The Romance of the Pearl in History
The ancient tale of pearls, including Cleopatra dissolving a $400,000 pearl for Antony and Sir Thomas Gresham with Queen Elizabeth dissolving a $90,000 pearl to drink, highlights the famed splendor and legend around precious gems.
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Cleopatra
Antony
Thomas Gresham
Queen Elizabeth
Family user praises Fo ley's Honey and Tar medicine
Miss Hedwig Kowalski of 423 A St South Moorhead Minnesota writesFo ley's Honey and Tar helped me fine it is the best medicine for a cough and our family has always used it It is a household standby for coughs colds croup whooping cough bronchial coughs and ticking throat Jeri cho Easton Adv
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Familly
Hedwig Kowalski
South Moorhead
Minn
Foley
Jericho & Easton
Adv
Profitable Interference and the Lawyer's Outlook
A writer warns against meddling as profitable interference, while a lawyer defends mixing into others quarrels as a living, arguing the value of involvement in disputes. The exchange contrasts cautionary advice with pragmatic justification, reflecting recurring themes in legal and literary commentary.
Kidney Pills Relieve Chester Man’s Back Pain
J W Seabock of Chester Pennsylvania reports severe kidney and back pain each morning. He could hardly walk and needed to rub the small of his back before he could button his shoes. After taking Kidney Pills the soreness vanished. Jericho & Easton.
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J. W. Seabock
Chester
Jericho & Easton. v
Dream of Wolf Symbolism in Old Proverb
A wolf in a dream signals deceitful business partners. Pursuit by one presages illness for the household, whereas pursuit by many forebodes long life and good health.
When Your Children Start to School Foley's Honey and Tar Ad
A vintage advertise for Foley's Honey and Tar remedy urging protection of children against common colds. It highlights its safety for families, no opiates, and claims to reduce coughs by loosening phlegm and coating irritated membranes. Jericho & Easton.
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Jericho & Easton
Feet Are Natural Baby Foot Beauty
A speaker extols a baby’s foot as the most beautiful in the world because it is natural and unmarred by ill fitting shoes, praising the unaltered bone shape and natural form.
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Praised
The advertisement extols the remedy as a pronounced success in treating bowel complaints for both children and adults. It claims universal use and asserts there is no rival or equal to Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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Chamberlain
Uses for Plaster of Paris in Industry and Medicine
Gypsum or plaster of paris is used for wall plasters tile wall board dental work portland cement manufacture modeling and surgical work.
Purgative Ad claims Chamberlain’s Tab lets ease bowel movement
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tab lets as a strong purgative for adults yet mild for children. It promises agreeable bowel movement without griping and easy, pleasant taking for all ages.
Africa Holds Large Share of Global Resources
Africa claims about half of the world’s gold and nine-tenths of its diamonds, more than half of global rubber, five times North America’s iron, and supplies more copper than Europe and America combined.
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Africa
North America
Europe
America
Old Age Not Always the Cause Ad
Brief health ad urging under forty readers to consider kidney trouble as the source of tiredness aches and stiff joints. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted as a remedy with Jeri Co Buffalo New York credit.
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Jeri- Co., Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
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Coming of Age and the Value of Youth
Essay questions the choice between perpetual youth and the growth that comes with years. It reflects on treasures of friendships, adventures, and wisdom gained over time and warns that endless youth would sever ties with one’s generation and life purpose.
Flowers That Sleep at Night
A concise note on wild flowers that close petals and droop at dusk, viewing it as a sober nightly sleep behavior of blooming plants and their daily cycle.
The Key to Long Living for Old Men
An advertisement notes that men aged eighty five to ninety are thin and spare, not fat and well fed. It advises careful diet, as indigestion or constipation can occur, and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to move bowels and invigorate the stomach, claiming they help the average man reach a ripe old age.
Distance Lends Enchantment Personal in Exchange
Classified brief quotes a man seeking to locate his wife who left home on March 25 and wishes to send her $100 so she can travel farther away. The note appears in a Boston Transcript item as a personal notice.
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Boston Transcript
Foley Carthartic Tablets Advertising Claim
An ad claims Foley Carthartic Tablets ease biliousness gas bloating and indigestion with prompt safe relief. The copy describes the product as a genuine wholesome physic and ideal laxative marketed by Jericho and Eas.
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Jericho & Eascho & Easton
Adv
True Thrift Practice Guides Frugal Living
A concise guide on thrift emphasizes steady earning wise spending sane saving careful investing and avoidance of waste. It outlines practical habits to build a prudent financial routine and reduce unnecessary costs.
Foley Kidney Pills Credited by Ohio Couple
An advertisement reports Mrs. Anna Morrow of Piqua Ohio and her husband using Foley Kidney Pills. It claims relief from backache rheumatic pains stiff joints sore muscles sallowness irregular bladder action and kidney trouble. Jericho and Easton advertise the product.
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Foley
Anna Morrow
Piqua, O
Medical failure led to public punishment in Babylon
In ancient Babylon a doctor who failed to cure was punished by public execution with hands cut off. The harsh penalty reflects the era's brutal medical accountability and the severe stakes of healing.
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Babylon
The Impolite Sex Quip Cited by Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript quip notes women rarely ask men if smoking annoys them, reflecting gender norms and social etiquette in a brief cultural aside.
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Boston Transcript
No Substitute Offered for Cham berla's Diarrhoea Remedy
Advertiser asserts that ninety nine out of ninety nine new druggists recommend Cham berla's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy when diarrhoea medicine is requested. They claim customers report dependability and prefer this remedy over substitutes for best diarrhoea treatment.
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Chamberla
Quicklime Method to Remove Old Wall
A method using lime to demolish an aging masonry wall is described. Drill a bottle-shaped hole in the wall, fill with lime, slake with water, and seal with a wooden plug. The resulting pressure is said to bring the wall down.
All's Catarrh Medicine Claim Ad From 19th Century
An advertisement explains that All's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and related deafness by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It states the medicine is a liquid taken internally and aims to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. Circulation of circulars is free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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ALL
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Train Schedule for West and East Divisions
The bulletin lists Chicago to Denver and Omaha routes with limited and local trains, times for each, including Burlingame Ottumwa and Des Moines Peoria locals. It notes Nos. 17 179 178 do not run Sundays and all trains run daily except those three.
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Chicago-Denver Limited
Chicago-McCook Limited
Burl
Ottumwa
Peoria
Denver-Chicago Limited
Omaha
Des Moines
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