Harvard Students Rally Amid Distorted News Texts
Boston youths gather funds for college as newspapers discuss Harvard University and a speech by Charles Dickens at a dinner. The text notes reactions to British sentiment, cabbage and vegetables imagery, and concerns over coatings for rubber and engines, mentioning alcohol and gasoline usage and moral implications.
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Boston
Harvard University
Daily Telegraph
Charles Dickens
Harvard
Thames
Liver Disease Remedy Promoted by Medical Discovery
A vintage advertisement extols Doctor Pierce's discovery as a powerful liver and stomach tonic. It claims to restore activity, balance digestion, improve blood nutrition, and relieve symptoms like bad taste, coated tongue, rising of acids, and backache. The text urges avoidance of certain foods and adherence to the product with endorsements and wrapper details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Restore Eustachian Tube
An advertisement promises a cheap remedy for catarrh and deafness caused by tube inflammation. It argues catarrh is an inflamed condition of the mucous membranes and offers a $100 reward for proof of failure to cure. The ad touts Henry & Co. of Toledo as sponsors.
Soothing Syrup for Children Mentioned in Ad fragment
An OCR fragment describes a soothing syrup for children claiming pain relief and gum soothing effects. It notes a price of 25 cents per bottle and mentions polishing paper. The text is fragmentary with unclear context and potential medical claims.
Made Well by Lydia E Pinkham Letter Excerpt
A fragment from a Lydia E Pinkham era letter thanks Mrs Pinkham for help with health restoration. The note mentions a remedy and expresses gratitude from a donor in Chicago. It reflects testimonial style common to period women’s health ads.
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Lydia E. Pink
Chicago
Wan
Miss Goode
Bryn Mawr Lawn
Lydia E
Lydia
Iam
Pinkham
Lynn
Mase
Two Castaways Reach A Desolate Shore In Storm
A battered shallop rides crimson seas as two men within escape a savage tempest. One kneels, shading his eyes, while the other stares downward, clutching a torn sail. The gaunt leader cries, Freedom at last, as they near a bleak coast.
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Hotta Nee
Chile
Iris
Rose
Australian Gold Wreck and Ballarat’s Madame Midas
In early Australia, two men plot to seize fortune after a wreck on unknown cliffs. Robert Curtis and his daughter Miss Curtis become entwined with Ballarat’s mining scene, where Madame Midas, a sharp widow, amasses wealth at the Pactolus claim while her husband, Randolph Villiers, fights to regain status and control.
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Australia
Melbourne
Robert Curtis
Ophir
Mr. Curtis
Curtis
Ile
Miss Curtis
Madame
Tin Short
Belle
Mrs. Villiers
Pactolus
Madame Midas
Peter
Chaplor
Waterloo
Ballarat
Golden City
Victoria
Slivers
Olivers
Jie
Sturt Street
Billy
Randolph Villiers
Digger
Ribald McIntosh
Bali
Villiers
McIntosh
Selina Sprotts
Archibald McIntosh
Ilhers
Madame Fidas
Walters
Meia
Moe Bagel
Mclntos
Self-rescuing Chinese junk described on Yangtze tributary
A Western traveler notes a new Chinese junk type the double junk that can split in two for shallow rivers. By unchaining the aft half and unloading, the two halves maneuver separately to free and resume the voyage. Junkmen claim the country is dry not water rich and require travel in minimal depths.
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Far East
Yangtze
China
Mike Kelly's Bath Time Jest Jolts Bos Ton Stars
Baseball star Mike Kelly of the Boston team amused teammates by joking about his bath time. After a game in a western city, he told a teammate that he had finally gotten out of the tub without stepping on the soap.
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Mike” Kelly
Bostons
Kelly
Correction issued for Main Street runaway report
The Artown Transcript editor notes a misprint in last week's issue about a runaway accident on Main Street. The text should read that Dr. Skinner took the victim's pulse, with the printer changing the final word. The editor defends Dr. Skinner's moderate fees and no up-front bills. office over Jed Kimball's drug store.
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Artown Transcript
Main Street
Unclear fragment from Toledo Biade quoting a Bath seat
Fragmentary quote noting a boy shouting about horseradish and a question about the greatest thing in the world. Text appears garbled and lacks verifiable context or full names.
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Thorseradish
Toledo
Biade
Physicians Recommend Castoria for Safe Gentle Relief
Hall's Journal of Health endorses Castoria as harmless and effective for stomach pains nerves and digestion. It notes Castoria as a safe substitute for castor oil without opiates and warns against dangerous preparations exploiting children.
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Bateman
Godfrey
Hall
Journal of Health
Allcock’s Plasters hailed as long trusted remedy
A nostalgic notice extols Allcock’s Plasters for pains from cold or overwork and claims sixty years of reliable use. The piece diverges into a string of unrelated items including fly larvae, sour water in cans, Boston’s founding anniversary, a London hospital heart murmur, a farmer in Kangas, and a Detroit fast that ends with the subject’s death.
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Allcock’s
Allcock's
Boston
Bureau of Publicity
Thomas F. Anderton
Fitzgerald
London
Hiawatha Kangas
Congress
Detroit
Miraculous Cure by Cuticura Remedies Story
Patient recounts severe blood poisoning from a foot wound cured after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. After six months of pain and hospital care, two weeks of treatment restored the foot to health, with onlookers astonished by the recovery. Robert Schoenhauer of Newburgh, New York, cites dramatic improvement.
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Robert Schoenhauer
Newburgh
Hell and Hell Skerries in Encyclopedic Mix Up
A note on a Buffalo man seeking Hell Norway in error finds Hell Skerries in the Hebrides. It details rapid tidal currents between the skerries about ten miles west of Rum and offers a wry contrast with a belief in Hell.
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Norway
Hell
Skerries
Hebridean Isles
Rum
Lusithasa
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