Engagement of Bar oness von Meissenbach Captivates Boston Fans
Springfield Mass letter describes the Bar oness von Meissenbach as a mature, determined figure who travels with a jeweler from Springfield to visit an American friend. Her world tour includes a dramatic haircut sacrifice and a cross continental journey with a quirky entourage. The final note signals a published engagement announcement.
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Baroness von Meissenbach
Springfield
Mass
The
Netherlands
America
Madam
Boston
Niagara
Who Made God Joe Brown Story
A Washington Critic column recounts a Georgia preacher and a country Sunday school tale. A Postmaster's boy answers who made God, claiming Joe Brown did, prompting reactions from scholars and teachers. The anecdote underscores religion, politics, and regional sentiment in Georgia.
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Georgia
Joe Brown
Atlanta
Washington
Englishwomen and Their Notable Charms and Power
Adam Badeau extols English women as possessing accomplished minds, beauty, grace, wit, and culture. He compares their collective excellence to costly attars distilled from countless roses, reflecting climate, labor, and refined national character.
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Adam Badeau
The Master Mechanic and the Call to Duty
A master mechanic must go beyond skill and learn continually from all sources. He should study new developments, stay alert to dangers, and swear to duty and honesty. Growth is slow, but steady, as he stays informed, vigilant, and ready to assume greater responsibilities. Wagonmaker.
A Dog Fights an Alligator to Save a Girl in Alabama
A Southern Alabama pool tale recounts a Newfoundland dog protecting a sleeping girl from a seven and a half foot alligator. The dog’s fierce defense ends with the gator slain, the girl unharmed, and a wary warning about water safety. The clipping also includes home remedies and health notes from period publications.
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Alabama
Innocence and odd pranks in a story of flowers and flies
A narrator recalls a boy named P- marked by many accusations yet claims innocence. He loves flowers especially wild varieties and once presents a bonneted blue blossom misinterpreted as a grass with a hat. The piece also notes home remedies and pest control tips.
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Boston
Pleasant Purgative Pills Claim Constant Effectiveness
Reprint touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pure Pellets as thoroughly effective for sick headache nervous headaches constipation indigestion blood rush cold extremities and other obstructions. Claims gentle thorough action and vegetable ingredients safe for delicate stomachs with wide availability from druggists. An odd stray line mentions a handkerchief affecting a man of war.
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Dr. Foote
Pierce
Dr.radway
Weaker Sex Strengthened by Favorite Prescription Ad
An 19th century advertisement page touts Dr. R. V. Pierce Favorite Prescription curing female derangements and toning the system. It notes customer loyalty from a plaster company and markets Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for throat and lung diseases. Also mentions Buckingham’s Dye for Whiskers and a Chinese adage about love and Oolong.
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R. V. Pierce
Grand Union Hotel Ad Promotes NYC Stay and Rates
Travel advisory for visitors leaving or entering New York City highlights baggage and expressage costs plus a $3 carriage hire. The Grand Union Hotel stands opposite Grand Central Depot with 615 rooms, built at one million dollars, European plan, elevator, restaurant, and rail connections to all depots. It targets families seeking affordable first class lodging and claims better value than other city hotels.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Rat and pest control advice and sensational ads
The piece promotes a long method to catch rats by building trust with food before using poison. It also advertises Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy and various patent medicines and tonics from multiple vendors, urging readers to buy products like Rough on Coughs and Rough on Dirt, with pricing cues and attributions to druggists and supply houses.
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Hostetter
F. Rentscuuer
San Francisco
Cal
W. B. Hoke
Jefferson County
Ayer
Wose
Buckingham
CouGuHs and Corps
Brown
Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Hood
A.D. Rowards
Hagar Street
Jamaica Plain
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
Chicago A Ledger
Tounstry
Inventors
Experieure
Flenner & CO
Washington, D
College OF Business
Buffalo
N.Y
A. Pacer
Patent Attorneya
Washington, DC
Dare
Kidders
American Rural Home
Rochester
Law Without Lawyers
Poultry Yard
Danielyon
United States
C. R. Pansons
Rural Home CO
Roexsere A
Brown’'S
Radway & Co., N
Humane Remedy Co
LaFayette
Ind
Chicago Ledger
Standard Silverware CO
De.j. II
Woodbury
Pearl St
Albany
Est
Othare
Chicago
Randolph St
Lord & Thomas
J.B. Mayer
Arch St. Phila
Standish House
Detroit
Mich
Commercial Hotel
U.S
Lighthouse Rochester
Iorne
Truso
Pam
Horne
Wabash Ave
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano CO
Addreas Brewster
Holly
Sala
AnkM'f
Sbarclayaf
Arthur’s
1. S. Arthur & Son
Philadelphia
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Lil
Eester
G. & C. Merriam &Co
Wizard
Hamlin
Tos Thache
Anson Heroe
Soret Paoat
ME “Zack
Druggiata
OurSong
Wizard Oil Company
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy
H. H. Green & Sons
M. Ca
Jones Avenue
J. A. Sherman
Piso
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