The Saleswoman Miss Curtain of St Paul
An old advertisement features Nellie Curtain of St Paul describing long daily weakness from a mucous discharge. It extols Peruna as a cure, cites generalized improvement, and includes a testimonial from Mark L Dunnell praising the remedy and inviting inquiries for free advice from Dr Thirlman at the Columbus Savitarium.
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Congress
Mark FL Dunnell
Nacional Hotel
Washington
DLC
Giyeelt Amd
Ron Aring
Suehl Tyre
Mark IL Duell
Larhman
Thirlman
Loutnak Savitarium
Culumvbas
Builders Colleges of Ancient Rome Spread Across Provinces
In early Rome a Geneficient Labor Organization named the Collegian Fabrorum emerged under Pax Romana Pompilus. It united Egyptian hieroglyphic study, gymnosophist teachings from India, Hebrew wisdom, and Dionysian arts into exclusive public building privileges. The brotherhood prospered under government patronage, erected public terraces, and expanded across Roman provinces and conquered lands as the legion moved.
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B. C
Cml
Tmpezor
Rome
Pompilus
Fabrorum
Egypt
India
Bretherhond
Britain
France
Spain
Germany
Greece
Saxony
Spools From Pulp Developments At Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant notes progress in making spools from pulp with two main challenges overcome. Large spools about four inches diameter now use pulp in the body and three-piece construction to hold thread without head separation. Smaller spools remain impractical for pulp.
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Hartford Courant
Catarrh Cure Advertised by Cheney and Co Toledo
Readers are told a cure exists for catarrh, claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure cures constitutional disease by cleansing blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure and urges sending for testimonials. Cheney and Co Toledo advertise the remedy and Hall's Family Pills as best.
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Raward
Wii
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dreigetsts
Hall
A Serious Affair in the Wington Star
The Wington Star reports a bizarre duel incident where the presiding editor was wounded as his fuel slipped during a firing attempt, leading to a sprained ankle. The account highlights the odd sequence and the editor’s condition.
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Wington Star
V8 Permanently Cures Nervousness and Stress Claim
Anomalous ad fragment touts V8 as a permanent cure for nervousness and trouble. It mentions Urs Elite's Gasas Reservee Hy Sed for 2 and a Chicago Tribune quote about a physician claiming a long hike has strengthened steel. A caller asks the doctor if there are no blow-holes on it.
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Urs Elite
Oierlal Lotte
Chicago
The Letter and the Trust That Breaks a Promise
Tom Halkett and Marjorie Page confront a crumpled love letter that tests trust. Marjorie reveals Nellie Hastings wrote the note and elicits Tom’s mercy in replying. In time their pride and miscommunication yield to understanding as Nellie’s secret unfolds and the couple reconciles.
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Tom Halkett
Marjorie Page
Tom
Marjorie
Geary
Sam
Nellie
Gearest
Underground Mushroom Farm On French Coast
The article describes a covert underground mushroom garden near a French coast, accessed through a charred tree opening. Warm manure heat and steam rise from piles as mushrooms are cultivated in hummocks, covered with limestone dust, harvested daily, and shipped to nearby cities. Three men tend the operation, yielding a large year round crop despite poison gas hindering later growth.
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France
Berliner's
Father Time Scooped and Pope Rumor Amid Trade Note
A fragmented squib notes Time scooped and a late day inquiry about the Pope with garbled biblical reference. It mentions Gutrun, the fleetness of rhyme, and a Contributed line. The item asserts Holland’s foreign trade is more than half the size of the United States.
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At & P.m
Uw Oth
Gutrun
Holland
United States
The Giant's Chair by Harriet Monroe
An aging mighty chief conquers tribes to reach the Hidden river and abducts Tam to be his wife. After a year of peace he loses her, pursues across deserts, and carves a throne to await her return, where he guards the Painted Desert in Arizona today.
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Harriet Monroe
Conyright
W. R. Hearst
Ami
Hehdy
Miuny
Ana
Arizona
Feu
No Girls Need Apply in Morgan Office
A New York Press piece portrays J Pierpont Morgan as chivalrous yet old fashioned, resisting women working at his firm. It notes female typists and stenographers seeking Morgan roles, contrasted with partner George Walbridge Perkins who supports women's earnings. A stenographer becomes secretary in Mills Building above Morgan’s head, while Morgan remains in male-dominated turf.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Knight Banneret
Morgan
Wall
Hroad
Trusts
J. Ps
Mr. Morgan
George Walbridge Perkins
Has the Steam Locomotive Reached its Limit
A historical piece by William J. Wilgus argues steam will dominate long haul freight for years but foresees electrification for passenger service. He cites electric trains’ lower operating cost, reduced smoke, quicker acceleration and stopping, and the potential to free air rights above cities, promoting denser suburban traffic and rail development.
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William J. Wilgus
Friends of Electricity
Eteria
German Farmer's Letter Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills
A German parishioner letter presented to Pastor Pope recounts relief from kidney pain after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The farmer Soares Toollover states six boxes restored health, enabling him to walk and work on the farm again. The account highlights the medication's perceived effectiveness and the parish’s trust in Pope’s public statement.
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Poualatn
Pope
Averyong
Soares Toollover
Tev
Lorsebeck
Dodd
Fort Sivendy
Forgotten North American Republics in Marper’s Magazine
Mayo W Hazelting surveys little known republics in early North American history. He recalls the Watauga Commonwealth of 177, Transylvania of 1775 in Kentucky, the short lived Franklin state, Texas independence in 1825, and Vermont’s fourteen year republic, noting their autonomous status and later admission. A Chicago Tribune quip follows about inanimate objects seeming to feel pain.
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Mayo W. Hazelting
Marper's
United States
Commonwealth of Watauga
Alleghenies
Tennessee
Watauga River
Commonwealth of Transylvania
Kentucky
Continental Congress
Franklin
Frankland
North Carolina
Texas
Mexico
Vermont
Postum Claims to Cure Coffee Complexions and Headaches
An advertisement extols Postum Wood Coffee as a remedy for coffee related skin dullness and nervous ailments. It recounts a 20 year coffee drinker whose yellowed complexion and headaches vanished after substituting Postum and Grape-Nuts, praising Postum as transforming blood and restoring rosy cheeks.
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Fostaum Co
Latrlo Creek
Mich
Speen
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Miss Curtain
St. Paul
GG Vearl Street
St. Vanel
Mita
Bend
Aron
Porana
Wartien
Nellie Curtain
Miss Nellie Curtain
Emerson’s
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Paxtine
Arugeleta Oy
Ne 50 Ute
E Paxtgh CO
Columbus Ave
Hoston, Mast
Sioux City
Great Britain
Amldly
Nellie Hastings
Wellie
Tam
Madge
Lin
Fom
Pacific
William J. Lampton
Chicago Tribune
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