Revival of old fashions hints at changing tastes
The piece notes a renewed popularity of classic trends among women, praising common sense footwear, high velvet gowns for matronly styles, and refined home furnishings. It laments pushy shoppers and highlights Delsarte walking and Japanese brocade opera wraps as fashionable details of the season.
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Delsarte
California Fig Syrup Company Ad Claims Comfort
An old style advertisement touts KNOWLEDGE and comfort from a pure liquid remedy. It markets Syrup of Figs as a perfect laxative that cleanses the system, aiding the Kidneys Liver and Bowels without objectionable substances. Sold by druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Only the genuine product bears the name Syrup of Figs.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Fragments Hint at Local Retail Sale and Weather Impact
Disjointed OCR text hints at a local business urging care of goods during a weather event and mentions enlarged factories, a network of branch houses, and stock readiness. The readable items imply a promotional notice urging customers to visit stores and prepare for weather-related disruptions.
Fire destroys Kansas City block amid fierce blaze
A hotel and adjacent engine supply and wrought iron works burned after a gale started the flames. In an hour Western Newspaper Union and Great Western Type Foundry buildings caught fire and collapsed. Losses exceed 425,000 in the English building and its contents plus 175,000 in the Western Newspaper Union plant. The English Supply company stock is valued at 75,000 with 60,000 insured.
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West Fifth Street
English Supply Company
Western Newspaper Union
Great Western Type Foundry
Kersey Coates Estate
Flashing Flames Burn Five at Sharon Iron Works
Flames erupted from a annealing furnace at the Sharon iron works yesterday afternoon burning five employees. One worker named Strauss broke into a panic and ran through the mill as flames consumed his clothes. fellow workers quickly tackled him and saved him from severe injury.
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Sharon
Strauss
Three Lives Lost in a Hotel Fire in Parsons West Virginia
A hotel lobby blaze at Mackeyville six miles north of Parsons yesterday at 1:00 p.m. left Eugene Sission Homer Cottlett and Squire Corley dead as charred masses. Jacob Conner William Wilson J K Williams and James Jenkins were severely or fatally injured. Fifteen others escaped by jumping from windows. The dead were single men.
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Parsons
W. Va
Mackeyville
Here
Eugene Sission
Homer Cottlett
Squire Corley
Jacob Conner
William Wilson
J. K. Williams
James Jenkins
New Orleans Military Ready as Riots Halt Trade
New Orleans experiences a graveyard quiet as mobs fail to resume hostilities. Gov. Foster orders 1,000 troops to armories ready to move to the levee. commerce along the riverfront is paralyzed with only two white union crews loading freight. No colored laborers seen. arrests of rioters reported.
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New Orleans
Foster
Meade's squadron sails to Venezuela port
Washington reports Admiral Meade's squadron left Port of Spain Trinidad for La Guayra Venezuela to safeguard American interests. Three warships the New York Minneapolis and Cincinnati stand by to respond if needed.
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Menade
Washington
Admiral Meade
Port of Spain
Trinidad
la Guayara
Venezuela
United States
New York
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Miners Suffer Narrow Escape After Roof Collapse
In Israzil Indiana two miners were seriously injured when a roof collapsed under twenty tons of plate while they worked north of town. A passing car prevented them from being crushed. One miner named Allen is in critical condition and may die.
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Israzil
Ind
Here
Allen
Quotable 19th Century Proverbs and Social Notes
A collection of maxims and observations on morality, education, debt imprisonment, and daily life. It notes that bad thinking precedes wrongdoing, gold gives rise to brass, and great minds differ in their treatment of small things. It mentions no public library, a Connecticut copper mine prison, and early American fashion.
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United States
Connecticut
England
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Internal Cure
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as effective internally for catarrh claiming it reaches blood and mucous surfaces. It emphasizes non quack status, lists ingredients as tonics and cleansers, and invites testimonials from readers. The fragment includes stray dialogue and garbled text around branding and offerings.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dru
Comparative land areas and losses in the United States era
The text compares country sizes with Kansas and Argentina. It notes 82,000 square miles for Corea equal to Kansas and 1,125,000 square miles for Argentina, about one third of the U S area. It states a $39,000,000 annual fire loss in the United States and Canada and mentions a surplus of 833,000 after San Francisco Midwinter fair expenses.
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Corea
Kansas
San Francisco
Republic of Argentina
South America
United States
Canada
Fragmented Suffering Ad Ads From 1904 Penny Press
A jumble of ads and quips touts tonic cures and teething remedies from 1904. Claims promote Hostetter s Stomach Bitters for rheumatic relief and Piso s Cure for consumption. Snippets mention men of wit and aleviating toothache with old time patent medicines.
Farmer Reisinger Robbed by Four Masked Intruders
Mahlion P. Reisinger, a farmer in Wiltshire Ohio, was robbed of $900 by four masked men who forced entry to his home. He was overpowered and made to reveal where his money was hidden. He says he knows two of the assailants.
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Reisinger
Wiltshire
Ohio
Mahlion P. Reisinger
Secretary Gresham Improves Health in Washington
Washington March 15 Secretary Gresham is convalescing slowly as his physician says full duties will take several days. He was able to take a short walk Sunday for the first time since his illness.
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Gresham
Washington
bin Ginun
Golden Medical Discovery Ad Parodies Bank Health Boost
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood enriching tonic to prevent consumption and strengthen the body's germ defenses. It claims cures in early throat to lung diseases and offers a free 160 page medical book from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, asking readers to send address and six cents in stamps.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
35 Gond Patterns JOP 10 Gents
A fragmented item notes patterns and patterns related to 35 gond patterns and a JOP 10 gents listing. The text includes stray phrases such as arms, frail, and prices like 10 cents, with unclear context and no clear events or entities.
Fashion sleeve patterns from a vintage guide No 1 No 2 No 8
The article reviews three sleeve patterns No 1 butterfly sleeve in mouseline and satin, No 2 Baglan sleeve for slender figures with fitted lining and fullness, and No 8 a full gigot sleeve suitable for any material, noting versatility and fashion appeal with a 30 cent pattern price.
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