Crisis of Girlhood and Lydia Pinkham Health Claim
A period piece touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as saving young women from pain and irregularities during puberty. A Tennessee mother, Mise Exoma Cole, endorses the remedy after years of suffering, urging others to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lyon Massachusetts.
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Pinkham
Lyon
Mass
Records of Wagers in 19th Century London Coffee Houses
The article recalls antique wager books once kept in London coffee houses. Bets covered marriages births deaths and political events, duration of ministries, lifespans of notable figures, earthquakes and even hangings, illustrating wide wagering scope.
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London
Generosity Marks War Minister Piequart Confrontation
General Piequart, defender of Dreyfus and French minister of war, defuses a confrontation with an officer linked to the conspiracy that banished him. He praises the officer as excellent, vowing not to forget his past service.
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SR Aerait
Piequart
Dreyfus
Sahara
Plequart
Best 100 Books Listed by Sir John Lubbock
A long list of classic works named by Sir John Lubbock as the top 100 books to read. The compilation includes Marcus Aurelius Meditations, Confessions of Augustine, Shakespeare's plays, Dante Divina Commedia, Cervantes Don Quixote, Milton Paradise Lost, Voltaire Zadig, Darwin Origin of Species, and many more noted authors and titles.
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Dehy Lubbock
Marcus Atweline
Epictesus
Arietolle
Ethier
Confucius
St. Biltaire
Apoxtolle Farther
Christ
Thomes A Kempis
Confessions of St Augustin
Spinnew Eg Cractons Theologiee Politicius
Paneal
Paonsees
Mathers Analoe Ouf Religion
Taylor
Holy Living
Buorgane Pilgrio
Progress
Keble Christian Year
Plao
Dialogues
Xenophonis Menore Dilla
Avietotte
Polities
Demosthenex Fe Corona
Cicero
Greens
England
Gulliver
Defoe
Wakefield
Haswell
Johnson
Mollere
Schiller
Sheridan
Carlyle
Smith
Mill
Captain Cook
White
Selborne
Darwin
Montaigne
Addison
Emerson
Edmund Hurke
Voltaire
Goethe
Thackeray
Lytton
George Eilot
Kingaley
Scott
The Marrying Squire and Other Notables
A feature of notable figures includes Brazil Indiana justice George E. Law who has united about 1400 couples, his kidney cure story, Cornelius Vanderbilt rising in New York National Guard ranks, Allcock's Porous Plaster praised as a standard remedy, a fox in a British hunt incident, Jeremiah Curtin master of 70 languages and Yale College alumnus, and Rev Dr Magnes eyed as future head of Zionist federation in New York.
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Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
National Guard of
New York
Ble
New Yorker
Magnes
Temple Emanu-E
American Federation of Zionists
Friedenwald
Baltimore
Federation
Garfield Remedies Advertises Pure Food Act Compliance
An old advertisement touts Garfield Remedies with claims of meeting the National Pure Food and Drugs Act. It promotes Garfield Tea for constipation and headaches and cites a Chinese proverb and a testimonial style urging reverence through sorrow.
Curious Facts About Animal Eyes And Breath
The text notes differences in eye structure and breathing across animals. It claims horses lack eyebrows while hares have limited eyelids, owls have fixed eye sockets and can turn their heads, frogs die if their mouths remain open, fishes must continually move their mouths, and a claim about an eel having two hearts. It also mentions a snake with teeth in the head and a substitute in its stomach for a species in Africa.
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Africa
Flowers Preserved in Cold Storage by French Scientist
A French experimenter named Vereler has kept certain peonies in cold storage for over three months with flowers remaining well preserved. Red and white China peonies showed the best endurance, while the test results remain unexplained.
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Vereler
Hundred Deligre Reward Promised for Uncurable Cattle
An 19th century notice from Cheney & Co of Toledo offers a reward for any cow from Ustarth claiming an incurable condition cured by Mail's Citatric Core. The undereigned assert long acquaintance with Fr. Cheney and pledge compliance with obligations, while promoting Wall's Caterrh Core as a preventive measure.
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Cheney
Toledo
Hie Frm
Faitoved
Kinnan & Manvin
Wholteare Draagiats
Wall
Tate Nail
Honest grocer helps a bride in a small town
A bride recalls a grocer who corrected a mistake with oranges in a humorous tale. She praises his thoughtfulness after finding a damaged item, saying only a reputable store would handle such detail, as cited by Harper’s Weekly.
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Whren
Racer
Mialam
Harper
Mumbled Phrase Boarded as Language Lesson
A child and father discuss new words and a mother who always has the last word. The dialogue hints at language learning and family dynamics in a domestic scene. The text presents scattered phrases about words being found in a dictionary and daily coinages.
Reception Costs Heaton Estate in Silk Drapery Upgrade
Mrs Augustus Heaton of Washington changed from Episcopalian to Roman Catholic and hosted a reception for her diocese bishop. She redesigned her drawing room by stripping furnishings and walls and installing drab silk coverings spending $9,000 in the effort.
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Augustus Heaton
Washington
Picquart’s Army Nickname Georgette
General Picquart earned the nickname Georgette in the French army due to his gentle manner while performing regimental duties.
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Picquart
Georgette
Doctor Shares Grape-Nuts Revival After Burnout
An overworked Ohio family doctor describes severe health decline from heavy practice and other work. He credits Grape-Nuts with rapid, lasting improvement in weight, stamina, and mental fortitude, and praises The Road to Wellville pamphlet found in Postum Co packages for guiding new patients.
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Ohio
Wellville
Postum Co
Hattle Creek
Mich
Rheumatism cured by William's Pink Pills
Mrs Henry Oota of West Cheshire Conn testifies to a lasting cure from rheumatism after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She suffered for years with pain in foot, ankles and knees and was bedridden for three weeks. After taking the pills she recovered fully and permanently. The ad promotes pink pills as blood purifiers that strengthen nerves and digestion with no bowel effect. Sold by druggists or postpaid by the De Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Wilms
Henry Oota
West Cheshire
Conn
William Pink
Willis
de. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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