Thicker Than Water on Independence Day in Honolulu
The San Antonio Express notes a strong display of Anglo American kinship during Fourth of July celebrations in Honolulu with two British cruisers and British officers attending a public reception. The piece likens the event to old veterans’ reunions where Union and Confederate soldiers fraternize as brothers under the sky. It cites a broader sense of “blood is thicker than water” and cross national camaraderie.
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Honolulu
Navy
San Antonio Express
Munyon Crowds Attract Attention For Stomach Cure Claims
Local notes show Prof. J M Munyon drawing large crowds and mail from across the United States and Canada to his Philadelphia headquarters. A former stomach patient reports relief after Munyon’s treatment, while a rheumatism case from a mother is described as dramatically improved. Free medical advice and examinations are offered at Munyon’s Laboratories with no obligation.
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J. M. Munyon
Munyon
53D
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Remedy for Kidneys and Skin Disorder Adverts
An ad promotes A Tonic Aliciuave as the best remedy for kidneys skin disorders and blood purification. It urges immediate action and cites a quote from Thomas a Kempis. A cartoon-style exchange about a cheap umbrella from The Pathfinder is also recalled.
Pineapple Sherbet Recipe and Odd Newspaper Snippet
Summary from a vintage page includes a pineapple sherbet recipe with steps using sugar water lemon juice and pineapple juice. It also contains a brief humorous travel quotation about a St Louis man and a courtroom quip, all from a mixed reference page.
Drip Cups and Household Tips Mix in An Era
A collage of vintage household hints covers drip cups for bottles to keep table linen clean, plus recipes and domestic tricks. It mentions drip cups with spring clips, bright electric search lights for Great Lakes vessels, and a variety of ordinary daily tips from laundering to packing for travel.
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Great Lakea
Rhubarb Sherbet Recipe Suggested by Cook
The recipe instructs to cook rhubarb with no peeling, sweat it, add orange juice and one teaspoon gelatin per three cups sherbet, strain, fold in beaten egg white to two cups, then freeze. Serve in glasses garnished with kumquat slices. The dish is said to become a favorite once tasted.
Henrietta Salad Instructions for chilled serving
A recipe fragment describes chopping vegetables and mixing with fat, then laying on endive. It directs a vinegar and garlic dressing with salt and paprika, topped with sliced tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, and mayonnaise. Serve chilled for palatability.
Frosted Egg and Cucumber Catchup Instructions
A fragmented recipe excerpt describes Frosted Egg using a plate and lemon flavor with sugar, plus a cucumber catchup method grating cucumbers and cooking in vinegar. The text is garbled but presents two dish instructions and storage notes.
Acquittal Follows Theft Charge Over $9.70
Joe Rank of Atchison recounts a Kansas City Journal story in which a colored man was charged with stealing $9.70. After a long fight his lawyer secured acquittal and asked for payment. The man replied he still had the $9.70.
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Funda
Joe Rank
Atchison
Darkey
Kansas City
Journal
Religion and trade mingle in early 19th century notes
The item traces religious impulse as a value beyond human imagination, notes John Jacob Astor's 1811 Tonquin voyage up the Columbia near Astoria, and sketches orchid collecting in Pernambuco Brazil, with an aside on patent medicines for plants and new cultivation methods.
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John Jacob Astor
Columbia River
Astoria
Leslio’a
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Featured in Cure Letter
A Baltimore mother praises Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing her fifteen year old daughter Alice of Green sickness after three bottles. The testimonial promotes the remedy and urges women with painful or irregular periods or related ailments to seek guidance from Mrs. Pinkham and the company in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Alice
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia Pink
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Gonkwan
Rutland Street
Baltimore
Lydia EE. Pinklam
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Strange Coincidence at Partick Churches Described
Report from Partick near Glasgow notes a church power outage on a recent Sunday night. As the minister began the hymn lines about darkness, the electric light failed, leaving the building in darkness for about fifteen minutes during a moment of need.
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Partick
Glasgow
Scotland
Slap at Suffragettes and the dishes comment dispute
A Washington poet quips that the hand that rocks the cradle is too busy with chores to rule the world. The remark targets suffragette activism and the ongoing fight for women’s political rights, reflecting gender role debates of the era.
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Washington
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