The Message in the Glass and a Child Yacht Tale
A humorous note explains a glass reflection illusion and total internal reflection using a water filled glass and inverted text. It recalls a seaside yacht race at Central Park where two boys Joe and George sailed the Valkyrie and the Vigilant, the Vigilant winning and the Valkyrie washed ashore. Also described is an island flora from St. Lucia called animal flowers with moving filaments that trap prey and close when touched.
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Central Ark
Joe
George
Valkyrie
Vigilant
Awan
New York Ledger
St. Lucia
Poetic performance call to rhythm and musicians
A lyrical invitation to musicians Katie Dave Frank and Phil to begin a lively drum and melody session. The speaker invites the group to roll the drum, swell the music, wave a hand, and play louder then softer for a shared musical moment.
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Katie
Dave
Frank
Phil
American boy starts life with clean heart and ambition
An excerpt extols honor beyond statecraft art or wealth, declaring that any American boy can rise with a clean heart willing hands and ambition to use God given brains, endure with temperance, and avoid idle tricks.
Odds and Ends From Old News Chit Chat
A collection of quick notes touches on titles and nobility, mining history, English peers as witnesses, vote passing power, and a copper mine opened in 1648 Massachusetts. It mentions Diocletian’s majesty, a Brooklyn Chinese laundry display of Chinese lilies, a Wales park honoring pets, and plans to make wine from grapes and oranges near Tallahassee.
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Massachusetts
England
Marches
Brandenburg
Weisen
Baden
Moravia
High Court of Parliament
Diocletian
Brooklyn
Courtyrilla Park
Wales
Rous
Moscow
Europe
Pius V
Cosmo de Medici
Edward Stafford
Duke of Buckingham
Tallahassee
Pains in the Side-Dyspepsia Cure Noted
Daniel A. Reisch of Steelton Pennsylvania recounts severe left side pain diagnosed as neuralgia of the heart. After four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla his pain vanished and his dyspepsia improved. he now eats normally. Hood's Pills promoted as the best after dinner remedy.
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Hood
Daniel A. Reisch
Steelton, Pa
Otto's Cure Free Sample Offer Promotes Remedy
An advertisement urges readers to avoid inferior mixtures and test Otto's Cure at no cost. It touts a free sample bottle, notes a golden color and thick syrup, and claims the largest packages and purest goods with a 50 cent bottle price.
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Otto
Daugherty Bros
Aerial dreams and remedies in late 19th century talk
The piece riffs on early flight, noting balloons and parachutes as futile or limited, cites the Steglitz jump of 250 yards as unimpressive, and warns against aviation as warfare. It then shifts to advertise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by Daugherty Bros and others, with testimonials and claims of safety for children, plus a brand of Orange Blossom flax seed poultice sold locally.
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Benjamin Franklin
Steglitz
London News
Chamberlain
Leeds
Sims Bros
Iowa
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
M. G. Miller
Blairsville
W. I. Moore
Homer City
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
Rebecca Wilkinson
Browsvalley
Ind
Hetrick Bros
Indian Herbs Rheumatism Cure Advertisements
A compiled notice touts various patent remedies for rheumatism and ailments. Testimonials praise James Anderson’s Indian Herbs, Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Mystic Cure, English Spavin Liniment, Orange Blossom Female Remedy, and a general toning of home remedies. Promotions include sale points, distributors, and mail order offers from Indiana Pa and nearby towns with claims of instant or rapid relief.
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Hetrick Bros
Indiana
Primitive Woman as a Poet and Singer Across Lands
A New York Post excerpt notes that primitive women in many lands are poets and songmakers. It highlights how folk poetry and melodies are imagined by mothers and passed down orally through generations, with Arab and Bedouin maidens also composing love songs. Royal details describe the Princess of Wales's close ties to Princess Helene d Orleans. A brief Conundrum Day joke closes the Detroit Free Press item.
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Hlain
New York Post
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Odds and
Mexico
Rabbi
Jas. Anderson
James B. Ham
Horton, Pa
Miller
Herrick Bros., Druggists
Bucklen
Tom E. Hildebrand
Wm. I. Moore
Milt G. Miller
Blairsely
Obesity
Herb Manufacturing Co
N. Y
China
Japan
Bovard, Rose & Co
Fifth Ave
Pittsburg, Pa
Wheeler & Wilson
Princess of Wales
Helene d’Orleans
Chappie
Detroit Free Press
Ayer
W. H. Williams
Crook City
Vere
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
J. H. McLean
J. H. Mickean
St. Louis
Vitalis
REM
Wheeler’ & Wilson
Mt’g Co
Work & Young
Ie SP
Jetry
Theoy
Wentinn
Wihout
Kowm F. Passes
D. D
Exth Birect
Tech Ave
New York
New York Weekly Tribune
THE
Indiana Progress
Penna
Noah Adler
T. B. Clark
N. Adler
Cae
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