Solon’s rise to democracy and reform in Athens
Solon, hailed as archon after a poet’s fiery proclamation, frees debtors and rewrites laws. He builds a citizen based state with education, two year army service, and voting rights for the poor. His senate and popular veto ensure accountability leading to a lasting democracy. He travels for ideas and dies at eighty in 559 B C.
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Athens
Solon
Salamis
Diety
Draco
Senate
Greece
Croesus
Lydia
B. C
Lycurgus the Spartan Reformer and his Reforms
A narrative on Lycurgus son of Sparta who after studying abroad returned to restructure Sparta. He confiscated property, created a 28 member senate, dual kings, and strict ephors, divided society into warriors tradesfolk and helots, and established social reform including equal status for women and public meals. He prepared Sparta to endure external threats by molding a state reliant on a powerful army. He departed on a journey promising to return, but never did.
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Sparta
Egypt
India
Labotas
Lycurgus
Senate
United States
Ap Orne Curt
Ephors
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
An advertisement proclaims Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney irregularities and back pain. It cites Charles Cole of Iola Kansas reporting improvement after use and notes the product price and seller Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Dean
Charles Cole
N. Buckeye St
Iola
Kans
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
A Long Way Back in a Playful Exchange
In a brief dialogue, George notes Miss Passay claims she has never been kissed, while Harry recalls kissing her years ago, though she says not since she can remember.
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George
Miss Passay
Harry
Physician's Mean Trick Ensnared Patient in Public
A doctor known for intolerance to imaginary illnesses tricks a female patient by telling her to pull out her tongue. She obeys with eyes closed and tongue out, then awakens to find the physician vanished in a busy street, leaving her alone.
Funeral Honor Missed in Thirteenth District Tammany Loss
Casey lay dead as the Thirteenth district Tammany members attended his funeral in a body. They filed past the coffin and greeted the widow with condolences. Mr Hogan spoke at length praising the deceased, then confessed he had only met him that day.
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Mrs. Casey
Spring Poetry Urges Doctor For Young Poets
Horace jokes that a young man seeking to write spring poetry should see a doctor suggested by Grace. The exchange frames a playful mock advice between two speakers about creativity and wellness.
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Horace
Grace
Say civil service means long lines at the post office
A Bohemian quips that civil service is the public system guiding offices and departments while a busy man endures a long postal line and waits before a clerk offers wholesale stamps, illustrating bureaucratic delay.
Small scale barley trial aims at corn potential
A small holder in East Lexham experiments with barley to test corn growing on a small scale. In 1907 he sowed 78 barley grains yielding 400 ears. The kernels sown in 1908 produced a bushel of threshed barley after 14 weeks, which he has sown again this year to demonstrate cereal cultivation from tiny beginnings.
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East Lexham
London Standard
The New Woman Made Over by Quitting Coffee
A Richmond Virginia woman recounts years of coffee use harming health and sight. After quitting coffee and using Postum and Grape Nuts she says health and strength improved dramatically, weight gained, and memory sharpened, urging others to try the products.
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Richmond
Wellville
Itched for Twelve Years Eczema Cured by Cuticura
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania describes a twelve year battle with eczema on hands arms and feet. After using Cuticura Remedies he reports rapid healing with no recurrence. Potter Drug & Chem Co promotes the product as sole proprietors in Boston.
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Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Potter
The Water Bite Mystery In A Child's Lesson
A six year old, viewing slides of animalcula, is astonished by a drop of water and tells his mother he now knows why soda water bites. The remark contrasts with a scientist’s claim that gold has a distinct odor, implying a tainted source behind the claim.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Teething Relief
An attractive ad notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children to ease pain and soothe gums. It claims wind colic relief and a 26 cent bottle price, while a separate line touts silence as golden to those paid to keep quiet.
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Dodds
Carters
Iver
Kalbbeac Breeklza
Plains, Mont
Great Flathead Indian Reservation
First National Bank
Swrigley
Von
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Bend For Free
Southern Minn
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West College
Austin, Minn
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