Blood Tea for Cold and Grippe Remedy in 19th Century Voice
Reader notes mention an herbal tea claimed to aid digestion and bowel movement while serving as a medicine to kill colds grippe and pneumonia. The fragment references a parent keeper, druggists, and delicate language about remedies and health.
Rethinking Charity and the Value of Real Help
The piece argues for true charity beyond mere money, urging generosity of spirit and practical aid. It cautions against misdirected giving, encourages encouraging words and acts that elevate recipients, and calls for Wise, sustained aid rather than one time shows of cash.
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Samarita
Jericho
Woods
Douglas Malloch poem fragment describing theSpring personified as a bringer of awakening, song, and cheer. It contrasts spring with a dreary room, inviting readers to feel life through nature’s bloom and rising spirits.
The Romance of Words and a Greeley Crack
The piece traces the phrase coined by Donn Pratt linking a cheap idea to a crooked person, comparing Horace Greeley to a hand crank. It notes how the simile spread, misapplied to hobbyists and the insane, then faded as a semi humorous, non libelous appellation.
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Donn Pratt
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Hidden Beauties in Paths Ahead at British Weekly
A reflective note from the British Weekly urging the search for quiet beauty beyond daily grumbles. The author seeks contentment in chosen paths, acknowledging potential resentment as progress continues and others advance.
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Gaxa
Bhother
British Weekly
Meats and Desserts From an Old Cookbook Menu
A fragment from a recipe section lists Chicken Fillets With Almond Sauce Banana Pie and Almond Sponge Cake. Instructions cover salting peppering and frying chicken fillets, making a white sauce with cream, adding almonds, and preparing almond sponge cake with eggs sugar flour baking powder. A banana pie recipe uses banana pulp sugar crackers milk lemon rind juice salt cinnamon egg cream and baking in a pastry shell.
Old School Minister Talks to Lambinettes About Bootlimbers
In the Indianapolis News, a minister of the old school addresses a crowd of lambinettes with peppy manners. He tries to warn them of evils in the world, ending with a blush as he mentions a rumor of bold bootlimbers in the community.
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Frank N. Wallace
Bee
Mr. Wallace
Indianapolis News
The Girl on the Job How to Succeed How to Get Ahead
Jessie Roberts argues that women can improve earnings and stability by moving into hourly cook and house worker roles with formal training. She says this shift can boost recognition of domestic work as a dignified profession and support future advances in home management.
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Jiessie
Roberts
Domentia
Batter Adjectives Speech Sparks Debate
A fragment hints at a heated discussion about a public speech. The exchange questions spontaneity versus preparation and touches on gendered expectations in a terse, clipped style. The text suggests a social clash over performance and judgment.
Refutation Begets Respect In Quiet Exchange
A lone man refutes an argument gently and earns his due from hlm through patient reasoning and measured rewards.
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Hlm
Diamond Dyes Advertises Women’s Dye Kits for Clothing
A vintage advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes for wool, cotton, linen, and mixed fabrics. It promises complete dyeing directions and urges buyers to use Diamond Dyes to avoid streaks or faded results, noting a color card available at druggists.
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Ady
Warding Off Bad Luck On New York Streets
A passerby recalls a curious scene at Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue where a woman broke mirrors on the curb triggering a crowd. The incident, tied to superstition, evokes local fare, with the narrator mentioning seven years of bad luck and a blockade nearby.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
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