A Picture of Browning in Youth and Society
Miss Corkran recalls Browning as a child, noting he seemed a prosperous businesslike figure who ate bread and cake openly and never showed poetic tremor. He later admits liking refined company and valued mingling with cultured, debating minds as essential to a writer.
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Anacreon
Miss Corkran
Mr. Browning
Tie
Bens
Well Remembered remedies touted by a Valley City resident
Mrs Matilda M Boucher of Valley City North Dakota recounts relief from dizziness bilious attacks and sciatica through Dodd's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills She credits these remedies with her recovery and notes their popularity in Barnes County with many families relying on them for rheumatism kidney troubles and related ailments
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Valley City
N. Dak
Matilda M. Boucher
Dodd
Bedd
Barnes County
A Pressing Affair and The Cheap Baking Powder Scare
A narrative about a passionate moment described as a bear hug and admiration. A city authorities seizure exposes cheap baking powders as alum and sulfuric acid powders with rock filler. Health warnings from physicians accompany the finding. Cream of tartar powders are recommended as safer and more economical in the long run.
The Z Initial in Parliament Across Nations
The piece notes rare use of Z as a surname initial in Britain where about 700 MPs exist, contrasted with Victoria Australia where Z initials have persisted. It cites Yineke a gold fields member, East Melbourne electing two Hebrew men named Zox, and Sir William Austin Zeal who leads the Melbourne Legislative Council as a third example.
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House of Commons
Victoria
Australia
Gold Fields
Melbourne
Yineke
Zox
William Austin Zeal
Legislative Council
Evidence in Elvira-Dorothy age mystery puzzles readers
The exchange hints that Elvira-Dorothy is older than 30 but avoids revealing her exact age. Nenomi notes she erased the number from the family Bible years ago, leaving age as a hidden detail.
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Elvira
Dorothy
Nenomi
Trade Review From New York Weekly Trade Journal
The New York Weekly Review of Trade reports seasonably quiet overall with demand strongest for holiday goods and footwear. Prices mostly ease with notable rises in cotton eggs and dairy. wheat corn and oats price gains offset wage retrenchment and steady iron steel output as manufacturers show cautious optimism toward Christmas.
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R. G. Dun & Co
New York Weekly Review of Trade
Dun
Chicago
Market Prices Across Cities and Farm Commodities
A long list of grain and livestock prices from Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York, detailing cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and dairy prices. The Rev Henry Parke Cochrane, a Burma missionary for fourteen years, visits Indianapolis. his brother Wilbur W. Cochrane remains in Burma as a missionary for thirteen years.
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Ube
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Bbc
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Admiral Schley Endorses Peruna Remedy
Admiral Schley, a famed 19th century hero, endorses Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy. The article notes his personal use and family use, praising Peruna's merits and urging readers to seek literature from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Admiral Schley
Peruna
Annals of Medicine
M’t’g Co
Cigars in Muggy Weather Quick Scene
New York Sun recalls a muggy day in a cigar store. The proprietor greets a customer and explains that humid weather makes cigars soft and damp, dulling flavor. He notes smokers slow down on such days and that muggy weather hurts the cigar business.
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New York Sun
Special Pullman Train Tour by Iron Mountain Route
Under escort of Read Campbell, Manager, The American Tourist Association, Quincy building Chicago, Selected Client Limited offers exclusive privileges on a special vestibuled train with drawing room and library, largest dining car, open top observation car Chililitli, special baggage car, tickets including all expenses. For details contactIron Mountain Route agents or H C Townsend G P T Agent St Louis Mo.
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Mgr
American Tourist Association
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Adams Street
Chicago
H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
A Penny Saved Proposes by Mail
In a brief quip, a woman rejects a mailed proposal with a sharp retort. She declares she does not care for the suitor, replying with a postal card, a witty exchange captured in concise note form.
Fixing the Limit at the Editor’s Blue Pencil
A contributor proposes an original story but the editor rejects it for excessive originality. The editor insists on original material yet says the line is drawn at spelling. The exchange ends with the editor’s firm stance on acceptable writing.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements
An 1880s style advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous issued remedy. Endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin claim years of honorable business and financial reliability. The ad notes price sixty to seventy five cents per bottle and that testimonials are free.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
I. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Dream of Jewelry Ring Prices Sparks Timid Romance
A girl recalls a dream of the boy pricing engagement rings in a jewelry store, prompting a shy exchange on the sofa and revealing a budding romantic tension. The dialogue centers on curiosity about commitment and future plans between the two.
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children ad
Prominent nurse Mother Gray of the Children's Home in New York endorses a powder claim to cure constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate the bowels destroy worms with over 30 000 testimonials. Available at all druggists for 25c sample free addressed to A S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Gray
New York
A. S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Perambulator Question Sparks Gentle Family Dialogue
In a light domestic moment Floramay asks about a perambulator. Her mother explains it as a useful yet much avoided device, noting few men enjoy pushing it. The exchange hints at traditional gender roles and humor in daily life.
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Floramay
Our deeds follow us and what we have been boardman quote
A concise line from Boardman reflects on how past actions shape present identity, suggesting that one’s history governs current character and choices. The quotation emphasizes accountability and personal continuity across time.
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Boardman
Piso's Cure for Consumption Praised in Illinois Letter
Mrs. Oscar Tripp of Big Rock Illinois writes that Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best medicine she has found for coughs and colds in a March 20 2001 testimonial.
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Oscar Tripp
Big Rock, Lll
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