Easy ring games and a note on color blindness found
Children enjoy simple ring games like the flowers and fox with easy rhythms and repetitive verses. The piece also reports a new form of color blindness found by Professor Koenig of Berlin, where some see white with faint yellow or blue hues, and discusses the impact on everyday life and safety. It ends with a testimonial about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from O W Hardman of Tyler County West Virginia and a list of distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Lewis
Ladies’ Home Journal
London Bridge
Fox
Koenig
Berlin
Portrait of a gifted boy soprano in New England scene
A vivid portrait recalls a boy with remarkable finish as a soprano in a New England town. The piece highlights his early musical polish, training, and the local reception to his singing talent.
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Thia
New
The Valuable Black Frock Fashion Note
The Philadelphia Times discusses a new black velvet gown with crinoline, wide skirt, and pinked black silk frill. It suggests balancing dark velvet with bright bodice colors for fair hair or deeper skin tones and offers styling options for day and evening wear.
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Philadelphia Times
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Pure Blood Health
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the genuine merit for health, claiming it purifies blood and builds strength by expelling taints like scrofula and salt rheum. Hood's Pills are promoted as prompt and efficient at 25 cents.
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Hood
A Most Wonderful Human Being
A French naturalist reports on Simeon Aiguire, famed for extreme contortion and an ability to make flesh resemble stone. He can lock circulation by muscular action, pose like a statue, and reveal internal organs at will, astonishing investigators with control over bodily systems.
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M. de Quatrefages
Simeon Aiguire
Quatrefages
Aiguire
St. Louis Republic
Discovery Saved His Life Says Dr King’s New Discovery
G Caillonette a Beaversville druggist credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after La Grippe left him close to death. He used three bottles and recovered fully, urging readers not to live without it. Free trial bottles offered at Tom E Hildebrand Indiana and others.
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G. Caillonette
Beaversville
Til
Dr. King
la Grippe
Tom E. Hildebrand
Indiana
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Miller
Blairsville
Salm
Dr. Salm
Maxzy Blacklick
Indiana County
Cat Beds and Odd Habits From Crib to Hat Play
A domestic cat’s bed preferences reveal caprice from room to room and a fondness for newly washed surfaces. A shipyard scene shows a cat sleeping on a baked mud path near a hot steam pipe. An Angora’s odd craving for hats as beds is noted, with its tail used as a winter trimming. Spectator ad notes Dr France’s medicine, Mary Haton address, and local druggists selling it.
Bucklen Arnica Salve Advertisement
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and claims to cure piles with money refunded if not satisfied. Priced at 25 cents per box sold by Tom E Hildebrand Indiana wm I Moore Homer City Milt G Miller Blairsville.
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Bucklen
Tom E. Hildebrand
Indiana
Wm I. Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Miller
Blairsville
Constantinople described through ships crowds and exotic life
In Dean Church's Life and Letters, a vivid portrait of Constantinople recalls a grand harbor ringed by the Golden Horn and Marmora, dense crowds, veiled figures, turbans, and dogs. The narrator notes Europeanized Turks and a sense of awkwardness amid a bustling, diverse city.
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Golden Horn
Bosporus
Sea of
Marmora
Regent Street
Rue de Rivoli
Dean Church
How to love your wife by loving her mother
Ruth Ash urges husbands to show tenderness to their wives by treating her mother with kindness. The article notes a wife leans on her mother for consolation and wisdom and that a husband must be a motherly support to her, ensuring sympathy and gentle courtesy. It ends by endorsing Hood's Sarsaparilla and Chamberlain's Pain Balm, with local retailers listed.
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Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
An advertisement claims a mystic remedy cures rheumatism and neuralgia within 1 to 3 days. It asserts immediate disease disappearance and systemwide benefits, offered by Herrick Bros, a druggist in Deaggistena Pe.
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Herrick Bro’s
Deaggistena Pe
Widow Marries a Reluctant Husband in Odd Vows
Detroit Free Press recounts a wedding where a poor white trash groom Jim Vedder marries a widow who insists on a stipulation in the vows. The minister prompts richer or poorer. the widow demands to keep the richer part and rejects the poorer, threatening to abandon him if he becomes poorer. The ceremony nearly breaks into a dispute, but the widow prevails.
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Jim Vedder
Jim
Detroit Free Press
Castoria Quotations Timeline Ad Ends in Castoria
An old advertising line notes a mother's care for her child across stages from baby to children using Castoria. The slogan emphasizes lifelong reliance on the remedy as a comforting, trusted staple for families.
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Castoria
Dr Sadler cataract operations show high success rate
After reviewing his last 100 cataract operations Dr Sadler reports only three failures and compares favorably with several ophthalmic lists from various countries. He urges consultation at 804 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh to assess condition and timing for surgery and offers an illustrated pamphlet on cataract. All eye ear nose and throat specialties available.
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Sadler
Zurich
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Did You Vote One Dollar Prices for Storewares
West Indiana shop advertises limited time listed articles with fixed one dollar pricing. Items include 13 lbs yellow peaches 13 lbs dried peas 20 lbs granulated sugar 25 lbs Orleans sugar 14 lbs Carolina rice 5 lbs plug tobacco 44 lbs standard roast coffee 5 lbs green tea 100 tin cups and discounted shoes sizes 2 3 and 34. Call early to secure bargains as spring stock moves in.
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Orleans
Brilhart's 5 and 10 Cent Store Offers Dollar Bargains
A vintage ad lists numerous everyday goods at low prices to lure customers. Glass stand lamps, wall lamps, tea sets, knives, forks, spoons, bird cages, coffee mills, window shades, cloth items, and household tools are advertised with simple items and prices. The tone urges shoppers to visit and inspect quality to prove value.
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Brilhart
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