Free land offer to Texas colonists promises climate and profits
Southnews Texas Colonization Co. invites settlers to land near Houston and Yeeas boasting high drainage and mild climate. Land costs align with rent, with easy terms and frequent excursions. Send for pamphlet Fer tile Farm Lands and maps, address Chicago manager John Linderholm at 146 Mailto Buildings.
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Sigut
Houston
Yeeas
Gulf Coast
Southnews
Texas Colonization Co
John Linderholm
Mgr
Mialto Blds
Chicago
Global curiosities and industrial notes from the era
A survey of varied topics cites Englands drink bill, Mashonaland ruins venture, Russia canal plans, a petrified Elmira frog, a Zurich scientific congress, changes in Episcopal titles in New York, Niagara energy losses, pin manufacture volume, and a moa skeleton discovery in New Zealand.
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England
Bulawayo
Mashonaland
Russia
Baltic
Black Seas
Elmira N. Y
Zurich
Europe
United States
Episcopal
New York
Niagara
Moa
Dinornis
New Zealand
Connecticut Sandstone
Gems of Thought Fragments on Virtue Fear and Health
A collage of quotes reflecting on modesty and fear in love, curiosity about the world, the contrast between health and money, and the limits of knowledge. It contrasts youthful insight with lasting wisdom and notes life’s unpredictability and the quiet disruption of assumptions by a single moment.
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Balzac
Sir Philip Sidney
Jean Ingelow
Colton
Emerson
Ramm's Horns and World Facts Collide in Quoted Mirth
A pithy collection of moral quips on sin wealth and religion contrasts with world trivia. Notable notes include a painting sold for 110600 dollars and Peter the Great's 1000 ton bronze statue. Entries cite India’s house name law and Japan's Kioto temple bell.
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Miller
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
India
Australia
Japan
Kioto
I Saw My Friend a Ghost at Midnight
A bereaved wife recounts a lifelong friendship with a royal‑court patroness who died during a charity bazaar. She describes visions after death, foretold events, a late‑night apparition by a screen, and the emotional price of betrayal and belief. The narrator insists the tale is true, offering private names if needed.
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Ion
St. Peter
Jamesy Joins In Teachings Amid Laughing Class
In a Chicago Record excerpt a teacher asks pupils to repeat a lesson in their own words. Jamesy, normally shy, volunteers to read aloud and delivers a playful, accented rendition about a cow, prompting amused reactions from the teacher and classmates.
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Jimmie
Jis
James
Jamesy
Chicago
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Offer Promises One Hundred Dollar Reward
Readers learn of a claimed universal cure for catarrh, with Wall’s Catarrh Cure taken internally to target blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents promise a reward for any cure failure and request testimonials, naming F. S. Chisney & Co. of Toledo and Pall’s Family Pills.
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Hall
Chisney & CO
Toledo
Toc. Pall’s Family P.lls
The Cow That Caused a Harrowing Train Crash
William Ortman of Columbus Ohio reported a severe railroad accident a mile from town when a cow rose from a ditch and collided with a passenger coach, breaking steps and throwing Ortman from the train. He suffered a serious head injury and a broken leg, remained unconscious for hours, and was taken to the poor farm.
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William Ortman
Columbus
Ortman
Tie
St. Louis Republic
Now Until Spring Overcoats and Winter Wraps in Fashion
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway markets steam heated trains for travel in comfort speed and safety praising the line as superior in the West while endorsing temporary removal of heavy garments during travel.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Inequality and Its Enduring Hold On Society
The text argues inequality persists despite progress and touches on its relation to crime, virtue, and social conduct. It notes inequality exists in democracy, coexists with theft murder and sins, and contrasts divine judgment with human behavior including a remark about a photographer’s business arising from social dynamics.
Dinner Table Linen Standards in Good Housekeeping Style
The article praises pristine dinner linens and economical housekeeping. It endorses white damask for dinners and white china, notes embroided doilies for fine tables, and favors polished mahogany with delicate color accents from silver glass and fruit.
Stomaching Remedy Promises Peaceful Day and Night
A period advertisement extols Ilostetter's Stomiach Hitters as a universal cure for kidney trouble indigestion grippe and bowel irregularity. It claims quick relief and steady tranquility after disease onset. The tone imitates a 19th century patent medicine pitch.
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Ilostetter
Confusing Exchange Fiend and Foreman Explain Notice Mixup
A humorous exchange quotes an office boy describing how a notice, sent to the paper, ends up misfiled as the Independent Order of Deliverium Tremens. The snippet blends a Good Templars’ notice with a misprint and a secretary’s confusion in a newspaper office setting.
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Indianapolis Journal
The Smallest Watch Owned by a Russian Princess
The smallest perfect watch ever made belongs to a Russian princess. It was first housed in a gold case with enamel Watteru scenes, later moved to a diamond less than two fifths of an inch in diameter. A curious note mentions Windercorns ten slmrple remedy and walking comfort, priced 15 cents at druggists.
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Miss L
Desire
Windercorns
California Fig Syrup Co
Mottoes Cut Tardiness In Morning Class
A teacher describes using short mottoes at opening exercise to engage students and reduce lateness. Fifteen mottos are recited by pupils, who arrive early to participate. The note cites one tardiness incident caused by illness when a pupil arrived at 10 o'clock.
Science In the Primary Omaha School Bug Discussion
In a classroom scene in Omaha a teacher and children discuss bugs with curiosity. Pupils boast of finding bed bugs and other insects at home while a teacher notes the value of careful observation in science. The anecdote underscores interest in natural history at the primary level.
How to Speculate Successfully on Grain and Stock Markets
Do You Speculate Then send for our book How to Specu late Successfully on Limited Margins in Grain and Stock Markets Mailed free Comstock Hughes Company Rialto Building Chicago MI As a man gets older it takes him longer to warm up for a good time and longer to cool off in getting over it.
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Comstock, Hughes & Company
Rialto Building
Chicago
Vienna Chocolate Paste and Miscellaneous Notices
A recipe describes mixing grated chocolate with water to a smooth paste then heating with milk cream eggs and boiling briefly before serving hot. The page also mentions syrupy remedies and a Canada to Texas travel notice urging settlement and a home opportunity.
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Vienna
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