Travels Abroad Through Genoa Milan Padua to Venice
Blanche Goodman Silliman recounts a Genoa stop with Colum bus monuments and the Campo Santo visit. She tours Milan to see Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, the Brera Gallery, and the Cathedral, then proceeds to Padua with Giotto frescoes and a statue-lined plaza before continuing to Venice.
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Mr. Smithson
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell Telephone
Milan
Bradford
Santa Maria's
Leonado da Vinci
Brera
Raphael
Mantegna
Napoleon
St. Peter's
St. Paul's
St. Sophia
San Carlo
St. Bartholomew
Marco Agrate
Padua
Laga di Garda
Catulus
San Martino
Joseph
Solferina
Verona
Montague
Capulet
Breschain Alps
Panda
Madonna Dell’ Arena
Giotto
Spint
Anna
Mary
Christ
Erimitani
Tasso
Ariosto
Galilleo
Danta
Petracch
Livy
Gustavus
Adolphus
Venice
Blanche Goodman Silliman
World's Fair Through Sleeper Train Opens May 29 1904
The World's Fair Special will run daily with through Pullman sleepers from Salem to St. Louis via Columbus Ohio and the Pennsylvania Vandalia Lines. Excursion and season tickets are offered with set rates. coach excursion tickets available on select days during June. Folders detailing rates and schedule are mailed on request by W B Bevint G P A.
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Pullman
Columbus
Ohio
Penna-Vandalian
St. Louis
Jane
W. B. Bevint
Cure claims for piles and liver syrup advertised
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a quick and permanent cure for itching piles with a price of fifty cents at any drug store. It also promotes Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup for biliousness headache and dyspepsia.
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Dean
Dr.Thacher
The Concealed Drug Habit Exposed by Physicians
Doctors warn that patent medicines and secret tonics fuel a widespread drug habit worse than alcohol opium or cocaine. They urge public education on the poisons marketed as harmless tonics and cite American Medical Association reports detailing alcoholic formulas and narcotic dangers for all ages.
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Congress of Physicians
American Medical Association
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Heart Relief
An advertisement proclaims that perfect digestion strengthens the heart and relieves indigestion. It asserts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure eases the stomach, reduces strain on the heart, and aids digestion to nourish blood and tissues. Sold by Dillard Drug Co.
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Dillard Rug Co
Dillare Drug Co
Reflections of a Bachelor Anecdote
A New York Press quotation contrasts gender perceptions with humorous takes on reading thoughts and courtship. It notes a man’s flirtatious skills may trap him into not proposing while a woman’s dress choices reflect season and social expectations.
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New York Press
Doctor Sued Over Cholera Morbus Remedy Price
R White of Coachella California sues a local doctor for 12.56 claiming the charge is excessive. He questions whether Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used and notes the doctor would not confirm its identity under oath. The drug is sold by W T Younger Drugist.
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R. White
Coachella
Cal
Chamberlain
W. T. Younger
Rebren Quake Strong in a Sacred Version of Hellfire Ballad
A regional dialect ballad frames a dramatic march of the Rebren Quake Strong with biblical and heraldic imagery. The narrator invokes Peter Moses David Joseph and old figures to lead a procession toward a hellish judgment, ending with Belzebub at the gate and the sinner dragged away.
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David
Joseph
Ole Abram
Enya
Peter
Debbela
Nick
Apollyon
Norfolk Excursion June 28 1904 Salem to Norfolk
The Norfolk and Western Railway runs an excursion to Norfolk on June 28 1904 from Salem at 1146 a.m. Fare is 3.75 dollars and tickets are valid only on the special train there and back. Return train leaves Norfolk at 9 p.m. July 1 1904. Inquiries and tickets through N and W agents J A Pack and W B Bevint Excursion Agent General Passenger Agent.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk
Salem
J. A. Pack
W. B. Bevint
A Clever Dunce Question Sparks Witty Reply
An English rural schoolmaster laments a boy's poor answers before handing him two pence and telling him to buy brains. The pupil retorts by asking if he should tell the man the brains are for the master, delivering a sharp, humorous rebuke from the London Globe.
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London Globe
Desperation and Wound Care Propaganda Ad
A remote dwelling story hints at family hardship after accidents. An advertisement urges stocking Backlen's Amnica Salve for Burns Cuts Wounds Ulcers, claiming it is the best on earth and priced at 25 cents at W T Younger Drug Store.
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W. T. Younger
Wattersons Tribute to Confederate Dead
Centennial park in Nashville hosted the corner stone laying for a Confederate soldiers monument honor by the Nashville Veterans with Masonic direction. Henry Watterson of Louisville delivered an oration linking Union and Confederacy, praising sacrifice and urging unity to prevent future conflict.
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Nashville
Tenn
Centennial Park
Janes L. Sloan
Henry Watterson
Louisville
North
South
Grant
Lee
Nort
Tennessee
Kentucky
New Austrian Cure Claims Breakthrough in Bronchitis
A San Francisco style notice touts ascatco from Austria as a cure for bronchitis and catarrh. Reports claim obstinate cases cured with 400 drops, a daily dose of seven drops twice. The Austrian dispensary at No 6 East Fourteenth Street New York offers free sample bottles by mail to interested individuals nationwide.
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New York
Ascatco
East Fourteenth Street
Thrown From a Wagon Injures North Plain Citizen
Mr. George K. Babcock was thrown from his wagon and severely bruised. He applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely and praised it as the best liniment he ever used. Mr. Babcock, a well known citizen of North Plain, Conn., notes Pain Balm as unequaled for sprains and bruises and claims it cures in a third the time of other treatments. For sale by W. T. Younger Druggist.
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Genoa
Hotel de Londres
Columbus
Venice
Milan
Florence
Cuelphs
Ghiberlines
Doria
Ataya
Verdi
New World
Paganini
Campo Santo
Fabiani
Villa
George K. Babcock
Chamberlain
Babcock
North Plain
Conn
W. T. Younger
Bristol minister ties 1500th marriage milestone
Rev. Alfred Harrison Burroughs, famed for performing Mecca marriages in Bristol, marked his 15th anniversary in August and recently wed a Virginia couple, reaching 1,500 marriages. The piece notes many clients were Virginia minors seeking elopement, and ends with an advertisement for Burdock Blood Bitters.
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Bristol
Tenn.Va
Cincinnati Post
Alfred Harrison Burroughs
Mecca
Virginia
Paraon
Keeping Out the Tide
A brief anecdote from Sporting Times about travelers bound for India crossing the Bay of Biscay. Two ladies discuss why stewards adjust portholes at various times, explaining that the action correlates with rising and falling tides.
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India
Bay of Biscay
Teething Syrup Promotes Baby Health In Heat
Advertisement offers Dr Fahrney's Teething Syrup to fortify infants against heat and cholera infantum at 25c. A free bottle of Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup will be mailed to readers who write to Thacher Medicine Co Chattanooga Tenn.
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Dr. Thacher
Thacher Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Norfolk & Western RY
Postle Peter
Dair Bradder
Angel Gabriel
Michael
Moses
Angela
Watterson
Kentuckian
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