Healthy Baby Is a Precious Blessing
This ad extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild, harmless laxative for constipation and indigestion in babies and children. It touts quick improvements, urges use from infancy to old age, and offers a free sample by mailing an address to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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Dr. Caldwell
M. Johnson
Dayton St
Kenosha
Wis
Dorothy Johnson
Johnson
W.B. Caldwell
Washington Street
Monticello
Prayers and whispers cited in a clipped family moment
A brief comic exchange shows Bobby praying in a quiet voice as his mother asks if he can be heard. The fragment also includes an advertising line for a medical pellet product promising stomach and bowel relief, noting a woman's skepticism toward the dose.
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Bobby
Harper’s Magazine
Age of discretion and accidental meetings in old tales
A wry exchange questions discretion and age as a septuagenarian wed his fourth wife. A traveler’s inquiry about road accidents yields a station’s tale of three trains arriving on time last week, underscoring paradoxes and dry humor.
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Silicus
Cyniicus
Pecks marital friction sparks old adage on sin
The Boston Transcript notes Peck unhappy as his wife’s sharp remarks trouble him. It recalls his prior view that such wit attracted him before marriage, now seen as fleeting. It discusses the moral lesson of crime, remorse, and punishment and the value of right conduct.
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Boston Transcript
Grape-Nuts Cereal linked to relief from stomach distress
A reader letter claims undigested food causes stomach fermentation and nerve irritation. The writer credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her daughter's health and brain function after trying the cereal, citing improved digestion and energy at school.
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Postum ‘Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Enver
Record of Col George P Scriven Chief Signal Officer
Col George P Scriven succeeds Brig Gen James Allen as chief signal officer of the army. A 1878 West Point graduate, he has served across artillery, signal corps, and abroad from Europe to Iceland. He rode a notable long-distance horseback trek from Laredo to the Pacific in Mexico. He participated in the Cuban invasion, Merritt’s 4th Philippine expedition, and Chaffee’s march to Peking.
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George P. Scriven
James Allen
Army
Military Academy
Pennsylvania
Illinois
University of Chicago
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Europe
Iceland
Laredo
Texas
Pacific
Mexico
Signal Corps
Cuba
Merritt
Chaffee
Peking
White House Welcomes Mrs Woodrow Wilson As First Lady
Mrs Woodrow Wilson and her daughter express happiness with White House life noting its homey feel despite vast size A well equipped conservatory delights Mrs Wilson and daily supplies cut flowers for the presidential family Uncle Sam provides a full silverware and dining set bearing The President's House inscription Mrs Wilson lively and cheery is seen touring pantries and praising staff while portraits of former First Ladies adorn the corridor
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Woodrow Wilson
The
Land
White House
Taft
House
Wilson
Aviator Beachey Declares He Will Fly No More
Lincoln Beachey, famed aviator, says he will never fly professionally again. He attributes the deaths of several young pilots to his dangerous example and notes he earned a fortune in two years by defying death. He recalls his American altitude record at Chicago and his spectacular 11 000 foot fall without fuel.
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Lincoln Beachey
Chicago
Bergson on Immortality Bolsters Belief in Survival
Professor Bergson at Columbia lectures argues immortality need not be proven to be believed. He claims the mind can outlive the brain if mental life transcends brain activity, with science gradually offering increasing evidence of survival.
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Bergson
Columbia University
Vkely
Tales of Famous Battles From a Civil War Nurse
An elderly Wheaton Ill woman recalls Civil War nursing years at Bull Run and Vicksburg. Jennie Thompson Long describes tending wounded for three years, aiding both Union and Confederate soldiers, and her postwar work as Chicago city missionary. She recounts Gen McClellan, Sherman, and personal acts of care amid battlefield death.
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Jennie Thompson Long
Oak Street
Wheaton, Ill
Gov. Morton
Indiana
Bull Run
Union
God
Gen. McClellan
Vicksburg
Eaid
Chicago
Colonel Cautions Lieutenant on Drinking Beside Savannah
On a Sunny Savannah Sunday a Pennsylvania regiment colonel warns a young lieutenant about temperance. He says a gentleman stops when enough and notes drunkenness by counting men seen. the lieutenant questions but finally agrees there is only one man in the corner.
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Savannah
No Smoking Sign At City Point Powder Wharf
A guard at City Point wharf yells warning to a Second Corps boy about the no smoking sign near the powder storage. The boy replies he never smoked aloud in his life, showing defiant humor amid strict safety rules.
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City Point
Second Corps
Beauty Alone Not Enough in Lydia Maria Child Essay
A concise aphorism notes that beauty fades without amiable qualities. The quote by Lydia Maria Child emphasizes character and kindness as essential to lasting affection beyond initial attractiveness.
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Lydia Maria Child
Deep Dissimulation in a Marriage Debate
A man, Mr Meekton, contemplates persuading his wife to become a suffragette. He suggests driving her to march and speak so she might react resentfully and refuse the idea.
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Mr. Meekton
Ephraim Ebenezer Stirs Curiosity in Short Exchange
A brief, playful dialogue features a small colored boy resisting spelling questions. He answers curtly, insisting there is no use in worrying about the result, and claims he is not pathetic.
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Ephraim Ebenezer
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