Prince George of Wales Likely heir to throne visit America
The piece recalls past royal visits, noting Prince George of Wales, 43, may be king within years. It contrasts his projected incognito with historic royals, recounts Edward VII’s 1800 trip and dances, and describes the grand 1800 Academy of Music ball with partners and lavish surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
America
Edward VII
New York
Lord Renfrew
England
Prince George of Wales
Edward
George
Prince George
Lie
Niagara Falls
Asaron Renfrew
Albert Edward
Waltzle
Halifax
Province Building
Miss Young
Canada
Pillsbury
United States
Academy of Blasie
Gov. Morgan
Royal
al Uson
Gould-Ehoyt
Winfield Scott
Roosevelt
Jenny Field
Lmits
Empire City
Nile
Flying Fish
Styx
A King's Undressing Described in Memoirs of Louis XVI
A vivid extract from Memoirs of the Comtesse du Boige recounts Louis XVI during his coucher. The king stands naked to the waist as attendants remove his shirt and garments while nobles watch and joke, then shuffles to an arm chair and is escorted out as etiquette dictates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comtesse du Boige
Charlies Nicoullaud
Louis XVI
Is Peruna Useful for Catarrh and Its Ingredients
The article argues Peruna contains two types of remedies for catarrh both standard and tonic forms. It asserts Peruna's herbs are among the best known for catarrh and tonic needs, noting chronic catarrh is widespread with patients often told it is chronic.
Middleton pays highest Nquor license fee in Massachusetts
The Fen gcroft Inn owners will pay 2760 to Middleton town in Essex County after the town meeting that made Middleton wet for the first time. The record compiles a series of demographic and agricultural notes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Middleton
Essex County
Coffee linked to headaches and Postum remedy
A reader letter extols coffee harms and a switch to Postum as a cure. The anecdote recounts a Wisconsin child who suffered daily headaches until his family replaced coffee with Postum, claiming head pain vanished and health improved. The piece promotes Postum as good for the body and mentions its advertising slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wehtwile
Movements of nervous patients filmed by London doctor
Doctor H Campbell Thompson uses a cinematograph to record and illustrate patient nervous movements at sixteen frames per second for student instruction. He believes with proper light even faint motions can be captured and may soon demonstrate muscle electrical reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Campbell Thompson
London
Thompson
N rays touted as powerful new discovery in France
French professor Charpentier introduces N rays akin to Roentgen X rays, claiming superior practicality. They reportedly pass through aluminum and even lead, with freckles noted in several beds, and doctors suggesting hereditary aspects. Argentina has five cities over 50,000 besides Buenos Ayres, while Berlin discusses a midnight paper as life extends late with numerous eateries. Buttermilk claimed to help freckles or sunburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charpentier
France
Roentgen
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Berlin
Farm and town lots offered in Dimmit County Texas
Denton Colony Co advertises land sales in Dimmit County Texas offering a farm and two town lots for 210 dollars with 16 dollar monthly payments, two year no interest or taxes, and free deed on death. Mentions rich land, sweet water, California climate and a prospectus with free oak illustrated materials. Live agents wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimmit County
Texas
California
Denton Colony Co
San Antonio
London bar earns seven hundred eighty thousand pounds yearly
The London bar reports an income of 780,000 pounds per year with about 2,500 practicing members. Average income per person is listed as 315 pounds, while land and crops values include 80 acres and 150 in cultivation. Terra Farm Agency offers descriptions for a four mile from town farm and 25,000 acres with improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bar
Terra Farm Agency
Council Grove
Kans
Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Leesburg Virginia woman, Maude E. Forgie, writes that months of feminine illness left her near death until Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and prescribed treatment restored her to full health, calling her now strong and well again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg,Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Domestic incident sparks curious Brookfield letter
A Brookfield Missouri merchant, in a nervous state after a personal event, sent a rambling note to a general store proprietor listing odd items and various implausible facts about dowries, New York statistics, and hair washing tips. The jumbled missive mixes household requests with sensational claims about populations and a birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Laughs and anecdotes across a lively column
A collage of humorous stories and reflections opens with a destitute author seeking funds from Dumas and a London motor cyclist asking a zoo for a cage. It then features Otto E Schaar on English beef, Debs’s joke, umbrella romance, and thoughts on laughter, its social variety, and its power to brighten life.
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Dumas
Dummas
London
Regents Park
Zoo
Otto E Schaar
New York
Walters’ Club
Eugene Y. Debs
Debss
Debs
Charlie
Fanny
Ben
Tom Clark
Stary Martin
The Man Who Laughs Without a Diploma
The piece argues laughter is a healthy trait not childish but a sign of social ease. It portrays the doctorly laugher as bringing comfort in sick rooms, easing faults, and brightening gatherings by humor and warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Adam
Philip IV
Spain
Lfe
Anne of Austria
Solomon
Morals and customs on dodging duties and smuggling devices
A writer in the Outlook criticizes anti democratic bias in foreign residents claiming necessary goods for travel. It notes women’s craftier smuggling tricks, recounts a fashionably dressed mother and daughter using illness to dodge inspection, and recalls a McKinley funeral baggage check incident where a man kept his hat on as an inspector playfully tipped it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
McKinley
It Worked. The young improver and Mrs Bean dispute stain
A youth who sold Mrs Bean stain remover cake tries to explain its effect. Mrs Bean confronts him in the shop and insists the stains on the shawl vanished after leaving it out overnight. She demands a remedy or explanation for the missing stains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imap
No Wonder Jane Yells at Quiet Child in Lullaby Moment
A brief Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a poet scolding Jane for making noise as his wife reassures with a lullaby to the child. The exchange highlights domestic humor and musical warmth in a domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Philadelphia Press
Speake Best Heard Amid Codfish Barrels
An archival Washington Herald item quotes a speaker urging careful listening at a platform while discussing a barrel of codfish as a humorous reference. The fragment hints at oratory training from the "grocery school of oratory" and a playful tone about public speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocery School of Oratory
Washington Terald
Plenty Like It Redd Runabout Ramrops Yonkers Scene
Greene shows a runabout that can ram a block and then stop in a curio from Yonkers Statesman. The dialogue hints at a mechanical device and a brisk, practical demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redd
Greene
Yonkers Statesman
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Tynemouth
NW. ON
York
Neb
Graham Bros
Eldorado
Kansas
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Kline
Perterer
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Lydia BE. Pinkham
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McNeill
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