Great stock medicine boosts stock health and profits
A stock remedy praised as a savior for stock raisers compares to Thedford’s Black Draught in action, curing digestion issues, liver sluggishness, cholera in hogs and chickens, constipation, distemper, colds in horses, and murrain in cattle. It supposedly increases vitality, work output, and egg laying, costing 25 cents a can and claiming to save ten times its price in profit for farmers who try it.
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Thedford
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad by C. E. Nobes Druggist
Laugh and feel relief with Rocky Mountain Tea advertised by C E Nobes Druggist. The old line promotes nightly use as a remedy, urging readers to smile and enjoy a lighter mood through the tonic.
That Throbbing Headache Pills Claim Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for sick and nervous headaches. It promises rapid relief by purifying blood and improving health, costing 25 cents with a money back guarantee if not cured, sold by C. E. Nobes, a druggist.
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Dr. King
C. E. Nobes
Arnica Salve Boosts Home First Aid in Desperate Times
A remote family relies on Bucklen's Arnica Salve to treat barn injuries, cuts, wounds and ulcers after accidents. The ad urges keeping a supply at home, noting the salve as a best on earth for quick relief. Sold for 25 cents at Nobel Drug Store C. BE.
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Bucklen
C. BE
Nobel Drug Store
Monroe Township Trustee Announces Public Office Hours
The undersigned trustee of Monroe township will attend to official business on Wednesdays and Saturdays at his residence until further notice. All persons having business with me should govern themselves accordingly. H. A. Thomas, Trustee. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised with claims to remove microbes and improve blood and circulation, priced 35 cents in tea or tablet form. C E Nobes, Druggist.
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Monroe
H. A. ‘Thomas
Hollister
Cheap Excursion Rates for Home Seekers and Southwest trips
Special homeseekers' rates to the West South and Southwest offered on October 18 November 1 and 15 December 6 and 20 with a two day limit. Also homeseekers' rates to the South and Southwest on November 22 valid for 21 days. See agent for detailed rates to various parts.
Periodic Pains and Anti Pain Pills Mentioned
A period literature item touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a remedy for periodic pains backache and nervous or sick headache promising relief with no harsh after effects. The ad claims the product contains no morphine opium chloral cocaine or other dangerous drugs and urges use at first sign of an attack. The Miles Medical Co is cited as the producer from Elkhart Indiana.
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Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Family name Guelph puzzled Mrs Sullivan
In a light anecdote from F C Burnand's Records and Reminiscences, during an Alfast afternoon Sir Arthur Sullivan and the Duke of Edinburgh discuss whether the composer should use the family name Guelph. Mrs Sullivan muses why he does not call himself by it, saying there is nothing to be ashamed of in the name.
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Duke of Edinburgh
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Arthur
F. C. Burnand
Whistler's Boyhood Sketches Told by Aunt Kate
Aunt Kate, a longtime neighbor of the Whistlers, recalls meeting James McNeill Whistler as a toddler. She finds the young artist at play under a table shelf, drawing with a pencil and paper, revealing early signs of his exceptional promise and refined eye even in his two year old years.
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Kate
James MacNeill
Whistler
London
Whistlers
Jemmie
Seven Wonders Across Ages and Regions
A listing of the classical seven wonders of antiquity, seven medieval wonders, and seven modern or newer wonders. The text compiles pyramids gardens tombs temples and statues, alongside Colosseum, Great Wall, Stonehenge, and natural features like Niagara Falls, Mammoth Cave, Old Faithful, Grand Canyon, and Great Lakes, among others.
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Antiquity
Pyramids
Babylon
Diana
Rhodes
Phidias
Pharos
Egypt
Rome
Alexandria
Great Wall
China
Stonehenge
Pisa
Navkin
St. Sophia
Constantinople
New World
Niagara Falls
Mammoth Cave
Yellowstone
Sequeiad
California
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Damp Weather and Mealth Effects on Sensitive People
Damp weather amplifies pain and reveals latent weaknesses. Suppressed coughs spark activity, neuralgic nerves flare, and old rheumatism revives. Congestion slows pulse, weakens the heart, and dulls the mind with a general mood of low vitality.
Men In Petticoats and Tudor Dress Rules
The article notes that men first wore petticoats in England, citing Henry VII era as a time of bizarre fashion. It claims no women's petticoats exist in inventories prior to the Tudor period, including Henry V’s references to a red damask petticoat with open sleeves.
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Henry VII
Henry V
Gladstone Life and Work Highlighted in Banter
Conversation praises Gladstone for governing the nation, writing multiple books, studying two languages, meeting many people daily, and reading extensively. The exchange shifts to a line about following a bride to the ground for two weeks before her wedding, hinting at a broader contrast between public achievement and private life.
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Cocoe Gladstone
Opera Patron Sleeps Through Grand Performance
An exchange at the opera finds Mr Comrox explaining he sits near the bass drum and cymbals to avoid disgracing his mother and sisters by staying awake during the entire performance. The remark comes from the Washington Star report.
Freedom in a World of Fences and Rabbits
A concise meditation contrasting broad freedom with the limited liberty of a white rabbit confined in a wire fenced city lot, signaling themes of constraint and perception through a provocative, era influenced voice from New Orleans.
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New Orleans
The Kine Humorist Quote on a Kiss
The text quotes an American humorist and Oliver Wendell Holmes on kissing. It notes a quip about the only way to "de one a kiss" and Hales calling a kiss the twenty seventh letter of the alphabet, describing it as a love element that requires two to speak plainly.
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Oliver Wendell Hales
Checkerberry Tea Substitute and Scottish Kirk Tale
A Philadelphia Press note describes checkerberry leaves and red berries used as tea and their aromatic flavor, linking the plant to Stewberry and alpine substitutes. The piece also recounts a Scottish kirk minister and elder sharing a meal and testing the sermon text with a joke about the loaves and fishes.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New
North
Alleghany
Thoreau
Maine Woods
Childcare in Russia Deserted by Winter Weather and Slung Babies
A description of peasant child care in Russia shows mothers using a long towel as a baby sling while wrapped in linen sheets. Children stay indoors in harsh winter yet roam barefoot in summer, with beds sometimes carried outside at night. Sleeping families are seen returning from late amusements, and Kicheer families use balconies to place beds during warm summer nights.
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Russia
Sor
Pipe Filling as a Profession in Kaglambeke
An old couple near a mine in Kaglambeke support themselves by cleaning lighting pipes and tobaccos for coal miners each day. Miners drop off pipes for cleaning before and after work, yielding a modest weekly income that grows into a sizable sum over the week. A second note records a mag trust lamenting his son lacks business sense and a merchant suggests he be made a society leader.
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Kaglambeke
Historic Race Courses at Belmont and Union
Historic Belmont Park in Long Island hosted major racing activity from 1669 when Newmarket was built, through 1821 with the Union course in Jamaica Queens. Notable tracks Centerville and Union shaped American racing, with Eclipse and Sir Henry delivering a famed turf clash in 1825.
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Belmont Park
Long Island
Newmarket
Lovelace
Centerville
Jamaica
Queens
Eclipse
Sir Henry
Sporting News
Fine Old Netherlands Repartee Barend Vet Jokes Police
In The Hague Barend Vet faces a charge of insulting the police after calling a constable a monkey. He argues for the spirit of the joke, the judge allows it, Vet bows to his prosecutor, and departs with a wry exchange. Also a note on corncob pipes describing modern methods versus tradition.
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Netherlands
Hague
Holland
St. James Gazette
Do Animals blush in the Zoo A Curious Note
The piece ponders if animals blush since their faces are hidden by fur feathers or skin. It suggests bears no blush unless faces were bare, cites vultures and monkeys showing color change as a stand in for blushing. It notes zoo scenes where monkeys flare with rage on minor provocation.
Boiled Without Fire in London Kettles
A London factory practice uses lime and water to boil kettles daily. Workmen place dry lime in a center hole of each kettle then add water, causing boiling without flame and saving tire wear in thousands of instances.
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London
Strange Happenings in Marriage Columns
A Michigan woman reads marriage columns and notes a coincidence with the names Wil list Strange and Martha in the same notice. Her husband responds that the next news may be even stranger, reflecting a light quip about unlikely patterns in printed notices.
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Michigan
Llere
Willist
Martha
Lyre
A Vegetarian Detective Silly Portrait
A joking exchange features the great detective identifying a man as a pronounced vegetarian. He lists mocked signs such as carrot hair, red dish cheeks, a turnip nose, and a sage look to justify the label.
A Wrong Nighted Young Wife at Dinner
A brief Pearson's Weekly dialogue notes a wife admitting she cooked dinner herself and reflecting that she has been unjust to Mary Ann in her thoughts. The husband responds with skepticism, revealing domestic tension and social manners of the period.
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Adolphus
Mary Ann
Pearson’s Weekly
A Natural Mistake. The Terror at Princeton Tiger
The Terror questions Mr. Doughby about being targeted with objects. Doughby denies frequent abuse, prompted by a remark from sia calling him an easy target.
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Mr. Doughby
Tommy
Sia
Princeton Tiger
Their Crafty Way in Brookyn Life Punch Line
A witty exchange in Brookyn Life riffs on suburban cooking and shifting household power. The quip touches on control and routine, with a wife managing a cook amid domestic routines and teasing threats of dismissal, reflecting urban humor of daily labor.
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Brookyn
Local Notes From Sedalia and Nearby Towns
Carl Gray of Sedalia went to California to spend the winter with relatives. Harry Stranahan moved his household goods to Tipton where he now resides permanently. Mr and Mrs Oscar Cook of near Deer Creek visited Flora on Thursday. The Voorhees family spent Christmas with their brother Philip Voorhees in Logansport. A mill at Edna Mills was sold to an Illinois man named Peterson, with the mill valued at $7,000 and the deal including $17,000 land in Champaign County. The mill’s former manager Farninger will soon leave. In Frankfort, the Dorner home hosted the annual family reunion. Ada Pritchett of Logansport is holidaying with friends in Burlington. Ss W Allen of Guthrie Center is visiting relatives in the county. he is doing well and noted by old friends.
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Harry Stranahan
Tipton
Harry
Oscar Cook
Deer Creek
Flora Tursday
R DD. Voorhees
E. D. Voorhees
Philip Voorhees
Logansport
Edna Mills
Peterson
Geiger
Champaign County
Illinois
Ss. W. Allen
Guthrie Center
Iowa
Marion Allen
Wmn. Allen
Mrs
Ossie Hummer
Cutler
Mr. Allen
Studebaker Insurance and Abstracts in Flora Indiana
Abstracts examined and corrected or new abstracts made. Insurance written by known companies with favorable rates. Notary work and blanks for deeds mortgages wills and more. Money loans to farmers at 5 percent with good security. No commission no upfront interest. Call or write P O Box 5 Flora Indiana. Manager C A Bell for long distance Flora 250 Rochfield 5
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Spercent
P. O
Flora
Ind
C. A. Bell
Rochfield
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J. G. Rasbon
Rocky Mountain
C. E. Nobes Druggist
Drisem
Township Trustes
Meentister
Scotland
Janet
Merchant Prince
Philadelphia Laquirer
Dr.Caldwell
H. T. Hai
Noblesville
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Philadelphia Press
Doubleday, Page & Company
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Chick
Carl Gray
Sedalia
Ada Pritchett
Burlington
New. York
Frank Queen Pub. CO. (Ltd
J. Horte
Studebaker
Vandalia Line
Paprot
Flora South
Ant
J. A. Caborapt
Horo
Tnd
MONON
Delphi
Sunaa
Delpy
A. T. Bowen & CO
Indiana
DR. I. E. Bligkenstae
Hollister'’S
Sinister Cave Company
Madison
Wis
Samuel Steward
Remington
Stanard
Remington Typewriter Company
Broadway
Indiana Branch
Market St. Indianepolis
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