Beauty and mystery surround Chrisman residence
The Paris Beacon reports a long hidden ownership saga of a grand Chrisman home at the city’s heart. Fourteen years of carpenters decorators and builders created a luxurious interior with Haviland china piano and rich walnut furnishings.
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Canary Island Athletes Outpace Modern Fears Of Strength
The St. Louis Republic notes Canary Islanders trained from infancy for defense, turning mud balls stones and darts into warfare drills. Stories tell of a native dodging eight paces of stones and catching or striking with oranges, illustrating exceptional athletic prowess.
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St. Louis Republic
Stopping Hiccough: Simple Pressure Method
The text explains hiccough relief by compressing nerves at the neck. It instructs placing two fingers at the center top of the sternum between the neck cords and applying inward downward and outward pressure. A few minutes of this pressure reportedly stops obstinate hiccoughs.
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Charles S. Moody
London Graphic Quote on Gentlemen and Boots
An excerpt from the London Graphic quotes the Prince Regent arguing with his valet about the meaning of a gentleman. The valet replies that a gentleman does not clean his own boots, a response attributed as a Sunky's remark. The source contrasts with the Duke of Wellington’s demand for dependable men.
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Fragmentary OCR Leads on Unknown Cleveland Leader
Fragmented text shows a Cleveland leader and a ticket interaction with professions and a quiet line. Readable items include a speaker asking to recognize a profession and a hesitant response about standing in line. The passage is obscured and lacks clear events.
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Widow Yarn Votes Against Road, Classic County Tale
A narrator visits Widow Yarn, owner of forty acres, to promote a county road vote. She challenges road builders and learns she has forty votes, one per acre, and finally declares she will cast them all against the proposed road. The scene blends rural humor with suffrage era skepticism.
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Patriotic Porch Party Inspires July Celebration
A Woman’s Home Companion piece outlines a July porch party theme using Liberty Bells and red white and blue decorations. Guests play card games at cardboard tables with a toy cannon centerpiece and scorecards decorated as flags. The menu features cream cheese sandwiches tomato jelly cups and a red fruit punch.
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The Terrora of Frankness and a Comic Reply
A quippy remark on frankness contrasts with a bridge party anecdote. A playwright questions blunt responses and a child offers a playful mispronunciation of colors, delivering a light exchange at a social gathering.
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Ruskin and the Turner Facsimile Exhibition
In 1876 Ruskin presented facsimiles of Turner's paintings at the National Gallery London proving that skilled copying can yield near replicas. Ruskin noted he spent over ten years training a copyist to faithfully reproduce Turner works and that the facsimiles he produced bear his signature to prevent fraud.
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Kith and Kin Conversation Sparks Family Banter
In a London Tit-Bits fragment, papa interrupts a quiet conservatory scene with Ethel Mr. Tomkins and Eva. The group jokes about kinship as Eva confirms the playful exchange while Tomkins and Ethel discuss their kith and kin.
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Deduction About Little Willie Witberg Noted
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote recalls a boast about Little Willie Witberg as the brightest and best behaved boy in the neighborhood. The exchange includes a prompt to deduce and a claim that the speaker has chatted with Willie’s mother.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Envious Howell Engagement Conversation Quip
The dialogue features Howell announcing engagement to Miss Rowell and a witty retort from Powell about nominations versus elections. Smart Set style banter emphasizes ironic social gaps and political analogy in a light, humorous tone.
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Not at All With Suffragette Wife
A fragment from a 19th century column shows humor about Brown and his suffragette wife. She defies him by reading the sporting pages and Detroit Free Press material, highlighting tensions in domestic debates over women’s rights.
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Foley's Kidney Remedy Sold After Kidney Trouble Warning
C J Budlong of Washington R 1 recounts hereditary kidney trouble and says four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured him. He urges others not to neglect kidney health and to use Foley's product before it is too late. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Life's Brevity Reflections by Henry Mayhew
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Henry Mayhew
Get The Best For Skin Troubles Dr Bell’s Salve
Advertises Dr Bell’s Antiseptic Salve as the best cure for skin troubles sores ulcers eczema chaps blackheads pimples and eruptions. Claims 25 cents a box and universal guarantee.
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Indigestion Cure Promoted By Klafer Drug Co Claim
The ad extols a stomach strengthening prescription named Miona sold in small vials by druggists and The Klafer Drug Co. It promises to build up the stomach, restore digestion, and offers money back if it fails, warning of the dangers of inaction and indigestion.
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Kelfer Drug Co
Ada Rehan’s Stage Name A Daly Printer Tale
A well known theater tale explains Ada Rehan the actress born Ada Crehan adopted the stage name Rehan. Daly opposed middle initials in ads and programs and when a compositor misspelled Ada C Rehan he struck the comma and kept Rehan, the name that remained.
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Do You Get The Beat
A fragmented text appears to mix phrases about coughs and asthma with unclear branding. The readable elements hint at a health or vocal theme but lack coherent context or concrete details to form a proper news-style item.
Springfield reader credits Foley kidneys for relief
Mr B F Kelly describes years of kidney and bladder distress with persistent headaches and back aches. He reports relief after taking Foley Kidney Pills, noting headaches and urinary issues subsided within weeks and he became free of distress.
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