Swamp Root Advertises Kidney Health Remedy
An ad promotes Swamp-Root as a universal kidney and bladder remedy for both men and women. It claims kidney trouble harms mind and vitality, offers a sample bottle by mail, and urges readers to send for the pamphlet with testimonials. The notice lists Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York and bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Keeping Open House and Digestive Health Promise
An advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as regulating stomach, liver and bowels so users feel better. The claim is the pills are available for 25 cents at Hanna Drug Co.
Reason Enthroned Diet Advice Ad in 1900s Ga
An old advertisement urges readers to curb indulgent eating to avoid stomach troubles and constipation. It promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy and notes availability from Jamerson tug Co in Jackson Georgia with free samples.
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Chamberlain
Jamerson Tug Co
Jackson, Ga
Empress Eugenie and a Senator at the Tuileries
Dr. T. W. Evans recalls a senator who praised Napoleon's speech on marriage but preferred the sauce to the fish. At a Tuileries dinner the empress teased him about liking the sauce, and he replied with a quick quip, claiming the error to be one he now seeks to amend.
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Eugenie
Napoleon III
Napoleon
Tuileries
Monsieur
Macam
Corner Days Weather Prophet Levi Beebe Remembered
Old Berkshire observer Levi Beebe noted for weather signs tied to the corner days March 20, September 20 and solstices. He studied ten days each side of the dates and multiplied by three to forecast ensuing quarters, according to the New York Press.
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Levi Beebe
Time and the Man in History
James Bryce argues in the Mail Mall Gazette that great leaders shape history but their impact depends on favorable conditions. He notes many occasions when needed men did not appear, while others far ahead of their age may falter if out of sync with their era.
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Cromwell
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bismarck
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
James Bryce
Pail Mali Gazette
Great Events From Little Causes At Frederick II Court
Voltaire visits Frederick II at Prussia. Mme de Pompadour mocks the king, provoking anger. Madame persuades Louis XV to shift stance toward Austria. Franco Austrian forces oppose Prussia with Elizabeth of Russia’s support. The conflict claims about half a million lives.
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Frederick II
Elizabeth
Russia
Frederick
London
He Came Back at Her
A New York charity official notes mendicants often pose as humbugs and recounts a farmer’s wife who briefly offered a tramp lodging before he requested to be called at 4 AM to catch a cattle train, illustrating wary aid.
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New York
Mariset
Italian Diet and Disease Resistance
The London Lancet notes that the Italian’s weak resistance to disease, even among the privileged, is linked to a diet rich in farinaceous and leguminous foods. It argues these staple foods fail to supply sufficient muscle-building components, hindering recovery in late-stage pneumonia.
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London
I’d like to see that young Japanese prince
A playful exchange about a young Japanese prince traveling incognito. The characters joke about geography and identify Manchuria as a destination, reflecting light banter rather than a serious report.
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Manchuria
Rain direction question on geography exam
The answer notes most rains fall vertically while some arrive from the side. It reflects a humorous or simplified response to a geography prompt about rain direction.
Theatrical Jokes and Stage Mishaps Mentioned
A snippet recalls jokes from theatre history about safety matches and rents due, plus anecdotes from The Lady of the Lake and The Spy showing writers actors and stage tricks. It notes food pratfalls on stage, and a Sadler’s Wells anecdote with an onion for Fluellen causing tears.
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Roderick Dhu
Roderick
Sadler's Wells
Cornhill Magazine
Bavarian Peasant Scoops Fish With Double Hat Trick
A Munich scene shows a peasant buying a new hat and a goldfish bowl. In the crowd the bowl breaks and fish spill. He places the fish inside his old hat, fills it with water from a tap, and boards his train smiling and careful.
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Munich
London
Globe
Beatrice Grimshaw Describes a Waterspout Across Seas
In vivid nautical prose Grimshaw chronicles a waterspout forming from a black trunk like an elephant’s reach, a colossal cone joining sea and cloud, rising high above a copper crimson sunset as it thrashes sea spray and threatens a small ship with destruction.
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South Seas
Beatrice Grimshaw
Gladstone’s Humorous Bull in Debates on Establishment
The text recalls Mr. Gladstone’s love of a joke and his mimetic skill. It notes an amused moment when he delivered a humorous bull about the church’s hold on society. He joked that Englishmen marry baptism and burial are all handled by the parish priest, prompting laughter in the house.
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Gladstone
S[ingland
Mr. Gladstone
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Copyrieuts &c
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Chill & G
Broadway
Offco
F St
Washington, D. C
Michie
Butts
Jasper Counties
R. C. Thomas
Time and
Man
Mr. Henpecked
Soria
Pere Af Rel
Sixouee
Putguer
Fac Simile Signature of
CP the ‘ Oe Ie Moyen Bohens
THE
Centavur Company
New York City
Bears
E. Jersey
F. O. B. Young
M. Gibson
Carmichael Buggy Co
Andre‘ Graham
Siness College
Atlanta
W J. Graham Co
Bernard C. Ansted
Woodward
South
Woodward Mantel CO
Whitehall St
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