Favorite Prescription Promoted for Nursing Mothers and Women
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a potent restorative for nursing mothers and overburdened women. It claims to support nourishment for infants, prepare the system for childbirth, and aid various female ailments without alcohol, inviting readers to request a free booklet for more details.
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Dr. Pierce
Oaby
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Affaio, N
Handsome wallpaper arrives in Anniston shop
C W Cohen and Co announce a new stock of wallpaper in Anniston at 921 Noble Street. The painters and decorators offer service and invite customers to call phone 550 for samples and prices.
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Anniston
C. W. Cohen & Co
Noble Street
Apritt
Youth Shoots Assassin of His Father in Texas
Special to the Star from Dallas May 24 reports E. E. Griffin a prominent Itasca banker fatally shot by 16 year old Frank Maner son of Dr Lee Maner who was killed by Griffin about a year earlier. Also Leon Polk near Emory shot dead by farm hand William Boyle. No motive given. Also a nostalgia piece on snuffboxes describes their role in earlier club life.
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The
Star
Dallas
Tex
E. E. Griffin
Itasca
Frank Maner
Young Maner
Lee Maner
Griffin
Maner
Leon Polk
Emory
William Boyle
Valuable Cellini Key Auctioned by Count Rothschild
Count Adolphe de Rothschild paid 1700 pounds for a key said to be the world’s most valuable. Believed to be a Benvenuto Cellini creation from the 16th century, it features two grotesque female figures and sculpted masks. A second costly key once owned by the Mediel family rests in London’s South Kensington museum with a temple-like bow and Corinthian pipe.
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Adolphe de Rothschild
Strozzi
Benvenuto Cellini
Mediel
South Kensington
London
The Sphinx Symbolize Power and Wisdom
The sphinx name comes from Greek meaning the strangler and refers to a legendary creature with a lion body a human head or animal and two wings. Egyptian hieroglyphs link the sphinx to wisdom and power and the king is often shown as a sphinx.
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Egypt
Dyspepsia Relief Prescription and Dosage
A historic dyspepsia remedy is proposed using fluid extract Bucht Bulso Mixture Gentian Compound with water, plus baking soda for sour stomach. Medical testimony claims wide efficacy for stomach trouble. dose is one tablespoon before meals, three times daily.
Minnesota and Mississippi Governors Dedicate Vicksburg Memorial
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 24 governors Johnson of Minnesota and Vardaman of Mississippi dedicated a Minnesota memorial in the Vicksburg battle park. A 90 foot rough faced granite obelisk valued at 25000 dollars honors Minnesota soldiers in the 1863 siege and capture of Vicksburg with markers showing ground reached by the Third Fourth and Fifth Minnesota infantry and the First Minnesota artillery.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Govs. Johnson
Minnesota
Vardaman
Mississippi
Vicksburg Battle Park
Schofield
War Department
L. F. Hubbard
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Minnesota Artillery
Great Musician's Eccentricities and Gifts
The article recounts Domenico Dragonetti the famed double bass player. He kept dolls dressed in national costumes as idols of his beloved instrument and insisted his dog join the orchestra. He sat by the stage door to safeguard the instrument in a fire and left the instrument to St. Mark's Venice for solemn services.
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Domenico Dragonetti
Dragonetti
St. Pietro
Vincenza
St. Mark's
Venice
London Standard
A Queer Coincidence in Journal Letters
A reader in Johannesburg asked publisher if Christianus, the magazine’s serial author, used a pen name. Mrs Lys traced her late husband’s family to Joan of Arc. Brebner explained the pen name is family in origin with Aberdeen roots, and she and Brebner share Aberdeen ancestry.
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Johannesburg
Christianus
Lys
Joan of Arc
Brebner
Aberdeen
Pall Mall Gazette
Pilgrims and Puritans in Early American Settlement
A summary of the Mayflower voyage by John Robinson's church founders, detailing seventy four men and twenty eight women who sailed from Leyden to North America and landed at Plymouth Rock to found a colony on December 25, 1620. It contrasts Puritans as English nonconformists noted for strict doctrine and discipline.
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Leyden
North America
Plymouth Rock
New York American
Cochineal Insects Used for Coloring and Remedy
The passage explains that cochineal insects are used for coloring jelly and as a domestic remedy for whooping cough in infants. It notes only females are used and that males fly away while females are left behind when smoke from fires suffocates the insects on their host trees.
Great Christian Work Promotes Duffy’s Whiskey
Alexander Hamilton of Darrytown New York recounts years of chronic catarrh and Civil War wounds eased by four years of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. He claims renewed strength at ninety two and urges others to try the remedy, praising its health benefits and Christian mission. March 28 1907.
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Duffy
West Indian Islands
Alexander Hamilton
Darrytown
N. Y
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted as Health Tonic
An advertisement touts Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a superior malt spirit distilled by a secret method. It claims health benefits including digestion, nerve strength, heart tone, and disease resistance, urging purchase from druggists and noting a trademark and sealed bottles.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
A Lesson In Ornithology
A gentleman overrated himself questions a bird. The ornithologist identifies it as a magpie. The first man retorts that it is not his idea of a magpie. The friend replies that it is God’s idea of a magpie. House Beautiful.
Curious tale: hydra married to Henry VIII in schoolgirl remark
A schoolgirl claimed the hydra was wed to Henry the Eighth and that after his beheading the headless monster produced another head. The anecdote highlights a playful misreading of myth and history.
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Hydra
Henry the Eighth
She Could See For Herself in Puck Dialog
A dialogue from Puck has Mrs. Citily Bridget asking who is at the door while Bridget reports informing a visitor that all rooms are furnished and that the woman is now examining the library.
Lack of Confidence Reflected in Prisoner Talk
A prisoner complains about feeling unloved and fears lack of confidence from staff. He notes he is not allowed a latchkey and describes emotional hurt from the treatment he receives. The dialogue centers on perceived neglect and personal confinement.
Castle Garden’s History From Fort Clinton to Immigrant Depot
The article traces Castle Garden from its 1807 construction as Fort Clinton by Lt Col Jonathan Williams, through cession to New York in 1822, early amusements in 1824 to 1826, Ethiopian minstrels in 1845, 1847–1849 theatre troupes and Jenny Lind in 1850, closure as a amusement venue in 1855, immigrant depot duties, a 1870 fire, destruction by 1876 fire and swift rebuilding, with 1802 relocation to Millis Island and 1806 aquarium opening on the site.
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Castle Garden
United States
Jonathan Williams
Fort Clinton
New York City
Jenny Lind
Commissioners of Immigration
Millis Island
A Well Meant Suggestion from an At Home Host
A York shire gentleman's wife hosts an at home event where an outside manservant serves guests. He notices the stingy bread portions and, while addressing an ancient dowager, quips that stacking three or four slices might let her get a bite. The remark echoes in the room and reveals social dining tensions.
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London Telegraph
Bed Time Dinner Prank of Justice Keogh Inspires Laughter
An Irish judge William G. Keogh was absent from his own bar dinner at home. He believed he was retiring and undressed for bed. After an hour of sleep he woke to find guests still waiting below for their host to reappear and dine with them.
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William G. Keogh
Ireland
Wedding Suit Receipt From 1756 Journal Entry
The document notes Jonathan Morrill paid for a wedding suit for his marriage to Hannah Hackett on December 20 1756. It describes a full coat and jacket of drab cloth with satin lining and various buttons and colors, witnessed by David Purinton and Moses Rowell.
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Jonathane Morrill
Hannah Hackett
Journal of American History
Fialisbury
Jonathan Morrill
David Purinton
Moses Rowell
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