Former Greensburg Pastor Delivers Cuba Reminiscences
The Rev. J W Duncan of Shelbyville preached at Roberts Park Church on Cuba life lessons and public issues. He described Havana as a white city with brick heat retention, noted night schools teaching English, argued annexation sentiment, and referenced postal and public fraud remarks, closing with America.
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J. W. Duncan
Shelbyville
Roberts Park
Cuba
Havana
Duncan
United States
National Congress
Maine
Thompson
Mr. Neely
Not Suffer So Again for Fifty Times the Price
A Bourgettstown Wash dogtom Co. man recalls severe stomach pains and quick relief after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at Miller & McCurdy's drug store. He praises it as the finest stomach trouble remedy and says he would not be without it. Sold by Buatterton Bros. m1
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Miller & McCurdy
Chamberlain
G. H. Willon
Hiveryman
Bourgettstown
Washdogtom Co
Buatterton Bros
Look Before You Leap Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad
A sales warning urges buyers to avoid substitutes and request Hood's Sarsaparilla. Testimonial from J D Torrey of Fredonia New York claims scrofula sores cleared after taking Hood's and endorses it for blood diseases.
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Hood
Hood's
J. D. Torrey
W. Main Street
Fredonia
The Quiet Pleasures of Spring Days
A folksy verse reflects on choosing leisure over labor as spring brings lazy days and simple joys. The speaker prefers fishing and daisies to heavy plowing, enjoying the easy rhythm of rural life.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offer Appetite and Digestion Aid
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for poor digestion and dyspepsia, claiming they restore appetite and regularity. The pills are sold for twenty five cents at Grover and Bonner’s drug store.
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Dr. King
Grover & Bonner’s
The Question of the Census Questions
The article argues census aims include apportionment and growth study, noting marriage as a key social factor. It outlines questions on marital status, duration, and children living, to measure birth rate and family structure for national growth assessment.
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Congress
United States
Grain-O improves taste with pure grain drink
A reader reports Grain-O made from pure grains converted her from coffee after a week. The product is described as nourishing for all ages and a strengthening table beverage. Available at grocers for 15 and 25 cents with preparation directions included.
Indian Fakirs Entertains with Astonishing Street Tricks
A reporter describes Indian fakirs performing in Colombo dazzling a sunlit crowd. A metal jar filled with water, flames from the throat, a cobra reanimated, and a boy lifted by eye cups are witnessed as extraordinary feats by ordinary street performers.
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India
Michael Meyers
Herrmann
Kellar
Grand Hotel
Colombo
Father accepts marriage. predicts quick divorce
An old friend confronts a father about his daughter's consent to marriage with a young man. The father asserts knowledge of the couple, predicts the daughter may tire of the match, and suggests the wedding day may never come. The exchange fixtures the social tension over arranged unions.
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Anders
Swiftpace
Chicago
Pest
Burly Tramp and Dogs Mentioned in Curiosity Story
A whimsical New York Weekly excerpt shows Mrs. Rurai keeping tramps away with a burly watchdog. The tramp boasts the dog can bark to wake the big porch dogs, highlighting a playful exchange about guarding a home.
Not Enough Pin Money to Go Round
A brief humorous gag exchange from Chicago News set in Ostend Pennsylvania about needing a dollar for tenpins. The dialogue contrasts financial restraint with family pin money challenges in a lighthearted, domestic-at-home tone.
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Ostend
Chicago News
Local Notes and Weather Bits from the Community
Miss Grace VanBuskirk of Indianapolis visited home folks. Mrs. O M Elder and children went to North Vernon to see her ill father. George Fleetwood of Sandusky lost his residence to fire last Thursday night with no insurance. Light rainfall cheered locals. Corn growing well. Hon Will Cumback spoke at Wesley Chapel and Brookville Decoration Day. A Sandusky sheep fleece weighed sixteen pounds sold to Max Calimber t, praised as best wool.
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O. M. Elder
North Vernon
George Fleetwood
Sandusky
Will Cumback
Wesley Chapel
Buena Vista
Brookville
W. P. Harris
Oxford
Max Calimbert
The Lathrop Reception A Floral Society Event
A Friday afternoon reception at Rev. J. B. Lathrop home on North Franklin street hosted by Miss Lizzie Lathrop and Mrs. Harry Lathrop. The corridor and parlors glowed with La France roses palms and carnations as guests arrived greeted by Miss Mary Gavin. The Hart orchestra from Indianapolis provided music while punch and refreshments were served by a large auxiliary of ladies.
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J. B. Lathrop
North Franklin Street
Lizzie
Harry Lathrop
France
Mary Gavin
Frank E. Gavin
Jabon S. Shannon
John W. Browning
Hart Orchestra
Indianapolis
Lizzie Lathrop
J. H. Alexander
Joseph Kitchin
Nettie Hamsher
Will Cumback
Edgar Hamilton
Edwin Coles
O. G. Miller
J. L. Hamilton
W. W. Bonner
Mary Cumback
Maria Coy
Sue Lambert
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Rest and help for weary women are found in Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It makes women strong and healthy to bear burdens and overcomes ills due to being female. Known coast to coast, it claims to have cured more sick women than any other medicine.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Cure for Consumption and lung diseases offered free by Rev Edward A Wilson
The writer claims long illness with consumption and related lung ailments has been cured by simple means and offers a free prescription to others suffering from consumption asthma catarrh bronchitis and throat and lung illnesses. Send for the remedy at 21y1 Brooklyn NY.
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Edward A. Wilson
Brookyln, N.Y
The Judge's Advice to a Wavering Congressman
An elderly man recounts a tale of a western representative torn between religion and politics. The judge advises the young man he cannot pursue both heaven and the legislature and must choose one path. The story reflects a clash between moral reform aims and political ambition.
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Congress
Blank
Washington Star
Kaffir smoking customs described in London Mail
The London Mail reports South African practice among Kaffirs and Boers with varied tobacco habits. Women smoke continuously while cooking and washing, men favor strong weed by pipe and snuff, and a communal cow horn pipe creates a chorus of coughing before it passes.
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South Africa
London Mail
Fasting across species and legends in exchange notes
The piece surveys fasting limits in animals and humans, noting 48 hours for a person with ample water, a pig lasting 160 days, a dog two months, rabbits three weeks, cold blooded animals years, with remarks on hibernation and mythic tales of a toad sealed 5 000 years. It cites the father lasher fish and a horse fasting month, ending with an Exchange attribution.
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Croton
Father Lasher
Is Alaskan Climate Turning Warmer and Glaciers Receding
The Harriman Alaska expedition notes glaciers in Alaska receding, suggesting warmer average conditions. If colder or unchanged, glaciers would behave differently. the recession rate is slow, so travelers still need fur overcoats and warm sleeping bags for years.
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Klondike
Harriman Alaska
Leslie’s Weekly
Wonders of New Hampshire Lakes and Mountains Highlight Size
The piece notes New Hampshire with under 10,000 square miles hosts 406 lakes and ponds, 154 brooks, 58 rivers, and 294 mountains. It compares to Colorado, Texas, Alabama, Minnesota, and New York with various water body counts.
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New Hampshire
Colorado
Texas
Alabama
Toya
Minnesota
New York
British Casualties Left Behind in Crimean War Cemeteries
The Crimea conflict saw British forces leave about 60,000 corpses. These are buried in 130 cemeteries on ground occupied by the troops during that long and disastrous war.
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Crimea
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