Merely An Automaton Quotations From Washington
A quoted exchange discusses control and autonomy as a man believes he leads while his wife guides his actions. A mild-eyed philosopher adds that many think themselves autocrats when they are in fact automata. The remark reflects on perception and agency.
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Washington
Barnacle Buildup Threatens Pacific Cable Lines
An article notes cable laying in the Pacific risks heavy barnacle and seaweed crusts that can break lines. It mentions Bitters as a cure for indigestion, liver and kidney troubles, and promotes it in drugstores. The text also includes a stray dialogue fragment about a story and a person named Jimson.
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Pacific Ocean
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Blood Trouble
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for broken stitches and bad blood. It cites Mae Cross of Minneapolis as a testimonial, claiming three bottles restored health and color after years of illness.
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Nature
Hood
Recruiting Tales from the Regiments and a Cigar Jest
A humorous exchange unfolds as a worn recruit struggles with simple speech and recalls a civil misadventure. A comrade taunts him with attestation timing, prompting a sharp quip about coming up before he joined. The quip underlines the soldier's stubborn wit and the era’s jocular tone.
Letters From Women Helped Through the Change of Life
Testimonials cite relief from bladder and liver troubles during the change of life after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women from Brooklyn Illinois and Bradford praise improved health and recommend the remedy as a sure cure for lifelong suffering.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Proxus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gro. H. Jaxx
DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y
Daan Maus
Lydia
Pinkham
No Alliance With Britain Report On Macrum Mail Censorship
Secretary Hay's February 20 1900 state department statement to the House asserts regular mail and telegraph communication with late Consul Macrum at Pretoria and Lourenzo Marques. It rejects any British mail censorship interference and denies any US British secret alliance. It notes a Cape Town delay in November last year and confirms neutral routing of subsequent consignments. The message also covers the Creeds of the Wanderers and the Deniers Russian sects with historical murders linked to census fear.
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State Department
House
Macrum
Hay
Department of State
Charles E. Macrum
United States
Pretoria
South African Republic
Lourenzo Marques
Cape Town
Hollis
Ohetaala
Durban
Department
Republic of the
Empire of Great Britain
Senate
John Hay
Steel Wagons Demand Soar in Wheat Belt Markets
Iowa wagon makers focus on steel farm wagons to meet high demand from Dakota and Western farmers, with orders pouring in. The Manufacturer notes the rush shows steel’s rising role in ag transport and regional growth.
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Iowa
Dakota
West
Ninth Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference Opens in Alabama
The ninth annual session met at the Tuskegee Institute church in Tuskegee at 10 o'clock Wednesday. A notable turnout of prominent southern educators and business leaders, white and Black, attended. Professor Booker T. Washington opened with remarks on the meetings' value for delegates and warned against ex slave pension agents and emigration agents.
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Tuskegee
Alabama
Tuskegee Negro Conference
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Missouri Judge Rules Unions May Peacefully Boycott
Judge Stover of the Kansas City circuit court declares unions may peacefully boycott employers of non union labor and urge customers to stop patronizing a boycotted inn or firm to persuade adoption of union labor practices.
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Bissouri
Stover
Kansas City
Tetterine praised by grateful customer in Tennessee letter
Customer James L. Jones of Jellico Tennessee encloses $1 for two more boxes of Tetterine praising its cure of a severe eczema. The letter notes gratitude for the product and mentions 50c per box by mail and availability through J. T. Shruptrine in Savannah Georgia.
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James L. Jones
Jellico
Tenn
J. T. Shruptrine
Savannah
Nonsense dialogue as Uncle Jerry tests a waiter
An odd exchange features Uncle Jerry Peebles and a waiter from She dunk with a humorous mispronunciation. The dialogue shifts to a nonsensical line about Pompect of Porxam Vapuzzes Drs colors wool or cotton and a boiling process.
Noted Patent Medicines and Children's Remedies
The snippet lists several patent medicines and tonics including Piso's Cure for Consumption and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup with claims of curing ailments. It also references a line about a girl in gingham and a playful exchange about romantic deceit, reflecting a mix of advertisements and filler features typical of early 20th century newspapers.
Resenting Deceit and Old Friend Dispute
An argument erupts as Winfred accuses a former close companion of deceit and hypocrisy with vehemence. The piece hints at strained social ties and a past friendship tested by time and perception. In a separate note, Malsby & Company of Atlanta advertise engines boilers and mill supplies, claiming reliability and low prices.
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Messrs
Malsby & Company
South Brosd #1
Atlanta
Not In the Family Gas You in a Brown Study
The text appears to be garbled OCR with phrases about family identity and a supposed medicine named Gnove's TasTELEss CHILL Tomto. It mentions iron and quinine in a tasteless form and references a price, but no coherent news event or clear subjects.
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Gnove
Old farmer counsels son on electric light plants
In a rustic exchange a farmer tells his son to buy electric light plants in the city to save kerosene costs. The advice reflects frontier thrift and a practical approach to modern utilities.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Home Remedies Ad
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for untreatable catarrh by Hell's Catarrh Cure from J Casysy & Co Toledo Ohio. It features endorsements for F J Cheney and notes pill and cure pricing and availability through wholesalers and druggists.
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J. Casysy & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J.cheney
Wae S ‘1Muax
Wapping, Kinnan & Marvin
Bronco Bob Defends Dialect Dialogue
A Washington Star quip has Bronco Bob claiming he can speak dialect well though he cannot write it. He says he was cast as a literary Hon and can talk dialect effectively, even if writing it is discouraged.
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Bronco Bob
Washington Star
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