Leeds man buys rare Hebrew customs book from 17th century
Harold P Ree bought an old three-in-one volume on Hebrew ceremonies. Dated 1624 with 1678 edition, the work by Thomas Godwyn blends Roman antiquities and Hebrew rites, drawn from charities now lost, and valued modestly by a local expert.
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Earhie
Leeds
Harold P. Ree
Dent &T
Briggate
Moses
Ely
Tle
Thomas Godwyn
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Cold Day Warning in Ads for Quinine Tablets
A fragment notes a claim about cold remedies with Quinine Tablets sold in boxes priced at 2 cents each. The text hints a guarantee or money back if not effective, mentioning “All money if it fails to care” and a type of sales pitch typical of period advertising.
We Editorial We and Meanings of We in Prewar Paris Beacon
In this editorial the Beacon explains how the pronoun we can refer to different groups. It cites examples where we means the editor a newsroom crew a town or a nation and notes how context shifts who is included and what is conveyed.
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Bomehbody
Wen
Paris
Beacon
Ely’s Cream Balm Promises Quick Nasal Relief
An advertisement claims Ely’s Cream Balm offers fast relief for nasal catarrh. It markets a trial size by mail and states a price of ten cents and availability through druggists. The text mentions applying liquids to the nasal passages and emphasizes a solid preparation form.
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Nepalea
What He Meant in a Preliminary Campaign Talk
A fragmentary Philadelphia Press item shows a discussion on campaign funds and likely support for a band in town. It notes a cautious stance from a committee member and hints at tentative measures amid political tension.
Having All Sorte of Fun
A Beloit Kansas Call item relays a humorous but cautionary note from a woman to her email boy in the country. She recounts a boat capsize rescue, a burial after a second boy’s disappearance, a horse kick causing head injuries, plans to burn an old barn for mischief, and a aim to bring a tame pole cat home, all framed as playful misadventure.
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Beloit
Kan
Heart and Kidney Pills Praised by South Dakota Mother
Mrs. A D Hyde of Folsom South Dakota writes a public letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing her heart pain after over three years and helping her daughter with weak kidneys. She urges publication to inform others of the medicine's effects. Fifty cents a box sold by dealers.
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South Dakota
Folsom, Custer Co
H. D. Hyde
Dodd
A. D. Hyde
Heaviest Flying Birds and Catarrh Cure Claims
Heaviest birds include the great bustard with old males near thirty five pounds and young males up to forty pounds. Once common in Western Europe, bustards are now rare except near the Dnieper and Caspian coasts. Catarrh is labeled constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co. Toledo is advertised as a universal remedy with a $100 promise for failure and a 75 cent price.
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Europe
Dnieper
Caspian Scan
Hall
F. J.cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & CO
Bobby’s Conundrum Riddle Shared
A playful exchange where Bobby asks a riddle about a letter that appears once in a minute and twice in a moment but not in a hundred years. Tommy admits he cannot solve it before Bobby reveals the answer, the letter M.
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Bobby
Tommy
Putnam Face Less Dye Colors and Other Notes
A collage of consumer notes and snippets: Uncle Eben on letting others keep their word, Mrs. Austin's new dress, Dr Franklin Booth's self amputation without anesthesia, Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement and liver kidney benefits, cautions about excess coffee harming eyesight, Jell O flavors and prices, a claim about moles aiding pasture drainage, and a China silk industry estimate of 4 to 4 million workers.
Cascar Candy Cathartic Promises Quick, Gentle Relief
An old advertisement urges relief from ailments from headaches to cancer through Cascarts and Cascar Candy Cathartic. It claims nature is helped by easy natural movements and offers a 10 cent start with metal boxed tablets stamped C. C. Beware of imitators.
Insomnia Patient Under Doctor's Care
Dialogue notes a patient described as wide awake yet treated for insomnia by a doctor. Fuddie questions knowledge of stocks while the doctor confirms the patient is under care.
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Fuddie
Stocks
Government buys Libby Plum Pudding for soldiers
The U S Government has purchased a large consignment of Libby McNeill Libby Plum Pudding to be supplied to American soldiers in the Philippines and Cub.
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Uncle Sam
Libby
U. S
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Philippine Islands
Cubs
France Silk Output in 1887 Reaches 14.9 Million Pounds
Official figures show France produced 14 900 000 pounds of silk in 1887 valued at £29 400 000. The report details the scale of the silk industry with total output and monetary worth recorded for the year.
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France
Nervous Prostration Case Prompts Free Medical Advice
Rev Henry A Soe Irnheath of Weston B Va suffers severe nervous prostration and physical weakness. He credits Dr Greene's Nervara's for relief and urges readers to seek the doctor's free guidance at 35 West 14th Street New York City for rapid health help.
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Henry A
Irnheath
Papin Hivine
Weston
Alton Gary
Dr. Greene
Dor. Greene
Nervara
West 14Th Street
New York City
Domet
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China
St. Jacobs Oil
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Br. Sivene
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