PLANETARY SIGNS Readings by Mail Offer Popular in Section
A newspaper column invites applicants for free and private astrological readings. Full name and address must accompany requests, initials published. Those who wish to use another name may, and stamps may substitute for missing birth details. Prof G W Cunningham handles mail readings with a 26 cent fee. horoscopes are calculated via the astrologer’s method and sent to the applicant. Inez M Avoca Iowa receives a Libra rising profile, noting Venus as ruler, physique, temperament, interests, and potential future life events.
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G. W. Cunningham
Clinton
Chicago
Ill
Astrological Reading for Clarksville Iowa Native
A reading links Scorpio and Sagittarius to ruling planets Mars and Jupiter with Saturn as co signficator. Describes medium height medium dark complexion hair and eyes full face and luxuriant hair. Notes high energy ambition leadership, secrecy, and emphasis on education and a salaried career with limited luck in love and marriage.
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Inez M. Avoca
Towa
Venus
Clarksville
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Lorene Horoscope 1919 Topeka Kansan
A Topeka Kansan horoscope for Lorene describes a refined sensitive nature prone to nerves and injury but capable of enthusiasm with little encouragement. It notes a strong arts inclination, steadfast friendship, and love life with a temperamental husband who resents outside interference and struggles to carry out plans.
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Lorene
Topeka Kansan
Short Stories for February 1897 magazine features
February 1897 issue of Short Stories showcases a terse dramatic etching What the Al batross Saw winning a $25 prize, a Chinese sketch by a女 author related to Chinese heritage, plus stories by W. Bert Foster I. I. Hamilton Francis Tillou Buck and others. Translations from French and German tales by Henri Savedan Jules Lemaitre and Schone accompany the issue.
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Henri Savedan
Jules Lemaitre
Schone
Gas illuminated Philadelphia theater of 1816
The text notes that the first U S theater lit by gas was in Philadelphia with gas pipes installed in 1816. It also mentions various outdated statutes and odd facts about states and people, including Chi huahua’s size and acts about wagons, games, and thumbprint albums.
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Mexico
Chihuahua
Vermont
Michigan
Joe Jefferson
Philadelphia
Paradise for elopers in Jeffersonville accors breaker's knot count
Jeffersonville Indiana leads in elopements with eighty five marriages last month. Squire John House and other magistrates officiate at the Matrimonial Parlors near the ferry landing drawing couples from Ohio and Kentucky. Runners guide couples to officials for fees ranging from one to ten dollars. The page details unusual wedding requests including bicycle weddings and a bridgeside ceremony.
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America
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indianapolis Journal
Ohio River
John House
Ohio
Squire Transe
Squire Hause
Perfumed Butter Sets London Royal Fashion
In London the fad of perfumed butter among royalty and the very rich is detailed. Dairies use rose leaves and flowers, with butter iced on rose leaves, wrapped in muslin and aged ten hours in a refrigerator. A simple method, yet it has earned a fortune and royal appointment.
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London
Queer Mail Boxes Appear in Cumberland County Maine
In Cumberland County Maine rural mail delivery has sparked interest with unusual mail receptacles blooming in a neighborhood. A half bushel basket a large coffee can soap and spice boxes and even former patent medicine containers are among the items used to hold the mail.
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Cumberland County
Maine
Cannibal voyage tale ends with burial in London
An excerpt notes a traveler named Benson who died in Africa and was brought home for a dignified burial. The text describes the cannibal encounter and the subsequent repatriation of the body to London for interment, reflecting a colonial era tone.
Professor loses faith in theories says Boston Journal
A Boston Journal quotation notes the professor may be wavering as he shows reluctance to hear counterarguments, suggesting dwindling confidence in his theories. The exchange highlights doubt and resistance to opposing views.
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Boston Journal
He Could Do First Pull Bell Rope Incident
A brief item notes the bell rope tearing apart on the first pull, leaving the sexton in despair before a sudden, whappy thought strikes him as he wrings his hands.
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Sexton
Indianapolis Journal
Ram's Horns moral reflections on self control and faith
The Ram's Horns column exhorts self mastery and Christian virtue. It asserts true greatness comes from conquering oneself and following God’s guidance, warning against self righteousness and fear of the devil's influence, while urging prayerful effort and bright example to shape others. It underscores that there are no emergencies with God and stresses the value of good company.
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God
Jesus
Champion Grimm and the live-bird crown drama
The article details Grimm of Clear Lake Iowa as a top live-bird shooter, winning the 1898 cast-iron medal and setting records amid the Dupont tourney excitement. It covers his career, earnings, and upcoming appearances in San Antonio and Little Rock, plus the New Jersey A C indoor meets and other sports notes.
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America
Illinois
Chauncey Powers
Iowa
Grimm
Carver
Watson Park
Chicago
San Antonio
Little Rock
Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims
An advertised health note explains urine sediment as a kidney disease sign and promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal remedy for kidney bladder and urinary issues. It promises relief of back pain frequent urination and scalding and offers a free sample and pamphlet by mail from Kilmer Con Binghamton NY.
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Dr. Kilmer & Con
Binghamton, N
Punny Quote From A Boston Latin School Exam
During Butler's year as Massachusetts governor a Latin school pupil answered a rhetoric question with the word Trony. The prompt asked what figure of speech fits the phrase his honor the Governor of Massachusetts, and the student replied Trony.
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Benjamin F. Butler
Massachusetts
Girls’ Latin School
Boston
Trony
Monon Route Adds Sleeping Car to Washington DC
The Monon Route launches a through sleeping car from Dearborn Station to Washington DC via Cincinnati and Parkersburg, with through service on the C H and D B and O S W and B and O railways. The sleeper moves daily leaving Dearborn at 2 45 a m and arriving in Washington at 6 47 am the next morning. The service starts January 24 and offers a through trip with no changes. City Ticket Office is 232 Clark Street and the depot is Dearborn Station.
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Monon
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
Dearborn
Washington
National Capital
City
Clark Street
Dearborn Station
Chicago cake walk ends in wooden confection scandal
A couple won a cake at a Chicago cake walk but the prize proved to be wood coated with icing veneer. Razors quickly appeared and police arrested forty seven Black men, reported as coons in the Exchange.
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Chicago
Hood's Coupon Calendar offers lithographed art and novelties
Hood's Sarsaparilla producers promote a 1597 calendar with coupons for attractive novelties and a small book titled The Weather. The offer invites readers to obtain the Hood's Coupon Calendar from druggists or by mailing 6 cents. A brief stat notes U.S. cigarette production for home consumption reached 3,338,147,300 for ten months ending last April, up 600,000,000 from the previous year.
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Hood's
Hood
C. J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
United States
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Bowel Moves
An old advertisement extols Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movements ensure health. It advertises gentle action on liver and kidneys and claims to cure sick headache. Priced at 25 and 0, with Dr James Copeland asserting tobacco limits vocal range.
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Lane
James Copeland
Hysterics Linked to Female Complaint Promoted by Pinkham
Mrs Barrs of Beaver Springs recounts a uterine ulceration illness with hysteria symptoms. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and associated remedies for rapid relief after physicians deemed it severe. The testimonial, from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, urges other women to use the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
M. Barris
Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania
Rescue Home founder N J Smith resumes full mission work
Mr N J Smith founder of Rescue Home in Omaha has recovered his health after years of illness and now devotes himself fully to mission work. He credits Dr S Kay's Lung Balm for curing a long coughing illness and lung weakness that threatened consumption, urging others with similar troubles to try the remedy.
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Omaha Christian Advocate
Omaha
N. J. Smith
Rescue Home
S Kay
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Neb
A. Sarrin
Hambletonian to Be Dug Up at New York Museum
The bones of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, famed old trotting sire, will be dug up and articulated for display at the Metropolitan Museum of Natural History in New York. He died in 1876 and was buried on William Rysdyk's Chester New York farm. Cheap Lands and Homes offered on the Frisco Line across Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas with routes from St. Louis to Texas and beyond. For maps and timetables contact agents or D Wishart, Gen Passenger Agent, St. Louis. Olive How did you show George you were angry with him. Violet He took me out for a sleigh ride and I wore a veil New York Journal. The unique Calendar of the Season has been issued by Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry. Copy available by sending six cents to A. J. Smith, G P A, Cleveland.
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Madison Square Garden
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America
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Knickerbocker
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Eddie” Foy
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Foy
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Olive
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New York Journal
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Cable to Edit Current Literature Magazine
Notice states George W. Cable, famed author of Grandissimes and Old Creole Days, will become editor of current literature. He departs a Northampton residence to lead the Symposium’s successor. the monthly magazine will be discontinued as he shifts to this new editorship.
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George W. Cable
Cable
Northampton
Mass
Whisky Exports From Baltimore Worth About Two Million
About two million dollars of American whisky is shipped abroad each year, with the bulk leaving from Baltimore. The passage also notes odd tidbits about cordials and banjo parchment made from wolf skins in a quirky, fragmentary fashion.
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Baltimore
Mrs Chatter-Nellie Gosling Wedding Brilliance Mixed
Society note recounts Mrs Chatter-Nellie Gosling's wedding described as brilliant while implying dissatisfaction with the match, with quips about Mrs Snappy Humph. The item presents a light social anecdote from local society pages.
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Chatter
Nellie Gosling
Greatest Crime. Dismal Dawson Hero Paper Quote
A nondescript dialogue highlights prohibition as the greatest crime in localities. The exchange features Hungry Higgins affirming prohibition as a greater wrong, reflecting early 20th century temper and editorial humor from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Dawson
Hungry Higgins
Indianapolis Journal
Seed Offer to John A Salzer Seed Co Wisconsin
A notice invites readers to mail 10 cents to John A Salzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin to receive 12 farm seed samples valued at 10 dollars as a starter offer. The brief advert may reflect a promotional seed sample program from a historical period.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Scotch Cathedrals in Use Across Scotland
In Scotland only three cathedrals remain active with worship and administration: Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dunkeld. The note outlines their status as the sole churches serving as cathedrals in the country.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dunkeld
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