Pinkham's Remedy Promises Cure For Female Ailments
An 1890s advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for ovarian troubles uterine inflammations and womb displacement with claims of curing backache leucorrhea and supporting life changes. It links Pinkham's Liv:ver and Sanative Wash to additional health benefits and references varied remedies. The piece mixes medical claims with a brief essay noting stamp value and urban curiosities about festivals and rail ventilation.
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Lydia BE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vashti the Queen and Her Sacrifices in a Shushan Fantasy
A sermon traces Vashti from regal queen to veiled participant and then to sacrifice, praising steadfast faith over public display. It highlights biblical heroines and 19th century virtue, urging women to pursue humble service and spiritual queenship through Christ, finishing with a call to heavenly admission.
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Shushan
Amethyst
Jacinth
Topaz
Chrysoprastis
Persia
Eulaeus
Shiraz
Vashti
Ahasuerus
Vashil
Christ
Queen Vashti
Mary
Scotland
Elizabeth
England
Margaret
Heaven
Society of Angels
Jesus Christ
Rachel
Hannah
Abigail
Deborah
Esther
Men of the World and Notable Figures
Cadstone vows never to speak publicly again. Cecil Rhodes, in England last year, reportedly fell for Georgina, dowager Countess of Dudley. Louis the Marathon winner is idolized in Greece. An Italian in New York employs 125 bootblacks on ferry boats, paying $3.50 weekly and seizing daily earnings, including tips, by nightly clothes searches. The businessman’s income runs to hundreds of dollars weekly.
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Cadstone
Cecil Rhodes
England
Georgina
Countess of Dudley
Louis
Marathon
Athens
Greece
New York
Opera Night Invitation Sparks Chaperone Question
A lively exchange unfolds as a young woman asks if the opera can be attended Friday night. The man responds that his father could serve as chaperone, creating a potential harmony of plans between two families.
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Marabows
Why New England Conservatory Pupils Shine
The piece argues NEC students excel due to superior equipment and top American and foreign teachers. Boston as america’s art center provides access to the best operas and concerts. One year there is posited as better than two elsewhere. prospectus offered free.
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New England Conservatory
Boston
Art Center of America
Restaurant Owner Questioned Over Lodging Bill
A man confronts a restaurant proprietor asking if the waiter was told to stay away so the owner can present a lodging bill against him. The exchange ends with the proprietor confirming his willingness to help.
Marshalltown Patient Praises Dr Kay Renovator Cure
Hatch of Marshalltown reports four years of rheumatic trouble and Ler Vousies with no relief from doctors. After six weeks using Dr Kay Renovator the patient feels greatly improved and would recommend the remedy. Free sample and booklet offered by Dr B J Kay Medical Co Omaha Neb.
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Hatch
Marshalltown
Iava
Lava
Aoe Thas
Ted
Aresists
Pr. B. J. Kay Medical Co
Omaha, Neb
Bend
Spot on record Was seen in ines
A fragmentary note mentions was seen in ines and features families covets.
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Ines
Fea Os Ilies
Reading His Own Shame: A Prohibition Scrapbook Tale
Brewer Jones of New Hampshire preserves a ten inch scrap book of prohibition clippings to show future generations the era’s crankiness. The Midland predicts his grandchildren will view their grandfather’s business as disgraceful, comparing it to slave auctions before the war.
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Brewer Jones
New Hampshire
The
Midland
The Fall Account
A prosperous liquor dealer boasts of earning $1,000 in three months. A listener counters that he has made more by wrecking two sons and a mother, warning that the speaker will face the full account someday.
Optimism Grows as Christianity Spreads Worldwide
Rev. A. L. Banks of Brooklyn speaks on the expanding influence of Christianity. He asserts the faith is girdling the earth and elevating human life, making the world a better place to live and life more sacred.
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Rev
A. L. Banks
Methodist
Brooklyn
Divorce law debate voices across states
A Methodist minister from Pittsburg urges a universal nationwide divorce law. He argues that in Connecticut and Dakota the process hinges on judges and calls for consistent legal standards to curb the widespread use of divorce.
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Connecticut
Dakota
G. C. Jones
Pittsburg
Gambling judge quotes on theft in race betting
Rev. M. J. Breaker cites gambling losses as theft of another's property arguing winnings over $1,000 from bets on horse races, wagering banks, or card games are not fair returns. The remark frames gambling as improper and unjust in public discourse.
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Rev. M. J
War denounced as slavery. government duty to prevent
The speaker urges that war be denounced akin to slavery and that a righteous government must forbid and render war impossible. Reverend Wallace Nutting voices the call for preventative peace.
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Wallace Nutting
Repentance and Salvation Sayings by Rev J W Sullivan
The message stresses repentance as essential to salvation. It asserts salvation comes from turning away from sin, not remaining in it, and emphasizes a changed mind as the path to redemption.
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Rev
J. W. Sullivan
The Wreath of Fame and a Football Captain
A poem about a youth leaving home to seek fame and fortune. He returns to tell his mother he has won deathless fame as captain of a football team and a cigar bears his name. The piece reflects on ambition and pride and includes a comic exchange about a classical concert.
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L. F. Gernhart
Looked Like Ma He Went To The Farmhouse Door
A tramp collapses at a farmhouse door crying for his supposed mother. The skeptical woman orders him to wash and fetch wood before she threatens to sic dogs on him. He protests while describing his tears as a recollection of his mother’s gentleness. The scene ends with the tramp mocked as he attempts to dodge the pursuers.
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Vashti
Ahasuerus
Isabella
Miriam
Marie Antoinette
Deborah
Hell
Dorcas
Rebecca
Hannah
Samuel
Naaman
Sarepta
Elijah
Phebe
Apostle
Mother Lois
Timothy
Lion
Jack
Nero
Bull
Averted Catastrophe in Merchant’s Shop
A stern merchant questions his clerk about a man named Mr Skinem good billed by the clerk who admits the bill was torn into infinitesimal portions. A nervous clerk is calmed by the entry of a stranger, averting possible violence.
Watering places custom origin cited by ancient women
A dialogue notes a tradition of mothers taking daughters to watering places. The male speaker references the biblical Rebekah at Abraham's well as an origin point for the custom.
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Abraham
Rebekah
Boomer recounts vast North Dakota wheat crops and crowded land
A Real Estate Agent recalls two seasons of enormous wheat yields in North Dakota. He says the crops were so large they crowded mortgages off the land and pushed county lines to bulge, blurring township boundaries.
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North Dakota
Bankrupt. Dyer and Boorish Stranger Exchange
A terse dialogue features Dyer asking about the stranger’s business and learning of a bankruptcy. The boorish figure proclaims “I’m a gentleman” while asserting that bankruptcy is his trade.
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Dyer
Vagrant Held After Quick-Thirty Days
Wragged Whiskers reports a man jailed for thirty days on a vagrancy charge after pleading innocence with the judge asking what for. The tale reflects frontier court handling of minor offenses and the temper in the local legal scene.
Rural days and moonlit talk in a country scene
A Dallas man converses with a young lady about country life. She says country living is not tedious, recalling that the year before last there was an eclipse of the moon. The exchange highlights rural charm and simple wonders.
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Dallas
Appealing to Readership About A Stomach Remedy
An earnest appeal for aid from a self interested reader leads to a recommendation of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The piece urges use for heartburn wind in the stomach and jaundiced looking skin or eyes signaling digestive distress.
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Hostetter
Marriageable age debate sparks pointed quip exchange
In a terse exchange, Well Said asks Miss Justout about marriageable age, and Outal Knight retorts with a sharp line placing the age between religious training and death, reflecting a satirical tone.
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Miss Justout
Outal Knight
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