Eloquent Peroration at New York Republican Convention
Chauncey Depew closed his speech with praise for Lincoln Grant Sherman and Sheridan. He lauded a party that saved the country and fostered progress while “loyal to the flag” and opposed to European domination. The crowd responded with applause and cheers.
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Chauncey Depew
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Harrison
Lincoln
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Garfield
Hayes
Arthur
America
Americans
United States
The Fly in Amber and Cathartic Pill Curiosities
A curious comparison notes a perfectly embedded fly in amber and the odd appeal of large Cathartic Pills sold in country drug stores. It highlights Dr Vierre’s Pleasant Pellets as reliable, sugar coated and sold in glass vials, claimed to be a gentle yet effective laxative for liver regulation and relief from headache, constipation, and dyspepsia.
Pension projections and widow pensions long after wars
The article discusses Pension Commissioner Lochren finishing a table on future pension list diminutions and criticizes his neglect of widows after wars. It mentions a reader with kidney trouble praising Hood's Sarsaparilla and a comment about sunflowers in Oklahoma towns strong enough to lift sidewalks and nails.
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Lochren
Oklahoma
Castoria Advertisement Echoes Through Generations
A vintage jingle about Castoria spans generations from infancy to adulthood, highlighting the product as a familiar remedy for children's ailments and digestive comfort across decades. The refrain emphasizes trust and continuity in maternal care and family health routines.
Largest timber cut in Washington 150 feet long
An enormous timber log measured 150 feet in length with an average cross section of 20 by 21 inches. The note also advertises health cures from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association at 661 Main Street, Buffalo, and touts a novelty cold experiment claiming 400 degrees below zero. It promotes an Ohio Central Mile Age Ticket with broad mileage coverage and a Toledo address for details.
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Washington
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Ohio Central
Pittsburg
Ohio
Jon Houk
Toledo
Bachelor’s Tea Cozy for the Practical Bachelor
A Ladies' Home Journal pattern explains a heat retaining tea cozy that stays on while pouring. It uses two shades of Berlin zephyr wool and briache stitch to form four sections, with a lining and frill, sized for a handle and spout. The design aims for dainty, practical warmth without reheating.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Holding Gary's Hand and Other Household Notes
A fragmented column discusses child safety from carrying by adults, advising letting children walk unaided or with peers to reduce strain. It also covers dainty linen sewing, hand stitched napkins with initials, and simple fly control using carbolic acid fumes. The piece ends with a tip on keeping a carp alive out of water with brandy-soaked bread.
An Italian Host Defies Inconvenience for Guest Sleep
In Rudolf Lehmanns memoir he recalls Italian hospitality on a Rome escape, sharing how a stranger in Sora wrote letters of introduction to secure lodging for him in Alvito and Piscinisco. Don Lorenzo Demarco’s family, with many children, ensured a quiet room and coffee at dawn.
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Rudolf Lehmann
Rome
Apennine
Papal States
Sora
Lehmann
Alvito
Piscinisco
Iere
Don Lorenzo Demarco
Pisein
Dancing Girls Began On Sidewalks Not Stages
In an age of burlesques and ballet, dancers are often formed in dancing schools. Yet many say their first schooling was the sidewalk, inspired by a street piano run by an Italian musician. Crowds watch as young girls perform graceful steps, sometimes rivaling stage numbers.
Athens to St Louis and Louisville trains schedule
B&O Southwestern Railway Athens service lists departure times to St Louis Louisville Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with daily patterns and connections. An autumn excursion to Illinois via Buckeye Route on October 24 offers round trip at low rates from C H V T RY to Shelbyville and Charleston. Tickets valid 80 days. special train routes and through coaches promised.
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Seave
Athens
Cinetons U1
St. Louis
Louisville
Keutinger
R’y
B. Warpel
Cincinnati
Ahnois
Buckeye
Shelbyville
Charleston
Chnois
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Langaster
Columbus
Ohio
Almnois
W. H. Fisher
O'io
Musical notes from Berlin and Tokyo reveal prizes and performances
A young Polish pianist Stanislas Melker won the 1000 Rubinstein prize for best piano forte concerts in Berlin this year. A Japanese war song from Tokio to Le Monde Moderne is the tune Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching. Montoro the tenor endowed a French academy prize for the best French song with a first competition drawing 900 compositions. Lady TheMyYsoN set to music her husband’s poem Sweet and Low. Alvarez the tenor signed by Sir Augustus Harris for London season at 4800 dollars first year 6000 second year 7000 third. Liszt was kind to young musicians, offering guidance and practical advice.
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M. Stanislas Melker
Warsaw
Rubinstein
Berlin
le Monde Moderne
Tokio
Montoro
French Academy
Themyyson
Alvarez
Augustus Harris
London
Inventions of the Hour Reflect Industrial Prowess
A Frexen man patents a coat removing and donning device. A London to Datchett carriage uses a petroleum engine to cover fifty six miles in five hours and a quarter. Fur cutting by machine shaves skin closely. A Rouen machinist unveils a pedal flying machine. his son lifts off from 125 feet and flies half a mile in under three minutes.
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London
Datchett
England
Rouen
St Vitus Dance Cure Promised by Dr Miles Remedies
A mother from Knox Indiana reports her four year old daughter Mattie suffered St Vitus dance and nervousness with numbness on the right side. After three bottles of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine she improved, nine bottles in total with no other medicine. Physicians endorse Dr Miles remedies as based on Dr Miles prescriptions. Sold by all druggists and Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana offer their heart and nerves book.
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Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Mattie
Phy
Sician
Miles
Sue
Knox
H.W. Hosterrein
Miles Medical Co
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Dayton
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Musical Press
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Ile
ST. Vitus
Dr. Miles
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
L. Spence & Son
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Chichester
Fm Fatwa
Tere & Mail
Church & CO
Herb Medicine CO
Springfield
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Athens County
Messenger and Herald
Olife
Supreme Court
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NEW York Weekly Tribune
Geo. W. Best
Trible Building
New York City
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