Old Sailor's Tale Of Dried Islands And Lost Crews
Lewiston says Uncle Robert William Quimby recalls travel across warm climes and the coldest latitudes, noting India’s heat and a Cape Gracias voyage in 1870 from Portland. He describes a forsaken, dry island where sailors’ bodies and dry provisions lay, a spring gone, and a note from 1846 Liverpool hinting at mariners adrift and long dead.
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Robert William
Quimby
Lewiston
India
Salang
Cape Gracias
Houdums
Elieneth
Portland
Uac
Liverpool
Lewiston Evening Journal
How to Choose Fresh Meat and Fish and Keep It Proper
Guidance on selecting meat pork beef and poultry by texture color and age indicators. It covers fat marbling tenderness eye brightness and joint stiffness plus how to refrigerate or salt and wrap in dry cloth with charcoal or ashes. It also notes fresh fish should be firm thick with bright gills and clear eyes and be dressed promptly.
Fragmentary note on meat handling and sale
The fragment discusses pitting on ice, timing for decision, and locerers noting they are not edible unless alive or boiled first. It states they are black when alive and red when boiled, indicating a raw preparation detail and sale condition.
Process of Making Hairpins In Early Industry
The article describes how English and French controlled hairpin manufacture, with the recent spread to other nations. It details automatic machines that cut bend and sharpen pins, producing 120 hairpins a minute, and notes enamel work requiring careful control to avoid roughness from dust.
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Foy Aes
Antipodean Reformers Push Wide Women Suffrage Reforms
The Christchurch convention of New Zealand women calls for abolition of capital punishment, land nationalization, old age pensions, and reform of judicial sentences. They demand women’s right to sit in Parliament and be elected, plus a proposed law tying a husband’s earnings to a wife’s separate account in certain cases.
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New Zeland
Christchurch
City Bicycle Party Feasts On Orchard Fruit
A group from Pmooklintown and Catoney toured the grounds of a leading piano maker and helped themselves to ripe peaches pears grapes and plums in a country orchard. A dark haired bright eyed girl sat amid a pyramid of fruit declaring with a jest about a pneumatic stomach.
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Baltimore
Hair Styling Trends for Young Women in Debut Weeks
Fashion notes advise young women to avoid heat tools on growing hair until debut. Most favor two styles: a central part with braids or a simple, neat arrangement. Authorities warn against crimping irons for growing girls to protect hair health.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A Victorian style testimonial alleges a woman's illness and nervous symptoms can be eased by Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. It claims the product cured a long list of female ailments after many doctors and medications failed, citing Philadelphia resident Mrs. Kine and a favorable letter from a user.
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Philadelphia
Thad
Lydia E. Pinkhis
Cadogan Fashion Ribbon Pleats Featured in Ladies Home Journal
A fragment notes a method of styling a plaited ribbon with patrow ribbon rolled from the face, braided in a single plait, looped and tied with a black ribbon in the Cadogan fashion as seen in Ladies' Home Journal.
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Cadogan
Ladies’ Home Journal
Eccentric Wanderer Faces Wager Across Continent
In a Buffalo Express excerpt a husky farmer's wife challenges a young man crossing the continent on a wager. The exchange contrasts blunt talk with sly taunts about entertainment and language, including a nod to union loyalty and a gate post mark.
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Union
Buffalo Expresa
Fashion Notes on Jackets and Gown Trims
Fashion notes highlight jackets with white lace shoulder detailing shaping into graceful curves. Trim ends extend from revers and fronts under belts, belt buckles and jeweled buttons add brilliance. Crash and heavy linen suits gain popularity as summer sales approach.
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Demorest
Guide to proper language in social notices
The piece urges careful word choice in society writing, warning against misusing terms like lady and gentleman and avoiding awkward labels. It stresses that terms should match gender and relationship context, noting correct usage for acquaintance friend and the progression of relationships.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Winchester guns and wine hester deal in catalogued arms
A damaged advert style notice touts Winchester firearms and related items, boasting low prices and a free illustrated catalogue from a plant suddenly destroyed by fire in Indianapolis. It mentions farming yields and seeds alongside a sensational claim about a large loss, inviting readers to send ten cents for a confession and to reach John A Salven in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Armago
Felayen
Winchester
Buffalo firm claims fireproof wand from red birch
A Buffalo company markets a so called absolutely fireproof wand described as red birch treated by a secret process. The claim emphasizes its resistance to flame and heat.
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Buffalo
A Strange Freak of Nome and Golden Rind Seeds
Disjointed ad notes offer Golden Rind Watermelons with prizes reaching $100 for earliestings, flavors described vividly, plus a seed catalog from Salver Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. Dispatches from Rio de Janeiro report Bahia, Brazil facing a worsening outbreak.
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Salver
Toba A. Saluer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Brazil
Salzer's German Coffee Berry Advertising Misspelt Notice
That splendid coffee Mr Goodman Williams County Indiana writes of Salzer's German Coffee Berry producing 300 pounds of better coffee than any in stores at 30 cents per 9 pounds. A package and big seed catalog is sent by John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin upon receipt of 16 ounces of this notice. C
Fragmented OCR medical notes mixed with ads and notices
A tangled OCR page fragment reports on fevers and debility symptoms, weak kidneys and bowels, and various remedies and adverts. It mixes names, places, and product pitches with scattered political references and a sentencing note, all in disjointed form. The garbled text includes references to McKinley, drugs, cosmetics, and pathologies without coherent narrative.
Invention of auoaisting sparks strong public interest
The article notes a significant discovery regarded as a turning point, with the ruling class and owners highlighting its importance. It discusses the growth from a small, promising start to a wide adoption across the country, emphasizing public demand and support for quality products and safe preservation.
Grand jury urges Georgia railroad freight trains halt Sundays
De Kalb county Georgia grand jury recommends discontinuing Sunday freight train runs by the Georgia railroad, urging compliance with the community quiet day and safety considerations.
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de Kalb County
Georgia
Georgia Railroad
Largest Williamsburg store owned by a Negro reports nine white clerks
A notice from Williamsburg Virginia states the town's largest store is owned by a Black man and employs nine white clerks. This item reflects era language and social context with emphasis on ownership and racial composition.
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Williamsburg
Unclear report on Sheriff Fisher and medical anecdotes
A garbled visitor summary references Sheriff Fisher of Lawrence Michigan and a long list of medical topics. The piece mentions a recovery, a queen of Madagascar, and various diseases with disconnected phrases. The fragment ends noting Europe’s suicide rate as notably low.
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Laurence
Ation
Madagascar
George Webister
Lawrence
Mich
Frant Fis
Banaipe
Ihuss
Mauri
Fisher
Minn
Haven
Michigen
Silvey
Hali
Sieer
W. Tisrigan
Williaans
Jewish park Dutcher runs shop on Brick Lane London
A brief note records that a Jewish man named Dutcher operates a shop on Brick Lane in London. The item highlights the business location and identity without additional details.
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Brick Lane
London
Salzer Seed Catalogue Offer Sparks Farm Interest
The notice touts Salzer Seed Company of La Crosse Wisconsin offering a seed catalogue with 12 rare farm and skunples valued at $10 to begin farming, alongside a claim about seeds and farm tests. It also notes Boston’s funded debt rising by over $5 million in the last fiscal year.
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Salzer
Salver
la Crosse
Wig
C.n. U
Boston
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Uncurable Cotarrh Cure
Ads claim a large reward for cure of cotarrh by Walls Cutarrh I oH ob CO and Giligauen made by a Toledo firm. Wholesalers advertise drug sets and post testimonials, with prices and distributor names. The note cites a London hospital total near $3,000,000 yearly.
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Pruar
Toledo
Aweslean
Drugeiste
Uvil
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Wartsland
EAIR
Chas King
Fashion Notes
Largout
Jenney Electric Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Joss
Joly Breider
Mishieatt
Vox
Bedieve
de Helis
Jnwt
John A
Salven
Tian
Dire
Minnassia
McKinley
Gandaliers
Thomas Fyuns
Yort
Gien
Inu
Crook & Perham
New York
Tue Piso Co
Warren, Pa
Tata
Whodtaw
Koorp
Arthur Sewall
Bryan
Central America
United States
Tocket
New
Mawnitaathre
Harr
Yitic
Acun
Faison Phenopraph Co
South Seb Street
Philadyiptia
Miss Hanna
Ways and Means Committee
Werte
Hood
O.1 Ge4 & Co
Lowell, Mast
Hood's Pills
Union Librerties
Lane
Ireland
Europe
W.l.douglas
Amy
London Hospital
JONES
Binghamton
N.Y
Tolies Quecharees
Uulkrni
GREKO
H.C
L. F B
Nculowa
H.C. & Pf.jublen
Chicago
Agenin
Datance
Waukers Ene
Gus
PUB
WNION
Mouse
ST. Arcoes
DANDY
Dooklet
Ae Greer Bow Terk
Teeseeseece
Nw Seto
Baulah
Kalzer
Cha Puntage
Joan A. Salzer Seed Co
Sapolio
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