His Primrose. A Greenhouse Tale of Lost Love
An elderly shopkeeper tends a greenhouse as flowers recount his past. They recall a pretty young girl who brightened his days, a beloved Primrose who later left with another, and his growing sorrow. A new visitor arrives as the primroses hope for his return, only to face more heartbreak.
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Century Plant
Green House
Hin
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Primrow
Primrose
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Century Slant
Photographer Harlan Finds Cure in Electric Hitters
Keaton resident U Harlan suffered years of indigestion and stomach pain. After doctors and medicines failed, Electric Hitters relieved his agony and he credits them as a godsend for dyspepsia. They remedy stomach, liver, and kidney issues, boost energy, and renew the system. W P Woldridge Drug Store guarantees.
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U. Harlan
Keaton
W. P. Woldridge
Friday events tied to famous names amid a noisy recall
The fragment lists various historical moments and figures said to be linked to Fridays, including birthdays, battles, and proclamations. It appears as a garbled OCR excerpt from a Milwaukee News page, weaving disparate events with no coherent narrative or dates.
Sermon Attacks the House of Delegates in St Louis
Rev Frank Tyrrell preaches at Mount Cabanne Christian church on Aug 12 urging moral pungency against a fraught House of Delegates. He denounces the combine as corrupt, calls for cleansing salt to purge boodlery, grogshops, and cowardly loyalty, insisting only moral vigor will save homes and institutions.
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St. Louis
House of Delegates
Wonderful Galapagos Notes From Sea Voyage
Capt Richard Nye aboard the W 5 Phelps recounts Galapagos wonders including a massive extinct crater on Albemarle with 40 000 tons of sulfur and a tramway need. He cites wild dogs left by whalers and a high altitude lake on Chatham that rises with the tide and eludes sounding lines. Severe frost hits northwestern Iowa damaging corn. Lieutenant George Shields arrives in St Louis to visit parents after serving with General Smith in the Samar campaign.
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Richard Nye
Phelps
Galapagos Islands
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Chatham
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Shields
At. Lown
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George Fr. Shields
Jacob H.) Smith
George H. Shields
Smith
Relief in Six Hours from Kidney and Bladder Pain
A old notice claims a remedy named No Great South A Kidney Cure relieves pain in bladder kidneys and back within six hours. It states relief comes quickly and retention of the remedy is immediate. Sold by A B Rains a druggist with specific contact details not clearly readable.
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Drogeiat
Latest election returns show Democratic lead in state tickets
Near 4,000 votes separate the outcomes with Democrats leading by sizable margins. Circuit Judge candidates Powell and Fussell show close races, while Attorney General Garver trends toward a large Democratic majority. County ticket results remain uncertain as official tallies await final announcement.
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Thie Na
Powell
Garver
Primary Election Returns from Williamson County Tennessee
Williamson County Franklin August 4 Returns from twenty four of twenty eight boxes in the congressional primary show Padgett leading Whitthorne with a majority of about 857. Officials expect Padgett to increase his lead to around 400 as remaining precincts report.
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Franklin, Tenn
Padgett
Whitthorne
Palesi
Pulaski returns show decisive race leads in Aug election
In Pulaski Tennessee the Aug primary results record Holding ahead of Fussell by 492 votes for Circuit Judge and Padgett favored for Congress. Whitthorns 3. AL totals are now complete.
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Waynesboro
Tean
Belding
Faussell
Fussell
Reece
Whitthorne
Padgett
Chase
Pulaski, Tenn
Holding
Whitthorns
Eminent Justice Holmes Appointed Associate U S Supreme Court
President Roosevelt names Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court to succeed the resigning Henry Gray. Holmes, a renowned jurist from Massachusetts, succeeds in a long federal tenure reshaping the court.
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U. S.supreme Court
Aster Bax
Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Arthur
IXMI
Jaudge Holmes
Jaerice Gray
Massachusett
Perceaey
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Justice Day
Massachusetts
Dr. Holmes
Noted Beauty Advert Claim for New Life Pills
A vintage ad touts Dr. ing's New Life Pills with a sprightly complexion and improved digestion. It claims all organs become active, headaches vanish, and blues disappear, urging readers to try the pills priced at 250 at W. P. Woldridge.
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Dr. Ing
W. P. Woldridge
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals Severe Piles and Tumors
In a grim hospital tale a patient endured repeated surgeries and mounting pain as tumors grew. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve was credited with halting swelling easing inflammation and finally curing the suffering. The dire account touts the salve as the best remedy for aches and pains available at local drugstores of the era.
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Bens
Alu
Bucklen
Wold Fuge
Edison Sees Electric Motors Transform Rail and Ride
Copenhagen reports Thomas A. Edison answers inquiries on governing motors traction and aerial navigation. He predicts that within twenty years most railways will abandon steam locomotives for electric power and that electric cars will largely replace horses, though he notes no present facts to forecast a commercial future for air travel.
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Copenhagen
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Sevier
Unnoticed events and deaths across cities and nations
Senator James McMillan of Michigan dies suddenly from heart disease. The Philadelphia Times and Public Ledger consolidate under one management. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt popularizes muslin sun bonnets at Oyster Bay. A fire at Landon hotel San Angelo TX kills seven, including proprietor’s wife. Society reunion planned in Council Bluffs IA. King Edward gifts Osborne House Isle of Wight as retreat for officers following coronation. A French colonel faces insubordination charges over school closures. York PA orders 18,000 light horse plows for South Africa. Santiago volcano in Nicaragua shows eruption signs. governor warns of danger. Missouri endures one of its worst storms with widespread damage. Lettie Wooldridge, 22, of Versailles KY, commits suicide. Yellow fever experts in Vera Cruz report possible reinfection case. Mrs. Henry Marsh of Murdock IL learns uncle in California estate worth 3,000,000. Mrs. Frank Neller of St. Louis nearly struck by lightning in Coffeen IL church shelter. Prince dsia Chen of China notes wreath on Grant’s tomb praising the general. Police search for William Bartholin widens. no trace found. Major Batchelor dies of cholera in Pangasinan, Manila region.
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Michigan
Philadelphia Times
The
Public Ledger
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Landon Hotel
San Angelo
Tex
Society of the Army of That Philippines
Council Bluffs
Edward
Osborne House
Isle of Wight
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works
York
Santiago
Nicaragua
Missouri
Lettie Wooldridge
Versailles
Marine Hospital Corps
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Henry Marsh
Murdock
California
Frank Neller
St. Louis
Coffeen
Dsia Chen
China
Gen. Grant
William Bartholin
Minne Mitchell
Chicago
Visitors at Sagamore Hill visit with Roosevelt
Prince Chen accompanied by Assistant Secretary Tier Wu Ting-fang Chinese minister Sir Liang Chen Tung and aides visited President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay on Monday. They were driven to the Fast Twenty sixth street pier and boarded the gunboat Ralph shortly after 9 am, sailing a few minutes later.
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New York
Prince Chen
Tier Wu Ting-fang
United States
Liang Chen ‘Tung
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hil
Twenty-sixth Street Pier
Ralph
Seven Freight Cars Burned In Pennsylvania Crash
An early morning collision near Dock Street Tower, Tarrinburg, Pennsylvania, destroyed seven freight cars, though Pullman sleepers remained intact. No passengers were harmed. firemen and engineers escaped unharmed. Most wrecked cars carried grain and burned quickly, while the express train’s first auction moment quickly faded. On the same day in San Jose, two farmhands, Harry Yroey and Charles Town, along with Charles Williams, reportedly triggered a bandit incident, Traut was killed and Wildlasos captured.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Dock Street Tower
San Jose
Cal
Harry Yroey
Charles Town
Charles Williams
Traut
Wildlasos
Knights of Pythias Grand Carnival Opens in San Francisco
San Francisco hosts the Knights of Pythias grand carnival with electric light decorations along Market Street. The Mechanics' pavilion becomes a display area and Maj Gen Jas. Ro Carnahan commands of uniformed ranks attends opening events at the pavilion with a welcome by Mayor Schmitz and remarks by supreme officers.
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We Knights of Pyrhine
Munday
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Grand Court
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Market
Kearney
Geary
Thira
Jas
Ro Carnahan
Schmitz
Ogden HL. Fethers
Knights of Pythias
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Krigate of
Pyth‘st
Panvilion
Tere
Carmthan
Stell
Supreme Lodge
California Brigade
Letter from Surveyor General staff to Gov Burke ends in odd verse
A Florida letter from the Surveyor General's Office to Gov Andrew Burke Boise City dated March 19 1901 contains theatrical and moralizing verses about the governor's departure. The piece was read in a civil service context and later references the Detroit Free Press and International Typographical Union convention in Cincinnati.
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Perault
Gov. Burke
Perrault
Washington Star
Boise
Mareh
Andrew H. Burke
Boise City
Telasions
Styx
Thadamanthus
Toise
United States Surveyor General's Office
Bolte, Idaho
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