Thomas Cale of Alaska Honored Congressman of Pacific Slope
Noted Alaska congressman Thomas Cale, known on the Pacific slope, resides at 1312 6th St NW Washington DC. Peruna ad features endorsements from Hon. C Slemp Virginia congressman praising Peruna as a tonic and cure for catarrh for coughs and colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Slope
Weshington
6Th St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Thos. Cale
Congress
Alaska
Washington
D. C
Peruna Drug Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Thomas Cale
C. Slemp
Virginia
Runaways and the pull of home across life stages
The poem narrates childhood elusiveness and teen stubbornness, contrasting dark wanderings with the safety of home. It reflects on returning to family, friends, and familiar spaces, ending with the value of home despite occasional departures. The voice echoes a New York Sun reflection on belonging and reunion.
Woman’s spiritual struggle over love and intellect in London
Zolime Wier endures a year of inner turmoil after falling for cleric Charles Hollen. She seeks equal footing, studies in Europe, and returns fortified by culture. At Westminster Abbey she confronts lingering desire, realizing she cannot fully banish him from her heart despite intellectual awakening.
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Zolime Wier
Zolime
Legediums
Miss Zolime
Joe
Thomases
Moore
David
Hespedus Club
Charles Hollen
Charles Tollen
Ami
Westminster Abbey
Germany
France
Hanover
Paris
Scotland
England
London
Westminster
Zokiine
Abbey
Jongero
Edward
London's First Balloon Arouses Great Excitement
In 1781 London's first balloon ascent drew massive crowds from Moorfields to Ware Hertfordshire. Italian aviator Vincent Lamardi guided the craft, witnessed by the king and officials, amid fear, awe, and calls for magical deeds as spectators swooned and cheered the daring flight.
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London
Vincent Lamardi
Moorfields
Baloon
Theart North 2
Lunardi
Ware
Hertfordshire
Teague
Silent Venice intrigue in Waverley tale
In a dramatic scene Charles Holden and Zolime confront feelings aboard a voyage. Amid confessions and hidden secrets they acknowledge love and a shared quest, with revelations unfolding toward a Shakespeare monument and a future claim.
Vignettes and Bits From Odd Letters and Cranks
A collage of stray quotes and snippets from various papers includes a Yale student dairy entry story, Gulf of Mexico oil fire spectacle, and scattered humorous exchanges. The items suggest light cultural notes and fleeting curiosities from late era newspapers.
Misery Ends for Boy Through Cuticura Cure
A Brooklyn mother credits Cuticura remedies with curing her son’s twelve year eczema after doctors failed. The child improved after initial use and was fully cured following the second remedy set. Also notes France adopting hot coal tar road treatment at about eight tenths of a cent per square yard.
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Cuticura
Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promises Cure All Stages
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It offers a $100 reward for any case not cured and invites readers to request testimonials. Also mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and a missionary view on Korea becoming Christian with proper effort.
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Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prozy
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
W. H. Rogers
Indianapolis
Ind
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Wlat
F. J. Carney & CO
Korea
This Will Interest Mothers
This ad promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a New York Children’s Home. It claims to cure constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroy worms with 30 000 testimonials. Available at all druggists for 25 cents. Free sample. Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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RE. N CO
Boston
Mass
Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Wife You Need Not Go to Night Club Says Husband
A brief dialogue from Life notes that a wife asks for permission to go to the club and the husband replies that it isn’t absolutely necessary but he needs the rest. The exchange hints at domestic tensions over leisure activities.
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Kinsband
Our-Pie Preparation Pie Mix Ad from Rochester
A D-Zerta Food Co. Rochester New York promotes Our-Pie Preparation Lemon Chocolate or Custard as a quick reliable pie mix sold to grocers for 10 cents. The copy urges avoiding uncertain recipes and choosing the ready mix for consistent pies.
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D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. Y
Opinion of a Connoisseur and Odd Ball Vignettes
A collage of brief anecdotes and curiosities from early 20th century life. The piece mentions butter preservation with salt and small coffee breakfasts, a teething syrup advert, a nurse and a society lady with a boy who asks for a nickel, and a gossiping wedding surprise snippet.
Postum improves health claims from a doctor’s perspective
A doctor notes his wife observed families using Postum seemed healthier than coffee drinkers. After two years of marriage Postum remained in use while coffee and tea were wasted. He credits Postum with relief from longstanding digestion issues and related ailments.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Salter Seed Company Free Plant and Seed Catalog Offer
John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers to mail a free plant and seed catalog with assorted seed packets including Quick Quick carrot Earliest Ripe Cabbage Earliest Emerald Cucumber La Crosse Market Lettuce Early Dinner Onion Strawberry Muskmelon Thirteen Day Radish and a thousand kernels of flower seed postpaid for 12 cents or 16 cents for Berliner Earliest Cauliflower The offer promises enough seed to grow 35 bushels of vegetables and thousands of flowers with postpaid delivery
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John A. Salter
la Crosse
Wis
John A. Salter Seed Co
Wis. C
Profitable Dairy Cows and Health Notes from 19th Century Source
A compact reprint lists Pacific Coast Dorax Co. Chicago for Successful Dairy, offering a free booklet on profitable cow selection, feeding, milk handling, and disease cures. Mentions plague in Constantinople and a tonic claim with Bromide Quinine and a river description. Includes a joke about Peter at a party.
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Pacific Coast Dorax Co
Chicago
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Mrs Jagway Hears Ebenzer Stirring Below in Hallway
Aroused by a faint floor noise Mrs Jagway rises, listens at the door, and hears a figure stumbling over furniture and swearing in a subdued voice. She identifies the intruder as Ebenezer and returns to bed.
Truth and Quality Appeal of a Laxative Remedy
The advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe pleasant laxative with no debility or dosage increases needed. It claims physicians approve its components and urges buying from the California Fig Syrup Co. only, sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Ready for All Comers In Bridal Parade
A wedding scene unfolds as rice showers from the bride’s parasol and the groom, a sturdy man, steadies his bride amid cheers. He grins and tells the crowd they’ve not been married long, noting she is his violet and he her sheltering ork, weighing two hundred and eight pounds.
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Violet
Success Magazine
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