Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed in Testimonial
A testimonial from Mars, Wisconsin praises Lydia J. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing inflammation and nerve pains after other remedies failed. The note cites relief and renewed ability to work, and invites others to try the product, noting its herbal basis and availability from E Pinkham in Creston Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia J. Pinkham
Mars
Seals
W. Howard
Creston
Iowa
E. Pinkham
Misunderstood Her Review in Mrs Reeder’s Call
A brief dialogue shows Mrs Reeder questioning Mrs Neuriche about her husband’s interests. Mrs Neuriche replies that Hiram runs three bookkeepers, revealing a household with busy clerks and financial management.
Of Short Duration. Pumply and Plunker in a Office Staircase Glimpse
In a cryptic exchange the characters Pumply and Plunker discuss an offhand moment with Mr. Plunker and his daughter, mentioning a brief vestibule encounter and a shower. The dialogue turns on impression and perception, likening social gathering to a gallery of pictures and a ticking cymbal. The fragment alludes to love and social performance in a terse, reflective mood.
World’s Greatest Metropolis Essay on London Hyde Park Rally
A narrator tours London on the Fourth of July visiting Plymouth Harbor and Hyde Park scenes. He contrasts old world and new, notes crowds, buses, and police, and reflects on alcohol, bar maids, suffragette views, and moral judgments in the era shown.
Fashion and Summer Verses From Harper's and Puck
A collage of verse and critique moves from Carolyn Walls on women’s dress to a joke of crossed fingers in a Strickland Gillian piece from Puck, then a Thornton poem praising summer sounds. The fragmentary OCR blends fashion, humor, and lyric longing across magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strickland Gillian
Puck
Fragmentary Verse Passage Reflects on Truth and Growth
Scattered lines muse on truth dying falsehood and personal growth. A lone speaker contemplates God and a sweet bird’s voice, contrasting shadowed doubts with a call to mature beyond deceit.
The True Tailway Lifts It Well Off His
Fragmented OCR text discusses manners for men around women, smoking etiquette, and hat removal in elevators and streets. It hints at conventions and social propriety but is unclear and incomplete.
He Knew His Business from London Opinion
Brief, fragmentary item notes a millinery proprietor in London criticizing a customer. The snippet implies a shopkeeper’s reminder that stock dictates sales and that customers cannot demand items not carried. No clear event or outcome is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Panama Canal’s Strategic Vitality Highlighted by Navy
Rear Admiral Manan notes the canal’s crucial role in rapid U S naval reach to defend coasts. He argues a competent fleet and secure canal deter invasion by ensuring open deployment ends and wide anchorage gaps.
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Panama
A. T. Manan
Panama Canal
United States
Australia
Cure for snoring through fasting and mental focus
A correspondent notes snoring links to stomachic fullness and restless mind. Suggestion: go to bed fasting and occupy the mind with a short literary phrase to ease sleepless hours. References Ecclesiasticus 7:Verse 7 discusses a well mannered person resting without noisy breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
Chicago Girl Wins Fame in American Magazine
Edna Ferber writes another story as Jen Ferber is heralded by critics as Beary's successor. A 20 year old Chicago girl who started writing recently while a reporter for a Milwaukee newspaper gains attention from literary critics.
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Edna Perber
Jen Ferber
Beary
Milwaukee
Deathless Love in Faith's Loom Says Hampton’s Magazine
Fragmentary verse reflects on enduring love beyond life as time fades. A meditation on memory, stars, and oblivion ends with a call to love until oblivion overtakes the night. The piece evokes faith, fate, and the persistence of affection through cosmic imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cage
Hampton’s Magazine
Combinations in Banking as Warned by Officials
The piece discusses fears of bank groupings in major cities and their influence over lending, appointments, and competition. It notes Governor Wilson and President Eliot urging caution, while some banks act autonomously. overall it argues credit combinations could threaten industry and trade if unchecked.
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Bankers
Wilson
New Jersey
New York
Faneushall
Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Joana
Milot
The Law and the Servant From Collier's A Century Ago
A century-old open letter to William Wilberforce urged acts to make servants a protected class. The piece contrasts historical wage and notice rules with modern standards, noting international norms in Germany Belgium England Italy New Zealand and emerging labor protections for domestic workers.
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Collier’s
William Wilberforce
M. P
Germany
England
Italy
Belgium
New Zealand
Cooke and Waltreames
Life and character themes in Bishop Quayle discourse
The piece on Bishop Quayle discusses two kinds of character, one transparent and straightforward like a limpid pool, the other intricate and tangled like buried strings. It uses botany as a metaphor for pursuit of knowledge and self doubt, contrasting clear paths with hidden complexities.
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Bishop Quayle
Christian Herald
Duchess of Blankshira Drives Right in Obedient Banter
An obsequious professor guides the duchess in a clipped debate about a seam or hole, noting the seam is cut too far to the left while the duchess deflects with polite reassurance.
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Blankshira
Learned Something From Punch About a Belt Conveyor
A muddled excerpt notes an officer and private dialogue about distance and perception, then mentions a recently installed belt conveyor at a New York pier able to load steamship cargo. The passage references 3000 pieces per hour and a loading system.
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Elactealy
Pareenger Vo
New York Pier
National Health Committee Pushes for Federal Health Department
The Committee of One Hundred on National Health argues that half of illness is unnecessary and that preventable disease costs the nation billions yearly. It cites typhoid and other causes, notes efforts by life insurers and fraternal societies, and urges Congress to establish a national department of health to coordinate agencies and curb mortality.
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W. J. Behleffelln
New York Journal
United States
Irving Fisher
Oe Te Ee
Tropolitan Life Insurance Company
Onga
Department of Health
Provident Life Assurance Society
New York Life ‘Insurance Company
The
Western Review
Health Insurance
Loyal Protective Insurance Company
Owen
Congress
Charles A. L. Reed
Philadelphia
Department of the Treasury
Department O Rerieatore
Europe
Washington
George H. Sternberg
Army
National Board of Health
Committee of 100
Atutes
Eliot
Harvard
East Tweanty Second Street
New York City
Oltaeng
Great River Under Texas Mystery Claims
A fragment from the Christian Herald reports that scientists claim a vast underground river originates in the Rocky Mountains crossing New Mexico and Texas. It allegedly drains into the Gulf of Mexico and in places may be several miles wide. The item notes the theory fascinates believers and observers despite lacking confirmation.
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Texas
The
Christian Herald
Hocky
New Mexico
Mealoo
Our Mercerized Aristocracy and the Textile Tariff Profits
A critic argues the New England cotton mill industry amassed vast profits through protection. He details rising dividends, stock distributions, and aggressive capitalization at Dartmouth and other mills, asserting monopolistic privilege allowed payers to raise prices and suppress labor wages.
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New England
Judson C. Welliver
Hampton's
Dartmouth Company
Massachusetts
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Stockoldera
Butler
New Bedford
Manomet
Whitmanshire
Bournem
Pall River
Davis
River
Orppan
Newland Biowk
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
Rhode
Ieland
Coe Cotton Mills
You
Squ
It s Dogged That Does It
A discussion of habit and diligence in scientific work. The author contrasts Darwin's late but enduring contribution with the restless urge of youth to leap into new fields, emphasizing perseverance over haste as a driver of lasting discovery.
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Darwin
Toad Named Police Mascot Joins Independence Force
A toad adopted as a police mascot in Independence, under protection of Robert L. Combe, lives happily while allegedly riding the station and catching "files" insects. Chief Combs issues an order: keep the toad. do not turn him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toad
Kansas City
Independence
Robert L. Combe
Ower
Polloe
Not Even There Maerper Basar Gabriele Item
Fragmentary text reports an event at Maerper Basar and Gabriele involvement. Details are unclear but hint at an unusual moment or missing participant. Authorities or organizers are not named in the legible fragments.
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Maerper
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