Duty of Prothers and Vegitable Medicine For Women
A fragmentary account discusses female health and the perceived duties of mothers to seek medical advice for daughters. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for irregular menstruation and related symptoms, referencing a January 1899 letter from a Massachusetts mother praising rapid relief for her daughter.
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Wis
Pinkham
Lydia BE
Ham
Reguwoman
August Pfalegraf
South
Rewards and Punishments. Duke Rewards Honest Boy
A story from Dalkeith recounts a late duke who buys a cow and tests a boy by offering half the pay for guiding it. The boy earns a shilling, then returns it and reveals the true culprit, the underling butler. The duke, impressed by honesty, rewards the boy and dismisses the deceitful staff. The tale ends with a lesson that honesty is the best policy.
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Duke of
Buccleuch
Dalkeith
After a Tornado in Australia and England report
Improvised OCR fragments describe a recent tornado affecting Australia and England, noting water snakes on a beach in one area and a damaged shore at another. The text includes garbled place names and stray letters, with unclear details about affected locations and dates.
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Australia
Rother
Odd Facts and Trivia from a Bygone Era
A collection of curious notes on weather lore earning rain from pale moons, bread consumption by country, fire behavior, early megaphones in Washington, Civil War flags in Boston, and the motto on coins. It mentions mint director Pollock and the coinage motto history with E Pluribus Unum preceding In God We Trust.
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White House
Washington
New Memorial Hall
Massachusetts State House
Boston
Sixth
Massachusetts Regiment
Baltimore
Mint
Pollock
Pennsylvania
Monte Carlo Romance Ends in Daring Fraud
A wealthy widow in Monte Carlo falls for a 25 year old man posing as the duc de Castiglia d arcaran, alias Annibal Martin. He uses charm to win wealth and title, then flees after detectives expose his thin duke tale and prior imprisonments. The widow files a police report as authorities pursue the con artist.
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Monte Carlo
Duc de Castiglia- Carcaran
Benner
Gregorys
Duc de Castiglia D’arcaran
Annibal Martin
Hannibal
Alps
Glasgow Mail
Colds Spread By Domestic Animals Says Omega
Omega declares colds are infectious supported by domestic animals. Cats appear especially susceptible and may carry catarrhal attacks home from nocturnal prowls. An old saying notes a sneeze by the cat signals colds for all, with sheep also showing a spreading eruption around the lips during a bad cold.
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Omega
Getting Thin and the Scott Emulsion Remedy
An advertisement explains that being too fat is not always ideal and being too thin is a problem caused by overwork or under-digestion. It promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as balance for those who cannot eat, urging activity alongside the oil and offering a free sample.
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Scott
DR. Pierce
Youngest Officer in the World
The son of the Turkish consul general in Taurus Persia, aged two and a half, was made an officer in the Persian army after the crown princess and her husband invited him to meet the royal family. The prince personally attached his insignia to the child's breast.
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Taurus
Persia
Be careful that you don't do right in the wrong way
The note warns against ethical missteps and urges caution in actions, reflecting political discourse from a Chicago Democrat.
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Chicago Democrat
Use of Poison in War Declined as Military Tactic
The article notes that poison in war was once defended as commendable by Wolff and cites reports of wells and water sources being poisoned as a military measure. It also describes deliberate pollution of drinking water by disposing animal bodies into streams and ponds in recent times.
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Wolff
The Great Kiss Debate of a Large Mouth
A Washington Star essay argues that a large mouth offers better kissing than a small button-hole mouth. It cites May Irwin Olga Nethersole Ellen Terry and others, praising large mouths for passion and immediacy over the so called rosebud ideal.
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May Irwin
Farry Miner's
London
Bowery
Miss Irwin
Olga Nethersole
Olga
Miss Nethersole
Ellen Terry
Mrs. Langtry
Julia Marlowe
Blanche Walsh
Washington Star
Healthful Mineral Waters and Native Bathing Traditions
The article notes mineral waters rise in national use for health and mentions indigenous practices. It recalls American recollections of Indians bath ing heated springs and drinking waters before white settlers brought modern springs to markets and exports.
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Manitou
Rockies
Lumber We Consume In United States Last Year
The lumber consumed in the United States last year is estimated to total 9.8 billion cubic feet.
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United States
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Snettishem
Scott & Bowne Chemists
Pearl Street
New York
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
H. F. Smith
J. T. Sneed
W. L. Baird
Cashier
Citizens National Bank
Cameron
Sam Streetman
J.T. Sneed, Jr
T. G. Sampson
Bee" Exchange
Texas Gin & Compress Co
Milam Hospital
Texas
ER. N. Shaw
W. Greer
Ferguson
JNO
M. Hefley
B. McLane
T. F. Hardy
THE
First National Bank
Cameron, Texas
M. Hering
J.C. Reese
Tom Peoples
T. F. Harpy
Canada
Fallseter
cHarpe
W. L. Lutner
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