Love Powder and a Lady's Quiet Triumph
A Pittsburgh Chronicle tale follows Kendall who, moved by pity, uses a love powder on confections in a drugstore romance with widow Kingsberry, leading to a marriage proposal. A second vignette recounts how a keen housewife repurposed onion prep during a rainy Adirondack camp, turning a male prank into kitchen competence and praise.
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Kendall
Ange
Kendal
Caroline Valentine
Pittsburg Chronicle
Kitccen
New York Herald
Adirondack
Saranac Lake
New York
Whist Club Revels In Kissing Before Engagement
A Boston Herald page of a whist club of married couples reveals each woman had not been kissed before engagement. A humorous back and forth shows spouses recalling past kisses, with brief reflections on memory and finances tied to courtship.
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Mient
Kendall
Adl
Suares
Boston Herald
The Lion's Mouth Terrible Showman Attack in France
The showman Alexiano risked his life in Bordeaux when a drunken spectator provoked a dangerous lion during the act. Blood flowed from two facial wounds as the tamer re entered the beast’s jaws to free himself, then stood uninjured amid cheers.
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Alexiano
France
Bordeaux
N. Y
Journal
One Thing Well Woman Keeps Neville Street Curtain Trade
A Neville Street woman applies the one thing well principle, specializing in washing curtains for wealthy families. Her expert craft draws clients from local firms who otherwise ship curtains to New York, leaving her with unmatched whiteness and smoothness in her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Street
New York
Jittaburg
Swinging Around Gene Circle
A jumble of ad blurbs and satirical snippets on patent medicines and social quips. Highlights include Hostetter's Stomach Hitters as a claimed universal remedy, Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve with a money-back guarantee, Mrs. Wixstow’s Teething Syrup, Baker’s Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, and assorted humorous observations about editors, marriages, and Chicago anarchists.
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Itis
Hostetter
Daily Press
Let It Run and Your Cough May End
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for severe coughs bronchial throat and lung issues asthma scrofula and consumption in all stages. Claiming blood cleansing strength restoring and flesh building effects it offers a money back guarantee if no benefit is seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
A Clear Complexion Advice From a New Orleans Picayune
A New Orleans Picayune column offers home tips for clear skin noting that a muddy complexion improves with cathartics or hot water and soap. It advises rinsing with cold water, air drying, and cautions against towels, camphor bathing, and ammonia. It suggests almond oil with meal as a gentle moisturizer and warns steaming reddens skin. shows quirky old-time beauty beliefs regarding blondes and nail tips.
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New Orleans
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Harper's Weekly
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Ius
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Featherstone
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Eaew
Oy Ee
Leh
Gene Circle
Hanson
ST. James
Denver
Maher & Clark
Tas
Stats People
Chicago
Kline
Arch St
Philadelphia
Quincy
TAN
Lawrence St
H.W. R
Blake Denver
Omorato Savings Bank
Larimer St. Denv
Sanioias
Knight & Son
Ghats
sciPautis
T Blake
The
MER Fair
Thompson
W. Story
Central St
Boston
James
Blaine
Fess
Neue
Richmond
NSIO
John W.morris
Washington, D.C
U.S. Pension Bureau
Ear Witt
Victor Ncubator
Eed
Illus
iArtel & Co
Eatalogue
USA
E Snider
M.D. Mail Depther’s Theater
Wwttan
Gold Parlor
Henry Lehman
Omaha
Jeffers
Faneguy
Accordeons
Chicai
Iver
ECO
Bark & Blossom
Newark
N. J
Francis
Mposter
S Who Praly
Rep
Dreparn Herlv
Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
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