Bolshevist Plan for Tolstoi Estate at Yasnaya Polyana
The Bolshevist government proposes to preserve Tolstoi’s Yasnaya Polyana as a public memorial after rationalizing the property. Much of the house was destroyed by brigands last year, and 173000 roubles are allotted for reconstruction. The Tolstoi family is invited to become government officers to rent and occupy the property.
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Bolshevist
Tolstoi
Yasraya Polyana
Commissary of Art
Worms and remedies in a 19th century medical ad
A fragment discusses internal medicines for worms in infants with reference to Miller's Worm Powders as a preferred remedy. It notes the dangers of delaying treatment and the harm of pinching causing self injury, ending with a jab at modern poets.
Fainting spells and heart weakness featured in ads
An antique health ad story warns of faint and dizzy spells with shortness of breath and heart weakness. It promotes Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy, plus a second item touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills to aid stomach and liver function. The text mixes medical claims with promotional notes and references to readers' experiences and letters.
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Milburn
CA. S. Drake
Paris
Empire solidarity speech links Australia and empire
The Australian Premier pledges unity with empire and New Zealand, saying if Britain or Canada falls, Australia falls and the empire must hang together. Ministers denounce gambling while boosting the matrimonial game.
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Empire
Hughes
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
Britain
Women Divers Harvest Seashells Across Oceans
Women divers, working without any diving apparatus, gather millions of shells from the ocean bottom. The practice spans the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, and the South Seas, reflecting growing strides in this industry.
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Indian Ocean
Philippines
South Sea Islands
The Nervous School Explores Habits Like Porous Plasters
The piece discusses habit formation and difficulty of breaking bad habits. It references treatments, remedies, and medical terms, mentioning Dr Williams pink pills and various places. It conveys a cautionary tone about ease of acquiring habits and the challenge of shedding them.
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Dr. Williams
Clemenceau Objected To Rodin Statue Idea
Enrique Gomes Cartill recounts Clemenceau’s disbelief at Rodin’s bust, demanding changes to the nose mouth head eyes and scalp. Rodin counters that the sculpture is less ugly than the former premier. The old statesman quips he does not want to know he said that and distrusts marble statues. Women of uncertain years sample powder to pass time.
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Enrique Gomes-Cartill
Clemenceau
Rodin
Alsaree
Clemences
Tiger
Danderine Promises Hair Beauty for Girls and Women
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a hair tonic that promises long thick gleamy tresses, restored color and vitality, and a refreshed scalp. It urges readers to buy a 33 cent bottle at drug or toilet counters to revive lifeless or thinning hair and prevent dandruff and shedding.
New Morality Quote From Duluth Millionaire
A fragmentary quote from Jerofe S. Meo Wade, a Duluth millionaire, contrasts a new morality’s tolerance with opposition to wickedness. He recalls a Sunday school exchange where a boy named Tommy suggests sin as a prerequisite for forgiveness, highlighting a provocative view on morality.
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Jerofe S. Meo Wade
Duluth
al Jad
Tommy
New York Tribune
New Morality
Digestives and laxatives touted as bilious cure all
An odd mixture of ad copy and world news runs through the page. An item promotes calomel and salts as the sensible cure for bilious attacks, then shifts to reports from Romania and Canada about trade missions and political shifts. The section includes a quip about rye bread in Germany and a short, humorous anecdote about a clergyman and a sailor at a well.
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Rumania
Canada
Messrs. Noxon and
McCall
London
Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria Reported
A fragment from a historical page notes Minard's Liniment curing diphtheria and mentions curious erosion of wildlife. It adds observations on global distances from the sea and wheat growth in the Andes, plus a stat about the London Stock Exchange employing around 25,000 people daily and a watch escapement wheel turning 781,000 revolutions annually.
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British Isles
Andes
London Stock Exchange
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Corn Cure
A sales pitch touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a genuine 25 cure that removes corns in twenty four cures and urges purchase from all dealers. A stray note reflects on Queen Alexandra’s royal connections, tracing many European monarchs tied to her family. The ad ends with a proverb about price and value.
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Putnam's
Opportunities In Canadian Flying
Major General Sykes outlines aviation's vast promise for Canada. Air routes could link Quebec to Lake Superior and radiate to Winnipeg Vancouver and the northwest. Aerodromes would serve new towns and aerial methods speed map making and survey work while aiding fire detection timber rotation and parcel delivery. The Dutch press denounces surrendering the ex Kaiser for trial.
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Sykes
Canada
Quebec
Lake Superior
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Northwest Provinces
Airplane Aids Search For Missing Oil Worker In Wyoming
A Curtiss Oriole conducted an aerial search over Fremont and Carbon counties in Wyoming to locate a lost oil camp employee. The plane covered thousands of square miles inspecting the rugged Red Desert region.
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Wyoming
Fremont
Carbon
Corn Remedy From Dr Thomas Electric Oil Ad
Cincinnati authority warns against corn treatment risks and promotes a freezone based method with scerane and tener to lift the corn painlessly. An earlier note mentions royal gift beans for Belgian king and queen luncheon. Mothers keep Dr Thomas Electric Oil for sudden croup relief and versatile uses.
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Thomas
Furs Forbidden to Poor in Edward IV Era
A vivid note recalls Tudor sumptuary laws restricting fur wear to those earning forty pounds a year, forbidding sable ermine and chinchilla for the poor. It laments the broad reach of fur fashion, noting even goatskin and mouse fur could be used, and hints at the modern demand for fur trims in 1919 1920.
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Edward IV
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