Dr Greenes Nervura Spring Medicine Promoted Repeatedly
A historic advertisement touts Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as the world’s great spring medicine. It claims to purify blood improve digestion nervous energy and bowel liver and kidney function while boosting overall health. cites testimonials including Gustave Lelbach of Jersey City and notes the physician at 35 W 14th St New York offering free consultation.
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Greene
Dr. Greene
Gustave Lelbach
First &J
Splinters and plant facts from old garden lore
A compilation of notes covers sugar in parsnips and vegetables, forest cover estimates, a Kent Maryland peach tree with a 26 inch diameter bearing for 28 years, orange tree planting rates, and tea tree height changes by cultivation. It also notes eye strain from reading lids, lighting effects on blinking, and green wood bursting due to high water content.
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Europe
Kent County
Dodd's Kidney Pills Featured By Miss Netta Hixon
In Cincinnati on March 4 1901 Miss Netta Hixon patriot leader praises Dodd's Kidney Pills after three years of illness. She reports head pains dizziness and weakness fading after four boxes. Ad claims others report similar improvements and promotes 50¢ per box or six for $2.50 with order details.
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Cincinnati
Netta Hixon
Caanp No. 1
Patriotic Order of America
Hughes Street
Dodd
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pocket safety and moral reform in women’s dress debates
A fragment from a 19th century column argues for better pocket use by women, cites robberies and mishaps, and urges church and moral instruction. It recalls a ministerial rebuke over purse loss and cites Elizabeth Cady Stanton, then shifts to instructions for sponging woolens at home and proper ironing technique.
A Cheerful Bay Window Idea for Small Rooms
Webb Donnell in Farm and Home describes using a bay window shelf and drawer unit to add charm without blocking light. The low sashes support an aquarium or globe, plants, and a birdcage, with drapery pairing for a visual focal point. Shelves across the middle offer space for smaller pots and climbing plants along the window frame.
How to Clean a Piano
Instructions describe washing piano keys with tepid water soap and three thin flannel cloths. Wet one cloth to lather the soap, rub a small surface, rinse with a second cloth, then dry and polish with a third cloth until shiny. Do quickly to avoid soap residue.
Town Topics Debate Promptly Interrupts Thought
A brief, ironic note from Town Topics about Hewitt and Jewett arguing that interrupting a thinker is unpleasant and undesirable. The exchange highlights a clash over attention during mental work and the social friction of interruptions.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Odd Work For Women In Modern Society
The piece surveys ways women in poverty craft new livelihoods such as repairing antique laces, indexing, and artistic bookbinding in New York. It notes pay around three dollars a day, skilled trades for a few, and mentions dernatology, cosmetics instruction, photo restoration, and bridal salad recipes as pursued by ambitious women seeking independence.
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New York City
Vassar
Japan
N. Y. Journal
Who Is That Cross Eyed Woman With Hair Lip
A courtroom exchange identifies the Duchess of Stormingcourt, wife of the duke, as a figure of note in a sharp-voiced dispute. The duke’s wealth is cited at ten million while a judge dismisses the duke’s motive as tied to fortune.
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Stormingcourt
Objectioning on Marriage as Income Tax Quip
The remark notes a speaker calling marriage a 100 percent income tax as a joke. It appears in a Puck magazine style exchange with a bachelor persona defending lifelong single status. The line plays on social norms about taxation and marriage.
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Puck
Trade outlooks widen as iron gains lift markets
Bradstreet and Dun reports show West coast and Midwest trade improving with rising rail and concrete goods demand. Export cotton revival noted while some dry goods and clothing sectors lag. February commercial failures total 1,024 with one major railway contractor bankruptcy influencing manufacturing defaults.
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New York
Bradstreet's
West
Minneapolis
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Chicago
Ecuador
Australia
Africa
No Mercy Shown Lynching of George Ward in Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana February 27 Justice swift and terrible meted out to George Ward the negro who murdered Miss Ida Finkelstein a school teacher by shooting and throat cutting In hours after his arrest an angry mob battered the jail dragged him to the Wabash bridge and hanged him from the draw then cremated the remains The first lynching ever in Terre Haute Ward was 27 and leaves a widow and two children The crime was robbery murder and assault of Ida Finkelstein 21, a teacher near the city on Monday afternoon reaction mentions Circleville Ohio and a prior jail sentence in 1889 Indignation grows as Terre Wan te officials promise to identify the lynchers and move to bring them to justice
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Terre Haute
Ind
George Ward
Ida Finkelstein
Wabash Bridge
Ward
Circleville
Idan Finkelstein
Terre Wante
Executions in Peking and Political Fallout Across Nations
Chih Siu and Hsu Cheng Yu were publicly beheaded in Peking as foreign troops guarded the execution site. Ministers at the time debated bloodier retaliation, with U S Special Commissioner Lockhill urging humane methods. In Michigan, R M Montgomery was nominated for supreme bench with high support, while Frank W Fletcher was acclaimed as university regent. Four children died in a Pa. house fire. a man rescued two women. London debated eight hour mining work limits, amid coal price concerns.
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Peking
Chih Siu
Hsu Cheng Yo
Hsu-Tung
Hsu Cheng Yu
United States
Lockhill
Sir Ernest Satow
MM. Komura
Cologan
de Giers
China
Peruna Promised As Aid After Grip Epidemic
The lettered notice extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh following grip and urges readers who suffered from grip, catarrh, or related ailments to take a course of treatment. Endorsed by several named officials and individuals, the advertisement claims Peruna clears the disease and restores health, with free advice from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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Ike
Atlantic
Pacific
Peruna
Joseph B. Crowley
Illinois
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Perona
B. Crowey
Genie H. White
North Carolina
W.hams
Cleveland
Ohio
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The
Daily Press
Paul
Isaiah
Zion
Daughters of Zion
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Chicago Tribune
National Suffrage Association
Cai Ined
Tr Wu Cud As
Ronnie
Maite
Michigan
Grand Rapds
Mich
R. M. Montgomery
Supreme Bench
Frank W. Fletcher
Alpena
Dr. Keifer
Detroit
Herman W. Cary
Manistee
Waverly
Jacob Balt
Litchfield
Balt
Alonzo Scott
Minera
London
House of Commons
George H. White
J. P. Megrow
U. S
J. P. Megrew
Misa Anna Russell
Loyal Mystics Legion
Endicott Building
St. Paul, Minn
Anna Russell
Alice Dressler
North Bryant
Avenue
Minn
Misa
Hartman
Gratia
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Cascarets
Nature
Cms
Timae Medicing
Perallele
Malddress
Sterling Remedy CO
W. L. Douglas
W. E. Douglas
Sleason
W.A. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Brockton, Mauss
H. Green
Canada
Land of
Plenty
Immigration Department of Interior
Ottawa
F. Pedley
O. J. Brougiluon
Monadnock
O. Currie
Naw Insurance
Milwaukee
Wis
M. V. McInnes
Merrill
I. Caven
Chbio
James Grieve
Saginaw
N. Bartholomew
Sth Street
Des Moinas
Iowa
A Holmes
Indianapolia
Lua
Greg
Ola Ort
Gregory Boon Marl Ighond, Mu
Salzer
Dvary
Mallig
Ludingsbove
Ges Matarl
John A. Salzer
LaCrosse
Wie
Anakesis
Ana Besis
Tribe One Building
Allen
Mali
J.p.allen
St, Paul
Min
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