Three St Louisans win big in Louisiana lottery drawing
The Louisiana State Lottery drew prizes totaling large sums with three St Louisans sharing first prize and others collecting portions of the $50,000 capital prize. August Kaltmeyer, a saloon proprietor, owned a twentieth of the $50,000 prize and plans to reinvest winnings in his business. Amelia Partenheimer also held a twentieth ticket and won $2,500, saying she may buy more tickets.
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August Kaltmeyer
Sixth and
Franklin Avenue
Star-Sayings
Kaltmeyer
Uni
Amelia Partenheimer
Monroe Street
Partenheimer
St. Louis
Spontaneous Combustion Causes and Risk Factors
A chemist explains spontaneous combustion as common across seasons. Oxygen reacts with flammable materials such as turpentine, oils, and greases, especially in sealed or neglected spaces. Accumulated inflammables, acids, and gas leaks boost danger. ventilation and cleanliness reduce risk.
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Wi. P. Toury
Toney
Fashion notes and a curious tale from the era
The piece surveys fall fashion with alpaca, satin, velvet, ribbons and delicate trims for dresses and petticoats, noting sunshin e yellow colors and camel hair with velvet draperies. It weaves in a curious anecdote about Count de Brancus and a La Fontaine tale of absent mindedness, ending with a garbled street scene near Fort and Griswold streets as a woman searches for a bus or ride to the exposition ground.
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Batiste
Count de Brancus
la Fontaine
Hin Fuhega
Fort
Ibn
Bolimna
Autumn Leaves Inspire Sober Verse by Struthers
Poem fragment features William Struthers musing on autumn leaves and inner sorrow. The verses compare brown red and gold foliage to life’s losses and choked joy, with imagery of silent calls and heavy thoughts. A brief literary vignette from a periodical.
Physical culture for American women claims urgent reform
The author argues American women mature too quickly and suffer health and moral consequences. Physical culture is defined as complete body development and hygiene, with gymnastic exercise for women highlighted. The piece notes rising recognition of women's need for vigorous, systematic exercise, citing East views and local interest groups like the W C T U and Chicago Herald as indicators of growing attention.
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Randem
Kmd
Jong
Practical Household Toilet Preparations
A sensible girl keeps a small kit on the toilet table with glass topped bottles of alcohol alum damphor borax camphor glycerine or vaseline. A splash of camphor water can freshen mouth and throat. Alum powder helps prevent facial eruptions. Tepid water with a touch of acids aids cleansing and skin care.
Odd Notes and Domestic Cribbage in Victorian Tales
A fragment from a bygone column blends household tips with social anecdotes. It mentions soaps and cleansers, a Massachusetts woman filing for divorce after finding hair on a husband’s coat, a haunting injunction bid deemed beyond jurisdiction, and epitaph humor about a neighborly loan. A steamer assistant engineer Nora Buck showcases frontier gender roles, followed by jewelry notes on Lavalette and Muscotte fashions, cambered pendants, and Persian arms motifs.
Oriental gowns gain favor in home fashion trend
A white cotton crepe house gown with a conventional cut echoes Japanese kimonos, featuring two front panels, wrapped body, long sleeves doubling as pockets, and a wide collar. new satine striped pineapple gauze from Japan promises durable evening gowns in white now, other colors later, price about a quarter per yard.
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Japan
An Awful Spectacle of a Tarantula Bite on a Sergeant
A Civil War era recounting from the New York Sun tells of a troop resting on the Texas plains when a tarantula crawls toward a sergeant's face. The spider dances over buttons, and the sergeant endures a minute of nerve shredding suspense before it bites. He collapses, succumbs rapidly, and dies within hours.
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Plains of
Texas
Malony
United States S
Big George
Shining Metals
Seargeant
Insucvt
New York Sun
Grace and Deportment Missed in Girls Training
A writer laments neglect of graceful conduct in female education. Observes many American girls lack poise when entering or leaving rooms, despite polish in dance and music. Argues external appearance should reflect inner virtue, urging refined bearing as a cardinal virtue.
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Pharacter
Brighten Up Japan With Home Remedies and Ads
A collage of old English language advertising prose and health tips includes remedies for fever dizziness and headaches, testimonials for Scott's Emulsion and Dr Pierce's prescriptions, and dramatic lines about wages, wealth, and marriage. It weaves travel, industry, and fashion glimpses with notices on employment and social life.
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Japan
Mersey
Castoria recalled and vintage remedies in a collage
A fragmented clippings collage cites Castoria for children and adults, Dr. Kline’s nerve restorers, eye care by Dr. Isaac Thompson, and Hall’s Catach Cure with a mix of testimonials and fashion notes. Mentions of a diamond necklace order and a long-ago poet’s rejected piece appear as stray lines.
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L. L. Gorsuch
Toledo
Su Conan Tecan Hall
Drugginta, Tc
Marrying by Photograph In Hudson Highlands?
A Slavonian rancher in the Huachuca Mountains schemes to pair neighbors with wives via proposed photographs from his homeland. He claims letters promise brides to grooms he recommends, prompting many neighbors to select partners from the images. The rest of the text wanders into unrelated notes about posters, a Knight Street resident, and varied antiquated quips.
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Huashuca Mountains
America
Palttica
Norwalk
Conn
Pierce
Knight Street
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