The Mysterious Portrait of a George II Era Lady
Agnes Wilton, a young heiress, becomes obsessed with a faded miniature of a handsome 19th century gentleman. A curio dealer sells it to her for a small sum, and she wears it as a pendant. The portrait seems to draw her toward Harry Fairfax, a man who bears the same name and resemblance to the sitter. At a fancy dress ball the two meet, their bond deepens, and Fairfax uncovers the portrait’s link to his ancestor. He asks for her love as the tale of magnetism and fate unfolds.
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Agnes Wilton
Monmouth
Agnes
Mrs. Monmouth
Mibieture
Hove
Os Noo
Miss Wilton
Agnes Nutter
DL Peltewe
Lani
Mrs. Wilton
Mich
George
HH. I
Alyden
Setlout
Min
Mira
Wilton
Harry Fairfaxs
Aimland
Agnea
Harry Prirfax
Harry Fairfax
Fairfax
Wiltons
Mr. Fairfax
Mra. Witon
Marry Fairfax
Pairfax
Itv
Tonyas
Harry
Evils of Tobacco and a Teacher's Comic Lesson
A mock lecture by Professor Seyon C Tao condemns tobacco with a Kalamazoo death from smoking. He cites Pattison who smoked 100000 cigars in his 80s, jokes about autos, and warns pupils to avoid cigars and moderation. The piece shifts to a humorous dialogue and a brief comic exchange about wills and music.
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Seyon
C. Tao
Washington Star
A & News
Chicago
William G. Pattison
Mr. Pattison
Plasa
Pattison
Paulsan
Pupily
Walter Raleigh
Mngland
Sir Walter Raleigh
Bismarck
Charles Lamb
The High Minded Stork Delays Its Nest and a Birth-Rate Note
A verse on storks choosing lofty nests and a Harper's Weekly piece by Eury Lipincott discusses historical birth rates. It traces declining births from Benjamin Franklin’s era to 1900 and cites a New England scientist linking shrinkage to modern nerve demanding life, luxury, and social pursuits.
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Harper's Weekly
New England
America
Benjamin Franklin
Mexico's Military Ambition Revealed in Reform Drive
National Magazine reports Mexico's army and navy undergoing rapid transformation from border to Yucatan and Pacific to Gulf coasts. Diaz aims to mobilize about 200000 soldiers on short notice, with 11000 schools drilling nearly 300000 boys daily, shaping a nation of warriors ready to project power abroad.
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Mexico
National Magazine
Republic of Mexico
Yucatan
Pacific
Republic
Diaz
New Woman's Ways in Politics Stirring Reform Effort
A New York Times excerpt portrays Senator McCarren vexed by a persistent woman reformer who tailed him over a bill affecting women. She pressed for his vote, then provokingly examined his desk with a weighty object that proved to be a tea biscuit, a satirical jab on women reformers pushing for scientific schooling.
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New York
McCarren
Allently
Orbra Young Heals With Dodd's Kidney Pills
A 10 year old boy Orbra Young of Crossroads Tennessee suffers kidney trouble waking nights. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he sleeps through the night and improves greatly. The notice urges parents to treat kidney and urinary disorders in children and cites the remedy as safe and effective.
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Bos
Tenn
Orbra Young
Meater Young
Orbra
Dodd
Tie
Podad
Orbrga Young
Nigereta the Prizefighting Cat of Carthage
A 12 year old Carthage girl writes the obituary of Nigereta a cat described as peaceful by day and noisy at night. Born August 12 104 he died August 27 1903 at Grand Avenue Carthage MO. He was son of Mrs Spitfire and grand son of Mr Nigger Ebels. He lived two years and fifteen days. His occupation prize fighting. Suspected poisoning ends the brave fighter.
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Carthage
Hsa
Inhamser
Nigereta
Spitfire
Climate prophecy warns drier midsouth cotton belt
In Clima tatic Prospects Dr Felix L Oswald foresees milder winters and drier hotter summers across the nation. He warns the midland cotton belt will become as dry as a Kansas holiday, irrigation failing to avert widespread land degradation and escalating droughts across eastern America amid desertifying soils.
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America
Felx L. Oswald
National Magazine
Nile
Mississippi
Midland
Great
Cotton Belt
Kansas
Parson Brownlow
Allinde Cease Plain
Eastern
Art of Rest May Be Acquired and Used with Great Benefit
An advertisement extols Postum Food Coffee as a health aid for nervous tension and restful poise. It urges stopping coffee, consulting the stomach first, and replacing with Postum, claiming improved digestion, nerves, and well being. A hygienic sanitarium physician allegedly supports coffee abstinence in five years of practice. The Postum Co. notes offer and a small booklet within each package.
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Bury
Debra
Indiana
Postum Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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Anni
Gennes
Great Britain
Boarder
Philadelphia Ledger
Jack—O
Philadelphia Press
Tudge
Jens
James K. McGuire
Fifth Avenue
Syracuse
Edina
London
Poardon
Qnce
Big Smilly
Thomas Campion
Stork
Strassburg
Eury Lippincott
Wellville
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