Ex-Mayor Prince Dies After Long Service to DNC
Frederick C. Prince, ex mayor and longtime secretary of the Democratic National Committee, died after a long and influential career spanning more than two decades. The Boston figure recalled as a Beau Brummell of his era, Prince shared anecdotes about hats, fashion, and conventions from 1860 to 1884, including stories from Paris and New York.
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Democratic National Committee
Beau Brummell
Frederick C. P Prince
Somerset Club
National Demo
Frederick
Princecratic Committee
New York
Wall Street
Paris
Harrison Gray Otis
Continent
Grand Hotel
Otis
Champs Elysee
Elysian Field
Bois du Belogne
Cardinals Death Toll Marks Leo XIII Pontificate
London correspondence notes Rome's belief that when a Sacred College member dies, two colleagues often follow. It cites two cardinals recently departed and speculates which may be third. The piece claims 124 cardinals died in Leo XIII's 21-year reign, with only four of Pius IX’s cardinals surviving. It ends with Urban VIII-like reflection on papal selection.
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Wome
London
Sacred College
Trausa
Florence
Krementz
Cologne
Tlara
Monaco
Valletta
Galimberti
di Rende
Sanfelice
Leo XIII
Pius IX
Urban VIII
Be an Expert at Explaining Bad Trips to Your Firm
A traveling salesman urges the trainee to master one key skill. He says success comes from being able to convincingly explain to the employer why a trip yielded poor sales. The advice appears in the Ohio Journal.
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Ohio Journal
A Glimpse of Queen Victoria's Daily Courtly Routine
The London News draws Creville's portrait of Queen Victoria in the early reign. Her day starts after 8 AM with private breakfast and morning business, followed by visits, a two hour ride with a large entourage, musical time with children, and a formal dinner around 7 or 8 PM. Melbourne sits on her left, and she oversees details with minute attention throughout the day.
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Queen Victoria
London News
Creville
Melbourne
Duchess of Kent
Stephenson
Prince Luigi Aosta Heads to North Pole Mission
Prince Luigi of Savoy and Crown Prince of Italy sails from Christiania aboard the Stella Polare to reach the North Pole. He travels with 21 companions including Count Quini and Dr Cavilli Molinelli, while the Italian royal party is joined as far as North Cape by the Crown Prince. The voyage mirrors Luigi's prior Arctic ascent in 1897 and recalls the vessel's former name Jason.
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Luigi
Duke
Abruzzi
North Pole
Christiania
Norway
Prince Luigi
Italy
North Cape
House of
Savoy
Amadeo of Savoy
Aosta
Spain
Mount Elias
Alaska
British Columbia
Count Quini
Cavilli-Molinelli
Ohio Man Sues for Divorce Over Household Burden
An Ohio man files for divorce citing his wife’s death as the cause of marital strain. He claims she passed him and forced him to perform all family washing and cooking duties, seeking legal recognition of the breakdown.
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Ohio
Critical Periods in Woman's Life and Pelvic Catarrh
Mrs. Mathilde Richter of Doniphan Nebraska claims Pe ruo Na and Man a Lin helped her through the change of life and relief from pelvic catarrh. She says Pe ru na has raised many women from sickness. Mrs Col Hamilton of Columbus Ohio also endorses Pe ru na for women. A free book by Dr Hartman on Health and Beauty is offered.
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Mathilde Richter
Doniphan
Peru-na
Peru
Col. Hamilton
Columbus
Hartman
Columbus Ohio
Peruna Promises Cure for Summer Catarrh
The advertisement claims cholera morbus cholera infantum summer complaint bilious colic diarrhoea and dysentery are all catarrh of the bowels the only proper name. Peruna is offered as a universal remedy with Dr Hartman citing forty years of practice and no losses. A free copy of Summer Catarrh is available by writing to Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Columbes
Pantry Walls Poets Question Ice Making Hidden Meaning
A fragmentary line hints at a dialogue about poets in a pantry and a concern they will bear us when we make ice. The text presents a surreal, unclear exchange lacking concrete facts or names.
Notre Dame University Ad Prospectus and Programs
Notre Dame University invites teachers and families to obtain a free catalogue with admission terms courses and details about preparatory and commercial programs. The institution highlights St Edward's Hall for boys under thirteen and emphasizes thorough coursework and devotion to students with fifty five years of educational service noted.
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Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
West
St. Edward's Hall
University OF Notre Dame Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Bawerd's
A. Morrissey
C. C
Salve Free Offer For Piles By Swanson Rheumatic Co
Readers are invited to obtain a free sample box of the five Drops Salve for piles during the next thirty days. The ad claims rapid relief and widespread cures, with price details 25 and 50 cents prepaid, and lists the Chicago address. The text includes a fiction exchange about violets at the end.
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Swanson Rheumatic Care Company
East Lake Street
Chicago
Penny Looting Tale From a Carried Coin Joke
A garbled exchange about a man who carried a lucky penny until a hole wore through his pocket and a lost ten dollar piece prompts a quip about his wife spending it or someone borrowing it. The fragment suggests a humor item from a bygone issue with casual banter and a coin motif.
Allen's Foot-Ease promise for foot comfort
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen smarting bunions corns and bunions. Shaken into shoes, 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores. Free sample offer. Send name and address to Alles S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen's
At-Pisaet
Allen
Alles S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
A Serious Problem and Furniture Dilemma in Letter Fragment
A fragmentary reader letter laments a furniture choice between a folding bed that resembles an ice sheet or an ice sheet that resembles a folding bed. The writer cites a doctor’s dubious claim about life and mentions Piso’s Cure for Consumption as a cure. The text includes abrupt dialogue lines and dated attribution to Amos Kelner of Cherry Valley Illinois on November 3, 190.
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Carolyn
Amos Kelner
Cherry Valley, Ill
Fragmentary Health Tonics and Odd Phrases
Disjointed OCR text repeats phrases about medicines for teething and soothing syrups, interspersed with nonsensical questions and garbled lines. Mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and medicine notes, plus stray lines about bolts and automobiles.
Message of relief from female health tonic by Mrs Pinkham
Miss N Locuntain of Box 14 born Pa credits a Liver and Kidney Compound for relief from varicose veins water pressure kidney troubles and chronic pain. She says her bloating and pain disappeared after using the medicine and praises Mrs Pinkham's prompt free responses to letters from women seeking health guidance.
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Prince
Cardinals
Leo
University OF Notre Dame
Gertrude
Catarth
ST. Mary's
Notre Dame P. D
Kure
Rarop Preparatory
Micim
Ens Bt. Mary's Academy
Notre Dame P.otad
Aod
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Avenue
New Haven
Conn
Nsion Wanhington
B.c
Eipane Chemical
W.N. U
Denver
Economic
F. M. Byron
A. J. Smith
Cleveland
Enene
Miss Anne
Mgrs. Pinknad
Shies Carter
Brown Palace Hotel
West Bet
Lowen Ta
Oxford Hotel
Comb & Paper
Woodworth-Wallace
Desire
E. E. Burlingame & Assay Office
Peter
Lawrence St. Ite
J. H. Montgomery Mack
Curtis ST
Common
Rell
Pension
New York Avenue
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