The Wedding Dress and a Hidden Love
Barbara Maitland becomes engaged to Geoffrey Selhurst a wealthy Californian after his tale of lost love and a fruit ranch setback. Lettice Maitland, Barbara’s sister, forms a close bond with Geoffrey as she arrives, while both realize they cannot love as they are bound by honor to sisterly engagement. The tension centers on forbidden affection and family duty in a dramatic domestic drama.
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Barbara
Lettice Maitland
Glendower
Lettice
Broadstairs
Barbara Maitland
California
Geoffrey
Jeff
Goeffrey
Geoffrey Selhurst
Bool
Bob
England
Miss Maitland
Hugh Denham
Barbara Maitland Weds Geoffrey Selhurst in California
In a marriage tale set around a September evening, Barbara Maitland learns of Lettice and Geoffrey's plans. Barbara accepts her own fate and later wed Hugh Denham, the doctor, in California, affirming her independence and love. Lettice emerges content with Geoffrey, while Barbara declares her rightful match with Denham.
First Japanese Yale Law graduate admitted in Connecticut
Tokichi Masao of New Haven was admitted to practice in the United States Circuit Court, the first Japanese ever admitted in Connecticut after passing the state bar a year earlier. The report also notes various transient curiosities from Paris and Abyssinia, including Daudet’s rejected 325,000 yearly offer to edit an international review and remarks on Menelek. The item closes with a count of about three thousand Chinese in Philadelphia and suburbs.
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Tokichi Masao
New Haven
Conn
Yale Law School
United States Circuit Court
Connecticut
Alphonse Daudet
Paris
M. Daudet
Daudet
M. Vanderheym
Menelek
Abyssinia
Carnot
Osman Digna
Han
Cairo
Charles M. Bowen
Chicago
Bowen
Due
Aumuale
Due de Chartres
McMahon
Seventh Cops
Philadelphia
Army hardships and a veteran’s cure in 1896
Edson A. Wood, a Wyoming County, New York native who served with the Illinois Volunteers, describes long war hardships and illness. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with relief from locomotor ataxia like symptoms and persistent aches, noting renewed strength near age sixty. Noted by a notary on January 22, 1896, with sales details for the pills. Hostetter’s Bitters is also advertised as a preventive and remedy for various ailments.
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Farmers’ Voice
Chicago
Edson A. Wood
Washington Boulevard
Wyoming County
N. Y
Sith Illinois Volunteers
West Chicago Street Car Company
Williams
Dr. Williams
Edson A, Wood
Robert Ansley
Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
Banana Plant Its Use and Impact in Tropics
The banana is a staple in tropical diets growing in one season with fruit ripening in months. It forms a forestlike plantation from shoots, yields far more food than potatoes, and provides leaves for cloth and rope. It can also lessen incentive to labor, a cultural curse in rich-growing regions. Marjorie notes a suitor, while Madge jokes about their engagement.
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Tropics
Black Cat Magazines A Marvel Of The Magazine World
The Black Cat from Story Publishing Co. in Boston earns praise as a five cent magazine with rapid sales of a quarter million copies per issue in seven months. It features original stories and is lauded by The Philadelphia Call and The Boston Post as a sensational value and marvel of the era.
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Rochester Post Express
Boston
Black Cat
Philadelphia Call
World
Boston Post
Story Publishing Co
Mass
Dr Watt Magnetic Blood Purifier Endorsed by U S Health Reports
The U S Health Reports praises Dr Watt's Magnetic Blood Purifier calling it a superior medicinal preparation with great virtues and curing power. It notes the product purifies blood and tones the system with a strong editorial endorsement. It recommends Magnetic Remedy as a genuine toning treatment priced at 81 per bottle from Druggists and warns to take no substitute.
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Chicago
Wati
Magnetic Remedy CO
Indianapolis
Ind
A Thing Worth Knowing Remedies Cancer with Oils
A mild oil remedy claims to cure cancer and tumors, internal or external, usable by all with safety. Physicians allegedly endorse it. For details and price, write Dr D M Bye. Mistress expresses distress over a jumping cat. Bridget suggests painting the sofa to deter the cat, noting cats dislike the smell of paint.
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D. M.bye
Indianapolis
Ind
Mistress
Bridget
Readers learn that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It promises internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and guarantees a $100 reward if it fails to cure. Includes testimonials and druggist sales note. Also cites a joke ad about Pigot’s Cure for consumption with a dated testimonial.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo O
Come Gentle Spring and the Pain of Neuralgia
The verse laments spring’s beauty that hides springtime pains. It notes nerves relax with warm air trigger neuralgia and promotes St. Jacob’s Oil as restoring nerve tone and strength. Proper use may lead to a complete cure.
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St. Jacob's Oil
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Lydia E. Pinkham
California Fig Syrup Co
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy, O
W. L. Douglas
W.S. Douglas
Brockton
Massa
NLU
Desc. Nor
Earth
Orran
Neer
Marjorie
Madge
Theodore
Richard
Glenn
Young Benedick
Old Benedick
Pigo
George W. Lotz
Fabucher
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mig. Co
Elkhart
B. Puarr
Secy
Woo
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Blackoarth Farm
Chicago Scalecu
Patrick O Farrell
Washington ,D.C
New York
St. Jacobs
Piso
Mra
H. D. Darling
Beaver Meadow
Union Fence Company
DE Kalb
Ill
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