Fifty year old Indiana woman travels 600 miles to wed Michigan farmer
Malinda Smith, aged fifty, left Indiana to marry J. R. Wampler of near Big Rapids Michigan after placing a matrimonial ad. She traveled over 600 miles alone for the ceremony and expects a rural life on the farm. In a contrasting note, a barber incident left a wedding partner nose-less, causing the bride to cancel the marriage.
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Malinda Smith
Malinda
Indiana
Cupid
J. R. Wampler
Big Rapids
Mich
Miss Malinda
Michigan
Eccentric Philadelphia wedding ends in unlikely marriage
An unusual tale from Philadelphia follows a German boarder Miss Rosie Schwartz who marries Elek Bijda a Hungarian burglar arrested after being found under a bed. The magistrate even has a policeman serve as best man in the ceremony amid a police court scene. The bride spots charm in danger and chooses marriage over prosecution.
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Elek Bijda
Rosie Schwartz
Rosie
Elek
Clara Barton and the Wooden Soldier Fancy
A fragment recalls Clara Barton and her childhood fondness for wooden soldiers and pets. It then shifts to assorted ads for Allen’s foot powder and Dr Pepper promotion notes, and mentions a 20 000 acre cattle ranch purchase by Indiana and Ohio capitalists in Western Kansas.
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Clara Barton
Orgss Society
Kansas
Indiana
Ohio
Hall's Catarrh Cure and assorted old ads
An assortment of short promotional blurbs and quotations including Hall's Catarrh Cure with price, household product pitches for Defiance Starch and Laxative Bromo Quinine, a quip about income and alimony, a quote about cure for colds, a measure of beer and frog legs, a testimonial from Jonn F Boran, and a note on Germany's colonial subsidies.
Theet college profile and wartime cost figures
An analysis of the 3,237 eminent graduates suggests the Heet College is a small non sectarian New England school with a male student body in a town over 30 000. The Pope establishes a permanent forty member commission on biblical studies in relation to recent results. The Spanish American War cost a million dollars daily for over a year with only three months of fighting. The Irish land bill would shift rents to sixty eight yearly installments, 20 percent below current annual rent.
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Heet College
New England
The Klean Kool Kitchen Kind trademark noted
A garbled item highlights a trade mark mention for a kitchen device praised for quiet operation. The note references parents and children and a claim of comfort in cooking. It also notes England’s census milestone, stating it is 101 years since the first census.
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England
Doan's Kidney Pile Claim Pain Relief
Advertises Doan's Kidney Pile capsule as a remedy for aching backs hip and lola pains swelling of limbs dropsy and urinary issues. Claims brick dust sediment relief and elimination of calculi and gravel with improved urine and bedwetting relief.
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Doan
Unscrupulous Patent Medicine Ad Noted in 19th Century Paper
A fragmentary ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for rheumatism and urinary troubles. The testimonial mentions relief and improved well being after using the product, with names and casual mentions of physicians and readers.
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Dean
Dasarieco, Sr
Sam
Joo. H. Heeen
Ruestions
Ediasa
Deste Rank
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Nan
Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia
Allen
Ataluggiste
Bhoe
Olmated
LeRoy, N
United States
Mexico
Hall
New Zealand
Czar
Piso
Jonn F Boran
Trinity Springs
Ind
Germany
Samoa
Ny Ree
F. F. _ COLLINS MFG
AN Antonio, TE
Queenan
Rootbeer
St. Jacobs Oil
Lumbago and Sciatica
Winchester
Agi
Pais Ieeihan Seeriden
Barres Sraines
Kidsey Pj
Poan
Falmouth
Mason
Von
Boston
Wabash Line
West Shore
Boston & Maine
St. Louis
New York
Wabash and
Delaware
Lackawana
Shepping Cove
New York City
Toledo
Detroit
Niagaras
Buffalo
Olive and
Eighth Streets
N. E. Cor
KR. Vaxton CO
Columbus Ave
M, Mfg, CO
Springfield
Mass
Ali Druggiste
Grandma Park
Union
U.M.C. Arrow and
Nitro Club
Bridgeport, Conn
Wren
Thompson
Farmer Fredricks
Fredricks
Montgomery Ward & Co
Chicago
Sena
Caleage
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