Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Promotes Kidney Remedy
A newspaper ad touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a great cure for lame back and kidney bladder problems. It offers a free sample by mail and a book, asks readers to mention the paper, and provides the Binghamton New York address for orders and samples. The ad notes bottles are sold nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bingke
Hamton
N. Y
Swamp-Root
G. B. Burhans
Carlisle Center
Foley
Muskoka the Beautiful: A Grand Trunk Railway Promotion
A promotional piece touts Muskoka as scenic for a family excursion by Grand Trunk Railway. It invites readers to travel with wife and children to enjoy views and facts about the region and promises an ideal family illustrated publication free upon request from W. Robinson in Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskoka
Exkine
Folster
Grand Trunk Railway &Ratem
Oretor
Fancnes
Teese
Ideal Family
Adl
Apte
W. Robinson
Park Building
Mtteborg
Now is the Time to Plan Your Vacation Trip
The notice urges consulting your nearest Big Four agent for routes and rates to the Adirondacks Thousand Islands St Lawrence and Great Lakes destinations. It promises four cents in stamps will bring information about the world's playground and vacation travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondacks
St. Lawrence
Michigan
Canada
Northwest
Big Four
H.J. Rhein
G P.A
Cincinnati
Tow Rate Change Notice to Second Class Climbers
One way tow rate second class colon ists rates via Washington to west and southwest. Date of sale first and third Tuesday in each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waash
House for sale in Covington Indiana with outbuildings
For syLE A five room dwelling with good cellar cistern summer kitchen and orchard all in good repair at a bargain N M Keeens Covington Indiana draft text indicates a private sale listing by Keeens for a residence with listed features and location noted.
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Syle
N. M. Keeens
Covington
Ind
Penguin feeding at London Zoo shown in vivid detail
The keeper’s penguins trigger excitement as they dive underwater to hunt gudgeon. The birds swim beneath the surface with rapid wing strokes and fish down thirty gudgeon in minutes, surfacing briefly before returning to their cage to dry.
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London Spectator
Youthful Warriors Across History in Early Military Feats
The article surveys leaders from Pizarro to Napoleon, noting rapid rises and early completions of their military careers. It highlights youth at key milestones including conquest, commands, battles, and reigns.
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Pizarro
Peru
Cortez
Mexico
Great Conde
Rocros
Teventy
Peter the Great of
Russla
Czar
Embach
St. Petersburg
Napoleon
Italy
Frederick the Great
British Army Instructions On Greatcoat Valuation
A British army officer received a letter of instruction detailing how to value a lost greatcoat for Private Blank. The method subtracts worn value from new value per Article 75 1865 Gothing warrant, divides by expected wear months, multiplies by months worn, and subtracts from total new coat value to determine the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blank
Easy Street and the virtue of strong hearts
A Cent Per Cent column extols Easy Street as the path to well being where courage integrity and steady income sustain health and happiness. It cites historical figures Josiah Wedgwood and Mary Wollstonecraft and a fictional Angelina to argue that prudent earning supports character and life quality.
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Shylock
Chtchen
Josiah Wedgwood
England
Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley
Angelina
East Street
Allan
What defines the orchid family according to Youth's Companion
The passage explains misconceptions about orchids and clarifies that orchids are distinguished by the union of stamens and pistils in a single column. It notes 6000 to 7000 species, mostly tropical, with few in warm temperate zones and almost none in cold temperate zones.
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Earth
Lost Boy Like Lost Umbrella
A tourist visits a small cabin where an old colored mammy tends a large tub. The tourist asks for her son Sainv, greeting her with good morning while she responds in simple rural speech.
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Mammy
Sainv
Missing child tale from Chicago News slang archive
A distorted Chicago News fragment describes a boy who vanished after being treated harshly by his guardian. It notes the child’s wild nature, a blue umbrella mishap in a thunderstorm, and the guardian saying the boy ran away and has not been seen since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Marriage as arithmetic and divorce as fractions
A quip from a New York Press item uses a mathematician’s joke to describe marriage as addition and division during discord, with subtraction at parting and divorce as fractions. A brief vignette follows about a child with feather-black hair and a caller asking about angels wings, the child clarifying angels’ feathers are white and scarce.
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New York Press
Absurdities and Inquiries From the Times and Club
A collection of witty quips on silence and debt, plus travel notes about Australia’s Northern Territory described as no man’s land with Palmerston noted for Chinese-majority, a forecast of a future sportsman’s paradise, and a humorous exchange about courting stories as Mr. and Mrs. Rounder recall old times at the club.
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Australia
Northern Territory
No Man's Land
Palmerston
Greater Britain
Mr. Rounder
Mrs. Rounder
Modern existence pushes men to work longer hours
The article notes that striving for better dress, housing, and furnishings drives men to longer, harder work. It argues this separation from wives and families rivals the distance of absence, as labor frays domestic life.
Why People Always Ask Why and Wherefore
A reflective piece notes human curiosity about causes and reasons behind events and behavior. The speaker contrasts terse formal explanations with lingering questions about motive. The tone suggests a playful, philosophical inquiry into understanding.
The Seal’s Sense of Smell and Eyes
The seals’ sense of smell is very strong and wakes them from sleep even when approached quietly from the windward. It is easier to alarm them quietly than to surprise them leeward. Their large eyes appear intelligent, deep bluish black with a glistening look, and their pupils dilate like a cat’s.
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Aoich
Trustees' Notices for Troy Township Office Hours
Clinton D. Smith trustee announces weekly office hours in the first floor office room of the K of P building on Wednesdays and Saturdays to transact township business. Covington, Indiana goods advertised: Woodford's Sanitary Lotion guaranteed to cure in 30 minutes, sold by Geo. D. Cook, druggist.
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Fiost
K. of P
Clinton D. Smith
Troy Township
Woodford
Geo. D. Cook
Covington, Ind
Estate of Phebe C Smith Deceased Under Fountain Court
In the Fountain Circuit Court April term 1906 Alva N Clark as Administrator filed final settlement of the estate of Phebe C Smith deceased The final settlement will be examined June 15 1906 in court Heirs creditors and legatees must appear and show cause if any why the account should not be approved C S Douglass Attorney June 1 1906
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Phebe
Smith
Fountain Circuit Court
Alva N. Clerk
Phebe C. Smith
Circuit Court
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LIFE
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Orchid Family
Johnny
Freddy
Kansas City
Costique
Orifins
Geo. D
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
Portland
Oregon
T and Return
Mexico City
Anderson, Ind
Gale
Winona Lake
Am Gee and
Return
Marion, Ind
Frankfort, Ind
Jeu, As
Ticke
Logansport
H.fj. Rhein
Gen'l. Pass. Agt
Cincinnatti
Ohio
McClure’s
McClure
America
Schurz
Baker
McClure’s Magazine
The
5. S. McClure Company
East 23d Street
New York
S. 11
Starr Pianos
Starr
I. Gr. Peyton
Indiana
Hot Springs
Doctors
Denville
Danville
Office
Aetna
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