Vogeler's Compound Advertised Cure All Indigestion Tale
A reader from Orchard Cottage, Ippleden, New ton praises Vogeler's Compound after recovery from severe indigestion and digestive woes. The letter lauds the remedy as the century’s greatest for stomach, liver, and kidney troubles, with a free sample offer from St Jacobs Oil.
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Hodge
Orchard Cottage
Ippleden
Newton
Vogeler
Vogeter
St. Jacobs Oi, Ltd
Baltimore
Conscientious MeJigger-Consecientious Office Sign Gaffe
A Philadelphia Press observation notes a man who left a sign claiming a half hour return and fulfilled the pledge, illustrating punctuality in a humorous newsroom aside. The quirky line mocks carefulness and reliability in everyday conduct.
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Philadelphia Press
American contractor to build Norway railroad line
John Wifes of Syracuse, New York, awarded the contract to build and equip a railroad among the fjord and hills of northern Norway. He will be the first American contractor to construct a railway in Norway.
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Serry
John Wifes
Syracuse
N.Y
Norway
Cleverest Rogue in England Faces Severe Penalty
A man named Charles William Burrows has been sentenced to seven years penal servitude in Liverpool. Once a druggist’s assistant and later a strolling actor, he faked a bullet proof coat and forged methods to generate electricity. He borrowed money, bought a doctor’s practice, married three women, and held a fake hospital post while stealing items and writing bogus checks amid a spree of larcenies. Authorities hope he cannot repeat the prison thefts.
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Severn
Liverpool
Charles William Burrows
New York Press
Fenimore Cooper's Great Work
John Habberton praises James Fenimore Cooper in a Era column noting his three distinct fiction types The Pilot Leatherstocking Spy and their influence on American and European writing The piece highlights Cooper's enduring popularity and international regard from readers including Sir Walter Scott and Balzac.
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James Fenmore Cooper
Cooper
Europe
Ooper
Sir Walter Scott
Miss Edgeworth
Balzac
Dythas
Joon Habberton
Superstition Tale in Berlin Court Over Tree Curse
In Berlin a farmer was fined for a deed tied to a dying tree opposite his gate. A bored hole inside the trunk suggested a malicious act, but Ike argued the act stemmed from an old superstition that Natives drive away a household misfortune by burying charms in a healthy tree. The judge acquitted him.
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Law Courts
Berlin
Ike
Origin of the Cat Legend from The Fireside Sphinx
Agnes Reppler recounts a legend on the cat s origin noting the cat appeared when the ark endured the flood. As rats multiplied during the voyage Noah touched the lioness three times and the cat emerged to restore balance and protect the survivors.
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Agnes Reppler
Deluga
Noal
Everglades soil hailed as world richest for crops
Rick Soll of the Everglateon Scientists argues Florida’s Everglades soil is the richest globally and could yield marvelous crops if drained. Proposes reclaiming about 4,000 square miles with drainage canals to remove water and create transportation between plantations, claiming healthfulness, pure water, and few fevers. Estimated land preparation cost is about $2.75 per acre.
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Rick Soll
Everglateon
Everglades
Florida
Not a Modern Invention in Water Tight Bulkheads
A paper to the Institute of Marine Engineers argues the water tight bulkhead is not modern and cites Chinese junks through the ages as using bulkhead principles, attributing the concept to historical experience rather than contemporary invention.
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Institute of Marine Engineers
Original 1776 George Washington map on Great Kanawha river
The library of congress holds Washingtons 1776 hand written map of lands on the Great Kanawha river West Virginia granted by Britain in 1763 for Braddock expedition services The map measures about two by five feet and is entirely in Washingtons handwriting Also listed are quack products laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Hamlin Wizard Oil claims of instant pain relief notes
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George Washington
Kanawha River
West Virginia
Library of Congress
Washington
Summer Campa Influence On New York Furniture Makers
Summer camps have become an institutional feature, drawing attention from New York furniture makers who are noting the season and adjusting their trade accordingly.
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New York
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Restores Health
Mrs Anna McKay of Chaplain Sons of Temperance reports severe postnatal health issues including female weakness inflammation and flooding. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for seven months she regained health and strength and credits the remedy for her recovery and well being.
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Annie McKay
Sons of Temperance
Spadina Ave
Toronto
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Deak
Pixnguam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna McKay
Chaplain Sons of Temperance
Women Elected to Royal Society of British Artists
Joplin Rowe Mra and Miss Luck Kemp-Welch are the only two women elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in its 117 year history. Booker Washington has bought a summer home near Columbian Square in South Weymouth Massachusetts. A stray remark by a conductor about a passenger’s attire is noted.
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Mra
Joplin Rowe
Miss Luck Kemp-Welch
Royal Society of British Artists
Booker Washington
Columbian Square
Weymouth
Mass
Halls Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement proclaims Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a stated price. The lines imply a sensational claim about a person named BobbY and a remark about someone named She-Ife reacting to the idea of joining or entering a situation, with a humorous tone.
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Price, Tha
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