Three Prayers of a Little Girl in Bed
A child in a late night prayer asks to be good and to ride an omnibus to visit relatives, pleading for protection for grandma and family, while listing needs and desires. She concludes with gratitude for dry weather and a request for a clean spirit and good sleep, ending with sleep’s arrival.
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Aunt Margaret
Grandpa
Grandma
Kate
Sophia
Charles Swan
Papa
Mamma
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Jesus
Dan McCauley
Washington Post
Chicago
New York Central Railroad
Harlem
New York
Aluminium wedding craze sparks gifts in Berlin society
A rich BerlinManufacturer's circle marked 874 years of marriage with aluminium gifts. The piece notes Berlin’s habit of celebrations and a seven year wedding called the jubilee of the seven years’ war, as cited by the Paris American Register.
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Berlin
Paris
American Register
Sympathetic Vaccination Rumor Splashes in The Listener
The Listener reports a curious claim of sympathetic vaccination where unvaccinated individuals feel stinging or itching in the arm near where vaccination would occur. The symptoms may affect left arm first and later move to the right, seen as a nervous response to ongoing vaccination complaints.
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Boston Transcript
His View of the Case on a Western Line Collision
The editor questions a reporter who reports a western line collision with 10 killed and 20 injured. The reporter says there is no accident details yet, expressing frustration.
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Patriote Normand
Mont Blanc
Letter to the editor from a longtime subscriber
A short note appears in the first issue of a new German periodical, signed by “A Subscriber of Many Years’ Standing.” The fragment cites a reader’s letter addressed to the editor as the inaugural contribution.
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Hamburger Fremdenblatt
California Pacers Highlights and Times from Last Season
California sent a group of pacers alongside trotters including Flying Jib with 2 04, Saladin at 2 053, and Diablo at 2 09, marking strong performances in late season trials.
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California
Saladin
Diablo
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Cases
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. Internal treatment targets blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease at its root and bolster the constitution. Proponents offer 100 dollars for any failure and invite testimonials from Toledo Ohio makers F J Cheney & Co. distributed by druggists at 75 cents.
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Lall
Ilall
F. J. Cuenvy & Co
Toledo
Castoria Then and Now Promises in Old Advertisements
A collage of 19th century bottle ads and testimonials tout Park’s Cough Syrup, Castoria for children, Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and other tonics. It cites doctors, cures for grippe and dyspepsia, and notes about ships, horses, and industry, all in a period newspaper voice.
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Park’s
L. M. Bosworth
Samuel Pitcher
Statement on aging and hair care in old l advertisements
A compact ad-style passage notes that at forty a person may become either a fool or a philosopher, praises Park's Tea for its gentle overnight laxative effect, warns about trusting friends, and promotes Ayer's Hair Vigor to check premature baldness with immediate use for best results.
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Ayer
How to Prepare Camphorated Oil
Melt camphor in sweet oil by placing a bottle in hot water and elevating it on nails. Add 3 ounces camphor pieces to a pint oil, heat until dissolved, then shake well.
How to Reduce In Weight From Diet and Exercise Regimen
A young English girl shed weight by a strict routine over ninety days. She rose at 6 AM for a three mile walk before breakfast, had coffee and dry bread at 9, then bread and vegetables at 2, and another walk at 4 30 followed by tea and dry biscuits. Her weight dropped from 185 to 145 pounds.
Old Fashioned Buckwheat Cakes Recipe
The rule for buckwheat cakes uses 4 cupfuls buckwheat 1 small cup Indian meal 1 tablespoon salt half cake compressed yeast 2 cupfuls water 2 cupfuls milk mixed lukewarm. Batter rises overnight then morning rise check and add 1 tea spoon soda in lukewarm milk before baking to foam like yeast.
Easy Glass Washing with Chamois Technique
Wash with a chamois skin wrung out in clean water. They will dry brilliantly and require no polishing. This method also cleans glass in doors or windows efficiently.
How to Prevent a Cold
Do not allow yourself to feel chilly as it may indicate a modifiable circumstance or physical condition. Move away from drafts add clothing or heat a brick and sit with your feet on it to warm yourself.
Library wall coverings for daylight and evening use
A guide to choosing cartridge paper in olive gray blue or gray for library walls with red for evening warmth in bright rooms. Old red and pink avoid glare, while dull blue green tapestries suit bright rooms though less effective in daylight.
How to Clean Gloves Ribbons and Laces
A traditional cleaning method using a mixture of ether chloroform alcohol and benzine is applied by washing the items in a bowl with gentle rubbing. After rinsing and shaping the articles, they are hung to air dry briefly.
Old Time Frying Starch Batter Recipe
A vintage recipe lists one and a half teacupfuls sugar one half teacup sour milk one third teacup butter one beaten egg a small teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water and flour to a stiff paste fried in hot lard.
How to Clear the Voice for Singing
A historical remedies note advises gargling with borax water or letting a pinch of borax dissolve in the mouth and swallowing it to clear the voice. The guidance reflects period fashion for vocal care.
Maori Women in Island Life Described in Fortnightly Review
The Fortnightly Review characterizes Maori women as potent in island life with liquid dark eyes soft voices and graceful movements. It notes their generally calm temperament with no strong profanity and contrasts rage with terms like cat bullock dog goat sheep or pig and a mock deadly insult wild duck for a child nobody will own.
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Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
American chewing gum alleviates seasickness discoverer notes
An English woman reports a magazine discovery of American chewing gum as a seasickness remedy. She recalls crossing the Dover Calais route with a watery pepsin flavored piece from New York that kept her comfortable during the passage.
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America
New York
Dover Calais
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