Ruskin's Romance and the Divorce that Shaped Millais
John Ruskin married a 19 year old London girl who later inspired a portrait by Millais. Ruskin helped secure the divorce for her, permitting Millais to marry the woman he loved. The tale recalls a famed clash of art, love, and social propriety in Victorian England.
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John Ruskin
London
Ruskin
Mihais
Haskin
England
Millais
Sir John
Lady Millais
New York Graphic
Old Maids Insurance Company in Denmark Explained
Folkstidende describes a Danish system for single women whereby a father names his daughter in the company register and pays annual premiums. At age 24, if unmarried, the woman earns income and housing in a company building. if she dies or marries, the claim ends. If the father dies before 24, shelter is provided and income begins later.
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Denmark
The Alligator’s Lazy Wholesale Feasting
An observer describes the alligator of the South as an animated sewer with a vast open mouth. It lies as if dead while insects and small reptiles swarm inside, then suddenly snaps shut to gulp the entire menagerie in a single swallow.
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South
Trust Him Not and Weepings in Times of Grief
Dr. James M. King urges readers to judge cold hearts, cites scripture about tears, and contrasts calculating souls with those who weep with others in sorrow, quoting Paul and Jesus to bless those who mourn.
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Paul
Jesus
James M. King
Ethics of death by own action debated at medical college
A student with a fierce red beard leads a late night debate on suicide ethics among peers at a medical college. They impulsively discuss methods from poisoning to drowning, with crude jokes and divergent viewpoints, before shifting to unrelated items and humorous snippets from various columns.
Beauty Without Paint and the Doctor’s Cure
A maid laments dark muddy skin and asks about remedies. A doctor urges discarding powder and paint and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the cure to enrich the blood. The ad asserts the remedy has no equal and hints at a tonic for beauty versus cosmetic methods.
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Dr. Pierce
Fiii
Spring Debility and Nervous Exhaustion Cure Promote Nervura
Physicians and druggists tout Dr. Greene's Nervura Tonic as the premier spring medicine. It claims to strengthen nerves, improve sleep, restore appetite, aid digestion, and relieve various nervous and chronic ailments. Sold for $1 a bottle, with Dr. Greene at 35 West Fourteenth Street, New York, available for consultation.
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Greene
West Fourteenth Street
New York
Ruins Their Health and Modern Conveniences
A Boston Advertiser note describes a young woman in a large store who leans with hands on her side after repeatedly pushing a cash-ball with an upward plunge at the rope. She cites irksome duty from daily repetitions, and others suffer longer illnesses, including a young woman out sick three months with possible spinal trouble, blamed on reaching the cash arrangement.
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Boston Advertiser
Patent medicines and remedies across the era
An older newspaper fragment advertises Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a palatable remedy for consumption scrofula and bronchitis, plus other ailments. It cites New Orleans and Hartford papers praising various tonics and remedies including Brow n's Bronchial Troches, a doctor offering a free course of treatment, and a series of patent medicine products with prices. The garbled text blends product pitches with requests for reader letters and a few medical claims.
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Scott
How Intelligent Women Decide
A compact note argues for self-treatment with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to address female ailments including periodical pains and inflammation. It praises the remedy as a safe course and cites druggists as sellers. The passage also promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy for nasal catarrh and colds priced at fifty cents, referencing a Texas Siftings feature.
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Pierce
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Piercee
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main St. Buffalo
Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup Praised by Lenawee Farmers
A Lenawee County notice states that Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup cured neuralgia and rheumatism for a couple, enabling farm work and prompting neighbors to try it. The testimonial from Mrs. EK A Knowles endorses its blood cleansing, appetite boost, and stomach aid. Advertisements follow for Buc ha Paiba pills, Wells' Health Renewer, and Wells' Hair Balsam.
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Apman
Mich
Mosara, Wagner & Sneppard
Hibbard
A. Knowles
Peddlers in Waltham Sell Fraudulent Pearline Boosters
Chief of Police Burleigh learned that six or seven strangers in Waltham peddled fake Pearline labeled Peniine. Two teams canvassed homes selling eight packages for $1 and eight soap bars, then fled town. Several listed names appear, and residents regret the poor soap value, while warrants were pursued.
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Burleigh
Waltham
Isaac G. Worcester
Hiram Belding
Luce
Prospect House
EK H. Barnes
John Goodwin
C. D. Oragood
Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes the Weak Strong
An advertisement extolls Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic and blood purifier. It claims increased appetite, purified blood, improved digestion, and better energy, citing testimonials from Mia Stanley, J W Wille, G W Hunt, and N Manning. Be sure to get only Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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Hood
Mia
N. A. Stanley
Canastota
N.Y
J.W. Willeronp
Quincy, Il
G.W. Hunt
Millersburg
Minniz Manning
Newburgh
Orange County
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Eve
Pralloving & Terest
C. I. Hood & CO
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Lowell, Mann
New Orleans Picayune
Hartford Post
P.O
T. A. Blocum
M. C
Pearl
Isaac Thompson
Druggiata
Texas Siftings
Cottee
Texas
Lenawee County
Wells
Jersey City
J. A. Lawrence
East Ninth Street
N.J
Lyon
Arieer
A.J. Tower
Simmons &T
Boston
Nass
Ein
Geneva
Mars
George C. Osgood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Lewis Dennis
Moody Street
T. Jacobs Oil
Orin Robinson
Grantville
Dennis
St. Jacobs Oil
Gro. C. Oscoop
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Caroline Monteith
Deer Crees
Ind
H.A. Carr
P. M
Escambia
Ala
E. Hummel
Boonville
Alice
Chavez
Mt. Storm
W. Va
Radway
DR. Radway &Co
Warren
Ely
Tion
ELY Bros
Greenwich Bt
Bryant’s Business College
BING
Washington, D.C
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Vertine
C. D. Aaron
Burrano
Pond
M.D
Aurora
Kane Co
American School of Telegraphy
Madison
Wis
A.W. Mc
Kidder's
Tyatt Siowet & Co
Williams
W. M. Mfg, CO
Cleveland
Park
Fuonan
G.W. Parx
Fannettsburg
Ma ‘Chine
E. Ross & CO
Toledo
Ohio
United States
Chicago Ledger
Chicago
Ill
Binghamton
N. We
Jaye Saud
Champlom
Toun
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John P. Lovell
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Expreva and Post Office
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M.C
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Northern
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Janis
Mapa
W. CR. Ie
Milwaukee
Secret Service
Granian Detective Bureau Co
Arcade
Cincinnati
East Pansy
P. Hollenbach
W. Randolph St
Goulds & Austin
Lake ST. Ichicago
Illinois
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Lua
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Ada Ms AL A
Ngraiam
Terdam
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