Anniversary Exercises Excite Boston Theater Audience
In Boston the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind held anniversary exercises. An immense audience watched Thomas Springer perform in a series of striking demonstrations by a dramatic company. Attendees, including those unfamiliar with the teaching methods, praised the feats as astonishing and marvelously executed.
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Boston
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
Thomas Springer
Animals Unchanged by Time in Fossil Record
The rhinoceros and tapir persist in forms from ancient times. Rhinoceros survived long after humans appeared, with range reaching Siberia and fossils found across England France Germany and Asia. Tapirs show close correspondence between prehistoric and current fauna thoughEuropean species vanished from most areas.
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Siberia
England
France
Germany
Irawadi
Himalayas
Europe
Eastern
Asia
South America
Mud Built Peasant Schoolhouses in Germany
Reads that in Germany some peasant schools are constructed from mud. The article notes rough, inexpensive materials used in rural areas and contrasts with sturdier buildings elsewhere.
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Germany
Bellows History in Ancient Times as Discussed by Johnson
The article notes Dr. Johnson on the word bellows suggesting corruption from bellies and discusses plural usage. It cites Strabo and Anacharsis with a doubtful claim of invention of bellows and other items, while Pliny and Seneca doubt the attribution, and Virgil mentions bellows in the Georgics.
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Johnson
Dryden
Strabo
Anacharsis
Solon
Christ
Pliny
Seneca
Diogenes
Virgil
How to open a bottle with or without a corkscrew
The guide explains two methods to open a bottle. Using a corkscrew, hang it on the door knob and pull with body weight. If no corkscrew is available, tie a strong string around the cork and pull downward on the bottle.
Defiance Starch Promoted as 16 oz for Same Money
Grocers advertise a new 16 ounce Defiance Starch option claiming it replaces De fiance Starch. The ad urges customers to buy Defiance Starch since it requires no cooking and offers more quantity for the same price.
De Forest Demonstration Teams Promote Wireless System Use
The De Forest Wireless Telegraphy company deploys automobile missionaries in five cities to demonstrate the efficiency of the system to railroad and steamship firms and other potential corporate customers.
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The
de Forest Wireless Telegraphy Company
Cheatham’s Laxative Chill Tablets Ad
An old advertisement touts Cheatham’s Laxative Chill Tablets as a cure and energizer. It claims quick relief and strength, noting the product as most convenient chill tonic for pocket carry.
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Cheatham
Memorial Planned in England for Bicycle Inventor J. K. Stakey
The inventor of the safety bicycle, J. K. Stakey, will be honored with a memorial in England. About $2,500 has already been subscribed and contributions continue to come in generously.
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J. K. Stakey
England
Dr Pepper and New York Subway Fares Highlight Era
A nostalgic note praises Dr Pepper with a penny per mile train fare claim. It cites New York elevated trains carrying about 800 000 people daily and traveling roughly four miles, implying a one cent per mile average fare.
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New York
Cough Remedies, Earl Yar Mouth, and Cattle on Highway
A rural miscellany notes a laxative sales jingle for Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 2 shillings 6 pence. The Earl of Yarmouth and his tenantry are linked to Pittsburg money paying them off. A farmer reports cattle near a motor frequented highway losing weight from fear.
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Earl of Yarmouth
Pittsburg
Pain Remedies and Weather Talk in Aged Times
An old column touts Hunt's Lightning Oil for rheumatism catarrh neuralgia and age related pain. It also promotes Dr Lunn's Home Treatment for Women with an address in Houston Texas. A Baltic wreck rate note and a meteorological line about Liverpool rainfall 34 1 8 inches per year appear amid the clutter.
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Hunt
Defiance Starch Ad Claims 16 Oz for 10
A fragment mentions a starch offer and a claim about 16 oz for 10, plus generic statements about post offices in the United States and numbers for Germany and Great Britain. It also references the McCanes Detective Agency in Houston, a halibut caught near Mullion in Cornwall, and a note on British railway capital rising by 800 million dollars over ten years.
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
Hope and Wisdom in Cheatham's Laxative Chill Tablets
Ad features Cheatham's Laxative Chill Tablets with claims of hope and wisdom. Includes price 25 cents and a no cure no pay guarantee. References Gibson Well Water as a medicinal water. Mentions New Hampshire summer boarders revenue. Ends with a playful knocker exchange about recent auto arrests.
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Cheatham
Defiance Starch Claims Best Results and Quick Rewards
The ad boasts Defiance Starch yields top results and four or more for a price with no cooking needed. It adds a line about contentment often masking egotism.
Women as Hotel Managers Propose Cornell Viewpoint
Prof. J. W. Jenks of Cornell argues women are naturally suited to manage large hotels and urges domestic science schools to broaden curricula to train educated women for hotel leadership roles.
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J. W. Jenks
Cornell
Negro Changes Color After Arrest in Choctaw Nation
A South McAlester News report states a Black man arrested in the Choctaw Nation grew ashen and never recovered his natural color. The item notes the dramatic reaction to detention without detailing the crime.
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South McAlester
Indian Territory
Not Much Difference Between Epigram and Epitaph
The remark contrasts epigrams and epitaphs noting epigrams target the living with blunt truth while epitaphs honor the dead with kinder untruths. It frames the distinction as a fine but meaningful edge in literary tribute.
Success of Woman Lawyer in Zu rich
Anna Mackenroth, a young woman in her 20s, becomes one of the busiest lawyers in Zurich and opens the Swiss legal profession to women.
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Zurich
Anna Mackenroth
Switzerland
Muffs for Miffs in Playful Puck Quip
A lighthearted spoof quote from Puck invites relief from troubles with a humorous line about a nine play ball. The exchange emphasizes wit and whimsy in a vintage periodical tone.
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Puck
Quote on repairs over autos from a check-receiver
A Puck quotation expresses indifference to who builds the nation’s autos as long as the speaker can make the repairs after receiving a check.
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Puck
Prohibition on Automobiling in Swiss Cantons
The cantons of Valais Uri and Gri sons have banned automobiling within their territories.
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Cantons
Valais
Uri
Grisons
Switzerland
Peanut Porridge for Army Feeds Kaiser's Troops
The Kaiser’s army is supplied with regular meals of porridge made largely from peanuts served with bread. The feeding program underscores efforts to sustain troops during campaigns.
Medical Faculty Dominates Berlin University Lectures
At Berlin University 468 permanent lecturers are listed and 170 belong to the medical faculty. The proportion highlights the strong emphasis on medical education within the institution.
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Berlin University
Peruna gains doctors and patients endorsement nationwide
A wave of physician and patient support for Peruna is described with letters from Dr. M. C. Gee praising its cures and advising use for women. Mrs. E. T. Gaddis reports relief and renewed strength after taking Peruna. The piece notes catarrh as a common ailment and frames Peruna as a leading internal remedy in medical belief.
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Dr. Gee
M. C. Gee
Peruna
Jones Street
San Francisco
Cal
M. D
E. T. Gaddis
Marion
N. C
United States
Dean's Kidney Pills Offer Hope for Kidney Trouble
Mrs L Ammamen of Locz Havey Pennsylvania reports trial order of Dean's Kidney Pills eased backs hip and loin pains reduced swelling and dropsy signs. She notes the pills did all they are said to do for kidney trouble and marks a hopeful outcome.
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Dean Mas
Prxrxeam
Lydia E. Pinkham
FP. Heres
Dadiey St
Boston
Roxbury Mass
Dean
Locz Havey
Inventor Claims Skin blemish Removing Compound
A Japanese inventor announces a compound that removes natural and artificial blemishes. Birthmarks and tattoos allegedly disappear after a single application.
Hunt's Cure Advertises Itch and Skin Cure
An ad promises Hunt's Cure will treat itching ailments including itch, tetter, ringworm, scales, piles and eczema with a guaranteed relief claim.
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Hunt
The German Theological Student Population Declines
The number of theological students in Germany has fallen from 4267 in 1830 to about 2149, less than half, even as the general population has doubled since 1830.
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Germany
Painting and Papering Services by Camp and Son in Houston
Today is the day to hire first class painting and papering service in the country or city. W T Camp and Son advertise lowest figures and invite trial at 510 Fannin Street Houston Texas. A quoted remark from Queen Alexandra about women's devotion to hats and birds adds a genteel aside.
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W. T. Camp & Son
Fanninstreet
Houston
Texas
Queen Alexandra
London
All Up to Date Housekeepers Use Defiance Starch
Advertises Defiance Cold Water Starch favored by many households and notes 4 oz for more value. Mentions southern French flower growers exporting their skilled products to British markets as profitable trade.
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France
Gibson Well Water address and details in Mineral Wells
The text references GIBSON WELL WATER with address in Mineral Wells Texas and notes a lawyer's view that each man should keep his own counsel. It also mentions jealousy among some wives preventing husbands from hugging a delusion.
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Gibson Well
Gibson Well CO
Mineral Wells, Tex
Defiance Starch Slogans and Moral Mottos
The passage promotes Defiance Starch as a household staple claiming superiority with a deal of four or more boxes for 10 cents. It weaves moral quips about honesty and vanity, noting that honest men prefer modesty to being overrated. It also remarks on love shortening sight for military service and the difference between imitation and virtue.
McCane's Detective Agency Advertises Services
An Houston Texas based agency promotes trained and reliable detective services offered by McCane's Detective Agency promising professional investigation capabilities to clients seeking discreet inquiry and case handling.
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McCane’s Detective Agency
Houston
Texas
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Smith
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Laugh
Gibson
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Mullion
Cornwall
New Hampshire
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Columbus
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N.Y
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Trinity Springs
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Price
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America
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Washington Park
Paxtine
FE RR
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Scuttler Wagon Company
Chicago
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