Lost temple Angkor Wat confounds modern historians
The Saturday Evening Post reflects on Angkor Wat as a colossal forgotten temple, noting its immense stone blocks and elaborate sculptures. It laments the disappearance of the civilization that built it and the eroding force of plant life on its walls.
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Angkor-Wat
Memphis
Saturday Evening Post
Railroad Trains to Run Slower Amid Cost Pressures
Railroad officials say express services must slow to curb expenses as the system strains under modern competition. The piece urges Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a proper remedy for restoring strength in tough business times.
Tom Twitters Conquers Infatuation With Dolbie
A Sure Cure reports Tom Twitters was cured of his love for Miss Dolbie after her father arranged a promise she would marry him. Once the arrangement was made, Tom realized his feelings faded and he no longer cared for her.
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Tom
Miss Dolbie
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Winter Foot Comfort
In winter use Allen's Foot-Ease a powder shaken into shoes to ease uncomfortable cold damp and perspiring feet. It warms rests feet relieves corns bunions blisters and frost bites and is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25c with a trial package mailed free from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen S. Olmsted
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It All Depends On Milk Advice
A mother questions a doctor’s recommendation that her baby have one cow's milk daily. The Indianapolis Journal reports the exchange as the parent questions the sufficiency of one daily serving.
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Indianapolis Journal
Feel the Influence of St Jacobs Oil on Neuralgia
Cold and heat worsen neuralgia as nerves feel temperature sharply and respond to treatment. St Jacobs Oil is claimed to ease the ailment promptly by influencing the nerves and providing relief.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Victoria Lily of Guiana Opens as Natural Tray
The Victoria Lily of Guiana features a circular leaf spanning six to twelve feet in diameter. The leaf edges rise to a rim and can bear 100 to 300 pounds depending on its size.
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Guiana
To California by the North Western Line
Notice promotes the North Western Line to California with favorable single and round trip rates for this season. It highlights first class and tourist sleeping cars operating daily, personally conducted tourist car parties weekly to California and Oregon, and multiple route options without extra charge. Details available from Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
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North- Western
California
Oregon
Chicago & W North- Western Railway
Afra Winslow's Sooruma SYRUF for Children
An old advertisement touts Afra Winslow's Sooruma SYRUF for teething relief. It claims gum softening inflammation reduction pain relief and wind colic cure at 3 cents per bottle. It also offers 10 samples and 1,000 testimonials for five cents to Sipane Chemical Co. New York.
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Winslow
Sipane Chemical Co
New York
The Regimental 400 at Winter Quarters
A veteran tale recalls officers and a sergeant shaping a dining hall tribe amid Civil War days. Lieutenant Hill clashes with a young officer, Binder earns trust, and amid battles Hill rises to lieutenant colonel while Binder becomes captain and leads then returns home after Johnston’s surrender.
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Ward McAllisters
Tony
Lieutenant Hill
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Binder
Leutenant
Saia
Liewtenant
Bangs
Johnston
J. A. Watrous
Chicago Times
Herald
Disappointing Reception of a Courageous Soldier
A colonel recounts a homecoming where a wounded regular from Santiago received little thanks, while a hero from Corinth briefly captured the flag and earned a captain's commission. Gov. Tod’s surprised reception underscores the era's mixed praise for battlefield gallantry. The piece includes anecdotes from Fort Donelson and other Civil War recollections, plus a brief digression on aging volunteers and Gen. Herbert Kitchener.
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Santiago
Corinth
Gov. Tod
Ohio
Goy
Tod
Columbia
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Deafness Cure Claim by Constitutional Remedies
An Old Toledo advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. It promises to cure nine of ten cases caused by catarrh using Hall's Catarrh Cure, offering one hundred dollars for any uncured case and inviting readers to request free circulars.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
He Scented Trouble in Humorous Crank Call
A lighthearted domestic sketch centers on a man noting trouble at home as his wife plans to put up preserves, prompting his terse warning and a neighborly reaction in a small town setting.
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George
Will Get Down to It
An endorsement claims St Jacobs Oil penetrates deep to reach the sciatic nerve and will cure it. The statement emphasizes the oil’s penetrating and effective curative powers as proof of its efficacy.
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St. Jacobs
All earthly delights sweeter in expectation quote
A Feltham quotation follows, noting earthly pleasures are sweeter in expectation while spiritual joys grow more in fruition than in anticipation. The line contrasts worldly and spiritual satisfactions.
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Feltham
Fragmented Dialog Fragments From A Messy Conversation
The text presents a garbled casual exchange about love and tea with stray phrases about weeks and Sundays. It lacks coherent narrative, consistent speakers, or clear events to summarize.
Grain-O Novel Drink for Children Replaces Coffee
Parents are urged to try Grain-O as a nourishing grain based beverage for children. The ad promotes Grain-O as tasting like coffee yet cheaper and healthier, claiming the more Grain-O given the more health distributed. Sold by grocers at 15c per can.
Turkish Sultans and Death Toll of Conquests
Turkish rulers faced high mortality in expansion era with about thirty eight sultans and most deaths attributed to campaigns against Constantinople and surrounding conquests. The record highlights the perilous nature of imperial campaigns and governance under royal rule.
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Constantinese T
Lane's Family Medicine Uses Daily Bowel Regulation
Remedial tonic claims to move the bowels daily for health, acts gently on the liver and kidneys, and cures sick headache. Sold at 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
To live is not to live for one's self alone
A brief quotation attributes a sentiment about shared life and mutual aid, urging collective care and support among people.
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Menander
Piso’s Cure for Consumption Featured in House Ad
A dated testimonial from D C Albright of Mifflinburg PA on December 11 1895 praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption as the only cough medicine used in the household. The item also notes Francis Joseph’s dominion with twenty wagons mentioned in passing.
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D .C. Albright
Miffinburg, Pa
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