Protection Order for a Poor Scottish Actress
Delia Moray, a London stage actress, faces hardship under her abusive husband James Moray. A sympathetic friend, Mrs Hephzibah Horton, urges Delia to seek a magistrate’s protection order to shield herself and her child from violence. Delia journeys home to find her missing son and her husband returning drunk at night, ending with a tense cliffhanger.
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Chaptha I
Hephatbah Horton
Eophzibah Horton
Chicky
Arora
Sarah
Fight Post
Delia Moray
Delia
Willie
Préhncas
Espicglerie
Rlima
von Fig
Mr. Moray
Miles
Scotland
Glasgow
James
Greenock
Berwick
Chilton
Mrs. Heplaibah
Christendom
Mrs. Horton
Jasquer
Gebut
Delian Moray
Corinthian Theater
Amond
Theatot
Miss Merton
Hye
Indy
William Kloray
Willy
Mrs. Timson
Ema
Isself
Mrs. Moray
Ancient belief in music's healing and calming powers
The article recalls ancient claims that music calmed wild youths and soothed madness, cured diseases, and influenced souls like medicine affects the body. It cites Pindar, Mirandola, Theophrastus, Thebes pipe cures, Zenocrates, tarantula bites, and Phrygian pipe as common antiquated beliefs.
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Cypele
Pindar
Mirandola
Theophrastus
Zenocrates
Not Slept for Five Years Report in Indiana
Tifa says four men in Indiana have not slept an hour in five years. Thousands of men and women struggle to sleep due to dyspepsia headache and constipation. A remedy for these disorders is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, sold by all druggists.
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Ifns
Tifa
Indiana
Quarantined Toys Infections Fear And Ills Of Folk Tales
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a toy dealer describing “quarantined toys” as iron playhouses and mechanical postmen sent to children with scarlet fever. Toys are baked after use to sterilize and preserve value, a practice criticized as odd but widely accepted in the trade as a precaution amid epidemics. The dialogue features a father praising his baby as a future great man and a mother listening as the child remains silent.
New Warfare Gas by Polish Chemist Promises Armies’ Peace
A New York World report credits Warsaw chemist Simon Pawlowski with a gelatine shell gas that paralyzes enemy troops for hours. The article describes a future battle where inhalation renders soldiers unconscious without lasting injuries, potentially ending battlefield mutilations and deaths.
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Simon Pawlowski
Warsaw
Pavlowsk
New York World
Wheat profits and seed catalog highlights from Salzer Co
Wheat at 40 cents a bushel and tips to grow high profit crops with Salzer's Red Cross samples yielding 80 bushels per acre. Winter wheat Tye oats clover featured. Seed catalogue available for 4 cents postage from Jolin A. Sali Zur Seed Co La Crosse Wis. Also a note on rhododendron in India and marigolds camomiles in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
Red Cross
Jolin A. Salizur Seed CO
la Crosse
Wis
UN U
Patent patent medicines ad copy and quotes
An assortment of early 20th century patent medicine claims and misc statements. The text touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Winslow's Soothing Syrup, with promotional assertions about cures, testimonials, prices, and dramatic claims. It includes unrelated proverbs and counterfeit market notes, ending with contact details for a Philadelphia firm.
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Dangererous
Washington Star
Hood
Amorles
A. Hood
India
North
Africa
Hall
Price
TIE Piso CO
Warren
Pao
Amer
Winslow
Fire and Sword
Babbler
Dr. King
Kaine, Ltd
Arch
Philadelphia
Cannor
RTPAN
Ripans Chemical
York
Fife
Moville
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