Treatment of Women by a Great Physician Dr Pengelly
A 19th century advertisement touts Zoa-Phora by Dr Pengelly for female ailments. It claims twenty years of practice, promises permanent health restoration, and cites testimonials from women. The ad directs inquiries to Zoa-Phora Company Kalamazoo Michigan and notes sealed bottles with a medical booklet included.
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Pangelly
Pengelly
Zoa-Phora Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
de. Pengally
CAR QUS DECEPTIONS AND VISION ERRORS
A discussion of visual illusions explains how the brain interprets fleeting images. It details why quick flashes appear longer or distant objects seem larger, noting that perception depends on brain processing rather than actual distances.
A Stubborn Lover Wins Galway Bride To Double Fortune
A writer recalls a Galway wedding in which a rich shopkeeper’s daughter marries a man of higher status. The bridegroom, delaying at the chapel, hid in bed and refused to attend until the father doubled the fortune. After protracted negotiations the bridegroom agreed, dressed, and went to marry the bride.
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Galway
Largest Crater on Earth At Aso San Japan
The Aso san volcano in southern Japan on Niushu Island holds the largest known crater on earth. It measures about fourteen miles across one way and ten to eleven miles the other, with surrounding walls around 200 feet high. Although still active, eruptions are mainly ashes and dust, and a range of later volcanic peaks crosses the old crater, resembling lunar craters in their long geologic history.
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Aso-san
Japan
Niushu
Moon
Austrian Prisons Run by Female Religious Orders
The text notes that Austrian female prisons are managed by female religious orders and reflects on the difficulty of performing such tasks when done reluctantly, referencing Terence.
Global reflections leap from Maine to Hawaii in brief notes
A compilation of brief items: Maine’s potato shipments and a sunk French submarine, cost studies on Britain’s navy, New England shipyard strikes, shipping line expansions in Hamburg America, Egyptian antiquities to New York, Italian and Romanian studies, a Maine hotel sandpaper plea, World War era shell fragments in Waterville, Cuban flood relief funds, tennis elbow as a recurring ailment, a Connecticut woman running U S Navy stationery, Palatine hill excavations, a Warwickshire memorial to George Eliot, Springfield art collection, preserving the Hawaiian language, Fifth Avenue hotel elevator history, Princess Tschinsky’s lavish gowns, a parish edition of Bunyan’s work, and a Brazilian note on reader comprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Theodore Lt. Davis
Egypt
Queen Tel
B.C
New York
Maine
Waterville
Cuban Congress
Wavana
Pinar del Rio
M. E. Sullivan
United States Navy
Pratt Institute
Rome
Palatine Hill
Arbury Park
Warwickshire
England
Newdegates
George Eliot
Newdegate
I. A. N. Newdegate
Springfield
Mass
G. W. Y. Smith
New York Metropolitan
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York Sun
Princess Tstchinsky
Paris
Mothers Club Meeting At Settlement Home
The Mothers' club holds its regular meeting Thursday afternoon at the Settlement home. Dr Arnold will discuss care and feeding of children. All members are urged to attend to hear the timely talk prepared by Dr Arnold.
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Mothers’ Club
Dr. Arnold
Madison Train Delayed By Last Night Washout
The Madison passenger train due here at 9 this morning was several hours late because of a washout on the line last night. Heavy rains in the region caused considerable damage to the north of here.
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Madison
Here
Family extends thanks to neighbors after bereavement
The family of the late J. W. Meyer expresses heartfelt appreciation to neighbors and friends who kindly assisted them during their bereavement, gratefully acknowledging the support received.
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J. W. Meyer
Notable Ladies and Landmarks in Public Life
Mrs Clarence Mackay has sent a large organ to Nassau county jail Mincola N Y for church services. Actress Mrs C E Stevenson buys a Tallman Rockland farm for a country residence. Mrs Phebe Hearst plans permanent California home after abroad. Miss Margaret Miller of Paterson teaches Sunday school sixty years at seventy five. Inmates of the Daughters of Jacob home claim Mrs Nichla Shilotzy heals by lace. Great granddaughter of John Quincy Adams, now Mrs Robert Homans, active Boston charity worker. Mme Modjeska revises memoirs with Polish to English translation. After McKinley’s death only Mrs Garfield remains a White House widow, and she still vigorous. Mrs Benjamin Harrison, now married, cannot be a White House widow.
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Clarence, Mackay
Nassau County
Mincola
N. Y
C. BE. Stevenson
Wate Claxton
Tallman
Rockland County
Phebe Hearst
California
Hearst
Margaret Miller
Paterson
N. J
Home of the Daughters of Jacob
New York
Nichla Shilotzy
John Quincy Adams
Robert Homans
Boston
Mme. Modjeska
McKinley
White House
Carfield
Benjamin Harrison
President Harrison
Writers, Bricks, and Memorials Across the Arts World
Rex Beach, a brickmaker by trade, contrasts with Rider Haggard a rapid prose writer. She was completed in six weeks. It is twenty six years since George Eliot died and Spencer’s burial bid failed. In Warwickshire a new memorial to Eliot rises bearing Lest We Forget. D Annunzio oversees his tomb's Florence based monument on the Pescara river source.
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Rex Beach
Rider Haggard
Mr. Haggard
George Eliot
Herbert Spencer
Westminster Abbey
Warwickshire
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Florence
Pescara
D'Annunzio
Household Hints From an Old Page
Household hints advise filling hot water bags through a funnel to avoid rubber rot at the nozzle. A bagged bread crumb chopper method prevents crumbs scattering. A cleaning mix of kerosene limewater and turpentine cleans grimy yellowed clothes. A half lemon in the ice chest keeps milk and butter from absorbing other flavors. keep dairy separate when possible.
Progress and Labor and Cable Plans Across Seas
A collection of brief notes on England's cotton industry employing over 500,000 people, most of them women, plus a Java engineer claiming a sugar cane cutting invention. It also cites a drop in British male agriculture participation and outlines a proposed New York Panama cable with Baracoa Cuba as the sole intermediate station en route to South America. Also a humorous exchange about a poker win and expenses paid with IOUs.
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England
East Java
New York and
Panama
Baracoa
Cuba
South America
Golden Eagle Offers Inexpensive Outing Hits
A brief local notice advertises meals or outings at the Golden Eagle with price points at 6.75, 9.75, and 11.75 dollars. The casual invitation hints at affordable leisure options during a summer period. Includes no extra identifying details beyond the price cues.
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The
Golden Eagle
Shoe Bare Gains at the E and W Clearing Sale
A terse notice notes gains at the E and W clearing sale with emphasis on youth and a scarce supply of footwear. The fragment hints at a brisk demand and modest prices as buyers sought affordable shoes.
July events and fairs listed for town calendar
Coming events show lawn socials at multiple corners on Washington and Chicago streets July 1 and 2, a St Pius hall social for the orphanage, Capernaum Shrine activities at Highland and His Park late July and early August, Barnum Bailey Circus August 15, Lena and Oakdale park camp meetings in August, a Dixon picnic August 1 and Temperance chautauqua August 22 to September 1, with River side park camp meeting in early September.
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Lawn Social
G.f
Washington
Chicago
J. Bi
Lawn
St. Pius Hall
Lena
Cnamp
Oakdale Park
Tlinots Central Employes
Dixon
Temperance Chautnhuqun
Riverside Park
Aug 8 to Sept 6 1920s Trust Busters and Theater Schedule
A listing of dates from August 8 to September 6 featuring stage titles and performers including Trust Busters Uncle St Haskins Missouri Girl St Plunkard Tempest and Sunshine The Time the Place and the Girl A Poor Relation The Cow Puncher Thoroughbred Tramp Sex Against Sex The Royal Chef As Told in the Hills Choir Singer.
All He Could Think Of
A man driving past a farmer's house sees the roof ablaze and frantically shouts to the farmer's wife. She remains calm, asking what he said as he repeats that the house is on fire. He confesses he can think of nothing else at the moment as he drives away.
To A Toad as Assistant Gardener
Suburban Life praises toads in garden work noting a toad’s stomach contained many pests including grapevine worms potato bugs sowbugs angleworms cabbage worms and insects like flies and mosquitoes. It argues for using an army of toads on premises to provide pest control services.
Indorsed Check Confusion Leads to age note
A German cashier returns a check indorsed as Susan H. Smith after noting the name Susan Smith lacked the letters ry. The customer apologizes and adds beneath the endorsement the age twenty three, in a moment of embarrassment.
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Susan H. Smith
Susan Smith
Household goods for sale and rental notices
Classifieds announce household goods for sale at 80 Liberty Street and a store room for rent at 164 Steplinson Street suitable for a millinery or novelty shop. Also offered are unfurnished rooms for housekeepin g and a single driving horse. Contact details included for Ruth Collings, J. Wo care, and D. G. Rawleigh.
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Liberty St
Steplinson St
Fat National Bank
Bankruptcy notice for Frank A. Webb in Freeport Illinois
In the Northern District of Illinois Western Division the bankruptcy of Frank A. Webb of Freeport Stephenson County is announced. The first meeting of creditors is set for August at the office of Robert K B Mitchell in Freeport Illinois at 10 80 a m to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business. Arthur A Fisher Referee in Bankruptcy Rockford Illinois July 24 1907.
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District Court of the United States
Ilinois
Frank A. Webb
Freeport
Stephenson
A. D
Robert KB. Mitchell
Preeport
Lhs
Arthur 4. Fisher
Rockford
Til
Bog
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F. A. Read
Pait
Kryder
Stephenson St
Ud Sonne & Sons
Hecomes Dificuit
Terence
Gymnote
Toulon
New England
Bunyvoi
Scott
Progress and Labor
Grand Opera House
Journal
Ruth Collings
Lincoln Ave
Hell Housekeeping
Wo Care Journal
Mast Ies Ih
Vorse
D. GC
Rawleigh
Majestic Theatre
Comfortabe
Waterman’s
Canover
Masony
Hamlin
Cable
Kingsbury
Wellington
the Cable Co. Pianos
Galena St
Geo. A. Stemm
Kimonas
Hermsmeier
Galena
WM. Koenig
Stephenson St. Undertaking
W. Harden
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