Simple Life Ideals in Thief Age of Luxuries
A reflection on resisting luxury and social display in rich society. It argues that women should seek modest dress and quiet, simple routines rather than ostentatious wealth. The piece favors early rising, reading, small arts, and plain living as a noble path.
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Detroit
Souvenir Cards Linked to Clergyman's Reach and Taste
The article discusses souvenir cards sent by a clergyman abroad and their impact on friends and followers. It notes artistic cards from Paris and viewpoints on fidelity to streets, while reflecting on whether such tokens convey genuine warmth or merely pretense. The piece mentions readers’ varied reactions and hints at broader trends in postcard and card exchanges.
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Seward
Commodore Nicholson Endorses Peruna in 1837 Letter
A Washington letter from Commodore Nicholson praises Peruna as a pure cure for catarrh and urges its use by army and navy personnel. He asserts thousands of testimonials and recommends readers contact Dr. S Z B Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium for prompt results.
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Startman
S. ZB. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Curious 19th Century Oddities and Notes From Abroad
A Paris restaurant owner seeks free meat but trains a Danish boar houn to steal from Babanere shops. A terrier in Bournemouth England died with gravel, a nail, and a clock key in its stomach. Hippopotamus hides reach two inches in places. Women play football in Japan with a naval officer noting female superiority to the American jackass. A hiccup cure involves inhaling and holding air. Chanute postmaster audit finds a one cent underpayment corrected by Uncle Sam check.
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Paris
Bournamouth
England
Japan
Chanute
Rno
Washington
Uncle Sam
Mull's Grape Tonic Promises Cure for Constipation
An advertisement extols Mull's Grape Tonic as a guaranteed cure for constipation and related digestive ailments. It criticizes laxatives and minerals, claims rapid, permanent relief, and urges readers to obtain the tonic via their drugstore or a free trial offer by writing Todax.
Mystery of the Tall Stranger at the Murder Scene
Harvey Martin Jethroe, a bank manager, finds a dead man with his name on letters at a misty suburban common. The body resembles his unknown uncle, sparking police scrutiny and a London morgue reveal with a sunburned companion from Brazil.
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Tee
Harvey Martin Jethroe
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Elmwood
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Perrott, Perrott & Lane
Jarvey Martin Jethroe
South America
Rio Janeiro
Havana
New Orleans
Harvey Jethroe
Munslow
Jethroe
Sie
Brazil
H’m
Murdoch
George Johns
Mr. Murdoch
Inspector Signals Departure With Jethroe
The inspector beckons his man with a head gesture and a wave of the hand to Jethroe, and the trio leaves together.
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Jethroe
Dust Danger in Mines Sparks Call for Action in Leeds
At a Leeds mining engineers meeting British inspector W H Picker ing warned that coal dust remains a major explosion and fire risk. He cited mine regulation acts and orders, urged practical steps to keep mines moist and dust free, and stressed immediate action to prevent a looming disaster.
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Leeds
W. H. Pickering
Home Secretary
London Times
Judge Webb Known for Plain Speaking at Maine Court
The former U S district judge Nathan Webb was famed for blunt candor and shunning pretension. A Boston Herald retold a courtroom moment when a witness said his name as T Augustus Browne and the judge teased T stands for Thomas turning the line into a memorable exchange.
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Nathan Webb
United States District Court For
District of Maine
Boston Herald
T. Augustus Browne
Augustus Browne
Odd Bits From An Early 1900s Column
A collage of observations and anecdotes notes aging bones, a grass eating man in Monocacy Pennsylvania, a new German soldier uniform test, and maxims about diet, savings, and memory. It also includes patent remedies, advice on marriage, a shoe lacing invention, and giant Amazon palm leaves reaching thirty to fifty feet.
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Monocacy
United States
Amazon
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