile
Diana
Beifont LP
Cme
Aboud
Martame
Seay BosTou
Burma
Henry Schweiter
H. Schweiter
Emporla
Globe Iron Works
A. Flagg, Prop
Wichita
Kansas
Architectural Iron
Aomer
H Fonda
Mitards
Wichita Mercantile Co
Grocers
South Market Street
THE
Wichita Eagle
MM Murtock & Bro
Propr Printers
Bisders
Bani Book
Mies
Isi
Chience
U.y
R. P. Murdock
Hawn, Herron & C14
Hereon & C
Davidson Investment Comp
Kan
Mae City
Wichita, Kansas
L. Cjackson
Hackner & Jackson
Wiresale
Retal
Wichita National Ae
Eastern and Foreign Exchange
U.& Bonds
Lombard JK
James. Lombard
Vee Pree
J. T. Cocheas
Senit Menage
LD Shinsem
Treapster G
W. Bristow
Cashier
Lombard Mortgage Co
State National Bank
Cot Main St
Douglasave
Aeansas
Shallonal Bank
Flieck
Cackins
Eee
Asang
Missouel
Pacific Railway
Kane Sas
St. Louis
Ohio
Sonne
Ave
New Or
Florida
St Louis
Kansas City
Pueblo
Ver
Colorado
St Louia
Pullman Buffet
Cara
HC. Townsend
Gen. Pas
Teket Agt
Stelwus
Marron
Ken, Mariae
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