A Serious Jest Ends in Surprise Marriage
A village singing meeting leads George Scott to joke about marriage with Nellie. Thursday evening the pair marry with a minister, witnesses, and license. The couple remain happily married, though the stunt began as bravado, proving not all matches occur by accident or heaven.
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George Scott
Miss Browne
Lucy
Dre
Matzimo
Mr. Scott
Aamees
Jacob
Rachel
Detroit
Woman's Grooming Advice From A Century Ago
A vintage guidance piece extols camphor as a defense against mosquitoes and a disinfectant, praises white castile soap with face powder, and lists harmless cosmetics like talc and magnesia. It recommends footbaths with perfumes, glycerine for skin, and mild laxatives like prunes and spinach, urging women to maintain cleanliness and grooming.
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Rica
Stories of love and danger at a Louisiana depot
An incident at a Louisiana railroad depot shows a Black woman risking injury to block a train, arguing with a Black man about affection and loyalty amid onlookers. The Detroit Free Press then notes London doctors in transit, fashion trends, a Kentucky prohibitionist candidate, a shell-eating gym anecdote, and social headlines from Newport, concluding with a health pitch for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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Louisiana
Miss Fox
Moses
Detroit Free Press
London
Free Press
Kentucky
State Court of Appeals
Detroit
Notice to Sell Horses Under Tae Sun Heading
K. K. 250 advertises selling horses with profitable appeal. Include your horse or horses under Tae Sun's Horse and Vehicle heading in the liners. Ten words cost 15 cents for three days or 30 cents for a week.
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Tae Sun
Swift's Specific Advert for Blood and Skin Diseases
An advertising claim promotes Swift's Specific from Atlanta Ga as a sole remedy to purify the blood and eradicate contagious blood poisons from the system. It urges readers to send their address for a mailed Treatise and warns against imitations or substitutes. The text emphasizes it contains no Mercury Potash Arsenic or poisonous substances and claims first dose health benefits.
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Swift
Swift Specific CO
Atlante, Ga
Here and There Blaine in Bar Harbor and late gossip
Blaine is in Bar Harbor and looks well. Cincinnati reports a 54 member Women’s press club active in literature. June NY street accidents total 20. Elevated sidewalks planned. The princess of Wales at 46 shows time’s effects and wears styled hair.
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Blaine
Bar Harbor
Cincinnati
New York
Princess of Wales
Washington
Richmond
Charleston
Mobile
Train Schedule Notice at Union Station July 1896
On and after Sunday July 6 1896 trains will run as follows Central Standard Time leave from and arrive at Union Station South Illinois Street.
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Union Station
South Illinois Street
Our City
Ilinois Street
Kentucky Avenue
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