Queen of society and dressmaker endorse Lydia E. Pinkham remedy
A society queen in a lavish gown is paired with a weary dressmaker as an era of excess and toil is linked to nervous disorders. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as a cure for women's ailments, with testimonials from grateful correspondents praising its restorative effects after months of suffering. The letters claim relief from inflammation, headaches, back and kidney pain, and overall weakness after six bottles.
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Society
Lydia
Pinkham
Dean Man
Probeam
Tme
Prxewase
Lydia Brinkham
Frogs and Longshoremen Fuel Oneida Lake Industry
Along Oneida lake shores a frog catching trade thrives beside fishing. Hunters use spears or flat-ended clubs to harvest frogs from marshes and hayfields. Some frogs are raised in enclosed farms for New York City markets while local collectors supply hotel kitchens with fresh frog legs priced around twenty to twenty five cents a pound.
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Oneida Lake
Upper South Bay
Fshing
Frogu’ Lege
Seb
New York City
New York
Oneida Jake Hota
Stone soles on boots and a royal peacock jewel
A jumble of curiosities and oddities: an inventor touts stone soles made by waterproof glue and quartz for grip, Queen Victoria’s diamonded gold peacock keepsake at Windsor, and assorted notices about cures, candles, tires, and salesmen amid a chaotic era-style page of miscellaneous items.
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Seringapatam
Windsor Castle
Ear malady spreads in north Alabama reports say
A strange ear malady is sweeping north Alabama and Birmingham, causing painful swellings and ringing in many residents. Gov. Johnston and Birmingham Board of Trade president J W O Neill suffer ear trouble. doctors treat symptoms as the disease spreads with no fatalities yet. A Danish practice also offers social exchange where city children visit the country and country children visit the city each summer, benefiting about 20 000 children.
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North
Alabama
Atlanta Constitution
Birmingham
Joseph F. Johnston
John W. O'Neill
Birmingham Board of Trade
Denmark
Copenhagen
Padding 14 Beneficial Bathing Pleasures at Chicago Beaches
Readers note the practice of paddling in the water at Chicago beaches as beneficial for children and adults. A well known physician cites thirty years of experience supporting the activity, despite medical objections, and parents’ embrace. The article also references Paris Exposition statistics with many exhibitors and U S awards. It mentions John C Stubbs of Southern Pacific, age 63, and his early railway career starting in Ashland, CA.
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Chicago
Stubb
John C. Stubbs
Southern Pacific Railway
Huntington
Ashland
Education View At Odds With Fortune Says Armour
Philip D. Armour of Armour’s Education in Chicago expressed the belief that a college education tends to hinder rather than help a man in making a fortune. He recalled that he himself received schooling in a small red schoolhouse with only a few months at Caganovia academy.
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Armour
Philip D. Armour
Chicago
Caganovia Academy
Belgian officer dismissed over Congo cruelty charge
In the Congo Free State Maj Lothaire, who executed an Englishman named Stokes, was removed from his post as manager of the Congo Free State trading company. Charges cited cruelty to natives were the likely cause of his dismissal and its aftermath remains understood.
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Maj
Lothaire
Stokes
Congo Free State
Mnager
Congo Free State Trading Company
Prince of Wales vows to travel armed abroad this year
The Prince of Wales, while abroad this year, will always go armed and guarded by detectives. After the recent life threat, he has renewed precautions. a pistol shot or encounter with a would be assassin would no longer be feared as before.
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Prins Witt
Prince of Wales
Will
Dry Dock for Charleston Stone Structure Aimed at Longevity
Naval authorities seek a lasting dry dock for centuries, with Charleston, S C, chosen for stone construction and new design concepts. Secretary Long favors enduring architecture combining new discoveries and attachments. Atlanta University unveils a model house for domestic science teaching with eighteen dorm rooms and dedicated facilities for needlework laundry and nursing training.
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Naval Authority
United States
Secretary Long
Charleston
8. C
Hotonon
Flooring Mawed with Ade in Philippine Homes
The article describes vast amounts of flooring in the Philippine islands hewed with an adz. It notes that in Malta homes some floors of this kind exist and highlights rough patches where chips were removed. The grain is so fine that daily cleaning and scrubbing have worn it to resemble a plate glass mirror.
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Philippine Islands
Malta
Colonel's Post of Danger and Questioned Marriages
An old column reflects on colonels facing danger, noting their higher casualty rate and frontline duties. It then reports Dalton Ledate near Sunderland England where 800 couples seek clarity on whether their marriages are valid after a bishop declares them not properly tied and fees may have affected the ceremony.
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Dalton Ledate
Sunderland
England
Durham
Notice Concerning Departed Wife From Artoona Ranch
An Artoona ranch posted a notice on a cottonwood tree stating his wife Sarrah left the ranch after a dispute. He warns that any man who took her for himself on his account will be hurt and possibly killed, insisting the situation is clear and warns fools.
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Artoona
Sarrah
Mercury Poisoning and Elixir Claims in Patent Remedies
An OCR fragment cites warnings about mercury in catarrh cures and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure by Cheney and Co with testimonials. It mentions Toledo Ohio manufacture, 70 cent price, and general dubious health claims. Also includes unrelated notes about desserts and chicks on duck hunting weather.
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Lincoln
KJ. Cheney
Hats for Lampwicks at Ardmore Grand Gypsy Camp
Report describes a gypsy gathering at Ardmore in Indian Territory last month with many nomads and some eastern station attendees. Notes that lamp wicks can be made from soft felt hats by soaking in vinegar and drying. Local scene mentions camps scattered across the ground and arrivals from Texas.
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Ardmore
Indian Territory
Texas
Kindows Brings Love and Kindness Verse
The fragment presents Baall’s lines praising courtesy and kindness as seeds for friendship and rewards. It frames deeds as inherently valued, linking pleasure to gratitude and suggesting goodwill yields reciprocal affection. No events or persons beyond the quoted aphorism are specified.
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