St Valentine Lore and Modern Valentines Across Time
A compact look at St Valentine customs from historic poems and legends to modern mischief and novelty cards. It traces old English valentine lotteries, famous writers like Shakespeare and Drayton, and the enduring appeal of valentines from aristocratic court letters to playful children’s verses.
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London
St. Catherine
Theolus
Saint Valentine
William
Anne Natha
Lydgate
Bury
Catherine
Henry V
Valentine
Grete Affectoun
Eden
Dole
The
Wooster Democrat
St. Valen
Peaceful Slumber Sought by Carlow Patient in Emporia
A Kansas note from Emporia describes Mrs Jennie Carlow wife of W R Carlow proprietor of Carlow Wagon and Blacksmith Works suffering chronic sleeplessness. After trial of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People her health improved enabling peaceful sleep and restored vigor. Her testimonial urges others to try the remedy and is published with supplier details.
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Republican
Emporia
Tan
Jennie Carlow
Merchant Street
Kansas
W. R. Carlow
Carlow Wagon and Blacksmith Works
O. W
Mars
Carlow
Ling
Elizabeth Drake
Vor
Dr. Williams
Wan
Williams
Ballcor
Williams’ Medicine Co. Sehnectadys
Belgian nobleman labels storks with passports in Algeria
A Belgian nobleman etched 200 storks with pasteboard passports bearing the experimenter’s address and asking for sightings of where birds were caught or killed. One bird reportedly returned from a meadow near Didi Berbez in western Algeria with a message. The piece mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic aiding digestion and general health.
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Didi Berbez
Algeria
English in the Court Room Joke Quips About Law Students
A light New York Press quip notes students carrying books in hand as they take up the law and an older man in a gown at the bench, joking that he is laying it down. The item captures court room humor and the era’s tongue in cheek about legal study.
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New York Press
Revenue Report for London Charities Tops Six Million
The charities headquartered in London reported total revenue exceeding £6,060,763. The text also contains unrelated advertisements and garbled statements, including a candy product pitch and a teething syrup claim. The readable fact is the London charity revenue figure.
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London
Cure Guaranteed, LLC
Minister Endorses Kay’s Lung Balm for Cough Relief
Prominent Iowa minister J. D. De Tan recounts chronic winter coughing and says five boxes of Dr. Kay’s Lung Balm from The Dr. H. J. Kay Medical Co. of Umona Neb relieved his symptoms. He reports no stomach upset and notes renewed ability to preach without coughing.
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Iowa
Discovery of new passages in Adelsberg Cave
The Adelsberg cave has newly surveyed side caverns under orders from Count Falkenhayne, the Austrian minister of agriculture. Areas once reachable only with great difficulty are now accessible, revealing many beautiful sections during the survey.
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Adelsberg
Count Falkenhayne
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims cure and testimonials
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a positive remedy for catarrh, claims it treats the constitutional disease by taking it internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, and offers $100 for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials and dealer notes.
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Ilall
Dutch Volunteer Cyclists Face Exam for Military Service
Dutch military cycling volunteers must pass a real examination to join the maaneuvers and earn five florins daily, first class travel, and state lodging. They must ride sixty three miles in seven hours and thirty one miles in two and a half hours as part of the qualifying tests. The notice also advertises a stock sale from Columbus Buggy Co. in Omaha, with a request for a product catalog.
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Columbus Buggy Co
Omaha
Neb
Harary & Saver Co
Hiuney Street
Salzer Seed Offer Promises Farm Seed Sample Kit
An old advertisement touts farm seed prospects with cents per bushel figures and per acre yields for corn oats barley and potatoes. It promotes sending 10 cents for twelve seed samples valued at ten dollars from John A. Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
W.n
Also Mentioned on This Page
ST. Valentine
England
Duke of
Orleans
Shakespeare
Drayton
Gower
Chaucer
Anne
Willy Shakspeare
Willy
Freynshyppe
Neverre Faylnge
Manne
Babe Alyke
Brynge
Lowe
Strykes
Cupid
Wayne County
George Howard
George
Susie M. Best
Yonkers Statesman
Storks
Sweet Charity
T. Dewitt
Almage
Warner's Safe Care Co
Rochester, N.Y
Hegemann
E. C
Clark & Co
Raven
Tennyson
Sally
Ayer
California
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Tincols
Burlington
Tullman
Pacific Coast
J. Frasers
Kay
N. Y
Wree
St. Jacobs
Docroa
Bed Chowan
Grand Rapids
Teh
Eer
Barrey Marnese
Barrey
Peils
Pratt
Gee'y
Helen
Citse
Starting Remedy CO
Chicago
Montreal
Cane
New York
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