Lydia Pinkham’s Compound touted for female ills in 19th century appeal
The advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments including displacements and inflammation. It features testimonials from Mrs. I Ellsworth and Mrs. W P Boyd, invites letters for advice, and claims decades of cures for a range of gynaecological issues. It also notes rising American visitor interest at Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford upon Avon.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
I. Ellsworth
Mayville
London Beggars Earn Big Money Says Ttma Report
Ttma calculated London beggars number about 4000 with average weekly income around 30s. and yearly total over 300000 pounds. In 1925 many were arrested for begging and over 1500 were sentenced to brief imprisonments. Some beggars held cash and bankbooks showing sizable deposits.
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Ttma
London
Oldest railway claim for Swansea and Mumbles line
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, among the earliest publicly sanctioned lines, may be the oldest railway in the world after four earlier lines were abandoned and the remaining portions absorbed by other railways, notes London Railway Magazine.
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Swansea and Mumbles
London Railway Magazine
Am I My Brother's Keeper Walter Beverley Crane
A fragment from a New York Times piece quotes a speaker comparing market power to a hungry bear and lambs as Spring lambs, with defiant lines about care and menace. The passage invokes loud protest and biblical allusion in a vivid economic metaphor.
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Wall
Ganehling
Visiting Cornelia Grows Anxious On Train Trip
Cornelia leaves home for a week with cousin Laura. She frets about lying awake all night and longs for her mother. The city visit feels lonely. she realizes a home is more than pretty rooms and vines as time drags toward return.
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Yolee
Farov
Cornelia Fleeing Home Misses Train With Cousin Laura
Cornelia tries to reach the river but is stopped by Cousin Laura who guides her back across a field toward a 3.55 train time. A street girl notes Cornelia’s fashion as the chase ends with Cornelia delaying departure and planning to wait until tomorrow.
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Thad
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Billy
Christian Register
Modish Dining in a French Dinner Party
A London Saturday Review excerpt describes a French meal plan with soup, entr ees, a course of four to five items, and wine service. It notes cheese rules during fasting, generous toasts, and the after dinner pattern of escorting ladies, smoking room talk, and a late exit hinted by syrups and lemonade.
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France
London Saturday Review
Pearls of Thought and Odd Musings in a Newspaper Snippet
A fragmentary column notes humorous and cynical reflections on relationships faith, science, and society. It cites musings from the New York Times and describes a minister’s joke about a deacon and a steeple chase.
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Lacey Grey
Argamiut
Puzzling Radium Experiments and Air Tube Inventions
The article notes experiments on radium showing air draft behavior inside a moving car and discusses a vertical orientation requirement for the tanthrum lamp with a new adapted device. It mentions Professor Schiaparelli’s African excavations at Azint with an Egyptian necropolis and an effigy carved in wood. An Algerian inventor patents a ceramic air tube for tree roots boosting growth, and red lights’ visibility at distance is tested. The blue sky is explained as sunlight scattering by tiny air particles, with blue dominating due to minuscule particle sizes.
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Egypt
Azint
Tght
Inedeh
Algeria
Africa
Sas
St. Nicholas
Dentistry for Dogs and Explosive Metaphors in 19th Century Notes
An observer reports on West End dentists offering dog teeth scraping and fillings for show dogs, with prices quoted in pounds shillings. The piece also includes a brief explainer on explosives needing oxygen and a Sheridan duck-shooting anecdote from The Christian Advocate.
Man Displays Placards Reading Fur Show and Por Une
The report describes a man who opened a package and displayed placards reading Fur Show and Por Une. He declares triumph and says he will place the cards around the house to decorate. The snippet appears from a Philadelphia Quirier source.
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Tome
Phiidelphia
Washing and maintaining wicker and built in ice boxes
The article advises washing wicker furniture with hot water and soap and sun drying before shellacking, and notes New York Times on bleaching. It then discusses ice boxes built into houses, stressing regular cleaning with soda water and guarding against clogged drains and mildew from on floor placement.
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New York Times
Shore season care tips and home recipes cross many pages
The clippings advise on removing wallpaper stains and yellowing from screen doors, warn about sun and damp impacts at the shore, and provide many old time recipes for breads puddings and muffins. It also notes dust problems in a northern city and mentions opal jewelry trends and Australian opal varieties.
Alligator Symbol Across Regions Draws Commentary
The Chicago Tribune argues the alligator, seen as a shared asset, links Northern and Southern imaginations. It critiques restrictions on hunting near winter establishments and notes the animal as a popular attraction in places from Catalifia to Redlands, highlighting cultural and economic tones across California.
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Catalifia 'Mma
Santa Barbara
Redlands
Riverside
California
Chicago Tribune
Well-Salted Captain Dibble Remains Robust at Ninety-Six
A ninety six year old sea veteran known as Well-Salted Captain Dibble lives on a farm and claims no rheumatism or major illnesses. He attributes his health to fifty years at sea, salt air, and daily ballast from salt water. He reportedly drinks salt water and sprinkles it in his bed nightly, yet remains hale and hearty.
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London
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West End
Dibble
Walt
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Rolla
Woman clerk cuts marriage license fee in county seat
A rural county seat resident notes a woman holds office in the clerk’s office and claims she reduced the marriage license fee from $1 to 99 cents, spurring a rush of applications.
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Chicago News
Texan Clergyman Endorses Dean’s Kidney Pills
A Whitesboro Texas Baptist minister Rev G M Gray testifies he suffered four years with lumbago and pain in every movement. He credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with removing the problem after a short time. He speaks anonymously to help others with kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
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Whitesboro
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Iowa Couple Chooses Name Jennings Howard Johnson
Mr and Mrs S A Johnson of Polk City Iowa name their four year old son Jennings Howard Johnson amid a debate over political names with the wife a Republican and the husband a Democrat.
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Taft
S. A. Johnson
Polk City
Iowa
Jennings Howard Johnson
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Catarrh Cure Claim and Caisson Fog Observed
Advert describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure with a money back promise and cites testimonials. It then discusses caisson disease and fog formation during air lock operations, including a personal anecdote of relief by releasing compressed air and noting dew point fog formation.
Mother and Child Nourished on Grape-Nuts Demonstrated
A mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her strength and enabling successful nursing. She reports her baby thrived after she began using the cereal, alongside returning health and energy for daily work. The testimonial, from a Battle Creek Michigan letter, promotes Grape-Nuts as a nourishing food for mothers and children.
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Albany
Elven
Postum Co
Battle Crook
Mich
Yboe Road
Wellytile
Largest surplus reported by Philadelphia Clearing House
Banks have 36.5 million dollars more cash to dispose of than last year, with loans up 12.5 million. Deposits show broad gains, while local banks carry less in other cities. The piece also notes cotton crop figures, draught horse scarcity, and various harvest prospects across the United States.
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Philadelphia
New York Exchange
Hester
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
United States
Dame Azenor: Artist Status Earns Notice Pay
The court held Mme Azenor an artist, not a mere workwoman, in a case where she was dismissed without notice. She created models and realized concepts with her hands and mind, qualifying for one month's notice and £16, establishing precedent that a premiere is an artist.
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Mme. Azenor
Azenor
Dame Azenor
Rue de la Paix
Paris
London Telegraph
Three Cures of Eczema From Cuticura Remedies
A woman reports her brother cured of eczema after using Cuticura Ointment following three summers of suffering. She also cites a Indiana family whose child recovered from severe eczema with Cuticura, noting the disease never returned. The note dates August 15 and September 2, 1907, from Coldwater Michigan.
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Indiana
Syrup of Figs and Senna Promoted by California Fig Syrup Co
An advertising claim highlights a simple liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs with Senna, as a trusted remedy. It asserts physicians sanction, gentle but prompt action, and ethical sourcing from the California Fig Syrup Co with a price of fifty cents per bottle available through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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