Glycerine Adds Strength to Golden Medical Discovery Claims
Dr. Pierces oils and roots enhance medicinal properties using glycerine as a demulcent and nutritive aid. The text touts Chronic cough relief, digestion support, and early-stage consumption healing, noting no miracles but strong results in lingering cases. Free literature and private correspondence offered from Buffalo, N Y.
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Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
N.Y
Let Us Do Our Duty in Work and Life
Quote from Theodore Parker urging diligence in every daily role from shop and kitchen to school and street. The call frames ordinary labor as a vital part of mankind’s welfare and a duty worthy of victory in a great moral battle.
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Theodore Parker
Postage Stamp Use Varies Across Nation
Post office figures show over 17 million stamps used daily in the country about one per five people. Gum cost alone runs about $18,000 a year. Stamp consumption rose by 2 million daily over five years and annual usage increased by 720 million stamps.
Needs of California Juries
Jurors in the Emmons bribery trial in Sacramento sat twenty six days. They consumed thirty six one dollar meals daily, 150 quarts of claret, 200 bottles of beer, sixteen quarts of white wine and thirty six quarts of whisky at the restaurant. Over two dozen bottles of whisky were also sent to the jury room.
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Emmons
Sacramento
Cal
The Man with a Carter
A compact quotation attributed to John Oliver Hobbes on dedication to enemies over wife or friends, reflecting a careerist mindset and social critique.
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John Oliver Hobbes
Money Talks, Pessimist Smiles at Chance to Win
Witty proverb on balancing optimism and spending urges letting money speak. The quip contrasts the pessimist who fears loss with the idea that savings and fortune require action and chance.
Peonage System in Ecuador Described as Outcome of Debt
Laborers in Ecuador are described as bound by debt under a planter driven system. Planters offer loans to gain control, with debts growing through fines and extended work. Families are drawn into labor to repay the debt, making peonage effectively a form of servitude though not officially labeled slaves.
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South America
Frank Wiborg
Ecuador
Philippines
Wealthy Girl Lives Simply Courtesy of Training
Mrs. George Gould believes in practical upbringing for her children. Marjorie, the eldest daughter, attends a Fifth Avenue day school during the week and spends weekends at Georgian Court in Lakewood. Readily athletic and simply dressed, she enjoys country life and weekly home visits.
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George Gould
Marjorie
Fifth Avenue
Georgian Court
Lakewood
Pennsylvania's Wealth in Coal Iron and Steel
The Philadelphia Press notes Pennsylvania produced nearly half of US coal and major shares of coke pig iron steel and rails. It exceeds 56 percent of combined steel iron coal and coke and leads in railroad property value, underscoring the Keystone State as the Union's backbone of solid wealth.
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Pennsylvania
United States
Commonwealth
Philadelphia Press
A Connemara Valley Poem Note in London Outlook
A fragmentary verse tribute to a Connemara valley depicting sad boglands and lilting streams. The speaker laments leaving the landscape, reflecting on memories and tender feelings as he looks back over time. The text ends with a partial attribution to Hevermore, E. L., in the London Outlook.
Reed and the Little Judge
A young lawyer named Reed meets a Maine judge introduced by a friend. The judge, sensitive about his small stature, offers his hand but Reed looks over the judge and asks where he is, prompting a comical moment.
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Mr. Reed
Floating Islands and Reed Raft Escape Tales
History recalls reed islands used as movable rafts by wind and oars. Roman citizens reportedly escaped during Mithridatic wars on boats called came totes built from green canes or brushwood.
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Patent medicine note touting Mother Gray as nurse in New York and claiming to cure constipation fevers stomach worms and regulate bowels. Over 80 000 testimonials and 25 cent price with free sample from A S Olmsted LeRoy New York at all druggists.
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Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Practice notes on life and changing our station
The quotation suggests we cannot transform our inherent condition into a perfect ideal. It argues we can improve living conditions but cannot convert our basic fate into a flawless Garden of Eden.
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Mrs. Gamp
Defiance Starch Offered as 16 Ounce Package
The grocer may not have Defiance Starch, a stock of 12 oz packages is mentioned as standard, but the Defiance brand is claimed superior and sized at 16 oz per package, priced in line with 12 oz brands.
Frae Manners and Generational Shifts in Decorum
A reflection on changing social norms as modesty wanes with each generation. The saying, attributed to Lady Helen Forbes, notes that what once damaged reputation becomes common practice in the next era.
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Helen Forbes
Czar of All the Russias Urged to Try Pillsbury Vitos
A promotional note claims the Czar, ruler of vast lands and over 120 million subjects, would become invincible if he adopted Pillsbury's Vitos as his regular breakfast diet. The piece portrays him as wealthier and more powerful than his brothers but needing Vitos for superiority.
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Russias
Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup for Teething
An 2oz bottle marketed as a home remedy for teething children. Claims include softening gums reducing pain and calming discomfort. Uses antiquated spelling and phrasing typical of early 20th century patent medicines.
Danger in Overwork and Mental Hygiene Warning
Opinion on balancing mental and physical hygiene to prevent premature decline from overwork. Emphasizes brain and nervous system stress as a cause, urging attention to health. Ends with a promotional line for Defiance Starch.
Reform Japanese Writing Periodical Aims to Teach Letter Writing
Japan launches Togami Zasshi a periodical aimed at teaching readers to write sensible letters. The editor warns against sentimental phrases in business correspondence. Also notes a cold remedy with quinine tablets and a money back guarantee by K. W. Grove’s.
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Japan
Togami Zasshi
K. W. Grove
Levant Mine Deepens Near Land's End
The Levant mine near Land's End England sinks vertically 2100 feet and extends laterally under the Atlantic bed over a mile from the cliffs. It employs 515 men and 175 boys and effectively supports the village of St. Just.
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Levant
Land’s End
England
St. Just
Lydia E. Pinkham A Brief Life Sketch
A compact look at Lydia E. Pinkham and the Vegetable Compound birth origin. The piece traces how the remedy grew from a widow’s practice and how public sale in drugstores emerged after the Panic of 73. It surveys early promotion and the shift to commercial availability.
Lydia E Pinkham and Her Vegetable Compound Story
A biographical sketch of Lydia E Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts. It details her early teaching career her interest in botany and herbs and how her family created Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after the 1873 financial crash. It notes her records of cases and the succession to her daughter in law guiding the enterprise.
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Estes
Lynn
Mass
Isaac Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Sons
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Lydia B. Pinkham
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