Rochambeau Statue Unveiled in Washington Ceremony
The Rochambeau monument in Lafayette Square, Washington, honoring the French general who led forces in the Revolution, was unveiled with a large joint American and French event. The bronze statue stands near the State War and Navy Departments as a companion to the Lafayette Memorial.
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Rochambeau's 1781 Newport mission and Yorktown endgame
The article recounts Rochambeau's 1780 arrival at Newport with 6,000 troops, his 1781 march with Washington to trap Cornwallis, and De Grasse's Chesapeake Bay fleet, leading to Cornwallis surrender and American independence. It notes Rochambeau's honors, later dangers during the French Revolution, and his death in 1807 at age 82.
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Clinton
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New Jersey
Cornwallis
de Grasse
Chesapeake Bay
America
Paris
Habespierre
Napoleon
Legion of Honor
Bonaparte
Lady Overcame Ills with Pinkham Remedy
A testimonial from Mrs. Laura Howard of Chicago praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for eight months of restored health after pains swelling dizziness and sleepless nights. She urges other women to seek Miss Pinkham's advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Cbicago
Pinkham
Hamlin Garland Wonders If Mushrooms Hurt Letters
The New Yorker author Hamlin Garland, visiting a friend, questions a Sunday dish of fresh mushrooms from a hothouse. He fears a poisonous variety could affect American letters more than his own safety, then calms himself on the risk.
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Hamlin Garland
New Yorker
Garland
Mr. Garland
New York Times
Remarkable Head Ailment Vanished By Dodd's Kidney Pills
Star City Arkansas May 26 A man suffered two years with a burning head pain that resisted doctors. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills the burning faded and disappeared. His son also benefited from leftovers and would not trade the pills. A local note adds a Paris marriage joke and catarrh remedy ad chatter.
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Star City
Ark
W. H. McFalls
Dodd
George
Free Allen's Foot-Ease Sample Offer
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease offering a free sample by mail from Allen 8. Olmsted Le Roy NY. Promises relief for tired sweaty damp swollen feet and helps fit tight shoes. Also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product in a large two ounce package priced at five cents.
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Olmsted
le Roy
Fragmentary ad blurb with quirky quotes from guests and actress
A distressed hotel clerk asks a potential guest if she will leave valuables in the safe, while the actress insists they belong where they can be stolen. The fragment hints at reforming a man beginning with his grandmother and cites Victor Hugo.
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President Loubet kneads dough at his mother’s farm
The President of France, Loubet, visited his mother near Dauphiny during a recess in the Chamber of Deputies. He rolled up his sleeves and kneaded bread for her fortnightly baking, talking with her as he finished the dough and placed the loaves in the oven. He rises early in winter and summer.
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It Wasn't a Poem Diggs and Biggs in Chicago News
A chap who recently sold a magazine an article for $10,000 is teased by Diggs and Biggs. Biggs questions the writer's appearance while noting the man sells printing presses, in a colorful Chicago News exchange.
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Chicago News
Looking to the Future in Tit Bits Quotation
A Tit Bits quotation notes Miss Walflower keeping every letter from an old lover, while another character deems it sentimental yet framed as breach of promise sense. The exchange hints at a future view of romance and propriety in society.
Laid Up for Sixteen Weeks Suffering Rheumatoid Case
A gardener from Surrey recounts long battles with rheumatism and rheumatic fever in 1894 and 1896. He credits Vogeler's Curative Compound and St Jacobs Oil with dramatic improvement and urges others to try a free sample via St Jacobs Oil Ltd Baltimore.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Peruna Cures Women Says Local Women Testify
In letters from Anna of Brooklyn Marie Johnson of Pease ety and Ruth Emerson of Buffalo women claim Peruna cured long standing female troubles. Johnson endured from illness eleven years before relief in three months and Emerson reports irregular menstruation resolved in six weeks, urging others to seek the remedy.
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Order of Good Templars
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Bunegon
Peruna
Ruth Emerson
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Buffalo
N. Y
Enma
Betwixt and Between in Heaven Covetous Humor
A witty exchange from the Atlanta Constitution imagines a humorous wish about heaven. Uncle Dave asks what kind of place he desires, and the response comically seeks a middle ground where angels neither walk on him nor make him dizzy and fall.
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Uncle Dave
Atlanta Constitution
Modern Conveniences Bunko Joke
A light quip contrasts staying at home with mail delivery bunkoing people, referencing Josh Wheatley in a humorous exchange. The cartoonish remark highlights how modern conveniences let a person be duped without leaving home, via postal mischief in a playful Puck-voiced line.
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Josh Wheatley
Puck
American Social Life and Scandals Quoted in 1901 Note
A New York Weekly snips about foreign visitors and American society lacking haunted castles, noting instead abundant scandals. Included is Mrs. B. M. Swayze of Wakita Oklahoma admitting a home habit of Piso's Cure for Consumption as of April 17, 1901.
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New York Weekly
B. M. Swayze
Wakita, Okla
Promising Fellow Weighs In On Fiction
Ethel asks about the writer Johnson confirms he writes fiction and characterizes his work as I. O. U.'s. The brief dialogue shows curiosity about the author’s style and subjects through a playful exchange.
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Ethel
Johnson
Peruna touted as trusted remedy for catarrh claims
An advertisement extols Peruna as a universal cure for acute and chronic catarrh. It cites Dr. Hartman and a book Health and Beauty, offers free delivery to prove effectiveness, and invites readers to write with their case for free medical advice from the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
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Hartman Sanitarium
Paying Tribute to a Busting Tributes in Madrid
The New York Times recounts Col. Nate Saulsbury touring Europe with the Wild West Show led by Buffalo Bill. In Madrid he notices a colossal Columbus statue and is amused when Maj. John M. Burke, the advance agent, removes his hat and kneels. Burke explains he is paying respects to the great original advance agent.
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Madrid
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John M. Burke
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