Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Ad Highlighting Benefits
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nursing and expectant mothers, promising strength, nourishment for babies, and relief for various female ailments. It claims safety without alcohol, lists accompanying products like Lotion Tablets and Antiseptic Suppositories, and promotes a free booklet from Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
Serena
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Naval Bunting Costs and Craft Behind Warship Flags
The article details ship flag inventories and the labor-intensive process of making ceremonial and foreign flags. It notes 250 flags per ship costing 2500 dollars, with replacements every three years, and highlights costly items like the German ensign at 56.50 dollars and a Chinese dragon flag at 51.75 dollars.
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China
Siam
Obsequious barber offers shave with swift methods
A London humor piece depicts a barber boasting quick shaves that end with a few gashes. The customer humorously requests no extra facial trimming than a shave, asking to spare his nose as the ordeal finishes with a light, comic note.
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London
Despairing debt collector’s barroom attempt fails
A debt collector tries a cornering trick at a bar to shame a debtor into payment but is laughed off as the debtor retorts he is no prophet. The scene is recalled alongside a visit from a famed humorist who is greeted warmly by an elderly spinster.
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Meri Aoabee
New York Times
Eve's dropping joke echoes in Philadelphia Press
Mrs Hiram Offen jokes about a servant listening at the keyhole and calls it Eve's dropping while Mr Hiram Offen dismisses the idea as a woman's trick in a light exchange from the Philadelphia Press.
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Hiram Offen
Philadelphia Press
Juggernaut Festival Car In India Attracts Devotees
In Orissa at Pouri during the third week of June thousands of Hindus honor Juggernaut the lord of the universe. The wooden siege car stands forty three feet high with six foot wheels and is drawn by ropes as devotees strain to reach nirvana. British officers guard against fatal self sacrifices while pilgrims seek heavenly entrance through acts of faith and devotion.
Lucky Escape in Aged Tales of Court and Hearth
An Alabama congressman recalls a tale of an Irish defendant charged with pork theft who lacked counsel. The young lawyer’s defense barely moved the jury, and the prisoner quips that two such lawyers would have hung him for murder if he had more trials. The Cornish tale follows of a drunk husband and a visitor advising fiery punishment, with the woman retorting she never thought of such. she dumped hot water instead.
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Alabama
Erin
Gre
Eer
Grand Magazine
Absinth History and Effects Described
The liquor absinth is made by steeping segal herbs including anise and wormwood in alcohol for days and appears greenish. It spread to France via soldiers in Algiers between 1530 and 1850 and was prescribed as a febrifuge. Its use can become a habit like other drugs and may cause hallucinations loss of balance tremors paralysis and delusional insanity with epilepsy in long use.
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France
Algiers
Singular and Feminine Call Echoes a Grammar Lesson
Little Mabel asks to speak to her father and correctly answers the operator with Singular when asked for the number. The humorous exchange showcases a child's grasp of language during a telephone call.
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Mabel
Daddy
Central
Little Mabel
Exquisite complexion recipe offered with diamond ring
An advertisement claims a secret beauty method from Orientals and Greeks will give flawless skin and clear complexion. It pledges a rose cut diamond ring of 12Kt gold shell, offered for less than $2, with the recipe free upon order. Limited time advertising gimmick by T. C. Moseley.
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Farrest
Europe
Sing
T. C. Moseley
Southern Railway Schedule Changes At Durham In 1905
The condensed schedule lists departures from Durham North Carolina including No. 111 westbound for Greensboro linking to Ida Express for Charlotte Columbia Savannah and Jacksonville and with the Washington and Southwestern Limited for Atlanta Birmingham Memphis Montgomery Mobile and further. No. 112 eastbound goes to Goldsboro with connections to Wilmington Tarboro Norfolk and Kinston New Bern. Additional trains head to Keysville Goldsboro Richmond Raleigh and other local points with several connections. Agent Joan B Granam signs off.
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Durham
N.C
Greensboro
Ida Express
Charlotte
Columbia
Savannah
Jacksonville
Washington
Southwestern
Goldsboro
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington
Tarboro
Norfolk
Atlantic & North Carolina Railway
Kinston
New Bern
Keysville
Selma
Wilson
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Oxford
Chase City
Richmond
Raleigh
U.S
New York
Winston-Salem
Pullman Sleeper
Atlanta
Joan B. Granam
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Southern Railway
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Hampton Roads
Norfolk, Va
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Portsmouth
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Sun Daily
Roxboro
Denniston
Boston
Houston
Lynchburg
St. Louis
Pullman
Columbus
Cincinnati
Chicago
Radford
Bristol
Knoxville
Chattanooga
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Memphis
Ear Mount
Winston Salem
Bluefield
Norton
Welch
Parwor
Farmville
Petersburg
Pulaski
Betty Baker
Galax
Fries
Clinch Valley
M. F. Bragg
Trav. Pass
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Roanoke, Va
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