New York Girl Builds Jewelry Repair Niche
Miss Sara Morten describes her home to home jewelry cleaning and repair service in New York. She notes customer distrust of skilled restorers, earns about five dollars daily above material costs, avoids home visits, and acts as agent for clients in sale of unworn pieces while training and expanding in the city.
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Sara Morten
New York
New York City
Sho
Lafayette McLaws
Chicago
Unclear fragment hints at social gossip exchange
Fragmentary lines show a remark about dancing with Miss w and a spiteful remark toward Judy. The text appears as overheard chatter with indeterminate speakers and lacks a clear event or context.
Thorough remedies and oddities in a jumble of 19th century tips
A compilation of quirky home remedies and curiosities. It describes a grease stain removal method using cold water and ammonia, discusses ocular headaches from eye strain and a medical note on hip headaches, notes on birds in hats observed in New York transit, and reports on Paris snail consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical News
Casey Wood
Cure for female ailments extolled by Lydia Pinkham ad
A 19th century advertisement portrays a woman's painful symptoms and endorsement of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites Mrs. Williams of Englishtown New Jersey as cured and urges readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Englishtown
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E
Wireless links ship and shore mock sea of signals
The Belgian packet steamer Princess Clementine near Dover exchanged messages with Ostend using Marconi wireless. Signals were sent and received as the ship traveled at 20 knots in darkness. A preliminary Belgian trial will formalize approval before broader adoption on Belgian packets.
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Princess Clementine
Dover
Ostend
Sig. Marrori
Leopold
Belgium
Mminister of Railways
Mail Packet Department
Brussels
Clementine
Marconi
la Panne
Frantier
Thoroughbred cited for fine breeding and manners
A Chicago Times Herald note praises a Thoroughbred noting she is well bred and consistently well behaved. It mentions observations from a family gathering where even the horse’s pie is eaten with a fork, as testified by her little brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fimes Herald
Drawing Card Mystery at Bargain Counter Sale
A fragment notes Minkine Silk Ribbon Co advertising a dentist on site at half price. The item hints at a rushed bargain counter event with Jinkins-What’s all that rush end and weekly publication context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinkins
Minkine—Silk, Ribbon & Co
A Difference in Marital Age Highlighted in Dialog
A dialogue from the New York World contrasts a girl’s marriage age with parental views. Mamma recalls past attitudes while Papa questions the idea, illustrating shifting social norms on suitable ages for marriage.
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N. Y
Six Frightful Failures and a Cure Claim for Wm. H. Mullen
Six doctors failed to help Lockland Ohio resident Wm H Mullen who faced a fatal lung condition. He was urged to try Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption and, after taking three bottles, he was reportedly cured. The ad touts the remedy for throat chest and lung illnesses and offers free bottles at W H McKee drug store. In New York a galoon fight left a man severely wounded. one man claimed the other stabbed him but the assailant denied it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Mullen
Lockland
Dr. King
W. H. McKee’s
New York
Trainmen urged to try Felej's Kidney Care
G H Hansan of Lima Ohio reports back ache relief after one bottle of Felej's Kidney Care. He recommends it especially to trainmen who suffer similar ailments. C B Hender won.
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G. H. Hansan
Lima
W. BR
Felej
C. B. Hender
An Odd Tombstone and Colonial Mortars on Display
A vivid chronicling of a monumental anchor relic in Boston harbor and antique Spanish mortars, shown above by decorative brick piers and a sunset outline, with rich inscriptions beside Capt. Sigsbee’s fallen crew. The report pairs it with notes on sugar usage in France and how breakfast and tea habits affect sugar demand.
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Muire
Boston
Sigsboe
Chicago Chronicle
France
Near Worshipers Decreasing and Curious Ainu Race
The Ainu, once occupying the entire Japanese island, are rapidly vanishing due to Japanese immigration. Recent investigations place their numbers at about 16,000, with predictions of eventual total absorption. They are described as hairiest, filthy, and fond of alcohol, worshiping bears and snakes, sometimes living in caves, and exhibiting skeleton traits akin to ancient cave men.
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Era
Red Sea
Chicago Inter Ocean
Birthday Confusion and Foreigners in Japan Inner Circles
A fragmentary note discusses birthday days and weekday sequencing, then shifts to a Japan Daily Mail excerpt about foreigners forbidden to dine with chopsticks or wear certain coats, asserting foreigners cannot enter the inner circle of Japanese intercourse and noting language as insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innner
JdJapan Daily Mail
Female Soldiers in China and Revolutionary Roles
The passage claims women in China's history fought in wars. It cites the 1850 rebel era where women did as much work as men. At Nanking in 1553, five hundred thousand women formed into brigades of thirteen thousand under female officers.
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China
Nanking
Paradox and punchlines in turn of century clippings
A compilation of quirky anecdotes from 19th to early 20th century newspapers. It features a school paradox task ending with a whimsical sentence about Billy and his mother’s pantry, plus snippets of humorous exchanges and puns from the Baltimore American and Smart Set. The tone is light and comic, reflecting period humor and social quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Halsted Street
Billy
Louisville Courier-Journal
Wife shoots husband over life insurance in Illinois house
Hooppole carpenter WipLiaa Huger dies from pistol wound after wife shoots him in the temple while he dozes on a sofa. He asked for help but she refused and waited an hour for his death. He held 84,000 life insurances with Woodmen. Motive cited as money.
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WipLiaa Huger
Hooppole
Genesno
Ill
Electric Bitters Promised Cure for Malaria and Ague
Brave explorers like Stanley and Livingstone faced harsh fever illnesses, yet Electric Bitters was hailed as a cure for malaria, typhoid, and related ailments. A Webb, Texas, father claims their children recovered after two doses, while promotional notes tout the tonic at 34 cents with guarantees from a local druggist.
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Stanley
Livingstone
W. A. Null
Webb
Fll
WH. McKee
Ruggist
Record of the Pastendorsing Dean's Kidney Pills
An expert from Circleville Ohio testifies after twenty years of kidney trouble that Doan's Kidney Pills finally relieved his pain and brought a cure. He notes broad local support, urges others to try the remedy, and mentions Rosa's Kidney Pills as available through Foster-Milburn Co in Buffalo. Doan's are advertised at 50 cents.
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John Ryan
E. Union Street
Circleville, O
Dean
Rosa
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
U. S
Doan’s
Quote bundles from various papers mix wit and folly
A collage of clipped quips from Ohio State Journal Yeonkera Statesman Amiability and other papers features lines on bachelorhood liquor talk and practical jokes. The snippets include humorous exchanges about love freedom and common sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynicus
Yeonkera Statesman
Cure for cancer offered by noted physicians in Pomeroy Ohio
Doctors endorse Dr. R Owen's cancer treatment with over twenty years of UK exposure. They guarantee a cure where lymph glands are not involved and list multiple cured patients across Ohio West Virginia and nearby states. Referrals available from named patients and doctors in Gallipolis Syracuse Racine Hemlock Grove and Pt Pleasant.
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R. Owen
Stobart
Miller
Goibble
Allard
Pomeroy
Ohio
Rathburn
Miaddlepart
Jones
Greenfield
Spencer Owen
Mason
City
W. Va
England
Wales
H. H. Bolles
Vs. Mitchell
Silman
Anes Crew
Syracuse
A.A. Pullins
Echo
Foot
A. Larson
Racine
Mery
Pet Lehew
Kerri Run
Hush Dunbar
Dexter
W. Kowsh
New Haven
Henry Koblantz
Glen Roy
Tos Ea Neck
Frank Roush
Hemlock Grove
Phedella Rickey
Hilliard
Cohue Ohuo
W. Tines
Athens
Joseym Beckie
Gullipnis
B.C Metongle
Leban
DR. S. County
Catherine Chase
Albany
Pt. Pleasant
Sheriff's Sale in Nelsonville Ohio by Athens County Court
By order of sale in partition issued by the Athens County Court of Common Pleas Ishak offers for sale at public auction at the front door of the courthouse Athens Ohio the described real estate in Nelsonville Lot numbers 85 8 45 and 4 in J S Scott's addition of Fairview to the village. Appraised at 350 dollars terms: one third cash in hand one third in one year and one third in two years from sale date with interest on deferred payments and mortgage security through Porter sheriff Lewis and Sayre attorneys. Nov 1 to 2/wth.
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Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Ishak
Court House
Athens
Nelsonville
J. S. Scott
Fairview
Porter
Sheriff
Lewis & Sayre
Woo
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Frank M. Chapman
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Paris
Pietus
Mue
Rips
Yorkrode
Hen Peck
Towson
Baltimore American
Lena
Maude
Dr. Bell
Raed Cis
C. B. Henderson
Athens, Ohio
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Genessee
Foo le Roy
Lillie
Socher
States
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Minnesota
Pao-Ting-fu
Aitchison Globe
Daily News
Ari
Euffer
Naryoda Pigatracion
Lost Manhoot
Impotene
Nigul
Reed Chemical
DR. Mott
Veland
Sarah L. Shepard
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