Young Napoleon IV of France Trains for Empire
The 13 year old Napoleon IV, son of the late prince imperial, lives near Paris and is educated for statesmanship and diplomacy under Ex-Empress Eugenie’s care. His English mother visits monthly, and the boy is trained by tutors to one day possibly crown a Napoleonic era.
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Prince Imperial
France
Eugenie
Napoleon IV
Fonay
French Empire
Evans
Napoleon
New York Records
The Nobody Man and Upside Down Village Tale
A whimsical stroll through the land of Upside Down recalls The Nobody Man bearing misdeeds and mishaps for others. The narrator notes a Winthrop Packard piece in St Nicholas, and a Childrens table football game with blown eggs. Weekend recollections include Washington’s birthday banners and a Brownie counting joke.
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Winthrop Packard
St. Nicholas
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria
An advertising line features Castoria used for children with repeated phrasing. It mentions the Indiana Progress and the New York Tribune offering subscriptions for $1.25 per year in finance.
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Indiana Progress
The
New York Tribune
The Winds Sigh In Mourning Verse by Moultan
A fragmentary poem recounts a speaker urging hush while winds sigh and a dead past lingers beyond day. The speaker questions whether voices from beyond should be recalled and if the living should heed the dead who once shone.
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Louise Chandler Moultan
Phenomenal Austro Hungarian Whip Artist Draws Vienna
A Viennese sensation features Piskslug, an Austro Hungarian whip expert. He cracks two long lashes in orchestral style, showing precise force control as he splits leather on a calfskin frame and snatches apples from shelves and coins from a bottle neck, proving no trickery.
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Vienna
Piskslug
Vienna Leiter
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims universal cure for catarrh
Readers learn that Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutionally-based remedy for catarrh. It is described as being taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with a promise of $1000 for any case it cannot cure and testimonials available on request from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. Drugstores offer it at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. Safsold
Druggista
West Virginia bridle path tale on love and guns
A young man and woman argue over who to marry if one or both are killed, while a neighborly discussion about cripples and water carries a dark edge. The Philadelphia Times notes a local line about a game and marriage in danger. An ad promotes OLIVE Bossom by Dr. France, via Daugherty Bros. druggists.
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Margaret Compton
West Virginia
Yaas
Sam
Philadelphia Times
France
Daugherty Bros
Willie Overcomes Hunger Sleep Trial, Keeps Bedtime
In a Commonwealth scene, Willie argues with his mother about bedtime after eating cakes. He insists he can sleep on his back despite a full stomach, reflecting a domestic rhythm and parental guidance in a small home setting.
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Willie
Mamma
Commonwealth
Critics Question Mme D Arblay Evelina’s Place In Letters
The piece argues Mme D Arblay lacks enduring novelist craft and calls her a humorist prig though she helped purify form and connects her to Johnson. It notes Macaulay praise but questions propriety of her broad comic humor while admiring reformist influence. A second item reports a wealthy crime rise spurring a 50 member anti jewelry club pledging public restraint until crime drops.
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Miss Burney
Mme. D’arblay
Evelina
Macaulay
Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Cornhill Magazine
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Scrofulous Eczema in Babies
Grateful parents recount dramatic improvements in children after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. A mother describes her four week old baby afflicted with scrofulous eczema, covered from head to toe, who then experienced a marked recovery through the medicine's purifying power.
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Hood
Endorsement for Deans Kidney Pills from 73-year-old Mrs Engle
Mrs E M Engle, a 73-year-old Altoona resident, credits Deans Kidney Pills with curing years of kidney pain and Brights disease misgivings. She describes back pain, nocturnal awakening, and fatigue relief after starting the remedy, noting improved appetite and ability to walk hills. Pills priced at 50 cents per box, six for $2.50, available from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as U S agents.
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16Th Street
Altoona
E. M. Engle
Bright
Dean
J. Ross Mateer
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Lowell, Mass
ProaErss
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Indiana, Pa
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Philadelphia Street
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F. J. Johnson
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Him
Ree
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