Bracing Coast Eating Echoes of Sailors and Eggs
A Bangor Maine lunchroom tale features a Prince Edward Island visitor who devoured six fried egg orders and declares no vegetarrier. A Bangor coasting schooner captain overbids supper urges more meat while Calais locals recount ravenous meals and odd hunger feats aboard ships.
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Vegetarrier
Down East
Banfor
Maine
Prince Edward Island
Bangor
Jack Spratt
Calais
Bargor
Johnny Mills
Joneny
Johnny
Bundles in the Capital and Treasury Security Rules
The piece notes strict entry rules in Washingtons Treasury Building allowing visitors to bring in bags but requiring explanations for items carried out. It recalls Capitol restrictions against bundles, the Sherman repeal bill era fears of bomb threats, and renewed enforcement during the Spanish War period, with brief history.
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Treasury
Washington
Capitol
Senate
New York Mail
Dance Star Clara Qualitz and Lee Harrison's Ill-Fated Union
The marriage of dancer Clara Qualitz and actor Lee Harrison ended after her mother, then in Germany, moved the dancer to renounce her husband. Clara sent a farewell letter to Harrison, stating she must part and that she would not see him again across the ocean. The tale recalls Carmencita and Montgomery Phister amidst early 20th century European theater.
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Harrison
Carmencita
Montgomery Phister
Cincinnati
Lee Harrison
Wetherfield
Clara Qualitz
Mother Qualitz
Lee
Germany
Clara
Great Sufferer From Rheumatism Cured By St Jacobs Oil
A letter from E G Moore of 7 Phillips Street Kingsland praising St Jacobs Oil for Rheumatism relief after years of suffering. He recommends its household use and notes the product’s fifty years of pain conquering history, contrasting with ineffective embrocations. The piece ends by mentioning France’s average wine yield of 1,055,610,444 gallons per year.
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St. Jacobs Oil
E. G. Moore
Phillips Street
Kingsland
Mr. Moore
St. Jacobs
France
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Mrs Tros of Norwich N Y credits Piso's Cure for Consumption with saving her life three years ago. A note from Maple Street records this testimonial dated February 17 1900. In Louisiana cotton lands totaling 170000 acres were bought by Cleveland capitalists for investment.
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Piso
Louisiana
To Cure a Cold in One Day Tablet Claim
An advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a refund offer if it fails. It directs readers to imagine the recipient’s perspective and notes refinement as universally admired.
Iowa man boasts voting for eighteen presidents
Silas W. Bond of Iowa claims a long electoral record after admitting he voted for eighteen presidential candidates. His first ballot dates back to 1830 in Wayne county Indiana.
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Silas W. Bond
Iowa
Mr. Bond
Wayne County
Indiana
Self Home Treatment for Ladies Offers Cure Claim
A letter from Mrs. M. SumpzEns of Notre Dame Indiana advertises a free home treatment for female ailments including leucorrhea womb displacement and irregular periods. It promises instructions by mail at about twelve cents a week and asks recipients to send an addressed envelope to Box M Notre Dame.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Egypt Exports 532 Tons of Cigarettes in 1901
The 1901 trade records show Egypt shipping five hundred thirty two tons of cigarettes abroad. Traders report strong demand in foreign markets and stable supply chains for tobacco products throughout the year.
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Egypt
Sensible Housekeepers Pick Defiance Starch for Value
Athens projects a northern visitor count with more than 10 000 jurists expected this month. The crowd includes English and American representatives, drawn by Defiance starch offering one third more for the same price and superior quality.
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Athens
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Nurse Mother Gray of the New York Children’s Home promotes a powder claimed to cure feverishness bad stomach teething disorders regulate bowels and destroy worms. Over 30 000 testimonials and available from druggists for 25 cents sampler address Allen Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Gray
New York
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
C. J. Moffett
M. D
ST. Louis
Bir
Babe
D. W. McIver
Tusegve
Ala
Wyoming nominator Beck linked to Buffalo Bill figure
George Thornton Beck, nominated by Wyoming Democrats for governor, is described as a business associate and friend of Buffalo Bill. He is identified as a son of the late Senator Beck of Kentucky and a great grandnephew of George Washington.
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George Thornton Beck
Wyoming
Buffalo Bill
Beck
Kentucky
George Washington
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements
An old advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from F J Cheney & Co partners West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin confirm their reliability. Claims the remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle and sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
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C. J. McMurray
Freeport
Iroquois St
Dean
Moe- Murray
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hall
Man With One Idea Outshines Idea-less Hero
A concise reflection contrasts a man who holds a single idea with one who has none, arguing that focused purpose can surpass strength of imagination. It implies valor hinges on a guiding belief rather than sheer abundance of notions.
Dreisss Specific Hrampachs Powders Ad
An ad promotes DREISS’ SPECIFIC HRAMPACHS POWDERS for headaches with price on receipt. Also mentions Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a household safeguard. The piece cites rail mileage, Defiance Starch as a preferred cold water starch, and notes a European post office atop Gornegrat at 9000 feet.
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Dreiss
Adoph
Alamo Pfusa
San Antonio
Tex
Gornegrat
Zermatt Mountain
Europe
Putnam Faceless Dyes Color Silk Woo and Cotton
A brief item notes dyes affecting silk to cotton and mentions rising famine relief lists in India increasing by about 30 000 people weekly as natives are listed for aid.
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Putnam
All Up To Date Housekeepers Favor Defiance Starch
An advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior with extra ounces for the same price. It claims the product benefits household ironing and cleanliness, highlighting four ounces more than competitors.
MecCANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY Ad Promotes Cure
An OCR fragment from Houston mentions MecCANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY offering trained detective service and a line about an optimist, itching piles, and a "Jesus Vintment" as a cure. The text is garbled and lacks coherent narrative or dates.
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Meccane's Detective Agency
Houston
Lexas
Jesus
Honorable man avoids questionable acts
A short reflective note states a truly honorable man will not commit questionable acts. It adds that in life peculiar things arise and that those who enjoy good health deserve congratulations.
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Doe “Deen
Kansas
Dr. Thomas
Ellen Ripley
Ladies Aid
Grand Army of the Republic
No. 7
B6th Ave
N. E
Minneapolis
Minn
Ydia E. Pinknham
Mrs. Pinknam
Cherterhouse
London
Rue de la Paix
Paris
Portan Dive
Cuem
Cour
Theara
DR. Moffe Byes
Ma IC
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