Holland's Orange Bud Princess Juliana Born in The Netherlands
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands is described as a month old baby, nicknamed the Orange Bud. The newborn's full name is Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, with names honoring historical figures and grandmothers. Court customs included distributing muisjes with biscuits in national colors. An astrologer predicted she will be trustworthy, philanthropic, artistic, and eloquent, with skill in music and poetry.
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Juliana
Prince Henry
Holland
William the Silent
Juliana of
Stolberg
Man Pays for Elk Exhibit With Family Surprise
At a Kansas country fair a man asks to enter a tent with elk saying he cannot afford admission for his wife and seventeen children. The keeper discovers all the elk outnumbered by the man’s family, revealing the joke.
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Kansas
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for Indigestion Remedy
The passage promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a standard remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims the pills restore healthy stomach action when taken as directed and highlight their long-standing esteem.
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Parmelee
Woman’s club expulsion debate sparks peculiar motion
The exchange between Mrs. Doreas and Mrs. Learned reveals a heated club dispute. Mrs. Learned proposed a motion suggesting hiring a generalist instructor to teach practical skills like hailing cabs sharpening pencils and umbrella etiquette rather than a professor of Hindu philosophy.
Fly Pada product praise sparks store questions
The Chicago News quotes a grocer's quip about Wil son's Fly Pada and a presiding impresario comparing opera to a cigar. The exchange highlights how quality drives demand and the impossibility of disguising bad goods.
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Chicago News
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promise in Toledo Ad
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1884. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Lucas
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Notary
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Hall
How to spot an infant industry according to Sorghum
Senator Sorghum quips that an infant industry is identified by the loud noise it makes before it gains footing. The Washington Tar quips provide the satirical note on economic growth and recognition.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington
Distemper Cure Claims Minard’s Liniment
A clipped passage from Harper’s Week notes a government bureau scene where a Department of Agriculture clerk asks Secretary Wilson for special recognition on departing Roosevelt era. The secretary dismisses the plea, calling himself a patient and considerate man.
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Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Roosevelt
Fly Pads Promise to End Housefly Menace in Summer
If every housekeeper uses Wil son’s Fly Pads freely during the summer months the house fly peril would soon be a thing of the past.
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Wilson
A Long Time Between Raises for French Officers
Agitation over officer pay yields a War Ministry request for an extraordinary credit of $200,009 to raise stipends for French officers who have had no increase since 1870. Since then officials have had raises, while sub lieutenants earn six francs daily and lieutenants eight.
Not Quits at Mrs Fitenoodle’s Social Gathering
A lighthearted piece recounts Mrs Fitenoodle hosting a party with two pretended stars, Herr Schpuntz the unknown pianist and Dr Bumpfeller the fake toymaker of “phrenology.” The scene centers on a comedic interruption as the phrenologist assesses Schpuntz and the crowd reacts to a misfired reveal.
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Herr Schpuntz
Dr. Bumpfeller
Schpuntz
Rink
Rats Drag Eggs Up Stairs In Banffshire Farm Tale
A naturalist records two rats moving hens eggs from bottom to top of a house in Banffshire. One rat pushes the egg upward while the other lifts with its fore legs. The feat is described as remarkable yet common among such rodents.
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Stair
Banffshire
Newtons Ideas On Thermometer Scale Rejected
Sir Isaac Newton proposed a thermometer scale not accepted by contemporaries. He suggested using lin seed oil as the liquid and defined heat and cold extremes by melting snow and body heat.
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Sir Isaac Newton
Chinese Chief Feasts and Lunar Holidays
The article notes three major Chinese chief feasts during which legal holidays are observed: the dragon festival, the moon festival, and the year celebration. It outlines cultural significance and timing across traditional calendars.
Ancient boat races in Nile and Trojan regatta roots
The text notes an early Nile boat races in Egyptian history and Virgil’s Aeneid describing a four galley Trojan regatta. It cites the Italian origin of the word regatta as tied to these historic races.
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Nile
Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills for spring health
The ad claims poisons accumulate in blood and are removed by a torpid liver and kidneys. Awakening these organs restores digestion and bowels, with pains and aches fading. It promotes a spring cleansing with a pill daily at 26 cents a box from Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
G T R Superintendent Plans Grade Move Near Allandale
Allandale division head E Tiffin on a freight run from Toronto in a hurry to reach home eyes a difficult climb. He asks the conductor where the grade tops and orders the top of a pine tree moved to ease the ascent, signaling action to adjust the route.
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E. Tiffin
G.T.R
Allandale
Toronto
King
Tiffin
Anderson
A Sure Corrective of Flatulency
Describes stomach gas pains from undigested food and belching. Claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills restore stomach action and prevent eructation with simple directions and a systematic course promising a cure.
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Parmelee
Deaf customer sits in barber chair without telling
A barber recalls a deaf man who occupied his chair for thirty minutes without disclosing his condition, prompting reflections on courtesy and assumption in service.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Mare Injured by Wire Fence Heals with Liniment
F M Doucet of Weymouth reports a valuable mare badly bruised and cut by a wire fence. After trying various medicines Dr. Bell advised Minard's Liniment, diluted then strengthened over three weeks. Sores healed, hair grows back, and hair is not white.
Marathon Night Wonder Keeps Baby Awake
Mrs Jinks quotes her husband who jokes he runs a marathon at night with the baby. Mrs Binks adds he covered twenty six miles before 10 o clock, turning sleepless hours into a family tale.
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Mrs. Jinks
Mrs. Binks
Brooklyn
Life
Murine Eye Remedy Advertises Eye Relief
An old advertisement promotes Murine eye remedy for red weak weary watery eyes and eye strain. It claims soothing pain and suitability for babies with scaly eyelids and offers free eye books from the Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Stella and Bella Refuse Picture Sitters
A humorous New York Sun item shows Stella asking for a picture while Bella says their father would not allow it, capturing a light domestic moment in old paper humor.
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Stella
Bella
New York Sun
Little boy defends lift work during holiday debate
A portly woman scolds a boy for working a hydraulic lift while on a legal holiday. The boy asserts he is the operator and offers to demonstrate his knowledge, explaining the lift's pressure system and counterpoises before inviting the woman to take over if she doubts him.
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Pearson’s
Noise and Iron in Prussian Blue Production
The article recounts Liebig noting the loud grinding of iron mortars aids Prussian blue creation. A blue pigment manufacturer used loud pestles, and Liebig explained the iron needed for the color was worn from machinery, making noise correlate with pigment quality.
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Liebig
Frederick J. Maynard
Archibishop Tait Visits Scottish Hamlet Shop
Archibishop Tait arrives in a Scottish village and asks about correspondence at the local post office store. The shopkeeper prods him, and Tait confirms his identity, noting a London son praised his St Paul’s cathedral sermon.
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Scotland
Tait
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
London Home Journal
Ingenious Student Avoids 9 AM with Deceptive Tale
A University of Pennsylvania student argued his chronic absences with a tale of being unable to wake for 9 o'clock due to a weak heart and deaf left ear. The professor, recognizing clever manipulation, chose to extend the student another chance rather than punishment.
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University of Pennsylvania
An Easy Way to Lose Stock Advice Quip
A Chicago Record-Herald quip recalls a missed stock move. It notes a person avoiding buying ten thousand shares of a stock that rose from two dollars, illustrating a humorous loss by inaction rather than action. The exchange highlights dramatic gains from a missed opportunity.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Holloway's Corn Cure Kills Corn Roots
When Holloway's Corn Cure is applied to a corn or wart it kills the roots and the callosity comes out without injury to the flesh.
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Holloway
Yeast and Crimsonbeak Dialogue in Yonkers Statesman
A humorous exchange from Yonkers Statesman features Yeast asking about his wife’s posture and Crimsonbeak replying that she rarely sits with her chin resting on her knees.
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Yeast
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Wilsons Fly Pads Sold by Druggists and Grocers
The advertisement notes Wilsons Fly Pads are available at all druggists grocers and general stores.
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Wilson
Wilson’s
Unique bedside convocation at Toronto honors LL D
A rare ceremony at the University of Toronto conferred an honorary LL D on David Boyle at his bedside due to his illness. Dean Galbraith presented the candidate and Prof. Ramsay Wright conferred the degree in front of a small group of senate members and close friends.
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University of Toronto
David Boyle
Dean Galbraith
Faculty of Applied Science
Ramsay Wright
Boyle
Senate
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