Living Shadow Remarkable Transformation of a North Carolina Man
An 1890s Greenville Reflector interview with G A Baker details a typhoid recovery after months of illness and loss of work. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pure People with restoring appetite, strength, and health, praising the remedy and its maker while urging others to seek proof of its merits. It also mentions the pills as a tonic for various ailments and lists where to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
N. C
G. A. Baker
Isaac A. Sugg
Beaufort County
Pitt County
Col. Sage's
Wal Frams
Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Book sale offer for W H Harvey Coin's Financial Series
An in-paper advertisement promotes Coin's Financial Series by W H Harvey with multiple titles and prices. It lists Coin's Financial School A Tale of Two Nations Up to Date- Coin's Financial School Continued Chapters on Silver and other works, with cloth and paper editions and a six-book set offer for $1. George Currier, General Agent, 19 South Clinton Street, Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Harvey
Coin
Financial School
Henry G. Miller
Chicago
Walsh
Dublin
Ireland
George Currier
Clinton St
Out of the Question
A paying teller declares identification is required while a presenter of a check protests that since possessing the check he has become unrecognizable to his mother, expressing pride in the ruse.
Grand Junction peachsupply bidding note
Fragmentary market pitch hints at buying Grand Junction peaches and notes demand exceeding supply. Mentions contact for details in Denver. Includes odd dialogue about war settlement and a Chinese poet and Li Hung Chang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Li Hung Chang
The Promised Land Utah Travel Appeal
The article extols visiting Utah via the Denver to Utah rail route, highlighting Salt Lake City and Great Salt Lake attractions. It also lists unrelated ads for pipe factories, tonics, and products, concluding with religious exhortations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Denver
Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Saltair Beach
America
B.A. Wadleigh
Milk White Doe Legend Turns Hunter to Silence
A first-person hunt in a mountain park ends without a shot as a milk white doe fascinates a hunter and his guide. The tale shifts to a legend of Maxtella a queen of the North and Azul a vassal who curses her turning her into the white doe and doom to be hunted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo
Pabe
Montezuma
Degzone
Xre
Senor
Quetaalcoatl
Yonder Mountain
Minas de Las Perdidas
Tlee
Maxtella
Azul
Maxiella
Mayxtella
Agale
Suame
Ayal
Mixtela
Raul
Canon Walls
The Snake's Dinner Showcased in Edison Kinetoscope
In a vivid description from a Sketch image, a nine month old harlequin boa swallows a white rat head first, crushed with astounding speed. The piece contrasts the snake's swallowing mechanics with Edison’s Kinetoscope, noting rapid frame sequence and the visible body dilation during ingestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropical America
Edison
Lord Rayleigh
Reby Mining in Burmah Exposes Ruby Rich Alluvia
The Burmah ruby district covers about twenty six by twelve miles with elevations from four to six thousand feet. Old workings span sixty six square miles, found in river alluvia and hillwash deposits where rubies and spinels are mined. Bamboo timbered pits and bamboo baskets lift ruby earth. trenching and limestone quarrying are noted in regular mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burmah
Raby
Les
Alluvia
Infantry Tactics Drill Sergeant Exchange Echoes
Fragmentary dialogue depicts a drill encounter with phrases about firerest movement and advancing three inches. The text names Cassidy Jace and Brooklyn Lite in a rough wartime or training setting, indicating a rough exchange on infantry drill commands. The passage lacks full context or clear narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassidy
Brooklyn Lite
Moon Crashes Tides Yet Tames Untied
A playful dialogue notes the full moon does not affect the tide but has a notable impact on the untied. The exchange hints at whimsical observations rather than a serious meteorological report.
Epworth League excursion fares to Chattanooga in June 1895
The Monon Route offers half fare round trips from all points to Chattanooga June 25 26 27 1895 for the Epworth League Second International Conference. Tickets valid fifteen days from sale with possible 15 day extension, routes via Cincinnati or Louisville, with Mammoth Cave side trips. Sleeping and parlor cars advertised and extensive schedule notes. Mail pamphlets and time tables available from Monon agents or Frank J. Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Monon
Chattanooga
Nashville & Chattanooga Railways
Cincinnati
Blue Grass
Kentucky
Mountains
Tennessee
Louisville
Cave
Mammoth Cave
Chicago
Tenn
Lewisville
Ohio River
South
Glasgow Junction
Frank J. Reed
Victoria woman vows to wear bloomers despite police order
Miss Delmont from Portland confronts Victoria authorities over a bicycle bloomers outfit that the police call male attire. The mayor threatens arrest if she reappears in public in the bifurcated serge skirt. She plans to continue wearing the costume to test its legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rampons
Victoria
B. C
Miss Delmont
Portland
Oregon
Eton
Sheppard
School of Detective Service
Police
Mrs Stannard Fad and Paper Socks in 19th Century Oddities
A collage of quirky notes from late 19th century life. Mrs. Stannard keeps gray fur talismans and a room decorated with blue china. The era teases new fashions such as paper socks and stockings. Dialogues reference social change and money, while a Virginia tree reveals embedded pistol balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Stannard
John Strange Winter
Parting Words from the Deck on a Distant Shore
A departing husband tears himself from his wife as the mighty steamship pulls away. Her last plea echoes, I will not forget to put the cat out at night, while the ship’s screams fade into the harbor and his tears mingle with the tugs. A second note cites 1860 London data on sickness versus death and hospital bed needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Dr. Farr
Mr. Edmonds
Tobacco Cure Claims Readily Available From Druggists
A dated advertisement extols No-To-Bac as a cure for tobacco use and throat irritation. It promotes the book Dont Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away, sold by Sterling Remedy Co of New York City or Chisago, and lists Druggists as vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
New York City
Chisago
Fragmented dialogue on teachers and authority in a school scene
A chaotic exchange centers on Mary and Tommy about milk and discipline. The dialogue touches on teaching, authority figures like the teacher and principal, and a reprimand by a parent. The text questions authority and classroom economy with scattered lines about locations and roles.
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Ira
North Carolina
Bridget
Mehitabel
Uncle Jim
Animal Kingdom
J'ra
Hitty
Coin’s Financial School
Grand Junction
Zep
Chas
Belt
Boston Building
Promised Land
A. Cob
Waverly
Parker
China
P.ot
Christ
Mountain Park
Reby Mining
Prof. St. John
Belvue
Kan
Gladstone
Bryce
National Educational Association
Cal
Chicago Great Western Railway
Ith
St. Joseph
Kansas City
F. H. Lord
Gp&eta
Europe
Nickel Plate Road
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Fort Wayne
Fostoria
Cleveland
Erie
City
Adams Street
Twelfth
Clark Streets
Harrison
London
Nickel Plate
Traine
Mr. and
Mrs. Noise
Jasper County
Missouri
Louisville& Nashville Railroad
Mammoth
Nashville
Vanderbalt University
Methodist Church
Evansville
St. Louis
UC. P. Atmore
Geo. B. Horner
The
Republic of Mexico
Northwest
Watney, GP
T. A
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minn
Virginia
Pittsburg
Isaac Jape
First Avenue Hotel
Faulconer
Spottsylvania
U.S
Sian
Charlie
Thomas & Co
Rialto Bldg
India
California
California Fig Syrup Co
Robert Raikes
Gloucester
Eng
Tommy
Tomm
Mary
Springfield
Massachusetts
Lllinois
Ohio
Tpstein
Bysterm
England
Minnesota
Man
Nati
Addison Land CO Sotiva Pens Pany
South Omaha
Neb
Pacemaker Bicycle Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Progress Bicycle
Progress Bicycle Co
State Insurance € C
W.N.U
D.M
Alto
Couvuuproma
Coupon Pattern Company
Rees
POST
Moulton
Yowa
Eels
DAVIS
Davis & Rankin
ANS. Mpo. CO
Lake Oz
Red Cross
Vin de Cinchona Co
Sige Eto Sa
Laws
Ension Waimarn
Tate Cipal
Jyrain
Atty Cinco
Ensen Eee Agenta
MPG
Skanoateles
Wis
Amd Warert
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