Golden Medical Discovery Promoted for Blood Purification
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for scrofulous swellings open sores and blood impurities. It recommends All Healing Salve for open ulcers and urges ordering by mail if not in stock, with warnings against unknown substitutes and praise for the product's labeled ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Math St
Buffalo
N. C
Lost diamonds and the unseen fate of gems
The article explains how diamonds disappear when lost or damaged, noting urban sewers, country pebbles, and fires as routes into oblivion. It discusses unreturned stones, unkept heirs’ wishes, and broader losses including nonpayment and recutting waste, estimating about a sixth of diamonds vanish from use. It cites rose-cut stones as most prone to loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cammarte
Bank of France
Advertisers urged to note reader ad in this paper
Readers are reminded that mentioning they saw an advertiser’s ad in this paper can boost response. The note emphasizes cross publication visibility and strengthens ad impact for local businesses seeking engagement with shoppers and residents.
Poem Fragment An Ode To Morning Dew And Rose
A dewy morning scene describes a thousand pearly drops waking a single rose. The verse reflects on brief life and the cost of a single pleasure against many tears, attributed to F. W. Bourdillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipun
F. W. Bourdillon
Golem of Light by Hunt Shows Versatility in London Exhibition
The veteran hunter of brush Hunt displays a wide range of talent in a London show though his slow pace means many works span years. His famed The Light of the World at Keble College Oxford inspired him to test moonlight effects by channeling moonlight through a stained glass lens onto a glass sheet creating a golden glow praised by Millais and others.
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Golem
Frehind Hunt
Hig
London
Mr. Hunt
Keble College
Oxford
Does Your Back Ache Profit From Doan’s Kidney Pills
James R. Keeler, a retired farmer of Tenner Street in Cazenovia New York, says about fifteen years ago back and kidney trouble began. Doan’s Kidney Pills gave relief from the first box and two boxes restored him to good health. His wife and friends also used the remedy with good results. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Han
James R. Keeler
Tenner Street
Cazenovia
N. Y
Dean
Doan
50 Cent
foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. X
Character in the Tongue Germany's new tongue-based fortune telling
A Kansas City Journal item reports Germany practicing character sizing by the tongue. Long tongues signal openness and generosity while inviting gossip and trouble. short tongues imply secrecy and skill for detectives. Thin pointed tongues show failure, and vibrant tongues hint at artistic temperament. It ends noting the tongue is shown to doctors, not friends.
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Germany
Kansas City Journal
Andie
Cuticura Remedies Help Sufferer End Severe Eczema
A Canadian reader from Ayt Ontario reports extreme eczema on knees to ankles. Doctor called it the worst case seen. after using Cuticura Remedies she found relief and now praises their soothing effect. June 6, 1905.
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Cutiura
Mia
Golding
Ayt
Ontario
Canada
Famous Mme Thiers Pearl Necklace Faces Sale Clash
The famed Mme Thiers Pearl Necklace, gift of President Thiers to the French republic, is said to be deteriorating and museum directors fear loss of value unless sold. The Thiers family opposes a sale. The 145-pearl chain is valued around £12,000 with three largest pearls 36, 8f and 61 stammea. A note on bacteria urges washing fruit and water as autumn sees higher microbe presence.
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Tatler
Mme. Thiers
Thiers
Verny
Roosevelt
Be Kind Hearted Official in Murky Report
A fragmentary note describes an official role and a medical context with unclear names. It references a person feared by others and notes about care or rate related to a doctor. The text is garbled, obscuring specifics of who, where, or what action occurred.
My Delinquent Husband Returns in Odd Comic Mood
A Chicago-Times style dialogue reveals Mary fretting over her missing husband John Vincent Harris who failed to meet her, then returns to a dramatic scene in which she feigns anger, recalls the lunchroom scheme, and demands payment for his meal while joking about hostages and patrols. The piece reads as a humorous domestic sketch highlighting mistaken priorities and marital tension.
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Chicago News
Ren
Jack
Tack
Hoa
Mary
Uou
John Vincent Harris
Plese
Walter
Ingenious Marriage Clerk Recovers Forgotten Name
A Kansas City Star tale recounts a court clerk who, unable to recall a visitor’s name for a marriage license, improvises by asking to spell the name. The embarrassed guest struggles as the clerk playfully and mistakenly stumbles through the spelling, highlighting the social awkwardness of forgotten identities.
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Kansas City Star
Court House
Flella
Bill
Hank
Jim
Surprising Visitors At Pennsylvania Depot
Two men caused a stir at a Pennsylvania railroad depot last Thursday when General Funston and Captain Mitchell, accompanied by a twin cough, stepped from the Chicago Limited. The only vehicle in sight was a local undertaker’s hearse, described as a fake and a devlt to a supposed theme.
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Washington Post
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Funston
Mitchell
Chicago
New Gammadors Yacht Commodore Demands Weights
The New Gammadors in Maine elevated an inexperienced local to commodore of a yacht tub. He berated an officer to announce the weight, shouting Why the deuce don't you announce the weight after weighing anchor.
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Maine
Tiaya
Catarrh Cure Promises Relief From Blood Mucus Surfaces
An advertisement touts Catarrh Cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal remedies that reach the disease at its source. It claims the medicines purify the blood and act on mucous surfaces, backed by a physician’s endorsement, with J. Chehdy & Co. of Toledo as proprietors and a 75 cent price for Hall's Family Pills.
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Ito
Jiall
J. Chendy & CO
Props
Toledo
Hall
How Dolls Are Made From Everybody's Christmas Issue
Vance Thompson writes in Where the Toys Come From about doll making in a large factory. Workmen knead old cardboard and rags into a paste, then molds form the busts arms and legs while a stamping machine yanks out countless tiny hands. The grim factory scene is filled with steam red fires and sweating workers, giving a suffocating sense of mass production.
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Vance Thompson
Herod
Sirk Winslow's Soormine Strate for Children
Fragmented OCR text shows an ad for Sirk Winslow's medicine claiming gum soothing and anti irritant effects. It also contains a dialogue line about a court suit and an elder sister who might help, suggesting a social or legal note amid ad text.
Attractions of Western Canada Draw Settlers North
The piece highlights Canadian West appeal to European and American settlers through free homesteads, rich wheat and cereals, vast agricultural potential, rapid railway reach to markets, and a strong school system. It notes 1906 harvests of 90 million bushels of wheat and 76 million oats, plus 17 million barley, and cites 189,000 new Westerners last year including 57,706 from the United States, with 100 acres free upon settlement.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
United States
Thanksgiving banquet theft ends in foolish sleight of hand
A garbled tale recounts two thieves gaining entry to a Thanksgiving banquet only to find guests wearing suits and vigilant. One thief pockets a silver spoon, then performs a failed conjuring trick, claiming the spoon vanished into his friend Doe’s stash.
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Dad
Roe
Rae
Presto
Gene Dlemen
Doe
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Wingle
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Ine
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Warren Street
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