Justice to Heney and California's progressive path
The piece credits Francis J. Heney for California’s progressive moves after October 10 constitutional amendments. It notes reforms on weights and measures, legislative limits, women’s suffrage, independent lawmaking, recall of officials, employers’ liability, municipal public works, and textbook renewal rules. Heney’s sacrifice is highlighted as key to the state’s advancement.
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California
Johnson
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Vinci tonic advertised to restore strength and vitality
An advertisement claims Vinci nourishes weak digestive and other organs by using cod liver elements with oil removed. It promises stronger, younger feeling and a money back guarantee if not improved, placed by W. S. Lioup, druggist in Mt. Sterling.
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Vinci
Druceist
Mt. Sterling
Dean's Kidney Pills advertised in Mt. Sterling notice
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys with a Mt. Sterling testimonial from Samuel T. Greene praising the remedy. It claims fast relief and urges readers to buy at 50 cents through Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as U.S. agents. The copy closes with a proverb about trouble never coming alone.
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Dean
Mt. Sterling
Samuel T. Greene
Holt Street
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Autumn praised by poets and thinkers in reflective tone
The piece laments autumn's melancholy repellent labels but praises a noble, sunny side. Emerson quips about October weather and Indian summer while Riley and Concord poets contribute to a campaign to restore autumn’s grace. The writer expresses gratitude for kind words from a great man.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Concord
Emerson
Florida
Cuba
Travel in Our Country by Pullman, Four Days of Comfort
The Easterner offers a four day Pullman journey to Southern California with a berth for one hundred dollars. Passengers may also route through New Orleans Albuquerque or Santa Fe to explore French seaside life Indian villages Mormon country and modern comforts. A century ago such travel required months while today the trip embodies progress.
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California
New Orleans
Old France
Albuquerque
Old Santa Fe
America
Orient
Pullman
Average Woman’s Figure Perceptions Across Heights
A reflective line notes women gauge their own figure regardless of height size or body type. It suggests self image varies with personal perspective more than actual measurements.
Causes of Sleep Explained at National Museum Paris
M R Legendre delivered a lecture on The Physiology of Sleep at the National Museum for Natural History in Paris. He argued sleep cannot be precisely defined and reviewed competing theories, endorsing Claparede’s view that sleep is an inherited instinct protecting the body from fatigue while noting experiments on cerebrospinal fluid and brain targets.
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National Museum For Natural History
Paris
M. R. Legendre
Claparede
Geneva
The
Athenaeum
Lesson in Harmony Praises Crude Doll Color Scheme
A mother famed for color harmony critiques her daughter’s doll outfit in primary colors. She expounds on harmony as a lesson, while a later remark by her child notes a black boy riding a black horse, implying taste based on color matching.
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Dolly
Art
Water Lily Farm Brings Beauty To Washington
A former treasury clerk turned horticulturist runs a thriving water lily farm on the Potomac. She constructed an artificial lake after purchasing acreage and now maintains five acres of lily ponds. Visitors flock at dawn to view the blooms, as she dedicates herself to her blossoming enterprise.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Potomac
When Schumann Was Sore
A Vienna critic relates an amused tale of Schumann accompanying his wife to the palace to perform before the king of Holland. The king complimented her playing and then asked the composer if he was musical, which angered Schumann enough to leave him speechless for an hour.
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Schumann
Vienna
Holland
Diagnosis Joke on Rheumatism Knee
A cartoon line shows a doctor and patient swapping a pun about rheumatism in the knee. The patient notes the pain is real yet the doctor remarks there is some satisfaction in that diagnosis.
Habit's Bridge Weaving by John Boyle O'Reilly
The poem describes breaking a habit by patient, incremental effort. It compares undoing past actions to threading and unwinding strands until freedom is achieved, and to laying stone by stone a wall that can stand alone. It ends with a hopeful image of building a bridge from habit through perseverance.
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Gulf
John Boyle O'Reilly
Burdock Blood Bitters Promoted as Cure for Dyspepsia
An advertisement extols Burdock Blood Bitters as a national cure for dyspepsia. It claims the product strengthens stomach membranes, stimulates digestive juices, purifies the blood, and builds the body.
County Court Days Near Mt Sterling
A list shows county court days for Bath Owingsville Bourbon Paris Clark Winchester Fayette Lexington Fleming Flemingsburg Harrison Cynthiana Madison Richmond Montgomery Mt Sterling Nicholas Carlisle on various Mondays. A separate line notes a singer’s voice should be under perfect control to reassure the audience.
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Bath
Owingsville
Paris
Clark
Winchester
Fayette
Lextngton
Fleming
Flemingsburg
Mongram Stationery Debuts Latest Society Monograms
The advertise note highlights new monogram stationery styles from Mongram Stationery. It promotes courteous service, prompt delivery, and customer appreciation, listing Advocate Pub. Co. and S. E. Kelly & Co. as references.
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E. Kelly &Co
Train connections at Lexington and Beattyville junctions
Train No. 1 connects at Lexington with the L N for Louisville. Train No. 3 connects at Lexington for Cincinnati. Trains 1 2 3 4 connect at Campton with Mountain Central Ky. to and from Campton. Trains 1 2 3 connect at Beattyville with L A Railway for Beattyville.
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A.M
P. A
Jackson YY
Bo Ee
O. & K. Junction
Athol
M SD Bie
Beattyville A
Campton Junction
Clay Cit
Lexington
Winchester
Clay City
Torren
Beattyville Junction
Jackson
Uicksand
Louisville
Cincinnati
Mountain Central
Campton, Ky
L. & A. Railway
Beattyville
Monogram Stationery Debuts at 14th Advocate Pub
Local notice announces Monogram Stationery now available at the 14th Advocate Pub Co Inc location. The brief item markets the new line as beauties and highlights its arrival to readers.
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Inom
Water Lily Farm
County Court Days
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Cynthiana
Madison
Richmond
Montgomery
Nicholas
Carlisle
Bean
Rheumatic Cure CO
Columbus
Ohio
Mongram Stationery
Robinson & Moore
Aundry
C. W. Compton
Mt Sterling
Kentucky
Brown
Martin
H. R. Prewitt
Court St
Court House
Samuels
J. W. Prewitt
Osteopath
Office
Broadway
Sycamore
G. M. Horton
Peed & Horton’s
Anderson & Boardman
Ulesapeeke & Ohio Railway Company
Sterling
Subje Oeak Oenge Saalsie
Rothwell
Norfolk
Hinton
Rea" “Ey
Lexington & Eastern
Ohio & Kentucky Ry
Cannel City
Chas. Scott Gen
Monogram
14Th Advocate Pub. Co., Inc
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