Hen baby visit turns on aunt's recovery tale
A quirky dialogue unfolds with Teddy urging a visit as an aunt's condition improves. Old Maid Teacher confirms the plan while noting the line about it not being catching. The exchange blends playful banter with family concern.
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Putnam Faceless Dyes Promise Uniform Color All Fibers
All goods are alike to PUTNAM FACELESS DYES, as they color all fibers at one boiling. There are minor pleasures whose effect is accumulative, and which make up a happy life.
Chip of the Old Block The Good Man Playing marbles on the Sabbath
A Chicago News item contrasts the Good Man and Bad Boy in a brief comic vignette. The Good Man complains about the Bad Boy playing golf while the father is away.
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Proposed Alliance With England Promises Strength
The piece argues that a US England alliance would yield overwhelming power against foes. It also praises Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive against disease, claiming it enriches blood, steadies nerves, and boosts appetite for dyspepsia and indigestion. The Chicago Record column cites humorous remarks about a certain humorist lacking pointed jokes.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim of Universal Cure
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The Type to Blame in a Pap er exchange
A reader-fueled exchange in a Philadelphia Press item shows verbal jostling over a misread label. The editor concedes confusion, admitting the word robber was intended, and a correction follows. The page also cites an advertisement promising cold cure with a money-back offer and ends with a wry remark on church politics.
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Philadelphia Press
Verdi secretive and wealthy through Ricordi control
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Italy
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London Daily News
After Eighteen Years Mrs Doty His Highland Miracle Cure
Mrs Doty of Highland Iowa reports a dramatic turnaround after eighteen years of rheumatism and kidney trouble. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with rapid improvement and notes her husband, once treated for Bright's Disease, also gaining strength after three months of use. The piece cites local popularity and price details.
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Iowa
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Vandal Armies in Pekin Sacking Described by Bavarian Paper
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Holes in coins spur new three cent piece for west
The United States plans to coin a nickel three cent piece with a central hole to aid identification in the dark. The article notes coin values, the shift to new dies in 1900, and the extinction of old dies at the Philadelphia mint. It also mentions a tinshop wagon giving way to bicycle peddlers with hooked wires for cookware to attract customers.
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United States
Philadelphia
Portrait of General Kitchener in World’s Work description
James Barnes portrays General Kitchener as tall and ungainly with sloped shoulders and a slouched gait. The six foot plus figure appears older than his pictures suggest with brick red sunburnt skin. His steel gray eyes, one roaming freely while the other fixes a piercing glare, define his observant nature.
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Alterations at Burns Cottage Alloway Scotland
At Burns Cottage Alloway Scotland work is removing a back hall that served as a museum and temperance room. Burns relics will move to a new larger hall in nearby cottages freshly completed in the grounds. The caretaker and family receive new accommodations as part of the restoration toward the original condition.
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Peruna Endorsed By Officials For Grip And Catarrh
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North Carolina
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