Tea and Coffee Lore and Miscellany From Old Pages
A collage of notes on tea coffee and cacao terms methods world production and history. It mentions theobromine from cocoa the leaf origins of gowa and saffron substitutes and tea traditions in China Japan India and California with scattered anecdotes and quotations from period sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
Japan
California
East India Company
Eughanl
Querrietac
Constantivey
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Fast Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It quickly eases pain in the bladder kidneys back and urinary passages for men and women. Sold by Hetrick Bros druggists Indiana Pa. A dose of Dr Fowler's Ext of Wild Strawberry brings immediate relief for cramping pains of the stomach or bowels and is touted as a summer remedy.
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Hetrick Bro
Trotting News From Lexington Racing Scene
A Lexington racing scene report notes Bravado 2:103 and Somrade 2:2045 among current season prospects, discusses rumored $50,000 bid for Adbell, Patchen 2:04 1) lifting 20 pound sulky this season, and Ambler Park owner Turner with 21 horses. It also mentions Geddes distanced early, Katie Burns out due to broken leg, and Oratorio trotting a mile in 2:33 with last quarter 32 seconds while South American buyers tour American stock farms.
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Cart
Tinee
Lexington
Charles Doble
Somrade
Onward
Adbell
Joe Patchen
Igeneral Turner
Ambler Park
John Splan
Geddes
Empero Wilkes
Katie Burns
B. W. Ford
Trevillian
Oratorio
Willis Row
Dictator
Patrick Thomas Helectric Oil and Dean's Ointment Ad
An old advertisement claims Thomas Helectric Oil cures hundreds of deafness cases once deemed incurable and always relieves earaches. It promotes Dean's Ointment for instant relief from itching related skin conditions including piles worms eczema ringworms and hives.
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Dean
Parke Playce Quips On Economy In Marriage
A Buffalo Times item jokes about Parke Playce preaching frugality yet spending on his wife. The piece cites Hood's Sarsapurla as top medicine, praises OLIVE Bhossoar as a cure for female weakness, and notes early positive reports from physicians.
Best Salve for Cuts and Skin Ailments Ad
A local print advert promotes a universal salve claiming cures for cuts sores ulcers and rashes with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Sold for 25 cents per box by T E Hildebrand Indiana W J Moore Homer City and M G Miller Blairsville.
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Wilieu
Tlel Hildebrand
Indiana
W. J. Moore
Homer City
M. G. Miller
Blairsville
T. E. Hildebrand
M.G. Miller
Stage Glints and Movements in Vaudeville and Opera
Eva Vincent will abandon vaudeville for legitimate work while Harry Rogers plans a re entry in coster songs. Henry Waller reports success with Fra Francisco in Berlin, Africa’s libretto by three Africans. Maud and Hilda Hollins refuse Lyric offers to stay in America. Eunice Vance returns to America with fortune from South Africa. Jules Levy denies leaving for abroad and aims to settle in New York. Annie Clarke to lead in The Liar at Boston Museum. Scanlan in Bloomingdale asylum in good health, recognises his wife visiting. Henry B Irving and Dorothea Baird to marry at Oxford this month, then tour America in The Sign of the Cross.
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Harry Rogers
Coster
Henry Waller
Francisco
Berlin
Maud
Hilda Hollins
Lyric Theater
London
America
Eunice Vance
South Africa
Jules Levy
New York
Annie Clarke
Boston Museum
William J Scanlan
Bloomingdale Asylum
Henry B. Irving
Henry
Dorothea Baird
Beerbohm Tree
Oxford
Quotations on Happiness and Character from Classic Authors
A collage of aphorisms and maxims from Thackeray S Butler Horace Mme de Stael Rochefoucauld and Duchesse de Praslin on law envy generosity magnanimity and the value of business and affection. Each line offers a compact reflection on human behavior and social conduct in a timeless voice.
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Thackeray
Butler
Rochefoucould
Prodigal of Exercise and Fatted Calf Banter
A string of humorous exchanges from New York Press Detroit Free Press and Chicago Record captures Hazlet-Hello Wheeler banter about wheel work and future plans. The dialogue includes requests for a pony and a schooner, and a quip about summer bore removal.
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Hazlet
Wheeler
New York Press
Detroit Free Press
The New York World Offer During the Campaign
The New York World, 18 pages a week, larger than any weekly and the only important Democratic weekly in New York City, publishes every other day except Sunday. It offers fresh news, departments, cartoons, and graphics with no price increase, at $1 per year, or $1.65 for a one year bundle with Indiana Progress. Regular price for both is $2.00.
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New York City
Indiana Progress
A Pair of Birds in an Old New York Scene
A brief exchange from a New York Sunday World piece features Phoebe asking if love is present and Rastus affirming it. The couple hails a swift escape with a playful exchange, capturing a lighthearted moment between two lovers.
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Phoebe
Rastus
Angel
New York Sunday World
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promoted for Health
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for dyspepsia and digestive ills, claiming it tones the stomach regulates bowels and improves overall health and happiness. Hood's Pills are said to harmonize with the tonic, while Bacon's Celery King is recommended as a natural laxative. Free sample offers cited from several Indiana and Elderton merchants.
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Hood
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Mateer & Rankin
Elderton
Castoria and scalpels of old era cures in ads
The page advertises Castoria for children with claims of relief from itching and misery. It promotes Dean's Oiniment for itching piles and English Spavin Liniment for horses with various ailments. Offers savings and testimonials from druggists Herrick Bros and Tom E Hildebrand, with dated 22 July 1896 context.
Desolate Arctic Dawn Describes Sled Team Camp
Frank Wilbert Stokes recalls a cold stark morning in the desert of snow and stars. He notes lilac and green horizons the igloo tents and dogs as black specks while wind taps and snow veils drift. The scene's loneliness drives him back to shelter then sunlit return to life and action.
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Frank Wilbert Stokes
Century
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leosides
Ostiga i
Chicago Post
Clarence
Mr. Callipers
Intrepid
Sherman
Aluibrino King
Logan Kk
C. L. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Gucklen
Eva Vincent
ARRAS
Chicago
The
New York World
G. T. Hamilton
Philadelphia St
Penna
F. T. Empfield
Penn’a
United States
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Marknt
Progess
Geo. W. Best
Tribune Building
New York Weekly Tribunai
Frank Douglass
Pitcher’s Castoria
Herrick Bros
T. F. Anthony
Promise City
Iowa
Herrick Broe
Tom E
Hildebrand
Rudyard Kipling
Gloucester
Grand Banks
Captains Courageous
McClure Co
McClure’s
Burdeck
Libbie Young
Popes Millis
St. Lawrence County
N. Y
Castoria
Gilchrist Block
Philadelphia Street
Selig
Barber
Nesbit
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