Hidden safes replace old chests in modern homes
The Philadelphia Ledger describes ingenious wall and floor safes built to blend into homes. Expert concealment uses carved moldings and hidden springs to open doors, with plush insets for jewels and compartments for bills and papers.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Ohio Salutations and a Phantom Baron Roorbach
An Ohio traveler in Japan notes locals greeted him with a sound like Ohio. He recalls Yokozawa sightseeing with a rickshaw companion and Japanese politeness as crowds exclaimed Ghio. The essay cites Thurlow Weed alias Baron Roorbach as a coined term for baseless political smears.
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Colin Collector Revels in Quiet Pursuit
A bright young woman asks if the powerful organizer of capital has a hobby. He admits in a moment of candor that his passion is coin collecting, revealing a gentler, private interest behind his public persona.
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Colin
Washington Star
Rose Garden Escape Mentioned in Baltimore Dialogue
The Baltimore American quotes a flirtatious exchange where one speaker urges a retreat from a rubber plant and asks to speak under the rose. The brief dialogue hints at secrecy and romance in a domestic setting.
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Baltimore American
Browning Obsession Sparks Quiet Domestic Debate
A Washington Times quip notes a couple arguing over Browning as their wives' fascination with the poet continues. The husband laughs that Browning is dead, while the wife remains devoted, revealing a lighthearted domestic take on literary fandom.
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Washington Times
Quotations on rights and folly from papers
A dialogue excerpt contrasts Wigwag and Miss Caustique on women s rights and child discipline. It comments on memory and folly, noting how personal misdeeds fade when only self knows them.
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A Boy's Love and the First Signs of Adolescent Affection
Dorothy Dix notes that a boy's first awakening to love brings ritual changes in grooming and behavior. The piece describes shaving, washing behind the ears, scent testing, nail care, and refined dress as early indicators of a boy recognizing female influence.
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Poultry Pointers From Early Huntered Pullet Care
Early huntered pullets yield stronger winter livers and linseed meal is highly beneficial for poultry. The euinea fowl forage well and control insects. Hens lay better with dust baths and Leghorns are popular non setters. Poultry farming needs modest land with good management ensuring daily harvest. Place perches away from drafts and treat shell-less eyes with lime in drinking water if not caused by exe passage disease.
Washington Capitals Beginnings Shaped by Street Plans
The Youth's Companion recalls how early maps named the Capitol as Congress house and the President's house as the White House. Land prices pushed growth to the west, the Capitol faced east, and the White House toward the Potomac but is now viewed as facing Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Two Women Tell Tales of Woe and Vanity
A fragment from a New York Herald piece presents two women sharing troubles with the second speaker outshining the first, leading to envy and unhappiness. Moral notes some women are wretched because others have more troubles. The text also cites Mark Twain and a quip on truth and lying, framed as social admonition.
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New York Herald
Fragmentary Adoration Note Cited With Mortuary Plans
An unclear snippet shows a speaker aged sixty nine offering $300,000 and promising an answer soon. The text mentions fixing things out in mortuary tables, implying a morbid planning motif. The fragment lacks identifiable persons or organizations.
Georgia Trial Costs Questioned in 19th Century Comment
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt quotes a Georgia individual noting a $20 value and a $50 lawyer fee to prove innocence. The remark highlights legal costs and attorney charges in the period.
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Georgia Darky
Atlanta Constitution
Mob as scum rises when nation boils says Dryde
A terse aphorism notes that mob energy reflects societal strain as tensions flare within a nation. It suggests collective anger surfaces when political or social pressure peaks, hinting at instability and potential consequences for order.
Electric Bitters praised by Decatur woman
Mrs S H Newsom of Decatur Alabama credits Electric Bitters with curing years of indigestion waterbrush stomach and bowel dyspepsia. She reports hearty meals and a 35 pound gain since using the remedy. The ad claims it cures stomach kidney and liver troubles and is sold nationwide.
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Mra. S. H. Newsom
Decatur
Ala
Coughing Spell Fatal at Home Ends Life of Harry Duckwell
Harry Duckwell died at his home after a prolonged coughing spell that followed a recent cold. His wife and child witnessed the episode before a doctor arrived, the coughing continues and he suffocated. The St Louis Globe Democrat speculates a remedy and price in a brief, era voice.
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Dr. King's New Discovery Fights Lungs and Coughs
Auuier Hall of Westpoint Iowa credits Dr. King's New Discovery for curing a severe lung cough described as consumption by several physicians. The patient reports a dramatic recovery, now weighing 227 pounds, and endorses the remedy as a guaranteed treatment for coughs colds and lung troubles with trial bottles free at druggists.
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Westpoint
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Incentive to Effort and Lincoln's Early Learning
A reflection on how wealth could dampen ambition and how Lincoln thrived with scarce resources. The piece argues that limited access to books fueled Lincoln's hunger for knowledge, citing his early reading of four books and his later mastery of rhetoric in Gettysburg and the second inaugural addresses.
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Salt Lake Man Credits Herb ine For Digestion Relief
R H Foster of 318 S and 2d Street Salt Lake City says after 21 years of dyspepsia and failed doctors Herb ine cured him. He recommends it to friends who are afflicted and notes it costs 50 cents at D J Scanlon's.
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S& 2d Street
Salt Lake City
D. J. Scanlon
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