Medicated tonics and patent cure ads flood 19th century paper
A collage of medical cure claims fills the page. Botanic Blood Balm promotes blood purification for skin diseases while Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure promises safe lung healing. Ads tout Harbors, Restoratives, and large iron links for a Japanese contract. Also mentions Pinoles for rheumatic pain and King’s Dyapepsin for indigestion.
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Neal
Adana
Jr. Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Athene
Nees
Gems In Verse Shadow Monologue by Louis Stevenson
The excerpt presents a child’s playful reflection on a shadow that mirrors movements and moods. It notes the shadow’s varying size and whimsy, and ends with the image of morning dew while the child finds the shadow still at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sobers Louis Stevenson
The Dahlia's Flowered Folly in Garden History
A humorous tale of mistaken food versus flower as a gardener serves dahlias for dinner. It recalls Lady Holland’s 18th century error turning Jerusalem artichokes into a celebrated flower and the famed toast to the dahlia born from misapplied culinary curiosity.
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England
Lady Holland
Europe
Palestine
Jerusalem
London
Lord Holland
Weeds and Flowers by John Vance Cheney
A short poem about flowers and weeds loved and spurned by sunlit days that end as night falls. It reflects on the cycle of life and the fading of beauty with time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vance Cheney
Learn What to Eat for Your Brain and Body
The article argues against indiscriminate eating and urges tailoring diet to tissue needs. It compares brain work to engine fuel, recommending albuminous foods, fish, shellfish, and eggs for active workers while reserving meat for physical labor. It emphasizes studying dietary requirements rather than using random foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Envne
Access Magazine
Sunday Jokes Prompt Writer Stir At Church Entrance
A churchgoer drops by and finds a young woman at a typewriter in her den. He laments she is drafting on Sunday, while she explains the pieces are sly jokes about religious subjects.
Old Visitors at a Rhine Resort and Chess Origins
A New Yorker recalls two entries in a Rhine resort visitors’ book: “R. de Paris” by a Paris Rothschild and beneath it “O. de Cologne” by Baron Oppenheim of Cologne. The piece then notes chess origin as traced from India through Persia Arabians to Europe and dismisses precise origins as futile.
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Rhine
Paris
R. de Paris
Tteo
Baron Oppenheim
Cologne
Rothschild
O. de Cologne
India
Persia
France
Germany
England
New York
Free Air, Faithful Rooney, and Khasis Tale
A quip about a stubborn car window tester and a choleric commuter leads to a Rooneys parable of service. Then a note on the Khasis of India and their matriarchal customs detailing property, inheritance, and marriage where the mother remains central to union and lineage.
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India
Enid
Costly Clothes of St James' Choristers Describe Royal Customs
Pearsons Weekly notes the St James Chapel choristers in London dress in elaborate state suits with purple sashes and old lace. The head boy can claim spur money from officers in spurs, a custom kept since historic Britain. The dressing rules require durable outfits every three years for full dress and eight months for undress.
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Nal Sda
Mellegee
London
Pentey
St. Jamea’ Palace
Royal Chapel
Britain
St. James
Arthur Sullivan
Duke of Wellington
Pearson
The Power and Reach of Contemporary Hack Writers
The piece argues that most Americans read contemporary paid writers over enduring literature and that even educated minds are shaped by living authors. It notes the illusion of timeless influence from past masters and asserts current writers dominate the intellectual life of the masses not the great dead.
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Walter Haas
Soem
Trust in the Lord Not in Quinces
A Sunday school lesson on trusting the Lord over human safeguards echoes when a girl recalls her mother’s frustration with bad quinces for jelly. The tale ends with the child quipping that Miss Holbrook warned to rely on the Lord and not quinces.
Palindromic Words Parade From a Clipped Paper
The list shows words that read the same forward and backward such as Anna, civic, level, madam, noon, rotator, and others. It notes names like Hannah and Moxom that are palindromic, and cites famous palindromic phrases like Madam I’m Adam and Able was I ere I saw Elba, but bars them for age.
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Hannah
Dr. Moxom
Adam
Eve
Napoleon
Elba
Moon as Earth’s Nearest Neighbor and Monthly Orbit
The text discusses the Moon as Earth's nearest celestial body and, second only to the Sun in apparent size. It explains the Moon's roughly monthly orbit around Earth, contrasting it with the Earth's daily rotation and the resulting day-night cycle.
Congress Debates God We Trust Inscription and Other Notices
The House considers restoring In God We Trust on U S coins while Roosevelt lauds thrift among African Americans after the war. Reports note property valued at 860000 and various state and national issues from wage raises to presidential plans.
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House of Representatives
United States
Roosevelt
Wse
Congress
Washington
Baltimore American
Mepga
Preoklin
Fourteenth
Richwond
Associated Charities
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Missouri
Fot
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Pharmacy Ad Claims PAZO Ointment Heals Bleeding Wounds
An old OCR fragment shows druggists urging patients to fund medicine and use PAZO Ointment for bleeding or protruding conditions. The ad hints at a trial period and implied relief, with minimal context and no clear dates or names.
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Hockbridge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lexington Lodge
P. Neete
Odd Fellows
Liberty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Mountain City Lodge
Ancoor York Masons
Masoule Hall
Natural Bridge Council
Poe Arcanum
Lst
Srd
Lex
United American Mechanics
Greenlee
Letcher
Arroryeys At Law
Lexington, VA
ACL
M. Penice
Arrorsey At Law Liatrator
Vinessia
Notary Public
Pinston Moone
Data Clerk Co
Court Core & Moore
Arrogneys
Lexinerus
Frank Mucon
Notary Pobile
Hone
T. Glascow
Hun
A. Wittcore & White
Attorneys-At- Law
P. Houston
Lexington
Stros
Virginia
Yamuel B. Walker, Jr
Real &State
R.r.witt & Co
China
Victor and Columbia Talking Machines
M. J. Hess
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. Sohnedule
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harpers Ferry
Arive
Chicago
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Frederick
Warner, Polo & Company
MAIN
Undertakers
County
A. B. Beckwith & CO
Opp
Bank Rockbridge
Malinda Akers
Basham
Ladies’ Advisory Department
The
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattahooga, Tenn
Bickford & Huffman
Thomas
Syracuse
Clark's
Thames
Studebaker, Brown and Thornhill
Robinson & Hutton
Lexington, Virginia
Hamilton-Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
W. Harry Agnor
J H.hill
Main Street
Queens
W. Harry Agner
James E. Heck
Baptist Church
Enterprise
Dietz
Hammonds
Atkins
Aucasus
Torke
Pereion
Orient
Durban
Port Natal
Shoop
Racine
Wis
Gorrell
H. Gurrell
Leeas
Hioland
Te Eent
He MH
Giurtat
Pinesalve
B. H. Gorres
Santa Clara Province
Cuba
B. H. Gorrel
Mississippi
H. Gorrell
Draggiat
Gems
the Dahlia
Sean
the Ethica of Trade
Jim
Loudon
Rooney
McDonagh
Dublin
Brighton
Mr. McDonogh
Cates Wess
Rowe
Italy
America
Southern Steel Company
Birmingham
Ala
Oscar
Sweden
Gustave
New York Democratic
General Assembly
Ebsinn
Bradley
Senator Brown
Utah
Athena
Jon
Southeld
L. 1
Jonger
Cook County Hospital
Lllinois
Konrnel
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