Rheumatism cured by Kennedy Remedy praised by official
An encounter recounts Col. William J. Harvey of Wilkes-Barre praising Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy after recovering from rheumatism. The piece touts kidney cures and lists uses for kidneys bladder blood and other conditions, with an elderly street-side anecdote about confusion and a bus conductor.
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Wm. J. Harvey
Wilkesbarre
David Kennedy
Col. Harvey
WM. J. Mtarvey
D. Kennedy
Turning a Sharp Corner and Pearl Hunter Superstition
Aremoved tale details Ilaae Tull dining with Gilbert Stuart and a comical studio interruption by Mrs. Stuart. It also describes Borneo pearl divers who save every ninth pearl in a bottle with a dead man’s finger and feed the pearls with rice grains, believing the seed pearls will reproduce.
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Ilaae Tull
Roston
Gilbert Stuart
Lull
Stuart
Borneo
Fiinly
Do You Believe in Ghosts Divides Village Opinion
The village is split on ghosts with residents offering varying views. Some declare belief in the unseen, while others insist they have never seen proof but know people who claim encounters. A skeptical quote from the London Spectator is cited, arguing belief hinges on whether the departed reach a final resting place and won’t return. A note mentions the first shell used in warfare by the sultan of Gujarat, India.
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London Spectator
Gujerit
India
Ig Hw
Not Proven By Louise D Mitchell Chapter Romance
Mrs Ware insists on warning Barbara Dilman that she is a flirt as Barbara visits a mansion with Dr Munn. A planned charity visit leads Barbara to a poor Italian family where the doctor’s gentleness toward a dying child unsettles Barbara. Amid confession and a tearful moment, Barbara realizes her feelings for the doctor and contemplates love over social aim.
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Miss Dilman
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Nell
John
Manmon
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Barbara
Mrs. Ware
Barbara Dilman
Storks Holdmass Meeting Then Kill Nesting Stork and Young
A Berlin area tale describes a pair of storks nesting on a chimney. A goose egg hatched, drawing the male back with about 500 storks for a field meeting. The mob killed the adoptive young and its mother, then destroyed the nest and departed.
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Berlin
Recognized Their Old Friend Miss Nightingale Bust Cheer
Sir John Steell the sculptor of Queen Victoria’s era modeled a bust of Florence Nightingale. A Highland regiment unit, many veterans from Scutari, were brought to his studio and upon the bust being unveiled broke rank and cheered Miss Nightingale with hats off. The scene thrilled Sir John Steel as the greatest compliment of his life.
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Queen Victoria
Miss Nightingale
Crimea
Sir John
Scutari
John Steel
Capsizing Vessels In Fundy Bay For Tide And Shoes
The Bay of Fundy and its streams see vessels capsize during tides. High tides reach sixty feet, leaving mud around wrecks. Ships rest on wooden shoes at low tide, but some slip onto multiple shoes and sink into mud when a wind tilts them.
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Bay of Fundy
Not True to Life Chicago Record Herald excerpt
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald quotes a lyric scene with a speaker promising freedom to “Little Cuby” and warning that if she returns, they will discuss it then. The text reads as a dramatic, lyric line about independence and return.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Dream of a burning schoolhouse and a loaned friendship
A literary excerpt contrasts two old friends, one recounting a nightmare of a schoolhouse fire and urging a loan of fifty dollars. The response reveals affection and nostalgia, with the lender hesitating, saying he cannot lend the money yet praises their lifelong bond.
Uncertain Address Notes from a Real Estate Mailing
A circular campaign by a local realty firm used another firm’s mailing list and faced many returns. One envelope to Rev. J. B. Simpson of Koselusko Missouri carried stamps and crossed out names, with note Party dead for eight years Present address unknown, reflecting unresolved records in the era.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Brilliant Idea Seeks Mosquito Tax Breakthrough
Longhead proposes a grand scheme to curb the yearly mosquito plague. He imagines crossing the insects with seventeen year locusts to force them to appear only every eight and a half years, a plan met with mixed disbelief.
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Longhead
Clara and Maud Letters Reveal Mixed Feelings
A fragment from Life quotes Clara's view on a romance. She notes the man alternates between uncertainty about love, hope that she loves him, and worry about the outcome, while remaining almost perpetually miserable.
Local Trouble and a Hysteric Party at the Long Haired Pianist
A playful exchange mocks overwork and social bustle as Lilly Bliffers unveils a novel function. The piece imagines a hysteric party to accompany a performance by a long haired pianist, reflecting quirky newspaper humor.
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Lilly Bliffers
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Village Doctor Scarce and Unpopular
A remark on village health notes the scarcity of doctors and the unpopularity of the sole physician. The quote implies limited medical care and social tension surrounding the doctor in the small community.
Psychic Food and Hiller Exchange on Oranges
In a Boston Transcript exchange, Hiller asks if you are fond of oranges, while Miller replies with a candid note about occasionally peeling and eating one, illustrating a casual, humorous conversation about fruit preferences.
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Hiller
Miller
Boston Transcript
Superstitions Sparked by Cable Car Oddity
A New York Journal item notes a humorous exchange about superstition after a person narrowly avoids being hit by a cable car. The brief quip contrasts superstition with luck in an urban transit mishap context.
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New York Journal
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