Silent Morning by a Hospital Bed
A narrative excerpt describes a caretaker in a children’s hospital reflecting on a shy, small patient. The speaker recalls the girl’s meek gratitude, the sorrow of her condition, and the moment of compassion that moved their heart. The passage ends noting Richard Burton’s Harper's Magazine attribution.
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Richard Burton
Harper’s Magazine
Patient, Uncle, and Nurse Unite in Hidden Plot
A determined young man seeks to marry Mabel Spencer with his uncle’s approval. An accident brings the uncle to Mabel’s home, where the nurse helps his recovery. The twist reveals the "nurse" is actually the girl, while the uncle discovers the ruse and laughs at the pair’s scheme.
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Spencer
Landor Street
Armourrise
Lander Street
Mabel Spencer
Mabel
Vance
Mother
John Denton
John
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Spelt and Rome to Bread Shift Across Empire
Pliny notes spelt used by Romans for 360 years before bread shifted to wheat. The British empire spans about 12 million square miles, a 43 thousand mile coast, and roughly 400 million people.
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Pliny
Leonardi's Golden Eye cure advertised in Tampa
The ad promotes Leonardi's Golden Eye bution claiming quick relief for inflamed eyes with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee. Also notes Alaska Packers Association reporting 351,000,000 young salmon liberated from hatcheries by 1906 and a Napoleon hair relic at Notingham Castle Museum. A Buffalo meeting urged beautification with flowering shrubs in street holes.
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Leonardi
S. Cools
B. Leonard & Co
Tampa
Fla
Alaska Packers Association
Alaska
Fortmann
Buffalo
No Relief From Eczema Till Cuticura Fails Then Works
A patient describes two years of eczema with no relief from doctors and patent medicines until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured him. Quote from C. V. Beltz of Tippecanoe Indiana dated Nov 15 1905. Also notes about the Pied Bull Inn Islington first tobacco smoked house in England and Argo Red Salmon can sizes.
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C. V. Beltz
Tippecanoe, Ind
Islington
England
Jackdaw Returns Lost Plant Labels Found in Roof
A London Daily News item reports Turro Corporation warnings to children after many wooden plant labels disappeared from the city park. A large pile of missing labels was found under a roof hole, carried there by a jackdaw near a chapel.
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Turro Corporation
London Daily News
Perilous Arctic Journey to Save His Wife
James P. Galbraith drove a sick wife 176 miles from Duncan district to Dawson in a canvas-bound basket sleigh drawn by dogs. Crossing streams and deep water near Clear Creek, wolves watched as Galbraith and the trained team pressed on, reaching Dominion Creek then Dawson. The tale, from Winnipeg via St Paul Dispatch, highlights love and endurance in harsh northern wilderness.
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Bettler
James P. Galbraith
Dawson
Duncan
Clear Creek
Oposite
Galbraith
McQuesten
Highet
Dominion Creek
Winnipeg
St. Paw
Wisdom and restless life in Argo echo
A compact meditation equates wisdom with continual gaining of knowledge. Repeated Argo imagery underscores a questing, restless existence with a philosophical tone.
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Indianapolitan's Health
B Frank Doremus of Roosevelt Ave Indianapolis recalls severe kidney trouble in 1897 with headaches dizziness and sleeplessness. He lost weight and suffered leg swelling with painful taps and near amputation before using Doan's Kidney Pills, after which swelling subsided urine normalized and pains faded. He has been well for nine years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Character is the fruitage of daily chores.
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B. Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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