Orchard Hall Proposed for West Lafayette College
The trustees plan a handsome new building named Orchard Hall to be 126 feet long with 54 foot wings and a 200 seat chapel. It features Spanish Renaissance design with Moorish loggia, Spanish tile roofing, and views of the Toseraswas valley. Foundations to be laid before winter as support grows.
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Belgian Hares in Indiana Inspire Rural Farming Interest
Belgians hare breeding spreads through southern Indiana farms with interest in prized stock. Pioneers like Ben Je introduced rabbits to New Albany, sparking a growing industry across Clarke and surrounding counties. Notable breeders such as Duke the buck and Master Chester Payne contribute pedigreed stock as county officials plan hare farming ventures. These hares are praised for beauty and tameness, increasingly valued as a gourmet food.
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Women by Wheatfields and City Threads of Harvest
A Wichita dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean reports Kansas farmwomen harvest wheat for weeks, earning money for winter clothes, schooling, or fine outfits. Some migrate to work near the Atlantic coast. others remain to thresh and bind. The piece also notes fashion shifts, urban recruiting for labor, patent medicine ads, and bird conservation concerns voiced by clubwomen and ornithologists.
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Pearl Fishing Brings Wealth to Kishwaukee Community
A fragment describes a pearl found by Miss Alece Craven near Kishwaukee, valued at six dollars, with six other pearls valued from twenty to one hundred dollars. The passage critiques automobiles as a rising craze that may affect society, noting their minimal speed and impact on horse traffic and leisure in centers like Newport and Paris.
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Fragmented medical note about diseases and women
The text appears to be a damaged medical note. It mentions diseases, women and physicians, with unclear actions or conclusions. Specific names, places, dates, or outcomes are not legible.
Bralfield's Female Regulator Promoted for Women Ailments
Advert says Bralfield's Female Regulator relieves nervous head and backache and menstrual irregularities. Claims nature cures female troubles with generous bottle and promises a free illustrated book. Sold by druggists. Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Ga.
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The Sticky Fire of a Home Descent Into Chaos
A narrator recalls a chaotic household scene filled with burning paper, flying insects, and a mother’s confrontation with a wild domestic collapse. The prose follows a frenzied sequence of flames, improvised remedies, and scorched furniture as a family endures a surreal, feverish trial. The piece culminates in a stark moral question about parental influence and responsible conduct.
Reading the Fragmented River Tale of Saints and Delays
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a river tale with religious figures and a late date. It references Tinster Mater and a boy, with unclear roles and events. The text is too jumbled to extract a coherent report or concrete names, places, or dates.
Fragmentary OCR note on clock winder and diary entry
Fragmented text references a clock winder Linnel and dated notes from Phyce. It mentions boat lines, fees, last att, and telephony garbled terms. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate a dated mechanical or maritime record with several unreadable terms.
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Unclear text on civic message from St Louis Review
Fragmentary OCR mentions a reassurance about safety for men in the United States and a promised return, attributed to a source named St. Louis Review. The readable portions are too garbled to identify a clear event, date, or specific entities.
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Hall’s Cattarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An old advertisement touts Hall’s Cacarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy. It claims internal dosing, systemic action, and promises cure or money back, with testimonials and druggist availability.
Millionaire shipowner seeks missing daughters by new glass-bottom boat
Cleveland magnate Captain Janes Corrigan plans an ambitious underwater search for Ida and Jane, two of his daughters lost when the Idier sank weeks ago. He has built a glass-bottom dredge scow with 40 lamps to illuminate the lake bed and hopes to recover the bodies.
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Hats For Ballheads Hat Promises Hair Growth by Vapor Secret
A Massachusetts inventor offers a patent derby with a hidden crown receptacle containing a chemical pad. When worn a vapor rises and allegedly stimulates hair growth on bald scalp, claiming to end visits to treatments. Printed in the New York Tribune.
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DeWitt remedies advertised in 19th century medical notice
A dense advertisement promotes DeWitt salves and pills as cures for piles and various ailments. The text touts Dr Kings discovery and urges readers to buy DeWitt products, claiming broad efficacy and urging destruction of worthless substitutes.
Fragmented OCR notes on event and people
fragmented text mentions Fort terms and names like Heyer and Santived. scattered phrases refer to addresses, drugs, and a court-like context. unclear actions or outcomes, multiple names and places without coherent narrative.
Epitaphs and cures framed in old Derry wall mural
A fragmentary letters page critiques epitaph fame and notes a Derry cathedral wall inscription. It references a Bishop of Derry, poetic lines, and the dangers of dubious patent cures. It ends with an advertisement for DeWir’s Witch Hazel Salve at C. E. Anderson’s Drug and Book Store.
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