Queen Margherita Shops in the Italian Alps
The Queen of Italy enjoys a stay in the Alps at Gressony dressed in peasant clothes. She travels with ease despite her size, visiting mountain villages where she is warmly welcomed with flowers and devotion. The article notes her Rome shopping trips and unconventional royal outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Gressony
Italian Alps
London
Royal Board
Rome
Margherita
Quirinal
Corso
Un Beat Prayer Promises Relief Through Bitters
A promotional note urges nervous insomniacs to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for speedy relief. It claims insomnia stems from indigestion and nervousness, two facts the Bitters supposedly address, also curing malaria constipation liver issues rheumatism and kidney complaints.
Lane's Family Medicine Offers Daily Laxative
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as a daily laxative to promote health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief from sick headache with prices of 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Dixon-Young Softleigh on Slow Track After Wind Comment
Dixon and Young Softleigh appear to slacken pace as the wind slows. Hixson punctures the tire on his wheel of fortune, halting progress in a setback-filled moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Young Softleigh
Hixson
Hall's Mair Renewer Promoted as Baldness Preventive
An advertisement proclaims dandruff arises from weakened skin glands and warns neglect leads to baldness. It touts Hall's Mair Renewer as the best preventive.
Continued Popular One Dollar Sunday Outings by Nickel Plate Road
The Nickel Plate Road advertises dollar Sunday outings for groups of five or more on a single ticket from Ohio and Indiana stations to any station within 100 miles, with same day round trips. Station agents provide details. The note also mentions the common house sparrow flying at 92 miles per hour.
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Nickel Plate Road
Ohio
Indiana
Northwest
Southwest
Path of Life Chosen by Daughter of Ex Senator Ingalls
Misa Ethel Ingalls has begun duties as a deaconess of the Protestant Episcopal Church. She entered the house of deaconesses in Philadelphia for probationary work and may be ordained after two years if she proves fit and the board approves.
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Ingalls
Misa Ethel Ingalls
Protestant Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Board of Admission
Bish
Deaconess in Pennsylvania Renounces Married Life
A Pennsylvania deaconess of the Episcopal Church renounces married life. The house mother notes she would owe obedience to a husband if she married, but as a deaconess her first obedience is to the bishop. A deaconess alleviates suffering and aids the needy, visiting hospitals and charitable institutions, seeking work for the unemployed, nursing, and furthering college settlement work.
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Pennsylvania
Episcopal Church
Washington Cherry Tree Tale Told by Deaf Boy
A humorous anecdote relates Prof Gallaudet asking a bright deaf mute pupil if he knew the Washington cherry tree story. The boy signs that Washington used his left hand to hold the hatchet, then explains he needed the right hand to tell his father who cut the tree.
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Gallaudet
George
Nightly Heist in Philadelphia Teases Late-Rooms Visit
In Philadelphia a burglar warns they lack time to finish the job as a visiting collaborator notes it is nearly 9:30 and residents have not yet gone to bed, per Puck.
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Philadelphia
Puck
The Worry of It and Health Promising Cures
A skimming collage notes that athletic training strengthens the whole body yet risks sprains. Jacobs Oil is promoted as a quick remedy. It also includes egg freshness tests by light or water and a tip about shell appearance. Travel and teething product mentions close the fragment.
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S. T. Rover
Ladies’ Home Journal
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United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Crena van Horn
Sharswood St
Grace CoLiorp
Eastern Ave
Cincinnati
Newell
Ryerson St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Isabel Oberg
Chestnut St
Woburn
Mass
A. H. CoLr
New Rochelle
Moody
Eczema Hte
Miss Ethel Ingalls
Stow
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wear & Trvax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Detroit Free Press
D. C. Albright
Miffinburg, Pa
Dr. Kline
B. H. Kuinx, Ltd
Arch St
Ono
Castoria
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
PA H Gn
Mar
Nak City
Sapolio
Rudyard Kipling
Sarah Sands
W. E. Gla
Thomas B. Ree
Justin McCarthon
George F. Hoar
Peary Max O'Rell
Frank R. Stockton
W. D. Howells
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Mes
Barton Harrison
Octave Thanet
Mary E. Wilkins
Margaret E. Sangster
Harriet P. Spofford
Dred Others
Cl. Blesetions Sears
Amos Piconet
Wilty
Semple
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Columbus Avenue
Boston
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