Improvements on the Monon Railway Expansion Plan
The Monon railroad grows with $3.2 million in new stock sold cash to fund vast upgrades. 5,000 tons of heavy rails 250,000 new cross ties set, bridges replaced by steel, new locomotives freight cars and coaches. Chicago and Louisville terminals doubled, sidings lengthened, dining car service between Chicago and Louisville expanding, a major spend near $1 million for World's Fair prep.
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Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
Menon
The Favorite Prescription for Women Soothed by Dr Pierce
A vintage health claim promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for young women entering adulthood. It touts strengthening the system and regulating female functions, with guarantees of satisfaction or money back.
Licorice adulteration risks warned by London confectioner
The article explains how licorice is produced from Glycyrrhiza glabra and details adulteration risks in imported products. It cites Italian brands Solazzi and Corigliano as high quality, notes Turkish Greek and Spanish varieties differ, and warns that French and German makers often dilute juice with glucose and other adulterants. It urges buying from reputable firms and highlights the Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
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Turkey
Greece
Spain
Italy
Bernard Dyer
FP. 1. C
F.C. S
Solazzi
Corigliano
Pignatell
Grasso
Zuvia
London
Without Warning The Sand Fire Fight S Boys
It notes that dry sand ranks among the best materials for dousing early oil fires and cites factories using oil with sand pails in several departments. The piece hints at broader adoption and mentions a proposed plan or system for handling such incidents.
Quipnuxe and Lazicus on labor and marriage wit
A string of short quips and satirical exchanges from 19th century papers. Jokes cover labor, household roles, mining costs, marriage, neighbors, and social norms. Characters name Mrs Livehigh and Mrs McSurvit appear among snippets about wives, husbands, and everyday quirks.
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Lazicus
Livehigh
Brooklyn
The Quiet Trials of Daily Patience in Christian Life
A reflection on life’s steady petty evils and small trials as core exercises of patience and self denial. Enduring the failings of others, neglect, ingratitude, and vexations in work and routine is seen as essential discipline. The piece argues such interior evils, rightly managed, promote virtue and could have replaced penance in earlier times.
Ancient Pottery and the Rise of Glazed Ware
Primitive potters kneaded clay and sun dried wares before firing to improve strength. Fire added durability but porosity remained until glaze was developed. Early glaze resembled varnish and modern white enamel emerged from many experiments. French call glazed wares faience. Italians call them maiolica after the island of Majorca.
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Italy
Suburban Cook Fends Off Intruder Before Cop Arrival
A sinister stranger knocked at a suburban back door asking for occupants. The cook refused and tried to deny entry but the man forced in. A large policeman intervened, arresting the intruder. The scene unfolds like a cautionary tale from the Free Press. The Pamir Plateau is described as a harsh no man’s land at the junction of the Himalayas and Thian Shan with borders Russia China and Afghanistan. The climate is harsh except in brief summer. A very good glass eye can cost 100, but people keep using natural eyes.
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Pamir Plateau
No Man's Land
Himalayas
Thian Shan Range
Russia
China
Afghanistan
On the Way to Parailise and Health Choice
The writer urges readers to avoid unhealthy locales and seek better health through Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It claims the tonic relieves dyspepsia heartburn biliousness constipation and indigestion while curing rheumatism nervousness debility and influenza related complaints.
Franklin and the stove: from open fires to modern heaters
The passage credits Benjamin Franklin with pivotal stove inventions and notes earlier efforts by Cardinal Polignac and Count Rumford. It discusses the historical use of the word stove, its semantic shift, and how Bacon Pepys and others used related terms, emphasizing Franklin’s impact on modern room heating.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Cardinal Polignac
Count Rumford
Lord Bacon
Woodward
Bacon
Pepys
Dr. Franklin
Catarrh Cure Reward Ad Promises Full Coverage
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hell's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co and Toledo druggists endorse the product and promise testimonials, while Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold 75 cents per bottle by druggists nationwide.
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Hell
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Biots
Triax
Waalping
Kinnax & Marvin
Hall
All Druggista
Koenic Med. CO
Chicago
Ill
Ancient Greek Manuscripts Unearthed in Egypt
Flinders Petrie reports discovery of three Euripides pages from Antiope and fragments of Plato Phodo, with the Iliad eleventh book fragment showing five lines not in the accepted text. Also includes a testimonial endorsing Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh with patient letter and a note on German chemically pure sugar used by chemists.
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Flinders Petrie
Egypt
Antiope
Euripides
Plato
Phodo
Alexandria
Word puzzle ad from The Dr Larter Medicine Co publication
A 3 inch display advertisement features a unique word puzzle with every weekly issue repeating only one matching word. The Crescent branding appears on all products, and readers are invited to guess the word to receive lithographs or samples.
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Dr. Larter Medicine Co
PRUE
Tor Tirs
DR. Harter Medicine CO
T. Tonis. Me
Fairy Tale Skeptic Upsets Boomerang Myth in Australia
An elderly Australian in St Louis disputes thrilling boomerang tales calling them pure fiction. He asserts the weapon is merely a native tomahawk and no more dangerous than a combined eltity and hatchet in skilled hands. Various old advertisements and notes accompany the reading.
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St. Louis
Beware spring coughs with Retp's German Cure
Mothers are urged to protect children in March and April from colds caused by winds and changing weather. The ad claims Retp's German Cure for Croup and Cough is nonpoisonous and safe for any dosage, promising quick relief and better sleep. It credits Sylvan Remedy Co. of Peoria, Illinois as the maker and urges buyers to ask their dealer for the remedy.
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New York Weekly
Cesar
Younghusband
Molly
Texas Siftings
Ely
B. W. Sperry
Hartford
Conn
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York
Shiloh
Attices
Rarp
Kipney Carr
Retp
Sylvan RemMepy Co
Peoria
Til
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Asia
San Francisco
Germany
Newton, Ill
St. Jacobs Oil
T.C. Dodd
California Fig Syrup CO
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New York City
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