The Llamas Curse and the Mongolian Frontier Tale
A narrator recalls a perilous journey with Tom Morton to Urga and the Grand Llama. They face a mob near a praying mill, are captured, and sent toward the Siberian frontier. A Buddhist priest blesses or curses coins, claiming two specific pieces bring immediate destruction to their holders. They cross into Russia, seeking relief from the governor.
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Tom Morton
Tom
Fred
Urga
Phil
Tome Mence
Siberian
Miamatshin
Kiakta
Russia
Krakta
Llama's Curse Man Dies After Coin Reading
In a London party tale from Penny Pictorial Magazine, Tom Morton dies amid a Mongolian superstition reveal. His wife tests a coin curse, counting 27 coins to 26 guests. Tom collapses with 27th coin in his hand, a 29-mark German piece bearing William II.
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Tom
Tom Morton
France
London
William II
Llama
Penny Pictorial Magazine
Head of 50 000 Women Led National League President
Mrs. Charlotte Smith presides over the National Industrial League guiding a network of 50,000 organized women across the United States in advocacy and collective action.
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Charlotte Smith
National Industrial League
United States
Lovely Underwear and Fine Linens Inspire Delicate Fashion
The Washington Star notes that smart selection allows ample fine linen and simple cuts that are easy to iron, with prices suited to moderate incomes. It describes new undergarments as beautiful and temptingly dainty, featuring laces, embroideries, cambrics, and sheer lawns.
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Washington Star
The Amateur's Mistake in Dress Frocks and Ideas
A fragment discusses fashion errors and ideas in dress design. It notes a tucked bodice with a box-plaited skirt ruffle as a botch yet acknowledges ideas as valuable, suggesting strapless frocks and restyling concepts in common usage.
How the Flowers Grow Poem by A J Waterhouse
An antique verse asks in playful imagery how flowers grow. It imagines God mixing sunset tints and snow to sculpt pansies lilies and roses with human traits like a baby’s hair and love. The poem ends noting roses as a symbol of beauty and comfort.
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Khesed
Darling
A. J. Waterhouse
About Women Lady Stanley and other notable women
Lady Stanley paints London street Arabs in a studio like an African room filled with relics from her husband’s expeditions. Mrs Greenleaf has opened an American library in Manila for military and civilian use. Elizabeth Cady Stanton dismisses flogging. teaching respect is the cure. Mrs Winslow, wife of the U S consul general, becomes Stockholm’s first automobile owner driving an electric American made car.
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Lady Stanley
Sir Henry Stanley
London
Africa
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
New York
Stockholm
Edward D. Winslow
United States
King
Oscar
Cincinnati girl sails to Manila to enter army hospital
Miss Ida Lippert, a Cincinnati native, has sailed to Manila to enter an army hospital. She previously nursed soldiers at Chattanooga during the Spanish American War.
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Ida Lippert
Manila
Chattanooga
Faded Fashion Fragments Describe Circular Flounce Gored Bodice
A fragmentary description notes a circular flounce falling from beneath and a bodice with many gored effects. The outfit features ruffle edging and ribbon-run headings to emphasize the design, reflecting a period fashion snippet.
Dudeney's Quiet Muse Behind Two Notable Books
The Bookman editor praises Harriott Wicken and Polly corner as enduring works. Prof Peck selects Folly corner as a top book of the year, while author Mrs. Henry E. Dudeney of Littlewick Meadow, near London, writes amid garden life. She splits time between writing and gardening, claims little time devoted to writing, and views her craft as apprenticeship.
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Bookman
Harriott Wicken
Polly Corner
Peck
Folly Corner
Henry E. Dudeney
Littlewick Meadow
London
Sho
Surrey
End of Century Fipstaph Woman’s Sudden Death
A compact obituary-like verse honors a busy woman who led a demanding social life, chaired a school board, enjoyed clubs, golf, and travel, and who died instantly after a rare hour of quiet. The playful tribute notes her family, pursuits, and broader cultural interests.
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Tolstol
Ibsen
Delsarte
Blackberry Pie From Rough and Ready Frontier Bake
A detailed home recipe for a deep dish blackberry pie with a rich pastry. Instructions cover crust mixing with lard and butter, ice water binding, rolling, assembling two crusts, filling with blackberries and sugar, crimping edges, damp cloth seam sealing, flour dusting, and baking until golden brown in a moderate oven.
Her Right. A little girl pleads to see her minister
A sick four year old daughter of a clergyman, kept in bed, begs her mother to announce she is a sick woman and wants to see her minister. The exchange shows the child’s restrained plea beyond parental permission.
Touch of Black in Baby-Blue Lawn Skirt Trim
A vintage description praises a fine lawn fabric in baby blue with splashy white figures. The skirt features numerous gores and seams outlined with white beading along the edges, with a black baby ribbon outlining ending six inches from the hem.
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain claims
An Indianapolis watchman testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his kidney and bladder trouble and back ache. He recounts persistent dull pain, worse with damp weather or cold, improved after using the remedy bought at Henry J. Huder's drug store. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Indianapolis
Frank G. Smith
E. Morris Sr
E. Morris Sr., Watchman of the Panhandle At the Downey St. Crossing
Doan
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
United States
Dean
Rural Editor Question on Subscriptions and Cordwood
A Rural Editor voices shock over subscription payments in cordwood as a farmer boasts having money to burn. A banter exchanges between a husband and wife about money and motives. A nurse or friend asks about a headache, with a punchline about medication found on a mantel.
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Cordwood
Detroit Journal
Chicago
Cincinnati and Return Fare Details and Schedules
Travel offer lists $3.30 Cincinnati and Return with July 10 11 12 13 sale days and Aug 10 return limit plus a $1.25 option via C H D Railway. A Sunday July 15 event includes two special fast trains at 6:30 am non stop and 7:15 am stopping at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton. Baseball matchup Cincinnati versus St. Louis noted.
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C., H. & D. Railway
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Cincinnati Vs
St. Louis
Vandalia line special trains from Terre Haute and Lake Maxinkuckee
A local notice announces a special Vandalia line train that will depart Terre Haute Saturdays and return Mondays from Lake Maxinkuckee. The Big Four 11:45 a.m. connection at Colfax is noted. For details contact Big Four or Vandalia line agents through W. W. Richardson, D. P. A.
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Vandalia Line
Lake Maxinkuckee
Terre Haute
Big Four
Colfax
W. W. Richardson
Lake Erie & Western Excursions from Indianapolis
The Lake Erie and Western Railroad announces a July 19 1900 out of town excursion from Indianapolis at 6 60 am to Fort Wayne with intermediate stops for $1 plus a Niagara Falls trip on July 15 leaving at 4 30 am and an August 2 excursion from 11 45 am at $7 round trip for full details contact C F Daly Indianapolis Indiana
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lake Erie & Western R. BR
Niagara Falls
C. F. Daly
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