How to Conquer Rheumatism at Your Own Home
Advertisement offers a free trial of Chronicures for rheumatism and related ailments. Claims blood cleansing and a tonic effect, with home references and a large free package to be mailed to Mrs. M. Summers in South Bend Indiana. Mentions individuals Mrs J C Sanders Box 146 Kingman and Gordon Sowers visiting Purdue students.
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M. Summers
E. Washington Avenue
South Bend
Indiana
J.C. Sanders
Kingman
Duel in Italy and a Waking Wand Tales
The article recounts a famous duel in Italy involving the Count of Turin and Prince Henry of Orlean, arranged after an insult to the Italian army. Crispi misdirects the decision by claiming the Count of Turin is Victor Emmanuel. It also notes a practical joke on France and a discussion of wands and sleep in Eastern tales from London Chronicle.
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Italy
Count
Turin
Prince Henry of
Orleans
Prince Henry
Adona
Victor Emmanuel
Crispi
Humbert
Europe
France
Rome
Mannaggia la Rocca
M. Tomegueux
Pall Mail Gazette
Ireland
London Chronicle
Algebra and Suspenders
A Brooklyn teacher asks what X represents in a board example. Henry Bolton hesitates then blurts out that X stands for a pair of suspenders, reflecting a humorous algebra lesson moment reported by the New York Times.
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Brooklyn
Henry Bolton
Henry
New York Times
Paw Knows Everything in Baltimore American
Dialogue sample from Baltimore American features a playful exchange about marriage and alimony as a gambling debt, attributed to Willie and Paw with a humorous tone.
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Paw
Willie
Baltimore American
Holes in the air myth debunked by aviation expert
Edgar Lucien Larkin argues in the New York American that no hole exists in free air and that a moving airship must travel through air to lift. He explains lift depends on relative air velocity and notes vacuums cannot be achieved. crows and magpies behavior is also discussed by Youth's Companion.
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Desians
New York
F Bt. Waahtnatan
Edgar Lucien Larkin
New York American
Sign on hats clarifies front of price tags
A New York Times note recalls a millinery shop where nine of ten customers struggled to place hats correctly. The manager posted a sign stating price tags are placed at the front of all hats, easing fitting and keeping a nervous saleswoman from burnout and a higher salary.
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New York Times
Natural Fortress of Mada gascar
A vast northern Madagascar fortress rises 1000 feet high and eight square miles in area. The rock is nearly unclimbable, with sheer sides and a hollow interior entered only by a subterranean passage. The local wild tribe calls themselves the People of the Rocks.
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Madagascar
St. James
Shakespeare's Last Illness Conjectural Theories Cited
Tradition attributes Shakespeare's final illness to a fever from a merry meeting with Drayton and Ben Jonson. Another view links his death to typhoid from poor drainage near New Place. Most analyses remain conjectural.
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Shakespeare
Ward
Stratford
Drayton
Ben Jonson
Halliwell-Phillips
New Place
Birds of a Feather Examines Burns Biography Comment
A high school class discussed Carlyle on Burns and a student offered a view of the poet’s life. The student noted Burns’ weaknesses but concluded the world judged him harshly, remarking that his parents were scotch pheasants.
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Carlyle
Burns
Lippincott’s
Englishwomen and Politics as Society’s Imperative
The piece argues that English society intertwines with politics, making women of title active political hosts and advisers. It contrasts American attitudes, notes how wives and daughters engage in political life, form salons, and influence policy through diplomacy and social maneuvering, as described by Sydney Brooks in Harper's Magazine.
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Washington
England
House of Commons
House of Lords
Sydney Brooks
Harper's Magazine
Immediacy of Home by Fred Bromley Impressionist Artist
The text describes artist Fred Bromley finishing a purple and blue landscape. His wife enters the studio and suggests naming the work Home citing there’s no place like it. The exchange ends with a witty remark on imagination.
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Fred Bromley
Eyeglasses proposed by Roger Bacon cited by Dr Langdon Down
The London Standard reports that Roger Bacon proposed lenses to cure eye defects. Dr Langdon Down told a Psychological Society meeting that Italians manufactured the spectacles and early scientists warned patients against using them due to incomplete theories.
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Roger Bacon
Langdon Down
Psychological Society
London Standard
Tenderizing Meat With Simple Vinegar Tips
A Chicago Journal note suggests using vinegar rubs on steak before frying or broiling to improve tenderness. For tough roasts, rub with vinegar and baste with water and vinegar. If boiling meat is tough, add baking soda. Soak meat in sour milk or buttermilk and refrigerate, then rinse before use.
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Chicago Journal
Lacrosse Origins and Early Adoption Timeline
The game of lacrosse originated with the Indians and was later adopted by French and English settlers. It was systematized by Dr. Beers in 1860 and the Lacrosse Association of Canada was founded in 1867.
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United States
Dr. Beers
Lacrosse Association of Canada
There is one thing which is really magical about a cellarette
A Pittsburgh Press quote notes the cellarette’s charm and its use when men are out of spirits.
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Pittsburgh Press
MEAT IN CENTRAL AFRICA AND CURIOUS TALES
Travelers in Africa note living standards differ from home. Mary Hall in A Woman's Trek From the Cape to Cairo highlights market and kitchen conditions in British Central Africa. Anecdotes cover native methods, cooking mishaps, and a train conductor's ticket scene, ending with book care tips.
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Africa
Mary Hall
Cape
Cairo
British Central Africa
Whistler's Sleepy Night In London Answers Gossipy Tale
A Whistler story recounts his habit of dozing at will, shown during a hotel visit and a cab ride to a theater where he slept through the play. The next morning he asks if Abbey had say worth while. A magistrate jokes with a burglar about his trade, noting it’s ruined between worship and police.
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London Spectator
Claude Stratton-Wight Hattersleigh
Africa
Miss Keene
Whistler
Edwin A. Abbey
Abbey
London
The Exception quotes on women and gaze in Baltimore American
A Baltimore American excerpt mocks women as never given to abstract reflection and jokes about stealing glances at a mirror highlighting sharp satire on gender perception.
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Baltimore American
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Fountain County
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Schmae
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E. A. Keller
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Kingman Bank Building
DR. F
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Cas
Kingman Hote
Adam Bonebrake Veterinary Surgeon
Kingikan
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Ora Philpott
Drayman
Kingman, _ Ind
Melvin Light
Omer Drake
Attica
T.M. Jackson
Kingman, Ind
Phode
Fred Starkey
A. D. Mann
Harveysburg
Victor Ladies Tailoring Co
Chicago
Alice M. Howell
Gordon Sowers
Purdue University
Jas
Sowers
John Jackson
Danville, Ill
Count of
Prince Henry of Orleans
Cunning Birds
Central Africa
Whistler Story
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