Lighting the Geren and a hollow steel cylinder lamp
An ad style paragraph describes a so called lighting device using calcium carbide to produce etherylene gas for illumination, claiming 1000 candle power and waterproofing features. It includes testimonials, a cure claim for catarrh, and mentions a Toledo druggist and wholesale tall listings. It ends with a note on coal supplies lasting centuries in England and North America, predicting future power from other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
North America
Atrai of Hive and the Tiny Mouse Threat
A quirky passage asserts fear of a tiny creature by a great elephant and its hive, predicting tremors and unrest. It describes the elephants as trembling like whipped boys when a certain figure approaches, with lasting unease after departure and concern that mice may crawl into their hollow, tender trunks.
A Levers Setback
A Lever family quarrel surfaces as a reader letter mocks Rev Mr Dakter after a fishing trip, saying it will take him several Sundays to regain veracity. The begetter of the remark declares reluctance to hear the preacher soon, highlighting local tensions and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dakter
Kemp's Balsam Proclaims Swift Relief for the Srippe
Physicians urge Kemp's Balsam for throat and lung relief during the srippe. Don’t wait for symptoms, stock a bottle now to guard against pneumonia. It keeps coughs calm and lungs clear, 26c and 60c. A humorous Warre nsburg tale recounts a church fund drive where a donor shortchanged himself after plaster from the ceiling injured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Stealing Horses Valle At Bolton A Public Custom Revealed
An extraordinary report from Bolton on Saturday recounts an airman named William Lazenby pleading guilty to stealing horses. The tale links counterfeit tack and false whiskers to a broker’s rack, with Lazenby given two months to ponder the desecration of an old estate. Other brief items mention a Paris manufacturer jailed for selling horseflesh as potted duck, a Buddha bell in Tokyo, and a playful domestic exchange about a mistress and elbows.
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Valle
Bolton
Wiliam Lazenby
Lazenby
Shefford
Tle
Samm Weller
Pereon
Supers and high society note stage trickery in London and New York
A chaotic faddish craze of wealthy youths paying to be stage supers erupts in London and New York as Harvard students and Gotham families seek backstage access. Andrew Mack’s company and a rich man’s son join in, with tickets punched weekly and wages earned, highlighting a prankish trend that draws reactions from cast and crowd.
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Calvo
Drury Lane Theater
London
Wypers
Music Hall
Garden Theater
New York
Mia Langtry
Harvard
Andrew Mack
Wes Testing
Spyral
Gotham
Bagatelle
Perdition
Inventor’s method to board moving trains with luggage
Berlin inventor Koster proposes an auxiliary inclined track parallel to a main line to let passengers board trains in motion. A three-section ramp accelerates a motor car, a bridge drops from a carriage to allow a passenger to step aboard while luggage is thrown aft, then the motor car decelerates on the final incline.
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Ank Koster
Berlin
Heither
Waste bricks from glass industry claimed as new building material
Glazer industry waste piles at Pilkington works in St Helen Lancashire reach 500000 tons with 1200 tons added weekly. Dr Ormandy shows bricks from this refuse pass severe tests and may soon enter market. England invests heavily in heating and industry. Foxhounds and hunting costs and demand cited.
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Clilelig
Mesaty
Pilkington Brothers
Great Britain
St Helen
Lancoashire
Ormandy
Cocaine Dangers and a New Drug Term
An excerpt reports cocaine’s effects from increased heart action to hallucinations in later stages, calling cocalitam a disease. It notes colluinium as a dangerous addiction and urges legal restriction on its indiscriminate sale. A St Louis man's invention uses a screw in an elevator mechanism.
A Nurse's Story from Lakeside Hospital Told
A 1901 Peshtigo feature celebrates nurse Lillian shreees from Lakeside hospital Lake Geneva. It recalls her twelve years as a trained nurse and her high regard among physicians clergymen and politicians while endorsing Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for diabetes kidney troubles and general health. The piece also covers infant hammocks baby care church art debates and assorted notes on medicine and society from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshtigo
Win
Jan
Speial
Lakeside Hospital
Lake Geneva
Lillian Shreees
Thin Place
Dreene
Independent Order of Good Templars
Rebeccas of
Dodd
Humorous anecdotes and ads from a turn of the century page
A garbled miscellany of jokes and puffery from periodicals, including punny lines about butter and sugar, a nursemaid ad and injections, a comedian soubrette note, a telegram hit in Chicago reference, a cure for consumption remark, Allen's Foot Ease free sample plea, a doll wish exchange, a cold cure claim, and a Pennsylvania trolley incident where a man injured by barbed wire fences loses grip and relief. The jumble features many named brands, places, and people, with ads and snippets from Harper's Bazaar style plates.
Fragmented historical note and satire gallery
Readable text shows a collage of quotes and jokes from various sources. It references a Washington Star line about a Burns controversy, a remark on silk value in ancient Rome, a garbled list of titles such as The Single Liberty and The Dearest Girl, comic bits about married men and bachelors, Garfield Tea, Johnny and a classroom mischief line, Kemp's Balsam advertising, hunting tales, and a bishop clashing over hunting ethics. The mix resembles a page skim with miscellany and quotations.
Lydia E Pinkham Advice for Mothers of Large Families
A vintage appeal urges mothers of large families to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Pinkham promises relief from menstrual distress and strength for housekeeping. A testimonial from Mrs Cazaik Belleville Ludington Mich credits the remedy with renewed health enabling her to care for eight.
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Pinkhase
Masa
Pinkham
Lydia EL Pinkham
Mia
Pinkharm
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mma
Cazaik
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Ohio Carriage Manufacturing CO
Columbus
Ohio
DR. Greene
Atrai
Hive
Loomalug
Stingy Brother
Warrensburg
Ivan
Greene
T. H. Rolein
Extex Junction
Vesaya
Tray
Conquelon Remedy CO
E.iad ST
Chicago
Elown
Coough
Evry
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Eureka
Taalively
Moeterom Ranitaritim
Whdiewhorny MT
Onsump
Aielil
Allen
Bample
Olmated
Loy
Adaide Tye Pruitt
Uleering Te
Epitemte of
Acvilenta
Jerl Brew
Peru
James
Harper's Bazar
Tokio
Moscow
Domentic
Earl of Bathurst
Huntamen
Digease
St. Louis
Jeck
Ethel
Geneva
Davite
Papa
Angela
H.R. Gamble
St. Botolph's
Alderngate
St Paul's Cathedral
Tepe
Chrigt
Sigsmund Tjoetee
Ponmee
Carling
Putnam
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone River
Arkansas River
Colorado
Arizona
Lulington
Siasex
Rom
J. A. Green
Atlayta
Tia
Indianapolis Journal
Liar
Amerie
Atla
Alpion
Juve
New Zealand
Caberm
Adranam Lincolm
Joseph Choate
Abraham
Tacob
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Providence
Tesla
Paris
Fopeatar Manna Bey
Speental Baypratis
Westpald Fort
Caniy
K. Woods
Seedsman
Nirwleh
Fcreen
Chen
Evra
Byeei
Ela
Eta Powells
Dully
John AC Salter
U. ST. Louis
Tent ‘Og
Reapite
Cinetiuant Enquirer
Shaport
Nis
Len
Sles
Fresbie
Anllow
Deiee
Fie
Urerty Grocer
Faemer
Rip van Winkle
Tam Eare Piso
Mr "Twee Romana
Maple Street
Norwich
N. Woeb
Kineas City
Jounna
Alice
Alley 3
Oimated
le Roy
N.Y
Aldroggiete
Girove
Pennsylvania
Washington Star
Serer
Javnna Mee Co. Dept
Verooxa Kasten
Mamma—Johony
Johnny
Boston Transcript
Phillpotts
Exeter
Wetmore
Tae
M. C. Wetmore Tobacco CO
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