Ten Dollar Bill Narrates a Life of Tainted Money
A ten dollar note recounts its journey through New York in 1906. It encounters bars, crooks, a Broadway gambler named Old Jack, and a Treasury clerk who once used it. The note moves from pawnshops to bakers, reflecting on value and fate amid urban vice.
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S. S. McClure Co
New York
John D
Treasury
Lewis
Clark
Liberty
Ceres
Maxine Elliott
Sam
Arthur Duffy
DT Hiad
George Washington
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Spot
Manhattan
Bowery
Tready
Dek
Ian Astor
Ossining
Charlie
Hodcarriers
Old Jack
Gabriel
Mendicancy Squad
Madaim
Treasury Department
Dr Pierce medicines praised for long popularity and features
The text touts Dr Pierce products including Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as enduring, proven remedies with printed ingredients and no alcohol. It argues the medicines cure weak stomach liver and blood ailments, boost vitality, and maintain steady popularity amid fads. It notes Pleasant Pellets as an early liver pill and warns against substitutes.
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Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
St. Dr
Weren’t you in the change for me on a bakery last Saturday night
Easounaseon quotes a tense exchange about a bakery visit last Saturday night. A narrator recalls a den, rent, and bread plus tincture of formaldehyde. The dialogue touches on poverty, prayer, tainted money, and social movement ambitions.
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Easounaseon
Jenner
Hiding Places for Valuables Among College Girls
A college girl recalls clever and humorous hiding spots used by fellow students for money and jewelry. Shoes, laundry bags, clocks, mattresses, desks, chiffoniers, vases, pillows, chairs, and rug corners are cited as safekeeping ideas, with many forgetting where they hid them in a hurry.
A Greater Wonder in a Scotch School Chickens Lesson
A teacher asks a youthful Scotch class to name a wondrous fact about chickens. A pupil first mentions leaving their shells, prompting the teacher to seek something more wondrous. Johnny then suggests the shell’s creation as the greater marvel, concluding the exchange with humor.
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Little Johnny
Ladies' Home Journal
Their Suitcases Love Story Published by D. & QO Line
A light summer romance titled Their Suitcases is issued by the D. & QO Line. The tale centers on two prettily decorated suitcases at sea aboard a D. & C. steamer en route to Mackinau Bay. Send a two cent stamp to Detroit address for purchase.
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D. & QO. Line
Mackineau
Adérese
Japan
Empire
Detroit
Buffalo
D. & B. Line
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central
Wabash
Grand Treak
Sen Oy
Addreas
L. J, Lewis
Pass
Mie
Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat CO
Philip H. McMillan
Fashion Trends Highlight Sunshade Butterflies and Nine Gored Skirts
An article notes a sunshade adorned with large butterfly motifs as a style lucky charm, praises a daisy trimmed hat, and describes shoe heel relief inserts. It discusses the French heel debate and reviews new nine gore skirts with open fronts and pearl buttons, emphasizing chic, practical details.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted for Female Ailments
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been a standard remedy for female ills. Letters from Mrs Louise Jung of Detroit and Mrs Emma Eaton of Vienna Va praise its healing effects on weakness pain and misery. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Louise Jung
Chestnut St
Detroit
Mich
Emma Eaton
Vienna
W. Va
Clever mender repairs worn lace curtains with mesh patches
A woman saves worn lace curtains by applying net patches and boiled starch then ironing to hide repairs. She also imitates patterning with few stitches at the edges. The note suggests a household how to while mentioning medical ads and prices.
CHIC STYLES FOR SUMMER VOILE AND LONDON TAILOR MAID FASHIONS
The piece outlines summer fabrics from voile to gauze and chiffon, noting light and transparent options and heavier, coarse weaves. It describes a linen dress belt with two tab lengths, a six bust sizes waist pattern, and a Youngarian gypsy-inspired style. It cites a London tailor made look with a stitched front band, rear buttons, box prints, high shoulders, long sleeves, pearl cuffs, buff collar, and a waistline cap sleeve trimmed in silk and braid.
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold by Foley's Honey and Tar
A.S. Nusbaum of Batesville reports lasting summer cold symptoms interrupted business last year. After failed medicines, Foley's Honey and Tar quickly cured him and his wife has had similar success with the remedy.
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A.S. Nusbaum
Batesville
Foley
O. D. Knoefel
Brieg Year Job Printing Te Tas Tetbane Office
Brieg Year Job Printing te tas Tetbane Office notice lists printing services and rates. The fragment mentions a local office offering job printing, typesetting, and related supplies to businesses and residents.
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Brieg
Tetbane ‘Ofice
Capable Woman Elisa Klapp and Her Jewelry Craft
Elinor Klapp emerges as a leading figure in American precious metals, specializing in the delicate art of setting jewels. Her early self teaching, NY arts and crafts exposure, and expansion into larger gold and silver pieces mark a rising career.
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America
Elinor Klapp
New York
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MES
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the Tribune Company
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Charlestown Road
Vincenne
Dauchey & Co
Ee Parker
the Tribune CO
Castoria
ofBos
MONON
Chicago
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French Lick Springs
Carlsbad OF America
I. OE
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Peer
Alseay
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