Two Kinds of Reading in Practice
The essay contrasts reading as pleasant wandering with reading that trains thinking like great minds. It asserts words form ideas and images in the mind, shaping our thinking methods through how we read and interpret texts.
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St. Nicholas
Cuticura Promises Quick Skin Relief for Infants
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for many infant skin conditions. It claims instant relief and lasting cure for dermatitis, diaper rashes, milk crust, beetle eruptions, and other eruptions, urging use when other remedies fail.
Detriot Tribune Insightful Reflections on Risk and Fate
A reflective piece from the Detroit Tribune urges vigilance as wealth grows and danger increases. It warns that life can turn quickly when pride and deceit mingle with wealth, urging readers to keep eyes open and stay grounded.
Health Is Your Heritage Vernal Palmettona Remedy Ad
Health is your heritage. if you are sick or low in spirits the ad promises restoration to perfect health. It touts Vernal Palmettona from San Palmetto Berries as a cure for stomach liver kidney and bladder issues and invites readers to write for a trial bottle. It claims thousands cured and lists Verna Remedy Co Le Roy NY and druggists as sellers.
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Verna
Remedy Go
le Roy
W. L. Douglas
Holheir
W.L. Douglas
Ray
Frank T
Ripley
Jefferson St
Louiselle
WL. Douglas
Brockton
DE Laval Separator Co
Randolph & Canal Sts
Cortlandt Street
Chicago
New York
Frugal wit and drafts from a humorist and reporter
A new reporter asks a humorist if paragraphs pay well. The humorist notes some days yield little, others more, claiming yesterday’s lines earned ten large dollars. A pencil pusher jokes about daily toil and asks what the writer produced, replying with a mock “order to my grover for interior department supplies.”
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Grover
Interior Department
Fans Ny
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh and related chest illnesses. It claims direct action on the blood and mucous surfaces, asserts strong curative powers, and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure, urging readers to send for testimonials.
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Uris
Hil
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Bolu
Ilia
Woman, Lovely Woman! A playful exchange in color
Miss Over geven asks if she feels younger, claiming youthfulness today. Miss Inerteens replies she has noticed Miss Over geven growing more childish lately.
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Miss Overgeven
Miss Inerteens
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Many school children are sickly says a line about a product called Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. The advertisement claims it breaks up colds in 24 hours relieves feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and worm issues and moves bowels. It lists price 26 cents and offers mail sample to a New York address.
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Mother Gray
New York
Orwsten
le Roy
N.Y
From Bad to Worse in a 1901 Parkersburg notice
A dated 1901 Parkersburg notice mentions household mishaps and remedies for children, including Piso's Cure for Consumption and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, with names and places such as Hall Street and Burnsville New Jersey. The fragmentary text hints at social commentary on voting and propriety alongside assorted product pitches.
Soldiers' Stories of Civil War Valor Across Battle and Camp
A graphic reminiscence from veterans recounts acts of heroism in Manchuria and American battlefields. The column recalls Charles L. Clarke of the Twenty fourth New York, bayoneted foes, wartime thirst, and aid rendered under fire, plus a dramatic Johnny Reb encounter at Jonesboro. It also notes a Lincoln era pardon tale and a Tokyo University cable honoring Prof Rein on his seventieth birthday.
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Manchuria
Charles L. Clarke
Clarke
Tle
Tre
Phil
Add
Rebs
Tie
Michigan
Bull Run
Jonesboro
Lincoln
United States
FL Ware
Abimhat Lincoln
Lincolin
Davidk Levy
David Levy
Washington
Pension Department
Adjutant General’s Office
Ele
David Levy Shad Etlist
A. Lincoln
Ware
Levy
Kansas City Journal
Japan
J. J. Rein
Bonn
Germany
University of
Tokio
Growth Through Self Work Encourages Personal Height
The statement frames growth as the result of effort, urging persistence in self-improvement. It emphasizes that height, symbolically representing personal development, reaches its full measure only via disciplined work.
A Judge's Wife Mrs Carrie King Cites Peruna Cure
Mrs Carrie King of Darlington Missouri reports long standing biliousness and kidney liver troubles worsened by colds. She credits Peruna with healing her after consuming twelve bottles, claiming improvement to health. Her testimony reflects a common midwestern patent remedy advertisement tone.
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Carrie King
Darlington
Peruna
Quick Cure Shared for Pelvic Catarrh by Peruna Testimony
Mrs Minnie Be McAllister of Minneapolis writes of long lasting back pain and right side discomfort. After a four to seven week Peruna course she reports complete cure and renewed health, crediting the remedy for relief and gratitude.
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Minnie BE. McAllister
Judge McAllister
West 88Rd Street
Minneapolia
Mion
Perrin
Peruna
Prin
Hartman
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