Peruna touted as effective remedy after la grippe
Advertorial anecdotes praise Peruna for la grippe and systemic catarrh with testimonials from Robt L Madison Cullowhee High School principal, Mrs Jennie W Gilmore Indiana Ter, Mrs Jane Gift Athens Ohio, and others. Letters claim improved health, work ability, and recovery after illness, plus a whimsical coin anecdote from Harper’s Weekly.
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Robt
L. Madison
A. AL
Cullowhee
Jennie W. Gilmore
Buxdd
White Oak
Ind
Ter
Pernos
Manalin
Jane Gift
Athens
Ohio
Foreign Students in Germany Face Tuition Demands
Crer ian universities recorded 3,448 foreigners among 44,942 registered students last summer. German students again press for higher matriculation and tuition fees for foreign attendees.
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Crerian
Landlord Accuses Guest Over French Language Use
A Dusseldorf hotel landlord charged a guest extra on the bill after the guest spoke French. The dispute centers on language use and additional charges alleged by the property owner.
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Dusseledorff
Hall s Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Royal Toy Gift
An 19th century style ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh with Hall s Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsers Wear Truax and fellow wholesalers attest Cheney s honesty. Cure taken internally with 76c per bottle and recommended Hall s Family Pills. The article also notes Queen Alexandra sending toys to a royal godchild Alexandra Neldera.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Wear & Truax
Atoine, Kinnan & Manvin
O. Hall
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed for Female Ailments
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as a leading remedy for women’s ailments including inflammation ulceration and spinal weakness. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to sick women from Lynn Massachusetts, noting decades of experience and guidance.
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Lydia B. Pinikham
Lydig
Pinkham
Mra
When Labor Was Cheap on a Connecticut Farm
An old Connecticut farm inventory notes the wheat price at 6234 cents per bushel, about 62 dollars and 34 cents, highlighting how labor costs and markets differed from today in a 19th century American Cultivator perspective.
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Connecticut
Woman Leads Major Amsterdam Hospital Pharmacy
A woman druggist heads the pharmaceutical department at two large municipal hospitals in Amsterdam with seven young women assistants. The only man on the premises is the janitor.
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Amsterdam
Strange Home Life Courtship Dialog In Tit Bits
George woos Mabel with talk of a perfect marriage promising a loving home. She agrees yet hints at bargaining. they have been married five years and three months with no quarrel to date, in a Tit Bits excerpt.
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Mabel Talis
George
Mabel
Peti
Baba
Breas
Old Boy and Letter Change in Small Village Tale
A young student returns to his mother in a rural village after summer studies. A joking postcard letter prompts his mother’s fears of illness, while a local mail call and a bet with Lucilla the matron twist his routine duty back to him.
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Lucilly
Sant
Lucilla
Bor
Luetila
Hole in the Air and the Baloonists Lost in Airfield Myths
The excerpt explains ballooning perils with a concept of a hole in the air. Baloonists describe sudden drops like vortexes that can cause terrifying free fall until pilots correct course by venting sand. The article notes such holes are rare and the atmosphere usually smooth and supportive.
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Mr. Holker
A Bond of Sympathy
A busy woman works at writing while a maid tidies. Jane dismisses the maid’s claim to brains and compares herself to the busy woman, ending with a wry remark on her own intelligence. The dialogue highlights vanity, naivety, and social tension in a terse domestic scene.
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Jane
Taio
Making a Good Politician Proved Hard to Achieve
A Philadelphia Press quote shows two citizens debating the odds of turning a man into a pali theian and questions whether it is easier to craft a good politician than to make a politician good.
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Philadelphia Press
Burmese prisoner fined in Rangoon opium case
A Rangoon magistrate fined a Burmese prisoner four balls of opium in illicit possession and $160, or six months rigorous imprisonment.
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Rangoon
Ostriches Escaped from Paris Exhibition Roam Champs Elysees
Two ostriches that escaped from a colonial exhibition in Paris roamed the Champs Elysees before police captured them after a chase. Gen Sir Jon Hamilton, noted for involvement in battles, may soon replace Lord Kitchener as commander in chief in India and has been wounded in nearly every action he took part in.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
Jon.Hamilton
Lord Kitchener
India
Add Years to Your Life Veteran’s rousing tale
A veteran claims waking at 6am adds ten years to life. He compares rising at 6 to 8 across forty years, calculating 29 300 four o’clock hours and three years saved, urging others to shift wake times despite staying up later. The conversation notes a hesitant listener.
Tipping An M P s And Oddities From The Era
A collage of brief notes mentions MPs accepting tips including a half crown given to Lord Tweedmouth by American ladies. Other items reference California placer diggings riches and various old advertisements for remedies and products.
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M. P
Lord Tweedmouth
Reath
Majnrbants
California
St. Vitus
Cocaine Peril Warns Of Rising Southern Drug Use
The Baltimore News warns that cocaine, described as highly potent and easily concealed, is spreading in southern cities and replacing alcohol for some. It notes a surge in insanity and deaths among affected populations and calls for severe measures to curb the vice and its impact on public asylums.
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Baltimora News
Automobiles and Art Demand Diverge in Early Craze
The Savannah News notes a negative link between car ownership and art buying. Dealers report sales drop as automobile ownership rises, since car owners lack time or money for art while art lovers cannot typically afford cars. A small number of ultra rich individuals may pursue both, but it remains rare.
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Savannah
Mother's Advice Highlights Grape-Nuts For Children
An Illinois mother touts Grape-Nuts as a nutritious breakfast aiding digestion and reducing medicine needs. She notes her children favor toast with Grape-Nuts and credits the food with improved energy and mind sharpness, urging mothers to adopt it. The message promotes Postum products and references a Battle Creek company and a health pamphlet.
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Fpostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Well- Wille
Roman Spur and artifacts found near Welwyn in Hertfordshire
Workmen uncovered a well preserved Roman site near Welwyn Hertfordshire. The find includes a Roman Spur two drinking bowls six inches high a master cup a pot bronze plate an idol standard and a small urn six inches high.
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Welwyn
Herts
Wales
A. Powl
Expedition captain seizes fourteen Arctic islands as Bible Society warehouse opens
Captain Bernier, commanding a Canadian Arctic expedition, reports taking possession in the government name of fourteen islands. The British and Foreign Bible Society opens a new warehouse on Queen Victoria Street, London, storing one million two hundred fifty thousand Bibles.
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Bernier
Arctic Tegions
The
British and Foreign: Bible Society
Queen Victoria Street
London
Sound back at eighty seven works in garden
Robert Scallan, 87, of 55 Garden Street, Seneca Falls, N.Y., thanks Dean's Kidney Pills for restored kidneys and back after a kidney trouble and lumbago attack. His daughter says his husband was cured by taking a part of a box. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N.Y.
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Robert Scallan
Seneca Falls
Dean
Goethious
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Washington folk dine early at five to six
The Charleston News and Courier notes Washington people prefer an early dinner from five to six, a tradition they cling to despite many calling it inconvenient for business. The paper suggests Washington is ahead of Charleston in adopting this principal daily feast by two to four hours.
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Washington
Charleston
Charlestap
News’ and Courier
Winnipeg in Winter as Described by London Spectator
In a London Spectator excerpt, Winnipeg is termed a dead city from October to April due to agricultural cycles. The piece notes its high costs for visitors and says the city serves as a regional emporium and distribution center rather than a city with private interests.
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Winnipeg
London Spectator
Piles Cure Claims Amid Mixed Ad Language
A garbled advertisement touts Derek Piles and Paro Ointment promising cure for piles in 6 to 14 days with money back. It also oddly mentions Russia, 30,000 birchwood spoons, and a vet spoon in an unclear product pitch.
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J. W.grove
Derek da
Paro
Tefunc
Russia
Pilgrim's Progress Translated into 208 Languages
Fragmented text notes mention The Pilgrim's Progress being translated into 208 languages and edited. references include Britain and parliamentary context. Other phrases reference horse medicine, sunstroke, and land ownership but details are unclear.
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Pilgrim's ‘Progress
Pilgrim's Progress
Relief from eczema with Cuticura remedies cited
A patient from Tippecanoe County Indiana recounts two years of severe eczema resisted by physicians and patent medicines. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent she reports immediate relief and restoration to health. The passage also briefly notes England's booming sheep industry.
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Onticara
L' Alee
Sound
Weil
Tippecanoe, Ind
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Madison St
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Kan
Faeumonia
Mr. T. Barnecott
West Aylmer
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Germany
Alexandra
England
Alexandra Neldera
Lori@urzon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Hale
Pike
Hex Bargath
New . York
Press
Tipping An
Lourton
Mia
Winslow
Mier
Diring
Feagy
Heuntilly
Great ‘Britain
Howse
Joris
Peema
Withahewer
Rosom
Kcan
Ational
Gremps
Bex
Lsiectyy
J. HAMILTON _AXERS
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B.D
Gook Publishing House
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