A Masquerade and the Holt Family Heirloom
Kitty and Jack share a secret romance on a hedged path as plans for marriage loom with Jack facing a possible inheritance trap. Kitty learns she is heiress to Holt Manor after her uncle’s death, but a condition ties inheritance to marrying her cousin amid a family feud.
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Jack
John
Robert Holt
Matilda
England
Matilda Holt
West of England
Monkwood
Clive
Kathleen
Holts
Holt Manor
Susro
Maman
Mrs. Clive
Kitty Rejects Suitor Who Loves Her Money
Kathleen Markham exposes John Holt for valuing her wealth over her. She refuses marriage after he declares love and plans to marry for £10,000 a year. Holt learns the sting of misjudging a cousin and leaves, while Kitty preserves dignity and independence.
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Holt
Monkwood
Highcliffe
John Holt
Port Manuteau
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Sea Gull Cottage
Miss Markham
Highcliffe Gazette
Kathleen
Mrs. Markhams
Perpetual Motion: Early French Science Backlash and a Paris Fraud
The piece recalls the Academe Royale des Sciences Paris resolution against perpetual motion and related problems like squaring the circle and duplicating the cube. It notes 119 English and French patents for perpetual motion through 1870 and recounts a Paris fraud where a machine concealed wires powered by a man turning a crank.
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Academie Royale Des Sciences
Paris
England
France
Chevalier D'Industrie
London Standard
How He Sold His Story
An unsuccessful author kept a story alive for three years and, noticing the manuscript wore from constant mailing, sent it by express to the last available editor or outlet for consideration.
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Times
Express
Unclaimed Letters Notice and Transit Ticket Sale Note
A Monticello post office unclaimed letters list appears with August 22 1898 dating and names such as Nining Louis and D E Ponp. A September 1924 meeting notice of the Sovereign Grand Lodge lists J C C F Boston Mass. Nickel Plate Road sells round trip tickets September 16 18 with return by September 30. Address J Y Calahian Chicago for particulars. The dahlia honorarily recalls Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.
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Monticello
Nining Louis
D. E. Ponp
P. M
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Boston
Mass
Songs That Sing Themselves and the Graphophone
A description extols the Graphophone as a self singing instrument with unlimited repertoire and home entertainment appeal. It claims it can reproduce any music, vocal or instrumental, at a cost cheaper than a cheap instrument and invites readers to write for catalogue No 30 at Columbia Phonograph Company in Chicago. A stray note mentions ants boring a three mile tunnel in South America.
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Columbia Phonograph Company
State Street
Chicago
Bell
Tainter
Fdison
Macdonald
Talking Machines Ag Talking Machine
Wile
Excursion to Boston by Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road offers Chicago to Boston round trip tickets for September 16 to 18 at 19 dollars with return validity to September 30. Sleeping car accommodations should be reserved early via General Agent J Y Calahan Chicago. Dinite explosive force noted as about eight times gunpowder.
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Nickel Plate Road
Excurson
Chicago
Boston
J. Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Yellow Jaundice Cured and Medical Ads Highlight 1900s Claims
A compilation of testimonial style claims and medical product pitches. Certifies Yellow jaundice cures by Electric Bitters, DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, Witch Hazel Salve and Akatine. Mentions Dr Bell and J H Bacher & Co as distributors. Includes notes on burns from milk dressings and a British zoo baboon. Also cites King Menelik of Abyssinia planning Jerusalem visit.
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M. A. Hogarty
Lexington, Ky
J. H. Bacher & Co
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Brand Faces Copycat Risk
Advertisements tout DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as the world’s largest selling salve and warn buyers to avoid counterfeits. Mentions J. H. Bacher & Co. selling the product at Wardburg and Norway, with claims of cures for skin issues, burns, sores, and piles. Also cites Dr. Sawyer’s kidney remedy and Arnica salve from A Kempf.
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J. H. Bacher & Co
J. J. Bacher & Co
DeWitt’s
Sawyer
A. Kempf
J. 11. Bacher & Co
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