Browning Onion Base and Kidney Pills Ad Copy
Peel and brown onions in dripping then simmer with brown roux stock and seasonings. Pass through sieve, adjust color, and serve hot. Cured of gravel. Daughtrey of Suffolk reports kidney stones not forming after using Dean's Kidney Pills for three years. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
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Z.d. Daughtrey
Suffolk
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Old Black Joe and Hymns by Foster and Montgomery
Readable fragments from a 19th century song and poem collection featuring Stephen C. Foster’s Old Black Joe and James Montgomery’s meditation on death. The verses lament lost friends and ask about rest, life beyond, and divine guidance.
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Old Black Joe
Stephen C. Foster
Trivial Deceit Leads to a Quiet Elopement Fallout
Irene Price and Esther Garland, a high school freshman, slip from choir practice to attend a basketball game with a mysterious escort. Esther admits skipping practice and keeping secrets as Mrs Garland confronts the rising guilt and public scrutiny.
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Irene Price
Esther Garland
Esther
Irene
Wayland High School
Science Club
Literary Society
Miss Price
Mrs. Garland
Scandal at Wayland High Brings Down Quiet Names
Esther Garland reads a sensational Wayland high school tale of corrupt morals among pupils and rumors of the best families. Irene Price elopes, prompting disclosures as Esther confesses deception to her mother and laments affecting her sister and the town’s image.
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Esther Garland
Wayland High School
Irene Price
Esther
Irene
Long Lost Maltese Cross Medal Found After Twenty Years
Mrs. Etta Talbott of Chaneyville Calvert County Maryland regained her Maltese cross medal lost in February 1885 when it appeared in a plowed field on her father’s estate. The undamaged heirloom, once worn as a gown brooch, was found by a field hand and identified immediately by the owner.
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Etta VP. Talbott
Chaneyville
Calvert County
Washington Times
Glasses and assault penalties in 19th century view
A Jeweler's Circular Weekly essay argues there is no legal distinction for striking a glasses wearer, noting mayhem is the term but no statute elevates penalties for glasses. A Paris dispatch reports artists seeking park space at Saint Cloud for nude models to foster realism and artistic progress beyond studio limits.
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Paris
Saint Cloud
Chicago
Hrecord-Herald
Library for inmates sparks curious exchange
A prison visitor speaks of starting a circulating library for inmates. A convict asks for a railroad guide, highlighting a small request amid a broader note on five and ten cent stores and fashion.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Steel trust bows to railroad rate law
The article notes the steel trust yielding to a railroad rate law seen as a concession. It mentions King Edward adding an American born baronet, Edgar Speyer, and recounts Curtis Lampson’s American-to-British ties. It also advertises Dr. Kline’s nerve restorer and cites Russia shifting from grain exports to imports due to revolutionary turmoil.
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Steel Trust
King Edward
Edgar Speyer
London
Curtis Lampson
You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample
Advertisement for Allen S. Olmstead of LeRoy New York offering a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease. Claims to cure sweating and hot swollen feet, ease tight shoes, and treat corns ingrowing nails and bunions. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. warns against substitutes.
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W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Allen
Allen S. Olmstead
LeRoy
N. Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Cheney Company
Theodore Roosevelt is noted as unconcerned about 1908. An ad extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment for catarrh claimed to be widespread. It asserts the remedy works through the blood and mucous membranes and offers $100 for failure to cure, with circulars and testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Hall
PF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Tetter
SWIFT
Atlanta, GA
Motor-man Killed in Trolley Collision in Pennsylvania
A trolley-car operator died after a collision with another car in a Pennsylvania town. His hand remained gripping the brake as he was freed from the wreck, prompting reflections on heroism and sacrifice.
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Pennsylvania
Naaca
Census Bureau Keeps All Divorce Secrets Declared
Census Bureau announces it will keep all divorce secrets, marking a stance on privacy and confidentiality. The remark suggests a neutral, non gender based view of the agency and hints at a broader policy discussion.
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Census Bureau
Special Lemon Douching Mold Layered Cake
A historical recipe instructs lining a deep mold with raisins and bread, then macaroons and ratatias, repeating lemon syrup layers until full. Whisk four eggs with a pint of milk nutmeg lemon peel and sugar, pour in and boil twenty minutes.
WANTED Alder Logs by Wash Broom Co Seattle
King Alfonso wins a cup in a clay pigeon shooting contest. The report notes the sovereign finds pleasure in shooting clays, reflecting a light tone on the event and ongoing activities in Seattle.
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Broom & W. W. Co
Seattle
Alfonso
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7.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
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U.S
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W. _L. Douglas
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Borax CG
Oakland
Cal
Truth
James Montgomery
St. Vitus
Russia
Chas. H. Fletcher
E É
Centaur Company
TZ Murray Street
New York City
R. L. Beattie
Systreewosa
Prussian Remedy Co
ST. Paul
Minn
Thas. H. Lilly CO
Portland
United States
H. M. Hamilton
Ss. N. Y
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