Couple Plans Smooth Honeymoon Farewell on Accommodation Train
A newlywed couple in an early stage of marriage discuss separating for a week of business. The groom Richard laments the mandatory trip and suggests traveling on an accommodation train to soften the separation, while his bride reproachfully questions the need to leave. The exchange reflects their attempt to ease an impending parting.
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Ortow
Richard
Harper’s Weekly
John Robinson
Robinson
Fiora Journal
Curious Names From Somerset House Records
A London Chronicle item lists an assortment of unusual personal names gathered during Somerset House investigations. Among the veritable catalog are Hyde Parker, Eliza Silence, Tou Jolly Death, Mary Pine Coffin, James Whalebelly, Sarah Greek Gable, Jobo Gotobed, Minnie Shorthose, River Jordan, Innocent Fox, James Boots bornfoot, Samuel Drinkmilk, and many others, concluding with a baby christened Constance Cremer.
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Somerset House
Hyde Parker
Eliza Silence
Tou Jolly
Mary Pine Coffin
James Whalebelly
Sarah Greek Gable
Jobo Gotobed
Minnie Shorthose
River Jordan
Innocent Fox
James Boots Bornfoot
Samuel Drinkmilk
Constance Cremer
London Chronicle
Hunter’s remark after accidentally shooting friend
A Philadelphia Ledger quote records a hunter reacting to a fatal mishap with a flippant aside about the victim possibly being a deer, followed by a grim acknowledgment of the accident’s annoyance. The tone blends dark humor with tragedy.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Catarrh Cure Claim and Indian Name Revisions
An advertisement touts Ball's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy from Hall's Couarrh Cure. It features a testimonial by Warping, Kinxay & Mannix of Toledo and asserts Dr. Charles A. Eastman completed a revision of Sioux allotment surnames, renaming 28,200 Indians after four years of work.
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Cheney & Co
Toledo
Cheney
Kinxay & Mannix
Ball
Charles A. Eastman
Cure for Eczema by Cuticura Remedies Promises Relief
An 1905 letter from Mrs Lanzie EL Sledge of Selma Alabama recounts severe face and body eczema misdiagnosed by physicians. After trying Cuticura Remedies her skin cleared in six months with no symptoms for three years. The notice appears amid advertisements for patent medicines and assorted cures.
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Jones Ave
Selma Ala
Hora Kidney Pills Bring Recovery After Terrible Condition
A Lake City Minnesota resident reports severe kidney trouble causing back pain dizziness nervousness and vision issues. After taking Hora Kidney Pills the sufferer declares complete recovery and good health, noting the product sold by Foster Milburn Co in Bottalo New York for 50 cents a box.
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Hiram Center
Tas Street
Lake City
Minn
Hora
Dll
Foster-Milburs Co
Bottalo
N, Y
Fashion notes on York City style and season garments
The article describes current York City fashion focusing on mandarin sleeve blouses with lace yokes, long graceful sleeves, and heavy lace trims. It highlights versatile fabrics from voile to Liberty prints, two color stripe trends, two tone hats, and the rise of tailored waists and long coats, plus practical shirt waists suitable for flannel, taffeta, and washable materials.
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York City
Rainy Day Outfit And The Will And The Work
A feature combines sewing notes for a mid size blouse and rain gear with a sermon summary from Dr. Nehemiah Boynton on The Will and the Work. The minister argues for a personal relation with God expressed through will and social service, stressing humility, unity, and active compassion.
Blood of Christ eternal fountain of redemption
A reflection by Joseph Parker from London Christian urges the blood of Christ as the sole source of immortality and cleansing sin. The speaker vows to be joined with the Cross and Baptism, seeking redemption daily through Christ's wounds and renewed miracles to remove guilt.
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Christ
Jesus
Joseph Parker
London
Behold the Saint Within a Common Soul
A reflective meditation suggests every person harbors a saintly core hidden beneath weariness and error. Guido’s scene of awakening a saint from a wrinkled servant illustrates that revelation may require a master eye and grace. The piece laments ignorance and life’s snares while affirming growth through struggle toward sanctity.
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Guido
Quido
The Joy of the Lord in Suffering Faith
A brief reminiscence on a poor invalid taught by love and trust, a Seated Presbyterian, sanctified by Christ, who bore illness with joy and claimed Jesus shared all pain. The speaker recalls the comforting verse and the idea that by His stripes we are healed as reprinted in the Vanguard.
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Brooklyn
Nehemiah Boynton
Clinton Avenue Congregational Church
Boynton
Jesus
Christ
Ife
Eayn Christ
God
Spiris
Jesus Christ
Bushsell
Hartford
Heaven
Free America
Eure
Kingdom of Heaven
A Prayer From the Heart by Prayer Advocate
The article recounts a witnessed Lincoln prayer scene described by James Murdock noting Lincoln’s midnight supplication before the Bible during the Civil War. It portrays Lincoln pleading for divine wisdom to lead the nation, invoking Solomon’s plea for wisdom and asking for guidance and salvation of the nation.
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James Murdock
Lincoln
White House
Solomon
God
What Talmage Said
The Rev. T De Witt Talmage once asserted a great evangelistic preacher cannot do great good for Christ without a praying band of earnest church members. He stressed that Jesus came to save the bad.
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Talmage
T. de Witt Talmage
Christ
Jesus Cabs
Alligator Captured After Pond Rescue Incident
In Apalachicola a man named Bullie Hara fell into a pond during a fishing outing and was pulled to safety after comrades spotted an alligator. The four foot reptile was retrieved by bystanders, ending a tense rescue that drew attention from the nearby crowd.
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Bullie Hara
Bullie
Bullle
Bulle
Where It Ought to Be Cardin al Manning and the sculptor
In Rome Cardinal Manning sits with a celebrated sculptor specializing in phenology. During a session they discuss conscience. The sculptor strides to the cardinal and points to a spot on his head saying that is where the conscience ought to be. London Bellmas credits.
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Cardinal Manning
Rome
Aeros
London
Population growth comparisons among colonies and cities
The article notes Germany's colonies are five times as large as Germany, France's colonies eighteen times larger, and Britain's ninety seven times larger. It then estimates New York's population at 4,000,000 and Philadelphia near 1,600,000, with past growth rates of 100,000 and 36,000 annually respectively before 1905.
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Germany
France
Britain
New York
Philadelphia
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St. Vitus
Kline
Mbes
Iate
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T. Holmes
Cinster of Roses
St.patrick
Ireland
Jacobs Oil
Oman
Thad
Douglas
Hilustrated
L Douglas
Brockton
Mass
J. Hamilton Atess
Gane Scenta Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
Paris
I. W. Grove
United States
Hale
Piky
Petra
Emul Co
Book Publishing House
Leonard Streety
New York City
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