Gained 34 Pounds After Dr Williams Pink Pills Cure
Mrs Nathaniel Field of Saint Albans Maine reports long illness with vomiting pain and neuralgia lasting seven years. After starting Dr Williams Pink Pills she recovered fully, gained weight from 120 to 154 pounds and can eat freely. Pills claimed to build new blood sold by mail from Schenectady New York.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Nathaniel Field
Bt. Albans
Somerset County
Maine
Tolvo
Dr. Willian Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
When Bachelors Were Taxed
There is nothing revolutionary in modern proposals to tax bachelors. Two centuries ago every celibate in England paid tribute to the Exchequer for neglecting his duty to support another man's daughter.
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England
Seattle police order nobility to leave city over crime ring
The Seattle chief of police believes prize fighters bring criminals and undesirables in their train and orders all pugilists, trainers, and others connected with the ring to leave the city or take up respectable employment.
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Page
Seattle
Prne
Hae
Important to Mothers and Rural Industries in Errorful Memos
The excerpt notes concerns from Robert Louis Stevenson's mother about Castoria references and a native paper translating The Bottle. It mentions villagers thinking the author may be the bottle itself, and discusses rural industries fading as countryside owners vanish. It cites Thatching and woodcraft suppressed by rural councils, the shift to coal, and altered cottage fireplaces.
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Robert Loula Stevenson
Bae Wos
Laula
London Estates Gazette
Missouri Farmer A Wonder Has Live Frog in Stomach
Kansas City reports Roy Seward a young farmer who claims a frog entered his mouth in 1884 while drinking from Reed’s Creek. The creature supposedly grew inside him, dictates his meals, croaks after rain, and may require surgery. Seward has married twice, with the second marriage lasting amid his unlikely ailment.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Roy Seward
Harmer
Vernon Conny
Mirapuri
Ward
Biaips
Bensard
Mr. Seward
Devilfish Snatches Fisherman Anchor in Sea Chase
In San Antonio Captain John A Brackenridge recounts a Tarpon trip where a giant devilfish seized the boat and later took the anchor from Leach's craft. A harpoon strike caused the creature to release the anchor before vanishing again beneath the waves. Also noted is a Newport bathing suit trend in vivid red with lace, worn by Mrs Glen Collins, drawing attention at the resort.
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San Antonio
Tex
John A
Brackenridge
Austin
Tarpon
al Leach
Tarpon Jetties
Mr Leach
Newport
Glen Collins
Collins
Charlotte Pell
Victoria Lawn
Colline
Nathalie Schenck
Old Tales Out of School
A lighthearted column recites a sequence of quips about obituaries and a London scene. It includes Baring-Gould and an American editor’s remark, followed by a joke about a parrot and an East Ham lady, whose teachable bird repeats a sharp rebuke.
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Baring-Gould
London
Ike
East Ham
Made Things Easy For Hubby Letter Pinned On Coat
A matron cures forgetful husbands by pinning the mail to his coat lapel. She reports the tactic makes him notice the message as he heads to business, attracting curious passersby to prompt delivery. The device supposedly fixes the recurring fault.
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Ume
Big Peanuts This Year In Market
Peanut buyers report much larger nuts this year with richer flavor claims and some connoisseurs preferring smaller nuts. A wholesale dealer attributes size to improved cutting methods rather than weather, noting scarce demand for small peanuts as large, fat nuts dominate stalls.
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Philadelphia Record
Unkissed Lips Certificate and French Exercise Habits
A Harlem spinster seeks a general character certificate from her physician claiming she has never been kissed as proof of her virtue. The doctor issues the certificate after the standard fee. Separate note observes French women maintain grace through home exercise, avoiding outdoor activity and adipose tissue through economy and domestic work.
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Harlem
Adonis Warns Venus Over White Shoes
Adonis warns Venus after a fresh introduction that he will cut her out if she keeps running around shopping in white shoes. The exchange signals a tense confrontation about footwear choices and social boundaries.
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Adonis
Venus
Too Gay Priscilla Unravels a Stocking Satire
A humorous scene shows Priscilla dropping a knitting stitch and the father warning against gossip about his old fashioned stockings. The exchange reveals tension between prudish uproar and practical humor as she begins to unravel the pair.
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Priscilla
Immense Russian Sturgeon Facts From Historic Notes
The Russian sturgeon reaches 20 to 35 feet and up to 3000 pounds. Once abundant in the Danube and Volga, it supplied caviare and its bladder yielded isinglass. Its flesh is firmer and well flavored though somewhat oily.
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Danube
Volga
We Make Travel Easy Five Trains Daily To Fourteen Cities
Travel ad records offer five daily trains via the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe from Colorado to Kansas City St Joe Chicago Galveston El Paso City of Mexico with reduced rates promoted by C F Warren G A A T & 8 F Ry at 411 Dooly Block Salt Lake City Utah.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Colorado
Kansas City
St. Joe
Chicago
Galveston
el Paso
City of Mexico
C. F. Warren
F. Ry
Dooly Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
Encyclopedia of Sporting Events Objection Fails to Impress
The Leading Authority and a wary office staffer spar over a sales pitch for an Encyclopedia of Sporting Events. The would be seller insists the book exists, while the recipient notes a single, all knowing office boy who embodies the very encyclopedia in practice.
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Dodds
Vans Son Ae
Wowrom van
Seward
Kansas
Devilfish
Monster
Man
Mr. Loach
Hubby
Mat Bak
Stewart
Kauffman
Rambler
Geo. T. Odell
Salt Lake
Ogden
Logan
Idaho Falls
Montpelier
Rowe, Morris, Summerhays Co
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mises
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