Long Ago Views on Royal Titles and Court Etiquette
An infant of a bygone era explores the proper forms of address and titles used by kings and nobles. The discussion touches on how titles shape perception, decorum in speech, and the social weight of rank from ancient to medieval rulers. The text quotes examples from European rulers and offers observations on the ceremonial use of regal epithets.
The Voracious Sea Keeps Battling Coast Between Nantes and Bordeaux
An engineer explains erosion along the French coast where the sea has carved gaps and threatened dunes. Workers have built a rock embankment and armored concrete walls to shield marshland, with plans to extend the method to Pointe de Graves if successful.
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Nantes
Bordeans
Wea
Woods and Forests Department
Pints Et Chauseese
Department
Pointe de Graves
Water remedies and personal tales in Harper's Weekly
A collage of notices and anecdotes on patent medicines and domestic life. The page references English Spavin Liniment and Zam Rok remedies, a mother’s worry over child health, a tale of youth and manners, and brief ads and quips from Harper’s Weekly and other papers.
Scrapbook Wedding Notices Peek from the Paper
A fragment shows Tigzing and Henpeck discussing wedding notices cut from the paper. They joke about pasting them into a scrapbook, capturing a domestic scene from a Philadelphia Press excerpt.
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Tigzing
Henpeck
Phil Elphia Press
Teeth as Money Echo in Pueblo Tale
A fragment from a Pueblo scene presents a patient lamenting dental pain and its burdens. The wan wit voices money as the motive while a drug clerk struggles to respond, highlighting hardship and irony in a liminal moment.
Dominion Forests Under Prosecution On Three Fronts
The Dominion Forestry plan addresses three main efforts: estimating timber on reserves and future growth, protecting forests from fire, and distributing thousands of seedlings to Prairie farmers. Seedling work has drawn wide public attention for Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan with about two million trees sent annually. Survey work on Turtle Mountain and Moose reserves proceeds, aiming to finish in the summer.
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Dominion Lap
Jiter
Dominion
Praire
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Turtle Mountain
Moose Mo
Aummel
Ontario
Quebec
Selfish brutes and music for the home
An appeal from The Berliner Gramophone Company of Montreal urges rural wives to buy the gramophone. It argues women lack leisure while men work, promising large city music in the home with Caruso, Melba and other stars reproduced at life like quality. Catalog and dealer demo offered.
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New York
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Fele
Caruso
Eames
Melba
Berliner Gramophone Company
Crowded Tram Showdown Over Cheese Sandwich
A large woman in a nun outfit squeezes into a tight tram space next to a displeased youth. She munches a cheese sandwich with relish while he glares in disgust and pulls his coat tighter. A bystander’s quip reflects a sharp city voice in Philadelphia.
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Pérvon
Ehiladelphia Inquirer
Dr Chase's Ointment Promises Skin Relief and Healing
An advertisement-style narrative extols Dr Chase's Ointment as a cure for eczema and itching skin. It cites a customer testimonial from Nov 1 18 1 noting relief from severe itching and sleep disruption, praising the product over other remedies. The copy mentions a price of 6 cents a box and distributers Eamanson Bates & Co Toronto.
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Dr Chase
Chase
Dr. Chase
Wren
Eamanson, Bates & Co
Toront
Pasteur Institute Confirms Cancer Not Contagious or Hereditary
A long study at the Pasteur Institute Paris shows cancer is not contagious or hereditary and can only be fought by surgical operation. The text notes the need for further discoveries remains and includes a personal aside about a subscription for a widow.
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Tie Long
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Different Viewpoints on Women and Men
In a terse exchange a man and a widow clash over equality and superiority. The man claims one woman is as good as another or better, while the widow retorts one man is no better or worse, underscoring social tensions and gender roles.
Dialogue Snapshot at Mrs Chatterton’s Weighing Moment
A fragment shows Mrs Chatterton and Mr Chatterton debating weighing desires. The exchange implies prudence in speaking and choosing words, reflecting social manners in a domestic setting.
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Mrs Chatterton
Mr. Chatterton
Fatal Diary Extracts From Miss Evergreen's Birthday Entry
The diary fragment notes an eighth birthday with a new brother whose name is incomplete. It mentions Brite Fritz turning twenty and then thirty tomorrow for his wedding day, with reflections on age and kinship and the speaker recalling Fritz carrying her as a baby.
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Miss Evergreen
Brite Fritz
Fritz
Alcohol Producing Plant Yields High Profits Per Acre
A plant under the direction of the Agriculture department is described as an efficient alcohol producer. It yields about ten tons per acre with rock root, yielding roughly thirty five gallons per ton. At 40 cents a gallon gross profit reaches $36 to $40 per acre.
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Germany
Russia
Scientific American
Sava
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