Quick of Wit and Witty Women in Society Dialogues
A collection of witty remarks by famous women including Lydia Maria Chita and Rachel, with brief anecdotes on targets of love and duty. Features quotes on missions, coffee, and a Grain-O coffee substitute praised for delicate stomachs. Notes a 17 year old performer and a tester of society’s views on virtue and ambition. Grain-O touted as a coffee substitute for children and adults alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Maria Chita
Richias Cresta
Eta
Cropsus
Lydia
Rachel
Chateaubriand
Saturday Evening Post
Mademoiselle
Ale
Mortnea
Wwe
Misa Martinenti
Bedlam
Perilous financial advice and cautionary tale
The fragment discusses the dangers of promiscuous lending and the risks of lending large sums without security. It cites an old rhay about a man with money and a friend, warning that trusting friends with loans can result in loss of both funds and friendship. The passage reflects wary financial thinking and prudence in debt dealings.
Lane's Family Medicine and Health Claims in Ad Fragment
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming bowel movement aid and liver kidney relief, with price references and patriotic notes. It discusses a government claim about land and rabbits in New South Wales amid promotional language and assorted health remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Modernized Lindell Hotel in St Louis Offers Rooms and Dining
An early 20th century advertisement lists Lindell Hotel in St Louis Missouri with modernized rooms from 4.2 dollars per day and upwards and rooms-only rates from 1 dollar per day. It promotes a restaurant with popular prices and notes other unidentified promotional lines for dental remedies, patent medicines, and various goods, reflecting period marketing copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindell
T. Louis
MO. F. Donovan
Adoption of Japanese dress by an American woman in Osaka
In Osaka the author describes adapting to local life and wearing native dress after language barriers and social custom. She notes better rapport on the floor, became part of court life through her husband’s position, and recalls the empress’s evolving wardrobe policy and public attire choices.
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Osaka
J. K. Goodrich
Boston
Arent
Anc
Landlea
Alwys
Japan
Moon
Chola
Paris
Noid
The Ugly Man and the Hat Fitting Tale
A humorous column notes a vain customer who spent two hours ten minutes choosing a hat after spring styles arrived. He returns the hat and has one made to order, and the writer quips the man’s ugliness could only be improved by a mask.
Dinosaurs of the Permian to Jurassic Found in Dinosaurs
William H Ballou summarizes Dr. Edward Drinker Cope’s fossil work on giant saurians from Colorado and New Jersey. The article details dimetrodons hadrosaurus laelaps and amphicoelus altus among others, describing their size, limbs, teeth, feeding habits, and habitat across ancient North America and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Ballou
Century Magazine
Edward Drinker Cope
Philadelphia
Rocky Mountains
United States
Texas
Cope
Unisera
Earth
Iones
Mehl
Amphiclonelus Altus
Colorado
Dakota
Gin
New Jersey
Laelaps Aquilunguis
Hadrosaurus Foullkll
Dimetradon Melusvm
Naosarus Claviger
Toana
Wives Wanted in Idaho Lead to Teacher Shortages
Idaho school boards struggle to hire teachers as many bachelors pursue wives. East imports fill vacancies while single men outnumber single women about ten to one. Dr Whitwell cites a pattern in Givensville where three successive Miss Buschs marry local men after teaching terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
East
Wiliam
Whitwell
Busch
Givensville
Alster
Misa Busch
Nugget of Mold Found in Western Corn
Charley Wainwright a Tome River miller in New Jersey found a mold nugget worth 18 dollars in ground corn. The source notes the mold appeared in the corn and its origin remains unknown.
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Charley Wainwright
Tome River
N. J
Miller
Courne
Marion factory disaster claims young worker
A fire or explosion at the spoke and heading factory of B C Ackerman in Marion Indiana killed 19 year old Will Patterson instantly. A dollar saw burned and fragments ripped him from waist to head, shredding his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
B.C. Ackerman
Marion
Ind
Will Patterson
14 Take a Trip to Europe on TT
A brief mention notes 14 individuals taking a trip to Europe under a TT program. Details are sparse but the item highlights travel, a group, and international destination. No further specifics on dates or names are provided in the readable text.
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Europe
Spanish Uprising Tabs Napoleon’s Conquests as People Rise
In Sloane’s Life of Napoleon excerpt from Century, Napoleonic strategy clashes with Spanish guerrilla tactics. The rebellion spreads from Asurias to Valencia, Saragossa, and Cadiz, where citizens seize French arsenals and fleets. Regulars falter, bandits prevail, and French troops face fierce reprisals.
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Frederick the Great
Spain
Napoleon
Joseph
Madrid
Napolen
Himeself
Ferdinand VII
Asurias
Cartagena
Saragonsa
Valencia
Moncey
Italy
Germany
Cadiz
W. M. Sloane
Allen's Foot Ease advertised cure for foot ailments
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to shake into shoes as a cure for frostbite damp sweating feet corns and bunions. It claims free samples and lists Allen 8 Olmsted Lelroy NB as address. The note also mentions Vassar college girls holding annual autograph auction sales to cover expenses.
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Allen
Olmsted
Lelroy
Vassar College
Quack Medicines Mock Up Health Claims Across Text
A garbled 19th century advertisement page touts cures for catorrh, nature in action, and other ailments with promises of large cash refunds. It mentions Cheney & Co Toledo and various patent remedies including pills and tonics. The fragmented prose mocks medical bravado and absurd claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ite Payor
Reni
Halle
Dali
Goth
5 Drops Remedy Promises Quick Rheumatic Relief
An advertisement touts 5 Drops as a powerful cure for rheumatism and other ailments. It claims rapid effect and a money back guarantee. The Swanson Rheumatic Care Co offers 100,000 sample bottles for 25 cents, with larger bottles priced at 1 and 2.60 for thirty days. It invites readers to mail orders to 16716 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williama
Regent
Swanson Rhewmatle Care Company
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Til
Omaha
Okwe
MED
CAL Company
Owaha
Neb
Whaling Fleet In Danger Prediction Remains Cautious
A forecast warns that most underwriters of the San Francisco based whaling fleet could face losses as vessels are trapped by danger in the fox. Readers are advised to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion rheumatism and nervousness, while a clergyman reports urgent calls from Bankton and a salary offer dispute. Two young babies allegedly harmed by a Shamokin physician prompt ongoing speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Ie
San Francisco
An Important Addition to the Mat of the world's moat valuable medicinns
An odd advertisement style item touts Dr Bell's Ping Tar Hoey and related remedies for coughs colds and diseases. It mentions Harmberg in ite hature and a price of 2500 nag etc. It also oddly notes a plan for ar more cremation apparatus for the German army corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Harmberg
The Telegraphic Ear and Sleep of a Night Operator
A night telegrapher can sleep near a working instrument yet wake instantly to his office call. Through long practice the telegrapher’s ear becomes keen, detecting even slight instrument variations and recognizing the sender’s voice if familiar.
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Kmoke Tour Life Array
Advertisement touts No-To-Ba tobacco cure claiming ease and permanent quitting. Promotes Storlica Remedy Co of Chicago or New York with guarantees of cure and free trial offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addrosa Storlica Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
A Wit of Hosten English by a Woman Correspondent
A rare English aside notes a woman’s tardiness in replying due to illness from a dog bite. She explains the sawmill owner’s dog bit her on the road, illustrating a humorous excuse reported by the Boston Evening Transcript.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Advertisers Offer Bargains and Transit Idea Arguments
Read the advertisements for bargains and reliable offerings. The article mentions a proposal to build a bicycle track atop New York elevated roads with elevators at every half mile, illustrating futuristic transit ideas alongside ads.
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New Yorks
Fragmented ad copy on tonics and remedies
A ragged OCR fragment lists various products and boasts without clear context. It mentions Bell's Pine-Tar Honey, Star Tobacco, a balloon distance claim near Paris, and old style medical quackery lines. The text references Pope Pius IX and various cures, showing typical late era patent medicine advertising.
The Pinkham Remedy Promoted For Female Ailments
A sensitive young woman shares relief from "female weakness" after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter, signed with initials and a street address, describes prior illness with womb descent and weakness, long bed rest, and nervous distress, then renewed energy and willingness to work.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Wut
L. HL
East St
Indianapolis
Ind
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