The Llamas Curse and the Mongolian Frontier
A narrator recounts a perilous voyage with Tom Morton and Phil toward a grand Lama in Urga. In a Buddhist mill mêlée, they are attacked by Mongolian rioters, sent to Siberia, and reach Krakta where a priest warns of coins cursed by the sun god. The tale blends travel peril with supernatural currency omen.
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Tom Morton
Tom
Fred
Urga
Phil
Siberian
Miamatshin
Kiakta
Russia
Krakta
Lama’s Coin Curse Fells Bridegroom At London Party
A party in a London house ends in tragedy as Tom Morton dies suddenly after his wife forces a coin trick. Twenty-seven coins appear, one more than guests present, and the German coin bearing Emperor William II marks the death as Liama’s curse fulfilled.
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Tom
Tom Morton
France
London
William II
Liama
Penny Pictorial Magazine
Head of 50 000 Women Leads National League Stature
Mrs. Charlotte Smith presides over the National Industrial League guiding about 50,000 organized women across the United States as the national leader.
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Charlotte Smith
National Industrial League
United States
Lovely Underwear Fashion Sparks Delicate Desires
The Washington Star notes women can enjoy abundant fine linen, laces, and dainty undergarments at prices suited to a moderate income. New shop offerings showcase exquisite beading, cambrics, new lawns, and sheer nainsocks, highlighting skilled handiwork and elegant materials beloved by feminine shoppers.
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Washington Star
The Amateur's Mistake in Dress Design
A discussion on fashion flubs notes that a dress with a tucked bodice and a box plaited ruffle reads as a botch, while a tucked waist and skirt with a ruffle tucked halfway offers more character. The piece stresses ideas and value in even the simplest frocks.
How the Flowers Grow Poem Piece by A J Waterhouse
A lyrical meditation on growth with verses imagining pansies tiles and roses forming from divine colors and celestial imagery. The poem links nature to beauty and affection with a concluding praise of the rose as the supreme symbol of sweetness and blessing.
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A. J. Waterhouse
About Women and notable ladies of the era
The piece highlights Lady Stanley’s Africa like studio filled with relics from Sir Henry Stanley’s explorations. It notes Mrs Greenleaf establishing a Manila American library for service members, quotes Elizabeth Cady Stanton against flogging as wife-beating punishment, and mentions Mrs Edward D Winstow as Stockholm’s first automobile driver.
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Lady Stanley
Sir Henry Stanley
London
Africa
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
New York
Stockholm
Edward D. Winstow
United States
King
Oscar
Cincinnati nurse sails for Manila army hospital service
Miss Ida Lippert, a Cincinnati girl who nursed soldiers in Chattanooga during the Spanish American War, has sailed for Manila to enter an army hospital.
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Ida Lippert
Manila
Chattanooga
How to bake a deep dish blackberry pie in detail
A complete old fashioned recipe describes selecting a straight deep pie pan two cups flour lard butter ice water and salt for pastry. It instructs mixing fat into flour forming small globules adding ice water shaping two crusts filling with blackberries sugar and flour, sealing crimping piping to edges and baking slowly to a golden crust.
Fashion details describe circular frill and ribbon edged bodice
The description notes a narrow ruffle edging the circular frill that fell from beneath. The same many-gored effect is shown in the bodice and sleeves with outlinings in the ribbon running head ing.
Maternity of Harriott Wicken and Polly corner praise
The Bookman editor predicts enduring interest in Harriott Wicken and Polly corner, while Prof. Peck calls Folly corner one of the year's two notable books. Author Mrs Henry B E Dudeney, living at Littlewick Meadow near London, spends limited time writing but blends it with country life and gardening.
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The
Bookman
Harriott Wicken
Polly Corner
Peck
Folly Corner
Henry BE. Pudeney
Littlewick Meadow
London
Dudeney
Surrey
End of Century Epitaph of a Busy Woman
A Pick Me Up poem profiles a devoted modern woman whose life centers on clubs, reading, schooling, travel, and social duties. Her zeal and varied interests reflect a strenuous, public-spirited era, ending abruptly from an overwhelmed heart.
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says Indianapolis Man
An Indianapolis resident frank G. Smith describes chronic kidney and back pain improved by Doan's Kidney Pills bought at a local drugstore. He attests the remedy strengthened his back and regulated secretions, endorsing Doan's over other treatments and urging others to try them. Published as a consumer remedy notice with agent details.
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Indianapolis
Frank G. Smith
E. Morne St
Downheyst
Doan
Henry J. Hyder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean
Her Right Story of a Child and a Clergyman
An exchange tells a true tale of a ailing four year old daughter of a clergyman who, after being sent to bed, pleads to see her father. She insists she is a sick woman and needs to see her minister, highlighting a moment of parental restraint and a child’s request.
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Papa
Touch of Black Lace Dress Description
A detailed description praising a baby blue lawn gown with splashy white figures and pale blue tone. Notes include numerous gores, skirts with seams outlined in white beading, and a black ribbon edging that ends six inches above the hem.
Rural Editor and Farmer Subscriptions in Cordwood Trade
A humorous rural exchange contrasts subscription payment in money versus cordwood. The farmer proclaims he has money to burn, while social doubts surface about marrying for money. A separate quip notes a man recovering from a headache after taking an unspecified remedy from a bottle found on a mantel.
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Cordwood
Detroit Journal
Chicago
Cincinnati Round Trip and Special Trains Advertisement
Advertises $3.30 Cincinnati round trip tickets sold July 10 11 12 and 13 with final return Aug 10. Also $1.25 Cincinnati round trip Sunday July 15 with two special fast trains 6:30 a m nonstop and 7:15 a m with stops at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton. Baseball game Cincinnati vs St Louis.
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C., H. & D. Railway
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Vandalia Line Special Train From Terre Haute
Vandalia Line offers a special train for patrons leaving Terre Haute Saturdays and returning from Lake Maxinkuckee Mondays. Big Four 11:45 p m train connects at Colfax. Inquiries directed to Big Four or Vandalia line agents W W Richardson D P A.
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Terre Haute
Lake Maxinkuckee
Big Four
Colfax
Vandalia Line
W. W. Richardson
Train Departure Notice From Indianapolis
A Lake Erie and Western Rail passenger train leaves Indianapolis at 6:00 a m on Thursday July 19 1900. The notice records the scheduled departure time and the carrier.
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Lake Erie & Western R. Eleave
Indianapolis
Lake Erie and Western
R. RK
Lake Erie & Western R. BR
Niagara Falls
C. F. Daly
Ind
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