Backstage Call Draws Staged Lives Amid Private Turmoil
A long feature recounts actresses tempted by the stage after retirement, with voices from Henry Miller and May Irwin on the lure of applause. It examines how fame, wealth, and romance pull performers back to the footlights, despite stability or family life.
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James H. Delaney
Teusband
Mia
Delaney
Bessie “Mortimer
Red Wolf
New York
Adams
Ting
Barrymore
Metropolitan Opera
Lon
Sunday World
le Seligman
Reed
William Hartourt
Brooklyn
Gemma
Henry Miller
Agnes Huntington
Fifth Avenue
Agnes Ethel
Mary Anderson
Julia Arthur
May Irwin
America
Joe Weber
Untitled fragment notes on art visits and sculpture
A fragmented description discusses an artist visiting a lyceum or gallery and desiring to possess exhibited works. The text references a harsh experience as a form of torture, with unclear context and limited readable details about civilization and Antanaes.
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Lyceum
Piles Cured In 6 To 14 Days With Pazo Ointment
An old advertisement fragment touts Pazo Ointment claiming to cure itching burning or protracted piles within 14 days with a money back guarantee. It references general consumer products like Defiance Starch and mentions a letter carrier on a route.
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Miesio
Teachers' Books Barred By New York Board Of Education
The New York City board of education bans all textbooks prepared by teachers in city service. Conrade's Grammar and Borachio's Song Collection are prohibited with one dissenter. A separate note touts Defiance Starch products for stiff collars.
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New York City
Dreadnought’s Double Ended Searchlights Signal at Sea
The new British battleship Dreadnought features a double ended searchlight system to emit strong beams in opposite directions for semaphore signaling. Each light yields about 50,000 candle power and atop the tripod mast can be seen up to 20 miles away.
Cheney Co Toledo Drug Advertisement
We offer a reward for a new remedy created by Cheney Co Toledo. J Cheney recommends a product described as healing and safe for internal use, addressing mucous surfaces. It is priced at 75 cents per box and marketed as a family pill for constipation.
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Niendesal de Cheney & Co
Toledo
J. Cheney
Wekupee
Kinran & Peas
Tole
Cetimonias Sone Sree
Soblarsiat
Chesebrough Meg. CO
State Street
New York City
The American Adder and Its Remarkable Head
The Pioneer describes the American adder as a full grown two foot snake with a sluggish gait. It notes a common superstition about its head swapping every six months and explains the tail and head shape can mislead observers close by, debunking the two headed snake myth.
Railway accidents and an insurance ticket tale
A Scottish railway discussion recalls the old fear of accidents with insurers and a joke about Dr Norman Macleod. The clergyman's servant asks for an insurance ticket and threatens to steal corpses, illustrating the era's paranoia about railway perils.
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Scotland
Norman Macleod
Cure for eczema with Cuticura remedies claimed
A user reports a 1494 to 1906 eczema battle ending in complete cure after five weeks using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. The account describes widespread skin involvement, severe itching, and previous hospital failure, concluding with strong recommendations for the products.
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Thomas M. Rossiter
Prospect Street
East Orange
N.J
Matawan Couple Confront Stranger Remark In Parlor
A Matawan wife surprises her husband by saying a gentleman from the parlor wishes to speak to him, prompting shock and confusion about the intruder's identity and purpose in the house. The odd incident occurred last month and left the couple alert to possible intrusions in their home.
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Matawan
Popular Patent Remedies and Pseudo Medical Claims
An assortment of old advertisements touts products like Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Garfield Tea for constipation, and Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer promising cures for fits and nervous diseases. Warnings against impostors and tax evasion appear amid a mix of medicinal claims and promotional lines from early 20th century catalogs.
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St. Vitus
To Abolish the Cuirass Declared by French Ministry
The French ministry has decided to abolish the cuirass ending a 100 year tradition. There are 13 regiments of cuirassiers in the army and the weapon has been famous for a century with storied traditions from Austerlitz to Worth.
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Austerlitz
Worth
Beers Castoria warning and naval caution note
The item contrasts Castoria’s thirty year signature claim with a warning about gun records on British ships and a plan to target a wrecked battleship. It also mentions advances in starch manufacturing and the Defiance Starch with a new ingredient for strength and smoothness.
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Admiralty
Montague
Lundy
Vatican Receives 40 Million Dollar Jesuit Patrimony
Father Francis Xavier Vernts, new Jesuit general, turns over the order’s entire patrimony to Pope Pius in a loyalty tribute amid tensions with the French republic, which has greatly diminished the church’s resources.
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Vatican
Francis Xavier Vernts
Pope Pius
French Republic
Apple Orchard Earns Steady Income in Benton County
The Dover Sunshine reports a Benton county success story in apple growing. A former railroad man turned homesteader started with six acres, planted pippins and Spitzenbergs, and by year ten earned $9,962 from the orchard. Land and clearing costs totaled about $100 per acre.
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Dover Sunshine
Benton County
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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