Trials of a Housewife Sells Lydia Pinkham Medicine
A 1900s advertisement features testimonials from Mrs. Cassen, Mrs. Ball, and Mrs. McQuitty praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. It describes relief from bearing-down pains backache and nervousness and urges neighbors to seek the remedy. The piece promotes the product’s forty-year history and offers a free private text book.
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Providence, R. I
Lydia E. Pinkham
Herbert L. Cassen
Meni Court
Providence
R. I
Ohio
Fayette
Chester A. Ball
Illinois
Bloomington
Ill
J.a.mcquitty
Walnut St
Cassen
United States
Fair Resemblance Quip Turns Cue on Celery
A humorous exchange features a diner asking for celery and a waiter replying with rhubarb instead. The brief quip relies on a punning resemblance between celery and rhubarb as a light kitchen gag.
Cuticura Talcum Powder Promoted In Toilet Trio Ad
Advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic scented, economical skin and baby powder. It claims it freshens and perfumes, rendering other fragrances unnecessary as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap and Ointment.
Feet That Are One Size Larger Face Punishment
A brief note states that feet that are a size larger than worn shoes incur their own punishment. The line presents a moralizing stance without naming persons or places. It reflects a cautionary tone about clothing and personal discipline.
Woman's Political Participation Cited by Mr Meekton
A dialogue shows Mr Meekton praising a woman's role in politics. He notes her meeting arguments impressed Henrietta, who acknowledges there are difficult people in the world, just as in their home.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertised as Rust Spot Remedy
A vintage advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry to prevent tiny rust spots caused by inferior bluing. It invites readers to try the product and see the improvement.
Girl Dresses Before Mirror to Check Appearance
A girl stands in front of a mirror and adjusts her clothing to observe the result of her outfit. The scene focuses on self-scrutiny as she aligns garments and considers how they look.
Peru Centenary Celebration and its Historic Figures
The piece recounts Peru’s centenary of independence centered in Lima with global participation. It highlights San Martin’s Andes crossing, Cochrane’s naval role, the 1821 declaration of independence, Bolivar’s campaigns, and the later unveiling of a monument to Hipolito Unanue in Washington. It notes Peru’s later political evolution and Spain and Portugal’s colonial division of the hemisphere.
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Peru
Lima
United States
Oklahoma
Arizona
Albert Douglas
France
Italy
Spain
Mangin
Verdun
Great Britain
Lord Dundonald
Cochrane
Argentina
Jose de San Martin
San Martin
Buenos Aires
Andes
Chile
Leguia
George Washington
South America
Argentine Republic
Brazil
Venezuela
Spanish America
Bogota
New Grenada
la Plata
Simon Bolivar
Great
Colombia
Ecuador
Argentine
Bolivia
Paraguay
Uruguay
America
Free States
Joaquin de la
Vezuela
Callao
Cuzco
Arequipa
Xauxa
Upper Peru
Uspallata Pass
Santiago
Maipu
Lord Cochrane
Worster
Valparaiso
General de San Martin
Paraccas Bay
Sayan
Pezuela
Jose de la Serna
Pan-American Union
de la Serna
Canterac
Peruvi
Don Jose de la Riva Aguero
Riva Aguero
Bolivar
Junin
Lake Chincay-cocha
Suarez
Ayacucho
Sucre
Earl of
Cochrane Johnstone
M. P
London Stock Exchange
Napoleon
House of Commons
Order of the Bath
Westminster
William IV
Hipolito Unanue
Pan American Union
Washington
Frederico Alfonso de Peret
Unanue
Tere
College of Medicine
First Legislative Congress
Council of Ministers
Portugal
Canadian
Cuba
Admitting self mockery jokes by Robert W. Chambers
The novelist recounts at a New York Country Club a tale of an old sailor praising his work yet misattributing fame to classics like Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The humorous anecdote ends with the sailor guessing several titles before naming Chambers’s own writings.
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Robert W. Chambers
New York
New Bedford
Ion
Wandering Gems in the City Sky
Hawthorne notes bright butterflies seen on Long wharf amid brick stores and ships. He ponders what such wandering gems have to do with a port full of toil and little flora, observing the contrast between nature and industrial activity. The piece reflects urban nature observation by the author.
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Long Wharf
Hawthorne
The Allure and Warning of Selling One's Soul
Dr William Barton argues that tales of trading a soul for pleasure end in ruin. He notes fiction by Balzac Wilde Stevenson and Faust warn that such bargains fail to pay, as every wish drains power and life. The author urges readers to see real justice in the Bible and daily papers where sin's reward is death.
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Balzac
Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray
Stevenson
Doctor Jekyll and
Mr. Myde
Maust
Aust
Fleton
Judas
Faust
Marguerite
Wiliam II
Barton
The
Chicago Post
Koreans Flock to Holy Place on Mount Kelyong
A real estate boom on Mount Kelyong Korea draws 2,502 people in 518 households to a hillside encampment and hundreds more at the base as buyers bid for land amid prophecies that the site will become a future capital and religious center.
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Kelyong
Korea
Chyong Kam
Ancient 1669 Medal Linked to La Salle Found at Penetanguishene
A 1669 dated medal from Mont Saint Michel was found at Penetanguishene. Historians link it to Jacques Cartier’s era and register La Salle involvement. The piece likely belonged to one of La Salle’s sailors who sailed the Griffon on the Great Lakes with Huron allies and fur packs.
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Mont St. Michel
Normandy
St. Malo
Jacques Cartier
Penetanguishene
la Salle
Niagara
M. de Monty
Great Lakes
Green Bay
Mich
Huronia
Cat Sucks Infant Breath Stuns Atlantic City Household
A nine month old in Atlantic City was found by a father with a large black cat on the chest sucking the infant’s breath. The father threw the cat through a window. the baby was revived after a half hour by a physician. The cat did not belong to the family and likely entered via an open window.
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Atlantic City
A Ball of Water Explains Soap Bubble Physics
A soap bubble is a hollow ball of water with air inside. The thin film made by dissolved soap forms a skin that keeps internal pressure equal in all directions, creating a sphere. Water droplets collect at the bottom, weight distorts the ball, and the air breaks through the film causing the bubble to burst.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Happ
Alabastine Company
Grandville Avenuue
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Jerus
John Dickinson Sherman
Delsl OF
Smillars
TSF
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