Luck in Kisses and Fortunes in Odd Tales of Love
A long roundup of peculiar love fortune stories from past centuries. A starving miner in Wyoming kissed a mine owner's daughter for a meal and rose to superintendent, with a hinted wedding to the heroine. An English butcher inherits an estate after a kiss. A London kiss leads to a perilous chain ending in a suicide. The Utica Globe reports these cautionary, fate influenced romances and misfortunes.
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Wyoming
England
Steney
London
Strand
New Zealand
Utica Globe
Tempting Offer From Leipsic Musical Journal
A Leipzig music journal advertises a skilled composer to write a one act tragic opera before warm weather. The benefactor offers a furnished sea front house, piano, meals, and fuel, with likely lofty terms. Applicants must send biographical notices to the newspaper office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsic
Germany
Sugar beet farm in Sugay City Cub
An experimental sugar beet farm on a 12 bay acre plot in Sugay City Cuba cultivates beets and a sugar factory with a 500 ton daily capacity. The brief note highlights the new agricultural project and processing facility.
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Sugay City
Cub
Faro
The Dreadful Mouse and Womanly Fear
A Youths Companion excerpt notes a New York lawyer recounting a woman who fainted when a mouse perched on a hat. The incident, tied to a criminal portrait, contrasts courage with fear, citing Charles Reade and Christie on female nerves. It observes a general decline in mass hysteria toward mice and urges nerve improvement.
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Bomo
Nice
New York
Wemons
Charles Reade
Christie
Diamonds at a Discount on the Stage
A village hopeful in a solemn opera company believes diamonds guarantee stardom. She saves ten years of salary for a jewel collection and applies for a job, but the manager rejects her, saying diamonds won’t sell if not advertised. The tale ends with a moral about paste on a billboard versus real gems.
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Louis Seize
New York
Proposed Sea Tunnel Links Isle of Wight to Mainland
The Chicago Journal reports a long discussed plan to bore a submarine tunnel through the Solent from near Hurst Castle to Totland Bay near the Needles. The channel spans two miles, surveys suggest favorable soil, and funding is strong with powers to be sought in the next session. The project is estimated at 38.75 million dollars and a completion time of about two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Wight
Solent
Hurst Castle
Totland Bay
Needles
Chicago Journal
Turquoises From Mount Sinai in Ancient Mines
Turquoises touted as Egyptian actually originate from Mount Sinai, with Persia stones mined at Waishapur using primitive methods. A two-man wheel powered by feet brings rock to the surface, fragments are smashed, and found turquoises are set aside for shipment to Meshed La be ent.
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Mount Sinai
Waishapur
Bottle-Washing Machine Aids Milwaukee Brewery
A bottle-washing device designed for a Milwaukee company will wash and sanitize up to 40400 bottles a day in ten hours. Historians note that the technique of bottle manufacturing was introduced to Spain by the Moors.
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Milwaukee Whiteh
Wise
Spain
Remarkable themes by Helen Keller in Radcliffe magazine
The current Radcliffe magazine prints eleven daily themes by Helen Keller and praises her instructors. Her critical work, especially in German literature, is noted as unusually advanced for a student of her age with all senses intact.
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Helen Keller
Radcliffe Maga Gine
Great MIN Building to be largest mill in Manchester
Great MIN Building in Manchester New Hampshire is nearing completion and will be the largest single mill structure. It measures about 770 feet long with two 350 foot wings, averaging 100 feet in width and five stories tall including the basement.
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Manchester
N. H
Bernhardt Weeps Over Rost Tragedy Read Before Exit
Coquelin recounts that just before Bernhardt left Europe Rost read his latest tragedy to her and the actress wept openly, later confined to bed for several days due to the emotional impact.
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Coquelin
Bernhardt
Europe
Aoke With Cats in Rockwood New Jersey Prank
Unknown jokers in Rockwood New Jersey released a swarm of strange cats causing residents to suffer. A Blacksmith in Goodland Kansas suffers severe rheumatism and reports cure after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He praises the medicine for relief and claims numerous cures from Bright's Disease Diabetes Dropsy Rheumatism and heart trouble.
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Aoke
Rockwood
N. J
Goodland
Kan
N. E. Albertson
Dodd
Bright
Queen Victoria Letter Sells for Twenty Five Dollars in London
A short note written in Queen Victoria's own hand sold in London for 25 dollars. The item highlights rising value of Victoria era letters as collectors seek historical manuscripts. The sale underscores growing interest in royal correspondence among collectors and dealers.
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Victoria
Queen Victoria
London
Grain-O for Children and Coffee Substitute Ad
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute made from pure grains priced at 1c and 25c. It claims children should drink Grain-O rather than tea or coffee and promises health benefits with proper preparation. Also promotes Allen’s Foot Ease powder for swollen feet and bunions with a free sample offer.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Peruna praised by nurse Lucy Helser in Minnesota letter
Miss Lucy Annie Helser, a nine year nurse trained in Minneapolis, writes from Albert Lea on November 8 1899 praising Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio. She cites cures for an inflamed womb and other female ailments after doctors failed, urging tired and nervous women to heed the testimonials and trust Peruna to restore health and mucous membrane function.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Lucy Annie Helser
Soloists With Bellstedt at Omaha Musical Festival
Bellstedt band brings top soloists to Omaha for a month long festival starting June 1 with two concerts daily. Emil Kopp George Kernst and Charles B Jones are noted alt horn players plus Karl Meyer clarinet virtuoso among the lineup. Railroads offer reduced fares within 150 miles to attend.
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Bellstedt
Omaha
Messrs
Emil Kopp
George Kernst
Charles B. Jones
Karl Meyer
Bellstedt’s
Defiance Starch and Wizard Oil Ad Leaves Snippet Hints
An advertisement touts Wizard Oil Co offering a free book, claims the best physician knows medicines are worthless, and promotes DEFIANCE STARCH 16 oz for 10 cents with a money back guarantee. It notes quill pens in England originate from Germany and the Netherlands.
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Wramlin's
Wizard Oil Co
Aong
Defiance
England
Germany
Netherlands
Peruna praised by Columbia City educator and Boston writer
Letters from Amanda Shumaker and Mattie B. Curtis describe Peruna relieving long standing ailments. Shumaker credits a winter of overwork with pains now gone after seven bottles and renewed strength. Curtis shares constitutional headaches, backache, and kidney concerns improving after four bottles. Both endorse the remedy and invite inquiries to Dr Hartman for free advice.
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Amanda Shumaker
Public
Columbia City
Wash
Order of Good Templars
Harteman
Peruna
Mattie B. Curtis
Legion of Loyal Women
Hotel Salem
Boston
Maas
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, C
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Great Min
Lucy Annie Heiser
Homeopathic Hospital of
Minneapolis, Minn
O. Phelps Brown
Andres
Purlps Brown
Broadway
Newburgh, O
India
Land of Plenty
Department of Interior
Ottawa
Canada
W. W. Bennett
Neb
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
Indianapolis
Aes
Davip H. Menuray
Newark
Lees
Lyon
Hall & Augkel
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