Woman saved from operation by Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Lena Vey of Norristown Georgia writes that after severe female trouble and a near operation she read of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and recovered before treatment began. The advertisement urges sick women to try the remedy and notes Mrs Pinkham invites letters for advice from Lynn Massachusetts. Radium’s effect on gems shows emeralds turn yellowish green hyacinth brown and topazes orange blue sapphires pale with slight changes.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena Vey
Norristown
Lydia Finkharm
Lydia E. Pinkharn
Vienna
Doelter
University of
Independent woodworker school founded in Germany
The article notes the first independent school for wood workers established in Germany around the early era, marking a milestone in craft education and professional training.
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Germany
Bark's Long Voyage Ends as Johanna Reaches Boston
The British steel bark Johanna arrived in Boston Harbor after seven months at sea and 17 000 miles of travel. She sailed from Java November 25 with 8 559 baskets of sugar weighing 700 pounds each, visiting St. Helena Falmouth England and Delaware Breakwater before discharge. Captain Doey led the voyage.
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Boston Transcript
Johanna
Java
St. Helena
Falmouth
England
Delaware
Doey
Cheribon
Tugal
Cure of Eczema By Cuticura Remedies Claims Astonishing Result
Mrs Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green England states her son Owen suffered extreme eczema from three months to fifteen years old. After four hospital discharges as incurable and lasting torment he used Cuticura Remedies for six months and is now perfectly cured.
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Cody
Owen
Lily Hedge
Camblewell Green
England
Doves Under Scrutiny in Wallace Craig Essay
Professor Wallace Craig of the University of Chicago attacks the dove metaphor with a four count indictment. He argues doves lack cognition, female dovelike shrewishness and male domestic tyranny. The piece notes shifts from poetic praise to critical irony in cultural symbols.
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New York
Wallace Craig
University of Chicago
Byron
Tennyson
Professor Craig
Madam Dove
Jean Ingelow
Shakespeare
Parasol Trend Seen Among Men At Race Meetings
London Daily Graphic notes new male parasols appearing at English race meetings. Rumor claims men will adopt sun shades similar to women, though simpler and practical. Some well dressed men at Ascot have begun this fashion, with Sun shade usage spreading in West End circles.
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England
London Daily Graphic
Ascot
Milwaukee excursion offers half fare for distant merchants
The Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers offers reduced round trip fares for merchants to the West and Northwest. Sale dates span August 15 to 28 with tickets valid for return by September 1 or 2 from stations 100 miles or more away. Merchants must obtain a signed receipt from their local agent and countersignatures from Milwaukee officials to secure return fare. Milwaukee promotes itself as a top manufacturing center and summer resort with office at 440 University Building.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Association of Jobbery and Manufacturers
Wisconsin State Mail
Milwaukee Asselin of
Jobber and Manufacturers
University Building
Mason
Broadway
Making the Sultan's Cigarettes in Royal Palaces
A garbled account describes the sultan’s cigarettes and royal tobacco pride. It notes generations of refined tobacco and palace standards, with discussion of costly leaves and selective processing to produce flawless royal cigarettes.
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Fram BP
Ooyho
Tuvneh Pullan
Chiarets Ke Hia
Ostrich Eggs Hatched In Tampa Incubator
The Tam Times reports a Tampa store Crenshaw Bros hosting an ostrich egg hatch using a Mandy Lee incubator. Thirteen eggs from the Tampa ostrich farm will hatch by early May after 46 days at 107 degrees. Each egg worth 20 dollars. hatched birds may exceed 40 dollars after the first month.
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Crenshaw Bros
Franklin Street
Tampa
Mandy Lee
Delay Meant Death from Hidney Troubles
Mrs Herman Smith of Broad street Athens Georgia describes kidney disease that began with weakness and irregularity and advanced to dropsy. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with saving her at a critical moment and notes the product sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Herman Smith
Broad Street
Athens
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Wordsworth Poem Becomes Cleveland Funeral Elegy
Three Cleveland relatives and Dr. Henry van Dyke independently chose Wordsworth’s Character of the Happy Warrior as the funeral tribute. The poem was read as eulogy sermon and song for Grover Cleveland, reflecting unanimous perception of his life.
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Cleveland
Princeton
Brooklyn Eagle
Grover Cleveland
Wiliam Wordsworth
Wordsworth
Dr. van Dyke
Rowe Cleveland
Wordeworth
Widow 8 Maintains Pensions Amid New Uncertainties
A fragmentary notice notes widow's pension status under new rules. The text hints at a male shopper remarking on dress fittings in a department store window while a line about football training appears, reflecting sparse, disjointed OCR of a larger page.
Career prospects in science fields for young men
Members of the Minolm State Academy of Science discussed opportunities in science careers. They noted strong demand for botanists and chemists, with government, industry, and education offering roles though pay remains modest. Geologists and zoologists face high competition, but prospects look brighter for capable workers.
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Minolm State Academy of Science
John G. Coulter
Department of Agriculture
Philippines
W. A. Noyes
University of Dinols
United States
Bain
Llinola Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
H. V. Neal
Sien Wdence
Fresh Eggs From Old Earth Storage Rivalry
Paducah lawyer Marshall Raymond recounts a China learned trick to keep eggs fresh by burying a barrel of them under earth for months. He claims the method lets eggs remain edible during shortages and mocks the agricultural department’s progress against storage corps.
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China
Storage Commission
Marshall Raymond
Paducah
Arlington
East
Shanghai
Commission
Agricultural Department
Ian
Nature
Licensing Reform in England Stirred by Asquith Speech
The London Times notes Mr. Asquith’s closing speech on the second reading of the licensing bill. It argues the measure lacks popular support and would alter social habits, especially among the poor who rely on public houses as social centers. It warns reform may provoke resentment as its effects become clear.
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England
London Times
Asquith
Duc I
Inheritance customs of the Black Forest peasant families
From the Antiquary: traditional peasant succession in the Black Forest favors the youngest son. A reigning head abdicates in old age to retreat to the dower house beside each farm, ensuring peace for the elder until he marries. The elder may not claim the estate unless he purchases it from the younger.
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Black Forest
Con
Benjamin
Jacol
Youre quote from Harper's Weekly about a boy in school
Mrs Malaprop jokes about her son doing well in school at an alimentary institution. She teases that he leads his class in gas tronومي and can spell a de formed speller. He aspires to be an undertaker and the confessor is urged to pay attention to dead languages.
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Harper's Weekly
Girl at toll gate defies Sheridan army in Virginia tale
In a Metropolitan Magazine vignette, a young Charlotte Hillman guards a toll gate as Sheridan’s march through the Valley proceeds. She lowers and raises the toll bar for soldiers, notches the pole for every 10 troops, and later sends the tally to Washington, which is paid.
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Sheridan
Metropolitan Magazine
Winchester
Valley Pike
Stephens City
Charlotte Hillman
Toll
Straightway
Barry
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Lee
Grant
Joe Johnston
Washington
Men and Women as Friends in the Referee
The article argues men prefer male friends due to perceived equality and trust. It claims men avoid women’s influence, distrust women’s handling of women’s secrets, and value men’s sense of honor and steadiness as the basis for stronger male friendships.
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Vance
Coffee to Pontum Cure Perplexed Patient Letters
A reader details decade long pale suffering from coffee and how switching to Postum improved health. After giving up coffee the writer notes rapid relief and a weight rise to 148 pounds, attributing wellness to Postum. The letter is signed with the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan advertisement tone.
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Pontum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Peruna Claims Bring New Life to Evanston Reader
A damaged ad-like fragment describes a Mrs Judge J F Boyer of Evanston Illinois praising Peruna for years of illness including sleepless nights and weight loss. She credits the tonic with restoring health and sleep after trying doctors and remedies.
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J. F. Boyer
Ave
Evanston
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