Nero the Dog's Last Night and a Grim Kindness
In a flashback tale a grandmother recalls Nero the dog whom aging owners plan to euthanize by arsenic. After secretly poisoning the steak, they bury him beside the hearth. Nero survives two more years before a train ends his life, leaving the family to attend his funeral.
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Nero
Het Nero
Charles
Martha
Cate
Nera
Macbeth
Sol
Ana
Nero Uo
Dow
the Oy
New York
Pepper on strawberries and souls in a Chicago car debate
A dusky waiter at Dooner's Philadelphia hotel offers pepper on strawberries to a guest, who learns the peppered snack is fashionable. In Chicago, two men quarrel in a car, then one cites belief in souls and after a quick survey draws revolvers, threatening passengers as a grim punchline.
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Dooner’s
Philadelphia
Orange Tree
South Africa
Chicago Herald
Raisa
Ivery
Chicago Tribune
Curious Tabling From a Rural Gazette Snips
In Banger Be a one armed man has tilled a quarter acre, carried dressing to it, and planted a garden while whistling. A 2 year old Georgia boy can name the president, vice president, two Georgia senators, county, and residence of each. A Griffin area man, 74, with 49 years married, has seven sons and two daughters and 31 grandchildren. A Scotch sheriff reveals crime notes from 1644 to 1465 and odd thefts. A Maine rooster mimics feeding by tugging its mistress's dress toward the bread jar.
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Banger
Georgia
United States
Griffin
Maine
Fashion notes and a stocky shoe ad mix in spring issue
The article surveys spring fashion at the races with dainty gowns and velvet sleeves, notes smoking jackets for ladies, and odd silver shoe breaches. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring blood purifier and warns of a Buffalo shoe consignment ad at 66 E Washington.
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Hood
Buffalo Shoe Louse
Washington
Angry citizen and band leader exchange at neighborhood
An angry citizen questions a German band leader about leaving the neighborhood while the tramp asks for help. The matron’s reply reveals a wary household guarded by a husband in the barn, a son behind a tree, and a nearby hired man as the tramp asks if their neighbor has a guard dog.
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Citizn
Oncs
Puck
Purely Personal Portraits of Gladstone and Blaine Circle
A gossiping slice notes Herbert Gladstone about his father and Mr Gladstone calling him Harbart. Cyrus W Field reportedly wears two watches, one lavish gift worth 2500 to please a friend and a simple gold timepiece for daily use. Mrs James G Blaine is a voracious reader whose taste leans to belles lettres theology and science, aided by her literary husband and cousin Gail Hamilton in Washington.
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Herbert Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Harbart
Cyrus W. Field
James G. Blaine
Coraforces
Blaine
Miss Dodge
Gail Hamilton
Washington
Chinese Tea and the Flowery Kingdom Illusions
A period essay extols China's soil and tea as life giving, praising the Flowery Kingdom and its herbs while urging broader knowledge of Chinese people beyond tea and laundry. The author questions readers about Poland, emigration, and the healing traditions tied to Chinese cultivation and medicine.
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China
Earth
Pacific Empire
Poland
Chinese remedies and healing arts praised against superstition
The piece argues that Chinese remedies and botanical discoveries, long blocked by religious bans on surgery and prejudice, hold real merit. It cites herbal cures, including ginseng and other plants, noting educated Chinese and Naropa scholars acknowledge herbal specifics for common ailments.
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China
Gan Wa
Natura
Words of others tell the story of remedies praise
Letters from Boraeamt Indiana and nearby communities praise Chinese Herbal Remedies. Jacks In Shelbyville and AM Kuhn of Allange Og report cures for paralysis and general faith in the medicines. A mother in Douglesong notes relief and hopeful recovery for partial paralysis and widespread family support.
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D.S Douglesong
Letter of endorsement from local reader for medicines
A reader from Sheluvville writes in praise of medicines, stating strong personal benefit and willingness to have their name used to help others. The writer invites others who have suffered to contact them for a fuller explanation of their case.
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Raimain
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