Society Snippet on Telephone Use During Storms
In this brief social note a speaker recalls using the telephone amid a storm and mentions his wife calling him frequently. The casual, humorous exchange captures domestic conversation and community voice of the era.
Old Age and Rushing in the Race for Oil Cogs
A Manchester Union note argues that rapid progress alone cannot sustain industry as no oil discovery yet secures long term operation. The piece cautions against relying on speed to replace steady advancement in energy development.
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Tou
Manchester Union
Modern Irish and Language Challenges in Print
A London style remark notes that modern Irish is harder than ancient Greek. It contrasts social access to meat with the idea the rich cannot always digest it, reflecting satirical commentary on class and language.
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Manchester Guardian
Giles
Anniston Steam
Electric Bitters Promises to Strengthen Women
A historic advertisement touts Electric Bitters as restoring weak women with strong nerves bright eyes and a smooth complexion. It claims healthful sprightliness and beauty and lists Flam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co as guaranteed sellers at 50 cents.
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Flam, Ordway & Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co
Women as Walkers in 19th Century Letters
The article discusses Mary Lamb replying to Miss Wordsworth about walking, noting both are elderly women. Lamb claims a rival could walk fifteen miles, but she herself barely manages four or five miles every few days, staying quiet rest days in between.
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Mary Lamb
Miss Wordsworth
Otty
Dugty
Chamberlains Salve for skin diseases advertised
An advertorial note promotes Chamberlains Salve for skin diseases soothing itching and burning and aiding quick relief. It claims usefulness for sore ribs and recommends J. L. Wikle as the seller.
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J. L. Wikle
Local Services Ad and Coal Supply Details
Virest offers cleaning repairs pressing and dyeing for ladies and gentlemen with pickup and delivery and guaranteed work. Herbert Breedlove manager Thyone 575 12th and Gurnee Montevallo coal mined for heat R O Watson phone 72 example text shows two businesses and contact numbers.
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Virest
Herbert Breedlove
Mgr
Thone
Gurnee
Montevallo
R. O. Watson
Bates and Bates and the Western Land Debate Quote
Edward Bates of Missouri argued in 1829 that a strip of prairie between the Missouri and the Pacific is waste and sterile and not worth crossing. His harsh view contrasted with later push to settle western lands amid national debates.
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Missouri
Pacific
Congress
Sahara
Edward Bates
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Chicago
Lincoln
Vuilie
South Carolina
Senate
Rocky Mountains
Putnara
Glycerine’s Role in Golden Medical Discovery Claims
The article asserts glycerine in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery boosts medicinal roots, acting as a nutritive demulcent and antiseptic. It claims cures for lingering coughs and bronchial ailments, and notes limits to curing consumption only in early stages. It cites Prof Ellingwood praising glycerine's benefits for dyspepsia and stomach ulcers, and promises blood purification effects.
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Pierce
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Med. College
Chicago
Golden Medical
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Desolate King's Island in the Bering Sea
In the Bering Sea midway between Alaska and Siberia lies King's Island a desolate islet fifty miles from land. Walrus hunters live in skin dwellings perched above the surf with walrus thong secured roofs. Summers bring fogs and gales keep the summit uninhabitable. natives rely on seals walrus and whale for survival and only occasional whaler visits occur.
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Kering Sea
Alaska
Siberia
King's Island
Bering Strait
Bering Sea
Strange Fuels and Ghastly Mummies in Sensational Tale
A Chicago News excerpt features a sailor recounting mummies as fuel in Egypt. He mocks natives for stealing mummies and notes scraps burned in shoemaking towns and tannery centers. He cites British Columbia fish waste fuel and ends with a warning about Fortune knocking.
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Egypt
Lyon
British Columbia
Memorable Day of Dr King’s New Life Pills
A vivid reminiscence of discovering Dr King’s New Life Pills and their claimed benefits for headache biliousness and bowel health. The ad notes price 25 cents at Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co. locations.
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Dr. King
Elam
Ordway & Houser and
Scarbrough Drug Co
What Ailed the Speech at Hastings Trial
In a Hastings trial session, Dr. Parr paced the anteroom praising Fox and Sheridan while ignoring Burke. Burke asked if Parr liked his speech and was told the oration was oppressed with metaphor dislocated by parentheses and debilitated by amplification.
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Warren Hastings
Edmund
Dr. Parr
Train Routes and Timings to Atlanta Birmingham and Beyond
Listing of eastbound northbound and southbound train lines with destinations including Atlanta Macon Birmingham Memphis New Orleans Rome Jacksonville and Chattanooga. Timings such as 2:32 am 8:27 am 8:07 pm 9:53 am 6:27 pm appear alongside multiple city pairs and route notes.
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