Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proves Valued by Women
Five letters from women in Red Banks Hampstead and elsewhere claim Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female illnesses including weak nerves fibroid-related weakness and general recovery after doctors advised operations. The company offers rewards if letters are proven fake and notes decades of use and free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Red Banks
Lydia BK. Pinkha
Lydia W. Pinkham
Lydia i. Pinkham
Willie Eawards
Hampstead
Maryland
Lydia
Pinkham
Joseph Hh.any
Lydia BK. Pinkham
Economy. A Baker’s Tale in Food Waste Wisdom
A playful exchange shows a young husband puzzled by a list of kitchen items including eggs raisins lemon extract ground cinnamon and sugar. Belinda explains she will turn them into bread pudding, vowing not to waste a thing and save money.
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Belinda
London
Recovered Her Dignity Visit to Parkhurst Prison
A story recalls Queen Victoria visiting Parkhurst female convict prison. The scene as she entered the great ward drew silence from inmates who cried for pardon and freedom. The Queen later returned, moving through the room with regal dignity amid awed prisoners.
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Wincen Victoria
Parkhurst
Diilson
Dead Historians and the Value of Older Writings
A reflection praising dead historians and the vast work of earlier volumes. The speaker argues against the belief that history must be new to be good, noting many modern books merely restate familiar facts better told by past authors.
Amos Cummings and the New York Sun Ad Revenue Clash
The tale recalls Amos Cummings in the New York Sun as a late night must print clash over space between news and advertising. Facing surplus ads, he ordered two columns of ads killed to publish all news. Stockholders debated firing him, but Charles A. Dana backed Cummings and empowered him to drop ads for news when needed.
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Cummings
Amos Cummings
New York Sun
Ife
Sun
Charles A. Dana
Dana
Mr. Dane
Amos
Exchange of compliments between Daly and Duke
Jute Charles TP Daly of New York, a charming conversationalist and jurist, recalls meeting the Duke of Wellington who comments Daly seems too young for the bench. Daly responds that his position results from fortunes’ accidents, while the Duke notes Daly’s proper place.
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Charles TP. Daly
New York
Duke of Wellington
Judge Daly
Duka
The Faithful Dog tribute to man’s unselfish friend
George G West delivers a Missouri jury a tribute to dogs as man’s truest friend. He argues the dog remains loyal in prosperity and adversity, guarding sleep, nursing wounds, and staying by the master’s grave, even unto death.
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George Graham West
George G. West
Missouri
Iris Son
Jig
Ilo
Courtship In Spain
A note on Spanish courtship describes how a shy suitor must send notes or serenade from under a girl’s window to gain attention. Cupid nonetheless finds a path as couples fall in love and wed despite strict etiquette, much like in less permissive lands.
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Spain
Cupid
Wide World Magazine
Doubtful Reason in Harper’s Weekly Caption
A humorous Harper’s Weekly sketch shows Professor Scarchem engrossed in insect study. His wife laments rising vegetable prices, noting apples cost two dollars per bushel with worms. He quips the produce may be a rare species.
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Scarchem
Harper’s Weekly
Floral Decorations and a Green Dining Table Vase
The article recalls a housekeeping bride who keeps a green touch on the dining table with a single vase. A late-arriving moment leads to roses and romaine salad leaves arranged by a colored maid who remembers the need for something green.
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New York Press
Hamlet in a small town prompts stale eggs sale inquiry
A melancholy visitor asks the village grocer for all the stale eggs as he prepares to perform Hamlet in a frail locale. The proprietor responds in rustic fashion, noting the town’s lone commercial emporium and the show tonight.
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Tao
Hamlet
Philadelphia Ledger
Tarporley Hunt Club Costume Rules Chronicle Historic Red Coat
A feature tracing Tarporley Hunt Club rites from 1762 to 1779 shows red coats becoming the fox hunting emblem, with strict uniforms and fines for deviations. Rules insist blue frocks early, then red coats, green saddle cloths, leather breeches, and penalties for noncompliance, reflecting the sport’s etiquette. The club remains a revered Cheshire institution with a race meeting and toasted cheese event.
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Tarporley Ilant Club
Tarporley Club
Tarporley Ifint Club
Cheshire
Baily
Fair skull defense at Irish fair manslaughter trial
At an Irish fair a quarrel led to manslaughter. A doctor testified the victim’s skull was abnormally thin. The prisoner, asked to speak, quipped that he wondered whether the skull was fit for a man to go to a fair with.
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Ireland
WORKING A SWINDLE ENTAILS A POSTAL CON GAME BY A DIAMOND MERCHANT
A Bohemian Magazine item recounts how Henry Harriman posed as a watch and diamond dealer. He sent letters with ten cent stamps to newspapers, used death notices to threaten a diamond delivery, and netted over ten thousand dollars from widows. He mailed typewritten requests for remittance and diamonds, then vanished to other ventures.
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Sam
Duildine
New York
Trenry Harriman
Henry Harriman
Express
Breck
Post Office
Jerry Harriman
Watch
Don Mark Lemon
Bohemian Magazine
Riddle on Lot’s Wife and a Salted Aftermath
A reader’s conundrum cites a Bible figure with no name who dies as a pillar of salt in Lot’s story. The punchline links salt to every household and Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward as a modern twist.
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Oheeryer
Lot
Edward Bellamy
Panama Hat Craft Details From New York American
A veteran Panama hat trader denies that hats are woven underwater. He explains hats are made in morning damp air and hung to dry at night, allowing fiber to soften by dew. The process requires one to three months per hat.
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Panama
New York American
Expert Testimony and Odd Quips Across Eras
A mounteer testifies in a Kentucky court about a moon shiner to secure transport to Louisville. He recounts a road scene with a pacing horse and fog as proof, while Harper’s Weekly and London Notes discuss the term Banzai and its origins. A Boston Record item notes a contractor preferring wood over paper in figures.
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Kentucky
Louigille
Waal
Harper’s Weekly
London Notes
Tts Ge
Imperial University of Tokyo
Shigeno
Ife
Boston Record
Too Far For One Bishop Potter Compliment Tale
A famous New York beauty recalls a Vermont country house meeting with Bishop Potter. He asked her to tally charity subscriptions in the library and apologized with a remark about feeling grave compunctions about asking her to do something useful.
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Bishop Potter
New York
Vermont
Tie
Wade Bishop Potter
Benvenuto Cellini
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