Buying a Wagon and the Mall Order Trap
A Boone county Missouri farmer compares a local wagon priced at 75 dollars with a mail order offer at 75 plus freight. He saves little after assembly costs and a broken axle reveal losses from shopping rural via catalogs. The piece argues that mall order buying drains local wealth and harms communities while offering little net gain to individuals.
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Alfred
Chirk
Mr Brown
Boone County
Brown
Chicago
Cottery
Aangsum
Mr. Jones
Jones
Fim
Ir. Brown
Unclear remedy for cat behavior circulates
Fragmentary note suggests a strange cure for a cat by smearing butter on its feet and placing it in a cellar to force residence. The text is garbled and lacks coherent context or verification.
Marriage Days in Italy
The article notes Italian wedding customs with Sunday reserved for first marriages while widows may choose Saturday, reflecting an old practice.
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Italy
Patriotism and the duty to future generations
An orator urges gratitude to the nation and its founders as Washington's birthday nears. He warns against cynicism, praises the rise from good to better and best, and calls all citizens to serve the country by building a better future for the next generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Angels of Heaven
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Lam
Atlantic
Pacific
Vielon
Ion
Soldier Statesman: The One Who Withstood the Popular Voice
James Russell Lowell recalls a rare union of duty and humility in a statesman who bore honors without courting the crowd. The poem celebrates a broad minded, devout figure who faced Nature and fame with calm resolve and unselfish service.
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Washington
James Russell Lowell
Washington’s Wealth as Portrayed in Ford Biography
The article cites Paul Leicester Ford’s The True George Washington noting Washington’s wealth at $550,000, excluding his wife’s assets. It remarks he was among the nation’s wealthiest individuals of his era, with Mary Custis’ lands estimated at 15,500 acres near Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul Leicester Ford
George Washington
Custis
Wulalmeburg
Early Northwest Voyages and Quest for the Northwest Passage
The piece traces early exploration for the northwest passage beginning with Cabot in 1497 and charting rivals from Denmark England France and Portugal. It highlights Frobisher Davis Wadson and the 1616 voyage of William Baffin reaching 77 45 N and finding the Jones Smith and Lancaster sounds as entrances to the hypothetical route.
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John Cabot
Northwest Passage
Denmark
England
France
Portugal
Saya
Atlantic
William Baffin
Jones, Smith
Lancaster
Cure for Baby Rash Promises Quick Relief
Mrs. Hattie Currier of Thomaston Maine reports her nine month old child suffered nightly itching from a rash on face and feet. She used Cutura Remedies and saw improvement within hours with the Cutura Ointment. The cradle cap also cleared, leaving her scalp cleaned and healed. She keeps the ointment on hand for future rashes or bites. June 9 1906.
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Hattie Currier
Thomaston
Some New French Knights and Vatican Tithes
The article notes how papal nobility titles and Vatican decorations lost recognition after church state division in France. Queens and officials now validate tithes and honorary titles, prompting a curious pilgrimage and rising prices for pon tiflen favors.
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France
Vatican
Wilhelmina
Homemade Cyclone Catarrh Cure Promoted
An at home remedy called Cyclone is advertised as a fast cure for catarrh. The mix uses Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla in tea spoonful doses after meals and at night, claimed to cleanse kidneys and blood of catarrhal poisons.
Cake refusal at dinner shocks family
A seven year old named Richard visits a friend with his parents. At dessert he is urged to eat cake. He replies that he will not if the cake is the same as at home, causing embarrassment for his mother.
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Richard
Patent Cure Advert Says Dillan Rowand for Tidal Ailments
An old advertisement promotes One Hundred Dillan Rowand as a cure for tidal ailments not curable by al Catarrh Cu. It claims internal use by a group including Cheney and 00 Toledo and lists various names and places. The text urges readers to take Hall's Family Fille for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Toledo
Fir Wallowa
Kirwan de Damen
Drogas
Hall
Prove Every Claim On Pink Pills For Blood Health
A testimonial cites anaemia symptoms from blood loss and claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cured a patient after appendicitis. It asserts nerve health depends on blood purity and lists various conditions treated by the pills. Sold by druggists or by mail for 50 cents a box, six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
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Louis L. Clark
Lincoln Place
Plainfield
N. J
Indian Reaches Advanced Age in Columbus Cunnitubby
Columbus Cunnitubby, a full blood Choctaw, is believed to be the oldest Indian in the United States at about 114 years. Though frail, his mind remains clear and he can speak only two to three minutes at a stretch. He has 22 children and 109 grandchildren.
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Columbus Cunnitubby
United States
Allcock’s Plasters Lauded As World Standard Healing Aid
A promotional snippet from the late 19th century extols Allcock’s Plasters as the world standard for healing and relief, claiming universal distribution through druggists and emphasizing their status as the original porous plasters. The text includes quotes and advertisements for related remedies and aphorisms.
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Allcock
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Mr. Brown
Catalogue
Cutiura
Rochefoucault
Garfield
Drummond
Socrates
Mia
Winslow
Witioullo
ST. Jacobs Oil
Carters
Howard E. Burton
Colo
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