Hood’s Sarsaparilla touted as cure for dyspepsia
An advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills as a permanent cure for dyspepsia with symptoms like belching and stomach pain. A Providence man claims lasting relief after using four bottles, noting improved appetite and sleep. The piece also promotes yerba mate tea as a healthful beverage from South America, discussing its global trade and potential cultivation in warmer regions.
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Hood
Antil
Winwas G. Bankers
Olney
Providence
R. J. Hood
Gure
Dodd's Kidney Pills Restore Health in Freeborn Man
Freeborn Minnesota detective recounts solving kidney trouble with Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy brought renewed energy and vitality, urging others with rising kidney problems to try the pills, claiming they restore health by purifying blood and boosting overall strength.
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Freeborn
Minn
Det
R. EB. Goward
Goward
Dodd
Slogo & Co. Customers Question Choice Over Pastiie'st
The text notes a shopper’s question about why to choose Slogo & Co. over Pastiie'st as a wife’s finetime novelty arrives. It highlights a new electrical contrivance that quickly shifts spending attitudes, leaving no time to reconsider.
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Hoshinoi
Slogo & Co
Pastiie'st
Finetime's
Don'ts for Parents When School Opens
A historical column lists practical cautions for parents at the start of the school year. It covers trust in teachers, avoiding public criticism, and correct behavior at home to support learning. The piece cites Alice Cook Muller as the author or source of the guidance.
The Postal Service Disaster and Devotion Under Fire
A postal train wreck in which a combination car toppled into a seventy foot embankment left a clerk stunned yet unhurt as a huge stone lay on the floor of the mail compartment. Across a Susquehanna flood, four clerks rebuilt a raft from debris to move mail a mile to safety, while a Western road run saw a clerk endure fifteen hours at the case with minimal food. The piece lauds dedication in the service.
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Susquehanna Hiver
Corrupt Police Probe Shocks City Editor’s Reply
Fragmentary remarks show tension between residents and media as a city grapples with allegations of police corruption. The editor’s reply suggests concern over systemic misconduct and a demand for accountability amid rising public scrutiny.
Thief Hides as Family Musicians Perform
A thief enters a large mansion and hides behind a screen while a sequence of musical lessons unfolds. From 7 to 11 the eldest daughter on piano, second daughter singing, eldest son violin, and younger son flute, culminating in a loud combined piece. The intruder emerges at 11:30 pleading for mercy.
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Jesson
Deters
Archbishop of Westminster Abates Teetotal Stand
The Archbishop of Westminster joins Cardinal Manning as a total abstainer and urges temperance among his flock. He adopts teetotal preaching and now practices it, while reflecting on the limits of perception by those who judge. The piece ends with a playful note that a keen observer is likened to a cat-eyed person.
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Archbishop of
Westminster
Cardinal Manning
Woman Sees Hidden Code Wear Reflecting Gender Expectation
A fragment notes a woman noticing a coded garment worn by men, implying gratitude for womanhood amid social dress norms. The terse line hints at gendered clothing expectations without fuller context.
Mother's Prognostications and Teething Remedies
A jumble of notes mentions a church wedding objection, Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup for teething, Tolstoy and Gorky as literary links, Plvo's Cure touted for coughs, and a Washington Monument description claiming 55 stories with 18,000 marble blocks.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Dran Moa and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Miracle
A Milwaukee woman with female health troubles credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her condition after months of attempt and support from her husband. After three and a half months of use she shows steady health improvement and two years later conceives a child.
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L. C. Glover
Milwaukee, Wis
Business Woman’s Association
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dran Moa
Pinto Dm
Jesse
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Miss. Grovan
Grove St
Milwaukee
Win
Milwaukee Business Woman's Association
Fragment on Francis Marion Cockrell land sale in 1847
A Kansas City Star account notes that Francis Marion Cockrell, then 15, owned eighty acres in Tracy area deeded to Missouri for petty purposes. He petitioned the court to sell the land in 1847, with guardianship handling, citing a prior farm in Warrensburg and the 1844 flood that felled timber. The tract later sold to Joseph Brown for 900 dollars.
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Kansas City
Benater Cockret
Hoyhood
Franca Marion Cockrefeld
Milwrnri Valley
Kaw
Missouri
Tracy
Tr. J. Molindsen
Cockrell
U47
Jackson County
Flicks
Smart
Independence
Hhis
Joseph Brown
Kansas City Star
Storm Cannons Along Alps Protect Crops With Smoke Rings
Storm cannons placed on the southern Alps resemble megaphones beside small sentry houses. When fired they boom like cannons and emit a trailing smoke ring that swells to envelop fields. The smoke ring reportedly stops hail and rain falls instead, preventing crop damage.
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Alps
Kilne Nerve Therapy Trial Offered at Vare
Fragmentary notice advertises a free trial for a nerve treatment by KM L Kilne Ltd, inviting readers in Philadelphia to bend for a trial and address medical nerves and tremors. The garbled text mentions Bent for a free trial and references Vare, Missouri, and Arch 8 Philadelphia.
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Dr. Kilne
Kilne, Ltd
Arch
Philadelphia
Royal color and white robeslinked to monarchs
The text notes purple as royal and recounts Charles I choosing a white robe for coronation, despite reminders that two earlier kings Richard II and Henry VI wore white satin robes and later met violent ends. It mentions Charles I’s burial amid a heavy snowstorm near twenty-three years later, linking superstition to the “white king” motif.
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Charles I
Richard II
Henry VI
Pontefract
Charles 1
Savage tribes in Brazil eat roast monkey in interior
Humboldt noted a 200 person tribe consuming more than 1200 monkeys yearly. Monkey meat was once sold in Rio de Janeiro butcher shops. Mr. Wallace, in the Amazon, had a monkey cut up and fried for breakfast. The flesh resembled rabbit with no peculiar or unpleasant taste.
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Brazil
Humboldt
Rio Janeiro
Wallace
Amazon
A Son's Suggestion From a Child’s Wish
A short sentimental note from the Chicago Record-Herald where young Arthur asks his father to marry again so Grandma stays in his life. He says she’s always kind to him and would wish for his father to pick her.
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Arthur
Grandma
Chicago Record- Herald
You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer
You can obtain a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease by writing to Allen, Olmsted, Le Roy, New York. The remedy cures sweaty and swollen feet and aching feet, makes new or tight shoes comfortable, and helps corns bunions and similar foot problems. All druggists sell it. do not accept substitutes.
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Allen, Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Allen
Thoroughly Experienced Official-Yes for L road guards
A terse exchange shows a recruiter offering limited openings for road guards while asking for prior experience. An applicant responds with garbled, frantic street slang and disjointed exclamations, reflecting a chaotic or faulty transcription of the dialogue.
Choice Relection and Violet Fed Fowl Debate
The speaker notes the Van Ruxtons feed their chickens on neighbors flowers. The host questions whether this is kept secret. A Mr Van Ruxton asks guests if they prefer violet fed fowl or chicken de roses during dining.
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Van
Chinese Medicine Co. Doctor Active in Portland Area
A public notice clarifies Dr Gee Wo of Chinese Medicine Co at 258 Alder Street is alive and practicing at 23 Alder Street after rumors of death. The notice states the other account is false and confirms the physician remains in operation at the same location.
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Gee
Chinese Medicine Co
Alder St
Rorstand
Ceeaye
Win
Rennet Oe
Portland
Aller Street
Domestic Happiness in Home Life
Mrs. Neighbors describes differing paths to happiness at home. Mrs. Hamer asks how. Mrs. Neighbors says some stay at home while others stay away.
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