Punctuality as a Factor in Success and Luck
A motivational piece extols punctuality as essential to success and happiness. It cites Louis XIV, Lord Nelson, Hill, and generals Lee and Jackson, arguing timely action builds trust, career progress, and credit while delay breeds failure. The essay urges immediate effort and adherence to schedules as a habit for future achievement.
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Louis X.I. V
Ndt
Lord Ison
Hill
Ama
Robt. E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Swift's Specific Promoted as Blood Remedy for Rheumatism
An advertisement claims rheumatism is a blood disorder and promotes Swift's Specific as the only real blood remedy. It recounts a Philadelphia man’s recovery after two bottles and warns doctors’ potash and mercury offer only temporary relief, advocating S. S. S. for deep rooted diseases and offering free books from the company in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift
M. Tripper
Powelton Avenue
Philadelphia
Tuscan Song Excerpt From Pall Mall Gazette Verse
A Pall Mall Gazette verse depicts a western sunset over cypress trees and a mother telling a child about gold trees and heavenly gardens. The imagery blends golden rivers blossoms and boughs with night winds and rain, conveying melancholy.
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Heavenly Gardens
Bohemian Princess Probes Van Rensselaer at Dinner
Van Rensselaer, at an embassy dinner, sparred with a Bohemian princess who speaks French and claims clairvoyant sight. She taunts him about his birthright, while he hints at a distant Bohemia and a past encounter with a similar woman. The exchange blends flirtation, intrigue, and veiled remarks about identity.
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van Rensselaer
Washington
Oversea
Darby
Joan
Bohemia
Bohenae
Bohemian Princess and Van Rensselaer Play a Fateful Duet
In a drawing room scene a Bohemian princess and Van Rensselaer share a private musical cadence. He recalls Prague and a lost love while she reveals a shared Bohemian past and a vow to stay true to a compact before departing for Russia.
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Monsieur
Bohemia
Russia
van Rensselaer
Fortunatus
Europe
America
van Rengselacer
Prague
Darby
Joan
Annie E. J. Searing
Life as an inner building rising with each day
The passage presents a reflection on personal growth as a literal edifice built over time. It credits daily life, experiences, interactions, reading, and conversations with adding blocks to an invisible structure forming within a person.
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J. R. Miller
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve Combats Sores Burns Wounds
An advertisement touts Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a soothing cleansing remedy for sores burns and wounds claiming reliable relief. The short copy stresses its healing property with confident marketing language.
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Witt
Mayor Weltner’s Pink Pills Aid Ten Year Catarrh Fight
Wellsville's Mayor C H Weltner credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his decade long pharyngeal catarrh after ineffective treatments and costly medical bills. He urges others with similar symptoms to try the medicine, praising its blood clearing action and mucous-surface benefits.
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C. H. Weltner
Ayor
Wellsville
Weltner
Battalion Notes from the Crimson and White
Cadets report guard mounting duties and missed dinners while drills pause for extended order. Enthusiasm grows for Cuba service as a path to a stronger battalion. Vacant Corporal post sparks interest among many. religious attendance favors battalion church marches. privileges from Lieut Nash boost study and conduct. Extra duty rises. musicians improve under Chief Brown. a note ends with a credited quote from Dr Wright.
Russian state sceptre forged in gold with gems
The Russian state sceptre is described as a solid gold artifact three feet long adorned with 268 diamonds 360 rubies and 15 emeralds. The note contrasts this with a healthy man’s lifetime consumption of over ninety six tons of solid and liquid foods over seventy years.
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Yer
Ayers
Weyant
Weyant, Pa
Atlanta
Pall Mall Gazette
Castor
Life’s Building
Ely
The
Optic News
Wellsville, Mo
Cuba
Lieut
Nash
Chief Brown
Muu WioUle
W.A. Wright
Malsby & Company
S. Broad
S. Forsyth
Tion
Barnesville Planing
Turner & Prout
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