History of Sconces Lanterns and Paris Lighting
The article traces medieval lighting devices such as sconces and lanterns, their materials and uses, and notes Paris lamp making, traveling candle sets, and the 17th century shift from lanterns to candles. It also covers street lighting reforms in Paris, a London cue about link boys, and various anecdotes on reading, baths, and daily habits.
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Paris
Charles VI
France
Francis I
Louis XIV
Lac Y Valliere
London
Tight shoes and strange bird dances in old notes
An assorted set of old field notes describes fashion and foot care for women, a bank cashier’s dismissal amid a defaulter tale, and India’s giant cranes dancing as a life mate pair. The entries mix medical tips, animal terms, and humorous observations from a bygone era.
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Montreal
India
Rights and Reversal in a Job Interview Tale
A story describes a girl turning the interview tables on a domineering employer. The man frantically questions her about gum, slang, spelling, and private firm affairs, while she calmly asserts her competence, ending with a brisk command to start work.
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Judge
Farm Dream Sparks City Move Ambition
A toller in the city receives an advance and vows to save for a farm. In Sussex an agriculturist pockets a wheat crop check and contemplates moving to the city after another strong season. Judy.
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Sussex
Judy
Leadership of brass band in Washington Star quote
The Washington Star quotes the brass band leader asking which political party readers support, replying neither as both parties allegedly pay the wage scale and demand the "one tunes" in a critique of wage policies and political patronage.
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Washington Star
Eager to Work Health Restored by Grape Nuts
A Michigan woman outlines her recovery from post operative dyspepsia and nerve weakness after a year of illness. She attributes renewed appetite, steadier nerves, and restored ambition to two months on Grape-Nuts, noting she could work again and that food now nourishes her. The letter promotes Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
The Soul and the Sod by Henry F. Cope
A reflection on how true religion places the soul above flesh and money. The piece urges cultivating the inner life, aligning body and intellect to serve the spirit, and explains how conduct and character arise from the soul’s supremacy. It contrasts ancient asceticism with modern balanced living.
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Henry F. Cope
I. Cor
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Reaping What Is Sown by Rev George Clark Peck
A sermon on poetic justice and universal response to action. The piece says nature answers every force and character shapes fate, urging selflessness, humility, and living with high conduct. It contrasts Hamans fate with moral law and offers maxims on character and religion.
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George Clark Peck
Hamane
Mordecai
Haman
Doant Do's For Churchmen And The Faithful
A dated moral exhortation urges kindness and character built in conflict. It warns against arrogance and avoiding responsibility for city sins, emphasizes humility, perseverance, and the dangers of half measures in faith.
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Heaven
Nothing I Ate Agreed With Me Prompts Peruna Testimonial
A Kernersville resident writes of stomach catarrh relief after using Peruna and Manalin following doctor advice. The letter cites nervousness and indigestion improving to a feeling of wellness. The note claims many similar testimonies and reports daily fatalities from falls in New York.
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Lenora Bodenhamer
Box
Kernersville
N. C
Peruna
Hartman
New York
Boy Clears Eczema After Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. John G. Klumpp of Newark reports her seven year old son suffered a facial eruption from six weeks old. Doctors failed to help but after using Cuticura Remedies his skin healed and the eczema did not return. Dates Oct 17 and 29, 1907.
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John G. Klumpp
Niagara, St
Newark
N. J
Western Canada crops wow farmers in 1908 report
A Winnipeg Free Press correspondent notes extraordinary yields across the Pincher Creek district in southern Alberta with 40 to 60 bushels per acre and mostly No 1 Northern quality. The article references rail expansion, land regulations for 160 acres, and praise from the Marshall News Messenger on Western Canada’s farming potential.
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Not
Crow’s Nest Pass
British Columbia
Jim Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Canada
Marshall (Minn.) News-Messenger
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Minnesota
Chronology of Historic Events From The Weekly Historian
A compact timeline listing notable events from 1519 to 1907 including Cortes at Cholula, Massachusetts charter annulments, Penn’s proprietary transfers, Philadelphia's charter, riots over tea, the first Continental Congress, Minute Men formation, shipwrecks, wars, naval actions, Erie Canal completion, early newspapers, Croton water works, disasters, suffrage milestones, discoveries, railways, earthquakes, church rulings, political shifts, royal births and losses, and the Knickerbocker Trust suspension.
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Cortez
Cholula
Massachusetts
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Peggy ‘Stewart
Annapolis
Minute Men
Newfoundland
Russia
Great Britain
Moscow
Perry
Harrison
Gaines
Drie
United States
Congress
Mosc
Bulwark
Harlequin
Erie Canal
Albany
Rochester
N. Y
Croton
New York
Lucy Walker
New Albany
Northwest Passage
McClure
Investigator
Woman's Suffrage Party
Worcester
Mass
Sir John Franklin
Great Fish River
Buck
Arctic Ocean
Minneapolis Eyes Million Dollar Gas Plant Plan
The city considers a gas plant project to cut gas price from 1.00 to .80 per thousand, with Land Commissioner Dokken of South Dakota expected to dispose of 5,000 acres of Meade County state lands this fall.
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Minneapolis
Dokken
South Dakota
Meade County
Minnesota
Charles W. Morse
American Ice Company
Consolidated Steamship Company
New York
United States Circuit Court
Bank of North America
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Correspondence National Editorial Association
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W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
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James McGune
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
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York, Neb
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
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Grand Trunk Railway
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Michigan
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San Francisco
Episcopal Conference
Simon Hugh Holmes
Nova Scotia
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Minnesosota Bureau of Grain Inspection
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St. Paul Bridge and Terminal
Union Stock
Dayton’s Bluff
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