Recalls by the Minute Gun of a Sea Tragedy
A poem recalling a night at sea as a minute gun fires and a ship endures brutal weather. The speaker reflects on Death, storms, and a loved one’s tender, haunting face amid wreck and specter of mortality. Edgar Jones is named as the author in a weathered, archaic verse voice.
An Example in Addition in a Lonesome Farm Home
A Sabbath night reminiscence recounts a long married couple's trials with pride and possession in a rural home. Marthy recalls years of mutual effort and contention as Lisher builds a new kitchen wing to honor her, leading to reconciliation and a hopeful vow.
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Tsher
Alien
Wrestlin
Lisher
Lisberty
Sam
Marthy
Wong
Hain
Hillmont
Mandy
Cat
Murthy Marin
Lisher Whitby
Wilallow
Tam Willin
Tam
Tuildin
Tft
Tie
Placin
Orm
Elma
Seven Stars in the Sky Across Cultures and Times
Ancient myths link seven stars to the dead across Egypt Gaul and Druids. Mexicans and Peruvians held rites at certain celestial alignments with seven firebrands and fires. The piece also notes the Cardiff docks project funded by Lord Bute, boosting Cardiff to a major port and establishing the Bute family’s fortune and civic prominence.
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Ancient
Egypt
Osiris
Gaul
Hottentots
South Africa
Abipones
South America
Oakes
Africa
Bute
Cardiff
Marquis of Bute
Cardif
Minyor
Isfi
Inheritance Prospects in Western Canada Plains
Letter to the editor extols Western Canada lands in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia, noting low prices, government incentives, and railway access. Describes fertile black soil, yields of 40-50 bushels per acre wheat, 75-100 bushels oats, and strong livestock, with milder winters and good summer rainfall. Encourages readers to contact Canadian government agents for settlement information.
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Western
Canada
Railway
Colonization
Saskatchewan Valley
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Iowa
The Crusade Spreading Across the State Journal
The Ohio State Journal notes the crusade spreading as locals discuss efforts and challenges. A faded line about an old hen sitting on one nest hints at ongoing attempts to batch or organize support, reflecting a wary public mood.
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Haneas
Ohio State Journal
Grain-O and health claims in a fragmented ad page
A cluttered OCR fragment shows Grain-O touted as a coffee substitute with brown color and grain base, plus assorted testimonial snippets and miscellaneous product pitches. It references Piso’s Cure for Consumption and various quirky lines, all presented as short ad copy fragments from a newspaper page.
His Name and the Sabbath Mehooclave Recometat
A fragment preserves a schoolroom scene with a teacher prompting a student to spell a name for a class roll. The awkward wording suggests a transcription error or garbled OCR, but the moment captures an attempt to identify a child's name during attendance.
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Christian
Spartan Women Debate Strings and Beaux
In Detroit Journal prose, Spartan women quarrel over hair and romance, one group proposing to string their beaux with lace hair to aid soldiers, while another protests that romance should be set aside for war efforts.
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Detroit Journal
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as universal remedy
An ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming it cures the constitutional disease by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials, noting Toledo and Detroit Free Press mentions.
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Curar Five
J. Cheney
Ci ‘Oledo
O.geld
Te Hall
Queen Victoria Hair Remark Prompts Germ Theory Claim
A fragmentary item recounts Queen Victoria at age over 80 showing hair regrowth after a germ destroying treatment. It cites Prof Anna and a secret remedy later linked to Newbro's Heroine for dandruff and hair health, claiming removal of the germ to stop hair loss. A stray legal note and catalog promo conclude the snippet.
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Victoria
Anna
Newbro
Heat for the Bowels and Patent Remedies Ad
An old newspaper page promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural bowel remedy, touting easy movements and health benefits at 10 cents. It also notes imitations and includes a joke about a bank cashier and a punchline from a Kansas City Star quote on a Boston girl’s description of a faithless lover.
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Boston
Kansay City
Cheap California Rail Rates Begin February 12
Special low round trip fares issued by Southern Pacific on Ogden and Sunset Routes to California. From Chicago 330.00, from Saint Louis Memphis and New Orleans 27.50, from Omaha Kansas City and nearby 25.00. Details and tickets through W G Neimser, SP Company, 28 Clark St Chicago, or SP Co Cincinnati and Baume City offices.
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Eaen
Southern Pacific
Ogden
California
Chicago
SL. Louis
Memphis
New Orleane
Omaha
Kansas City
Calfornia
W. G. Neimser
Clark St
P. Co
Chamber
Cary
SP. Co
Sheidle, Bidz
Baume City
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