Portrait Artist's Love Turns to Masterpiece Obsession
In a Paris studio, IR ODERICK ST. BRIEUC battles to capture Miss Julia Ormond's soul on canvas. The model's refusal and her fiery rebuke ruin the work and drive him to ruin, ending with his death and the portrait's legacy in a national gallery.
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Mise Ormond
St. Brieulc
Paria
Rome
Miss Ormond
IR Oderick St.’ Brieuc
Miss St John
Julia Ormond
Myzelf
Julia
Nalmost
Bowers
Miss Amond
St. Brieue
Philadelphia Telegraph
Seeing Sicily as the Heart of Italy and Greece
The essay compares Sicily to Italy and Greece, praising its allure for the imagination and heart. It argues Sicily embodies a strong Italian South identity, while sharing deep ties with broader Mediterranean ideals and the allure of travel.
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Greece
Egypt
Indies
Asis
Asia
Hameland
Palestine
Emerson
Italy
Europe
Oversea
Sicily
Goethe
Resting Ways Women Whittle and Work From Home
A reflective note on labor and endurance contrasting a mother’s seated work as rest with a man’s inability to display scars from past skills. The text suggests traditional gender roles and personal resilience in daily tasks.
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Bey
Peruna Helps Brooklyn Woman In Health Testimony
Misa Lucy V AlcUivney of 452 8th Ave Brooklyn writes that after months of severe headaches and back and side pain Peruna restored her health and energy. The letter praises Peruna as marvelous and notes many grateful women in our files with similar results.
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Misa Lucy V. AlcUivney
Brooklyn
N. Y
Peruna
Wind and the thermometer measured in a cold wind
The text argues wind does not lower temperature. you feel colder when exposed due to heat leaving the body, while two thermometers in wind and shelter would read the same temperature if all else is equal.
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Suay
The Lonesome Dog and Seats Near the Wall
The passage mixes two brief pieces. The first voices a gentle dog’s loneliness due to size, while the second notes people prefer wall seats in dining settings. It attributes the tendency to ancient safety instincts and suggests lasting behavioral patterns.
Train Both Hands Equally, Say Physical Culture Teachers
Teachers of physical culture urge equal use of both hands. They argue habit and education favor the right hand, but the left can be trained quickly to write and perform tasks with similar skill. Begin by practicing writing with the left hand.
Proper Distance Guiding a Lady's Conduct
The article notes a belief among some women that a perfect lady must maintain distance from every man. It discusses social expectations and the idea of propriety shaping female behavior in public life.
Busy Woman Proves Grape-Nuts and Postum Revive Health
Energetic woman outside New York writes that after severe digestive and nerves trouble she regained strength by using Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee. She describes lifting heavy duties, caring for children and farm work, plus writing for magazines, all after a year of illness and dairy miseries. She credits the products for restored digestion, sleep, and vitality.
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N. Y
Childred
Bealdes
Oera
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Greabon
Wellville
Lydia E Pinkham Kidney Remedy Promises Help for Women
In an appeal from Conyers Georgia Mrs Emma Sawyer credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with reversing a long kidney ailment that left her nervous and near death. The letter urges women with back pain urinary symptoms edema or fatigue to begin the remedy and notes free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Evening Woman
Sawyer
Conyers
The Trained Nurse and Its Rising Profession
The article notes the trained nurse emerged from Bellevue in 1873 and developed into a recognized profession. It discusses the move to register nurses with RN initials and the state’s formal recognition. It urges reading the New School for Nurses and training schools to understand the solemn duties of the profession.
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Ita
United States
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Board of Regents
R. N
Nursing oath echoes through New York doors of service
The article recalls the formal vow taken by 400 to 500 young women and men in New York to uphold as nurses the highest standards of practice and secrecy. It notes thousands more nationwide in the nursing profession, with Bellevue Hospital School as a historic origin.
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New York
Tennyson Dies With Shakespeare In Hand In Memoriam Note
The article notes poet Alfred Lord Tennyson died with a volume of Shakespeare nearby. An Atlanta based firm H. Gree n's Sons claims unique status as dropsy specialists offering a liberal advertising deal in a separate column.
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Tennyson
Shakespeare
The Day of the Young People Talk
A family discussion centers on youth and parental concerns. Fathers recount anxieties about football, horses, and college aged daughter views, while mothers worry about stability and future plans. One father jokes about trading a son for six months to ease tensions at home.
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Will
Arthur
Fragmented Quote Snap: Lent Remark and Mumbled Reply
A fragmentary exchange shows a character addressing an old man with a snarky Lent remark and the reply garbled about underwear. Text is incomplete with unclear speakers or setting.
A Friend in Need Ito's pledge to Komura on return from America
Baron Jutaro Komura faced mixed reception in Japan after negotiating terms with Russia. Marquis Ito warned that if no public welcome awaited him in Tokyo, he would personally meet him there. Ito recalled past treaty reversals and urged solidarity amid Tokyo rioting and nationalist anger.
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Jutaro Komura
America
Portsmouth
Japan
Tokyo
Marquis Ito
Kyoto
France
Germany
Ita
Komura
Ito
Professor’s Close Call Hits The Senses Of Concentration
A noted professor famed for extreme concentration comes home and, while preparing for bed, he hears a faint sound. An intruder under the bed reassures him no one is present, but the professor remains unsure, remarking that he almost believed someone was there as he turns to sleep.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Kidney Pills Help Col. Harrison Describe Recovery
Col. R. B. Harrison of Lake Charles Louisiana reports a kidney ailment worsened by a horse kick leaving him weak and in pain. He credits Kidney Pills with restoring strength and mobility after a long treatment, noting a price of five cents per box. The text also briefly mentions Totem Poles and Haida Indians divided into River and Eagle groups with intermarriage restrictions.
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Harrison
Lake. Charles
Yale
N. Y
Religious Reflections On Faith Duty And Humility
A sermon style meditation emphasizes responsibility for others and the danger of self interest. It urges faith in Jesus as the path to heaven and warns against pride and vanity in worship. It notes everyday tools as instruments of heavenly service and cautions against boasting in fault finding.
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Heaven
Jesus
Father
Teething Syrup and Patent Medicines Featured in 19th Century Notices
A fragmented page lists teething syrup for children from Mrs Winslow and various patent remedies. Mentions Londop street, Arch depot, and officials connected to municipal tolls. Includes pricing like 85 cents a bottle and references to a Dr Eins and Professor Stingoparts.
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Londop
Child’s Severe Eczema Healed By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Maybelle Lyon of Parsons Kansas says her infant suffered months of intense eczema starting on the scalp and spreading over the body. After using Cuticura products the child brightened within days and was fully recovered in about ninety days, a testimonial praised as life saving.
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Maybelle Lyon
Appleton Ave
Parsons
Kan
To Have Been Expected
A man recoiled after being fired while heavily loaded, illustrating the immediate reaction captured by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Mending Hie Fortunes and a Widow’s Mirth
A damaged old widower remarries, as a Baltimore quip notes. The brief item jokes about renewed matches and social expectations, reflecting common attitudes toward marriage and aging in a concise humorous exchange.
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Baltimore
Ameast
Origins of the Woolsack in British Parliament
The woolsack, the large wool-filled seat used by the lord chancellor, is covered with red cloth. It traces back to earlier English governance, with its first use in the era of the kings named Edward.
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Edward
How to Designate the Russian Ruler
The article argues that the correct title for Nicholas II is Tsar not Czar. It explains the origin of czar from Slavonic and Polish forms and notes Cyrillic usage in Russia versus Latin scripts. It dismisses the idea that star or cesar derives from Latin etymology.
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Russia
Nicholas II
Philadelphia Ledger
Voltaire
Saint- Simon
Cesaria
Cesareyna
Csareitch
Cesar
Cure for Stomach Trouble By Absorption Offer
An old advertisement promises Mullin anti belch wafers cure stomach trouble by absorption with no drugs. It claims the product is harmless and that medical science supports curing stomach issues without drugs. The pitch offers a free box to prove effectiveness.
Mull’s Grape Toxic Co promotes belch wafer sample offer
A damaged ad solicits readers to send name address and druggist details with 10c to receive a free sample of Mull’s Anti-Belch Waters and a 25c certificate toward Belch Wafers. Claims relief for stomach trouble by absorption and directs to 328 Ave Rock Inland, Aft.
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Tampa
Mull
Deserred to Live in Georgia Court Defends Negr o
A rural Georgia justice court heard an elderly African American man defend himself after questioning his testimony. He claimed decades of good behavior and said he had not been lynched, noting a horse incident that led to injury.
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Georgia
Jedge
Chicago Daily News
Toledo firm owner swears payment for uncurable catarrh remedy
J Lucas Coust and Franx J Cuswst declare F J Cuzarr & Co a Toledo firm and state the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hats Garanam Cust. Sworn before A W Garason on December 7, 1886.
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A. W Garason
Grandmas Warn Against Late Night Rides
Fragments recall a grandma admonishing about staying out late for rides and a nod to past times. The text mentions Paul and a technical grandma, with hints of a warning about youth misbehavior.
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Paul
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