Mother Grays Sweet Mowers Promoted by Nurse in New York
Mother Grays Sweet mowers used by a nurse at the Children s Home in New York to cure constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. Over 30 000 testimonials. Atall Druggists 2c Sample FREE Address A S Olmsted LeRoy N Y. Some men are easy going that after a while they cease to go at all.
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Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmsted
LeRoy
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Cited By Atlanta Woman
Miss Alice Baley of Atlanta reports relief from three years of menstrual pain and ovarian inflammation after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She avoided surgery, improved after two bottles, gained weight, and cites gratitude and improved health as a result of the remedy.
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Alice Baley
Atlanta
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pioxoasu
Arick Bailey
North Boulevard
Zen priest Ekal Kawaguchi plans Tibet and Nepal journeys
The Rev. Ekal Kawaguchi, a 38 year old Zen Buddhist priest born near Osaka, narrates his Tibet expedition in January Century noting aims to finish Buddhist Sanskrit studies and collect scriptures in Sanskrit and Tibetan from Nepal in 1904. He trained at Tokyo and Uji before delving into Buddhist lore.
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Ekal Kawaguchi
Ekal Kakaguchi
Tibet
Lhasa
Sakai
Osaka
Tokio
Bunyu Nanjio
Imperial University
Obkan
Uji
Nepal
Our Greeting to the Youngster Year 19'3
A poem wishes readers a hopeful New Year as the Old Year passes. It speaks of joy, good will, and collective prayers for comfort and renewal in the coming year. The piece personifies the young year as a newborn and notes unknown future fortunes.
Corn shuckin' customs of Kentucky and Missouri slaves
The piece describes a southern holiday practice called corn shuckin but notes New Year’s Day as the hub of festivity. Slaves gathered from plantations for three nights of husking with music, feasting, a ritual silver token prayer, and a captaincy ceremony, ending each night with a benediction and orderly revelry.
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South
Kentucky
Missouri
New England
Squire B
Ole Massa
Darky
Remarkable Family Likeness Noted in Amsterdam
An interpreter mistook an English traveler for a guest at a hotel in Amsterdam. At the state museum the man realized the likeness when Pineman's Waterloo scene showed General Lord Uxbridge, who proved to be the grandson of the English visitor.
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Amsterdam
State Museum
Pineman
Waterloo
Lord Uxbridge
State Farmer's Mutual Insurance Co Meeting Date
State Farmer's Mutual Insurance Co of Omaha Nebr renowned for vast West coverage. Organized 1895 with 20 million in force a perpetual policy never expiring before a fire set. Annual meeting January 12 1904. Five agents sought by secretary B R Stouffer and president T B Holman. Mary Johnston Pirates in England noted by London Sphere praising vivid pirate vessel scenes.
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State Farmer's Futual Insurance Co
S. Omaha
Nebr
B. R. Stouffer
Sec
T. B. Holman
Mary Johnston
England
London Sphere
the Sphere
Cure a Cold in One Day and Dye Sales Pitch
A garbled ad paragraph mix touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with refund claims, then quips on work success and marriage, promotes Putnam Padless Dyes, Red Cross Ball Blue, Defiance Cold Water Starch and generic bargains. It reads as advertising snippets lacking coherent narrative.
The Crown and Three Sugar Loaves Sign in Old London
The Crown and Three Sugar Loaves sign, famed in Colford’s The Signs of Old London, ties to Britain’s oldest tea house. Exporting chests to America in 1772, it links to Boston Harbor’s tea act and Revolutionary era rebellion, yet the shop survives near its Revolutionary site despite the Great Fire of London.
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Old London
Julian King Colford
St. Nicholas
America
Boston Harbor
George III
Great Britain
London
The Death of the Old Year Poem by Tennyson
A short poetic scene in which winter weather and church bells mark the dying of the old year. The speaker pleads that the old year should not die, noting the season and the somber mood as the year ends. The verse emphasizes solemn farewell and quiet reverence.
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Tennyson
Old Year and New Year Verse Recited Publicly
A reflective verse praising the old year and welcoming the new year, promising to remain together until the old year departs. The lines celebrate shared joy and continuity as the calendar turns.
Verse tribute to the passing year and friendship
The poem laments the passing of the old year with reflections on friendship and shared laughter and tears. It imagines bidding farewell while acknowledging bonds that endure beyond time and decline.
Jestful man’s death foreshadowed by starry night
Poetic fragment depicts a man’s merriment ending as illness or fate looms. A son and heir hastens across a cold waste, implying an imminent death. The verse closes with a New Year greeting and the sense of coming change.
Midnight reflections and final pleas in a quiet scene
A fragmentary poem-like scene describes a cold night around twelve o'clock with a crowing cock and flickering shadows. A somber voice urges action and speech before death, referencing a lost year and a warning of regret.
Fragmented verse hints at a somber doorway visitation
The text describes a figure fading from sight and a solemn benediction as a corpse lies, eyes closed, while a new presence, a new foot, and a new face appear at the door, suggesting a spectral or ritual transition.
New Year Customs and Old Sayings Across Eras
The piece recalls January traditions from Roman times, noting January’s origins and two faced god symbolism. It cites proverbs about the cold month, mentions midnight New Year observances, and describes wassail as a spiced festive drink shared in celebrations.
First Exchange of Gifts in New Year Customs
The article discusses New Year gift giving as a prominent, historic custom surpassing Christmas. It notes England's long tradition of giving gloves or glove money on New Year’s Day, due to gloves being costly and handmade, and their necessity in attire.
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England
Catarrh Cure Claims Constitutional Basis and Cure
A historic claim asserts catarrh is constitutional and requires internal treatment. F J Cheney & Co advertise their Catarrh Card as the only constitutional cure, with a $100 reward if it fails. Sold by druggists with a 75 cent price, plus Hall's Family Pills as the best companion remedy.
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F J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Clo
T5c
Hall
Where Bananas Come From
The record states that New York imported 1,636,172 in bananas last year with 2,862,000 bunches from the British West Indies 1,152,000 from Costa Rica 877,000 from Colombia and 55 from Cuba. They pay to duty.
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New York City
British West Indies
Costa Rica
Colombia
Cuba
Mre Winslow's Teething Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad claims Mre Winslow's remedy soothes teething pain for children, softens the gums, reduces crying, and cures wind colic for six cents a bottle. The ad also features a proverb about big hearts and big bodies, noting a big head is rare.
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Winslow
Real Glass House Now Built
Glass houses of a substantial kind can now be built as Silesian glass makers turn out glass bricks for diverse building purposes and applications.
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Silesian Glassmakers
A Rare Good Thing and Greenland Thaw Report
An advertisement touts Allen’s Wootbase for relief of tired feet. A brief note claims Greenland’s ice is thawing faster than it forms, with glacier edge retreat of eight miles since 1900 and significant ice loss.
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Allen
Matilda Stoltwert
Providence
Greenland
Jacobshaven
Laughing at Jokes and a Quack Cure Claim
A fragment cites Joan Boren of Trinity Springs Indiana in 1900 praising a “Neverse’s Cure for Consumption” as an equal for coughs and colds. The text notes the ease of making a friend laugh but this is not always satisfactory.
Stillman’s World Warps Wall Street Advice From a Million Dream
Good Things to Sell lists a famed Stillman tip for turning $500 into a million with polo ponies steam yachts and Newport villas as the best short sales. Edna Armstrong a 24 year old Cincinnati suburb organist travels with Charles Bateman toward marriage but tears up plans after a discouraged scene in Detroit leads to a return home.
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James Stillman
National City Bank of New York
Wal Street
Tere
Mr. Stillman
Newport
Charles I. Bateman
Butte, Mort
Edna Armstrong
O'Bryanville Blethodist
Cincinnati
Chicago
Bateman
Detroit
Miss Armstrong
Charlie
Mr Grover of Frederika Sees Kidney Relief
Frederika Iowa December 28 Mr A Grover is 74 and long troubled by kidney issues with symptoms like diabetes He tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and after ten boxes reports full relief including reduced swelling eight pound gain in weight better sleep and no return of symptoms.
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Frederika
A. &. Grover
Dodd
Politics and Popularity Think Piece Remark
A reflective line cites the tension between public intelligence and political profit, arguing popularity favors vague speech while meaningful discourse is costly.
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