Fragmented Notes Hint at 19th Century Figures and Estates
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions George Washington novels, colonial estate Westover on the James River, Prince Conrad of Bavaria, and Gladstone era peers. References to royal houses, taxes, and farming surge in the US point to a collage of late 1800s topics including a painting of the Northern Pacific railroad’s Gold Creek incident and Gladstone era politics.
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Northern Pacific
Gold Creek
Mont
Montana
Rtale Howpe
The Kidney Cure That Raised a Dead Man to Life
A dramatic testimonial tells how kidney pills from Dean's Millburn Co reportedly cured a man after doctors offered no hope. After starting the remedy, his back and kidneys improved, weight rose from 118 to 155 pounds, and he claims to feel alive again. A free trial offer is included, with an address in Buffalo. Also a dismissive joke about an engagement ends the piece.
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Corm
McGound
Dean
Lake View
United States
Milburn Go
Buffalo
All Drugrets
Nervous, worn mothers urged to seek aid for children
A Chicago woman cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as helping her cope with nerves and irritability after childbirth. She describes strained mother child dynamics, backache and fatigue, asserting the product aided recovery and calmer parenting.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Diplomatic Intercession in Port au Prince Noted
The article recalls Powell’s calm intercession during a German citizen Kil Leeders case in Port au Prince three to four years ago. It highlights how Powell’s diplomacy helped avert punishment and a potential schism, reinforcing U S protective policy toward small American states.
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Hoo
W. F. Powell
Bas
Whem
Kil Leeders
Port Au Prince
Mayti
Powell
Lowders
Germany
United States
Shadow Portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt Painted Out
Crowds visiting the capitol to view the shadow portraits by Ramuel Allison led authorities to erase the pictures from Statuary Hall. Officials argued the visitors’ interest outweighed the art, citing disruption to remodeling work and the drawings’ undignified appeal.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Capitol
Ramuel Allison
Penitlon
Congress
Washington
Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Overstudy Culminates in Tragic Death of Chicago Schoolgirl
Mise Peterson, a Chicago Northwest division high school student, vanished after leaving suicide notes amid failing health and overstudy. Her body was found in Lincoln Park lagoon, with friends noting deranged mind from academic strain. In Rhode Island, Bishop Clark is the oldest Anglican bishop, linked to an American religious family. formerly a Presbyterian minister, he became bishop of Rhode Island in 1954.
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Lincoln Park
Northwest Division High School
Clark
Rhode Island
America
Rufus Clark
First Reformed Church
Albany
N. Y
Mmie
Great author Guy Boothby prolific English novelist
Great is the Industry and fertile is the imagination of Guy Boothby the English novelist. In less than eight years he has published some twenty six books the majority of which have achieved more than ordinary success. Mr Boothby is a South Australian by birth and fo 36 years of age.
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Guy Boothby
Mr. Boothby
Fragmentary 19th Century Text on Theater Profits and Ostrich Value
A disjointed passage mentions Morgan and merging revolutions, suggests London theater programs could profit managers by £30,000 annually, and notes the value of an ostrich’s feathers. The text is incomplete with garbled phrases and unclear subjects.
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London
Before A Public Eye on Pope Manufacturing Empire
Col Pope argues advertising is crucial to revival of bicycle demand. Pope Manufacturing grew from 50 wheels in 1878 to a vast Hartford operation with $20 million capital, ten acres, 1000 selling agents, and skilled workers. A Civil War veteran, he rose from private to lieutenant colonel serving under Burnside Grant and Sherman.
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Pope Manufacturing Company
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Sherman
Forced to Leave Wellsley Daughter of Booker Washington
Booker T. Washington's daughter, once said to excel at Wellesley College, has reportedly been forced to leave for Bradford Academy after reportedly failing in music. The move followed a mixed reception from Southern students, potentially troubling faculty. Separately, Bishop Potter ordained Rev. Walter E. Bentley at Church of the Holy Sepulcher, New York, noting Bentley's prior acting career and study of Shakespeare.
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Wellesley College
Bradford Academy
Muale
Washington
Gitla
Potter
Church of the Holy Repulcher
New York City
Walter E. Bentley
Dr. Bentley
Me. Bentley
Boston
Phillips Brooke
O Reilly to Succeed Forward as Surgeon General
Col Robert M O Reilly announced by the War Department in Washington will succeed Gen W H Forward as surgeon general of the United States Army. He earned rank and mock distinction in the Civil War and will serve many years before retirement due to age limits.
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Papi Gribellapi
United States Army
Robert M. O'Reilly
War Department
Washington
W. H. Forward
O'Reilly
Explorer Jeremiah Curtin Journeys Through the Northwest
Jeremiah Curtin famed translator and linguist, known for Slenkiewicz and Polish authors, travels the Northwest after a world voyage. Captivated by unfamiliar customs, he boasts knowledge of sixty languages and writes on North American Indian religion and folklore.
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Jeremiah Curtin
Slenkiewicz
Northwest
Mrs Gladstone's Choice Reveals Discretion in Home Life
In a magazine sketch of Gladstone's home life, it notes that he gave his wife no options to know nothing or know and be bound to secrecy. Half a century later he quips that his wife has known the most political secret he ever had, highlighting her discretion.
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Gladstone
Georgia to Placer Two Statues in Washington Hall
Georgia officials agreed to place two state statues in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall in Washington. The subjects are Alexander H. Stephens and Dr. Crawford W. Long, with a July meeting to ratify the election of the commissions. Also noted are brief items on a birth certificate request in Montreuil and other varied notices.
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Teo
Peruna touted as cure for catarrh in old ad copy
An aged advertisement extols Peruna as a universal remedy for catarrh and chronic nasal ailments, claiming thousands of women recover and urging readers to try the product after other remedies fail. It cites a Brooklyn reader praising catarrhal affections as a specific cure and asserts there are no substitutes.
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Brooklyn
Prosperity and inducements in the southwest discussed
Illustrated pamphlets offering regional prospects are promoted by James Barker of the M E & T Ry. The Earl of Dysart funds a national opera house in London while Musto pursues a theater dream. Defiance starch selling points touted. Italian honors awarded to Marquis Ita spark diplomatic chatter. Some chemists claim ideal air is rich in gallate of rom. ink quality linked to gold content.
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Southwest
Indian Territory
Texas
Old Mexico
James Barker
M. E
T. Ry
Wainwright
St. Louis
Waaote National Opera House
Earl of Dysart
London
Ham Hill
Balreuth
Musto
St Paul Calendar 1903 Reproductions Available by Mail
The St Paul Calendar for 1903 six Abeuts sized 10 by 15 inches offers pastel color drawings by Bryson and will be mailed after receipt of 25 cents in coin or stamps. Address F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago. Dickens notes David Copperfield took two years to compose though many works were finished in under a year.
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Bryson
F. A. Miller
Chicago
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