Royal Baking Powder Rated Best by Government Chemists
The Government Chemists rank Royal Baking Powder highest for strength purity and wholesomeness after testing major brands. Also mentioned are dinner circles in Washington with Representative Flower of New York boosting his popularity and, elsewhere, a panther menace in Sugar Creek township Indiana as local conflicts and curiosities weave through the period.
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Washington
Representative Flower
New York
Congress
Volta
New York Telegram
Lost in the Texas Prairie Night
A lone traveler, guided by a tired horse, seeks shelter after dusk on a bare Texas prairie. He encounters a strange large man with a red beard, loses him in darkness, and discovers a deserted house behind a wall as rain and wind intensify the desolation.
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Texas
Piat
Ati
Ded
Rallo
Cfu Keris
Stlemce
Behold the Shrine and the Heavy Burden of Longing
The speaker recalls a quest for a sacred idol, praying at dawn as light returns. Despair looms as the high priest of Love is opposed by the night’s ruthlessness. A transformation occurs, revealing that passion shifts from love to hate, ending in concealment from the dark.
Ghostly encounter in a deserted house near Dallas
The narrator finds a dead Englishman, Frederick Barnstaple, in a stark room by a fireplace. His hungry daughter Nelly requests food as the narrator prepares a makeshift breakfast and shelters them, then ferries the news and child to authorities the next morning. The tale ends with the family being reunited across the water.
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Dayvast
Tom
Maine
Nest
Leonhi
Frederick Barnstaple
Dallas
Curious note on dreaming of hearing by the deaf
Expert M Buckley cites inquiries from visiting institutions and St Augustine school principal indicating deaf individuals never dream of hearing, except for those who learned to talk after losing hearing. The report contrasts deaf dreams with everyday misuses and early science notes on electricity and Volta.
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M. Buckley
Institution of the
Blind and
St. Augustine
Pla
St. Louis Republic
Mysterious Metal Weighs Heavy and Its Ductility Described
The passage praises a metal weighing nineteen and a half times its own bulk in water and notes its unparalleled ductility and malleability. It then shifts to geophysical observations suggesting a gradual decrease in Earth's latitude, implying a shift in the axis direction due to internal oscillations.
Allooak Porous PLA plasters claim reliability and value
The notice touts Allooak Porous PLA plasters as the only reliable remedial plasters for aches and pains with claims of fragrance low cost and broad use. It warns against imitation and urges buyers to request the brand specifically and reject substitutes.
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Anncock
Rupture and Piles Cured by Doctors Porterfield and Losey
Advertisement promises painless cure of rupture piles and other diseases with no cure no pay. Claims include treatment of all private illnesses and offers pamphlet by Drs Porterfield & Losey at 903 Market Street, San Francisco. The text then abruptly shifts to a question about executed prisoners calling them poor sinners.
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Busdloes
Drs
Porterfield & Losey
Market Street
An Francisco
Mall
Portage
Gree Sons
Atlanta
Dr Parker's Sure Cough Cure Adverts Slang Era
An advertisement promotes Dr Parker's Sure Cough Cure with claims of curing coughs for 25 cents a bottle. The text references agents Geo Dahlbender Co in San Francisco and Craddock Co in Philadelphia, noting doctored medical stories and Hemp remedies.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Promise Gentle Relief
An advert promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a small easy laxative and cathartic for liver stomach and bowel ills. It claims gentle natural action with no griping and offers money back satisfaction and dealer incentives for alternatives.
Wanted A Young Woman Who Can Cook and Dress Children
A brief want ad seeks a young woman capable of cooking and dressing young children. The notice emphasizes practical domestic skills and portrays a modest, genteel employment fit.
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W. Nted
Tle
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Ind
Sugar Creek
Kate Mesterman
Paris Figaro
Paria
Paganini
Maison de Saute
Les Neothermes
Hue de la Victoria
Normandy Diligence
Solons
LL Speartan
Larper
Chambers’ Journal
Denaode
de Koch
Bay
New Haven
Howes
Secord
Lyveuls
Union
California
Dadian
North Carolina
Veoneat
Ciorwlo
Foleine
Chnemy
Amica
Avai
L Point
St. Jacobs
W. W. Peabody, Prest, & Gant Man. O. & M. R
Edom
John F.jones
Ely
Pay Eever
Warren Street
Utt
Gite
Park Milan
NS. V
Scott
Roepe
Adeline Patti Ratna
Ely Ts
THE
the Peat
New Sea Stories
Zoo
Boston
Mass
Brown
Iol
Admress Craddock & Co
Rae St
Phitlace Priv
Macette Uiin Paper
Try
Eaven
Sosat
Shiloh
Chiloh
Mitchell-Lewis & Staver Go
Porland, Or
Seattle, Wash
Spokane, Wash
Piteours
Hall
Frey
F. J. Cheney & CO
Prope
Toledo
Fhargield
Cal
Acents
Gonts
Cyi
Xow
Lat'rouse, Wa
Hercules
Palmer & Rey
San Praucison So Gal
Port Aud
Evan Cacwran
Cole & CO
Portland
Taft
Hartmat
Ake
Merfert
Hartman Mfg. Co
Seaver Falls
Ganse
Western Sales Agt
State St
Cues
David M Clukson Jr
Portland Dr
Holly
Ma Son
Marke & Co
Spokane Falls
Elizabeth Messer
Baltimore
Elicanore Messen
East Barney Street
Hood
MIAM
Petaluma
Broken Lots
Harguin
Smith's Cash
Front St
San Francisco
A. Schoenkel
San Jose
Simonds Crescent
Simmonds Saw CO
Front Street
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