Washington Affair and a Congressman’s Courtship Tale
Margaret Ainslee moves in Washington society with a rising congressman Simms and a suave Montanan, while Tommy Porter and Hans Brofertek enter her life. Porter, a government clerk, wooes with steady manners and ambition, but an assault scandal and a deserting lover threaten her reputation and future.
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South Carolina
Gov
Georgetown
Waa
Tommy
Margaret
Hans Brofertek
Montane
Sprague
Yaa
Red Bates
Amjong
Agéocratea
Rla
Washington: Postl
Hla
Irenda
Iorestington
Simms
Margaret Ainstee
Montana
Loys
Penate
Ea ‘Salon
Hersalf
Washington
Chevy Chase
Simme Ag
Rhée
Bimmne
Vlan
Mes
Cure for Hiccoughs by Yawning, A Noticeable Claim
A reader asserts yawning is a superior cure for hiccoughs, arguing it relieves the diaphragm’s contraction and reopens the glottis better than drinking water or other common remedies. He notes mixed past results but finds yawning reliably soothing in ordinary cases, though not guaranteed for all.
A Patient Husband Helps True-Hearted Laborer
Bogland Marshall P Wilder aids a devoted laborer by placing odd jobs that pay well and brighten his dull hours. The worker laments his wife’s drinking and infidelity, revealing no other faults beyond her drunken swearing, a tale recounted with pity and humor from the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogland Marshall
P. Wilder
Curlong
Wilder
New York Times
Goshen minister proposes marriage license board
A Baptist minister in Goshen Indiana urged creating a marriage board to review all license applications. Couples would file months in advance for investigation and consideration, prompted by a spike in divorces recently granted by the Elkhart circuit court.
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Goshen
Ind Hine
Elkhart
Boston dip dances across Atlantic society
A Chicago Record-Herald summary outlines the American born “military dip” dance, descended from the minuet, thrilling British aristocracy and prompting London class leaders to import American masters. English dancers, including corpulent ladies, flock to learn the new step and mask their lack of grace.
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Great Britain
Gildad
Boston
London
New England
Graces
Trhithia
Newport
Mogushman
Atlantic
Ame
Isarn
Chitago
Popular in Iowa Dodd's Kidney Pills praised in Grand View
In Grand View Iowa testimonials praise Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney and back complaints. Mrs Lydia Parker recounts relief from back stitches when bending, claiming quick benefit after starting the pills. Other local residents report similar cures and rising popularity of the remedy.
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Iowa
Grand View
Lydia Parker
Saya
Parker
Egontland
Dodd’s
Erica
Theatregoer comments on Taming of the Shrew production
In the theater lobby after a Charles B. Hanford staged Taming of the Shrew, a square-jawed woman praises the performance but predicts Katherine would be the real boss in any next act. She notes Katherine is famed and a lovable wife, while the man mentions turning the house over to her and dining decisions.
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Barhin
Statto
Mies’ Ainslee
Charleston
Charles B. Hanford
Nena
Pétrichie
Katherine
Hall's Catarrh Cure and other remedies described
An OCR fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy for catarrh and related diseases, claims blood and mucous surface action, lists J. Cheeney & Co. Toledo as makers, and notes testimonials. It also mocks Grover Cleveland and mentions King Oscar honoring Dr. John A. Duander of Chicago.
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Hall
J. Cheeney & CO
Toledo
Price Zallall
Oscar
Sweden
John A. Dnander
Chicago
Shis Country
Power and science notes from around the world
A sprawling digest covers electrical power lines in California, library attendance in Washington, early U.S. urban populations, mining prizes in Johannesburg, a British subject’s title shift, a shattered Lansing skull repair, Esterhazy hunting records in Vienna, census workforce cuts, cherry and currant bacteria, Miss Louise Watkins Arizona mining, a Syrian threshing machine arrival, a dissolved Federal Salt trust, Countess Selazar educational tours in Boston, and Iowa City grand jury probes of student unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Jose
Slotrs Nevade Mourtaing
Congressional Library
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Johannesburg
William Waldorf Astor
London
Journsma
Astor
Science
William H. Holmes
Lansing Akull
National Museum
Chicago
New York World
Vienna
Nicholas Esterhazy
Esterholza
Merriam
Census Office
Hig Ax
Ehrlich
State Department
United States
Murphy
Frankfort
Louise W. Watkins
Satsuma
Arizona
Chihuahua
Fichmond
Ind
Coole
Syria
Coneul
Indianapelle
Lebanon
Federal Salt Company
New Jersey
Miesknipp
Fanny Zampini Selazar
Rome
Grand Jury
Iowa City
Iowa
State University
McLean Ia
Survey of Alaska Shows Geologic Exploration Progress
The United States Geological Survey reports active Alaska exploration since 1898. Five parties surveyed the Copper River region, Tanana drainage, Wrangell mountains, and Mount McKinley area, linking Tanana and Copper surveys and mapping coal and placer districts along the Yukon valley and southeast Alaska near Juneau.
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Democrat
United States Geological Survey
Alaska
Copper River
Kabin
Valdes
Yukon River
Canadian Territory
Interior
F. C. Schrader
D. C. Witherspoon
Tanana River
Copper Belt
T. G. Gerdine
W. C. Menden
Hall
Chistoching
East Coast Range
Mr. Witherspoon
Cook Inlet
Skwentna
Alaskan
Mount McKinley
Planteau
Rampart City
Yukon
A. J. Collier
Yukon Valley
United States Territory
W. J. Peters
Junesu
Inks From SIGMUND ULLMAN01 Factory Guaranteed
Inks sourced from Celebria factories of SIGMUND ULLMAN and JAENECED PRINTING INE are fully guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Ullman
Rome inquiries on half end half drink term meaning
A fragment notes inquiries in Rome about the expression half end half used for a drink and recalls Thackeray. It recounts a satirical remark upon hearing of a bibulous friend’s death, noting I shall not rock upon his Ike again.
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Rome
Thackeray
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Yanede
England
Grover Greveland
Ide Jefferson
Mothera
Winslow
Olio
You Dros
Castoria
Bears
the Survey OF Alaska
Carter
Carters Tk
Upararme
Union
East Front Street
Davenport
Columbia
Syaa
Gentral
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