Women at Work and Lessons on Trees and Boys
A collage of notes on women in banks and public life, hints of Mary Hansel and Mrs. Harmon, plus promotes trees in farming and ornamental planting. It includes a sentimental essay urging kindness to boys and the role of sisters in shaping men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Salisbury
Palmer
Wweland
James A. Garfield
Lielewyn Davis
Great Britain
Treasury
Tment
Washington
Wilgrandniece
Jackson
William R. Mor
Mary F. Hansel
Ellenville
Harmon
St. John’s Church
Moline
Marnie Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
Royal Academy of Music
London
Douglass
England
Succes
Curious Calf With Misplaced Tail Attracts Attention
A Scarboro man reports a calf born with an unusual defect the tail at the wrong end and a head resembling an elephant. The calf cannot suck properly and was held up by hand to feed. The item segues into a promotional note for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, praising remedies and warning against mercury.
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Scarboro
Fragmentary dialogue hints at public school debates in Germany
The readable text presents a clipped dialogue about schemes in public schools of Germany, noting a contrast between the bright and the stupid while a reference to medical men sorting or selecting. The fragmentary nature offers little concrete context or names.
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Germany
Syrup of Figs promotes health through gentle cleansing
Knowledge on the value of Syrup of Figs highlights its pleasant taste and laxative effect. It cleanses the system and eases constipation without harming the kidneys or liver. Sold in 1 bottle sizes by druggists, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co. and labeled with its name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Reading the Heavens as a Book of God
A preacher urges readers to look up at the night sky to read God’s handiwork. He highlights Orion Arcturus Pleiades and the Dipper as guides, urges learning star names, links celestial study to home and faith, and recalls biblical references to the heavens declaring God’s glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orion
Job
Earth
Ursa Major
Arcturus
Bootes
Syra
Dolphin
Noah
David
Letter News By The Piazza And Summer Hotel Crowd
A narrator recalls a piazza scene with youths waiting for mail. A pretty girl jokes about a letter that arrives yearly for Frank Allison. Allison reads a closely written letter from his sister Nell, a source of good news.
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Allison
Nell
Harry
Frank Allison
Wood Splitting Tramp Outwits Madam For Dinner
A hungry tramp asks for food from a housewoman who offends him by insisting he split wood for his bread. He cites the Bible to claim a right to a meal, and she relents after he uses the scripture about what God hath joined together. The vignette ends with him receiving his dinner.
Proper Speech Starts At Home For Children
The piece argues that children imitate spoken language from educated adults and that without vulgar talk at home and in schools, children naturally learn correct grammar and graceful speech. It stresses parental and teacher responsibility to model proper language to aid education.
Jacob and the Sea Lion at Tillamook Beach
An old German farmer near Tillamook Oregon finds a large sea lion asleep on the beach. He lassos the animal and ties it to his wagon, planning to haul it home. The sea lion pulls free dragging the farmer toward the sea before the man cuts his rope and escapes with his gear.
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Jacob
Tillamook
Ore
Mr. Sealion
Mr. Jacob
This to Mamma. No danger for boys, sowing wild oats.
A woman's voice exhorts a mother to send her son to a place where his actions are judged. She argues that sin is sin for both boys and girls and defends her son as morally pure. The verse contrasts gender norms and parental concern.
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Mamma
Farning an Honest Penny
Miss Lily speaks playfully to a suitor, asking if he is well off as her sister boasts a twenty franc reward for knowing his finances. The scene unfolds as she nudges the young man about his wealth while he responds with calm assurance.
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Lily
la Gaudricle
Labor and Industry Boom Across United States
Locomotives now weigh 96 tons and factories face surging orders. Some 25,000 coal miners in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee form a union. Ohio mines a third by machinery. Removing 6000 feet of Atlantic depth barely narrows its width. Labor groups show slow growth but workers seek full value of labor. North Carolina granite belt spans 15 to 20 miles as new quarries open for street and curb uses.
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United States
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina
Not Coming to Lecture Du Maurier Health Delays Visit
The note reports Du Maurier will not lecture in America due to health. It also mentions Francis George the Liverpool crier retiring after sixty years, noting he cried 130 600 lost children. It adds Paris interview with Max Nordau, Lord Wolseley wounded, William Brown appointed Victoria’s personal attendant, and Tolstoi's new novel and court experiences.
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Francis George
Liverpool
Max Nordan
Paris
Europe
Lord Wolseley
London
William Brown
John Brown
Queen Victoria
John Morley
Leo Tolstoi
London Daily News
Tolstoi
Count Tolstoi
Caucasus
Fragmentary 19th Century Classified Snippets and Notices
A jumbled mix of quotes dates and ads includes Dr G Parrenson of Inkster Michigan November 5 1804 and Dr Kline’s nerve restorer promising cures. Also mentions Riverside California Hemet Land Co and a seismologist Professor John Milne marrying a Japanese wife with a Buddhist priest father.
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John Milne
Ff. K. S
Miscellaneous notices and trivia from a historic column
An assortment of brief items includes patent salve ads with 15 cent pricing, the largest clock rumor in Buffalo, camphor remedies, political aphorisms, humorous quips about walking and nerves, a London cable firm’s output, and statistics on French housing. Also mentions Parker's Ginger Tonic benefits and multistory counts.
RAM''S HORNS AND DUTY OF PRAYER QUOTES
A collection of religious reflections on hypocrisy prayer and following Christ. It emphasizes readiness to act on prayer and the need to remove obstacles before guiding others. The text contrasts devils and hypocrites with sincere faith and personal accountability.
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Christ
Nurse Reproves Bertie Over Sacred Sunday Soldiers
A nurse scolds Bertie for playing with his toy soldiers on Sunday. He replies that the war is religious, highlighting a tension between play and piety in a domestic scene.
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Bertie
Riddle Exchange at School Sparks Laughs
A teacher poses a letter puzzle to a pupil about the next letter after HH and about letters on sides of the nose. The boy answers with Freckles and Dunno, prompting a lighthearted classroom moment.
A Law Abiding Girl and Bridget Front Kitchen Scene
In a dialogue from Harper's Bazar a mother questions Bridget about a policeman kiss. Bridget replies she could not resist resisting an officer without risking arrest. The excerpt portrays social norms and humor in a kitchen setting.
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Mrs. McBride
Bridget
Arrist
Harper's Bazar
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Mercury
Hall
F. J. Cheney &c
Toledo
J. Cheney & Co
U.S. Gov't Report
Industrial
du Maurier
America
John
Mae
G. Parrenson
Inkster, Mich
Holmes
Riverside Co
Cal
Hemet Land Co
Hemet, Cal
Hanson
Buffalo, N.Y
Ilegeman
C. C. G. Clark Co
New Haven
Parker
France
Ram
Amc Youth 'S Companion
Princess Louise
Marquis of Lorne
Baniamin Ward Richardson
U. S. Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Oliver Wendell Holmes
W.H. Russell
Frank R. Stockton
W. Clark Russell
Nelson A. Miles
Thomas B. Reed
Salisbury
Cleveland Coxe
Bishop Doane
Sir Edwin Arnold
Camille Flammarion
Justin McCarthy
Admiral Stevens
Admiral Markham
Admiral Elliot
Charles Dickens
Archibald Forbes
F. D. Miller
Andrew Carnegie
Columbus Ave
Boston
Mass
St, Jacobs Oil
A Kuhné Co
Chouteau Ave
Logia
Patrick O’farrell
Washington, D. C
Exence
MO & Ill
Tark Bros’s
Louisiana
Rockport
Western
Des Moines
Iowa
Western For Co
Sioux City Engine and Iron Works
Pech Mig.Co
Sioux City
Foe
Rowell & Chase Macnerey Co
West Kleventh Street
Kansas City
Bright
Hobb
Dr. Hobb
Chicago
Hosb's Medicine CO
San Francisco
California
Ang
Omaha
Los Angeles
J. Francis
Omaha, Neb
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