Vinol touted as remedy for lung weakness and cough
In Springfield Ohio Mrs Kate Heckman credits Vinol with curing a former consumption diagnosis and ulcers on the lung. The adclaims Vinol soothes inflamed surfaces builds appetite strengthens digestion and helps fend off incipient pulmonary disease. Trial offers money back if it does not help. Saxo Salve also guaranteed. Covington druggist Manford C VanDorn promotes.
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Kate Heckman
Springfield
Ohio
P. S
Manford C
VanDorn
Covirgon
Advertising Creates Confidence in Honest Goods
The author explains that confidence in a manufacturer's integrity is a key asset in business. Companies spend heavily to build trust and retain customers by delivering honest goods at fair prices. Advertising fuels this confidence, while product quality sustains and amplifies it.
Trustees' Notices for Troy Township
Trustees announce weekly office hours in the fire rescue room of the Knights of Pythias building on Wednesdays and Saturdays to transact township business. Charles Dickens, Trustee of Travinwnship.
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Troy Township
K. of P
Charles Dicken
Travinwnship
Oregon Journal starts Western Information Bureau offer
The Oregon Journal announces a Western Information Bureau with a Semi-Weekly Journal six month offer for 50 cents. Subscribers also receive a 144 page illustrated booklet detailing Oregon resources and opportunities at no extra charge.
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Western Information Bureau
Oregon Journal
Bureau of Western Information
Oregon
Father of Phrenology Gall Aroused Europe in 1798
ThePiece summarizes how Franz Josef Gall, the so called Father of Phrenology, sparked European interest from Vienna in 1798. It notes his skull based talent theory, public controversy over morality and atheism, and his enduring fame until his death in 1828.
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Gall
Europe
Weiland
Mercury
Vienna
Germany
New York American
Banish the Rats Warns Of Rodent Plague Threat
A Farm and Fireside excerpt warns of rat and mouse destruction. It describes rats attacking horses, stealing belongings, spreading disease, and storing food in nests. It notes India plague deaths and cites the India plague commission on rat linked plague.
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India
India Plague Commission
Man
Europe
Bird misjudged shot turns tennis match at Glasgow court
In a Glasgow lawn tennis tie two evenly matched players, named A and 20, battled long. With A near defeat a bird glided past the ball and Bo swung at it, missing by a feather. The errant shot became the turning point as A then surged to win.
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Glasgow News
Lord Palmerston Buys Gordon Painting After Grass Query
Lord Palmerston inspected Sir John Watson Gordon’s Summer In the Lowlands and asked why the grass was long with many sheep. The artist explained the sheep were turned into the field only last night. The premier purchased the work at a high price.
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Lord Palmerston
Sir John Watson Gordon
Penny Gone! Boy Tears Over Missing Warts
A six year old boy Maurice is crying after paying a penny to purchase two warts from Vincent, who did not deliver the warts or refund the penny prompting the mother to inquire about the boy’s distress in Indianapolis News.
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Maurice
Vincent
Indianapolis
Round and Square In Diplomatic Negotiations
The Washington Star notes that expression shapes diplomacy while cautioning against substituting eloquence for a true square deal. The dialogue contrasts a well rounded sentence with the need for solid, straightforward negotiations.
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Washington Star
Instructing Each Other Proves Amusing Pair
Two experts spar in a playful exchange as they try to teach each other. The scene captures humor in a clash of confidence and knowledge.
Cowper Quotation On Morality And Courtesy
A short reflective line asserts that only a moral well bred man would refrain from insults. The quote emphasizes civility and self-control as defining true courtesy.
Ballooning a Venetian Angel: Ball Bearing Crane Repositions San Marco
An American Machinist writer notes a new angel type at Venice’s Campanile di San Marco. The San Marco statue, damaged but repaired after the tower’s collapse, now rests on modern ball bearings. The wind turns it to face the smallest surface, reducing wind pressure on the large eleven foot wings.
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Campanile di San Marco
Venice
Angel San Marco
Lagunes
Washington and Light Horse Lee Dream Gift Westmoreland Estate
In an affectionate tale from the Lee family Washington and Light Horse Lee shared a close bond. A dream by Harry Lee led to a real deed gifting Westmoreland Place, but Washington warned him not to dream Mount Vernon away.
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Washington
Lee
Robert IE. Tee
al Lest
Westmoreland
Mount Vernon
Beehive Remedy for Sad Thoughts in Strand Memory
A Strand Magazine anecdote recalls a child who sketches a grave for a house with a dying child. Her mother warns that it would distress Mrs. but the girl transforms the grave into a beehive with bees emerging, turning sorrow into whimsy.
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Janie
Hilda Cowham
Strand Magazine
Women suffrage quip sparks humor in era
The quotation from a New York World item shows two agitatresses joking about a woman’s belief in suffrage. A woman bent to consult her husband and had been married only three weeks, prompting the wry remark that she might be suitable for a return call in a year.
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New York World
A B C Curiosity ABC Alphabet Paragraph
A New York World item notes a playful pangram where twenty six words start with consecutive letters from A to Z. It describes a boy who enjoys and participates in lively play with others, finishing with a youthful zest.
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New York World
Mothers and Daughters in a Domestic Scene
A brief dialogue captures Mrs Call scolding Ethel for worrying her mother. Ethel responds tearfully claiming familiarity with family dynamics and blaming Mrs Call, reflecting a domestic vignette from a St Paul Pioneer Press item.
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Mrs. Call
Ethel
St. Paul Pioneer
Poor Jack and Clara Discuss an Implied Marriage Plan
Clara says she plans to marry Jack to relieve his mind of a false impression. Clara’s Mamma questions the motive as the two discuss the upcoming nuptials with humorous tension.
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Jack
Clara
Poor Man Joke Sparks Laughter in Nearby Crowd
A short exchange about marriage prompts laughter as a man jokes about the “poor man” in relation to his sister’s upcoming wedding. The line reflects common humor about wealth and matrimony in casual talk.
Reminder on timely submission for print editions
The note urges timely article submission to avoid missing the print deadline. It warns that Wednesdays and Thursdays are busy, with presses on Thursday afternoon, and delaying until Wednesday afternoon or Thursday reduces chances of publication.
New Time Card Sets Schedule for Wabash Trains
A new time card went into effect Monday with adjustments to east and west bound trains No. 84 No. 2 No. 28 No. 8 and No. 9 on the Towpath. Morning service from Attica to Covington and back includes specific departure and arrival times. Afternoon service runs Attica to Covington and return with revised minutes.
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Tas A.m
Attica
Covington
Unique Deed Claims 700 Acres From Land Sharks
In Sullivan county Pennsylvania agents from Marine Trust in Atlantic City uncover an 1864 deed that conveys 700 acres to God and his heirs in Jesus Messiah. Peter E Armstrong and his wife executed the deed to remove temptation from neighbors and land sharks, a copy shown by Treasurer Joseph McNamee clarifies a long disputed situation.
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New Jersey
Sullivan County
Marine Trust Company
Atlantic City
N. J
Peter E. Armstrong
Jesus Messiah
Joseph McNamee
The
Marine Company
Berlin Doctor Promotes Tuberculosis Immunization
Dr Friedrich Franz Friedmann argues his tuberculosis culture can immunize newborns against the white plague. He cites treating babies in Berlin before age three days for 35¢ and reports no disease development or adverse effects since, eighteen months ago.
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Friedrich Franz Friedmann
New York
Berlin
Solitary dice game decides a man’s luncheon choice
In Liberty street a prosperous cafe patron plays solitaire with dice before sitting to lunch. He shakes the dice to choose whether to drink, doing so alone at the bar for two years, a routine noted by New York Praga.
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Liberty Street
New York
Praga
Cheap One Way Rates to Western States and Canada
Ticket promotions announce daily sale from Sept 25 to Oct 10 for travel to California Colorado Oregon and other western destinations. Through Daily Tourist Car Service from St Louis, ask for details at the Waybash agent Knickerbocker Ped Danville Til McNan.
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St. Louis
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