Gold and Silver Bugs of Central America
The article describes remarkable gold and silver beetles in Central America of the genus Plusio tis with polished head and wing cases resembling metal. A silver-like Plusiotis species from the same region is noted. These gold and silver beetles fetch values from 25 to 50 dollars each. It also mentions the blue Hoplia, its iridescent back and silver underbody, and the popular myth that it contains silver.
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Central America
Monon Introduces Fast Cincinnati Flyer Between Cities
The Monon announces a rapid Chicago route with 11:50 a.m. departure from Dearborn Station, arriving Indianapolis at 4:37 p.m. and Cincinnati at 7:45 p.m. in four hours forty seven and seven hours fifty five minutes respectively. The service claims record pace between Chicago and both cities, featuring day coaches, high backed seats, a parlor car and dining car. City ticket office is 232 Clark Street, Chicago.
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Monon
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Dearborn
City
Clark Street
Foundations of Baronial Families Across Centuries
Investigations show that about a dozen of the Lords dates back to 1400 or earlier with earliest roots in 1264. The Mar family of Scotland traces to 1093, Campbells of Argyll to 1190, Talleyrand 1199, Bismarck 1270, Grosvenor as Dukes of Westminster 1066. The Hapsburgs go to 952 and Bourbon to 864.
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House of Lords
Get a Farm While Prices Are Low in Wisconsin
Want a farm now is the time to buy in Northern Wisconsin along the Lake Superior division of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway. A sure crop can be raised each year and sold at good prices in lumber towns along the railroad. Low prices long time. Address C. E. Rollins 161 La Salle Street Chicago.
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Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
C. E. Rollins
la Salle Street
Chicago
Curious wedding ring depicted in Cincinnati Enquirer
A writer notes Mrs. Martin Luther’s wedding ring as a remarkable piece seen by Cincinnati ladies. The ring allegedly features miniature representations of crucifixion items including the ladder cross rope nails hammer spear and even thorns on its surface.
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Martin Luther
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati
No-To-Bac Advertisement Claims Quick Tobacco Cure
An advertisement from Sterling Remedy Co promotes No-To-Bac as a miracle cure for tobacco use. It claims to restore manhood, increase strength and vitality, and even gain ten pounds in ten days. It touts “over 400,000 cured” and offers a free booklet and sample by mailing to Chicago or New York druggists.
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Ad. Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Joke Rebate Sparks Judge Remark on Simpley
A quoted exchange notes Simpley sending four dollars to an advertiser for a patent pocket fire escape and receiving a twenty five cent New Testament booklet in return, mocked by a judge as a witty financial miscue.
De Limbe Described as Polished by North American
The Philadelphia North American notes De Limbe is very polished and has rubbed shoulders with the best people. A Cascaret candy cathartic is advertised with a 10 cent price and 250 count offering, promising a guaranteed cure. The piece also mocks a man who strokes his whiskers while meditating.
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de Limbe
Philadelphia
Camping in Colorado Travelogue Encourages Rocky Mountain Sojourn
The author extols Colorado's mountains and canons as healthful escapes from city grind. He describes Denver & Rio Grande routes to Alamosa Monte Vista and Del Norte, fishing lakes near Lake Fork, and abundant wildlife. He urges readers to try the trip next summer or fall.
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Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denver
San Luis Valley
Denver & Rio Grande
Alamosa
Monte Vista
del Norte
Lake Fork
Platora
Gettysburg
Pure Gold Carat Standards in Mint and Jewelry
The text explains gold purity, defining twenty four carats as pure but noting no gold is fully pure. Twenty two carat gold contains two parts silver or one part copper, copper darkening color and silver lightening it. Twenty three carat appears rarely, while eighteen carat is usually the best option for jewelry due to durability compared with pure gold.
California Burglary Reports Porch Theft and Missing Trousers
A California burglar cut a screen door on a porch, grabbed a pair of trousers, and stole $16.45 while a couple argued over a noisy cat. The incident reflects a curious crime scene during a domestic distraction.
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California
Women political equals sparked debate in Buffalo press
A humorous quarrel erupts over women as political equals. One speaker asserts no job suits them, another quips his wife could serve as Secretary of War. The exchange reflects era attitudes and satirical comment from the Buffalo Express.
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Henry Peck
Buffalo Express
Poetry of Flower Names in Botanical Tradition
The nolana derives from nola and little bell. Fuchsias honor Leonard Fuchs the botanist. Herpestis from Greek for creeping thing. Begonia honors M Begon, French botany patron. Lagerstroemia named for Magnus Lagerstroem of Gottenburg. Saccolabium from Latin meaning baggy lipped. Plectronia from Greek for cock's spur. Marianthus from Marta Mary and anthius flower. Gladiolus means a little sword in Latin. Jasmine name preserves Arabic pronunciation ysmym. Lilac English form from Persian original name of the flower.
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Nola
Little Bell
The Heart of Chicago opens at Daly's with Irving tale
Notes of the stage recount Lincoln J. Carter's new melodrama The Heart of Chicago premiering in Chicago. The story spans a post fire era with a quarrel, a reforming wife, and a dramatic reconciliation amid notable stage history including Irving and Toole in the cast and the Bells triumph. Annie B Rich, born in Cincinnati, joins her husband Tom Morrisey as a sketch team in vaudeville before moving on with their act.
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Chicago
Irving
Daly's Co
New York
Lincoln J. Carter
Irvings
John Toole
London
Lady Irving
Annie B. Rich
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carleton Opera Company
South
Tom P. Morrisey
California
Stage reviews and theater gossip from Lincoln and New York
A Chicago Record style review lauds The Heart of Chicago with Carter’s staging and a railway headlight effect. It also discusses Irving’s separation, Nat C Goodwin’s wife, Daly’s company attrition, and updates on actors Fadorewski James and Pauli Cazeneuve plus Fechter comparisons.
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Irving
Sir Henry Irving
Fadorewski
London
Louis James
My Lord
Pauli Cazeneuve
Three Guardsmen
New England
D’artagnan
Fechter
Remarkable Cure Claim For Pink Pills In Michigan
Mrs John Tooley of Dwight Michigan details a dramatic recovery from nervous illness and a St Vitus dance after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. She weighed 96 pounds before treatment and reached 125 pounds in nine weeks with complete relief. She credits the pills and urges inquiries. Pills sold 50 cents a box or six for 250 by druggists or Dr Williams Med Co Schenectady NY.
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Democrat
Charlevoix
Mich
Williams
John Tooley
Dwight
State OF Michigan
Tooley
Dr. Williams’ Med. Co
Schenectady, N. Y
Man Faced Crab of Japan Described by Doctor
A vintage account details a small creature from Japan known as the man faced crab. Dr Shiesof notes its body under an inch long yet bearing a head with a clearly defined Chinese facial likeness. It has two head-mounted legs and forked chin whiskers, swarming in inland sea waters.
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Shiesof
Japan
Coughs and La Grippe Rapidly Curable Says Omaha Reader
Miss Nellie Penoyer of Omaha Nebraska reports two doses of Dr Kay s Lung Balm relieved severe La Grippe coughs and lung soreness without stomach sickness. The remedy is praised as pleasant easy to take and quicker acting than others. reference to a Washington Times clipping about a child riding a bicycle is noted.
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Nellie Penoyer
Tenth St
Omaha
Neb
Dr. Kay
Welsh musical people praised by Gladstone and truism notes
An OCR rich jumble mentions praise of Welsh musicians by Mr. Gladstone, home remedies from Mrs. Winslow and Hegeman camphor ice, condescending quips on regimental stay in India, Cascarets claim, and Vermont fair reports. It reads like an old clippings collage with varied adverts and quotes.
My Sick Sisters Promote Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
A reader testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for twenty years of digestive and stomach troubles. It cites loss of appetite nausea constipation and headaches improving after starting the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sirian
Pinkham
Santa Fe Route California Limited Semi Weekly Service
Beginning November 4 the Santa Fe Route resumes its California Limited as a semi weekly service leaving Chicago Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6 00 p m reaching Los Angeles in 72 hours and San Diego in 76% hours Equipment of superb vestibuled Pullman palace sleepers buffet smoking car and dining car Most luxurious service via any line Another express train carrying palace and tourist sleepers leaves Chicago 10 25 p m daily for Los Angeles San Diego and San Francisco Inquire of G T Nicholson G P A Great Northern Bldg Chicago.
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Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
G. T. Nicholson
Great Northern Bldg
Long Balm Promises Safe Cough Cure In Ad Copy
An early 20th century style newspaper snippet advertises Dr Kay's Long Balm as the safest and pleasantest cure for all coughs. A humorous exchange hints at travel and social life with mentions of Surflanda by the Sea and a fortnight stay, while a political remark compares men in politics to hunters and fishermen.
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Dr. Kay
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Cinckoati Flyer
Fire Insurance
California Fig Syrup Co
E. G. Murray & CO
Bankers and Brokers
Rialto Building
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicaga
Carter
Masonic Temple
Washington Street
Lincoln
Hutton
Goodwin
Nat C. Goodwin
New York City
Brooklyn
Long Island
Daly
Hillary Bell
Daly's
Augustin Daly
Acarcely
Mia
Gilbert
Mr. Clarke
Miss Rehan
Charles Fisher
Charles Leclercq
George Parkes
William Moore
Willam Wheatleigh
James Lewis
Virginia Drehr
Edith Kingdon
May Fielding
Fanny Davenport
Clara Morris
Agnes Ethel
Rose Eytinge
Catherine Lewis
May Irwin
Effie Shannon
Kittie Wheatham
John Drew
Otis Skinner
Willie Collier
Arthur Bourchier
Mother
Polly Michael
Washington Times
Piso
Mr. Gladstone
Texas
Hegeman
C. C. G. Clark Co
N. Haven, Ch
India
Vermont
Iis
BELL
Thompson
New Bedford, Mass
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Bane
Ayer
W.N.U. Chicago
JALL
United States
Columbia
Standard OF the World
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford, Conn
Columbias
P. J. Berg
M. E
Des Moines
Towa
Mareh Sth
Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co
Omuaha
J. Kay
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