Magazines and Books Selections Highlight Notable Works
The column reviews current publications including Theodore Roosevelt’s Political Assessments In the Coming Campaign and The Romethous Unbound of Shelly by Wm. Cranston Lawton. It also covers Our Little Men and Women for August with stories like What the Brook Saw and other tales such as Joker and Did Tabby Understand, praising the issue as bright and engaging for youths.
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Wm. Cranston Lawton
Vida Schudder
Shelly
Theodore Roosevelt
Tabby
August Babyland features sweet seaside stories and garden blooms
The summer issue of the babies' magazine offers Nurse Karen telling a charming tale, Sweet Heart enjoying time at the seashore, and the Tiptoe Twins exploring a garden full of flowers.
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Babyland
Babies’ Magazine
Karen
Sweetheart
Tiptoe
Demorest's Family Magazine August Issue Preview
Pansy for August offers a comprehensive Jean Ingelow piece, American history on About St Augustine, short stories and poems, with Tansy and Margaret Sidney. The July Arena features Women in the Alliance Movement by Annie L Diggs and currency debates by N A Higgins. It also promotes singing without a master and notes 200 illustrations and a watercolor plate. Published by W Jennings Demorest New York.
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Pansy
Jean Ingelow
St. Augustine
Tansy
Margaret Sidney
Alliance Movement
Annie L. Diggs
N. A. Higgins
Carnegie
ABC of Money
Harter
W. E. Springer
House
J. C. Burrows
M.C
Michigan
People’s Party
Thomas IE. Watson
Georgia
Demorest
W. Jennings Demorest
14Th Street
New York City
Dr Miles Nervine Claims Broad Nervous Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a fix for numerous nervous ailments and bodily weakness. A Dunkirk New York customer reports gaining weight and better sleep after two weeks, and Cortland New York mentions a 15 pound gain. Bradshaw and Thomas’ drug store offers a free bottle and booklet.
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Millard
Dunkirk
N.Y
Brown & Maybury
Cortland
N. Y
Bradshaw & Thoma’s
Whisky recovery by soaking cask water method
In Great Britain a drained whisky cask is filled with water and soaked for days. The water absorbs whisky from the barrel, then the spirit is drawn from the water yielding one to three gallons of pure whisky. This process is described as the proper method for old soakers.
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Great Britain
Advertising salve promises cures and refund policy
An 25 cent salve guarantees satisfaction for cuts bruises sores and skin eruptions with money back. Clarke and Junkin sell it. A tornado in a western town demolishes fifteen persons and breaks bones in two houses according to a late dispatch.
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Clarke & Junkin
De Witt’s Sarsaparilla Ad by Geo D Clarke
An old advertisement urges readers with sluggish blood or capricious appetite to choose four sarsaparilla bottles for best results and cites Geo D Clarke as the promoter of De Witt’s product.
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de Witt
S. Geo. D. Clarke
Confession Light Sparks Two Old Men to Christ
Rev B F Mills recounts two elderly men sparked to faith after open confession of Christ at a Moody era meeting. One, hard of hearing, asks to hear and to confess. The other joins later, both seated together with renewed joy and resolve to follow Christ.
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Mr. Moody
Christ
B. Fay Mills
Theodore Parker Sermons Inspire Global Hope in God
A passage from Theodore Parker's West Roxbury Sermons argues that God pervades nature and inspires every person according to their ability. It asserts humanity will improve, and a future of collective blessing comes through divine spirit imparted to all, urging wise and good living.
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Yomler
Theodore Parker
West Roxbury
Led Astray and the Ship of Life in Faithful Bearing
A Christian Inquirer meditation on guiding others away from being led astray. It compares life to a voyage at sea with a ship’s cargo at risk and stresses duty to steer toward a desired haven. Emphasizes vigilance, pilot’s steadiness, and the Savior's warning to avoid misled paths.
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Christian Inquirer
Life in My Hand and Bow of Fate
A reflective verse compares life to a stringed bow in God’s hands. The speaker imagines bending life like a bow to release an arrow of deliverance, drawing on biblical imagery from Exodus and the Israelite king’s arrow. The tone is devotional and metaphorical.
Growing uniform gauge prompts railroad orders nationwide
The piece notes rising rail gauge standardization from 81.1 to 93.3 percent over ten years and reports a large order from the Great Northern for fifty sixty four ton consolidation engines. It also covers a new journal box by John A. Ainge, Kentucky’s railroad commission appointees, Depew’s reelection, an extraordinary twenty engine Chicago bound train, a split Chicago Erie operation, and a humorous Times obituary mix up involving Magog Catt and Mr Catty.
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Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Great Northern Road
John A. Ainge
Dover
N. J
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central
West Shore Railroad
Chicago
Baldwin Works
Philadelphia
Erie
Marion Junction
Huntington
Ind
C. C. Reynolds
Huntington Yard
G. A. Coe
Thunderer
Catty
London
London Times
Times
Magog Catt
Guildhall
Tabby
Magog
Catt
New York
San
Home Decor Tips From An Elegant Era
To make home attractive use openwork scrim with ribbons as a central dinner-table strip. Border rooms with felt fillings or blue denim then add an art square or large rug. Harmonize wallpaper with pictures and decorations for a cohesive room tone. The piece suggests practical hints for trunks, photographs, and needlework novelties.
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Boston
Kensington
Salvation Army to Exhibit at World’s Fair
The Salvation Army plans a full display of its moral and social reform work at the exposition. A $10,000 relief map of four California counties will be shown, and a Fort Sheridan miniature model will appear in the government exhibit. Helena Montana will send a meteor alloyed of nickel and magnetic iron in two pieces. Italy commits official participation via chambers of commerce. Canada’s William Saunders says a strong Dominion exhibit is assured, highlighting agriculture dairying minerals and manufacture.
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Fort Sheridan
Chicago
United States
Helena
Mon
Italy
William Saunders
Canada
Dominion
Roof Garden Verdant: Philadelphian Grows Vegetables Aloft
A Philadelphian cultivates a rooftop garden growing vegetables. A Greenville Tennessee pastor shows an olive wood pulpit from the Mount of Olives. The Musashi copper mine in Japan was opened 1 183 years ago. In New England the colored population grows slowly with Rhode Island over 2 percent in 1890. The Palace Hotel in San Francisco is described as earthquake safe with reinforced iron walls and braces.
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Greenville
Musashi Province
Japan
New England
Rhode Island
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Queen pleads for soldier to save life and limb
During the 1877 Russo Turkish campaign Queen Elizabeth of Romania visits wounded soldiers. One man resists amputation fearing dishonor until she kneels at his bedside and pledges a pearl cork prosthetic and a future dance at the palace after recovery. The surgeon's plan proceeds with the queen's intervention.
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Elizabeth
Carmen Silva
Europe
Fatal attack on Lt Robertson by Ghazi at Gullstan
The article details Lt Robertson R E being attacked during a ride by a Ghazi near Gullstan. After a speed trial the Ghazi fatally wounded him with a tulwar. The assailant was tried and hanged, with Robertson praised for surviving as his horse protected him.
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Robertson
Gullstan
St. James
Swallows Enter Chinatown? City Chimney Night Flight
A Norwich man reported thousands of swallows gathering in the city at night. On Tuesday a single flock of pigeons flew toward the northeast corner of the Broadway schoolhouse and entered the chimney, with the leader guiding the flock as they disappeared inside. The witness estimated no fewer than 5,000 swallows.
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Norwich
Broadway School House
Norwich Bulletin
Fine line of Carriages and Buggies Offered by Locke & Co
Jas Locke & Co advertise a complete buggy line including carriages spring wagons and road carts. They claim exclusive carriage work in the county with on site manufacturing inspection and a full warranty. They also offer repairing painting and savings for customers who visit before buying.
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JAS. Locke & CO
Manners by a Boy and The Aunt Do You Think
A collection of humorous exchanges on manners with a Detroit Tribune note about politeness in company. The Aunt asks about courtesy while a nephew jokes about cutting off a leg, illustrating social expectations and tone in light fiction.
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Detroit Tribune
Brooklyn
Johnny Whittaker asks for circus money from hesitant father
A boy named Johnny Whittaker asks his father for money to attend the circus. The father rebukes the idea, recalling his own youth and Sunday school, while Johnny insists he wants to see wild animals and cites Noah as his ancestor. The story captures a family moment with humor and religious undertones.
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Johnny Whittaker
Mr. Whittaker
Johnny
Noah
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lawn mower replaces Gatling swords for pretend battle
A playful kid imagines soldiers with Gatling swords and real action on the lawn. The response suggests a lawn mower as a safer stand in for the imagined weapon. The exchange highlights humorous suburban upbringing and mischievous play.
Letters Uncalled For at Fairfield Post Office 1892 List
A notice lists uncalled letters at the Fairfield post office dated July 19 1892 advertising letters to Andrews Mrs L Kirkendall Jack Billings J Herbert McAbe Miss Lida Boegershausen F A Mies D E Goodwin James McCay Lower Harris J W 2 Makenzie N Eustafson Martha Starr Gay The Parisian appetite for snails is noted with claims of mushroom like taste when properly cooked.
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Fairfield
J. Chester
Mrs L R Patton Endorses DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla Cure
Mrs L R Patton of Rockford endorses DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla as a cure for impure blood and general debility based on personal experience. Endorsement attributed to Geo D Clarke.
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L. R. Patton
Rockford, Lr
Geo. D. Clarke
House for Sale or Rent with Nine Rooms and Ground
Large house of nine rooms includes a cellar cistern well barn and about one acre of ground. Well located with accessible features suitable for immediate occupancy or rental.
Farm For Sale Near Fairfield With House And Barn
Prairie land with a new seven room house and a large barn offered for sale. Located five miles from Fairfield near a schoolhouse. Asking price forty dollars per acre.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Market Prices Report Wheat and Cattle Figures
Fairfield markets list wheat at 70 cents, rye 6 1/2 to 5? cents, oats 23 to 27 cents, corn 4? cents. Cattle stock steers 3.00 to 3.25, fat cattle 3.50 to 4.00, butchers goods 2.00 to 2.64, hogs 4.40, sheep 3.45 to 4.00. Produce butter 12 1/2 cents, eggs 12 cents, potatoes 40 cents, wool 16 to 20 cents, wood 3.00 to 4.00.
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Fairfield
Special excursion rates for Sons of Veterans and Knights Templar
The Rock Island Railroad announces excursion fares at the lowest first class rate for round trips to Helena Montana August 5 to 13 for the Sons of Veterans encampment, to Denver August 3 to 7 for the Knights Templar conclave, and to Kansas City August 28 for K of P biennial encampment. Tickets on sale August 4 to 10, 3 to 7, and 20 to 28 with return by mid-September. L. R. Van Patten, agent at Fairfield, handles inquiries.
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Rock Island Railroad
Sons of Veterans
Helena
Montana
Knights Templar
Denver
Colorado
Supreme Lodge
K. of P
Kansas City
L. R. van Patten
Faurfield
Fairfield
P. E. Heflin
Knights Templar Conclave Travel Pass and Labor Strike News
The C B Q Railroad offers a return trip valid through October 11 due to the Knights Templar conclave in Denver August 3 to 7. In New York four thousand union building mechanics resume work after a strike over non union workers, now suspended.
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New York
Mother's Friend Promises Quick Relief for Expectant Mothers
A testimonial from Mrs. J. A. R. of Munice Indiana asserts that after two months use of "Mother's Friend" she was quickly relieved from pain and regained health. The seller is Geo. D. Clarke and the notice urges use by all expectant mothers.
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Munice
Ind
Geo. D. Clarke
Castoria Advertisements Echo Pediatric Remedies
Vintage ads showcase Castoria claims for child relief with phrases about crying children and gentle relief. Ripans Tabules appear as a pleasant laxative and a standard remedy, reflecting early 20th century patent medicine promotion.
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Gaius
Hucken
Laxi
Salvation Army
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz Counties
Cal
Odds and
Pop
E. R. Smith
Fairfield, IA
Coodban & Fulton
South Side
Pitcher’s Castoria
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