Golden Needles and French Salon Fancy Work
A review of Louis era leisure in France describes men and women embroidering and crafting in salons. It notes gold needles, portable workbags, and the spread of decorative arts such as pasted book drawings, charades, and witty games. Mme Doublet de Porean issued public bulletins with verified and gossipy news.
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Gallanta
France
Louis
Indica
Poinsinet
Cidalise
Ismene
America
Mme. Doublet de Porean
Appleton
Teleg rapher's Cramp and Its Heavy Strain
A Dundee Advertiser note discusses telegrapher's cramp, noting C and Y as frequent stumbling signals. It describes how conscious focus on common letters hampers the sender and how receivers suffer from fatigue writing nonstop to record dictated messages.
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Dundee Advertiser
What Became of Ed Ferguson in the Black Sheep Tale
In a Chicago Tribune style exchange the townsfolk discuss Ed Ferguson after years away. A neighbor notes he runs the best livery stable and depot in town while a younger brother, Lemn, is described as a poet and painter who faded from the family.
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Ed Ferguson
Chicago Tribune
Hia One Chance Strike Sparks Family Tiff
In a brief scene Willie fights back with a stubborn claim about Aunt Frostface, who vows no kiss if he harms his sister. The exchange centers on a missed opportunity and a defiant response from Willie.
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Wille
Willie
Why Elsie Was Sent to Bed
A fragmented passage recalls Elsie banished to the dining room while May entertained a new guest in the parlor. The doll with a kid body and a bisque head features in the scene as the narrative sets a domestic tone.
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Elsie
May
Rat in Dorothys Stomach Sparks Alarm
Ailing household item head detached and eyes failed to work until Elsie found a large roll of tightly curled hair inside. She burst into the parlor shouting that Dorothy must have swallowed Sister May a rat, explaining the illness.
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Elsie
Dorothy
Pittsburg
Second Thoughts on Incompatibility and Plans for a Pantry
The maid and Mr. Hunter discuss a proposed engagement, with the suitor expressing heartbreak over incompatibility and a future house plan including a large pantry and closet for cooking utensils. The woman asks for more time to decide, hinting at reconsideration of the engagement in Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promises Grippe Relief
Semple endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy that stops coughing and strengthens lungs to prevent pneumonia from la grippe. The ad notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package and warns against substitutes, Johnson Drug Co.
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Johnson Drug Co
Eoley
Embarrassing for the Lecturer at African Mock Steam Demo
Captain Guy Burrows recalls a Mobunghi audience in Africa reacting to a white man's sand diagrams of a steam engine. After declarations of understanding, a single voice calls the lecturer a liar, revealing blunt skepticism among the crowd and highlighting cultural gaps in scientific explanations.
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Guy Burrows
Tle
Burrows
Westminster Gazette
Jenner the Eater and Abstemious Doctor Jenner
The famed English physician Dr. Jenner was a tea drinker and abstemious, taking only a measured brandy when indigestion arose. He lived on slow chops and rice with tea for years but was usually a voracious eater. Dr. Cooper Bentham recalls Jenner amid a large dinner, saying he had no appetite while mid rice pudding when Reynolds visited.
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Jenner
Cooper Bentham
Reynolds
Ife
Bass-Coalson Showcases Swellest Millinery Line
Bass-Coalson displays the season’s swellest line of millinery in the city, highlighting stylish hats and trims for shoppers seeking fashionable headwear and accessories.
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Bass-Coalson
Religious Author Praises Foley's Kidney Remedy
Rev Joseph H Fesperman of Salisbury North Carolina describes years of kidney trouble a severe winter pain confining him to bed eight days and needing help He says his urine showed thick white sediment and frequent passage Then he began Foley's Kidney Remedy and the pain subsided and urine returned to normal He recommends Foley's Kidney Remedy Johnson's Drug Co.
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Joseph H. Fesperman
Salisbury
N. C
Foley
Johnson's Drug Co
New Discovery Brings Lasting Relief for Lung Ailments
Mis Ida Soper suffered from years of severe lung trouble with near-death experiences. Doctores deemed incurable until Dr King’s New Discovery provided quick relief and a permanent cure, with Mrs Soder in Big Pond Pa praising its effects on coughs colds sore lungs hemorrhages la grippe asthma and croup. Trial bottle free and $1.60 guaranteed by Johnson Drug Co.
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Ida Soper
Sue
Johnson Drug Co
Excursion Fares to Louisville for Exposition Event
Excursion fares via Central of Georgia Railway to Louisville Kentucky for the Southern Electrical and Industrial Exposition from April 12 to 24, 1969. Tickets on sale April 11 12 19 and 20 1999 good to leave Louisville and return by April 26 1999. Inquiries to nearest ticket agent for rates and schedules.
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Louisville
Southern Electrical and Industrial Exposition
Money To Lend And Patent Cough Remedy Listed
An advert announces cheap lending arrangements for farms with prompt supply. It lists L. D. McPherson at Wells House corner Newnan and College streets and promotes Eoley's Honey and Tar cough cure from Johnson Drug Co as a lung strengthening remedy.
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Farma
L. D. McPherson
Wells House
Newnan and
College Streets
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Carroll’s
BASS
Coalson Company
Carroll
Theo Reese
Atlanta
Miss Reese
Reese School of Millinery
Whitewall Street
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co
J. Regenstine Co
Smith & Higgins
Mitchell
Nice
Bass-Coalsoh Co
Brussel
Ax Minister
Ers
Ss. C. Kytle
Central of Georgia Railway
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