Thanksgiving Proclamation by Montana Governor Smith 1900
Governor Robert B. Smith issues a proclamation designating Thursday November 29, 1900 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer in Montana. He calls on all citizens to abstain from work and attend worship, praising health prosperity and the state’s civic progress. The document also notes legal holiday status for that date and references broader vindication themes related to the Montana bar.
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Smith
Montana
United States
Commonwealth of Montana
The
Robert B. Smith
Helena
Mont
A.D
Incomplete OCR Fragment Prompts Cut History Note
Fragmentary text appears to quote Mr Bickerley regarding a history of war. The garbled lines mention an exact phrase and a hurried tone, with unclear attribution. No coherent event or context is present to summarize meaningfully.
The Hawaiian Band Marks Thirty Years of Music
The Hawaiian band has completed thirty years of continuous existence. Captain Henri Berger has led the group for twenty eight years. The band boasts ample instruments and versatility to form an orchestra for special occasions. Instruments are of low pitch due to frequent vocal music and Hawaii’s climate. Twenty two members are native Hawaiians.
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Honolulu
Henri, Berger
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Relief From Disturbing Symptoms
The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a safe and certain cure for constipation. It claims to restore health by relieving stomach and digestive issues, extending to liver kidneys bowels and nerves, and markets the product for 26 cents at the City drug store.
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Dr. King
City Drug Store
Poets Wife Dedications and London Hebrew Population
The poet recalls dedication humor about his wife for first and second books and being unsure about a third. A London census notes the Hebrew population has more than doubled in twenty years, now estimated at 100000 to 120000.
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London Cay
CeleryteNerve Compound Promises Nervousness Relief
A remedy touted to soothe and build up tissue and enrich the blood claims success in nervousness. Thousands allegedly grateful. Sold by City Drug Store.
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Liobay
City Drug Store
Missouris Weekly Reports Vexing Delays in Weddings and Deaths
A Missouri weekly notes it aimed to publish a death and marriage notices this week but a violent storm prevented the wedding and the doctor’s illness left the patient recovery incomplete. The paper laments being cheated out of both events and notices.
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Missouri
Zangwill’s First Work Aided by Youthful Slaving
Israel Zangwill, the Jewish novelist, wrote his first book as a London university student. The pamphlet cost £10 to publish with four evenings of work and a friend. it sold well at a penny a copy, with 600 copies in a Whitechapel shop and list on Smith’s stalls. He notes that talent and industry amid youth can lead to fame, though far less than a prize fighter’s.
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Zoangwill
Israel Zangwill
London University
Whitechapel
Smith
Zangwill
Thankful Customer Praises Loves Tea Effects
In Portland Oregon a letter from Mrs M E Tuomas dated September 7 1900 thanks O F Woodward for Love's Tea. She reports two weeks of use cleared facial skin of redness and pimples and claims her complexion is now as clear as a mirror and skin as white as snow. Sold at City Drug Store.
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PorTland
O. F. Woodward
Woman Misreads Train Wreck Scene in Humorous Exchange
A solemn faced traveler on a Brookfield to Stamford train dislodges from a wrecked coach and asks a broken legged survivor if they are near Stamford. He answers with a grim pun about a catastrophe and she laments she should not have left the car at that point.
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Brookfield
Stamford
An. Embankment
Dr. Grey's Prescriptions Unearthed in Fragmented Note
Fragmentary OCR shows Dr. Grey offering twelve prescriptions for various diseases. The text references rheumatism and other unspecified ailments with unclear phrasing and unusual punctuation. The source presents an unreliable historical snippet requiring cautious interpretation.
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Gray
Proverbial Snippets Inspire Daily Reflections
A collection of aphorisms and observations from the Chicago Daily News. Witty musings address topics from power dynamics and ignorance to amusement, labor, and the hidden influence of women in great undertakings. The piece blends linguistic play with social commentary.
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Chicago Daily News
Wether lambs offered for sale in Dillon Montana
Brand of wether lambs from 0 Y Y Reeder and weather lambs from the Selway and Morse band totaling about 2600 head. Described as large and fine for Besy erhead county. For particulars call or address J. E. Morse Dillon Montana.
Georgie and Nellie Share Peaches in Polite Dispute
Uncle Henry recalls a diplomat like Georgie and Nellie choosing peaches with decorum. Georgie explains Nellie took the smaller piece first out of politeness, while the larger peach remained for her own.
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Georgie
Nellie
Henry
Krause Cold Cure Capsules Sold At City Drug Store
Advertisement advises taking two or three Krause's Cold Cure Capsules during the day and two before retiring for a good night's rest and a free morning bowel movement. It promises the cold will melt away with continued use the next day. Price listed as 25 ota. Sold by City Drug Store.
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Krause
City Drug Store
Sabbath School Lesson Prompt from a pupil exchange
A fragment shows a Sabbath School teacher asking a student to promise to return straight home after class. The pupil replies with a playful misdirection claiming he would go swimmin. The tone mirrors a classroom or church social with moral instruction implied.
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Wil
Willy
Home Folks as Iopied by James Whitcomb Riley
By James Whitcomb Riley Home Folks opens his new book of poems published by Bowen Merrill Co Indianapolis The poem printed here with publishers permission is copyrighted Home Folks portrays country kinship and rural life with affectionate humor and vivid regional dialect. it showcases Riley's portrait of home and neighbors through playful verses and sentiment.
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Mr. Riley
Bowen-Merrill Co
Indianapolis
Sonuda
Village Blacksmith Recalls Son’s Severe Attacks
Local Grapameville blacksmith Mr HH Black relates his five year old son’s recurring fits described as “oroup” by Jivan Oo of New York. The family laments long feared episodes and seeks understanding of the child’s health condition.
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HH. Black
Grapameville
Jivan Oo
N.Y
Fiat
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