The Blind Lover and the Curious Box of Fortune
A fragmentary note on a love poem about a fair beloved and her seductive gaze contrasts with a separate tale of a rare ebony Lucky Box from London and a curious French-sealed basket found on a Scottish beach containing an aluminium instrument resembling a water temperature register, bearing clockwork wheels and springs.
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London
Piteahire
William Greenhows
Crofwr
Halgowale
France
Early Steam Motor Earrings Secret Invention Revealed
An 18th century letter to the London Mechanical Magazine uncovers a steam motor earrings invention by an English writer who used the pseudonym Sax ila. The writer claims to have conceived the device ten years earlier and discusses its hidden identity.
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Saxila
Pioneer Automobile Illustration Reprinted by Philadelphia Ledger
A New Yorker owned a copy of an American description of an early tubular wagon or carriage design. The Philadelphia Ledger previously published the illustration of this pioneer automobile.
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Hoth
Ameria
America
Philadelphia Ledger
Doan's Kidney Pills Cited As Cure In Testimony
A man from Ogden or Storing Ut testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured backache and kidney related ailments after a November 1897 purchase. He claims three years of relief and endorses the treatment. A free trial is offered by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. price 50 cents per box.
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Bright
Doan
A. W. Luts
17Th Avenue
Storting
Mr. Luts
United States
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y. Foreste
Nome's Church and Lighthouse Heads Nome's Catholic Edifice
Nome's Church and Lighthouse, a leading Roman Catholic church, features a towering cross lit by electricity and doubles as a lighthouse for miles. An advertisement offers a $600 reward for the delivery of a highwayman's or burglar's body at City Hall, amid mentions of local medical cures and Beattin, W.
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Nome’s
Nome
Beattin
Carnegie tale of a boy who crossed a mountain
Andrew Carnegie recalled a Pennsylvania mountain crossing when a hardy youth offered to guide him for 60 cents. After a dispute, Carnegie agreed to 26 cents but the boy ultimately earned 50 cents to reach the other side. The boy grew into a fortune, named Charles M. Mcdwald.
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Behwab
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Carnegie
Charlee M. Mcdwald
Washington Correspondence
New York Gun
Worship of the Bear in Northern Japan
In a northern Japanese village the bear is raised from cub to sacrificial victim. A nurse tends the cub, then the bear is caged and slain on a rite day. Villagers, armed with bows, release the bear and attempt to strike the fatal shaft. The chief prays for pardon, seeks benefits from the beast, and offerings are given before the carcass is beheaded and skinned in an ensuing two day orgy.
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Japan
Layman Hints Doctor on Coffee Change to Postum
A Decatur Ohio doctor recalls caffeine caused stomach trouble and headaches. After a layman advised switching to Postum Food Coffee, the doctor reports rapid health gains and perfect digestion after three weeks. Postum Co Battle Creek backs the testimonial.
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Decaturville
Ohio
Medical College
Poetum Co
Battle Creek
End of a Campaign Celebrates 30th Anniversary
A couple settles a long troubled marriage with a large gathering to mark their thirtieth wedding anniversary. Relatives joke that it mirrors a long conflict, while discussions pivot to language quirks about plurals ending in o and other odd spellings.
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Brother In Law No
The Maid Meant Well at Wisconsins Reunion
Dr John Bascom ex president of the University of Wisconsin drew attention with a bitter attack on John D Rockefeller business methods. Bascom was famed for absent mindedness and a freshman reception anecdote shows his hand lingering on glasses while discussing a topic he loved. A maid misinterpreted his hesitation and offered the largest lemonade glass.
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John Bascom
University of Wisconsin
Josn D. Rockefeller
Bascom
Ireland
Dr. Bascom
Crown Lands Hold Great London Ground Rents Rise
In London the crown remains a major landowner with properties across the city yielding about £460000 in ground rents annually. Fifteen years ago the income stood at £260200 as leases expired or were renewed at higher rates. The Carlton Hotel site illustrates the surge, shifting from a crown annual rent of £763 to £4200 amid rising ground values.
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Crown
London
Carlton
Soldier Explains Soap Shortage During Kit Inspection
In a battalion drill, sergeant major inspects kits as companies line up. A private named Pitan cites worn soap with the retort that he washes daily, sparking grins across the ranks. Finn hints at daily washing as the motive while the sergeant major questions the excuse.
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Pitan
Finn
London
It’s the Earth on an Interstellar Hike, a Driver’s Warning
A Baltimore American quip imagines a chauffeur guiding a stray planet escaping Inertia. A passenger urges to turn the lever to avoid collision, warning of a lawsuit from Pierpont Morgan for damages in a satirical, period voice.
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Earth
Pierpoint Morgan
Baltimore American
Peruna praised in letters from Ottawa and Miss Gerbing
A Ottawa resident testifies Peruna restored his health after a severe lung cold and digestive upset. Miss Rose Gerbing credits Peruna with speedy relief after a long country drive and cold. The ad urges first symptoms of cold to take Peruna and notes the physician advice offer.
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Jerence E Kenah
Marin Street
Ottawa
Ont
Permna
Peruna
Perna
Rose Gerbing
Deafness, catarrh cures and noted quotes in brief
A collage of items including a juror excused for deafness remarking he heard the charge but could not understand it, a sales notice about a productive cow, ads for laxatives and quinnings, and news that Willis L. Moore of the U S Weather Bureau was elected a member of Britain's Royal Meteorological Society.
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Goff
Lee
New York Times
Moore
England
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Royal Meteorological Society of Great Britain
Tribute to Frederick Douglass Inspires New Rochester Church
Rev J J Adams of Rochester N Y calls on denominations to unite in building a church as a tribute to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Emigrants from Ulster report 1 085 590 ex brente sent out over the last fifty years.
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Frederick Douglaes
J. J. Adams
Rochester
N. Y
Frederick Douglass
Ulster
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Paradox Machinery Co
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Chicago
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