Veteran organists steady through nine decades at parish church
The article notes veteran organists such as Cooper and T N with long tenure in church service. Cooper, English and over 90, active as organist for 75 years with 58 years at his parish. T N played national anthems at royal coronations and served as parish organist for 44 years. It also mentions miners at Myndd Mingdd colliery gathering for worship near the shaft and a lone lamp lighting the sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vase Cooper
Eslegan Church
Musical Services
T. N
Westminster
Edward
Ne Mins
Myndd Mingdd
Odd Advertisements and Curious Primate Details
An assortment of product pitches for foot care and shoe stores alongside peculiar notes about London gorilla specimens. The text mentions Olmsted of Le Roy NY and references a female gorilla in Europe, with fragmentary details on Venus the gorilla and other measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Tate
Olmsted
le Roy
London
Europe
Resiau
Chioe
Venus
A dying race counts on governorship for chiefs
Report notes Sacs and Foxes near extinction in Iowa with about 400 left on the reservation. They seek removal of Chief Tonosh tonek in favor of a Winnebago, while Winnebagoes push progress. the Sacs and Foxes resist education and assimilation as government schools struggle to attract attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummings
Iowa
Tonosh
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Detroit Woman
Miss Grita Gannon of Detroit testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her months of weakness and misery. She reports rapid improvement after six weeks and urges other women to seek the remedy. The letter promises $5000 if a replica is proven fake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pixeman
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Irs
Pinkham
Morning wake up ruse shared by hotel guest
A hotel guest in a small town follows a plan from the Rochester Herald to rise early for a train. A bellboy wakes him with a large envelope and a note reading This is the time you wanted to get up. The guest wakes immediately and receives the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Herald
Deak Radney Pills touted as cure for backache in Arkansas
In Hensley Arkansas a local resident claims Deak Radney Pills, marketed as Tam 38 years old, cured her chronic backache after years of medical treatment. She urges sufferers to try the product and credits improved health to kidney pills and a protective tonic. Also recounted is a peculiar incident at sea where a baby owlet perched on a deck during a voyage from Yokohama to Vancouver, later captured on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensley
Ark
America
Sue Willams
Thie Place
Deak
Radney
Williame
Yokubams
Vancouver
Fragmented dialogue on poverty and mobility limits
A terse exchange touches on poverty as a handicap and mobility constraints. A man remarks Flo cannot ride back, while another concedes the situation and implies reduced options due to finances. The fragment hints at social hardship shaping decisions.
Fragmented Advertisements and Epistolary Snippets Chronicle 19th Century Life
A collage of vignettes and ad slogans from a late 19th or early 20th century page. Items include Castoria and patent medicine claims, quirky dialogues, etiquette notes, a quip about a dictionary return, a quixotic tale of market chatter, and brief social observations. The fragmentary text hints at daily life, consumer goods, and humor of the era.
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Pricra
Permissory Notes
Kathleen Mavourneen
Joan
Mab
Sir Mountstuart
F. Grant
Browning
Wordsworth
UD Brown
Miss Gannon
Lee
Detroit Amateur Art Association
ST. Jacobs Oil
Mra Brinnka
New Orleans
Belreas
Palo Unit Man
Sharppe
Tradin
Lightwoght & Co
Quickssle
Khae
Hoh
Minna
Life In
New York
Binks
Scribbler
Roy
Folke
Winslow
Muree
Tee Hurece
Reierson Machinery Co
Merricen
Portland
Orerzen
DO mM Feanv & Oc
Detroit
Mich
Slicker
A. J. Tower Co
Mestoh, U.S
Tower Canadian Company, Limited
Toronto, Canada
Holmes Business College
Y. MC A. Bldg
Portland, Ore
Dr. C. Gee Wo
Aldleianes
C. Gee
Chinese Medicine Co
Wise Bros., Dentists
Usiny Cofc& LO
Plese
Ysuur
ST Ahlapee Portland
Cycone
Sthreshers
A. H. Averill Machinery CO
Portland, Oberuon
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