Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription touted for female health
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a powerful tonic for women. It claims to restore health and strength, ease nervous symptoms, and treat menstrual and pelvic disorders. The piece notes roots used by Indians, promotes other products, and invites correspondence from Buffalo, New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce’s
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Passenger and freight train schedule notice
East line trains list No 2 passenger at 8 10 A M No 4 passenger at 9 35 P M No 76 local freight at 8 50 A M No 96 time freight at 1 15 P M Local freight trains will carry passengers For any other information address C S Crane G P T A St Louis F C Memillan D P F A Des Moines
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St. Louis
F. C. Memillan D. P
F. A. Des Moines
A Faroe Reformer and Shakespearean Morality
The piece cites Martha Baker Dunn on a conservative reformer in Strome who spurned turf roofs and fish waste disposal, noting how change is met with doubt. It then surveys Shakespeare’s view of cause and effect, personal responsibility, and courage, urging rugged virtue and accountability.
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Faroe
Faroe Islands
Faroes
Iceland
Strome
Copenhagen
New South Wales
Sleswick-Holstein
England
Shakespeare
Denmark
Macbeth
Bosworth Field
Richard
Regan
Goneril
Martha Baker Dunn
Atlantic
Frail Hearts and Droll Witty Exchanges
A vaudeville style excerpt depicts Fitz-Tomkins feigning sadness as his wife departs for a fortnight leaving him with his mother for company. Short satirical pieces follow with humorous mispronunciations of English place names and a wry exchange about women’s clubs aiming at suffrage versus broader goals.
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Fitz- Tomkins
George
Mrs. Fitz
Fitz-Tomkins
London Telegraph
Uncle Toby Portrait: Sterne's Father Shaped Tristram Shandy
Captain Roger Sterne, father of the author of Tristram Shandy, inspired Uncle Toby. A kindly yet stubborn Irishman and veteran of Chudleigh's regiment, his life spanned Flanders, Gibraltar, and Jamaica where he died of country fever. His innocent nature and unguarded trust helped mold Sterne's most beloved character.
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Uncle Toby
Roger Sterne
Tristram Shandy
Toby
Chudleigh
Regiment of Foot
Flanders
Gibraltar
Jamaica
Roger
Sterne
Rebirth theory on sex and gender roles
A London World excerpt argues that reincarnation could reverse sex, making women and men swap roles across ages. It contends that suffragettes and androgynous figures reflect past selves, with best traits cycling through genders, suggesting eventual equality in this scheme.
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London World
The Remarkable Rhea Explained by an Ornithologist
An ornithologist describes the male rhea as the nest setter and hatcher. He notes the male places eggs in sun to hatch early and then feeds the newborns with worms, ensuring the young birds are nourished from birth.
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South America
Garrick and habit and a class of adages
A collage of quotes and reflections on Garrick as author and on habit as a force. It recalls lines about Their cause I plead and Hearts of oak, plus an epigram about Goldsmith. It then shifts to reflections on habit shaping conduct and happiness as a byproduct of noble action, ending with a classroom misquote about adages.
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Garrick
Goldsmith
London Sphere
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Woman's Home Companion
Harper’ S Bazar
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Maud
Success Magazine
East Aide of Square
H.C. Payne, M.D. Adam Fren
Ers. Payne & French Citizens National Bank
Mitten
van Hemert’s
Geo. J. Thomassen
Attorney At Law
C. E. Martin
U. S. Still College
Vanderpol’s
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F. W. Prahm
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