Fragmentary Trade Note on Amber and Tobacco
OCR fragment reports on Italian ornament makers and amber trade across Africa and the South Seas, naming France England and the United States. It notes amber clarity variations and a per pound price around 4, with five varieties in demand. Mentions total 1890 production of 4,443,050 pounds and tobacco alongside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Africa
South-sea Islands
Franca
England
United States
Mysterious Hicks Pond and Vesuvius Anxiety in Naples
The article notes growing nerves over Mount Vesuvius activity in Naples with minimal expected damage, and mentions Hicks Pond in Palmyra Maine as a deep, isolated body of water linked to Lake Sebasticank by a small stream. It also advertises Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co remedies amid sensational claims and various curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Hicks
Palmyra
Sebasticank
Heartfelt Thanksgiving Prayer Reunites Long-Lost Son
A lonely widow Margaret Hudson prays for her heart's desire on Thanksgiving morning and, after twenty years, her son Jim returns. The moment brightens the country church as mother and son embrace, renewing faith and family bonds.
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Margaret Hudgon
Margaret Hanson
Elder Norris
Sehuretés
Margaret Ellison
Tostus
Oliver
Galilee
Jim
Margaret Hudson
Thanksgiving Day Grizzly and Wild Bill Discuss Grudging Thanks
In a Prairie Dog saloon on Thanksgiving Day Grizzly and Wild Bill debate what to be thankful for. Bill boasts a notorious record of stage robberies and escapes, then shifts to family, declaring more kin are doomed while praising another man’s courage. The exchange ends with Bill walking out proudly.
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Bill
Grizzly
George
Prairie Dog
Yaas
Joe
Grizzy
Lem
Hank
Arter
Arter Biama
Maine
Mary
Jim
John
Johnny
Mae
Thanksgiving Hymns and Old Tales of Harvest Joy
A lyrical meditation on Thanksgiving praising providence and harvest abundance, intertwining old prayers with family gratitude. The text reflects on sorrow and resilience, recalling a romance from "Thanksgiving long ago" and a peasant couple amid seasonal imagery. It preserves period voice and a hometown feeling consistent with a 19th century rural newspaper card.
Thanksgiving Verse Fragments From The Old Town
Fragmented readings include lines about two Thankagiving Blakes, Henry Clay, and a snowball tale about turkey shakin dice and roosts. A dialect scene features Dinah and a child asking why there was no turkey for Thanksgiving while others express thanks in rustic phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay
Washington
Cooperative movement fades as fresh doubts rise
A Woolwich conference reports fresh splits in the once vast cooperative movement. From 1,000,000 adherents and £52,502,126 in annual sales, to renewed strains between producer and consumer, the era of rapid co op progress seems challenged. The piece contrasts factory and farm co op efforts with the reality that individual enterprise often overcomes collective aims. A Seattle style revival echoes in unrelated Atlanta chatter about orphan aids and meat prices, while Uncle Eben laments vacuous rhetoric amid shifting loyalties.
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Iperatur
Woolwich
England
Saturday Review
Lydia Pinkham Herbal Remedy Praised for Female Ailments
Testimony volume lauds Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veritable Compound as safe and infallible for irregular, painful, and suppressed monthly periods. The text notes Mrs Pinkham’s long experience and sole charge of the correspondence department, handling thousands of letters yearly.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Bire
GeonGw
Benk St
Cincinnati
Lydia H. Pinkham
Mra
Noted Auctioneer Seeks Reliable Buyer for Fronk Trade Mare
In a fractured trade column the prospective purchaser examines a sprinter horse named Fronk Trade. The seller notes the animal’s tail is docked and prefers not to raise the price. A Chicago Tribune excerpt mentions Baltimore & Ohio railroad plans for a new inbound freight station, 600 feet long and 42 feet wide, with cold storage and rail unloading capability. A contrasting vignette from Saint Louis features Dr Kohlbenhayer offering polite courtesy to a lady while discussing city customs. Also included are fashion costings for English guards and a reflection on backbone and character as essential.
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Courgs
Teil Gald
Sol
Chicago, Tribune
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Luan Butaw Atrest
Camden
Barra Streets
Hall's Catarrh Cure Praised As Cure All Disease
A pamphlet extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known remedy for catarrh, claiming it treats constitutionally by acting on the blood and mucous membranes. It offers a $100 reward for proof of failure to cure and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as makers. Also included is a broken tale about hunters in North Carolina and their dogs missing a few ducks.
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Fea
Aliie Allgem
Haal
Hall
Hell
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Crogelats
Emil
Emily
Washington
Cosata
Cexolina
Fragmentary note on affection and devotion legacy
A fragmentary OCR note mentions oral selfishness and love with terms like apollogity and altisan-Rev. Heiation. The readable text is incomplete, obscure, and lacks clear context or identifiable events or people.
Goshen Slang and Odd Oath Echoes in N Y Town
A Goshen scene notes a popular local oath By-ginger-spruce used to express joy sorrow and irony in daily life The piece cites cases from constables to showmen and a stereopticon show provoking chants of the oath The article also recalls an old German penalty and mentions Diamond Soap as a high grade laundry option.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Goshen
New York Herald
Mia Halliday
Shawangunk Mountains
Bhawangunk Way
Case Salame
Aleck McLeod
Zed
Marriage Consent Exchange Sparks Tense Moment
A fragment from a dialogue shows Mr Assurance-Daar Mand noting his father’s consent for a marriage, while Miss Maid reveals she gave consent to Willie Green that very morning. The exchange hints at a conflict between arranged approval and personal choice in a late era social scene.
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Willie
Green
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Agenta
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Keetorer
Brad
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Ayer
Littla
Guerdon
Garth
Eyom
Margaret G. Sangster
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Ani
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Blakes
Dinah
Chile
Turkey
Ainner
Atlanta
Orphan Asylum
Eben
Washlington Bitar
Williams Pink
Detroit
Dr. Williams Médly ‘Cine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Nenstras
Lisbon St
Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia E. Plaktani
Kohlbenhayer
St Louis
Louis' Republic
Hfo
Foot Guards
Rey
Cortland Myora
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