Wealth and Ridicule Split a Royal Friendship
In the Utica Globe a tale speaks of a rich man with a noble palace filled with costly marbles and foreign ivories. Ridicule sows distrust, breaking friendships and casting shadows over wealth and grandeur.
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Neros Bron
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Utica Globe
Conversion of Aunt Judy by Cootie Williams
An elderly enslaved woman recounts her conversion experience in vivid dialect. Aunt Judy describes visions of angels, the devil, and a pious life, sharing how faith sustained her through slavery, loss, and freedom while awaiting the Master’s call.
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Stanley’s Love Affairs Ends In Marriage Of Dorothy Fennant
Henry M. Stanley reportedly married Dorothy Fennant during a 67 or 68 Asia Minor stay. On a Tontan Island, a language barrier nearly doomed the match until an interpreter relayed the groom’s insistence that he came to marry, not to buy, his bride.
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Asia Minor
Tontan Islands
Islands
Henry M. Stanley
Dorothy Fennant
A Joke for Boarders in Philadelphia Times
A brief wry exchange shows a boarding house joke about cost and meals. The line about Mrs Hash feeding boarders well leads to outgrowing clothes and losing savings on cheap rates. The Philadelphia Times carries the quip with sardonic humor.
Arrogant Generals and a Salient Sadowa Tale
A mixed excerpt contrasts Grant's balanced leadership with Benedek at Sadowa in 1866. Braga warned Benedek of an Austrian error. Benedek refused, and Prussia seized the decisive victory. The piece then touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a long promoted remedy for dyspepsia and illness.
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Marshal Genedek
Sadowa
Frederick William
Braga
Benedek
Marshal Beanedek
Europe
Prussia
Vienna
Bismareck's Truthfulness Episode Revealed
A concise biographical sketch of Prince Bismarck highlights his lifelong fondness for truth in private and public life. Anecdotes recount his childhood memory lapse about broth and his careful check with his governess, plus a critical take on William Tell and Schiller.
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Prince Bismarck
Lottie Schmeling
William Tell
Schiller
Bismarck
Growing Very Profane and Mild Manners Clash
Mrs. Blinks, a gentle wife, laments her husband’s profanity. Her sister, strong-willed, dares to enforce reform by testing a strict method. Mr. Kinks returns home tired and displeased, muttering about the slimmest meal he has seen.
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John
Syrup of Figs Praised As Finest Laxative
Gratifying to Al. The high position attained and universal acceptance and approval of the pleasant liquid fruit remedy illustrate the value of its qualities on which its success is based. These statements reflect satisfying approval by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California Fig Syrup Company
Excused This Time Schoolmarin Ominous Look
In a school scene, Robert Reed admits a fight after a boy teased Schoolmarin calling her ugly. She scolds gently, pardoning him this time but warns to control temper.
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Robert Reed
Robert
Bobby
Fat Reduction Ads and Curious Inquiries From a Chicago Page
A fragmented 19th century clipping promotes Dr Snyder and a Chicago address at 245 State Street as a fat reducer claiming 1 to 25 pounds per month with no charge to relations. It notes transformations, mentions a wedding dress in Russia, a 81 mile railway at $9,000 per mile, and ends with Sapolio soap advertisement and Piso’s Cure claim.
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Herhal
State Street
Chicago
Annee
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Lebanon
Ohio
J.H. Polkinborn & CO
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D.C
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Golden Medical Discovery Promises Blood Purity All Year
Dr Pierce offers Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood purifier usable any month for blood taints and humors. It markets as a cheap, alcohol free vegetable extract with no sugar, claiming cures for eczema scrofulous skin conditions and similar afflictions. Money-back if no benefit.
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Golden Medical Discovery
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