Young couple banter over mustache and fate
A humorous exchange from Woman's Home Companion features a young man pondering dyeing his mustache while a young woman teases that it may fade on its own. The playful dialogue hints at hopes and ambitions in youth and romance.
Souvenir Post Cards of Milwaukee Zoo Animals
The Evening Wisconsin company of Milwaukee publishes eight souvenir post cards in five colors showing animals at the Washington Park zoo. A set can be mailed for 12 cents. Send requests to the Evening Wisconsin company Post Card Dept Milwaukee Wis.
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Evening Wisconsin Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington Park Zoo
Post Card Dept
Open Minded Exchange About Mars In Monthly Magazines
A playful dialogue shows Uncle George wavering on Mars habitation based on which monthly magazine he reads, offering a lighthearted reflection on belief and media influence.
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Mars
Ask Your Grocer for Our-Pie Pie Mix
A promotional note urges readers to ask their grocer for Our-Pie. Stores that stock it should order from their jobber and send the grocer’s name with 10 cents to D-Zerta Co. Rochester to receive a full size package free. Three varieties Lemon Chocolate Custard.
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Rochester
No Further Explanation Needed
A fragment appears to quote a doctor asking for how an event occurred and a wife or injured man blaming a failure to jump quickly. The readable text shows a brief, tense exchange without additional context or names.
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Bromine Quinine Laxative Ad Claims Signature
Advert shows a laxative product branded as Bromo Quinine with the claim it cures a cold in one day. It mentions a signature by J. W. Grove and a price of 25 cents, noting its worldwide use and purpose to relieve cold symptoms.
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Leader of German Socialists Praised as Orator
The article hails Herr Beble as the self educated head of the German socialists and notes he is regarded as one of the finest orators and debaters in the fatherland.
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Herr Beble
Fatherland
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a premier women’s remedy derived from field roots and herbs. It features a testimonial from Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri who credits the product and Mrs Pinkham with restoring health after years of illness and failed medical care.
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Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Louisiana
Mrs. Inkham
Muff
Itch in the skin not in the blood cure claim
An ad argues eczema and similar skin diseases are caused by germs in the skin and must be treated topically. It promotes D. D. D. Lotion as the cure, sharing a testimonial from Mrs. Latta and offering a sample bottle by mail with a small payment.
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Kezema
R. R. Latta
Harrison
West
Michigan Street
Chienzo
Til
Mira a variable star with irregular brightening cycles
The article describes Mira as a long known yet often invisible star that brightens dramatically at intervals of about 331 days, though irregular. It discusses possible causes such as surface hydrogen flares and notes the star’s dramatic variability and imagination inspiring nature.
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Ken O
Mira
Dante
Jarrett Dr. Ser- Viss
New York American
Remarkable Indian clock with skeletons strikes the gong
A Philadelphia Record item describes a prince in India owning a clock that uses a gong and a pile of artificial skulls and bones to form twelve skeletons. Each hour the skeletons assemble and strike the gong, then collapse. Observers say noon shows twelve skeletons striking the hour, a grisly terror.
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India
Philadelphia Record
Grape Nuts Cited As Cure For Indigestion In Railroader
A railroader reports lasting relief from indigestion after three months on Grape Nuts and credits improved appetite and seven pound weight gain. He says energy rose and symptoms vanished, endorsing the food as a health aid and noting the maker, Postum Co., Battle Creek Michigan.
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Wellville
Wars and Leaders in a Turbulent Era Through Time
A compiled list of key historical events from 1460 to 1903 noting battles political shifts, charters, deaths of prominent figures, treaties, and notable social milestones across Europe America and Asia. Highlights include Montomgomerys defeat before Quebec Washington at Princeton Benedict Arnold’s service change and the Iroquois theater fire with immense loss of life.
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Princeton
N. J
Benedict Arnold
Congress
Bank of North America
New York
Russia
Prussia
Toland
Thomas Jefferson
Black Rock
Buffalo
Toronto
Louis Kossuth
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sales Oath Notice 1886
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo commits to paying one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason certifies this on December 6, 1886. The remedy is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. solicits testimonials and notes availability through druggists. mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Orientalist Asked to Explain Nippor Tablet Claims
The American Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, meeting in Philadelphia, urged Prof. Hermann Y. Hilprecht of the University of Pennsylvania to publicly answer charges linked to ancient tablets he claimed to have dug up at Nippor. Critics say the tablets in Penn museum were bought abroad and not unearthed by him, and that dealers held them years before his alleged finds.
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Philadelphia
Hermann Y. Lilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Nippur
Orient
Hilprecht
Goodrich Admits Naval Defects
In a Chicago interview Rear Admiral Goodrich, commander of the New York navy yard, said Henry Reuterbahl knew his point about defects in the American navy. He added he had voiced similar views to the Secretary of the Navy. The President is believed to push a general reorganization of naval bureaus.
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Goodrich
Chicago
New York Navy Yard
Henry Reuterbahl
Secretary of the Navy
California Fruit Canners Award 300 Million Can Contract
The California Fruit Cannery Association grants a record 300 million can contract to the American Can Company of Pittsburgh. Delivery runs 60 million cans annually for five years. Terms on the order reportedly pressed by Steel Trust under threat of California can works by fruit growers.
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California Fruit Cannera’ Association
American Can Company
Pittsburg
Steel Trust
California
New York Tenement Rent Crusade Draws Mass Participation
A major lower East Side rent revolt gathers 30 000 to 70 000 participants with local socialist leaders prominent. Police dispersed several open air meetings as landlords fear losses and report reductions in rents.
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Lower East Side
New York City
In Converse on Balloons An Observer Speaks
A banquet guest narrates her fear and a balloonist explains the skyward view. The skyline appears to rise like a soup bowl while the earth seems to recede as the balloon climbs. The exchange turns on the paradox of being “up in the air” and the danger of mishap.
Pimmie Refuses to Repeat Father’s Harsh Words
Pimmie asks, “what is your father’s objection to me” and Percy learns the first remark is he does not amount to anything. Pimmie hints the remainder consists of strong adjectives, but refuses to repeat them.
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Pimmie
Percs
Percy
Violinist Joachim Meets Humble Rail Passenger
After a Manchester concert Joachim, recently deceased, waited at the railway station with a navvy in fine clothes. The man asked for a light, then tapped Joachim on the chest and declared Paganini was the fan. Joachim recalled feeling small, despite years of musical critique.
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Manchester
England
Joachim
Paganini
Tragedy in Montmartre as Artist Slays Self at Cafe
In Paris the life of pianist Margay ended tragically in a Montmartre cafe. After years of decline and a failed marriage, he confronted his wife with another man and performed a funeral dirge before fatally stabbing himself at the doorway, a sob escaping as he struck the final chord.
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Margay
Jess
Marguy
Boulevard de Clichy
Muareb
Ile
Pazo Ointment Promises Quick Pile Cure
Advertisement asserts PAZO Ointment cures itching bleeding prolapsed piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Claims guaranteed relief and refunds, price 50 cents.
A Great Man's Little Pleasantry
A puzzled correspondent quotes a senator discussing SE deletion and capital punishment. The senator replies with a wry remark the idea that capital has been punished enough.
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Horsitie
Doing It Well Miss Wentworth Meets A Park Gardener
Miss Wentworth notices a relaxed man on a park bench and suspects he is a gardener's helper. The unnamed man sits at ease in worn overalls and says he is not employed, claiming he is doing nothing.
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