Vege table Compound Restores Health For Milwaukee Woman
Miss Margaret Mereley of Milwaukee Wisconsin details severe pelvic pain and ovarian ulceration eased by Lyda E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with reduced pain restored appetite healed ulceration and eleven weeks of regained strength. Letter emphasizes testimonial from a grateful user.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Mus. Pingramm
Lyda E. Pinkham
Margaret Mereley
Third St
Milwaukee
Wis
Genulmeneia
Society Men Need Society Men, Says Woman
A Philadelphia Record essay quotes a society woman arguing that society needs capable men. She blasts busy husbands for treating entertaining as a bore and relying on wives or relatives to manage social duties. She contrasts English chaperones with American fathers who offer little counsel to daughters facing eligible bachelors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninconmpoop
Philadelphia Record
A Great Difference Toast Quip Noted At Dinner
At a Mississippi dinner hosted by Governor J K Vardaman the toasts turned to a remark by Ashley Stockton of Montpelier. Stockton joked that all governors enter amid opposition but leave with none, during a farewell banquet for Vermont's outgoing governor.
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J K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Governor Vardaman
Ashley Stockton
Montpelier
Vermont
Ashles Stockton
Seven Barhs cure claims advertised with full refund offer
An advertisement promises that Seven Barhs will cure stomach and digestive issues including liver complaints and kidney problems. It offers a full size bottle for 60 cents with a 50 cent refund if unsatisfied, inviting customers to try the remedy at the Bristol store location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mope Si
Bristol, i
Old Bavarian Towns Describe Fortified Village Life
In eastern Bavaria many small towns are walled farm villages with parallelogram layouts. Gate towers crown the entrances while narrow streets, half timber houses, and attached stables define daily farm work. Peasants shuttle between countryside gates as farm tasks are undertaken, often by girls in traditional dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
Danube
Holland
Smoking a Cigar How to Smoke Properly for Best Flavor
A tobacco dealer advises smokers that most cigars burn outside but not inside, wasting aroma and creating acrid smoke. Reignite evenly, include wrapper when relighting, and avoid changing brands due to poor burning. Emphasizes quality leaf and consistent combustion to preserve flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Watwa Tribe Described By African Hunter In Harsh Terms
An African hunter recounts encounters with the Watwa tribe living in swampy zones. He portrays them as dirty and cunning, noting their fish and water lily flour diet, use of mud for mosquitoes, stealth in carrying loot, and rumors of poisoned arrows and traps. He claims several Watwa disappeared after a camp incident with a reed buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Dame Juliana Berners and the origin of fly fishing
The piece credits Dame Juliana Berners with the first printed English book mentioning fishing with an angle in 1450 and notes her Treatise on Fyshyange With an Angle. It discusses early fly fishing, the evolution of fishing months, and cites Izaak Walton’s 1653 remark on trout and fishing lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dame Juliana Berner
St. Albans
Dame Berner
Berner
Izaak Walton
King of Beasts: Old Hunter Names the Monarch
An African hunter explains the king of beasts with a desert pool scene. Elephants approach water as jackals watch, and the lion drinks first, then fouls the pool before retreating. The beasts gather, honoring the lion as king in their view.
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Gamin
The Dinner Table Etiquette by a Patient Hostess
A domestic anecdote explains graceful handling of table mishaps. The hostess reforms a broken china episode by showing calm humor and shifting topics. She advises gentle apologies, not dramatic reactions, and simple, discreet cleanup with napkin corners.
Looming Mirages and Distant Heights on the Horizon
The article explains mirages cause distant objects to appear vastly taller or broader, magnifying ships into towers and rocks into jagged cliffs. It notes widespread mirages in the American Southwest before irrigation and settlement, once thought to be the work of evil spirits by Indigenous peoples.
Reflecting Lighthouse Origin From Accident Idea
A mathematical society in Liverpool hosted a wager where a member read a newspaper paragraph at ten yards by candlelight. He used a tin side and putty with glass pieces behind a candle, creating a reflector. Captain Hutchinson, present, developed the reflecting lighthouse concept from this experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathematical Society
Liverpool
Hutchinson
Cheaping and Chaffering in English Places
The text explains that in parts of Switzerland the baker's wife carries bread in a hamper and bargains over price, a practice called cheaping. It notes that in England the term has evolved to chipping, giving Norton as an example where Cheaping Norton reflects a place once known for selling goods by bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
England
Norton
A Sad Predicament at the Pouch Mansion
Mabel recalls mortification at the Pouch mansion when her checolette gown restrained a laugh she hid in her glove while Flo pressed for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Pouch Mansion
Flo
Nothing Free Prunes at Boarding House Says Egbert
Yonkers Statesman reports Egbert complains about boarding house rules quoting that they receive no free prunes and must pay for them, getting them six times a week.
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Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Remarkable Fext on the Ocean’s Tacking Tales
The reader’s fragment hints at nautical talk with salty humor about long sails and stubborn tacking. Despite garbled lines, it evokes an old salt voice, recalling harsh seas and sea lore. The piece seems to be a stray excerpt from a sea tale or dialogue.
Loggerheads: giant Atlantic turtles and a duck share the name
The article explains loggerheads as large Atlantic coast turtles weighing about 1600 pounds, fast swimmers that feed on crabs and conch, with musk scented flesh. It notes a Tierra del Fuego duck also named loggerhead for its perceived stupidity and mentions other uses of the name in the West Indies for fly catchers.
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Atlantic
Tierra del Fuego
Falkland Isles
West Indies
Protected the Judge not guilty verdict in Texas case
After jury deliberations the panel heard a juror claim Pike Muldrow would threaten jurors and the judge if convicted. The men discussed perfecting the judge and returned a not guilty verdict. The Detroit Free Press recounts the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Pike Muldrow
Pike
Detroit Free Press
Gravestone in Reading Room Becomes Odd Ornament
A Berlin reading room contains a large gravestone placed at the head of a grate. The stone was not moved into the house but the house was built around it. It originally stood in the churchyard of St Hedwig’s before its relocation.
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Berlin
St. Hedwig’s
How Could He Help It
A humorous exchange on whether marriages are made in heaven. She questions the idea and admits uncertainty while correcting herself as Charlie confirms the notion with a playful tone. The snippet reflects a light social moment from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Charlie
Chicago Record-Herald
Nothing Definite The Quiet Inquiry of Mr Sloman
A cautious exchange notes Maude’s belief that Mr Sloman has long been visiting. Maude suggests he intends to continue the visits, prompting questions about his true purpose and future steps in the matter.
Damascus Bazaar Wonders and Damascus Swords
In the bazaars of Damascus travelers find oddities and fine works, from rich embroideries to delicate china and silks, with steel swords valued for their ancient layered forging. The art of engraving steel is said to be dead, yet Damascus blades are famed for their bending resilience and razor edges.
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Damascus
Cairo
Constantinople
Great Western Wheat Belt Vision in Scribner’s
In the Smoky Hill valley Kansas travelers once viewed a mile of wheat and six hundred forty acres of wealth. Trains paused to show the wonder of plains agriculture while the reaper rode the field under a blue sky. C M Harger describes the scene in Scribner’s.
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Great Western Wheat Belt
Smoky Hill Valley
Kansas
Plains
C. M. Harger
Scribner’s
Justifying His Lecture At A Women's Club
A lecturer delivering a fine talk on The Decadence of Pure English addresses a women's club. After the talk an overdressed, fuss and feathers woman compliments the speaker, saying she enjoyed it and agrees the language is decaying and that little is being done about the next generation's speech.
The Boston Maid and the Author Dialogue
A playful exchange in a Boston Tran script centers on a reader and Miss Quizzer debating how a novel ends. The gag hinges on looking at the publishers' names on the title page to gauge the outcome, leaving both puzzled by the publication's fate.
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Boston Maid
Reformed Patrice-Pegiy After Marriage Sparks Change
Patrice once sang around the house before marriage to a man who reformed her. The wife is described as changed after marriage, with hints of personal and social expectations shaping her behavior.
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Pegiy
Patrice
Tobacco Salaries in Early American Parishes
Historic note on Anglican ministers in colonial Maryland and Virginia, paid in tobacco rather than money. Salaries varied by parish, with Maryland granting forty pounds of tobacco per tithe payer and Virginia using fixed tobacco weight. Rising tobacco prices led Virginia to cash out debts at one third value in 1758, reducing clerical incomes. Patrick Henry first rose to prominence defending that law in a test case.
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Maryland
Virginia
House of Burgesses
Patrick Henry
The Dead Bull Moose Stirs Awe in Dense Forest
A dead bull moose in the forest resembles ancient giants like the Irish elk with square prehensile muzzle and outward horns. Its colossal form evokes strength and swiftness while the last gaze still gleaming in its eye makes a hunter pause, feel guilty, and yet respect the grandeur of the chase. The hunter’s feat of tracking the wariest beast through long miles is a hard earned atonement for any remorse.
Sneak Thieves In Churches
An old sexton recalls frequent thefts in churches with distraught women returning to him after their purses are stolen during prayer. The thief targets worshippers, waiting for deep prayer to grab a purse and slip away, a pattern noted by the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia
Taken With Cramps From Illness On Ship Near Littleport
A crew member, William Kirmie, aboard a bridge ship near Littleport fell ill with cramps and cholera like symptoms on Thursday night. Crew assisted him, Dr. Gifford prescribed Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and after several doses he recovered enough to move about the next day. The Elkader Iowa Argus notes the medicine’s high regard and urges keeping a bottle at home, sold by W H Buffington.
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Kirmie
Littleport
Mr. Gifford
Chamberlain
The Country's Simple Joys
Mr Backlett laments muddy walk home from Lonesomehurst station. Subbubs notes they bought a new door mat and wants to test it, adding a light domestic moment from the St. Louis Republic.
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Mr. Backlett
Lonesomehurst Station
Subbubs
St. Louis Republic
It Fell. Bob Drops His Voice During Proposal
A Detroit Free Press excerpt captures an old gentleman hearing a noise at the stairs. His daughter quickly dubs the scene as Bob dropping his voice while proposing to her, signaling a humorous domestic moment.
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Bob
Detroit Free Press
Brains of Whale and Elephant Heavier Than Man
A scientist notes that only two animals exceed human brain weight, the whale and the elephant, highlighting the remarkable size of their brains compared with people.
A J Jasmin Guarantees Minna Remedy Cure
A J Jasmin offers Mi o na tablets for stomach troubles with a summer time cure plan. He guarantees refunds if two weeks or a month of use do not satisfy. The ad promotes digestion aid, nervous support, and healing lining of the stomach amid outdoor living and fruit diets.
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West Point
A. J. Jasmin
Miona
Mortgagee's Sale of Undivided Fifth in Bristol Property
Mortgagee will sell at public auction on Wednesday August 24 1904 at 12 noon on premises. The sale as per deed of mortgage dated January 31 1899 recorded in Bristol Rhode Island land evidence. One undivided fifth part of the lot with buildings on east side of the Bristol to Warren road. Part of lands belonging to Ray Perry and his brothers as children and heirs of James DeWolf Perry and Julia S. Perry. Sale per release dated May 9 1900 and recorded book 57 page 435. Mortgagee bids on property at sale or postponement.
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Raymond H. Perry
Bristol
R. I
Warren
Perry Street
Ray Perry
James DeWolf Perry
Julia
Perry
Raymond H.perry
Bastol
Newport and Providence Railway timetable details
Timetable lists weekday and Sunday departures between Newport and Providence with multiple morning and evening trips. Noting Sundays not run from Newport to Providence and Bristol to Newport departures with a series of arrival times. Boats connect with all cars, waiting ten minutes if late.
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Newport & Providence, Railway Company
Newport
Providence
Bristol
Suburban Railway Electric Car Service Schedule
Regular service runs between Providence and Bristol with weekday and Sunday timetables. Weekdays depart Dorrance and Weybosset at 5.45 a.m. and run every 80 minutes to 7.15 p.m. then hourly to 11.15 p.m., with Bristol terminus departures starting 5.19 a.m. every 30 minutes to 8.48 p.m., hourly to 10.49 p.m., plus 11.49 and 12.41 a.m. to Riverside car house. Sunday departures begin 7.45 a.m. with 30 minute intervals to 7.15 p.m., hourly to 10.15 p.m., Bristol departures at 6.49 a.m., then every 80 minutes to 6.49 p.m., hourly to 9.49 p.m., and 10.49 and 11.41 p.m. to Riverside. Cars leave Franklin streets six minutes after the terminus.
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Providence
Bristol
Dorrance
Weybosset
Riverside
Weyhosset
Franklin Streets
N Y N H and Hartf ord Railr oad Timetable 1904
Train timetable data for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad effective May 29 1904. Lists north and south bound weekday and Sunday departure and arrival times from Bristol Constitution Street Fox Point Providence to Bristol and back with express and regular services and note of several misprinted times. Includes morning afternoon and evening slots.
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King OF Beasts
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
H. M. Goodhue
Snow Street
Agi Barton and
Buffinton
Rubate
PreRivor
Henry Dewolf Allen
Marguerita D’w. Mudge
Minor
Congdon and
Bowen Streets
City of
Rhode Island
Bowen Street
Congdon Street
Herbert F Bennett
N.Y
N.H. & Hartford Railroad
Constitution Street
Fox Point
Bristol Constitution Street
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