Definition and cures in a late 19th century pamphlet
An OCR fragment mentions notions of politeness by fictional figures, a patent medicine claim for Mother Gray's Sweet Jujubes for Children with a long list of ailments and delivery by Allen & Olmsted, plus a stat about U S farms covering 941 million acres and 10.6 million workers and a note on chilled steel shot replacing black diamonds for core rock drills.
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Mother Gray
Nome
New York
Rample
Allen & Olmsted
le Roy
United States
Carpeta Colors Goor with Putnam Faceless DVDs
A Chicago News playful snippet questions the difference between a thief and a kleptomaniac. A quoted exchange uses a pun on stealing and stealing to teal, reflecting a light page item about media humor and local color.
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Putnam
Chicago News
Piece Guy
Radium for Sale and Other Health Notes
A report notes radium may soon be offered at $6,000 per gram with chemically pure preparations expected on the market. The piece mentions a Weber-activity radium for experiments and a director’s claim of imminent radium availability. A Kansas town reports a boy's recovery after Dodd's Kidney Pills, with a physician crediting the remedy for stopping epileptic seizures. Trade data show Alaska imports at $10,228,000 and exports at $9,497,000, with Abyssinia’s total commerce around $9.6 million annually.
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Weber Activiy Luin
Madame Curls
Harper's Weekly
Boulay
Sorlete Genteala
St. John
Kan
William Metride
de. Simes
Dodd
Alaska
The Risks They Take In Building High Structures
The Philadelphia Public Ledger describes ironworkers atop girders on rising skyscrapers. Men balance on narrow ledges and drive rivets hundreds of feet above streets, taking pride in their perilous craft. Contractors note a past labor shortage now offset by growing expertise. Families often tour completed sections on Sundays to see their father’s handiwork.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Ofice
al Wys
Soula
Oldtimer praises Postum as coffee substitute for health
A long reader letter asserts Postum Food Coffee, eight years on the market, cured nervous dyspepsia and steadied the nerves. A husband also switched from coffee, claiming improved nerves and brain power. The note credits Postum Co. of Battle Creek and offers a copy of The Road to Wellville.
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Hes
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
South American Republics in steady growth and war’s lessons
A summary of Thomas C. Dawson's view on Argentina Brazil Chile and other South American states. He notes gradual stability post war for Argentina and Uruguay, growing trade with exports and immigration, Brazil’s late republican development, German settlement in Santa Catarina, and arbitration reducing conflict. The piece contrasts with U.S. roots in neutrality and Monroe doctrine protections.
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New York World
Thomas C. Dawson
United States
Legation
Raz
Mr. Dawson
South America
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Mexico
Buenos Ayres
Republic
Argentine
Canada
Pacific
Atlantic
Callao
Plate
Lope
Napoleon
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Hayes
Patagonia
Santa Caterina
Kaiser Wiilhelm
Europe
Java
Bolivia
France
Venezuela
Colombia
Austria- Hungary
Ecuador
United Kingdom
Open-Door Advocates Recall Old Politicians in Oblique Tale
Boston Herald recalls General Cassius M. Clay’s funeral and likens General Jackson’s stubborn will to his own. Opie Reid retells a Southern anecdote about slaves near Jackson’s death, while Philadelphia Press quips about a doctor and a Populist figure in a humorous exchange.
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Boston Herald
Cassius M. Clay
Kentucky
Old Hickory
Jackson
Clay
Saturday Evening Post
Opie Reid
Abe
Marster
Philadelphia
Down's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Concord
Quick Results ad copy from V.7 IMM Justice of the Peace in Concord notes Down's Kidney Pills easing disordered kidneys and back pain with regular secretions clearing, no back ache thereafter, health improving. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells at 50 cents a box. Chicago Record Herald joke follows about a fainting scene and a misogynist remark.
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IMM
Justice of the Peace
Concord
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Advertisements and Town Talk Fragments
A jumble of early 1900s ads and snippets appears with claims for patent medicines. References include F. Z. Ghene y Co Toledo and Druggists, Vaseline promotions from Chesebrough, and locals praising Piso a Cure for Consumption. Town Topics notes petty gossip about Mrs Dingey.
Very Assuring. Chicago News Elopement Fades Into Home Life
They were returning home and the glamor of the elopement had worn off. Jack quips about hastily marrying while Erle reassures that leisure will be avoided. The light exchange hints at a playful domestic scene rather than a dramatic twist.
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Chicago
Ieisura
Jack
Erle
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Cid
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Farmersburg
Alice M. Smith
Minneapolis, Minn
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Third Ave
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