Notice of Dr Downing and the Downing Medical Institute
Dr Downing of the Downing Medical Association and German Medical and Surgical Institute in Chicago offers treatment for chronic nervous and other diseases. The ad touts X ray diagnostics, extensive staff, and cures for eyes ears throat stomach liver kidneys and reproductive and glandular disorders. It promises confidential consultation, free urine analysis, and mailed medicines, with offices listed in Chicago and Minneapolis.
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Downing
Downing Medical Association
German Medical and Surgical Institute
Chicago
Ilinois
United States
Europe
America
New inn tale and tricking show in colonial era notes
A fragmented summary of old court lore and urban legends includes a gag about a Newilnn watchman tolling the hour, a curious illusion in which a duck submerges by hair and wax, and a Scottish anecdote about wealth and marriage spurring drink and fanciful spending near a Ayrshire inn.
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Cervanta
Charles
Charles II
Charles'l
Ti Clement's Inn
Yard
Andarden
Newton
New, York Times
His Three Good Deeds
A business man, famed for sharp dealing, boasts of three acts after a morning visit to his office. He gives a woman four dollars for baptism expenses, then claims charity and saving the child’s soul as deeds, and finally says he earned six dollars from his green goods scheme.
Padlocks on Irkutsk shops attract attention
A chaotic clipping notes Irkutsk city pads on shop doors and shutters. It contrasts with an English city of 200000, describing padlocks weighing up to fifteen pounds, many five pounders. The text then drifts to quotes about eloquence and personal advice with fragmented captions from various sources.
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Irkutsk
Siberias
Three plump babies and a streetcar scene photo finish
The New York Press recounts a chaotic birthing tableau as three mothers parade newborns in white gowns and booties on a streetcar platform. A bachelor crowd mocks the spectacle while a mother unveils her baby amid eyeing silence and a smoky, carnival atmosphere.
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Feta
Baby
New York Press
Pocket Compasses Sold in Many Sizes and Prices
Thousands buy pocket compasses from 25 cents to 10 dollars. Sizes range from tiny half inch diameters to watches, with nickel cases or agate bearings. A good compass lasts a lifetime, and agate-bearing models wear longer. price mainly reflects materials and finish.
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New York Sun
The Common Chord Poem From Civil War Battle Echo
A minor verse by James Buckham recounts a Civil War incident where blue and gray armies paused amid battle. Bands played Dixie and Maryland while both sides jeered, then united in Home Sweet Home, revealing a shared longing for home.
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Chard
James’ Buckham
Dixie
Maryland
Columbia
The Example of Paganini and a Russian Exile Tale
A tale recalls Paganini entering a room and breaking strings while continuing to play on one string. The crowd shifts from mockery to awe and tears as others pray. Another story follows of a Russian exile who hides a dangerous document by handing it to a police official who overlooks it.
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Ayrshire
Alt
Glasgow
Paganini
Paganin
Pagadot
the Sunny South
The
South
Tield
Joel Chandler Harris
Harry Suliwell Edwards
Anthony Hope
Maurice Thompson
Sidney R. Crockett
George Corbett
Arthur W. Marchmont
National Note
Sunny South
Southern Literary Weekly
Creole Roots and Domestic Phrases Across Regions
The excerpt contrasts regional speech about table settings and meals from New England to the South and Nova Scotia, noting differences like lay the table versus set the table and Sit by versus Please sit down. It also touches on Creole origins and scattered literary fragments.
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New England
Nova Scotia
United States
Mobile
Ala
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