Hair for Violin Bows From Russia and Germany
Imported horse hair for violin and similar bows comes mostly from Germany with a significant share from Russia. White and black hairs differ in weight, black being stronger for bass bows. White hair is bleached for final whiteness. standard violin bows are about 25 inches, common length 29 inches, and 36 inch hair lengths are typical. Hair is sold in hanks, bundled in dozens, gross, and great gross quantities. Top white hair costs about 20 cents per hank, with setup to bow costing about 30 cents more.
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Germany
Russia
New York Sun
A Story of Sterility Suffering and Relief
A letter to Mes Pinkham’s plant shows Mrs. Con Gilson of YaTes Maniree Maui recounts two years of back pain heavy menses and leucorrhea. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as directed she reports pregnancy and continued benefit.
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Dean Mrs. Pinguan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Con Gilson
Yates, Maniree
Mica
Patient testimonial on medicine curing long illness after marriage
A man describes relief from years of illness after using the medicine. He cites past troubles including womb prolapse, leucorrhea, back and leg pains, indigestion, and nervous stomach tremors. He claims all symptoms vanished and life returned to normal.
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Bannaanr
Naw
Evening star and a peril in the Driscoll home mystery
In a Chicago Times-Herald excerpt, Kate and aunt Mrs. Driscoll confront intruder peril at night after a hidden iron box links to a faded dowry. A fog of danger, deceit, and a plan unfolds as Kate safeguards money and vows secrecy, while Harry and local figures weigh consequences.
Wealthy aunt schemes to fund marriage with gold
Mrs Driscoll, owner of a handsome estate, plots to secure her niece Kate’s marriage by gifting £2000 in gold from a bank vault. She forces the hand of the bank and cashier, then flees with the coins to store them in a safe, letting her jealousy and pride steer the plan. Kate consents, while George Travis contemplates his loss as Mrs Driscoll revels in having her own way.
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Harry Winship
Mrs. Driscoll
Kate
DT O
Unele
Nate
Travis
Ami
Driscoll
Dean
Boy returns to fulfill old promise amid heat
A youth travels through the day heat to honor his pledge to shovel his neighbor's snow back yard, admitting guilt for leaving it undone earlier and now making amends with a square meal paid in kind.
Still More Counterfeiting and Bogus Remedies Seized
The Secret Service uncovered another group of counterfeiters and seized a quantity of counterfeit medicines. The imitators focus on popular tonics like Hosteter's Stomach-Bitters, which claim cures for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation.
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Recret
Hosteter
Pie Has the Place of Honor in Bulgarian Dining
Bulgarians show hospitality with crossed legs around a foot-high table and no potatoes. Meals combine meats and vegetables with pie given the greatest distinction. One should decline the first offer and accept after two or three entreaties.
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Bulgaria
Hall's Catarch Cure Hitutional Cure Ad
Hall's Catarch Cure Hitutional cure priced at 75 cents. The world’s finest and costliest fishes come from China with the brush-tail goldfish valued extremely high. Specimens sold as high as 700 shillings in the past, and European prices reach up to 500 dollars. The tiny fish is so small a flye-shilling pipe could cover it, making it exceptionally valuable.
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China
Europe
Allen's Foot-Ease Shoe Powder Ad
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for instant comfort in new shoes and relief from corns bunions and calluses. It claims to cure burning feet sweating and itching and offers free trial by mail to LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen 3
LeRoy, N.Y
Horse on Somebody in Paris Show Recalled
In a playful note, the passage mentions a horse in Paris and jokes about sightings on the boulevards. The line contrasts the horse with a soap reference and a dining remark, weaving humor around an American character and vehicle brands.
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Anwrivan
Paris
Chautauqua Lake Excursion by Nickel Plate Road
Tickets go on sale July 28 with return options July 29 at special low rates. Daily trein service promises teerless express trains, palace sleeping cars, and fine dining. Ask agents for details on this resort visit.
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Chautauqua Lake
Nickel Plate Road
Palace
Ask
Swamphurst Heir Seeks Food Instead of Land
In a Brooklyn Life item the old man Haddit explains he owns half of Swamphurst and many parcels to sell, but his aim is to find lots to eat, highlighting a peculiar twist in property and appetite.
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Hlassit
Swamphurst
Haddit
Brooklyn
Fiso's Cure Touted by Denver Resident in 1895
Mrs. C Beltz of 459 South Ave Denver Cal endorses Fiso's Cure for coughs and colds dated Nov 8 1895. The fragment notes the ancient Danes consumed wild bull seal beaver periwinkle and birds.
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Fiso
Mrs. C. Beltz
Sth Ave
Denver
Cal
Fagie Linen Paper and Envelopes Featured for Printer Orders
Advertisement notes Fagie Linen Letter Paper and Envelopes as proper choice for next order. Mentions pricing around $2.0 and service between Fort Wayne and Chicago with Sunday return via the Nickel Plate Road.
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Fort Wayne
Chicago
Nickel Plate Plans Seventeenth Niagara Falls Excursion
The Nickel Plate Road announces its Seventeenth Annual Excursion to Niagara Falls on Tuesday August 15. Tickets are valid for return for fifteen days with connection options to Toronto at $1 extra and to the Thousand Islands at $6.50 extra. Stop-overs at Chautauqua Lake permitted without charge. Sleeping Car reservations urged. return on any of three Peerless Fast Express trains. Inquiries via Nickel Plate agents.
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Niagara Falls
Nickel Plate Road
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Chautauqua Lake
Nickel Plate
Chicago
Torono
Wear
St. Louis
Kansas City
Doppavuu
Toleto
Ohio
R. G. Thompson
T.A
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alf WorLiscuLagen
P&t
Detrowt
Mich
Tho’s Follen
T. A
Lafayette
Geo
D. Max
Ieto
D.P
Indianapolis
Crain
G. P
Register of Treasury Endorses Peruna Remedy
In a Washington letter dated April 23 1899 Hon Judson W Lyons Register of the Treasury endorses Peruna as an excellent remedy for catarrhal complaints in spring and summer and notes its equaling Deruni for mood in heat. Lyons, a familiar financial figure, resides in Augusta Georgia and is a National Republican committee member and friend of President McKinley.
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Judson W. Lyons
Register of the United States Treasury
Washington, D. C
Register OF the Treasury
Veruna Drug M’t'g Co
Columbus
Peruna Claims Cure for Summer Catarrh and Dysentery
Dr. Hartman of Columbus Ohio asserts that enerera morbus cholera difantum and related summer complaints are all catarrh of the bowels. He touts Peruna as a universal remedy and offers a free copy of "Summer Catarrh" for those seeking details.
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Sumer
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
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Lowe. Mass
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Trate
Trampu
Aetin
Tie
Shiv Aries
Elfen
George Travis
Llarry
Hall
Swanson Ipeuamat
Cure CO
Lake Street
Porto Rico
Dusinas
San Juan
P. H
Ripars Chemical
New York
Teatimoniala
Register OF Treasury
New Athens
RE .R
Williams
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EW York Chemical CO
Milwaukee
Wis
Fr. W.N. U
Sapolio
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