Peruna testimonials and household tips in one page
A collage of reader letters praising Peruna for stomach relief and smelling like a home health column. Includes advice on Defiance Starch and humorous quips, with mentions of Hartman Sanitarium and McCane's Detective Agency.
Affinity Search Reveals One Woman’s Tumultuous Love Life
A Washington Post profile traces Julia born in Florida who, by her early thirties, endured a string of marriages and affairs. Engaged at 16 to a man who killed himself, she later wed and divorced multiple partners, faced loss at sea, and endured repeated separations while seeking a lasting home and love.
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Was Her Charity Tree The Oddest Charity In Athens
A Southern story from Athens Georgia tells of a white haired widow who sold kumquats from a front porch tree to support charity. She let visitors pluck fruit and donated proceeds, about twenty dollars over the years, to local charities.
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Athens
The Boy Who Paints Up The Scores For The Ball Game
A Springfield Journal quote contrasts grand jobs like steel trust president or canal superintendent with a child’s dream of painting up scores for ball games. The piece humorously notes the small boy’s eye on scoreboard duties as a cure for life’s worth.
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Springfield Journal
Ade Reflects On Fame And Chicago Beginnings
The playwright George Ade, earning over $100,000 yearly, recalls a West trip and his Chicago reporting days. He notes old colleagues in the I-Knew-Him-When club refer to him now as a famed writer, while his wit and work gain serious notice.
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Czar Holds Large Investments in England and U.S. Rails
The Czar of Russia reportedly has 25 million dollars in English securities and might flee to England in a crisis. He also has six million dollars invested in American rail, iron, and coal ventures.
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England
World's Silk Crop in 1904 Exceeds 20 Million Kilograms
The 1904 silk crop reached 20,268,000 kilograms, up from 18,135,000 in 1903. Japan exported 5,535,000 kilograms, an increase of 927,000. Far East exports totaled 12,165,000 kilograms, with the remainder from western Europe and the Levant.
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Fashionable vegetarianism sparks debate in London
The London Outlook notes a growing vogue for vegetarian meals among thoughtful eaters. It mentions bridge and boiled cabbage as popular options among those of fashion, asking which sustains the fashionable more firmly.
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London
Pinkham Remedy and Miscellany: Health Cures and Oddities
A wide ad purports Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments and uterine issues, claims high effectiveness, then shifts to assorted notes on wine shipments, healing oils, a circulating library misnomer, acetylene apparatus, aging habits, and plant coloring tips.
Unsightly bald spot cured by Cuticura treatment
Two years of neck sores and itching ended after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Hair grew back thick and healthy, as reported by H. J. Spalding of New York City. Also notes the British Museum exhibits rare old Bible manuscripts.
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Versatile Brazilian Elias Zerolo in Arts and Sciences
Elias Zerolo, a native Brazilian with Spanish ancestry, is noted for his prolific fiction as well as contributions to geography, philology, linguistics, and medicine. His work is recognized in both Brazil and Spain, reflecting a broad scholarly and literary reach.
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Brazil
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Moral remedies and personal conduct in a 19th century ad anecdote
An irritated skin and irritable person incur trouble. Hunt's Cure box is claimed as guaranteed to cure any skin trouble and relieve itching immediately. A homely philosopher notes in the Atlanta Constitution the value of living up to one’s light, believing in oneself, and trusting God for the rest.
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Atlanta Constitution
Botanic Blood Balm advertised for wide range of ailments
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula blood poison cancer eating sores and skin diseases. It offers sample mail order and pricing and urges readers to write for free medical advice. A separate note describes a Victoria will where six children draw numbered envelopes to divide the estate equally.
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Feminine Ethics Improving Says Ladies Field
The piece argues that women have become more scrupulous in modern times, noting past stereotypes that women cheated at croquet and games with money, while men kept score. It claims changes now favor honesty and redefines feminine honor.
A Wood Nymph from the Cleveland Leader
A lyrical sketch praising a fair lass with a willowy form chestnut hair hazel eyes and cherry lips. The piece exalts her beauty and merriment through vivid, decorative phrasing characteristic of verse in the Cleveland Leader.
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Observations on health and workers’ wives spending
A physician notes that some illnesses are better undetected and questions the benefits of philanthropic employers. The piece also advertises agents for a cigar promotion and urges territory sales via a stamped reply from Souutmeren SURrey House in Houston, Texas.
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Advertisement notices and odd tidbits from a newspaper page
A collage of classifieds and notes including an acetylene apparatus ad, a Berlin locksmith’s suicide gesture after notice to quit, foot powder promotion, a Danish boarhound episode for a Paris butcher, Red Cross Blue ads, a Stencil shop teaser, and assorted quotes about restraint, stamps, and a remedy from Rondout New York with weight gain claims.
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Australian Leaf claimed to cure women’s ills and more
An ad style collection notes Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf as a remedy for female weaknesses, back and urinary troubles with sample mail offer. Other lines tout Piso’s Cure, Defiance Starch, Winslow’s soothing syrup, and Wellington’s town tramp statistics.
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New York
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Yale Athletes Advocate Natural Fit For Sport
Dr. William G. Anderson explains Yale swimmers are muscular yet lean, not fat, noting water cooling requires heat absorption. He argues the best athletes love the sport and build conditioning, while others may appear pliant yet lack true swimming prowess. The piece cites a pole of opinions in the July Everybody's and adds a verse from R K Munkittrick. Nearly 1.3 million new English county court cases were heard last year in the "poor man's court."
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Wit and Wisdom From a Distant Page
Quips on marriage widows energy and energy appetite and The value of Simmon's Sarasaparilla in boosting health and spirits includes a joke about a specialist and a boy asking about a specialist. The narrator notes a man’s greatness invites ordinary relatives to claim it.
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