Unwelcome guest tests mercy in rebel prison scene
In a perilous post battle rooming, M Henri releases rebel Ripard and orders mercy for captives. The narrator fears harboring the dangerous Marseillais threat while Ricard is kept unarmed and watched, the night filled with suspense as guards guard the door.
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M. Menrl
Hose
Niort
Marseillais
M, Ienri
Ripard
Ricard
M. Henri
Henri
M. Benri
Nighttime duel ends in silence over sleeping heirs
In a tense scene Ricard aims at M. Ileari and a pistol trembles near the peaceful sleepers. Kenle lowers the weapon and the narrator rouses a guard, forcing a lock and escaping with the swiftness of a desperate crime thwarted.
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M. Searl
Ricard
Asima
M. Twenart
Ile
Kenle
Tie
M. Ileari
Marseillais
M. Slenrl
St. Louis Star
Narz Peasants Folklore Harz Baptism Festivities
Catholic World notes Narz peasants as thrifty and devout with rich baptism customs. Godparents number twenty four accompany the infant to the font, gifts exchanged, and sausages cake beer and brandy served. Girls offer flowers to Godfathers who give an orange or lemon and a grand supper ends with a dance.
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Narz
Harz Mountains
Perfect Jeweler Faith Test in Iowa
A jeweler in Iowa challenged a jobbing house over credit with biblical quotes suggesting sin for lack of faith. The exchange mused on perfect conduct citing scriptures from Genesis to Corinthians, ending with the note two good people and a witty critique of business preoccupations.
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Iowa
Jer
Luke
King of Rome: Napoleon’s son and his fate
The article recalls Napoleon’s son born March 20 1811 hailed as the king of Rome. After Napoleon’s final embrace in January 1814 the boy’s reign ended. He grew at the Austrian court as Duke of Reichstadt, served briefly in the military, died of pulmonary disease in his twenty second year, and is buried at the Carthusian monastery of Vienna.
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Rome
Napoleon
Paris
Jie
Duke of
Reichstadt
Vienna
How Masks Are Made in Early Workshop Techniques
A Cincinnati Enquirer description details two mask methods. Paper masks are formed from a prepared sheet, wetted and molded on a face form, dried, cut for eyes nose and mouth, then painted and decorated by hand. Wire masks use stamped wire netting on a face mold with lead edging, then painted by hand in various colors.
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Cincinnat! Baquirer
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Labeled Liver Cleanser
An advertisement endorses DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a liver and bowel cleanser. It highlights that the pills never gripe and credits J. C. Prader.
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DeWitt’s
J. C. Prader
DeWitt
D.C. Prader
Tenant farmers in Norway total eleven thousand
In Norway there are 120000 farmers and only 11000 are tenants, highlighting a large share of landholders without tenancy arrangements.
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Norway
Start in Life Sparked by Eyeglasses Omission at Auction
A businessman recalls how a near sighted auctioneer forgot his glasses and mistakenly sold him a $2,500 city lot at a fraction of value. A silent partner fronted $500, yielding $1,000 profit and a lifelong start in fortune, with later gains for others in the deal.
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Louisville
New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Oldest Fountain in America Recounts Lima Plaza Gift
In Lima a bronze fountain stands in the plaza, likely the oldest in America. It was erected in 1578 as a gift from a noble Spaniard, a testament to early colonial artistry and enduring city landmarks.
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Lima
America
Election Notice Monticello Independent School District
Notice to qualified electors that the annual meeting of Monticello Independent School District will be held March 1 1901 from 1 to 6 pm in the council room. One director to a three year term, succeeding J S Lall. A tax of 2000.00 is proposed for the school house fund to pay bonded indebtedness interest. R P Smith secretary Monticello Iowa February 28 1901.
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Independent School District
Monticello
Towa
J. S. Lal
School House
Independent School Corporation of
R. P. Smirh
Jaws
Digestive tonics and cough cures advertised in a 1900s ad
An assortment of quotes and product pitches tout stomach aids like Kodol Dyspepsia Care and One Minute Cough Cure. Pills and salves from DeWitt's line claim quick relief for indigestion throat and lung issues while urging trust in D C Prader as a common source. The material reflects period patent medicine advertising aimed at general ailments.
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C. Prader
Unprecedented farm club offer joins four papers at $2.20
The Iowa Homestead The Poultry Farmer and Special Farmers Institute Editions are offered with our own paper for one year at $2.20. It promises superior reading for farmers and runs for a short time only with samples available at the office.
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Iowa Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
West
Reduced excursion tickets to southern resorts by railway
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway offers reduced return excursion tickets to Jacksonville, Mobile, New Orleans, Savannah, El Paso and other resorts. Tickets are valid until June 1 1901. Rates routes time details from any coupon ticket agent. The Express and Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean combo remains $2.00 for advance paying subscribers.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Savannah
el Paso
Tex
Express
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Spoiled Sermons and Printer Pranks Stymie a Preacher
A veteran preacher laments misprints by daily papers that misstate sermon topics Nadab and Abihu becomes Nabob and Abilu and Suppressed Lives becomes Suppressed Livers. He jokes about the humor and fatigue this causes, noting Gutenberg era woes and the impact on his motivation.
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Amiletic Review
The Amazing Thinness of Gold Leaves and Books
Thin gold leaf can be hammered to an inch thick by layering 282000 sheets. If made into a book the pages would fill a single paper leaf, and an octavo volume one inch thick would equal the pages in a 1400 volume library.
Electric Bitters Prove Life Changing for Couple in New Jersey
Lancaster New Jersey resident I J Green reports chronic indigestion and nervous debility relieved by Electric Bitters. His wife also credits the tonic with improving female health and overall vigor. The ad endorses Electric Bitters at 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed. Also notes no comets have touched Earth, citing the 1770 approach at 1.4 million miles.
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J. Green
Lancaster
N. J
H. Soetje
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Severe Coughs
Mrs. Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana says three $1 bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her bad consumption she gained 58 pounds. The ad promises to cure Coughs Colds Kadrippe Bronchitis and lung trouble with price 50c and 1.00 and free trial bottles at O H Soetje’s drug store. Gen Joe Wheeler notes tougher work for soldiers today due to fewer autograph seekers.
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H. Soetje
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promoted For Health
A vintage patent medicine blurb extols Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming tireless workers fix torpid liver jaundice biliousness fever and ague while banishing sick headache and malaria. Sold 25 cents at C Fr Soetje’s pharmacy. The Mohammedan year detail notes lunar months and a 30 year cycle with 355 day months.
Cure Claims for Sores and Dysteria In 19th Century Ad
An advertisement column cites Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing scald head in Morgantown Tennessee and lists it as a remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum pimples ulcers and piles. It notes 25 cents at D H Soetje's while also promoting Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve with cautions against counterfeits and claims of medical efficacy.
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C.D. Isbill
Morgantown
Tenn
Bucklen
H. Soetje’s
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