The Garter Insignia and Its Storied Origins
The Garter, the most coveted English order, may trace to 1344 or 1349 on St. George’s Day, with a popular tale of a dropped garter at a court ceremony. Edward III, presiding monarch, is famed for the garter oath phrase. The order’s blue silk garter evolved to dark blue velvet and sits on the left leg. It carries deep religious ceremony and ornate rites, and even prompted a nobleman to question accepting honors tied to an oriental sovereign.
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St. George’s Day
Countess of Salisbury
Kent
Edward III
Order of the Garter
Victoria
Philadelphia
Dentistry Without Pain Through Specialist Care
An advertisement touts painless dental fillings and crowns claiming a pain free chair. It argues the method is safe and certain, offers a booklet titled Dentistry by Specialists and the Gentle Art of Painlessness, and urges readers to trust its tested reputation and testimonials.
Child Born to Mr and Mrs Frederick Sousa Travers
In the town of Travers on November 80 a son was born to Mr Frederick Sousa Travers and his wife Mrs Travers.
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Travers
Frederick Sousa Travers
Balmore
Mederice Balmore
Minstrels Reviewed by W. W.
In a town of 8000, latent talent shines in Mrs McCarty, Mrs Dor a Greene, Miss Rounds, Miss Dimond, Miss Wilson, and others among the ladies, with L Coggeshall and Mr Warren among the men. The reviewer praises Wheelwright and Hall as top amateurs, notes缺 clear speech training as essential, and urges a second concert with more melodic pieces.
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McCarty
Dora Greene
Miss Rounds
Mrea. Dimond
Miss Wilson
L. Coggeshall
Warren
Quirk
Opera
Macready
Booth
Phelps
Forest
Blake
Sothern
Jefferson
Wiss Hall
Oliver Twist
W. W
Young Wife Shares Joyful View Of Husband Scientist
A wife describes happiness in her marriage to a scientist. She notes he calms by sitting to calculate when the world might end, after which he returns to his usual self. She speaks casually to a friend about their life together.
Unclear Inquiry About Debt From Mr Benham
Dialogue fragment shows a request to see Mr Benham and ask about owed money. Benham replies that the man is a plausible talker and would borrow himself. Source lacks context or fuller event details.
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Benham
The Scrap Book The Same Fellow
A dialogue snippet shows a young woman accusing a maid of kissing a man in a dark hall and the maid confessing she kissed the same man. The mistress explains it was her fiancé and proper, revealing the shared suitor.
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Marie
A Chosen One and Tales of Courage in Fragments
A collection of short pieces and moral vignettes recounts perseverance bold deeds and playful quips. It includes lines from Myron Hanford Veon about brave effort and failure as linked success plus anecdotes of a mob vanquished by a determined mother and humorous notes on a notable visitor’s reception in Washington.
Free 75c URic-O Rheumatism Trial Bottle Offer
Urico offers a nationwide free trial bottle for rheumatism patients via Smith Drug Co in Syracuse New York. Readers send name address and pharmacist name to receive delivery at no cost with directions to use until satisfied. Bristol distributor J H Young & Co promotes Urico and urges quick response to expire offer.
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Smith Drug Co
Smith Bldg
Syracuse
N.Y
Aric O
Urico
Bristol
J. H. Young & Co
Reduced Prices on Slightly Used Ivers and Pond Pianos
A catalog of lightly used pianos from Ivers and Pond offered at easy terms. Pianos come from loaned recital instruments and dealer returns, with claim that slight prior use improves action and tuning stability. Prospective buyers invited to request the bargains list.
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Ivers & Pond
Y M C A Bowling Tournament Opens With South Ends Victory
The Y M C A bowling event opened last night with strong scores as the South Ends beat the Hay Seeds two strings to one. A humorous exchange followed about a rope ladder as a playful crowd moment.
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Hay
South Ends
B. D. DeWolf
Hay Needs
J. W. Best
Highlanders
Robertson
R. E. Murray
A. W. Hathaway
Snow Birds
W. A. Snow
A. H Schaftt
Hank Hanks
J. M. Dimond
Geo. Marshal
Pineules Relief Ad Headlines Pain Back Aches
An old fashioned medical ad touts Pineules offering 80 days of treatment for one dollar to cure rheumatism backache and kidney trouble. A single dose at bedtime is claimed to prove merit with medicines sold by O. W. Sparks. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup also marketed for coughs colds croup and whooping cough with claims of prompt relief and gentle laxative effects.
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O. W. Sparks
O. Sparks
Tomorrow Auction Teases Discounted Goods
A fragment notes a sale with a promise that no goods will be sold for more than two to three times the regular retail price and an opening remark about closing at 4 30 p m. The unreadable context limits further specifics.
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the Garter
Ona
U.S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
Providence
Hubert A. Lewis
Connery
MILLS
Lorrain
Pawtucket, R. I. E
Smithfield Ave
Woodlawn
Pawtucket
Mineral Spring Ave
Electrica
M. W. Schoen
Constitution
New England
Providence Brewing Co
RK. I
Minstrels
the Phoenix
Pineule Medicine Co
Chicago
U.S. A
C. W. Sparks
The
Myron Hanford Veon
Laidles
Henry Norman
Washington
Natonal Press Club
Néran
Job Stee
Boyiston St
Boston
Gee
Eloper
South Enda
Capt
B.d.dewolf
O. LeClair
O. Brigham
J. Kinder
J. Newman
Hayseeds
P. Kenny
L. F. Gorham
A. R. Newman
CG. Dimond
J .W. Best
Isaac Peems
State Street
G. W. Simmons
Emma E. Carey
Constitution Street
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
BR. I
DIREC
Frederick W. Easton
George M. Thornton
Benjamin F. Smith
William P. Dempsey
Philip G. Sheldon James L. Jenks
Edwin A. Peerin
G, A. Maan
Fletcher
P. Skinner, Jr
Azent
Hope Street
Goldes
Hope St
Young’s Drug Store
Chiropodist
W. H. Buffington
Jewelry & Toy Store
Grand Army Hall
L. F. Cohen
Bristol, R. I
Prest & Dixon
Old Sugar House
Tel
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