Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Florence Woman
A Florence South Dakota woman describes monthly pains and backache that left her unable to work. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved the next month and continued with three more bottles. She urges other women with similar issues to try the remedy.
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Florence
Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham
P. W. Lanseng
South Dakota
Breaking It Gently Said by a Little Boy to a Spinster
A brief vignette in which a boy asks to retrieve an arrow that fell in a spinster’s garden. The woman humorously notes the arrow landed on the side of her cat and asks if he can point the exact spot.
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Carter
Castoria Caption Promotes Safe Remedy for Infants
An old advertisement urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the signature and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. The piece mixes product copy with a playful exchange about superstition and familiar brands in the era.
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Fletcher
Morganatic unions shake European royal lines in new era
An analysis notes the growing acceptability of unequal marriages among European royals, citing the English Teck family and German Hohenzollerns. It recounts historical morganatic matches, including Queen Mary of England, Princesses Victoria Louise and Cecilie, and the planned marriage of Prince Oscar to Countess Ina von Bassewitz-Levitzow, with its post wedding settlement and title changes.
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Mperor
William
Oscar
Ina von Bassewitz-Levitzow
Sophia
Saxe-Weimar
Hohenzollern
Mary
England
Alexander of
Wurtemburg
Claudine von Rhedy
Teck
Germany
Mary of
Holy Roman Empire
Kaiser Friedrich
Friedrich
Victoria
Louise
Duke of Argyll
George
Duke of Fife
Frederick William II
Prussia
Fraulein von Voss
Frederick
Duke of
Brunswick
Meiningen
Hohenzollerns
Saxe-Meiningen
Rassewitzes
Fugger
Augsberg
Fuggers
Wilhelm
Cecilie
Grand Duke of
Meklenburg
Berlin
Prince Oscar
Ina
At the Concert
A witty exchange notes music volume differences as a joke about catering to the hard of hearing audience and the value of loud versus soft tones.
Where Emeralds Come From in History and Mine
Emeralds have ancient roots from Aaron’s shield to Cleopatra with sources in Spain Mexico and especially Colombia. Major mines include Muzo and Casquez near Bogota while Esmeraldas gives its name to a coastal city. The text traces legendary and modern supply, noting U S finds and notable gems in noble collections.
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Aaron
Egypt
Ierculaneum
Pompeii
Nero
Rome
Cleopatra
Mt. Zabarah
Upper
Western Hemisphere
Pizarro
Spain
New World
Duke of Devonshire
Colombia
South American
Republic
Ecuador
Peru
Esmeraldas
Mexico
Cortez
The Dollar Kind Candy Choice Dialogue
A playful exchange centers on choosing candy, with one speaker offering a box on a future call and the other preferring the dollar kind among many varieties. The light banter highlights preferences and humor in a casual chat.
MacDonald Defends Sunday as Spiritual Rest in Leicester
British MP J Ramsay MacDonald urged religious bodies to resist secularizing Sunday at Leicester. He warned against turning Sunday into recreation and called for time for recreation on weekdays. He favored an enlightened democracy that protects a day of spiritual rest and opposed efforts to secularize the Sabbath.
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J. Ramsay MacDonald
M. P
Leicester
London Chronicle
Bear named Bob ends life in Central Park exhibit
A large crowd watched as Bob the black bear at Central Park menagerie supposedly “committed death by own action.” Keeper Snyder said the animal had shown remorse after strangling its mate and climbed a rocky ledge before leaping to the asphalt, breaking its neck and dying within minutes.
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Bear
Bob
Central Park
New York
Snyder
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