Alas not a letter yet in the rainy vigil
A poem excerpt by Clinton Scollard published in Woman's Home Companion laments longing and delay as a woman waits for a letter. The imagery blends rain and heartbreak with memories of summer and a distant lover, concluding with a refrain of Alas, alas, and not a letter yet.
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Buck
Summer
Rye
Arre
Clothilde
Hellayne
Violet
Clinton Scollard
Woman's Home Companion
Cricket Haunts Old Mill Lovers Reunite After 25 Years
In Espibos the crickets silence whenever Jouanin Lacaze visits Noeline Fargues at the dilapidated mill. He had left for Orthez and started a family, but returns as a peddler. The cricket reveals Noeline's past love with Jouanin and Aristide Larrieussec admits the long ago prank that kept them apart.
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Noeline Fargus
Espibos
Noeline
Aristide Larrieussec
Jouanin Lacaze
Aristide
Jouanin
Jovanin
Jonanin
Orthez
Noeline Fargues
Espidos
France
Larrieussee
Lourdes
Bearn
Bigourde
Pau
Bagneres
Larrieussec
Old Boy
Salt bars as currency in Abyssinia described
The passage notes a crystallized salt bar used as small change in Abyssinia beside Maria Theresa 1780 dollars. The bar is about 10 inches long and 2 1/4 inches broad and thick, tapering toward the end, with five bars equaling one dollar at the capital. It serves as a token of affection when friends exchange bars, and this practice lowers the material value of the salt.
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Abyssinia
Stammering Engineer Seeks Cure Near Boston
An electrical engineer who stutters once sought to cure the habit at an institution near Boston. The manager asked if he stammers all the time and the engineer replied with a stammering denial focusing on moments of talking. The exchange was quoted in the Electrical Review.
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Boston
Henry Lee Higginson
Milionaire
Electric Bitters Cure for Philadelphia Man Advised
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near death from illness and credits Electric Bitters with reviving his health after three weeks of treatment. An advertisement offers bottles at 50 cents each from D C Prader & Co. drugstore and promotes farm land in the Blue Grass region priced per acre.
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John Oliver
Philadelphia
D. C. Prader & Co
Blue Grass
Towa
Fontanelle
Adair County
Snake Stones and the Lee Penny in Folk Remedies
The piece surveys snake stones and cures attributed to them across cultures, noting tests by scientists and the Lee penny of Scotland. It discusses Arisema fimbriata and Polyanthus tuberosa, mentions Mr. Selous’s observations, Buckland’s curiosities, and historic cases like Isabel Young’s 1629 cattle cure and the Lee penny’s long fame.
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Peru
Lima
Himalayas
Selous
Frank Buckland
College of Surgeons
Quekett
India
Scotland
Lee
Lockhart
Simon Lockhart
Bruce
Douglas
Edward I
Isabel Young
Glasgow
James Lee
London Standard
Water Hemlock Dangers In Rural Areas And Livestock
Water hemlock, common in country neighborhoods, is a deadly plant. Its spring roots are mistaken for edible ones, causing human fatalities. Cattle poisoned by drinking marsh water. A near relative of the historical poison hemlock, it grows two to seven feet tall with white flower clusters and pale leaves. hollow stalks are used for whistles, risking child poisonings.
Dr King’s New Discovery touted as cure all chest ills
A long testimonial flood praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption curing Annie Springer’s hacking cough at 1125 Howard St Philadelphia. The ad extols its chest relief and sleep restoration, mentions trial bottles at D C Prader Co. and dubs it the infallible remedy for lung and throat troubles.
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Howard St
Philadelphia
Dr. King
D. GC. Prader& Co
D.C. Prader & Co
Guarantee on Tar Syrup Refund Offer
A signed agreement promises to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure cough or cold. It also guarantees a 625 cent bottle to prove satisfaction with the same money-back policy.
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Greene
Mra. C. C. Duryea
Knightsville
Franklin Hart
West 32d St
New
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