The Moon One Yard Off Scheme Draws Backers
A Paris project by M Deloncle aims to build a gigantic telescope with a 2 meter mirror cast in Jeumont and transported to Paris. Finishing will cost about £6,000 with a 60 meter tube and 1.25 meter lenses to project images 6,000 times larger for viewing the Moon at potentially 38 miles away, though experts doubt image accuracy beyond extended ranges.
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Prof. Loewy
M. Delonclerg
M. Deloncle
Central
Africa
M. de Joncle
Jeumont
Liege
Cologne
Berlin
Paris
Tergnier
Huey
Eults
Ncute
Loewy
Paris Observatory
Reading Advertisements Offers Better Bargains
The notice urges readers to study advertisements for genuine bargains and warns that advertisers are reliable, promising excellent value. It emphasizes forming a habit of reading ads to discover interesting opportunities and worthwhile offers.
Novel scheme aids wealthy mothers as nursemaids
A Germantown woman in reduced circumstances offers a paid service to married women who want society appearances. She watches children during mothers teas and social events at 0 cents an hour, with high demand and advance bookings noted. The piece blends other stray excerpts reflecting era concerns and phrases.
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Germantown
Belted fashions sparkled by ornate belt buckles this season
A fashion piece describes belts and buckles as the spring rage with Egyptian Isis and Rob Roy motifs, tar tan ribbons, and bicycle belts featuring wheels and horse shoes. It notes elastic belts for comfort, dainty daisy enameled girdles, water color portraits on buckles, and prices up to 35 dollars while chuckles as keepsakes become trendy.
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Wormas
Isis
Kolckerbocker
New Amsterdam
Front
Martha Washington
Cleveland
Queen Victoria
Lillian Russell
Allberts
Allen's Feet-Mase Powder Promises Foot Comfort
Allen's Feet-Mase powder claims to cure painful swollen feet and corns and bunions while easing tight or new shoes. Advertises instant sting relief and comfort with Allen’s foot-base, available at druggists and shoe stores, or by mail with stamps.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
Paris House Poys On False Surgeries
A Paris establishment allegedly receives patients to undergo supposed operations. Patients are led to believe they suffer from organ complaints curable only by the knife. On the operation day they are subjected to minor cuts under chloroform, with possible profit sharing with unscrupulous physicians.
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Shim
Alam
Paris
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toledo Firms
An 19th century advertisement fragment offers a reward for information about a cure for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy taken internally. The note cites local druggists and wholesale druggists in Toledo and surrounding firms in a promotional claim, mentioning a guarantee and a free trial.
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Cimmy & CO
Toledo
Cheney
Bai
Wort & Vrunx
Wholedale Drugglat
Walling, Kintat & Marvin
Hall
Pyatem
Remedies For Stopping Window Rattle On Windy Nights
A compact guide to stop windows rattling on windy nights using simple tools. Suggests wrapping a dressing comb in paper or linen to wedge between sashes, or using a toilet comb in calico for loose frames. Includes a note on attaching a loop to keep the remedy handy near the window.
Caulfield and his mother seek clues in Grandchester
George Caulfield wakes to a quiet cell and a sudden visit from his mother, who travels from London to Milldhate. She recounts his past lodging and a clerk named Foy, a French extraction man with a Lyons letter. The vicar vows to uncover the dark-eyed stranger who handed his friend the card, vowing to make it hot for him.
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Coxtingen
Grandchester
George Caulfield
London
Sophia
Jane
Buson
Milldite
Alda
Mae & Ampleby's
Pi ‘O
Kibble's
Spanish America
Kibble & Ampleby'a
Lyons
Mr. Bladen
Foy
Freatmend
Granidchester
Mr. Leworthy
BE. L
Brockbank
Deansgate
Leworthy
Elsden
Briargate
Mr. Iden
Missing Lady in Grandchester Murder Mystery
Vicar Mr Leworthy pursues clues about a nameless woman's fate in Grandchester. He seeks information from daily papers and Mr Elsden, fearing involvement with a dangerous secret and uncertain motives amid a tense inquiry into a possible murder.
Subtle Interlude At Cadiz Letter Request Leads To Marriage Hint
R Leworthy visits Kibble Ampleby’s to hire a Spanish letter writer. He learns Mr Poy, the foreign clerk, is to marry the youngest Miss Ampleby tomorrow morning, a union praised by some and suspected by others. The vicar, George Canfield, identifies the man as the villain he seeks.
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R. Leworthy
Kibble & Ampleby's
Cadiz
Grandchester
Leworthy
Poy
Lfe
Tal
Miss Ampleby
Freshmead
Foy
London
Gaston Foy
Villian
Emile
Legato Totes
George Canfield
Eave
Vicar schemes as he seeks Foy address for letter
The vicar debates how to reach Mr. Foy and asks a clerk for the private address. Foy refuses to go to the hotel and offers to translate the letter into Spanish later that day. The vicar learns Foy’s address at Parminter Rose Cottage Lawson Lane, and notes it for possible contact.
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Jar
Foy
Eus
Eold
Grandcheater
Salads as a Diet Highlighting Olive Oil Salads
Mrs. T. Rorer urges in the Ladies' Home Journal that American households adopt wholesome salads dressed with olive oil and lemon, noting salads aid digestion and provide fats. She contrasts oil with butter and suggests greens like sorrel and dandelions from the fields. A simple salad may close meals, with cheese and bread, and salads accompany game at large dinners.
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5. T. Rorer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hiccoughs and Remedies in Everyday Life
Hiccoughs arise from a momentary diaphragm spasm and can be caused by laughing crying or drinking too much. Simple fixes include distraction applying pressure under the ribs or neck rubbing splashes of cold water and deep slow breaths. Rare prolonged cases may indicate a serious underlying disease requiring professional intervention.
Foreign Language Newspapers in the United States
An overview notes twenty three languages used in U S newspapers beyond Doglish with counts of Portuguese Polish Spanish Russian Armenian Finnish Bohemian Norwegian Italian Lithuanian and Jewish dailies and weeklies in various cities including New York Chicago Cleveland New Orleans and New England areas. It also contains fragmented dialogue and names such as Mrs Mann Mary and Ames.
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United States
New York
Arizona
New Mexico
Chicago
Cleveland
New England
New Orleana
The Country Kitten Captivates a Summer Boarder
A playful countryside vignette follows a summer boarder who admires a kitten and urges it closer. The scene ends with the boarder purchasing a ready made suit from market goods, embodying simple rural charm and humor.
Poem Exchange at Weeklies Described in Playful Verse
Dialogic snippet shows She-Oh praising Mr Jones and his two sonnets in the Weekly Sundow. The exchange centers on which poem is preferred, with She praising the longer sonnet as finer and more exquisite. The scene features a poetical star of modest reputation and a light, humorous tone.
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Sundow
Gold Cure and the Klondike Job Dream
Two men on a Broadway streetcar chat about the so called gold cure and plans to go to the Klondike. They joke about Kansas City wages and thirteen month days, then return from the diggings with a humorous spinoff about miscalculated time and money.
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Klondike
Kansas City
New York Commercial Advertiger
Naming the Baby in a Gentle Exchange
A humorous interchange features Colonel Stilwell declaring his newborn daughter, three days old, and naming her Araminta with a peculiarly stressed accent. The Washington Star reports the playful moment while the Oh, Too Post adds a lighthearted beach scene exchange about swimming lessons.
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Stilwell
Washington Star
Barer nn. Quirky oyster order cited in dialogue
A fragmentary exchange depicts Barer nn. insisting oysters be neither large nor small nor salty and not too fat, preferring lean quality and quick service. The dialogue includes a question about pearls, with Toammany Thnes responding in pidgin style about without or with pearls.
Bid By Mr Mumblechook and Miss Billo Sharp
A fragmentary dialogue records a farewell between Mr. Mumblechook and Miss Billo Sharp at a social event. The speakers indicate a scene of departure and implied departure timing as they acknowledge a final shared moment. The text preserves era voice and names, suggesting a regional or period newspaper snippet.
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Mr. Mumblechook
Lugiig
Billo Sharp
Victorious Weylern Quote Reported by Chicago Post
The Chicago Post quotes Weylern praising a victory with a cautious line from a Wilter. The general replies with hesitation and a remark about insurgent loot nearly halting many men at the camp.
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Weylern
Chicago
Fragments of a cryptic exchange between unnamed speakers
A disjointed dialogue fragment shows an old narrator or character warning others about gold and a challenge or fear. Phrases are garbled and include unclear names and actions, leaving the core event and participants largely undefined. The passage hints at intimidation and a refused provocation but lacks concrete details.
Deserving Poor Theory at the British Museum Reading Room
A Contemporary Review excerpt recounts a failed charitable effort to assign a copy job at the British Museum. An ex-schoolmaster in poverty passes the task through several intermediaries, each taking small advances, until a liquor-tempted, unreliable female copyist completes the work for six shillings and borrows endlessly. The piece critiques how charity labels some as deserving or undeserving based on sobriety and usefulness.
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Mather
British Museum
Salvation Army
Eich
Chari Iy Organization Society
Stomach Bitters Promised Relief from Malaria Scourge
A fragment claims stomach bitters remove malaria linked ailments. It asserts the remedy cleanses the stomach liver and bowels, restores nervous energy, and strengthens a system weakened by illness. It cites constipation and kidney complaints as conditions helped by the tonic.
Proper Sleep Posture Debate Asleep Positions Discussed
The piece surveys sleep position theories with preference for right side to aid digestion while warning against back sleeping due to spinal pressure. It notes some insomnia improves with face-down rest, and shares a Chicago Herald anecdote of recovery after lying face down with minimal pillow use. It also jokes about cold cures and common spelling quirks in graduates.
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Chicago Herald
Five boys, three skate pairs, who must watch
In a Harper's Round Table quip a teacher asks how many boys would be left watching when five boys share three pairs of skates. The boy answers the two who got the worst of the fight would watch.
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Harper’s Round Table
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Reviews
Readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound along with Blood Purifier and Liver Pills for kidney trouble backache and womb disorders. Testimonials from Mrs Mano Porta Cincinnati’s Mae Morrow and Linnian Caverns Florida claim relief gain and improved health after use, urging others to try the remedies.
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Mr. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mano Porta
Kauffman St
Philadelphia, Isa
Lydia J. Pinkham
Mia
Linnian Caverns
Box 77
St. Andrews Bay
Fla
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Fabucher, la
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Elise
Sea
Moat
Hey
Charles GC
Ames
Disciple
Benoa
Country
Ned Wandalona
Elea
Qured
Lydia BH. Pinkham
Tackada
Lydia B. Pinkhan
Mae
F. Morrow
Hopkins St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nas
Galatia
Lll
Paria Medicine Co
Louli
Auky, Catin & Co
Pontagion
O'Farrell
New York Avenue
Washington, P.c
John W, Morrig
Mamie In
Hompson’s
Sora Exon, ‘Chef
W.N.U. St. Louis
Ailvertisora
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester, Mass
Columbias
Hartford Bicycles
Columbia
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford
Conn
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