Lodging, London Misery and a Child-Free Escape
An American lodger recalls renting a drawing room near the British Museum in London with his wife and nursemaid. The constant din of children drives him to plan a move to Melcomb Regis Essex, where Sir Hugh McGregor bans all offspring on his estate.
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British Museum
Russell Square
B.C
London Times
J. George Harland
Boston
Mass
Ruth Martin
Ruth
Herod
Ossa
Pelion
Olympus
Jack Wilders
Jack
Master Jack
Mother
Melecomb Regis
Melcomb Regis
Essex
Toto
Hugh McGregor
Croesus
Charlie
Nell
Sir Hugh McGregor
The Baronet and the Cottage of Melcomb Regis
A widow narrates securing a furnished cottage at Melcomb Regis for a year under quirky conditions, aided by her daughter Nell and husband. The plan falters then succeeds as the baronet softens, inviting Nell and the children to stay. New Year’s Eve brings a dramatic reversal and reconciles the long feud with a family reunion.
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Melcomb Regis
London
Nell
Melcom Regis Hall
Mother
Hugh
Charlie
Flossie
I for God and for the right Motto
A Western Rural quotation by Ernest Gilmore encourages entering the new year with vigor and faith. It frames the open threshold as a fresh start and urges renewed labor to reap a sixty fold harvest.
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Eernest Gilmore
A New Year Diary Entry and Reflections
Caliph Abdulrahman of Cordova records a fifty year reign marked by peace prosperity and power in a New Year's diary entry. The text weighs the value of good deeds over resolutions and notes a count of fourteen happy days.
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Caliph Abdulrahman
Cordova
United States Meat and Farm Exports Report
The United States supplied 7 percent of cattle and 45 percent of sheep in six months. Great Britain consumed 1,100,000 tons of meat with five percent imported. English speaking nations bought 50 percent of exports. combined with Germany France Holland and Belgium they bought 81.9 percent. Farm exports totaled 570 million dollars the year just ended, up 17 million from the prior year. Despite a rise in manufactured goods exports the share of agricultural products fell.
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Great Britain
United States
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Holland
Belgium
Proverbs from the past on marriage and wisdom
A humorous old-time saying panel notes that lazy men favor clever wives while preachers ignore the Lord's deafness. It contrasts parson pants wearing out before knees and suggests wise men learn from fools but fools never learn from the wise. It also says suitable marriages please everyone except the couple.
Strate of Onto Orry and the Catarrh Cure Ad
Prank J. Orenny swears as senior partner of KJ County & Co in Toledo that they will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Notary public Jezan W. Gluason notes the oath dated December 1830. Causury Co. Toledo and Wall’s Family Pills are advertised for sale by druggists.
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Onto
Orry
Toledo
Lavas County
J. Orenny
Kj, County & Co
Od and Avery
Hanu
J. Cheney
Baforomo
A.D
Jezan
W. Gluason
Notary Pablio
Hall
Tree
PJ. Causuy & Co
Wall
A 60 Cent Calendar Free for Readers
A 60 cent calendar for 107 is offered free to Your's Companion subscribers. The Tin: Youth's Companion Art Calendar is a four page folding desk ornament with twelve colors, extended to 10 by 24 inches. It is distributed by Tas Your's Companion publishers to all subscribers.
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Tas Your
Comranton
Farm land advertised near Houston at Chesterville Texas
An advertising notice touts a fertile tract sixty miles west of Houston in Chesterville. It promises high prairie drainage abundant rainfall good soil low prices and easy terms with a free information book offered by Ardross Southern Texas Colonization Co. Messages directed to readers include contact details in Chicago.
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Houston
Chesterville
Texas
Ardross
Southern Texas Colonization Co
Joan Linpenvoum
Mgr
Rlalto
Chicago
Among the Dead of the Year Bright Disease Claim
The article lists prominent figures said to have died of Bright's disease including Professor Austin Abbott M B Brady Col Thomas W Knox Mark M Pomeroy Edwin Purd kidge and ex Governor Greenhalge It asserts Warner's Late Cure as a universal remedy praised for kidney health and general wellbeing.
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Abbott
Brady
Bright
Austin Abbott
M. B. Brady
Col
Thos. W. Knox
Mark M. Pomeroy
Edwin Purdridge
Chicago
Greenhalge
Massachusetts
T. W. Knox
M. M. Pomeroy
America
Guov
Arvanialgh
Lowen Pardridge
Warner
Age of chivalry passes says Maup Murriner
The Indianapolis Journal notes Maup Murriner remarks that the age of chivalry has passed and implies she believes the period when one may expect such behavior has ended.
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Maup Murriner
Indianapolis Journal
Longevity Tips and Bitters Endorsements
A Washington Democrat column extols digestion as key to vitality and advises abstaining from dirt and using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion. It claims Bitters also combats fever and ague biliousness and constipation, promising mood improvement when ailments strike.
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Hostetter
Laxatives claim lasting relief amid quack ads in old paper
An old newspaper page mixes mock health ads and quotes, noting Byrup of Wigs and Dr Kline remedies, St Jacobs Oil claims, and humorous maxims about arbitration and persuasion, reflecting a busy issue with sensational testimonials and cure-all pitches.
McVickers Theater Presents New Stage Pair in Jan Debut
McVicker's Theater in Ohiango opens Monday night January 4 with Machme Sans Gone starring Kathryn id dor in the title role and Pnadwhaad Wilson in a supporting turn.
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McVicker's
Ohiango
Kathryn Id Dor
Wil
Pnadwhaad Wilson
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Amyple
United Presbyterian
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Democrat
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L. A. W Bulletin
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Ohio
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Kline
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Phila
Boston Transcript
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A Corp
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Hunk
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Haning
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Halo
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Pilo
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Tim
Vribune
A. Onoma
Jacobs Oll
Whit Tell
ESTEY
Matey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt
Donnt
Idbivcet Martceta
Mortland
American Land Company
BOS Ikoe Mid
ST. Louis
Brovens Point
Wis
Stephens
Leanon
Yucatan
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Rere
Ayer
Anoress Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
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