Peruna and remedies tease house care in old notes
A fragmentary passage describes herb teas and alcs used at home with bs remedies then drifting to Dr Hartman’s Peruna and other tonics. It recounts sufferers eased by cures, mentions a man from Missouri, and references Cuticura products and a city doctor’s claims amid household health practices.
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W. L. Douglas
Mrockton
Mace
The Child of the Cave Chapter Fifteen Revealed
The narrator confronts his grandfather about a girl kept in caves for twelve years. The grandfather defends his actions, recounting a smuggling pLOT involving a living child found in a chest. He describes taking the girl to raise away from temptation while preserving the family name and his own safety.
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Gay
Plymouth
Towerbridge
Trent
T’ringle’s
Deadman’s Point
Dueling Schools Open in Paris and Across Europe
Regular dueling academies have opened in Paris Rome Berlin and Vienna teaching etiquette and pistol practice with clay pellets under glass masks. Pupils study the pathway from etiquette to the duel with ground rules and pistols fired at a safe target, though many enroll for the experience rather than real combat.
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Paris
Rome
Berlin
Vienna
Scientific American
Wheat and oats yields touted for western Canada rise
A Saltcoats Saskatchewan reader praises the Canadian West after four years of farming there. He reports 1904 wheat 39 bushels per acre, 1905 wheat 24 and oats 85, 1906 25 wheat and 45 oats per acre on increasing area, urging readers not to grumble and to consider moving.
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Saltcoats, Sask
Saltcoats
Baldwin
St. Crox County
Wis
Canadian Northwest
O. B. Olson
Widespread hypocrisy in New York men noted by realtor
A real estate dealer cites a paradox she observes across cities. She notes many men display photographs of wife and child on desks, praising domestic ties while accusing men of wickedness infidelity and recklessness. The example contrasts public image with private life.
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New York
Europe
New York Sun
Salome Scene Elicits Sharp Crowd Reaction
The New York Sun notes the opening night audience offered the most incisive sane critique as Herod tempts Salome with wine fruit and thirst but the small pit voice suggests trying her on a cigarette prompting near-breaking laughter.
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New York Sun
Herod
Salome
Hair Turning White Across Turbulent Times
The piece cites anecdotes of hair turning white in moments during the Reign of Terror and other upheavals. It mentions an English surgeon Parry observing a rebel Sepoy’s hair blanching in half an hour after the Indian Mutiny. It also notes Rothschild’s hair blanching during the Paris Commune and includes quips about weddings and funerals.
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Marie Antoinette
Parry
Paris
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
Change of Life Guides for Women During Menopause
A historical advertisement describes menopause as a critical life change and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as an effective remedy. It quotes testimonials from Mrs. Certin and Mrs. Lea praising relief from hot flashes, nervousness, and insomnia and urges readers to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lafayette Street
Bend
Ind
Pinkham
Lydia I
Yshad
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Henry Lea
Winter Street
New Haven
Conn
Lydia
Lydis B. Pinkham
Threshing machines were invented in 1758
A miscellany of aphorisms and trivia covers advice on wealth, manners, cooking, and daily life. It notes threshing machines were invented in 1758, alongside tips on water weight, lemon juice with apples, green omelets, and social conduct. The tone echoes period newspaper miscellany writing.
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Pennsylvania
New York
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