Train Encounter Sparks Love Across Aisle
Clifton lingers in a sleeper car after a chance morning wake up with a young woman in section 16. They share breakfast, cards, and conversation as the train travels. He falls for her but fears the encounter will be lost until a telegram from his sister reveals the woman’s name, Nell, and his romantic choice awaits his reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Penable
Falls
Val Clifton
Ife
Lin
Nell
Tie
Golden
Bess Winston
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Advertisement
A vintage ad touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup for relief of croup and cold symptoms. It claims pleasant taste, honey and tar content, and adherence to the national pure food and drug law. Sold by all druggists with mothers endorsing its use for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Croup
Mrs. Austins Fancakes Praised at Hotels and Dining Rooms
All leading hotels and restaurants serve Mrs Austin’s Fancakes for breakfast, with patrons praising them as much better than rivals. The note mentions December 28 as a context cue.
Corot and the Prince de Joinville in Talk of Art
The Prince de Joinville tells Corot he has renewed his youth by revisiting his works and recalls Corot’s 1848 Danton picture at the Salon. They discuss future and past studies, noting scenes near Genoa, Dunkerque, and La Rochelle, while the prince jokes about Corot growing wiser like a wizard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corot
Prince de Joinville
Prince
Danton Hades
Delecluse
Grett
Genoa
Noddle
Man Prince
Coame
M. Corot
Dunkerque
la Rochelle
Chardin Fu
Putnam’s Weekly
A Bargain Laxative Syrup Advertisement
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pep sin as a cure for headaches dizziness constipation biliousness indigestion and related ailments. It claims health benefits at a nominal cost and offers money back if not satisfied. Sold by druggists at 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr .Caldwell
The Wooden Chest in Medieval Home Furnishings
A compact survey of medieval chests from oak and pine, their locks and carvings, regional styles from Holland to Spain and Italy, and how these storage chests evolved into highboys with four front legs. The piece notes early furniture, wainscot work, and the cultural role of chests in households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoke d’Aberon Church
Surrey
England
Holland
Damascus
Spain
Trent
Digestive relief with Kodol for Indigestion
An advertisement explains that undigested food causes sourness and indigestion due to lacking digestive juices. It promotes Kodol For Indigestion as a solution, claims it digests what you eat and corrects digestive deficiencies, and notes compliance with the national pure food and drug law. Sold by all druggists.
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher at Studio 36
Harriet M Burbank a piano teacher operated from Studio 36 Grove Street and listed at that address. The notice notes professional practice details and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
Old andirons show uneven heights and animal shapes
A Connoisseur writer notes older andirons rarely come in pairs with differing heights and sizes. Medieval practice left them uneven to move large firewood blocks, later becoming splints holders and often iron. Vasari and Viollet le Duc cited iron origins and animal forms, especially dogs, with early non iron shapes in clay or stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andirons
Viollet le Due
Vasari
Viollet le Duc
England
Bargello
Landseer and the Young Painter at the Royal Academy
A sketch notes Landseer among the most remarkable figures in art for his charming dog engraving. An unknown artist exhibited the piece at the Royal Academy drawing strong notice from visitors. A gentleman arrives to buy but learns the boy at the door is Landseer at fourteen and a half years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ele
Henri Rochefort
Bluebeard figure Count Gilles de Rais in history
Count Gilles de Rais a Breton noble and war leader linked to Montfort. He served with valor in the English wars and at Orleans with Joan of Arc, later famed for tragedy and alleged infant torture before his 1440 execution and burning at Nantes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilles de Rais
Warshal
France
Montfort
Brittany
Bluebeard
Rais
Orleans
Joan of Arc
Charles VI
Nantes
Stauis
Genuine cure advertised for constipation and indigestion
Readers are told that Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a pleasant tonic laxative claimed to relieve constipation indigestion liver complaints headaches and diliousness with mild action and no bad after effects. Sold by druggists for 50 cents and 1 dollar 64 cents with a money back guarantee if it fails.
J Burdett Piano Tuner Seeks Orders in City Shops
Piano tuner J Burdett advertises services at Brown and Dollmeyer’s store and over the phone, inviting orders for tuning and related work in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer
Tragedy at Pine Top Leaves Three Dead in Kentucky
In Knott county at Pine Top a house dance ended in a deadly shootout. Harrison Stone Walter Hanks and Walter Thomas were killed amid a feud between Stone and Thomas factions. Several others were wounded as liquor sparked the quarrel before authorities could gather full details from the inaccessible region. Branks did not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Pine Top
Knott County
Harrison Stone
Walter Hanks
Walter Thomas
Stone
Hanks Thomas
Thomas
Hiquor
Hanks
Branks
Washington Nixes Takeuchi Arrest Warrant Request
Immigration Commissioner North sought a warrant to arrest T Takeuchi publisher of the Revolution on anarchist and dangerous person claims. Department of Commerce and Labor officials reviewed the evidence and telegraphed that current facts do not justify an arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North
San Francisco
Department of Commerce and Labor
T. Takeuchi
The
Revolution
Department
Double Domestic Tragedy in Downey California
In Downey California on January 3 bodies were found in a bakery residence rear. Conrad Rausch a baker and his wife were dead from murder and self-inflicted poison. Rausch had accused his wife of infidelity. She was stabbed to death and he died by poison. Two terrorists killed two men in Warsaw. Soldiers pursued the attackers but bullets missed, wounding four bystanders.
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Downey
Cal
Jan
Conrad Rausch
Rausch
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Varnes
Granitewa Street
Fire destroys army stores on gun wharf in Portsmouth
A late hour fire swept through camp and equipment stores at the gun wharf in Portsmouth England, destroying a large quantity of material before fire crews gained control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Eng
Markets report from Chicago Board of Trade and livestock prices
Chicago markets summary with Wheat Corn Oats futures quotes and cash sales. Live stock and hay prices listed for Chicago and East Buffalo, including hogs cattle sheep and poultry receipts and bid ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
IBM
Bow Big OK
BOB, Pork
TSO
Northern
Ste
Stumdaad
Shea
Timothy
Choice Prairie
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live
Seti. Culyves
Ely’s Cream Hal for nasal catarrh and hay fever
A historical advertisement promotes Ely’s Cream Hal to relieve nasal catarrh and hay fever with direct application or atomizer via Liquid Cream Bulmu. It boasts no cocaine or mercury, priced 60 cents, available from druggists or mailed by Ely Bros of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Grease Removal Method for Books from Housewife Column
A homemaking tip explains removing grease stains from books using turpentine and alcohol. Apply a pint of turpentine thinly, allow to dry, moisten with alcohol, and blot. Reapply if needed, place blotting paper, and press with a warm iron. Repeat to absorb grease, then finish with blotting paper and heat.
Silk coloring breakthrough could save fabrics, says Strassburger Post
The Strassburger Post reports a discovery by a St. Etienne chemist and engineer claiming a chemical that removes color from silk and allows recoloring without damaging texture. If proven, the inventor promises a revolution in the silk industry and elimination of damage from harsh dyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strassburger Post
St. Etienne
Cleaning guidance for fading matting care
The text advises washing matting with strong salt and water to strengthen fibers and using strong soda water to restore faded white or colored matting. It notes the soda solution will deepen to a creamy yellow uniform color and instructs sweeping with the weave direction, not across it.
Mantel Decor Prefers Simpler Dining Room Style
A guidance on dining room decoration advises keeping the mantel uncluttered. It favors a few tasteful copper, pewter, or brass pieces reflected in a mirror or Delft or Dresden china, aiming for a simpler, more formal look than the living room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delft
Dresden
Cleveland Woman Designs Knee Cushion for Scrubbers
A Cleveland woman has created a knee cushion shown in an illustration to aid scrubwomen. The cushion rests the knees to lessen discomfort and unpleasant aspects of floor scrubbing and includes a wire component.
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Cleveland
Frame with twin parallel bars and curved uprights
A frame features two parallel bars connected at ends by curved uprights forming handles and guards for skirts. A well stuffed pad is wrapped in waterproof cloth to prevent soaking. Handles allow pushing or pulling the cushion across the floor.
Recipe for calcimine soak and green tint mixing
Form a good calcimine soak with one pound of white gin overnight. Dissolve in boiling water and add twenty pounds of parts white, diluting with water until the mixture is the consistency of rich milk. To this add any tint. a mix of indigo and yellow ocher yields green.
Alum healing claims for mouth and throat ailments
A correspondent asserts alum dissolving in boiling water cleanses fruit stains and draws mold from items, while a sage tea rinse is said to soothe and heal an inflamed throat. The text presents informal home remedy ideas without scientific backing.
Cleaning a tarnished tea or coffee pot method
When the pot is blackened inside fill with boiling water add a teaspoon of saleratus and a small piece of hard soap. Boil on the stove for about three quarters of an hour to restore brightness and cleanliness.
Marble Tables Restored With Simple Paste Mix
A cleaning method describes removing discolorations on marble topped tables and bureaus using a paste of two parts sodium carbonate, one part pumice stone, one part powdered chalk, mixed with water and applied to the surface. This is a straightforward historic maintenance tip for marble furniture.
For a Bruised Finger
If your finger is shut in a door or bruised put it at once in water as both can be borne. Charge the water as it cools, and keep the finger in for fifteen minutes.
Digestive Relief Through Kodol For Indigestion
Almost all with stomach ailments fear drastic diets of starvation. A gentler plan lets you eat freely and aid digestion with Kodol For Indigestion after meals. It digests what you eat and offers rest to the tired stomach. Sold by all druggists.
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S Want Co.am
Lerman
Story of
Kentucky
Berkeley
Chicago Grain
Kemps Balsan
Dandrff
Newhero
Samvile
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Jos. Hmmert
T.S. Ryan
New Home
Standard
New Idea
New Home Sewing Machine Company
T.s.ryan
New York House
Galena St
Freeport, Ill
Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Cincinnati
Womeseekers
W. A. Beckler
N.P. A
Monroe St
Chicago, i
W A. Garrett
Rinearson
Florida
Cube
South-East
Southern Railwy
J.C. Beam, Jr
St. Louis
S. H. Hardwick
Washington, D.C
J. S. McCullouh
Dearborn St
Ill
W. H. Tayloe
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