Dydia E Pinkham Health Claim Featured in 1890s Ad
An old newspaper passage promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with testimonials from a Chicago reader about relief from inflammation and illness. It touts cures for female complaints and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. The piece also includes varied notes and jokes from other publications and columns.
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Chicago
Ill
Pinkham
William “Ambens
Dydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Company
Fie
EL Mass
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Scotsman and Cheshire Cheese Breakfast Tale
A Scotsman hired by a Cheshire farmer delays at breakfast with a famous county cheese before him. The master notes the long meal, and the Scot replies that a cheese of such size takes longer to finish than expected, delivering a humorous Old World quip.
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Sandy
Land of Yesterday Poem Fragment by Don Marquis
A fragmented verse reflects longing to return to a past era in a pastoral setting. The speaker muses about revisiting a beloved landscape with roses, lilies, and cherry trees, imagining what would be different if the passage of time could be undone. The tone is nostalgic and rueful about unreachable yesterday.
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Thistle
Don Marquis
Mai
Trenton True American
Transposed Letters and a Lawyer's Dilemma
A weary lawyer in a private office drafts two letters to Alice Crawford and Alice MacPherson seeking marriage. Alice MacPherson contemplates a future with him while Miss Crawford attracts public notice. the scene ends with wedding plans and a dramatic newspaper headline about a blaze and a wedding twist.
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Alice
Alice MacPherson
Mr. Brooks
Digee
Miss Crawford
Kiice MacPherson
Brooks
Audh
Alice Crawford
Mish Alice Crawford’s Wedding Rumor Surfaces
The Boston Post reports Mish Alice Crawford left town with her mother and planned a surprise marriage to a French diplomat during a visit. The tale notes her splendid residence dissolving in smoke and ashes as witnesses react, while John K. Brooks hugs her tightly and asks if she plans to run away.
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Alice Crawford
Washington
John K. Brooks
Alice
Boston Post
Fainting Causes and Care in Victorian Era Youth
The article discusses cerebral anaemia as a cause of fainting in the past, attributing it to emotional shocks and restrictive clothing. It explains why fainting occurred, notes heart and circulation factors, and prescribes immediate first aid such as horizontal positioning and fresh air, with remedies like ammonia and cold water.
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Anit
Pearls of Thought and Sunset Tales in An Old Magazine
A collection of humorous maxims about honesty effort and reform politics, followed by a light anecdote about a couple admiring a sunset. Mrs Peterby disrupts the scene with skeptical wit while the maid plans to stay another month, illustrating everyday humor from Success Magazine and Harpers Weekly.
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Mrs. Peterby
Peterby
Peterhy
Butter Prices Rise As Margarine Substitutes Fade
New York markets report butter prices up across grades with a partial rebound from oleomargarine demand. Dealers attribute gains to consumer shift back from margarine in New York and New England, while Egyptian cotton and money markets also show notable changes.
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New York
New England
Manchester
England
New York City
Notable International Briefs From City to Capital
A compact news digest reports travelers and naturalists, including James Ricaltan of South Orange returning with big game trophies aboard the St. Louis. Dispatches from Lhasa dispute Tibetan tranquillity after the Dalai Lama’s flight. Berlin notes Count Goelz von Seckendorff’s death and his court role. Paris covers the French government sending guards to Guadeloupe to quell sugar cane strikes and Mrs. Grover Cleveland’s Paris visit. Morgan arrives in Rome, and Paris fixes April 24 for French Chamber elections while Bryan meets officials in Montevideo. The fleet sails from Honolulu to San Francisco as eight armored cruisers depart, with budget figures and Brazil’s 1910 election tallies noted. A London judge’s humorous courtroom remark closes the batch.
Suicido tragedy and other regional briefs from Springfield
A 61 year old Charles L Bliss hanged himself in Springfield over high prices. Other items note the Viking motor boat shipment to London, graft witness Walter Dagen and a fatality, Oklahoma income tax ratified, Chicago Aero Club actions, a divorce suit in Saranac Lake, Submarine Signal plans, Professor Jordan's retirement, racing figure Percy TasLori, Eva Tanguay hatpin incident, Ohio White Slave Bill passage, a deadly Mexican powder explosion at Treadwell with 33 confirmed deaths and 23 bodies recovered plus hospital deaths.
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Springfield
Mays
Charles L. Bliss
Mussels and Wild Animals in Lancashire Debate
The Lancashire County Council seeks Board of Agriculture powers to prohibit selling mussels from contaminated beds. A report notes resistance by owners who argued mussels are wild animals with no property until captured. Also mentioned are social anecdotes and a note on the star Alpha Pegasi as a flickering variable star observed with a telescope.
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County Council of
Lancashire
Board of Agriculture and Fishers
Jesus Grant
Millon
California
Success Magazine
No Ground for Claim Moses Copied Hammurabi Laws
The article argues there is no foundation for the claim that Moses copied laws from Hammurabi of Babylon. It notes differences such as sanitary provisions Sabbath laws and priesthood rules absent in Hammurabi, suggesting Moses did not access Babylonian legal codes. It also discusses natural gas formation and extraction in geological contexts.
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Moses
Babylon
Health from Vibration Changes in Diet
An advertisement extols changing diet to health by avoiding meat and heavy foods. It promotes fruit, Grape-Nuts with cream, KOMO Crispy toast, and Postum, claiming quick health gains as the body converts nutrients to blood and nerve tissue. The copy highlights Apple Nuts and references The Road to Wellville.
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Wiyfeu Hills
Urain
Wellville
Irreverent diner sparks banter at local eatery
A regular patron at a downtown restaurant provokes staff with witty remarks about meals. The exchange escalates when a sharp serving girl quips about baked potatoes “all over,” prompting the man to stare and misinterpret.
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Servin
San Francisco Recovery and Local Notes Highlight City Life
The piece surveys San Francisco's return to normal after disaster with population and business growth, mentions the metropolitan 'Greater San Francisco' idea, and cites the San Francisco Chronicle on recovery. It also notes Miss Elizabeth Moore entering Missouri University’s agricultural department, planning to be a farmer, and references various unrelated advertisements and snippets from periodicals.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Unsafe Bird Saffers Through Parrot Talk In School Concert
A comic slice notes an unsafe parrot that learned medical terms from students at a college and caused mortifying moments during a concert. Other items mention peonies as medicine, forest fire losses in New York, and testimonials for Cuticura remedies.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York State
Engineering Triumph Opens Andes Tunnel Link Across South America
A New York syndicate completes an eleven mile tunnel system through the Andes connecting Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso. Trains will run next summerafter years of struggle with abandoned efforts. The line rises to 10,500 feet with a screw shaped third tunnel dropping 2700 feet. Total cost about 12 million dollars.
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Andes
South American
Buenos Ayres
Valparaiso
Afberto
Strait of Magellan
New York
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Ore
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Saturday Evening Post
Menyon
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Thia
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Columbus
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Belvidere Siding
Maine
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CABLE
Salis
Southampton
James Ricaltan
South Orange
N. J
Central Africa
Lhasa
Pekin
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Seckendorf Deal
Berlin
Goelz von Seckendorff
Frederick
Paris
Filey
St. Mazaire
Guadeloupe
Grover Cleveland
Pari
Mark Caldwin
Morgan
Rome
J. P Morgan
Naples
Grand Hotel
Chamber of Deputies
W. J. Bryan
Montevideo
Alcorta
William Jennings Bryan
Charles N. Sherrill
Bryan
Montevdeo
Mor ‘Frisco
Honolulu
Harber
Pepnties
Fonseca
Rio de Janeira
Reis
Hermes Fonseca
Dry Ray Yardosa
London
Ben
London News
Vienna
iMotor Boat
Newport
Newport Harbor
Viking
Alfred G. Vanderhilt
Nin
Walter Dagen
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Aero Club
Aero Club of the
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Denver
Saranac Lake
John M. Rogers
Sjr
Penny J. Rogers
Pennsylvania
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Lighthouse Board
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United Biater
Great Lakes
Jordan
Stanford University
David Starr Jordan
Percy Tas Loro
Vox River
Bigin
Eva Tanguay
Clarenote Kiss
Tanguay
House of Representatives
Treadwell
Doan
P. W. Beeninger
Taylor Bt
Columbia
8. C
Dean
Foster- Alibre Co
J. A. Wirt
Russell St
Canisteo
N. Y
Foster-Mipura Co
Pegasus
Harper's Weekly
Hammurabi and
Natural Gay
Indiana
Pennilvania
Famiily
Lippincott’s
Elasbeth Moore
Vassar
Agricultural Department
University of Missouri
St -Louis
Gladsburg
Muime
Allen
All
Phoe Elores
LeRoy
N.Y
Flonda
HL. Gairs's Sons
Atlanta
Woolford
Paeon
Bengaiten
Jessie P. Buchanan
R. P
Hamilton, Ga
Barnum
Circus
P. T. Barnum
Spain
Matt Freck
Milterabu Dauphin Co
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Feta
Chase, Condon
Lewiston
Qin Co
C. C
Oseca
Jaye
Treaton Ureo
AONB
Watnon B.caleman
Wao Pington UL
Tlehs
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Spohn Medicale A Caeeoets
Aste Goshen
Ind
USA
Putnam
Calor
Iara
Ayelto
Rim
Jean “Orsanula
Thammanple
Crescent Bite, Co
Geattle
DR. Cornish
Los Angl
Quincy
Manhattan Island
Strassburg
Germany
Switzerland
France
United States
Sloan
A. W. Price
Fredonia
Kans
Sloan’s Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Woston
MAS
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