Balloonist Wife Dies After Uphill ascent Goes Wrong
Mrs Delia Lockhart 21 wife of balloonist Prof Lockhart New York remained near death in Troy N Y after obeying her husband and joining a balloon ascent in high wind The balloon failed to rise properly and blown by wind she was torn by trees and injured trying to release a faulty parachute The balloon finally detached and she fell to the ground Her husband allegedly asked if he was satisfied after seeing her in hospital.
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Delia Lockhart
Lockhart
New York
Troy
N. Y
A Roadside Inn Encounter by the Sea
A traveler lingers at a receptive roadside inn near Dieppe and meets a graceful woman of playful mischief. Their witty exchange centers on mistaken identity, flirtation, and the sudden spark of intrigue under bright sunlit rooms and a mischievous pug.
Child Nursed On Swinburne Island During War
A child is being bravely cared for on Swinburne Island in New York Harbor by sister Ella. They are unaware that the father lies dead as a martyr in a trench outside Santiago.
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Swinburne Island
New -York Harbor
Ella
Santiago
A Chance Meeting in Sunlit Parlors
A fragmentary dialogue unfolds between a man and a mysterious woman as they negotiate an imagined introduction and growing attraction. The scene shifts to a window gaze, a budding rose, and a tense claim of peril in love, followed by a poetic aside on the bacillus and future threats in food.
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Paradise
Monsieur
Madame
That man cheated me out of a cool million
Humorous quips from multiple papers recall a stalled marriage, a rowing trainer critique, and a Christian Scientist who complains about unsettled fees in a collection of reader lines. The snippets mix gossip, opinion, and light satire from Detroit Free Press Yonkers Statesman and Boston Transcript.
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Detroit Free Press
Thorn in the finger and a wedding in Pourville
In a garden scene a man comforts Madame Clotilde who discerns a thorn in her finger. Fenri appears, a landlord arrives to witness a reconciliation, and the wedding plans with wine for the ceremony unfold as the narrator reflects on healing and relation.
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Clotilde
Madame
Fenri
Pourville
Meals On Warm Days
Housekeeping tip urges fewer hot meals in heat waves. Eat more cold foods and fruits as substitutes for heavy desserts to cut labor and discomfort for cooks. Small fruits can be added to tapioca farina gelatine sago cornstarch and similar dishes. Chicago Journal.
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Chicago Journal
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Warmth Remedy
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a solution for people who feel cold due to poor blood. It frames the product as a warmth aid for those consistently chilly.
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Hood
Full Meal for 10 Cents Promises Quick Lunch Refreshment
Daily business lunch from 10 a m to 2 p m offers a complete meal for ten cents. Ladies lunch available on the second floor at Ormonde located at 16 West Pearl Street.
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Ormonde
Pearl-at
Berry Recipes for Fruit Puddings and Pies
Simple driveway of fruit puddings and berry pies with strawberries raspberries currants or blackberries. Cook fruit with sugar and water then press and chill for a cold pudding serve with Devonshire cream. For pies simmer berries with syrup then bake a rich pastry crust with butter and beaten egg whites.
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Jay
Women Should Rest This Summer
A plea that women deserve rest and should prioritize easier ready-made garments over hand-sewn outfits. The piece argues life passes quickly and urges taking needed rest as a household necessity, ending with an advertisement for Dr. Thomas Electric Coil.
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Jane
Thomas
An Old Nurse for Children Teething Syrup Ad
An old nurse for children. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething should be used for children while teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays pain cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty five cents a bottle.
Vacation in the Mountains Promises Scenic Travel
The General Passenger Agent of the Colorado Midland Railroad invites travelers to Denver to obtain maps views and descriptive matter guiding mountain trips.
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Colorado Midland Railroad
Denver
Lake Maxinkuckee Special Train 1 Dollar Round Trip
Sunday July 16 special train via Pennsylvania leaves Indianapolis at 7:30 a m returning from Lake Maxinkuckee at 7:30. Operates under the Pennsylvania lines with low fare and limited schedule details.
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Lake Maxinkuckee
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Op. Ma
Sun of Righteousness Inspires Supplicants for Grace
A poetic plea urges all to seek kindness, patience, strength, faith, and hope from a divine Sun. The verse invites even the humblest to ask freely, asserting God’s generosity. Minnie L. Upton writes in the New York Tribune voice.
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Minnie L. Upton
New York Tribune
Berlin Officers May Ride Bicycles In Uniform
A dispatch reports that the German emperor allows officers in uniform to ride bicycles in Berlin streets and during service hours, foreshadowing officers riding to ranges and exercise grounds. The note follows broader health fashion claims extolling strawberries as a tonic rich in iron for nervousness and vigor.
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Germany
Berlin
Dewey
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Grant
McKinley
Schley
Grosvenor
Henderson
Burrows
Hichborn
Corbin
American Girl Abroad Narratives From Conger Visit
Ex Senator William G Kent recalls Edwin A Conger Iowa twice serving minister to Brazil and to China. In Rio de Janeiro Conger meets Brazilian minister and wife Mme Mendoza who greets him with Are you Ed Conger. The tale highlights the American girl’s global presence from a Galesburg wedding memory.
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Wiliam G. Kent
Edwin A. Conger
Iowa
United States
Brazil
China
Conger
Rio Janeiro
Conser
Automaton chess analogy frames medical practice critique
A historic ad-style argument compares the Automaton chess player to medicine, claiming doctors fail outside routine training. It promotes Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo and his Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for “incurable” cases, offering a free 1008 page book and a mail order option.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Goldenedical
Chas. Hurmwick
Lenox, Macomb Co
Mich
People
Common Sense
Buffalo
N. Y
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