Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Kidney Pain Says Patient
HL LE Sparks of Queen Anne Maryland reports twenty five years of back pain dizziness and kidney symptoms resolved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial notes relief after a first box and complete cure after a second with ongoing occasional use as a tonic. Sold by all dealers price fifty cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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HL. LE. Sparks
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
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The Call of the Tame Greenbrier Nye's Conversion
A historical note recounts a 1810 publication by Doubleday, Pase & Coa concerning Greenbrier Nye and a shift in manners or practices described as a conversion to tenderfoot ways.
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Greenbrier Nye
Doubleday, Pase & Coa
Inaugural Meeting Sparks City Visit by Rough Riders
Greenbrier Nye of the West meets old friend Longy Merritt in New York during inaugural celebrations. The two reminisce about canyon battles and Gila days, debating city life versus frontier simplicity as they share drinks, meals, and memories in a hotel dining room.
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Admirals in the Making An Academy Admission Note
Midshipmen appointments are allocated by senators and representatives with four from DC and five from the U S at large. Candidates face physical standards, height and weight requirements, and a four year academy plus two year sea program culminating in graduation exams. Pay starts at 600 dollars yearly.
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District of Columbia
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Academy
Secretary of the Navy
The Value of Seclusion Over Constant Busyness
A reflective piece contrasts busy modern life with secluded figures who produced enduring works. It cites historical and literary icons like Cromwell Washington Lincoln Shakespeare and others who emerged from solitude to shape history, challenging the notion that constant activity equates to value. The author remarks that the most active are often least valuable.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Beard and belief linked in historic political notes
A Lasdow Standard quotation recalls four Lincolnshire men in Birmingham who wore beards during a time of mockery by opponents. It notes George Frederick Muntz as the first beard wearer in the House of Commons, aided by a powerful position and strong backing.
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Fortutzhtly Review
Joanna Southcott
Kolyonke
George Frederick Muntz
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House of Commons
Lodow Standard
Japanese title for ruler debated in 19th century usage
An article discusses the preferred Japanese ruler title, comparing ten o with mikado. It explains meanings, noting ten o implies heaven’s highest and is widely used for brevity, while mikado translates as royal gale and is less favored. The soumelumikoto form is the original term yet little used today.
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Japan
Sublime Porte
No Reason to Worry Venus in Pantomhue Quip
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a playful exchange about Venus the myth. A child recounts playing the part while another, still fair, says Venus was only a myth and no feelings were hurt.
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Venus
Weill
Chicago Record-Herald
Misjudged temperance worker hailed by confession
A young woman on Superior avenue confessed she misjudged a man, previously told by her brother that he punished more booze than ten men. He blushes and denies, while she praises his temperance work, then leaves while he chokes with emotion. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Superior Avenue
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Life and time by Margaret May in brief lines
A reflective verse on life, time, and mortality contrasts brief moments with enduring love. The poem uses imagery of insects, waves, frost, and fleeting shadows to frame life as brief yet spiritually immortal through love.
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Margaret May
Parrot's Quick Wit Triggers Bluffing Tale in Edinburgh
The late Dr Macgregor of St Cuthberts Edinburgh kept a parrot famed as a quick study. On a stormy night a friend with a parrot took charge and the parrot addressed the other with a sharp quip implying the widow would have been out that night had it not been for him.
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St. Cuthbert’s
Edinburgh
Judge’s Jest Delivers 4:30 Verdict Certificate Gag
A New York justice recounted sending jurors home at 4 30 in the morning after a long jury deliberation. He offered certificates of detention until 4 30 as a jest, but the foreman and jurors declined the gift.
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Rolish
New York
Norah O'Brien Sought Character From Quick-Worker Boss
A girl named Norah O'Brien, employed as a housemaid for a week, drank a bottle of whisky during her English story sessions. She asked her employer for a character reference, and the employer noted that though only a week of service, there is much good in her.
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Norah O'Brien
Made the Most of It and a Generous Jury
A printer in Indianapolis faced a five dollar bill after a typographical change turned a ten cent order for a drink into a demand for one good drink charged to the tab. The itinerant bearer altered a letter doubling the cost, requiring fifty glasses to satisfy the new condition. A sergeant accused of murder was found guilty and given ninety nine years and life imprisonment, prompting the juror’s joke about shaving years off the sentence.
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Indianapolis
Indianapally News
Hfs
Philadelphia
Saterday Evening Post
Irish Dual Dueling Tale In Phoenix Park
The Emerald Isle annals recount a duel between Sir Jonah Barrington and barrister McNaily known as One Pound Two for his shorter leg. Shots were exchanged in Phoenix park with Barrington striking the braces then fearing he had killed McNally, whose rescue by the gallows drew a wary quip from a seconds’ observer.
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Woman Remakes Home Shutters. Husband Lost for Words
A Philadelphia woman proved she could handle housework alone when she dismantled shutters to wash them. Her husband, Mr. Blank, warned her to wait, but she unfazedly removed hinges and pins, explaining the shed screws and pins needed to take down ten pairs of shutters. The incident ends with the husband dazed and the wife triumphant.
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Philadelphia
Scottish girlie met the master's flask offer
A Scottish girl meets the offer of alcohol from her master’s flask but protests she cannot drink from a bottle. When pressed to try, she drinks until the flask is empty, then the laird comments that while she may not drink from a bottle, she would soon learn to drink.
Man mistakes Egyptology conference for minstrel show
An upstate man attending a New York conference roared with applause and misread the event. After an exchange with a reporter he realized he was at the annual conference of the Egyptologists’ society and hurried out in disappointment.
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The
Egyptologists’ Society
Lil Bel
Renounce the devil before dying
An old man near death, once sinful, asks a nearby preacher for last rites. The preacher urges him to renounce the devil, but the dying man objects that he cannot afford to make enemies at his deathbed.
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Parson
Actor dodges medicine by dramatic ruse on stage
A famous actor, famed for avoiding medicine, faced a staged dose scene where the hero is sentenced to drink poison. While performing this character, the actor gave specific directions as the moment to drink arrived, turning the moment into a dramatic stratagem.
Merely a Dentist's Job in Scottish Tale
MacDougal Dougal travels to London to buy items for the house including a fine piano. A bulky package is sent ahead but arrives safely only to cause the mischance of a broken front tooth. A retainer Donald remarks the shipment’s condition and the incident in Scots dialect.
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London
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