Superstitions and Early Economic Lessons Across Time
A historical column argues old superstitions teach prudent habits in economy and conduct. It discusses Friday as an unlucky day and the math of thirteen at table, then contrasts traditional beliefs with practical reasoning and notes on societal behaviors. It also references a new theory on solar heat from the sun’s rays and meteor impacts.
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Congress
Yribane
Haby
Caetica
Orhadric
Struggles of Christians In Gods Good People
Dr. Talmage preaches on life’s spiritual conflicts from Genesis Jacob and the night by the brook Jabok. He cites personal battles from Wall Street to poverty and urges reliance on God for victory over habit, fear, and despair.
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Almage
Jacob
Brook Jabbek
Joseph
Daniel
David
John the Baptist
Paul
John
Vashti
Jossephine
Mrs. Sigourney
John Weeter
Catherine
Mr. Barnes
Montreal
Deh Brown
Edinburgh
Lani U Claverhouse
Hugh McWall
Latimer
Christ
Wall Street
Droad Street
Chestnut Street
Lombari Street
Kourse
Wessid
Hell
House of God
Jesus Christ
Hannibal
Thermopyla
Balaklava
Luther
Melancthon
Phillip
Church of Christ
Jesus
Gentius Mighit
Eloek
Edie Tam
The Day Breaketh From Trials to Blessings
A preacher urges perseverance through hardship, likening trials to angels of blessing. He cites Jacob, David, Joseph, and Rossini to show how fire, famine, and sorrow refine faith, ending with hope that “the day breaketh” for the faithful. Tears, renewal, and divine mercy accompany every struggle.
Luther and Melancthon Face Death With Psalm 46
Fragment from a historical devotional scene shows Luther and Melancthon gloomily considering the churchs fate. Luther urges courage, faith, and prayer in the grip of impending mortality, quoting Psalm 46 and seeking strength to endure.
Malagasy Home Forest Products and Daily Life
The text describes a Malagasy hut built from bamboo and pandanus leaves with a traveler's tree leaf roof. It notes water pots, honey in tree trunks, mortar bowls, and a mahalla peg, plus forest-based cosmetics, beverages, lamba fiber, and oils from forest fruits used in daily life.
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Cornhill Magazine
Poison and crime in India and London oddities
A fragment from McEllice’s Magazine describes cobra poison used by native doctors and cattle poachers in India, detailing a torturous extraction method and legal difficulty. The piece also notes a London church pigeons donation ritual and a misquoted political remark from Inter Ocean.
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India
Mectlure
Lost in Laughter and Odd Quotations Across Papers
A fragment of humorous quotes from vintage magazines shows a veteran joke about wooden legs avoiding rheumatism and winter sheets, a housekeeper's duties, a trader preferring donkeys to bulls or bears, and a quip about underdogs.
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Harper’s Bazar
Catarrh Cure Sold By Toledo Firm
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Pats Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is a standard prescription with tonics and purifiers. Send for testimonials. Price 75 cents. Hall’s Family Pills 25 cents.
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BP. J. Curter & Co
Props
Toledo
Hall
Laughter Follows Freddy's Story in Buffalo Courier Snippet
A brief Buffalo Courier fragment shows Freddy asking why his stories invite laughter while adults such as his Uncle George get laughs or scolding. The line captures oral storytelling dynamics and a child’s perception of reception in a family setting.
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Freddy
George
Buffalo Courier
The Vato of Minnekahta book on Hot Springs waters
Beautifully illustrated booklet describes Hot Springs South Dakota and the waters healing rheumatism nearalgia and related ailments. Mailed free by W A Krall Chicago and North Western Railways upon request with a two cent stamp. dialogue from a Boston Courier caption notes a letter inquiry to George.
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Minnekahta
South Dakota
W. A. Krall
Chicago & Northestern Railways
Chicago
All in Tremble Nervous Women Seek Bitters Remedy
An advertisement style fragment touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a nervine and tonic to calm nerves and strengthen them. It claims relief for constipation biliousness and malaria and promotes other products like Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Pike's Toothache Drops. It ends with miscellaneous quotes and claims about remedies and literature.
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Hale
Pike
Potent tonic claims cure for nervous exhaustion and womb disease
An advertisement touts a vegetable tonic described as restorative for nervous excitability hysteria and other nervous symptoms linked to womb disease. It promises relief of insomnia anxiety and even certain insanity cases, claims safe for morning sickness digestion and general health with a book offering home treatment guidance.
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Pierce
Odd Sayings and Jokes From Old Newspapers
A collage of humorous quotes and quips from various papers. Snippets touch on hero worship, marriage, czars, doctors, fire for love, maiden names, widowers, and family squabbles.
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Pure Laxative Remedy
Advertised as a wholesome liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and curing constipation. It claims to ease colds fevers and headaches without weakening organs and notes it is sold by druggists in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles made by the California Fig Syrup Co with the product name on every package.
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Ell
California Fig Syrup Co
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Ulises
Groat
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Express
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BAA Feld Regulator CO
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Man of Oz
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Paris
Isaac Watts
Zion
Athens
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Lazarus
Skye
Macauley
Browning
Elizabeth Barrett
Homer
Marathon
Hou-Shoelger
Inter
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Rome
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British North America
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Hartney
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Pleasants
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Terre Haute
Indiana
London
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Burke
Ime
Julia
Inter Ocean
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Bude
Louisville
Polk — Mess
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall ST
New-York
Gentine
Detroit Free Press
Hicks
Mr. Hacks
Hawkins
Harper
Maes. Uptons
Boston Courier
Thomas Uiler
Goethe
Patit
Wuer
Russia
Czar
Picayune
N. O. Picayune
Sre
Algernon
Dwesse
Philadelphia Record
Numbe
Toronto
W. Baker & CO
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Dorshester, Masse
M. Rumely
Laporte. Ind
Scorcher
Indiana Bicycle Co
Z St
Indianapolis
Ind
Theo
S. Meyer
Nassau Street
New York
Minn
Saint Pal & Duluth Railroad
Esota
Peas
Pewell Clarke
Mmnissioner
St Paul, Minn
Ww. Ft. 57Thad
Publishing CO
Harm
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Bmecvickar
Awnek—E
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