Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad and Fernak Water
Personal testimonial from Rangeley Maine praising Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for two years of pain relief and ability to work. Mentions widespread user feedback and druggist sales. Also promotes Fernak Mineral Water with curative claims and agents in Sioux City Iowa and a New York City address offering four pair silk hosiery for a dollar.
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Rangeley
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Walter E. Anderson
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Fernak
Mississippi
Fernak Mineral Water Co
Sioux City
Iowa
McCaffrey
New York City
Sleepwalker Treks 50 Miles as Sermon Ends
An Australian man reportedly walked fifty miles in his sleep and returned just as a sermon finished, according to Passing Show in London. The odd incident notes a lengthy midnight trek and a quiet end to the religious gathering.
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London
Graytail the Mouse Finds a Ship Life Adventure
Graytail a young house mouse escapes a toppled trunk aboard a ship with the ship mice. He shares his pantry home and life aboard a ship with Grandfather Shipmanroe and Creepy Shipmouse as they plan a future together.
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Raytaii
Father Mouse
Graytail
Graytall
Puss
Grandfather Shipmanroe
Creepy Shipmouse
Creepy
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The Pearl Name Madge Its History and Origins
A compact tracing of the name Madge from Margarite to Margery and Madgers, linking its Greek martyr origin to its spread through Cremonia Hungary Scotland Norway and England. It notes the pearl symbolism and the belief in diamond purity with Monday as a lucky day and number.
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Tykes
Cremona
Hungary
Scotland
Norway
Alexander III
Patrick Spens
Scandinavia
Maid
England
France
Germany
Margery
Mundge
Whepler Syndlenty, Inc
Neuritis and Neuralgia A Primer by George M Adams
The article contrasts neuritis with neuralgia through sciatic pain and nerve inflammation. It explains varied symptoms including skin changes muscle atrophy facial effects speech and respiration impact and potential fatal outcomes. Causes span drafts poisons infections and injuries with treatment ranging from heat and massage to drugs and nutrition.
Seal as Legal Authentication Through History
The London Times explains how seals replaced signatures when literacy was low, noting forgery risks if seals are stolen. It outlines the Great Seal as the most important, kept in a metal case and usually yellow, with the Privy Seal granting final authority to any royal document.
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London Times
Eyebright the Eye Herb in Folk Medicine History
Eyebright or euphrasia, once popular as a cure for weak eyes, remains valued in rural folk medicine. European traditions link it to the doctrine of signatures, with its dark pupillike blotch suggesting eye use, and Milton Spencer and Thompson are cited in historical notes about enhanced perception through the herb.
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Euphrasia
Europe
Milton
Adam
Spencer
Thompson
Urania
McClure
Accomplishment Quote by Sidney Smith
A concise quotation urges bold action over fear and hesitation. It emphasizes diving in and scrambling through challenges to achieve meaningful work and accomplishments. The message champions proactive effort and perseverance.
Colfax Family Pioneer Traces Back to Early Colfaxes
The Last Name W7 AM COLFAX of Colfax Weathers field Conn. is described as an early settler and ancestor of the Colfaxes in America. He is portrayed as an English stockman emblematic of New England colonists known for integrity and hardiness. His grandson, John Colfax of New London, married Anne Latimer and fathered William Colfax, who later became General Colfax and a captain under Washington.
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Colfax
Weathersfield
Conn
New England
John Colfax
New London
Anne Latimer
William Colfax
General Colfax
Washington
Colfaz
H. Schuyler Colfax
Grant
Treat
Robert Treat
Taunton
Somerset County
England
Connecticut
Richard
Alice Gaylord Treat
Watertown
Mass
Falkenberg
Henry Jacob Falkenburg
Holstein
Denmark
New Jersey
McClure
Weathercocks of Society and Notable Colonial Figures Collide
A fragmented column blends observations on social flutter and responsibility with biographical notes on figures linked to Washington and early American governance. It references General Colfax, Lady Washington, H Schuyler Colfax, Robert Treat, and the Falkenberg line, with lineage details and historical prompts.
Richard Gatling Inventor of the Modern Machine Gun
The article notes Richard Gatling born September 22, 1818 in North Carolina, a wealthy planter's son with advanced education. He and his father developed a machine to sow cotton seed and later pursued innovations leading to the Gatling gun.
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Ichard Gatling
Gating
North Carolina
Richard
Something Coming In by Douglas Malloch poem
A reflective poem on comfort and money. The speaker contrasts cheap pleasures with lasting ease, urging saving for future security. It discusses spending to gain money coming in and the futility of seeking quick joy through material trinkets rather than steady effort.
Inventor Pursues Farming, Steam, Medicine Then War
A historical figure travels from farming to inventing machines including a steam plow and a rapid fire gun. He faces patent rivalries with Ericsson, studies medicine, and rises in Civil War arms work. General Butler purchases early designs. postwar Congress adopts the perfected gun though it is now obsolete.
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St. Louis
Ericsson
Ordnance Department
General Butler
Congress
George Matthaw Adama
Mother's Cook Book Advice on Kitchen Care and Remedies
Practical tips from a cookbook column cover cleaning spills and drying dishes to preserving cookware. It also offers home remedies such as hot compresses with witch hazel for stiff necks and cautions against damaging china and glass with boiling water.
Odd Tale That Added Word to Dictionary
The word canard comes from the French and means duck. A famed newspaper hoax claimed a farmer killed twenty ducks and fed pieces to the rest, proving one duck could eat nineteen. The tale, told in plausible style, sparked worldwide attention and coined hoaxes of this type as canards.
Boston Library Attendant Questioning Tom Sawyer
A Boston public library patron recalls asking an attendant for Tom Sawyer and being surprised by the reply Who is it by The exchange highlights a potential gap in staff knowledge at the city library system in Boston.
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Boston Public Library
Boston
Young Lady Across the Way Note
A brief humorous item mentions a young lady across the way praising her brother noted for his muscular build and notable bicuspids in a McClure Newspaper Syndicate style snippet.
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McClure
Record Cold Streak Sets One-House Temperature Mark
In Birmingham Alabama the city records an unprecedented low as the thermometer drops below zero for the first time in its history. Weather officials caution residents to bundle up and stay indoors during the extreme cold spell.
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Birmingham
Ala
Acrobat escapes injury after car strikes pedestrian
An automobile in Holborn England struck a passerby who used the impact to perform a somersault and escape uninjured. The pedestrian, an acrobat, avoided serious harm despite the collision.
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Holborn
England
Women Need Swamp-Root for Kidney Trouble
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder problems often mistaken for other ailments. Back pain, headaches, loss of energy and nervousness can signal kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, a physician created remedy, is sold at drug stores with a sample offer by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
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