Endorsement Promises Reliable Swanson Rheumatic Cure
The American Farmer reaffirms its endorsement of the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company of 167 Dearborn Street Chicago. It notes past reader inquiries about legitimacy and confirms continued belief in the Five Drops remedy for rheumatism neuralgia dyspepsia catarrh and kidney troubles with rare exceptions. It states Mr Swanson is a man of character and offers samples by mail or prepaid bottle deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Swanson
German-Speaking Negro Colony in Pennsylvania
In Lebanon county a group of Black residents formed a German speaking colony twenty to forty years ago among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. Children grew up on farms learning German, forgetting English, and now speak almost exclusively German. Their schooling is in English only during winter, but revert to German dialect soon after.
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Pennsylvania
Lebanon County
Blue Mountain
Stockholm Opera House: Europe’s finest despite smaller seating
Stockholm’s Opera House is hailed as Europe’s finest despite not having the largest seating capacity. It took seven years to complete at a cost over $1,600,000. Private enterprise funded the project, though ownership has since passed to the municipality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Europe
Hall's Catarrh Cure Won't Cure All Cases
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by West Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo Ohio. Cure marketed by EF J Cheney Co Toledo with internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price per bottle and family pills promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
EF. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
FL J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Notable Quote From Early Paper on Religion and Society
In a humorous exchange, the New York Journal reports little Willie Wellfed declaring allegiance to Christianity and arguing that without religion there would be no preachers or mothers fixing fine dinners. The fragment reflects cultural attitudes toward faith and domestic life.
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Little Willie Wellfed
New York Journal
Lane's Family Medicine Patent Remedy
Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement and overall health by gently acting on the liver and kidneys. It claims to cure headaches and lists a price of 25 and 5c. Physicians are urged to prescribe it for the imagination more than any other factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiobbleys
Wonderful Blind Man John Walther Of Clinton Indiana
John Walther born blind from birth lives near Clinton Indiana and as a youth helped farm work. He trades horses in roads and towns, markets crops, and saves proceeds in the bank. He guides teams skillfully to town and assists injured relatives, proving highly capable in farming carpentry and fence building.
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John Walther
Clinton
Ind
John
Walther
Indianapolis News
Faure Seen Smoking at Garden Party Sparks Curiosity
Paris journals note President Felix Faure was seen smoking a cigarette at a Champs Elysees garden party, possibly the first French president to smoke. Commentary recalls past presidents’ habits from Thiers to Carnot, MacMahon, Grevy, and Casimir-Perier, with hints Faure may also smoke privately and receive cigars from a czar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Faure
Champs Elysees
Paris Daily Messenger
M. Thiers
Marshal MacMahon Sed
M. Jules Grevy
M. Sadi Carnot
the Elysee
M. Casimir-Perier
M. Faure
Health and Beauty Advice for Women
The article advises avoiding gray near the face when tired and limiting hoarseness talk to protect the voice. It recommends thorough hair brushing twice daily, warns tears wrinkle the skin, and promotes a cheerful smile. For thin or anemic readers it suggests warm milk, cold baths with ammonia or salt, brisk sponge cleansing, cocoa and eggs for breakfast, a tonic, walks after meals, and light wine with meals.
Cost of swell weddings and the wedding gown costs
An eastern society woman estimates swell weddings run to five figure sums with average weddings around 10 000 dollars. She breaks down costs from gowns 100 to 5000 dollars to outfits and accessories and gifts from relatives potentially reaching 1000 to 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coutouriere
Italian Throne Gains New Prince of Savoy Line
The Pall Mall Gazette notes a new prince in the House of Savoy, eldest son of Prince Emanuel duke of Aosta and Princess Helene of Orleans, potentially future king of Italy, easing fears of a vacant throne and delaying plans for a marriage alliance.
Big Four Introduces Giant 8-Wheel Passenger Locomotives
The Big Four unveils four 8 wheel passenger locomotives built with steel castings and pressed steel components by Sche nectady Locomotive Works under Mr. Wm Garstang. They promise unmatched power and high speed with smooth riding on routes between St Louis and Cleveland, featuring advanced valves packing mufflers and automatic devices.
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Big Four
Wm. Garstang
Schenectady Locomotive Works
Ser
Estimating Wedding Costs In the Past Far Above Average
The article estimates wedding expenses including bride trousseau breakfast church decoration and gifts. It breaks down items such as bride family gifts 1500 breakfast 2000 gifts from family 8000 gifts from friends 2000 and groom expenses 2000 with incidental costs 500 and notes such totals exclude housing.
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Trousseau
Cupid Calendar for 99 Warlike Cupid Series
The item advertises a "Cupid Calendar for 99" featuring women in warlike outfits as Cupid in various roles. Limited supply requires sending 15 cents to cover mailing costs before January 1 to C. B. Ryan A. G. P. A. C. & O. Ry. Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cupid
C. B. Ryan
Cincinnati
Ohio
Heir to the Italian throne tied to Napolitan line
The article notes that the Italian throne would pass to the son of Prince Amadeo if the Naples prince dies without an heir. It recalls the grief of the king over his brother who died at 45 and quotes a line about losing his best friend. It describes the prince's mother as nonroyal but influential in royal circles. It mentions Amadeo’s two marriages ending in notable unions with Letitia Bonaparte.
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Naples
Amadeo
Humbert
Della Cisterna
Spain
Madrid
Letitia Bonaparte
Clotilde
Plon-Plon
Go South This Winter With Louisville & Nashville Trains
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company markets enhanced through service featuring Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Perfect steamship connections extend to Cuba Puerto Rico Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist and Home-Seekers excursion tickets are offered at reduced rates. Inquiries directed to C. P. Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Thomasville
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tampa
Palm Beach
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
West Indian
C. P. Atmore
Archduchess Elizabeth Inherits Jewels From Grandmother
In a will the late Archduchess Elizabeth receives the famed pearl necklace given by the Austrian emperor to the empress at Crown Prince Rudolph's christening. The empress’s own jewels, separate from the crown, were recently valued at seven million dollars.
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Austria
Rudolph
Elizabeth
Otters Trained to Catch Fish
Chinese and Indian fishermen train otters by placing a collar on the cub and starving it for days. The otter then believes it can only swallow food handed by its master and brings caught fish to the bank, continuing the practice.
Social friction rises after election boss label idea
Gossip spreads about Mrs Hobbley and her daughters shunning others as papers refer to Hobbley as the boss since the election. The dialogue hints at local political cliques and social snubs amid a power shift.
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Old Hobbley
Local Lodge Prank Leaves Rockingham Hospitalized
A committee prank at a lodge initiations left Rockingham injured and hospitalized for about a month, after he was told he could not become a son in law. The remark implies revenge was the motive behind the incident.
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Rockingham
Millicent Gunn En gaged to Four Men Rumor
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Millicent Gunn allegedly engaged to four men this summer. She reportedly confirmed the claim and says all four ended the relationship. The reason given is they sent her a round robin.
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Millicent Gunn
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dialogue fragment hints at fame in newspapers
In a brief exchange the speakers discuss a portrait appearing in newspapers and wonder about its fame. The lines suggest a light swagger about public attention and the mystery of why the portrait is known.
Wise and Otherwise Facts From a Curious Page
A collection of curious claims including geese migrations over 6000 miles and a teaspoonful of microbes containing 4 000 000, a Nile drop of six inches per 1000 miles, a 6 foot mammoth tusk, 40 foot condor wings in Peru, and 140 pounds of harness per queen’s state horse. Also notes voters’ persistence after defeat, Paris press count, Congo river waterfalls, shopping weight biases, infant weights, and other odds and ends.
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Nile
Peru
Silk Worm Rearing Employs Six Hundred Thousand in Italy
A large Italian industry centers on sericulture with about 600000 people employed in rearing silk worms across the country. The labor spans rural regions and supports silk production, trade, and related crafts within Italy's economy.
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Italy
Quack Remedies and Nostalgic Patent Ads
A collage of 1890s patent medicine lines touts cold cures like Laxative Bromo Quinine and Piso's Cure for Consumption with money back promises. It mocks rumors and includes tainted aphorisms and trivial moral quips from era advertisements.
Little Health Hints From Odd Remedies
A compact list of antiquated health tips suggests swallowing saliva for sour stomach, eating onions and horseradish for relief, avoiding flannel on neuralgic pain, using hard cider as a remedy, napping after late evenings, and inhaling turpentine fumes to ease whooping cough.
The Work One Poe and the Statistician’s Quirky Totals
A statistician estimates that a fifty year old man spends days and meals in varied measures, noting 6500 days worked 6000 slept 409 amused 12000 miles walked 5000 days ill and 56000 meals. He adds 7000 gallons of fluids. Thirty years ago chemists knew about two dozen explosive compounds, now over a thousand.
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Poe
Tumor Expelled by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A letter from Mrs Enizanera WirElocn of Magno ia Iowa describes dramatic recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lozenges. She cites relief from a tumor after three boxes and improved mobility and heart palpitations. The witness endorses the medicine for femme troubles amid extensive testimonials.
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Enizanera Wirelocn
Magnolia
Iowa
Pinkham
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Ager
J. C. Ayer
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Health and Beauty
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Pall Mall Gazette
Emanuel
Duke of
Aosta
Kingston
Helene of
Orleans
Papal States
Turin
Cleveland
Richardson's
Jerome
Kunkle
Leach
Fox
Paris
Congo River
Tartar
San Francisco
England
Scotland
Ireland
Krugersdorp
Transvaal
Kemp
Circulara
Mizpah Medicine Co
Monsey, N.Y
Wm. B. McClellan
Chester, Florida
Dr. Sennett
Ioomington
Cee
Seth Arnold
Rev. J
Waynesville, Il
Coat
H. WH. Coat
Mason City
Jesus
Voltaire
J. Mulhall
Sian Iy
Faith
Fancy
St. Jacobs Oil
Afeo
Oie
Chance Seheing
Household Journal
Ninth Street
Philadelphia
Lydia
May
Kay
Maidon
B. J. Kay Medical CO
Western Office
Omaha, Neb
E. J. Tooze & CO
Fifth Av
Pur
Hot Springs, South Dakota
Evans
Oneaha
Mo. Valley, Sioux City
Bo & M. We RK
J. H. Gable
Denison
H. A. Grees
alanteGe
Dr. Kay
Kansas
Kansga
Atchison, Joprka & Sante Fe Railway
Dbleare
Gaerane
Patent
Codamer & Co
Wash
W.N. U. Chicago
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