August Flower cures skin faults and liver ills, says ad
A vintage advertorial pours praise on Green's August Flower claiming it purifies blood by cleansing the liver and improves complexion while also treating constipation biliousness and nervousness. The notice lists trial and regular bottle prices and druggist availability. It also promotes 1903 travel discounts for the Grand Army National Encampment in San Francisco with sale dates and travel limits, plus a hotel meal offer and irrigation congress notices.
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Grand Army of the Republic
San Francisco
Cal
California
W. J. Haynes
Timber Camp No 10610 M W of A Meeting Notice
Big Timber Camp No 10610 of the M W of A meets each Saturday at 8 30 PM at the K P Mall Center. G M Bruner serves as vice grand and Rernorps as clerk announces the officers and gathering time.
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Big Timber Camp
M. W. of A
K. P. Mall
G. M. Bruner
V. C G. R. Rernorps
Notice for Publication and Town Resolution from Big Timber
Notice records land entry proofs for Alexander A. McDonald and witnesses to reside on and cultivate the land in Big Timber Montana. Also documented are a 1903 town tax levy resolution and mayoral attestations, plus a reward notice for a lost Buckskin gelding near Big Timber with a branding mark.
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U. S
Big Timber
Montana
Alexander A. McDonald
Rand
Horace B. Yerkes
Frank Lafor
Thomas K. Tolhuret
McLeod
Lewis Adams
Science and Old Age and The Day After in Verse and Tale
A collection of essay-like vignettes on longevity and the human impulse to live, contrasts between age and purpose, and literary reflections. Metchnikoff advocates age to 140 and civic duty after 100, while De Quincey and Atlantic notes discuss the day after moments of awakening and guilt. A humorous tale ends with a wife’s reply to obedience.
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Metchnikoff
de Quincey
Macbeth
Duncan
Atlantic
Mediceval armor comforts fears of moths in museum chat
A remark from a Washington Star reader recalls medieval armor at a museum. The speaker notes the armor was uncomfortable yet reassuring, since moths could not corrupt it, unlike fabric garments.
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Washington Star
Writer's Crest and Cramp in Creative Stride
The prose describes how a writer bursts with joyful inspiration then succumbs to mental drought and apathy. After a period of bleak grayness he returns to work as if the machine writes itself, a cycle driven by bursts of creativity and quiet intervals.
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Sewell Ford
Plea Saves Ann Willett from the Ducking Stool
A colonial resident named Ann Willett faced the ducking stool threat but was spared after a defender argued that punishing her would only embolden other women to scold. The plea claimed it is better for one outspoken single woman to speak than silence and provoke wider female tongues.
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Ann Willett
Ann
Ann Willet
Stephenson Birthplace and Early Life in England
A biographical sketch notes George Stephenson born June 9 1781 in a red tiled two story house on the road between Newcastle and Hexham England. He earned a shilling a week tending cows and learned to read at eighteen. He loved clay engine modeling and later managed engines with inventive skill. In 1813 he built a first locomotive called a traveling engine. Lord Ravensworth faced mockery for backing the project but by 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Line opened to traffic.
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Stephenson
Newcastle
Hexham
England
George Stephenson
Lord Ravensworth
Stockton and Darlington
Man and woman clash over quotes on love
A humorous exchange unfolds as a young man quotes badly and a blond woman answers with wit. The playful dialogue ends with the pair agreeing to share duties, underscoring a lighthearted dating moment.
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Chicago News
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