Peruna Famed Healer Credits Kate Brown With Recovery
Miss Kate Brown records seven years of illness after a severe cold and menstruation misdiagnosis. She credits nine months of Peruna with full recovery from kidney bladder and digestive disorders. The letter urges neglected colds be treated to prevent chronic disease and offers free medical advice from Dr Hartman at Columbus.
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Kate Brown
L. C. B. Association of Kansas
8&T
Kansas City
Kan
Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Insurance and intrigues shadow the era of J Pierpont Morgan
A clipped item hints at rival plots against Morgan and suggests everyone should insure his life as a reaction to powerful finance. The column also references the Dead Sea mystery and a series of popular cures like Pain-Hamlin’s Wizard Oil amid a collage of ads and quick notes.
Boy delivery rider befriended by millionaire tale ends in gift
A Toledo lad Frank Prevost declines alcohol and tobacco when asked by an old man, then receives 2 100 dollars in bank notes from Higginson of San Francisco. The tale promotes virtue and the idea that the world seeks virtuous boys. The piece shifts to Cuba, U S relations, and 1902 immigration data showing 648 745 entrants, up various years.
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Frank Prevost
Toledo
Ohio
Frank
Higginson
San Francisco
Diogenes
Athens
A Curious Cupboard Of Lessons In A Mind
Aunt Anne tells Alice about a magical cupboard that grows with use and can hold only what is beautiful and true. The conversation links daily study with shaping the mind, urging young readers to fill their shelves with good thoughts rather than bad.
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Ruth
Aunt Anne
Aunty
Mamma
Alice
What a Boy Should Know to Start a Business Life
A list of practical skills for a young man entering business. It includes writing legible handwriting, spelling, speaking and writing good English, drafting letters, adding figures, making ordinary accounts, calculating 16 percent discount, receipting payments, writing receipts, composing newspaper advertisements, promissory notes, and calculating interest or discounts, and drawing and cashing bank checks.
Papa's New Hat and a Question Lost in a Childs Mind
A child observes her father in a soft shelled hat, prompting the mother to note a vanished question. Other snippets mention day-books and cash-books for neat records and counting carpet yardage for a parlor, reflecting ordinary life topics.
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Papa
Maggie
Margie
Nellies Reproof and Tiny Jokes in a Home Roundup
A humorous assortment of child misstatements and parental Q and A. Nellie reproaches her mother for being freckle minded while small Johnny ponders why Robinson Crusoe’s man Friday was named so and why Monday was not used. A Bright Pupil explains ancient beliefs and a toddler playfuly contemplates hair growth from watering can usage.
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Johnny
Robinson Crusoe
Fishes Look Like People Says New York Aquarium Chief
Superintendent Spencer compares fish temperaments to people while inspecting an aquarium. He points to a tiger fish as ferocious and a “lady fish” with bright colors as vicious, noting the difference between appearance and behavior in the same collection.
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Spencer
New York Aquarium
Mr. Spencer
Queer Customs and Trade Practices in Asia
A sketch describes Chinese market life where goods are bargained by weight and measure, money includes copper taels and sycee silver, and shop signs often include mottos. It notes bargaining rituals such as the fastening penny and the need to carry scales, plus a Japan note about cryp tomer trees along a fifty mile avenue and a closing quip on summer romances.
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China
John
Making of Trout Flies The Art and Cost of Fly Ties
The Maine Sportsman notes how mouse whiskers and bears eyebrows command high prices for flies used in trout and salmon fishing. Materials include rare hairs and feathers with eye catching costs. expert tiers spend minutes crafting each fly with precise legs feelers and wings to attract strong catches.
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Maine
Curious World Facts From A Far Flung Paper
A compact collection notes the Amazon depth of 620 feet and a year’s haul of 95 tons of gold and 520 of silver, while counting Jupiter’s size, a nightingale’s call, and polo’s ancient roots. It records Windsor chair from Wellington’s elm, rare baronetcy as female, Bavaria nobility prices, and other varied trivia.
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Amazon
Jupiter
The Popular Length Portrait Conversation
A playful exchange about portrait length and customer expectations. Mr Saphedde jokes on full length portraits while Columbus State Journal quips about customers buying length. The dialogue riffs on measure and interest without details.
Minster Wu, King Edward stamp, and a New Jersey fuel tale
The piece notes Minster Wu’s keen grasp of his duties, critiques a new British postage stamp with King Edward facing the wrong way, and reports a New Jersey inventor selling a coal dust fuel named coatite for $10 a ton, hinting at coal barons’ profits. It mentions moral bankruptcy as a satirical aside and ends with a quip about gloves and pairs.
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Edward
New Jersey
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Aoqsman Yiox Man
Avijop
BH. Kune, Ltd
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J. Pierpoint Morgan
Dead Sea
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Esuvetouy
Mrs. Winslow
Darwin
Herbert Spencer
Schopenhauer
Goethe
Tolstoi
London Globe
Cuba
United States
SWIFT
Atlanta
Mabel
Nellie
Harry
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Nikko
Auber Stories
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Waterloo
England
Cornelius Speelman
Maria Bolles
Charles I
Norway
Europe
National Post Office
Washington
Scott
Honolulu
U. S
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Kingdom of
Ayer
A. K. Randles
Nokomis, Il
J. C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Mass
Minster Wu
Carter
Cae
A. d. Tower CO
WEA Clothing Agers
Mitchell
Mitchell, Lewte & Staver Ge
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Nathan Bickrorp
Washington, D.C
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