Crane Carries Satchel Through Delaware Water Gap
Arthur A. Leeds, from Tioga, met writer Stephen Crane years earlier. At Delaware Water Gap a porter briefed as a farmer’s boy carried Leeds’s baggage to the hotel, where Crane read on the piazza. Crane departed the next day before explanations could occur.
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Mr. Leeds
Stephen Crane
Crane
Philadelphia
The Highest Cross in the World on Hartz Peak
A massive cross tower on Josephshache Mountain in the Hartz range rises 120 feet atop the 1731 feet summit. The structure sits on a quadr angular hall that can hold 600 people, with 200 steps to the top and a forthcoming hydraulic elevator to ease ascent.
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Hartz Mountains
Josephshache
Ovarian Troubles Cured by Lydia E Pinkham Compound
Two letters recount relief from ovarian, bladder and abdominal swelling with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Many Sats of Arlington Iowa credits swelling and pain relief after one bottle, while Mrs Evsus Bryan of Otisville Michigan reports two years of illness improved after six bottles and becoming a well woman.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia
Mars
Evsus
Bryan
Otisville, Mich
Witty Miniatures From Life on the Train and Home
A collage of humorous vignettes from family life and school scenes. Jokes about a five year old loving his puppy and a four year old in an upper berth thinking he is in the top drawer. Gentle social quirks, misunderstandings, and old time newspaper humor preserve a period voice.
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Bobby
Dicky
Grace
Syracuse Herald
Tommy
Philadelphia
Famous Vienna Plaquer Dies From Broken Heart
Gertner once directed the plauker at Deutsches Volks theater Vienna. He concealed his role by changing costumes and signaling actors when to applaud. He slept through a first night, woke to applaud, ruined the play, and died of a broken heart after earning about £10000.
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Deutsches Volkstheater
Vienna
Gertner
Claguer
Millions Spent for Baseball, Health Search Urged
A promotional note claims a million dollars yearly goes to baseball while health spending grows. It urges readers to try Flostetter's Stomach Bitters to strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, and treat dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, and weak kidneys.
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Flostetter
Victoria Cronus counts surviving Victoria Cross recipients
Victoria Cronus notes that among living Victoria Cross winners from the 1950s about 64 men remain eligible and more than two-fifths have held the honor for over forty years. She adds that of the Crimean heroes decorated in Hyde Park on June 26 1857, twenty four remain alive.
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Victoria Cronus
Hyde Park
Grain-O drink advertisement touts grain product
An advertising promo promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute suitable for both children and adults. It claims a rich mocha like color, is made from pure grains, easy on delicate stomachs, and costs 3 cents per cup or 25 cents per package. Distributed by grocers.
Boston Episcopal Church Sued Over Ritual Standards
A Boston Episcopal church faces suit claiming the minister failed to raise worship to the donor specified high church ritual. The case centers on funds left to ensure services meet a demanded standard of churchmanship and ritual.
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Episcopal Church
Boston
Unclear Market Ad Slogan From Vintage Trade Card
Fragmentary ad text evokes a boutique commodity note with pricing. Mentions wheat at a dollar and a firm BR. G. Gunsotva & Co at 16 Ard of Trade Court Rialto Building Chicago. Readable elements indicate a promotional or brokered sale.
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BR. G. Gunsotva & Co
Rialto Bidg
Chicayy
Eighteenth Annual Excursion to Niagara Falls
Egotista cannot converse they talk to themselves only. A. B. Alcott. Eighteenth Annual Excursion Tuesday August 14 via Nickel Plate Road to Niagara Falls at low rates Toronto $1.00 extra Thousand Islands $6.00 extra No extra charge for a top off at Lake Chautauqua Tickets good returning for twelve days Write wire phone or call on nearest agent or A. Asterlin T I A Fort Wayne Ind.
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Nickel Plate Road
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Lake Chautauqua
A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chautauqua Lake
C. A. Asterlin
Do Not Drink Ice Cold Water Says Ladies Home Journal
The text advises avoiding ice cold water and prefers water cooled by ice without direct contact. It praises drinking ample water before bed and first thing in the morning as cleansing and a diuretic.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Caret Candy Cathartic Promotes Natural Bowels
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal cure from headaches to cancer by regulating bowels. Claims easy movements without gripe or pain and urges starting for 10 cents. Warns against imitations of genuine Cascaret’s candy cathartic tablets stamped with C C C.
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Cascaret
Family Provided For
A snippet shows a plan to run hotels in Kansas City and Philadelphia. John proposes one hotel for boys in Kansas City while the speaker would run a Philadelphia hotel with the girls, reflecting a family division of enterprise.
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John
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Indianapolis Journal
What shall We Have for Densert
An quick healthful dessert offered in Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry flavors. Made in two minutes with hot water no boiling or baking. Available at grocers for 10 ets. Also notice urging checking for Russ Bleaching Blue branding to avoid imitations.
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Faratt
Nickel Plate 18th Niagara Falls Excursion Rated
Nickel Plate Road announces its 18th annual excursion to Niagara Falls on Tuesday August 1 with usual Chautauqua Lake stop. Toronto tickets $1 extra, Thousand Islands $6.50 extra. Return within 12 days on Peerless Trio trains. sleeping car reservations encouraged. Also promotes Eagle Linen writing tablets and pens.
What Do the Children Drink Grain-O Advertisement
An ad promotes Grain-O as a nutritious substitute for coffee for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared correctly, and costs about the same. It urges parents to feed Grain-O to their children and notes availability from grocers with a price of Le and 250.
Baby’s Rapid Growth Sparks Night Duty Talk
In the Early Morn. Singleton notes baby’s rapid growth as a big chap. Wederly responds that the infant gains about ten pounds an hour during nighttime walks, reflecting a lighthearted Chicago News style.
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Singleton
Wederly
Chicago News
Allen's Foot Base Advertisement Aiding Tight Shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Base a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25¢ Sample sent FREE Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Not Be Very Strange. McSwitters-Henpeck Elevates Woman
Syracuse Herald reports a social scene where McSwitters-Henpeck rose, offered his seat to a woman who lacked gratitude, and the woman is identified as his wife. The anecdote underscores polite manners and domestic tensions in local life.
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McSwitters
Henpeck
McSwatterse
Syracuse Herald
Piso's Cure for Consumption Endorsement Letter
A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 asserts that Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal for coughs and colds praising its effectiveness and recommending it to others.
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John F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Czar Funds Moscow Church to Mark Serf Liberation
During the czars visit to Moscow he approved a project to build a church commemorating the liberation of the serfs nearly forty years ago.
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Moscow
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Bowels Remedy
Lane's Family Medicine claims to aid digestion and health by moving the bowels daily. The product is said to act gently on the liver and kidneys, relieve sick headaches, and is priced at 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
Ayer
Julia Brown
St. Louis, Mo
Desert of Sahara Compared to U.S. West of Mississippi
The Sahara desert is described as vast, equaling the expanse of the United States region west of the Mississippi River in size and scope.
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Sahara
United States
Mississippi
Incoherent Neon Era Snippet of Brand Slogans and Ads
An OCR trimmed collage of ad copy and product lines. Mentions Venezuela mineral resources and items like Jell O and air cushion rubber stamps. Includes a teething remedy claim and a Fort Wayne box address. The text blends modern marketing phrases with puzzling non sequiturs and obscure names.
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