Ravensmere heir offers title for marriage deal
In a London study, Arley Ramsome faces ruin over Ravensmere mortgage. Lord Caraven is urged to marry Ramsome’s daughter Philander to save the estate, with a dowry of two hundred thousand pounds. The negotiations reveal tension between money, status, and personal choice as the pair meet in a refined drawing room.
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London
Arley San- Borie
Abicy Ramsome
Earl of Caraven
Ailey Ransome
Ratsotle
Bowser
Carlin
Tsemibie Mann
Tony Des Ford
Barrow
Ravensclere
Moe
Borsa
Pawea
Arley Ransome
Bin
Faust
Airie
Vire Caraven
Arley Hansome
Lord Carnaven
Ford
Ravensmere
Lemier
Caraven
Cihiven
Mir Ransome
Caeyaven
Siniss
Aoades
Artey
Hildred
Caragen
Toreatty
Poe
Torelli
Cantaiven
Caravens
Moses
Paul
Aries Rirnsomre
Phildred
Chen
Only Man Alive After Viper Bite Survives in Africa
Summers, chief engineer of the steamer Ebank, was bitten on the ankle by a double-horned viper near Opobe in the Niger coast protectorate. He survived after assistants accounted for the snake and a daylong medical effort. Dr. Thompson treated the wound with iodine and bromide, Summers endured delirium yet recovered after eleven days at the consulate, prompting a medical journal account.
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British and African Company
Benny
Liverpool
West Africa
Canaries
Bh. Summers
Ebank
Opobe
Swumers
Stein
Niger Coast Protectorate
Summers
Cen Summers
Thompson
Protectorate
Summer
Wheelmen numbers dip but health tonic still urged
The League of American Wheelmen falls about 2000 short of the LOQUO mark in recent weeks. Despite the drop, promoters insist Hostetter's Stomach Bitters boosts digestion, bowel vitality, and counters kidney trouble as a reliable health aid.
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League of American Wheelmen
Care of House Ferns for Moist Air and Gentle Light
The article advises keeping house ferns in moist air via evaporation, syringing, or spraying and using ferneries or glass bells to maintain humidity. Ferns prefer moist shaded spots and should not dry out. avoid strong sun on new fronds while they unfurl to prevent damage.
Deathoss Can't Ra Cured Poe docu applicationa
advertisement claims Hulls Catarrh Cure cures deafness from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for proof of cures. warns about inflamed racoye linda of the Bastardian Vale and describes a defective ear tube needing restoration to prevent permanent hearing loss. provides Toledo Ohio address for circulars and druggists selling the cure.
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Hull
J. Cheney & CO
Tuledo
Imitators race lesson from Columbus tale retold
Dialogue recalls Christopher Columbus and a myth about an egg star. Biggs notes Italian memory and contrasts it with American crowd habits, joking that many Talkins run fruit, peanut, or boot black stands.
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Biggs
Columbus
Diggs
Bigges
Christopher
No Klondyke Reward Here Says Walters in Pa
Walters of Le Stausville Pennsylvania swears to 262 bushels per acre of Salzer's corn claiming a potential yield of 25 200 bushels with gold level returns at 60 cents a bushel. He touts Salzer Seed Co LaCrosse Wisconsin offering free seed catalogues and eleven seed samples as proof of worth and urges order.
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BF. Walters
le Stauusville
Salzer
Tim
A. Salzer Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Williamsport Reader Credits Pisen Cure Medicine
Letter from Anna M. Ross of Williamsport Pennsylvania dated November 12 1895 endorses Pisen Cure as the only medicine to cure consumption and criticizes judging the war by its canvas cover.
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Iean
Anna M. Ross
Williamsport
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement
An old style ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for corns bunions chilblains and various foot ailments. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25e with a free sample offer and address listed in Le Roy Olmsted, New York.
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ASIK
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Pays to Keep ata An Old Maid with Cats Finds Coal
A quirky item notes an old maid with four cats finding a scuttleful of coal in her back yard each morning. She practices strict economy buying only half a ton of coal annually.
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Bowel Relief
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement as health, with claims of liver and kidney benefits, headache cures, and prices at 26 and 50 cents. It also markets Lazative Bromo Quinine Tablets for a one day cold cure with a money back guarantee.
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Lane
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