A Shakspearian Tavern Impression in Stratford
A Boston correspondent sketches the Shakespeare House tavern at Stratford where rooms are named after plays and walls feature engravings. Guests are greeted in Shakespearean persona by staff and guests, with scenes of Falstaff, Perdita, Macbeth, and Shakespeare amid a lively, if varied, display.
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Boston Journal
Stratford Tavern
Stratford
Shakspeare House
Macbeth
George
King John
Shakspeare
Shakespeare
Busta
The Old-Time Editor in a Reporter’s Tale
A veteran recalls changes in journalism over 25 years noting shorter stories and sensational interviews, with city news via reporters who pry into affairs and even chase sensational cues from abroad. He recounts a graveyard interview dream and a risk tale of body snatchers.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
St. Louis
Victor Hugo
Rege Lippard
Two Bottles Cure Wife After Ten Years of Illness
A Detroit man recounts a decade of his wife's bed confinement due to mysterious illnesses. After trying many remedies, he found relief with Isu wal's flag and Wop Bitters. Two bottles cost two dollars and restored her health.
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Isu Wal’s
H. W
Detroit, Mich
Phosphorus: discovery, properties and origins
Phosphorus was first obtained about two centuries ago by Brand of Hamburg. Kraft paid $300 for the secret, with Brand touring Europe to exhibit it. The substance resembles beeswax, glows in air with a greenish light, and may render a face ghastly when rubbed with phosphorized oil. Its origin is possibly animal, with the brain yielding the most phosphorus.
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Kraft
Peary
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Johnston
Divorces Rise Amid Puritan Cape Cod Society
The Supreme Court in Barnstable heard thirty divorce petitions with two adultery cases. Most suits cite three years of desertion as grounds, many plaintiffs are young teens, and judges condemn a culture turning marriage into a unilateral dissolution remedy.
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Cape Cod
Sureme
Massachusetts
Pernerelie
Old Bay
Hop Bitters Discovery Praises by Eminent Board
A board of physicians and chemists announced a remedy combining known cures to produce a wonderful medicine. Skepticism gave way to proof from actual trials, and Hop Bitters is now honored as a great benefactor for curing a wide range of diseases.
Encouraging Boys to Farm Contest Announced in York County
Boston lawyer Stillman B. Allen offers prizes to York County boys under seventeen who raise the most corn on one eighth acre. Awards total 260 dollars with 100, 50, and three ten dollar prizes. Eligibility requires two years residency, single-handed cultivation, May 1 entry, and season end reports. Decisions by the York County Agricultural Society president are final.
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Stillman B. Allen
Boston
York County
Maine
Yorkey Agricultural Society
York County Society
Kidney-Wort Promises Relief for Diseased Organs
Thousands suffer from chronic illnesses as diseased kidneys and constipated bowels torment them. The advertisement claims Kidney-Wort acts on these organs to purge poisons, renewing the whole body and improving health.
Cherokee country described from Vinita railroad town
The Boston Journal notes the Missouri Kansas and Texas line near Obe Topa and Vinita Oklahoma as a commercial Cherokee point. It describes winter prairie scenery with dry grass and low sun, but warns the land’s limestone ridges and poor drainage limit farming.
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Leas
Seome
Vinita
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Missouri, Kansas and
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Chateau
Creek
Eyd
Boston Journal
Wells Richardson Perfec ted Butter Color promotes butter value
Experienced dairymen rely on a steady color in butter year round. When color fades in July and August they use Wells Richardson C s Perfec ted Butter Color a vegetable compound that is pure and harmless and adds value to butter.
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Richardson & C
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