Old Favorites Bells of Shandon and Twickenham Ferry
A compiled reminiscence of Shandon bells along the River Lee and the Twickenham Ferry lyric, recalling childhood memories. The verses compare bells from Cork, Moscow, and Notre Dame, with a romantic riff on river crossings and a ferryman’s charm. The piece blends poetry and local sentiment.
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Shandon
River Lee
Adrian
Vatican
Notre Dame
Peter
Lee
Moscow
Negro Girl Leaves Wellesley After Music Failure
Booker T. Washington's daughter formerly reported well at Wellesley College has left the institution for Bradford Academy due to alleged music failures. Her stay aroused friction with Southern students, causing faculty embarrassment over campus reception. The article notes broader naval ship upgrades in Britain and a brief remark on a woman’s verve and a man.
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Booker
Sir. Washington
Wellesley College
Bradford Academy
Miss Washington
the College
Is Peruna Useful for Catarrh
Peruna contains two kinds of ingredients: standard catarrh remedies and well-known tonics. Each principal ingredient has a reputation in treating catarrh or serving as a tonic. Chronic catarrh is common, affecting nose, throat, lungs, stomach, or other organs, and Peruna claims to offer a universally advertised remedy with labeled active constituents for inspection.
Pen croft Inn to pay high liquor license fee in Middleton
The highest Massachusetts liquor-license fee, 2750 dollars, will be paid by Pen croft Inn owners to Middleton town in Essex County. The town meeting marked a historic first in March. The excerpt also notes birth and death rates in New York, chrysanthemums, horse meat yields, and other assorted notes.
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Massachusetts
Pencroft Inn
Middleton
Essex County
Coffee harms hidden in daily use claims rebutted
A reader letter argues coffee causes headaches and nervousness while praising Postum as a healthier alternative. The author shares a testimonial about switching to Postum with dramatic relief and urges readers to consider the product’s health benefits.
Movements of nervous patients filmed by London doctor
Dr HI Campbell Thompson uses a cinematograph to record patient nervous movements at sixteen frames per second for student instruction. He believes later to show muscle electrical reactions and will demonstrate faint movements with proper light.
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HI Campbell Thompson
London
Thompson
New Rays Seen as Roentgen Like but More Practical
Prof Charpentier of France reports Drapes' 3 N-rays akin to Roentgen X rays yet far more usable. They pass through aluminum like sunlight through glass and can penetrate lead zinc. Observations note freckles across bodies and claims of hereditary patterns.
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Charpentier
France
Roentgen
Land and trade notes from York and Kansas statistics
Fragmentary scribbles describe land income property and merchandise exchange between York and Kansas. The text mentions prices descriptions and desires for goods amid references to demographics and living standards, with unclear details and names.
Fragments Describe Property Notice Event
Incomplete OCR text hints at a property related notice or filing. Names, dates, and locations are unreadable, leaving only scattered phrases and unclear references to legal or administrative actions. The readable fragments offer no verifiable facts to summarize a specific outcome.
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound With Full Recovery
Maude E Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes that months of feminine illness left her near despair until Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and the prescribed treatment restored her health. She says she feels like a new woman now and is grateful for the relief the remedy provided.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg, Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhim
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female troubles. It claims to cure displacements, inflammation, action, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, bearing-down, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration. Mrs. Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice to Lynn Mass.
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Lydia
Curious Mixed Message From Missouri Merchant
A Missouri bookfield merchant grows agitated and mails a strange order to a local proprietor. The note asks for flour and coffee yet bans tea while detailing odd household items and a playful boast about a Turkish dowry.
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Bookfield
Grounding wire fences to save stock and horse safety
A historic note advises training horses to ignore passing machines and proposes eye blinds for harness safety. It then details grounding wire fences with No 9 wire to conduct lightning away from animals, reducing costly losses from storms.
Construction notes for a concrete water tank form
The diagram shows a sectional outline with the bottom and top guished and walls under construction. The walls are built first then the bottom inserted. A 1 1/2 inch by 6 inch unplaned board forms a large box to the tank size, two feet deep. Ends and sides form shutters nailed to cross-pieces of 2 by 8 batten about four feet apart. End shutters fit inside side shutters with cross-pieces fixed at the board ends.
State proposes supervision of all bridges by New York engineer
State Engineer Frederick Skene of New York drafts a law to require state and county approval for bridge plans over 500 and to mandate low bidder contracts after proper advertisement. It urges state supervision before payment on completed bridges to curb irregular awards and inferior structures.
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Wapon Road
Frederick Skene
New York
Enlnee
Scientists Employ Moth Parasites in War on Pests
An article from the era describes using parasitic insects to control destructive hornworm moths. Eight hundred thousand parasites are to be released at a calculated time, with the moths reportedly not recognizing the parasites as enemies. The piece ponders potential risks to humans and future steps if parasites prove insufficient.
Hoof Growth in Horses Compared to Human Nails
The article explains that a horse’s hoof is like a human nail and grows similarly. Hoof growth varies by shoeing and feeding, with the toe growing longest and the front hooves growing faster. Toe growth may take eleven to thirteen months to reach the end, while the heel or foot area takes three to five months.
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New York Sea
Agriculture in Public Schools Lines Up in Oklahoma
Oklahoma pledges to enact similar laws next session to include agriculture in the public school curriculum. The law already mandates an agriculture course but other states must follow, with a curriculum covering horticulture stock raising dairying drainage irrigation grazing and related topics.
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Oklahoma
Leather from Prog Skins Mentioned in Textile Notes
Leather from Prog Skins is discussed with references to feather made from frog skins and American Novelties producing Jeather items such as tee Kethooks and card cases. In France, some children's shoes are noted to use this leather.
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France
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Twickenham
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Theophile Marzinla
Wellesley
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Beenah
Queensland
New Zealand
Aoman
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellsille
Russia
Berlin
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Dimmit County
Texas
Denton Colony Co
San Antonio
Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Mine
London Ar
Ist Terratem Agency
Council Grove
Nel Fyeter
Tynemouth
Winslows
NIN. U. Lotd
York, Niu
Graham Bras
Kansas
Weenh
Aline
Libby
McNeill& Libby
Chicago
California
Coudall
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