Folio of World Facts and Tech News Bits
A roundup of global notes including women’s parliament gains in Finland, Berlin ice rink plans, ivory nut trade across the Americas, steam power estimates, early Australian play history, monocram monograms in stationery, Mrs. Bertha Ayrton’s searchlight work, and a Maine historic parsonage library.
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Berlin
Europe
London
Paris
Munich
Central
South America
Inama
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Australia
New York Sun
Bertha Ayrton
British Admiralty
Prof
Ayrton
Institute of Electrical Engineers
Locden
Congregational Parsonage
Kittery
Maine
New Eng
William Pepperell
William
Benjamin Stevens
Kittery Point
Stevens
York
Pepperell
Kenpebec
James W. Paul
Philadelphia
Mr. Paul
Paul
Thessalonians
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Caile
la Plata
Leonard Wood
Japan
Mania
Mie
Woman Credits Lydia Pinkham's Compound For Health
Mrs. A Gregory of Denver Colorado writes she was nearly invalid for six years due to female troubles and after an operation worsened until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her to health. She urges other women with backache bearing down pains and periodic pains to try the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence §T
Denver
Col
Facts for Sick Women by Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
The ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a 30 year standard cure for female illnesses including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related pains. It invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Menatety Aditmone Kamp Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
World cities race fastest growth New York may surpass London
The passage notes New York growing six times as fast as London and predicts it could become the world’s largest city in a few years. It mentions Allen’s Foot-Ease and a few health tips for rest, then shifts to hummingbird species in Trinidad and British railway metrics from 1907 with passenger and freight totals and financial figures.
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New York
London
Trinidad
British Railways
Western Canada
Nee End Land Companies
W. D. Scott
Itawa
Canada
W. W. Bennett
New York Fe
Omaha
Neb
Plesse Cay
Relief for Women and Health Tips From 19th Century Reader
A fragmented notice cites a book on relief for women and standard remedies, followed by a quip on tongue use and gun safety. It includes a line about proportional weight per height and a description of the eyeball sinking in emaciation due to disease.
Sloan's ointment promises instant relief for rheumatism pains
The ad claims Sloan's ointment provides immediate relief for rheumatism sciatic neuralgia and toothache by applying lightly without rubbing and a warming sensation. It quotes Chas J Budlong of Anthony Rhode Island who says he suffered for years with rheumatic pain and was cured after using six or eight bottles and offers to vouch for others.
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Sloan
Sleep and Health Tips From An Old Note
Advice on bedding, footwear, and sleep habits suggests using flat pillows to prevent rounded shoulders and wearing warm stockings and loose shoes to stay warm. It recommends regular hair washing based on oiliness, and includes a tongue in cheek remark about figures and a proverb about a rolling stone.
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Nara
Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Reach and Reward
An 19th century advertorial proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for a constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises to refund $100 for any case uncured, and urges readers to seek testimonials while naming Andrew F. Z. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Nall
Fall
Andrew
F. Z. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Druggista
Hall
Beauty advice for women on skin care and cleansing
Dust and unclean brushes worsen skin condition. A brisk rain or walk helps the complexion, and a simple regimen can work wonders for muddy skin. Women should preserve beauty and tailor treatments to their unique skin, experimenting carefully to find what suits them.
Lying press and the Lincoln Journal co op plan
The piece criticizes party organs for bias and urges pure news in daily papers. It touts The Lincoln Journal as unbiased and prepaid, with advertising kept out of the home and readers paying in advance. It also briefly notes cranes in India and Belgian fruit-tree revenue. It adds beauty advice and exercise tips.
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Lincoln State Journal
Lincoln Journal
Journal
Lincoln
India
Belgium
A Curious Bargain Over a Cook Job in a Boarding House
A groceryman pressures Evelina the cook with a tempting offer to cook for him alone in exchange for wages, board and lodging, clothes, and freedom from others’ demands. She weighs the deal as they discuss time, duties, and the odd premise of a solitary household.
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Evelina
Chicago Daily News
Fate of the Old Horses in Europe and America
A discussion on the fate of aging horses contrasts humane treatment in the United States with European practices. The Kansas City Star cites E. R. Weeks of the Humane Society while noting unfit cabs in London are moved to the Guildhall police court for magistrate review.
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Netherlands
Belgium
England
Te Illustrated London News
Holland
Europe
Kansas City Star
E. R. Weeks
The
Humane Society
London
Green Yard
Guildhall
No Service This Afternoon and Other Quick Vignettes
A New Jersey clergyman's clerk announces no afternoon service as the minister plans fishing with another. A Kansas traveler recalls Venice floods abroad and quips about boats. A plasterer testifies in court with comic prison time anecdotes. A Chinamen laundry story and a doorway scene end with a stern father warning a suitor. A Scottish trial features a spinster dodging age questions with humor.
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New Jersey
Europe
Venice
Bam
John
Sam
Father
Wedding interrupted by revelation at Little Church Across the Street
At a small church wedding the organist played Lohengrin and Mendelssohn as guests entered and left. The ceremony blended Call Me Thine Own with prayers when the sexton whispered that both parties had been married three times, prompting an abrupt musical shift.
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Qohurch
Mendelssohn
Age and blindness in a courtroom exchange
A lawyer questions a female witness asking her age and length of blindness. The witness replies she has seen 23 summers and appears aged. the lawyer responds by asking how many years she has been blind, highlighting the odd exchange during the mining stunt scene.
One Man's Hard Lueck in Cleveland Leader Quotation
A brief Cleveland Leader quotation discusses marriage finances with lines about giving an allowance or accepting money from a wife when she asks. The exchange highlights gendered expectations in domestic spending.
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Cleveland
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