Religious and Educational Notes Across Nations
A compilation of Protestant missions in Central America Nicaragua and Guatemala. Southington CT primary scholars in clay and mat weaving. Atafu island church uniting all adults in faith. Discussions on women's medical diplomas, John Rylands bequests to missions, Samoa, Modoc Indians’ Christian conversion, Dakota government costs before and after Christianization. Worcester university plans by Jonas G Clark. Italy's 1886 primary and 1887 secondary education stats across 21 universities and 46 075 primary schools.
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Central America
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Southington
Conn
Atafu
South Sea Islands
United States
America
John Rylands
Manchester
Eng
Regent's Park College
Baptist Missionary Society
Union Annuity Fund
Union Augumentation Fund
Samoa
Church of Today
Jonas G. Clark
California
Spring Valley Water
Alameda
Worcester
Mass
Clark
Harvard
Kingdom of Italy
Household Tips From Old Cookery Notes on Health and Baking
A long list of domestic hints covers eye baths, tonics, cough syrups with onions, Bride's Pudding recipe, preserving colors in crewel-work with vinegar, soothing burning feet with salicylic acid and alum, and tips on eggs and sponge cakes. It blends practical remedies with baking guidance from Good Housekeeping style.
Wit and Wisdom Across Ages Musing on Mind and Morality
A collection of witticisms and maxims from Peecher Lavater Lecky and Franklin. The excerpts praise thorough thinking and education while warning against credulity and experts abused by self interested rulers. The passages contrast wisdom with passion and stress reason over superstition.
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Peecher
QO. Picayune
Pusson
Lecky
Franklin
Michigan Law Aims to Curb Cigarette Sales
Dialogue notes a proposed Michigan law targeting cigarette sales and smoking restrictions. Characters discuss enforcement and potential impact, signaling a casual discussion of impending regulation on tobacco.
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Algy
Michigan
Gustus
Boiling Potatoes From An Irish Woman
An Irish woman's method for boiling potatoes from the Boston Budget explains selecting uniform potatoes, washing in multiple waters, boiling with salt, and draining with steam released to keep them mealy and dry. It emphasizes avoiding soggy results and notes the cook's skill varies by dish except for boiling potatoes.
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Boston
Camelborne Food Prep Amidst Pursuit in Desert Scene
A fragment describes an Arab tribe fleeing an enemy while sleeping and sharing food. Women prepare meals on camels using hand mills and feather bottles of water, distributing bread with cheese and dates, finished with camel milk. Camels are milked as they walk, using large wooden bowls.
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Ona
Woolens for Summer Fashion From Mohairs to Crepe de Venise
A survey of summer fabrics notes mohair and woolens in light colors and vivid combos with silk for street wear and evening ensembles. Black woolens, veiling options, and new plaids appear in brocades, chiffons, and challis with embroidered and bordered textures for dresses and outerwear.
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Faille Francaise
Demorest’s Monthly
Sun Beams Blur Baby Vision in City Heat
A Philadelphia Record note recalls sun glare from a westward sunset causing near sightedness and eye strain in many babies. Nurses and baby carriages circulate the city as youngsters stare skyward, prompting a gray‑haired physician to urge caution and common sense care.
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M. D
Philadelphia Record
New Fangled Notions Costly Yet Useful
The piece contrasts the Astor chronometer tale with warnings against rejecting new ideas. It cites Warner's Safe Cure and a patent story to argue that innovation often brings health and business gains, while also noting carrots as profitable fodder and dairy benefits. The narrative types mix cautionary anecdotes with endorsements of new technologies and crops.
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China
New York
Mr. Astor
Warner
Andrew Wilson
Royal Society
Edinburgh
Health
London
Eng
Human flaws and marriage banter in Terre Haute Express
In a domestic exchange, Mrs Jason questions Jehiel while he urges a humane view of husbands. The dialogue suggests a light, candid parenting of domestic tensions. Published in the Terre Haute Express.
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Jason
Maria
Mrs. Jason
Jehiel
Terre Haute Express
First Oklahoma boomer to well dressed settler duel quote
A quip from the Philadelphia Inquirer recalls a sharp exchange: the well dressed settler boasts wealth, while the coroner coolly replies that fortune came from his work. The exchange highlights frontier irony and professional roles on the Oklahoma frontier.
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Oklahoma
Philadelphia Inquirer
Violin Practice Rumors Stir Discussion in the Asylum
In the asylum a debate centers on residents urged to listen to violin practice, with staff noting routine sessions and residents expressing mixed reactions. The report details observations about engagement, pacing, and potential therapeutic aims within the facility.
Lesson in Modesty Taught by the Boot-Black
The remark notes a boot-black's humble virtue, content to shine in quiet service rather than seek grand leadership. It praises modesty and steady usefulness over ambition.
Golden Medical Discovery touted as leading blood and liver remedy
An ad asserts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery outsells other blood and liver medicines due to its claimed curative power and no cure no pay policy. It lists diseases tied to liver derangement or impure blood and mentions a $500 reward for incurable nasal catarrh. Also contains a satirical cartoon caption about a prisoner and his lawyer.
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Dr. Pierce
Dr. Sage
Ulver
Bilious disorders eased by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
Not instant but soon, bilious persons are spared from liver pains by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It relieves right side pain, headaches, nausea, constipation, and jaundiced skin by restoring tone to digestion and secretion. Harp water wastes soap due to lime salts forming insoluble compounds with soap.
Oregon Immigration Board advertisement and mixed notices
An assortment of claims through a 19th century advertisement page includes an Oregon Immigration Board notice inviting readers to Portland Oregon, marketing mild climate and prime farming, plus various consumer notices. It features medical ad copy for Carter's Little Liver Pills and Dobbin's Electric Soap, beauty and hair products, a scandal note, and a Baltimore injury anecdote about a severed leg bottle incident, all presented in a period promotional style.
Through Car Service Expands Toledo to Bowerston Route
Train No 15 departs Toledo at 7 45 p m carrying passengers to western points, now open Toledo to Bowerston linking with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. Through service between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and to Akron, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, and Chicago. General managers Woodford and Hall announce the new schedule.
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Uw Eevee
B &S
A.m IL
Toledo
Tms
Marietta
Canton
Akron
Cleveland
W.&b
Ohi
Cambridge
Newcomerstown
Canal Dover
C.&p
Valley Fawn
Valley Railways
Kingsway
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
M. D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Lane's Family Medicine advertisement and comic exchange
An 100 Ladies Wanted promotes Lane's Family Medicine root and herb remedy by Dr. Silas Lane with a free trial offer. The ad claims cures for blood, liver, and kidney diseases and constipation, praising its effects for children and adults, 50 cent large-size packages available at druggists. A devised stage-lecture joke follows about canceling a lecture due to a cold.
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Lane
Silas Lane
Rocky Mountains
Express Trains Run Daily Between Major Midwest Cities
The line operates superbly equipped trains daily in both directions linking Chicago to Minneapolis and St. Paul with stops at Rock Island Atchison St. Joseph Leavenworth and Kansas City. It also serves the Northwest resorts and hunting grounds via the Watertown Branch across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. The Short Line via Seneca and Kankrakhe connects Cincinnati Indianapolis Lafayette Council Bluffs and western hubs. For tickets and information contact Coupon Ticket Office or General Manager E St John or G en’s Ticket & Pass Agent.
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Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Kansas & Nebraska
Joliet
Ottawa
Peoria
la Salle
Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Des Moines
Knoxville
Winterset
Atlantic
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Guillatin
Trenton
Cameron
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri
Beatrice
Fairbury
Nelson
Nebraska
Horton
Topeka
Hutchinson
Wichita
Belleville
Norton
Abilene
Caldwell
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Texas
Arizona
Idaho
California
Pacific Coast
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Portland
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Union
Atchison
Leavenworth
Northwest
Seneca and Kankrakhe
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lafayette
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Baby
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Stern
Ain
Ohio
de Deere
Siete Ston
Pitt, Burgh
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
Carter
Baltimore
B. ¥. Johnson & Co
Richmond
David Dupley Finn
Glenn
Hill
Turin
Isaac Thompson
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Stanley
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Gen’ Pass
Age Valley Railway
Canton & Marietta
Independence
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Myersville
Greentown
New Berlin
Lake Park
Mineral Pont
Valley Junction
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Philipsburg
Black Band
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Valley Junce
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Mineral Point
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Bloomingburgh
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Clevela
R. A. Curran
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Ent
Pitts
Steubenville
Panhandle
Penna
Line
Stebenville
Pittsburg
Pittburgh
Steuben Ville
Sata
Meadiz
New Cumberland
Jas. McCrea
F. M. Bushong
Ford
Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railway
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Madisonvilles
Louisville
Wophesas “At
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Dover
New Comerstown
Macksburg Marietta
Urichsville
Macksburg
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Sherrodsville
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W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
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Chas. A. Vogeler Co
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Tutt
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North Market
Ontario Sta
Swift
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Peru
Ind
Pioneer Buggy Co
Wisconsin
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Borrurruck
Diccuey
Soo” Railway
Minn
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Hearn
Auburn
Ala
Swipt Specific Co
Atlanta
Blig
Roenti
Jones
Binghamton
Nay
Frances E Willard
W.C.T.U
Coy Cole Mels
Bradfield Regulator
A. W. McCormick & Sons
Washington, D.C
MAW Brothers
Nurecerymen
Rochester
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Tossaday
Samprtes
Brewster
PW. Ziegler
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Pators
ETNA
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W. T. Pitzgerald
Attorney At Law
Washington, D. C
Joseph H. Hunter
Great Rock Island
Albert Sea
Chicago, Yll
Rheumatic Syrup CO
Jackson
Mich
Mandy
Hibbard
Ruy
Ropskis
M.E. Church
Remont, Mich
Ieading
Ann Arbor
Bright
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Holgate
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Cinccinnati
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Mad
W. W. Peabody
Altimore
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Werlenewes
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