A Society Martyr at Afternoon Teas by John Clinton Anthony
A Brown Magazine excerpt portrays a bachelor vexed by society chatter at afternoon teas. Phyllis Bessie and Ifred spark flirting looks as fortune and fashion trap the bachelor. The poem notes rose color, lace, and Grecian styling amid social schemes and whispered schemes.y
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Sweet Bessie
Maters
Phyllis
Bessie
Ifred
John Clinton Anthony
Brown Magazine
Forgetful lodging house tale at Littleport-on-Sea regatta
The narrator runs a lodging house at Littleport-on-Sea during a late summer regatta. Mrs Burnish and her pale invalid daughter Miss Burnish stay among guests. A planned house party with a breakaway luncheon convoy aims to view the yacht races, while the maternal narrator hints at hidden depths behind the quiet girl.
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Littleport-on-Sea
Miss Burnish
Major Burnish
Littleport
Broadley House
Myself
James
Regatta Break In Theft At Mrs Burnish’s Home
A regatta afternoon in a house full of guests ends with thefts from several rooms. Miss Burnish appears ill while a hidden upstairs sighting reveals Mrs Burnish and a page aiding Miss Burnish, prompting police inquiry and a focus on unguarded interior doors.
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Mrs. Casey
Miss Delorme
Mrs. Burnish
Mrs. Pan
Facer
Duntry
Mr. Duntry
Jane Meacham
Ma’am
Miss B
Holidays Abroad Highlight Mixed Feelings on Celebrations
In Europe holidays evoke tears and homesickness for Americans abroad. Christmas and New Year feel empty without home faces and gifts, Easter remains joyful, but Fourth of July and Thanksgiving are the starkest reminders of home. No cannons, no turkey, no familiar symbols trigger memories of the United States.
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America
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Lake Shore
Rome
London
Free and
Ely's Cream Balm offered as cure for nasal catarrh
A Victorian era druggist advertises Ely's Cream Balm as a remedy for chronic nasal catarrh. A small application in the nostrils relieves inflammation and cleanses, with a claimed instant cure for colds in the head. Sold by druggists or mailed for 60 cents from Bayes, 56 Warren Street, Newark.
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Ely
Ol Bayes
Warren Street
Newark
Orange Wrapping In Florida Packing House Described
A tour group observed Florida orange packing with a candlelit warehouse scene. Workers wrap each orange in tissue paper at tables, then pack crates holding 120 to 140 fruits after a sweating stage on lattice shelves before shipment.
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Florida
Albatross Described as Master of Motionless Flight
A vivid portrait of the albatross highlighting its speed and effortless glide overhead while at sea, its voracious offal diet and periodic fasting, awkward land and deck behavior, and brief breeding visits to inaccessible rocks, ending with a stray remark about a veteran actress.
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Air Land
Agricultural expert predicts syndicate farming to dominate England
An agricultural expert prophesies that by the middle of the twentieth century farming in England will be largely run by syndicates. He argues laborers dislike the soil is rooted and permanent and that advancement will come only through large-scale cultivation and extensive use of machinery.
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England
Banner Salve Ad Claims Healing Prowess
An advertisement extols Banner Salve as the most healing ointment in the world. It credits H. J. Moogk and W. F. Jungkunz and promotes its use on burns sore or cuts.
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H. J. Moogk
W. F. Jungkunz
Hospital Book and Newspaper Society Reports Distributions
The Hospital Book and Newspaper society issued its annual report showing last year’s reach. It distributed 5 812 books 27 777 magazines 71 140 weekly and illustrated papers and 200 000 daily papers to hospitals prisons and similar institutions nationwide.
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Hospital Book and Newspaper Society
Pressonville Man Praises Foley’s Honey and Tar Medicine
A Pressonville Kans man, E Presson, states that townsfolk who used Foley's Honey and Tar regard it as the best remedy for la grippe cold and coughs. The note is from H J Moogh, Wm F Jungkunz & Co.
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E. Presson
Pressonville
Kans
Foley
H.J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co
Paraguay Cotton Plant Cycle Keeps Yearround Growth
The cotton plant in Paraguay grows year round with favorable soil and climate. After harvest the plant is cut and a new one grows from the roots. Every two years both plants and roots are plowed up and replaced, producing a finer cotton trade.
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Paraguay
Cough and cold cures urged by Foley sponsor
Too many people waste time trying cures before acting. Foley's Honey and Tar is recommended to ease coughs and colds promptly. Endorsed by H. J. Moogh and Wm. Flungkunz & Co.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
Wm. Flungkunz
We Never Feel Safe Without One Minute Cough Cure
Wm Orr of Newark Ohio testifies that One Minute Cough Cure saved his boy during pneumonia. The ad claims the remedy cures coughs and all lung diseases, is pleasant, harmless, and yields immediate results. Endorsed by H J Moogk.
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Wm. Orr
Newark
H. J. Moogk
Man credits cure from long illness after Freeport visit
H. H. Windecker of Lena Illinois writes of eight years of neuralgia kidney trouble and nervous prostration. After 22 treatments by Professor Gregory in Freeport he reports relief including ability to put on his overcoat sleep and improved health. He offers to answer inquiries about his case and hopes others with chronic suffering benefit.
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Freeport
Gregory
Prof. Gregory
H. H. Windecker
Lena
Til
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Claims Broad Cures
An old patent remedy promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for coughs colds croup whooping cough and influenza. It cites testimonials of relief from severe coughs and dangerous croup attacks and claims life saving results for children. Sold by Joseph Emmert, successor to Emmert & Burrell.
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Chamberlian
Becme
Joseph Emmert
Emmert & Burrell
Midland Route Tourist Car schedule Chicago to San Francisco
The C M and St P Railway resumes the Midland Route Tourist Car service with a Friday 10:35 p.m. departure from Chicago, stopping at Omaha, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake City, with arrival in San Francisco by Wednesday 9:45 p.m. The westbound car leaves San Francisco Saturdays at 8 a.m. and arrives in Chicago Wednesday at 8:25 a.m. An optional Salt Lake City day visit is offered.
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St. P. Ry
Midland
Chicago
San Francisco
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Omaha
Colorado Springs
Denver
Salt Lake
Pullman
Palace
St. Louis
E. Bell
CGP
Clark Street
Cheap Southern Railway Homeseeker Ticket Offer
On the first and third Tuesdays through October, the Southern Railway offers cheap one way and round trip fares to Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Florida for homeseekers and settlers. Tickets cost one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip and are valid twenty one days from sale. For details and illustrated matter, contact Wy H Taytos A G P A Louisville J C Beam Jr N W P A 80 Adams St Chicago Ills.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Southeastern
United States
Trains East Schedule Details and Connections
Trains No 6 and No 48 run from Freeport to Milwaukee with connections to Chicago Racine Rockford Janesville and Madison. No 6 arrives Milwaukee 3 40 pm and links with Chicago Racine and other points. No 48 provides a similar Milwaukee connection schedule concluding at 8 40 pm.
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Eaae
Chicago
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Teeport
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Rockford
Janesville
Madison
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New York
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Freeport, Illinois
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