Exercises for health and a quiet dawn walk excerpt
A fragment describes a peaceful dawn walk and river fishing with bears feared by a contributor from the Atlantic. It then shifts to medical advice on Carnegie pension funds for professors and a series of health exercises, detailing open hand chest strokes and kneeling stretches to improve circulation and muscular tone.
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Rae Wien
Crete
Werths
Meyer Weld
Legin
Carnegie Pension Fund
National Association of State Universities
Carnegie
Fragmented Domestic Tension Ends in Courageous Rescue
Elizabeth watches her marriage unravel as she recalls happier days on a ranch. A dramatic fire scare in a restaurant reveals her husband’s bravery when he douses flames touching a pantry girl, leaving his hands burned. She comforts him as they face the emotional aftermath.
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Aid
Teir
Montana
New York
Elizabeth
Peruana Tablets Claim Cure For Long Cough
Miss Sophia Kittleson of Evanston Illinois writes she suffered catarrh for twenty five years and found relief after using Peruana. She notes her throat pain and centered condition improved and her health strengthened, praising Peruana as a remedy for chronic catarrh. The ad notes Peruana tablets as a tablet form of the medicine’s ingredients for those who prefer tablets.
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Sophia Kittleson
Evanston
Ilinois
Perana
Ideal Laxative Advert by Percuna Drug Mfg Co
An advertisement promotes Man-a-lin as a laxative manufactured by Percuna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio. The copy highlights quick relief and reliable formula.
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Percuna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Fragmented OCR Dialogue From Mystic Parish Records
An OCR read presents garbled conversation with unclear speakers. The text includes disjointed phrases about understanding, identity, and relations, with repeated garbled names and places, lacking coherent narrative or verifiable details.
Parisian Model Hat Description in White Lace Roses
A Parisian style hat features a white paille de riz body with a high crown latticework lace covering and three large tea roses on one side, creating an elegant millinery silhouette.
Vogue for Ribbons Shapes 1910s Fashion Look
Women abroad embrace ribbons as the season’s must have accessories. Narrow velvet ribbons replace chains for lorgnettes and watches, necks wear closely bound ribbons, and long ends hang toward skirts. Gold bangles give way to velvet bands fastened with jeweled brooches. Spring hats feature left ear bows, ribbons flutter from feather and fur bows.
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Milady
Cretonne Parasols For Morning Wear In Style
Cretonne remains popular this season for evening coats vests and accessories. Cretonne parasols are now prescribed for morning wear with small designs and a heavy fringe border. The handle should be plain wood to keep the look simple while dressier parasols use more elaborate sticks.
Ribbon Trimmings Highlight New Fashion Ribbons
Vogue highlights profuse trims from rosettes to streamers and new French shades in liberty satin taf fetas and faille. Elaborate pieces feature hand painted designs and Dresden motifs, warp ribbons with peacock feather effects, and oriental imprints in rich colors. Broche and bayadere ribbons remain in demand.
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Dresden
Coffee Service Etiquette for Hostess Tables
Instructions describe proper coffee making at the table with a tray setup. Place the coffee pot at the right of the plate and the tea kettle at the head, fill the coffee pot base with boiling water, add coffee to the top, and light a burner for brewing. It notes electricity as an alternative and suggests serving coffee black with small cream pitchers topped with whipped cream.
Weather and fashion mix in damp English climate
The piece notes that despite persistent rain in England, both men and women show reluctance to wear rubber overshoes. It observes that hats sit low on the head with a high crown and are pressed down over the ears.
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England
Cheerful words amid loss and hope in a Dickens fragment
Dialogue shows a devastated spouse lamenting ruin after fortune loss and inheritance taken. A hopeful husband urges resilience, referencing a moral lesson from The Peach Cro y and Dickensian truth about human flaws driven by those we despise.
Gid Hobart Praised as Talent In Bushby Clarion
A Bushby Clarion editor touts reporter Gid Hobart as exceptionally capable, noting his two column fire report and predicting he will soon leave the paper. The anecdote contrasts Hobart with a rural setting, highlighting his perceived talent.
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The
Bushby Clarion
Gid Hobart
Gid
Fragmented Dialect Sketches and Vignettes in a Humorous Scene
A collage of quirky dialogue and wry observations unfolds with characters like Bridget and a milkman, a barber, and a flashy tensorial artist. The piece uses playful proverbs and social banter, ending with a sly moral about appearances and sly schemes.
Grape-Nuts Endorsed By Doctor In Personal Letter
A physician lauds Grape-Nuts as a perfect food after a personal battle with malnutrition and heart palpitations. He reports improved sleep and digestion after using the cereal with cow’s milk and urges readers to trust the product’s proven value and science.
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Wellville
A Woman’s Secret and Household Wisdom
A wry set of maxims on marriage gender roles and honesty. It ponders if secrecy protects a relationship and if wealth or poverty shapes social power, with an quip about a $10 violin beating a costly piano out of tune.
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Che
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Evra
Hota Bersedy
Dave
Ain
Rover
Ethan
Ely
Sterling
Eiance
Sophia Kittleses
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Pearl Street
Betshbor
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
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Henry W. Cole
Monte Rosa
Independent
Bridget
Patth
Gove Diadon
Board of Health
Denver
Fred Mueller Saddle & Harnese Co
Larimer
Colo
Attace
Lawrence
Akr
Brown Palace
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E. E. Brae NC
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