Surgeon’s Knife Echoes a Pinkham’s Cure Tale
Mrs. Ewing Stevenson of Salt Lake CityTestimonial claims Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound cured years of ovarian and womb inflammation avoiding surgery After four weeks pain eased nerves steadied and within three months full relief was reported Readers urged to write to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts for guidance
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Eckil Stevenson
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Eeing Stevenson
State St
Salt Lake City
Utah
Insects as warning colors and a Normandy death tale
A fragmented note discusses insects like the magpie moth and their warning colors to deter predators, citing experiments by Plateau and Wheel, plus a critic of the theory. It then shifts to a Normandy tale where a merchant’s murder triggers a ritual burial plot and a village tradition of searching the dwelling surroundings for the soul.
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Plateau
Wheelero
Touas
Mit
Wihredor
Gary Marshall
Mashenalamdh
Macheurcbet
Lena
Gison
Normandy
Foer
Across a Big State Neighbors Share Local News
A roundup of dramatic incidents and local notes from Indiana towns. Drownings, lightning strikes, and train fatalities are reported along with farm and road projects. Saloons face a remonstrance, and a new window glass plant is planned in Grant County.
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Leonzo Alley
Elwood
Washington
Michael Sands
Petersburg
Laporte County
Thomas Barhle
Monon
Laffayette
Louisville
Andrew Stapleton
Ehrlich
Brazil
Bert Largent
Lafayette
Cook
Kankakee
H. O. Gale
Fred Temester
Marion
F.M. Brown
Graysville
South Bend
Muncie
Alexandria
Newcastle
Sullivan County
Hamilton Township
Brant
Bloomington
Fighty-fifth Indiana Regiment
Libby
Jackson
Artisan Townships
Miami County
Converse
Cincinnoati, Riehmond & Muncie Hailroans
Richmond
Marion Post
Newburg
Bourbon
Rockville
Woodburn
George Wheaton
Nashville
Nelegbors
Wheaton
Harry
State Board of Health
Newlin
Madison County Board of Health
Anderson
Iu. Newlin
Moss Island
Daleville
Mier
Grant County Window Glass Company
M.S. Howe
W. R. Powell
George Theresse
August DeWerp
Vestal
William Cassady
Montgomery County Board of Health
Beechers Carpet Painted Parlor Landmark of 19th Century Homes
A nostalgic feature recalls Mrs. Lyman Beecher painting and laying a hand crafted carpet in a garret parlor. The piece details the first known carpet in the virage, and Deacon Talmadge’s amused reaction to the painted marvel.
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Lyman Beecher
Roxana
Mr. Beecher
Vendue
Mrs. Beecher
New York
Garret
Deacon Talmadge
Deacon
Veiled Sarcasm and Dated Dialect Snippets
Fragmentary dialogue references a casual, sarcastic exchange about a missing item and a stalled settlement. It mentions a club restaurant, a question about cheese, and a remark on poverty with a historical flourish. The text blends casual banter with historical allusion and social critique.
Hunting the Dragon-Fly A Japanese Summer Sport
In Japan dragon-flies are hunted as a summer sport by children. Techniques vary from nets to birdlime on bamboo rods, a switch is frowned upon, and peculiar methods include using a female as a decoy and a hair tied with pebbles to lash into the air. The piece notes skilled Japanese children excel at crafting delicate catching devices.
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Japan
Lafcadio Hearn
Ini
The Archbishop Queries a Joking Parishioner
Archibishop Ryan of Philadelphia, famed for courtesy, rebukes a cheerful man who touched his shoulder and spoke profanely, asking in a calm reply where he came from and denying association with vulgar language.
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Ryan
Philadelphia
Chicago Chronicle
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into Allen's Foot Ease
Advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve tight new shoes and foot conditions. Claims to cure corns bunions and swollen hot sweating feet. Distributed by Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Snoiple
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Contested Garbled Report Sparks Heated Boxing Claim
The champion phychilist and his secretary dispute a garbled report of a recent contest. They describe it as awful and note the four rounds of intense action in a dramatic exchange.
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Phcilist
Sheerrean
Doa Degen
Familiarity Breeds Contempt and Odd Ephemera
Fragments describe ads and quotes in a nostalgic local scene. References include a self inking date stamp offer for 75 cents and travel notes via Nickel Plate Road from Fort Wayne Indiana. Mentions of Niagara Falls and Toronto exist alongside scattered dated names and addresses.
Doan's Kidney Pills: Fifty Thousand Interviews Claim Cure
Fifty thousand people interviewed at their homes say Doan's Kidney Pills cured them. Thousands benefited from the free offer, spreading the pills' fame. They report relief from kidney structure issues, backache, and related pains, with improved sleep and heart palpitations.
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Doan
Peruna Promises Cure For Catarrh Across Conditions
A testimonial from Mrs. XN Schneider of Chicago praises Peruna for curing systemic catarrh including heart palpitations and weakness after January 1901 use. The ad argues catarrh is chronic inflammation of affected mucous membranes and that internal remedies cure catarrh wherever located. Support comes from Congressmen J B Crowley praising Peruna as a tonic and cure for nervous trouble.
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Peruna
Bright
Joseph B. Crowley
Congress Mim
Illinois
Robinson
Congressmam
Crowley
Servants Serve Master in Paris Post Office Tale
A sober Par is Post Office episode shows a valet’s limitless service to his master as a young Englishwoman uses him to pass a tongue over a stump while the crowd laughs. The tale raises questions about English fashion and public health. A separate note cites a cure for a child’s croup from Miss L A Pearce of Brooklyn, 1901.
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Figaro
Paris
Tiso
Croup
L. A. Pearce
Pilling Street
Brooklyn
SN. Y
Get
Conversation Reflected in Philadelphia Press
Excerpt recalls a social exchange where May chides Fay for arrogance and Fay retorts by urging May to remember her own famously slim neck voice as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia
Cash Prize Offer For Nante Competition
A $100 prize is offered by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company for a Nante travel contest placed in service November 1, 1902 via the EP Paso Short Line. Open to the public with no entry fees. instructions to be addressed to Sebastian, Passenger Tribune Mirriner, Chicago.
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Tribkta
California
Rock Island System O
Southern Pacific Company
Eirenhiy
Sebastian
Mirirer
Rock Island System
Chicugzo
Armament and Quaker Query on Buffalo Attire
A Quaker asks about how Chee uses buffalo hide with the hair side out. The responder explains the buffalo wore it with the bare side showing. The exchange shifts to printer recommendations and a Bible translation note about the word aprton rendered as breeches.
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Charles
Fixelane
Nickel Plate excursion tickets Fort Wayne to Chicago Sundays
Every Sunday during the summer starting next Sunday the Nickel Plate Road will sell excursion tickets from Fort Wayne to Chicago and return for 2.00 good on train No. 5 going and on train No. 6 returning the same day See Ticket Agent or C A Asterlin I P A Fort Wayne Ind No 126 The endling moth the chief ravager of the apple and pear crops destroys every year in this country fruit valued at 30000000 to 40000000
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Aarth
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Montreal
Vw. Asterlin
T. PL
Fort Wayne
Ind
BR. d. Wamilsten
Avent
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
C. A. Asterlin
I. P.A
Rubber Stamps Catalog From Fort Wayne Provider
An ad for custom rubber stamps and self inking daters offered by a Fort Wayne Indiana firm. Ink pads and a call for a catalogue are promoted with a company mail reply address Lock Box 219. A quoted line from Havergal notes distress can be blessings.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
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Minnesota
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Buffalo, N. Y
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Thia Paper
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X.schneider
Winslow
Samatlon Ain
University of Notre Dame
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T. Felix Gouratd
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LL A Sayre
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