By and By Children and a Grant Anecdote
A comic verse fragment about Little Mr By and By and a lullaby figure named Pretty Soon included with a St Nicholas poem. The piece contrasts fretful childhood questions with a later anecdote about Ulysses S. Grant and a police misstep, followed by General Chaffee’s blunt remark to Cuban troops during Caney maneuvers highlighting American decisiveness.
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By-and-By
Susan Slow
Mr. By-and-ty
Clinton Scollard
St. Nicholas
The Tour of the Top and Wax Works Ppaste
A whimsical tale begins with the Top praising a String and planning a world journey to London. It turns to a stern ad summary on bee culture for boys, detailing swarm growth, profits, and yearly earnings to reach substantial money by year five.
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Boye Op
Aipark
Monument data on Vicksburg siege sparks soldier memories
A committee led by Gen Rigby of Iowa seeks data about Fort Lee on the Vicksburg battlefield. Surviving Eleventh Indiana infantry members confirm the damask towel used as a flag at surrender was cut down and part given to comrades. Will C Phipps of Cincinnati holds the larger fragment inscribed Piece of the flag that surrendered Fort Lee, Vicksburg July 4, 1863.
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Rigby
Iowa
Vicksburg
McGinnis
Eleventh
Indiana Infantry
Square Fort
Fort Lee
Will C. Phipps
Cincinnati
Mr Morgan Liberality Gifts Ban k Staff Big Bonus
The article notes J Pierpont Morgan distributes a New Year bonus to all bank employees proportional to salary. The top bonus was 25000, the lowest 60, a new messenger received 10 with a 120 rise. Wall Street estimates Morgan’s firm earned 5000000 in net income, with his own earnings undeterminable.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
Mr. Morgan
Value of Time: A Lesson From a Draper
A young draper receives career advice from a new publication. A firm seeks a manager for a department and schedules noon with the chosen applicant. He arrives at twelve five, finding a dozen directors already waiting. The chairman declares they cannot hire someone who wastes the employer’s time. He explains each director wasted five minutes, totaling an hour.
Suspend Objects in Midair Trick Card
Instructions describe a magic act involving suspending a handkerchief on a silk thread six feet above floor, using subtle lighting, then dropping the handkerchief and a cane, finishing by breaking the thread to hide the trick from the audience. includes steps to obscure the illusion and reveal none of the concealed setup.
Fup for Schoolboys in Kiel Fleet Experience
The German Navy League has arranged for thousands of schoolboys to spend two days with the fleet under expert guidance. They will learn ship workings in relays beginning each September as nearly the whole fleet gathers at Kiel to train the lads as patriots.
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German Navy League
Kiel
Meals for the Four in London Feeds Millions Daily
A London corporation embarks on a vast program to supply two penny meals for two million people daily, aiming to feed the hungry with substantial, affordable food.
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London
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claim
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a refund offer if it fails. The copy reflects early 20th century patent medicine marketing and a price of 25e.
School Age for Children Contested by Writers
Readers debate the age for starting schooling as writers push for earlier or later placement. The piece weighs opinions on child development and public education timelines, noting arguments for delaying school entry to protect health and readiness.
Safety Within Reach Dr Pierce’s Prescription Helps Weak Women
Many women suffer by seeking medicines for long standing diseases, but Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is advertised as the remedy that restores regularity, dries weakening brains, heals inflammation, and cures female weakness. Patients are invited to write for confidential consultation to Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo, with testimonials asserting life saved and relief from symptoms after using the medicines, including Pleasant Pellets for dizziness.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Brehm’s Abyssinia Visit Ends With Baboon Rescue
While traveling in Abyssinia, German naturalist Brehm and his party encounter a valley full of baboons. A sickly young baboon sits trembling on a rock as dogs approach. An old baboon retrieves the injured pair and carries them away amid loud barking and triumph.
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Brehm
Abyssinia
Alphabetic character counts by nation in historic survey
A historical note lists the number of letters in various languages. Sandwich Island 12, Burmese 18, Italian 23, Bengali 21, Hebrew Syriac Chaldee Samaritan 22, Latin 23, Greek 24, German Dutch English 26, Spanish Slavonic 27, Arabic 28, Persian Coptic 32, Georgian 35, Armenian 38, Russian 41, old Muscovite 43, Sanskrit and many Oriental languages 60 each.
Tillman McLaurin Alley Fight Recalled by Senator
After a Senate chamber scuffle between Senators Tillman and McLaurin, Tillman asked a Senate employee if he had made a fool of himself. The aide demurred, citing respect for a senator and the possibility of lying.
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Tillman
Senate
Senator McLaurin
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
An old advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, claimed to cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething issues and destroy worms. It invites families to mail for a free sample from Allen Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
Germany Orders 787 Locomotives for Unemployed Work
The imperial government plans to create jobs for the unemployed in Germany by ordering 787 locomotives and 10 033 railway carriages and wagons to be built by next March at a total cost of £4 000 000.
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Germany
Imperial
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with testimonials
A dated advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures it by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. as proprietors and names West & Truax Walding Kinman Marvin as Toledo druggists. Includes testimonial note and price per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Wideéi Stened
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinuin & Marvin
Ohio
Stall
Are there sweeter words in English than I love you
A Kansas editor muses on the tender phrase I love you and contrasts it with awkward attempts at speech, noting delight in honest expression and the charm of simple affection. The piece reflects on language’s emotive power in intimate communication.
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Kansas
Remark on generals at Fair Oaks gloves story
The reminiscence recalls Generals C. H. Howard and J. R. Kearney meeting after the Battle of Fair Oaks. Howard had lost his right arm and Kearney his left. Kearney reportedly replied that they would buy gloves at the same shop.
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C. 0
Howard
Battle of
Fair Oaka
Kearney
Survival Operations and Health Testimonial Favorable
Dear Mrs Pirkias the writer describes years of travel with irregular meals and damp beds damaging health. After a rest and surgery for ovarian troubles a year later Lydia E Be Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and San ative Wash are credited with restoring health. The letter claims no lost engagements and praises the product, with a $5000 forfeit promise if not genuine and an invitation to write for confidential advice.
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G. Binuce
Lydia
Pinkham
G. Bruce
Lansing
Mich
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