Alpena Woman Credits Pink Pills for Remarkable Recovery
Mrs. Jas M Todd of Long Rapids Alpena County Michigan describes eight years of illness including nervous prostration rheumatism and swollen joints. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she regained the ability to sit up dress herself and work, saying the pills gave her back strength and independence.
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Alpena
Michigan
Argus
Jas. M. Todd
Long Rapids
Alpena County
Mich
Ann Arbor
Doings and Sayings of Curious Notes and Odd Facts
A wry column surveys oddities from warden banter in Maine to Eurhythmic legal customs in Turkestan. It notes the gypsy moth threat to New England, a pistol scare in a Pennsylvania church, San Francisco medical graduate Miss Morrison’s acclaim, and Maine lobster fleets with 4 million lobsters valued at about 320000 dollars sold in Portland.
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Atwood
Maine
New England
France
United Brethren Church
Belligrove
Lebanon
Morrison
San Francisco
Medical Department
University of California
Portland
Amusing anecdotes and local oddities amuse readers
A collection of humorous vignettes from Maine and Connecticut includes a judge farmer exchanging jests about brains and farming, a Thomsonville clergyman’s funeral prayer, a plaid shawl elder’s city work tale, a New Haven station portrait machine gag, and a mistaken portrait causing a commuter to claim identity as Maria Jokings.
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Oxford
Thomsonville
Conn
New Haven
Maria Jokings
Buckwheat Cakes Misfit in Dining Trend
Critics note average buckwheat cakes disappoint with excess buck and short wheat content. The remark ties culinary quality to personal traits like envy, calling it a sign of selfishness in taste debates.
Mission of Francis M Hatch in Washington sparks Hawaii cable talk
Special correspondence reports Francis M Hatch the Hawaii foreign affairs minister arriving in Washington to discuss matters of importance to both governments. Observers see his visit as linked to Hawaii rights in the projected Pacific British cable and to ongoing annexation discussions led by Hawaii and US officials.
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Washington Dispatch
Francis M. Hatch
Minster of Foreign Affairs
Hawaii
Pacific
Canada
Australia
Cleveland
Congress
Wonderful Heroism of Nellie Desmond
In Wellston Ohio Nellie Desmond the 11 year old daughter of a foreman saw a trestle burned and smoldering while a fast moving train carried nearly 100 miners toward the danger. She reported the hazard to her mother then braved the peril to warn her father and crew, saving the train from disaster.
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Wellston
Ohio
Hanging Rock
Desmond
Nellie
Nellie Desmond
Thomas Brady
Brady
Pioneer of Hawaiian emancipation Hatch in Washington
A profile of Hawaii's Minister of Foreign Affairs George N. Hatch, longtime advocate of the republic, noting his Harvard status, Hawaii leadership under President Dole, and his acclaim in diplomacy and among island residents. The piece highlights his background, family ties in law, and his notable 1393 Honolulu speech.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Bowdoin College
New England
Harris
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hatch
Islands
Times
Wodehouse
Lil
Gresham
Washington
Dole
Waikiki
California
Miss Hawes
Col
Alexander G. Hawes
San Francisco
Oxygen Aids Bleaching Of Paper Pulp In Tests
Technical papers report experiments applying oxygen to bleaching pulp. A stream of oxygen pumped into chlorine and pulp accelerates bleaching. In a closed churn oxygen absorption prevents pressure rise, while nitrogen increases pressure as it remains unused.
Charlemagne Renowned Checker Pioneer of His Era
A historical note credits Charlemagne as the leading checker player of his century, highlighting his skill and prominence in early chess like board games.
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Charlemagne
Seed ads and quotable quips mix in late 19th century page
A collage of advertisements extols seeds from Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin and German Coffee Berry seed while promising cures from Biopathic Physicians. It also advertises Syrup of Figs laxative and Johnson's magic corn salve, with assorted pithy maxims and quotes about work and travel from various sources.
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Rio
Europe
France
Holland
Germany
Curious Epigrams From an Odd Scrap
A fragmented excerpt features odd moral vignettes and quips about deceit teething remedies and social behavior. It alternates between slang and advertisement style lines, mentioning Mrs Wixstow's Soothing Syrup and Cee's Cough Patsam. The text also includes remarks on stammering among "uncivilized people" and human pairings.
Swordfish battering hull tests ship strength
The Norwegian bark Lorenzo arrived at Pensacola with a swordfish test proving hull strength. The fish pierced through metal sheathing and six inches of planking into the inner ceiling, creating a leak that kept the crew at pumps for six hours daily. The weapon measured about twenty inches long with a five inch end and two and a half inch circumference at the tip.
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Lorenzo
Pensacola
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Ane
Minister Hatch
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LaCrosse
Wis
Troy
Joan Shelby
Sheeley Block
Omaha, Neb
Allig Doverass
LeRoy, Mich
Anson
Cupid
Cee
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
Buppalo, N. Y
Jacobs
ENSIG
Joan W. Morris
Washington, D.C
Recordes
T Ate
U.S. Pension Bureau
Lansixe & Co
Quincy St
Chicago
W.l.doucl
West Dongor
Doug Co
Brockton
Mass
W. L
Boston
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
E. O. McCormick
Cincinnati
McElrees
Cardus
W.N.U
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