Governor of Oregon Endorses Peruna Catarrh Remedy
A letter from the Oregon executive office cites the Peruna medicine as a universal safeguard against catarrh and colds. Governor W. M. Lord praises Peruna for family health and urges households to keep it, use it for coughs and winter ailments, and obtain Dr. Hartman’s free book “Winter Catarrh.”
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Atlantic
Pacific
Union
Hartman
Statesman
Oregon
State of Oregon
Executive Department
Salem
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
W. M. Lord
United States
Medical questions on social ills and disease in society
Rev Dr Huntington argues about gambling in cities and the decay of Sunday observance. He outlines gaps in medical knowledge from nutrition to infection, notes limits of diagnosis as shown by President McKinley’s case, and stresses that the medical profession illuminates while communities bear burdens.
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Wm. RK. Huntington
New York
Paclote
New England
Prine
McKinley
Fragmentary Scriptural Verse Note in Archaic Tone
A garbled OCR fragment presents biblical phrasing in an archaic, uncertain transcription. The text shows fragments of phrases about righteous path and divine guidance, mentioning God and Jesus with stylistic reverberations of a devotional or liturgical source.
J P Morgan's Right Bower and The Call to Youth
G W Perkins urges young Americans to seize opportunities across fields and commit early to a specialty. He argues success comes from hard work, consistent effort, and fitting oneself to a chosen path despite changing times. He contrasts industrious youth with those who sleep late and avoid hard work.
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America
Medical progress and unknown holes in knowledge century ago
The author argues that while doctors today have advanced, diseases persist and future medicine will still face the same battles. Key unknowns include heredity, nervous diseases like Friedrich’s ataxia, and tuberculosis inheritance. Nutrition and post-digestion processing, including liver roles, remain unsettled areas needing further study.
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W. S. Christopher
University of Illinois
Friedrich
Mrs Stanton Exalts Divorce As Evolution In Marriage
Elizabeth Cady Stanton argues divorce reflects life’s evolution and a move from bondage to freedom for women. She urges rational discussion, suggests examining divorced individuals’ lives, and notes many women remarry happily. She contends divorce signals moral progress, not decline.
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Lever
Lfe
Plea for Women on Juries by Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang
Wu Ting Fang urges admittance of women to juries across the United States. He cites a murder trial where a young woman escaped due to counsel and appearance, arguing juries should be all female to judge women fairly. He warns women against unsexing themselves and urges them to keep gentleness and femininity despite profession.
California Harvester Ships 100 Acre Day Wonder
A California machine that cuts and threshes up to 100 acres daily debuts in American Monthly. The 65 foot long, 100 ton harvester uses a 50 horsepower auto engine, moves at 3.5 mph, and feeds grain into sacks as it threshes. Made near Oakland, it draws large crowds from California and neighboring states. The piece notes a 13 cent stamp for 1902 honoring Harrison, with stamps to feature his portrait per post office plans.
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California
American Monthly
Pacific
Reaper
Oakland
Kansas
Ruesia
Steppes
First Saltation of New U S Stamps Set for Sale
The first ever issue of a new series of United States postage stamps will go on sale once the die proof is approved by the Post Office. General plates will then be prepared to produce the stamp for public use.
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Benjamin Harrison
United States
Harrison
Postal Union
United States of America
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Johnson
Hayes
Arthur
McKinley
United States Post
Post
Traveler in Persia Tells of an Aged Seud Seeking Pay for a Wife
A Persian traveler recalls an elderly man in a green turban and black cloak who asks for three months of advance pay to marry a 14 year old damsel whose dowry is large. The man defends his poor wife by saying she is crippled and nearly blind, yet asks support.
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Persia
Bunth
Plague Fear Shrinks Bombay Population by 40,000
A Swedish consul in Bombay cites fear of sanitary inspection and hospitals as causing vast Indian deaths from plague. He notes Bombay's population fell by 40,000 in ten years, while India grew about 15 percent, to 760,000, despite strong medical services elsewhere.
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Bombay
India
Charging Women Less Than Men In Sweden Inns Charge
Sweeden’s inns and restaurants traditionally bill women less than men claiming lesser consumption. Some hotels charge a couple sharing a room as one and a half persons. A husband and wife may travel as one and a half persons by railway and by post routes with their own carriage.
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Sweden
You can't convince and that she isn't in love until after she gets Lins
A cryptic line suggests a romantic misunderstanding and a delay before confirmation of love involving a character named Lins. The fragment hints at a decision point or turn in a relationship plot.
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Lins
Clever exchange on future and sighted fortune
A witty exchange from the Atlanta Constitution features a phrenologist praising a young man’s bright future while a Boston boy riffs on perception and possibility. The dialogue shifts to a humorous rare weather inquiry and ends with a sheriff’s looming levy, delivering a satirical snapshot of conversation and concern.
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Boston
Atlanta Constitution
Wagg- There Ought to Be Money in That Pocketbook
Dialogue heavy fragment presents humorous exchanges about money, babies, and luck. Mentions May Not Le Le and Wigg-Brones patenting a pocketbook, twins arrival, a joke about an order, and a quip on the Alps causing 301 deaths in ten years. References to Piso’s Cure for Consumption priced at 25 cents.
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Wigg—Brones
Alps
Simple Rule in Harmony and Hamlin’s Wizard Oil
An excerpt promising Hamlin's Wizard Oil for frost bite and stiffness, and discussing a fashion note on a green veil over a blue hat with velvet ribbon. The text blends medical remedy praiseful phrasing with a style tip on color harmony and attire.
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Hamlin
Stay-at-Home Traveler Spins Old Blinks Tales
A local resident known for never leaving the county recalls vivid stories of distant places. His imagined journeys span years of wandering in mind, while his body remained homebound, sharing curious reflections on travel.
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Blinks
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