In His Element and Dangerous Devotion excerpts
A collage of quoted lines from Detroit Tree Press Washing ton Star and Chicago Chronicle features remarks on Europe returnee Briggins and his wife, satire on ethnologist Bret Starr, and a humorous country scene about a boy and a nest. The fragmentary pieces reflect period tone and social witticisms.
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Blank
Europe
Alps
Detroit Tree Press
Briggins
Bret
Starr
Chicago Chronicle
Fragmentary 19th Century Snippet With Odd Dialog
A fragmentary text presents a sharp exchange where a female speaker dismisses a suitor claiming her fault as the objection. The Philadelphia Ledger line and odd product lines about health remedies follow, including a claim of a 3 cent bottle curing wind colic and a remark about an insurance magnate and coin handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Josthiner
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises 100 Dollar Reward
A vintage medical ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure offers 100 dollars for an incurable case. It includes endorsements from F. J. Cheney and partners Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo. The cure is described as internal with direct action on the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free, price 73 cents per bottle, sold by druggists, plus a promotion for Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
F. J. . Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Edifice and geography through a boy's eyes
A playful scene shows a crowded summer hotel with 2000 guests and a boy named Rob imagining maps in vivid colors. He treats geography as a game, mapping states as colors and declaring British Columbia on the page, revealing a humorous misread of a globe and a teacher's puzzled correction.
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Little Rob
Jab
Eivers
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Rob
Happen
British Columbia
Gae
Bob
Success Magazine
Young Smithkins Seen as Harmless Tennis Talent
Report notes Smithkins, a rising tennis player, is regarded as skilled yet harmless. Observers describe his demeanor as unintrusive, with attention drawn to his on court potential beyond personal reputation.
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Young Smithkins
Doctor Converts to Postum After Coffee Heart scare
A physician recounts years of coffee use and heart palpitations then a near fatal attack, leading him to switch to Postum. He notes proper preparation yields rich flavor and urges friends and patients to abandon coffee in favor of Postum, a Battle Creek product.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Phew
Easton and Miss Winter Share Masked Evening Banter
Easton assents to English manners as Miss Winter quips about society life. Oswin Grace veers near, Tyars and Grace loom as players in a web of sailors and secrets. Miss Winter probes Tyars past, while Grace unknowingly confronts a deeper plot under the glamor of a fashionable gathering.
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Easton
Tie
Miss Winter
England
Piccadilly
London
Indies
Haston
Oswin Grace
Claud Tyars
Tyars
Oswin
Helen
Grace
Matthew Mark Waston
Mr. Tyars
Raston
Miss Grace
Tyavis
Boston
Ciram
Huston
Winter at the Docks A Quiet Philanthropic Pursuit
Miss Winter, plagued by moments of longing for labor, begins weekly trips to the docks to aid solitary shipkeepers aboard aging vessels. She distributes butter sausages soap and newspapers, earning wary, then approving, reception from the crew. There she meets Claud Tyars and the sailor Wyats, who share a mysterious dockside bond.
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Miss Winter
Tower Til
Trondon Dock
St. Watherine’s Dock
Orst
Winter
Claud Tyars
Tracie
Soap and secrets amid a shipboard past
Miss Winter and Claud Tyars converse in clipped dialogue as their clash softens into uneasy civility. Tyars reveals ship keeping days, hinting at a dangerous history while guiding her past a hung crane. Their evolving rapport shows Tyars’ quiet command and unspoken understanding.
Poverty and Pauperism in the Early Century
Sociologists study poverty as lacking access to essentials that maintain physical efficiency. Robert Hunter estimated 10,000,000 in U S poverty, and Charles Booth found London’s poor around 30 percent. The article argues poverty burdens doctors and distinguishes paupers from the poor, with millions unemployed, children working, and women in factories, amid widespread relief use and social strain.
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Robert Hunter
Iie
United States
Charles Booth
London
Life and Tabor
Slunter
New York
Labor unrest and unions spread worldwide in 1900s era
The report details broad labor activity including the Glass Bottle Blowers Association funding strike relief, Oklahoma and Indian Territory farmers unions with 70,000 members, a Missouri foothold for the union movement, Chicago printing firms accepting eight hour scales, and warnings about San Francisco conditions. It notes I. T. U. gains in offices, funds sent to San Francisco, and new schedules for railway telegraphers adding 6,700 members. It covers independent contractors in New York paying six dollars for eight hours, Building Trades Employers' Association rates, deaths of conservative labor leaders, political pushes by Iowa and Tinkeye unions, a boycott by Chicago Federation of Tabor against a Methodist revival, and global labor politics and candidacy developments in Dorchester England. It mentions the Carpenters Council in Boston, Diamond Manufacturers and Diamond Workers wage gains, U.S. nails production, Los Angeles union growth, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen's scale, Providence carpenters' summer half-holiday, Montreal temple plans for a Canadian labor party, a national Black railway employee union, a German metal trades strike with high wage demands, John Burns urging temperance, Colorado Springs' union home project, and leadership elections in major unions including Perkins, Gompers, and others with subsequent ballots to fill remaining posts.
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Farmers’ Unions
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Missouri
Chicago
Ypographical Union
San Francisco
James M. Lynch
I.I. U
New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Urick
Iowa State
Collins
Carpenters’ District Council
Boston
Council Defense Fund
Diamond Manufacturers’ Association of America
Diamond Workers’ Protective Union
United States
Los Angeles
California
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Providence
W. E H. Faunce
Brown University
Whorm
Montreal
Can.indow Temple
Canadian Labor Party
Canada
New York City
American Association of Railway
Derlin
John Burns
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Grant Dock Workers
Dr Williams Pink Pills Offered For Stomach Trouble
A testimonial from A. O. Merrill of Oneal California describes relief from chronic stomach issues and sick headache after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He credits the pills with restoring appetite, easing digestion, and aiding recovery after extensive illness and a rattlesnake bite. The ad promotes blood nourishment and nerve restoration, with purchase options at 50c per box or six boxes for 2.50 from the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Willias
A. O. Merrill
Oneal’ Cualif
Dr. Williams
Bestirg ‘ Tonig Ns’ Pip
Autumn Wizard Vividly Mentioned in Curious Verse
A fragmentary poem like note describes King Midas as real while a wizard wanders Earth. It references maple leaves turning green then gold and hints at a judge named Dowd amid a cryptic, myth-tinged scene.
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Midass
Midas
Notable Denver Woman Expresses Gratitude to Mrs Pinkham
Sarah Kellogg a Denver Color Bearer of the Woman's Relief Corps writes a letter of thanks to Mrs Pinkham expressing appreciation and goodwill from a prominent female civic circle during ongoing relief efforts.
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Sarah Kellogg
Denver
Woman's Relief Corps
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E
Lydia BE
Lydia B. Pinkham
Addyress
Lynn
Mass
Lydia B. K ‘ Ham
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Biffboomer
H. S. Merriman
Tam
Atlantic
Ile
Tyar
America
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
J. McGluire
J. P. McDonnell
Eewin ¥. Gould
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Chamber of Gommereco
George W. Perkins
International Cigarmators’ Union
Samuel Cgompers
TL. A. Rolis
Westfield
J. A. Roberts
Tampa
Gibson Weber
Philadelphia
Wind River
Wyames
John Wertz
United States Special Flying
Big Horn Hot Springs
Milter
Lund
John T. Werth
Shashoni
Wyoming
D. Hilds & Company
Prich
Clark St. Chleako
Ross E. Parks
Lily
Rovers
Salzer Seed CO
Dox C
Lacrosse
Wis
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