Emperor Dom Pedro Remains Hidden Yet Known by Heirs
An excerpted tale portrays ex Emperor Dom Pedro. While visiting a controversial Milan exhibition incognito, he and a farmer wife observe education systems, garnering admiration from Brazilian engineers who praise his charity. The story blends recollection, affection, and a cryptic moral under hawthorn dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bom Prdre
Miladelphia
Bystamler
Brazil
Europe
Dom Pedro
Syrap of Figs Promises Gentle Health Cleansing
The advertisement touts Syrap of Figs as a cure for colds headaches and bilious conditions while cleansing the system. It claims to relieve habitual constipation awaken the kidneys liver and provide a healthful activity without irritation or weakening.
Fragmentary Moralizing Ad Copy Mixed With Patent Remedies
A garbled, OCR like fragmentary text lists many product names and quips. It includes praise for a dress or gift, references to social events and fashion, and multiple impersonally attributed health remedy pitches. Names like Dr Kline and various locations appear amid a mash of quotes and slogans.
Tell Me Why I Love Her in an Old-Fashioned Ballad
A fragmented newspaper tale mixes romantic verse with a divorce trial scene. It weaves a lyrical, era voice about love, appearance, and a courtroom alimony decision, ending with a Boston shopgirl’s first sale story and a hopeful wage outcome.
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Hoc. Boner
Scriber
Boston
Mine of All
Bry
Chakime
Bee
Say No to Photograph Requests for Safety and Dignity
A Ladies' Home Journal piece advises young women to refuse sharing photographs with acquaintances not close to them. It urges discretion to protect reputations, avoid later regret, and preserve sacred personal image, stressing that a firm no can prevent unwanted scrutiny and embarrassment.
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Tom
Dirk
Harry
Prince Charming
Nan
Lears
Pupa
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Country Life Against City Work for Women
A reflective piece argues country life suits working women better than city employment. It highlights home social life, accessible libraries, newspapers, magazines, and local stores as viable options. It cites changes in store staffing and cites Col. Ingersoll on clover as a national flower and symbol of contentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
Wile Cwake
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Cottage Gate
Laughing clash in divorce trial at Judge Tuley’s court
In a courtroom story from the Evening News, Attorneys Van Buren and Walker clashed in Judge Tuley’s court over alimony. Mrs Scioto Carroll seeks support from George W. Carroll, while cruelty charges and a bitter exchange over his prior conduct are aired. Carroll’s counsel counters with the will’s note of no regular support.
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Carroll
Walker
Mr. Carroll
van Buren
Tuley
Scioto Carroll
George W. Carroll
Crone
Mr. van Buren
Mia
Murfy Silden
Greek gown and spring fashion notes in ivory Bengaline style
A fashion column highlights a Greek gown in ivory white Bengaline with white and gold cord borders and a white gold girdle. It discusses drape, shoulder emphasis, and potential silhouette effects, plus notes on Japanese-inspired designs, furs for house dresses, ribbons, plaids, and upcoming trends including fitted yokes and new brocades for upholstery and decor.
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Shepherds
Tne
Direct. A
Dead for three days in El Dorado gulch tale of survival
In winter 1886, a hunter named McGinty fell 100 feet into a snow filled gulch near Grizzly Flat. His companions traced his frozen body, saved him with ropes and a burro, hoisted him to safety, left him in an ice house to thaw, and he narrowly survived with scars as proof of the ordeal.
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Grizzly Flat
el Dorado County
Tom Herland
Tom
Herland
Lce
Camperland
Men of Opposite Politics Flock Together Unexpectedly
A Washington letter notes surprising cross party camaraderie among lawmakers. Carlisle with Steele and Breckinridge, McKinley with Henderson and Butterworth, and others show broad admiration across factions. Alliances span Hale with Blackburn and Foraker with a Buckeye-telegram sender.
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Carlisle
Major McKinley
Washington
Mr. Steele
House
Willis Breckinridge
McKinley
Butterworth
Cannon
Henderson
Love
Secom
Hooker
Mississippi
Allison
Beck
Senate
Hale
Joe Blackburn
Blackburn
Foraker
Olio
Buckeye
Endless Duties Repeat in a Home So Dear
A poem by Simpson Sherwood contemplates endless domestic chores and the soothing regularity of daily tasks. The speaker asks what value their duties have while noting sunlit evenings, robin songs, and the hope that love can lift monotony from routine chores. The verse echoes repetition, care, and quiet longing.
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Brealkfaat
Tuerobin
Simpson Sherwood
Inventor of lightning rod disputed in St Louis claim
The St Louis Republican rejects Franklin as the inventor. It credits a Bohemian monk Prophop Dil wisch, who supposedly built the first lightning rod in Preditz Moravia on June 1, 1744, detailing a complex iron rod system and its subsequent suppression by jealous locals.
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Franklin
St Louis
Stuttenberg
Bohemia
Preditz
Moravia
Prophop Dilwisch
Dilwiseh
Talen
Melsen
Usual mince pie shopping talk at Woodland Avenue grocer
In a brisk morning exchange a hurried husband orders mince meat ingredients from a Woodland Avenue grocer. The clerk confirms the standard list including meat apples currants raisins allspice pepper cinnamon vinegar citron cloves with a note that extra items can be added by phone.
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Woodland Avenue Grocer
Bean
A Misprint Lead to a Comedy of Errors in a Check
A merchant's clerk misspells a forty dollar written amount, claiming a bad morning spell. The employer jokes about orthography while the clerk jokes about misread words and pills as a tonic or laxative from a dated wartime era ad style.
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Pepe
Golden Median Discovery Promoted for Wide Ailment Relief
An early 20th century ad-like notice touts Golden Median Discovery as a universal cure for a long list of bodily and mental ailments. The copy claims daily use of “Discovery” pills can ease headaches, digestive issues, fatigue, dread, and various nervous symptoms, promising swift, comprehensive relief.
Bogus Coffee Bean Production by New Jersey Pottery
New Jersey potteries are described as producing a bogus coffee bean made of clay that mimics real coffee in maize shape smell and color. The item is cheaply produced from refuse material and can be sold in any quantity at a very small price, posing a deception risk to buyers of whole or ground coffee.
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Crey
Tolmbo
Linas
Fras
Pal Cinsey Co
Doling
Tohoa
Hagi
Dewey
A.W. Gleaeon
Seni Loe
Trent
Cheney
Toledo
Dengylats
Fife
London
Paria
Jenves
Bens
Steipeaire
Ned Cor
New Jersey
Fragmented racing quip laments horse travel pace
A fragmentary quip notes that a horse’s fore legs travel faster than its hind legs during a gallop, with an anxious exclamation. The jagged OCR fragment hints at a rustic, humorous horse racing vignette.
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Wille
Darling
Eve
Hair
Seni
Tike
Youns Indy
Bolfash
Comite de Paris
Leto Vones
Dobbie
Whildelphia
New York
Oregon
Farmeara
Orewa
Kline
Mur
Sendo
Asong
Aya
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Galtimore, Md
Sickhe
Carters
Carter
Wenn of
Bualoda
San Francisco
McGinty
Dorp Gulch
Tom Hertent
Apain
Altoen
Pieris
Worti
Buffalo
Druggista
P. Co
Crtcaco. Vor
Ageats
Yemen
C. Asu
Etias Vetela
Mike
Suits Path OP Arkeld
Athin
Wanninaros
Ension Av
Jeoseelin
Mallelas
Hyala
Bewk
Cp Tela A.nlbicans
Continental Publishing Co
Olive Street
St Larny Mo
Coto
Biel
Wilson
Amiloren
I Peckham
Drugigieta
St Philadelphils
Pike
Ameréant
DL. Dyche & CO
Chicago
Kava Fournier
Stevdads
Diplo
Paris
Olhur
BAM Dhandecne Oe Et Veve Foursler
Vermont
Alfred Joslyn
Waltedeld
Verinant
Wersons
Scotts
EVRY
Meare Gadin
L. Douulas, Brocton, Mats
Gevinrtrn
Taco
Bk. Loula, Mo
Ger Tue
LMERS
Braefield Argulato
Bome
Ely
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