Doctors All Agree This Time On Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
The era’s medical authorities praise Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a leading cure for mucous-surface diseases including nasal catarrh throat laryngeal and bronchial conditions. It is promoted with endorsements from eminent writers on Materia Medica and supported by claims of broad healing effects across weak stomach liver and blood impurities with supplementary use of Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's All Healing Salve for open ulcers.
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Materia Medica
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Golden Medical
Bomels
Plarce
RV. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Peturn Post
The Stormy Petrel and Oceanic Superstitions
The stormy petrel thrives in stormy seas with abundant food and follows ships not to meet danger but to feed. Sailors linked its presence to storms, fearing necromancy, and legends of egg carrying or water hatching grew from superstition. Forest and Stream notes maritime lore and contrasts poetic depictions with old sailor tales.
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Mother Carey
Atlantic
Jack
Coleridge
Tailor’s Trick Endangers Customer in Shop Window
A besotted ex tailor and his customer tale ends with a shop scam. The merchant hacks a pair of trousers, showing a “right leg” cut and later offers a left leg only, prompting a claim of later recovery after illness.
Extraordinary Mothers and Near-Pole Grandmothers in History
A historical account notes remarkably young motherhood in Shropshire and Kent, with the youngest grandmother on record at twenty seven. It details Mrs Honeywood of Charing and Lady Temple of Stow, who left vast lineages reaching hundreds of descendants across generations.
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Shropshire
Regind Dehy Manilghat Nies — Paret Setene
Lady Temple
Queen’s Iceland visit tale ends with sheep joke
A Danish queen visits Iceland where a bishop mishears Danish and Icelandic words, guessing she asks about sheep. He answers he owns two hundred children, explaining he keeps them in summer on hills to graze and in winter he eats them. The anecdote hinges on language confusion and humorous miscommunication.
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Denmark
Iceland
Comfort for Santa Claus and Edward's gift to the chimney friend
A seven year old, Edward, writes a Christmas letter to Santa and learns the joy of giving. He gives coffee and rolls to the chimney, hoping to warm Santa as the tale recalls the jolly image of a round belly. The mother gently sustains the illusion.
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Edward
Santa Claus
Lippincott's
Where There’s No Christmas in the Pacific Ocean
A Montreal Star excerpt explains a sailor’s Christmas paradox in the central Pacific. It traces how the 180th meridian causes the calendar to skip December 25, making travelers reach December 26 as they cross the line. The piece blends playful fiction with navigation facts and timekeeping.
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Middle Pacific
Vancouver
B.C
Pacific Ocean
Greenwich
England
Montreal Star
Christmas Trees For Every Group Themed Trees Listed
Baltimore American presents a humorous catalog style phrase set listing trees matched to groups such as spruce for men, pine for lovers, plum for politicians, and lemon for disappointed candidates, ending with plane for carpenters and beech for swimmers. The playful lineup uses playful wordplay and contrasts to evoke seasonal wit.
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Kim
Baltimore
Mamton Box Mystery From Willies Car Ride
In a car Willie asks what is in a large box his mother says nothing for him and hints Santa Claus will bring Christmas. Willie vows to recognize Santa if the box contains a big gift, reflecting a child’s festive curiosity.
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Wice
Little Willie
Willie
Santa Claus
Booths Bloodhound A Christmas Gift Not Appreciated
A Buffalo Express recounts a Christmas memory with Edwin Booth in Cos Cob. A Siberian hound and a donkey gift led to chaos as tramp intruders, a broken chain, and nighttime misadventures scattered presents across the snow, ending with Booth amused rather than impressed.
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New York
Booth
Edwina
Buffalo Express
Christmas Cake Gift Sparks Church Controversy
A Los Angeles physician's wife donated a large cake for a Methodist missionary bake sale. A Chinese cook, nicknamed John, baked the cake with ornate icing and a long dedication reading From Mrs. Jessop to Jesus. committee doubts arise about sending the cake to the bazaar.
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John
Los Angeles
Methodist Church
China
Mrs. Jessop
Jesus
New York World
Obsequious politeness at Christmastide in Louisville
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a season of courtesy and kind treatment from all. a janitor, barber, bootblack, and others display refined manners. The piece urges readers to remember polite acts amid holiday bustle.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Not Satisfied With Photos Says Husband Looks Like Ape
A reader recounts a humorous exchange about portrait photographs. The husband is called an ape in a witty retort, illustrating a domestic misunderstanding from Household Words.
Bells Ring Underground Tale from Nottinghamshire Valley
In a Nottinghamshire valley near Raleigh tradition holds that an earthquake created the hollow. On Christmas morning old folks urge children to visit the site and listen as bells ring from the church ruins buried beneath the earth, a tale noted by Tit-Bits.
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Raleigh
Nottinghamshire
England
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