Mixed Remedies and Advertisements in a 19th Century Page
A collage of patent medicine pitches and social quips. claims healing rheumatism with syrup blends and tonics, distemper cures for animals, dating advice, and humorous asides. Includes mentions of Barsage lla, Torta f, and Spahn Mengal Co. Epec. Contagious Diseases.
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BPOHN
Spahn Mengal Co
Epec
Gorden
Ind
Odd Then and Now on Cold and Heat Phenomena
This Sunday Magazine piece explores extreme temperatures from liquid nitrogen at 312 degrees below zero to the Sun’s heat well above 12 000 degrees, noting how materials and optics respond to heat and light, and speculating on planetary atmospheres and desert mirages. It cites experiments with glass and heat rays, explains heat retention by the atmosphere and earth, and mentions Arctic glow and mock suns observed in polar nights.
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the Sunday Magazine
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California
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Lake Tabor
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Leglan
Tha Ling
Jarman
Allesse
Warren
Tiglasa
Eige
Jong
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Mars
Mack Burne
Arctic Circle
Wanea
Haat
Tonlowss
Directing Melodrama for Theaters in New York
A director trains Miss Melton in a Siberia themed melodrama and rehearsals reveal push for heightened emotion, defiance, and dramatic "noisy" refusals of marriage. The piece targets popular-priced houses, with a plot of crime and virtue and a brunette heroine amid sensational staging.
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Indianapolis News
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Debuss
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Chick
de Courcey
Iittla
Benedicite Green Things of the Earth Poem Quotation
A devotional verse echoes praise to the Lord for earth’s green life. The speaker invokes nature and seasonal imagery, highlighting gratitude for sun and shade and the enduring growth of grasses and flowers.
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Richard Witten
Dean's Kidney Pills Dated Health Recovery Stirs Local Praise
Mrs. Sarah A. Black of 4045 Douty Street Hancock California asserts that Dean's Kidney Pills restored her mobility from inflammatory rheumatism and dropsy after she was crippled and bedridden. The ad urges readers to buy Dean's Kidney Pills for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Bright
Pean
Sarah A. Black
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Hanford
Cal
Dean
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Irish and Miller Parody Cracking Night Sparks Whisky Misstep
San Francisco orator John P. Irish entertained Joaquin Miller the poet one evening. Miller, laughing hard at a funny story, toppled from his chair. Irish mistook a seizure for collapse and offered whisky from a bottle at Miller’s lips before the poet urged him to remove the cork.
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John P. Irish
San Francisco
Joaquin Miller
Pan
Irish
Miller
Low Colonist Fares Attract California Land Buyers
Low colonist fares to California entice sharp buyers to pursue land in the Marcurse tract in Sutter County near Sacramento. Projections cite value rise after the Pan American Exposition in 1915, with profits from fruit raising dairy farming and general agriculture. Information available from Womenseekers' Information Bureau Omaha Nebraska.
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California
Mar- Cuse
Sutter County
Sacramento
San Francisco
Womenseekers’ Information Bureau
Dee
Omaha
Nebraska
Fragmented 19th Century Ad Litter atop a Fragment
A jumble of misprinted quotes and ad snippets references prompts a chaotic mix of phrases. It mentions happiness, sacrifice, religious optimism, and admonitions about food and illness remedies, with stray lines about a statesman anecdote and a woman at a desk.
Record Fast Fails as Dover Pig Outlives Its Weight
A French killer Granie starved himself for 63 days and died in his cell. Giovanni Sucel held a 45 day fast in London. A 160 pound Dover pig survived 160 days entombed by chalk cliff fall, regaining life after rescue.
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Granie
Giovanni Sucel
Royal Aquarium
London
Dover
W. B. Carpenter
Seven Pensioners in One Family in Foulsham
Seven brothers and seven sisters in Foulsham and nearby parishes receive old age pensions. Ages range from seventy one to eighty, totaling 5395 years. Their father Philip Lambert was a carrier between Foulsham and Norwich. 16 children were born in Foulsham, with 11 still alive.
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Foulsham
England
Philip Lambert
Norwich
Flenty of Time to Fatten Up in London Opinion
The excerpt shows a humorous exchange where a cheerful old man jokes about a novice policeman being thin. Robert admits he is new and has yet to learn the cooks, while the other remarks on his slender build.
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Srugaiel Fox
Wil
Robert
London
Garfield Tea Corrects Constipation Remedy Claim
A garbled notice suggests a product named Garfield Tea is promoted as a remedy for constipation. The fragmentary text hints at a consumer claim without clear verification or official sourcing.
Free Sample of Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Promises Relief
An advertorial plea targets women urging use of Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for constipation and related symptoms. It claims improved health through regular bowel movement, cites testimonials from Mrs Katherine Flahershon and Mrs A J Herrick, and offers a free sample by mail before purchasing at local druggists.
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Strang
Caldwell
W. RB. Caldwell
Caldwel
Montiscello
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