World Fair Museum Glories in Worldly Wonders
A vivid tour of the Columbian Exposition highlights an immense museum of global curiosities. Visitors will see the unfinished Egyptian obelisk, vast steam power, kilns and gables, exotic pavilions, and the Liberty Bell amid a panorama of art, industry, and spectacle.
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la Rabida
Isabella
Black Hills
Earth
Progress
Arctic
Grace Darling
Ocean
America
Chicago
California
New England
Woman Finds Relief with Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Quote from Js I A Rite of Florence Kentucky praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for eight years of female troubles and irregularities. Claims relief within a year and endorses the product as harmless and effective for stomach weakness headaches and other female complaints. All druggists stock it with Mrs Pinkham's Liver Pills offered at 25 cents.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Js. I. A. Rite
Florence, Ky
Lupta E
Pinkham Mrp. Co
Lynx
Mass
Bicycles Advertised for Purchase in Maynard Store
Potential buyers are invited to visit the Maynard store to inspect a wide range of bicycles and bicycle sundries. The ad promises one of the best lines of bicycles and current top makes available for examination.
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Maynard
Lovell Diamond Wheel Advertises First-Class Value
A historic bicycle ad touts the Lovell Diamond as the best wheel for the money at 115 dollars with style, quality and durability unmatched. It promotes the Waltham at 26 pounds, trade-ins on old wheels, and asks for second-hand bikes while offering repair services and rental options.
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Waltham
Express
The Sparrows At My Garret Window
Edward 8. Creamer writes from New York San about sparrows visiting a garret window in wintry weather. The birds appear anxious and wary when fed, sometimes flaring away, yet they remain lively and chatty in the dull weather.
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Edward
Creamer
New York
San
The Modern Shave Ends Old Barber Tricks
Memphis resident George D. Hamilton recalls a time when barbers pulled noses and used thumbs or spoons to extend jaws during shaves. He notes today’s cheap shops and modern methods have eliminated those harsh practices, leaving a smooth operation that only self shavers or 5 cent shop patrons find disagreeable.
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George D. Hamilton
Memphis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Minnie and the high priced wardrobe habits
A mother comments Minnie could marry a poor man but her daughter spends her 6000 a year on clothes. Last year her wardrobe, hats, lingerie, and accessories ran to about 5000, with rivals spending similarly. The piece notes high costs of marryng heiresses and social vanity. It also recounts a China beauty stunt story by Wong Chin Foo about temporary transformations to look younger or older, at modest pain.
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Africa
Turkey
Europe
Constantinople
Dolar
Morocco
Chicago
Cairo
Esquimaux
Arctics
Fiji Islands
Borneo
Samoa
Royal German Band
Fakir
Minnie
New York Tribune
China
Wong Chin Foo
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Population of the Moon Alleged
A New York Telegram piece cites authorities claiming beings inhabit the moon including a man, women, and animals. It notes Dante, Chaucer, and Shakespeare placing figures there and mentions a Sunday banishment for gathering sticks, with Germans adding a churned butter woman.
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Dante
Caine
Chaucer
Shakespeare
New York Telegram
Disgusted With Chicken Raising in City Poultryman
A French resident in the city grows tired of poultry farming. He recounts buying a pullet that turned out to be a rooster, which crowed every morning. He jokes he will cut its head off and have it for supper next Sunday morning.
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Dwight L. Moody
Chicago
Europe
Springfield Graphic
Planet Jr
Manessons
Hack and Livery Stable Services in Concord Mass
Hack, boarding and livery stable on Walden Street Concord provides hack services for parties and barge furnishings. Orders left at J. C. Friend's drug store or the stable receive prompt attention. Connected with elephone.
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Walden Street
Concord
J. C. Friend
Whale byproducts Spermaceti and Ambergris described
Spermaceti, used in catarrh and skin treatments and in wound ointments, is obtained from the head of a whale monster in the south seas, while ambergris, highly valued, is a product connected with disease in the same animal.
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South Seas
London
An Italian Woman's Earrings and Other Tidbits
A collage of observations notes how earrings vary by Italian region, a tip on refraining from food criticism, and mentions the carnation’s rise in northern flower trades. It also briefly describes Professor Bell’s physique and smile and recalls the 1826 start of New England mackerel prosecutions.
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England
Italy
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Bentinel Ami
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Chicago University
Hoo-joo
Mint
Wisconsin
Michigan
Robert Graves
Lovell Diamond
T. F. Parker
Main Street
Maynard, Mass
THE
Sparrows
Dr. Stetson
Hapgood
Stow
Anterprise
Horace Tuttle
W.A. Cunningham
Professor Bell
Telephone Fame
Haynes & Tourtellot
Waiwixg Tools
Morgan
Ynard
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