Aeroplane to Carnegie Museum from Rodgers Legacy
The Wright biplane left of Calbraith P. Rodgers Atlantic to Pacific flight is to be given to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh by Rodgers' mother. The machine, badly damaged after Rodgers died, was used by Andrew Drew before his death, and has been restored to its original condition. Both Rodgers and Fowler planes use 20 horsepower motors, yet achieved cross‑continent travel before today’s 100 horsepower era.
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Memento
Wright
Calbraith P. Rodgers
Atlantic
Pacific
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburgh
Rodgers
Pacific Ocean
Andrew Drew
Fowler
Remarkable Castor Oil Campaign for Infants
Advertisement urges mothers to use Fletcher's Castoria for infants and children. Notes Castoria has over 300 uses and is a safe remedy. Mentions scrutiny of arguments about the unwritten law and reluctance to speak openly about it.
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Fletcher
Woman Refuses Operation Finds Relief with Pinkham’s Compound
A Logansport Indiana woman recounts avoiding surgery for female troubles by taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says her health improved, she does all her work, and she urges other women to try the remedy. The ad promises confidential letters from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Logansport
Ind
Lydia
DR. Pierce
Fannie Eb, Brent
Bryant, Nelson Co
Aurelie Lindstrom Faces Fame and Gunns of Town
In a small Iowa town Aurelie Lindstrom becomes the center of attention after a prize beauty win. Newspapers, theater plans, and a Holiness sect stir drama as local figures reckon with ambition, innocence, and the glare of public life.
Old Holiness University Near Rome Faces Local Decline
A fragment describes Chapter XI Holiness University, a rectangular campus two miles west of Rome on the Earlville Road, with a sloping site toward Sinsinawa Creek and a hard brick facade. The text laments a lack of two universities in the county, noting scarce educational resources.
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Holiness University
Rome
Earlville Toad
Sinsinawa Creek
Towa
The King of the Year and the Story of New Year
A poetic allegory describes the New Year meeting death and love as its rulers, with Death and Love pledging influence over the earth alongside mercy from God. The piece ends noting Margaret E. Sangster Jr. in Christian Herald and mentioning Mrs. Margaret Simpson’s long farming tenure near Eaton Rapids, Michigan.
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Death
Margaret E. Sangster, Jr
Chrisian Herald
Hoboes Tale Told At Washington Club
Senator Nathan P. Bryan recounts a hobos tale about a tramp who eats on the back step after cleaning gutters and then boasts he prays for rain rather than using a hoe to clean a cutter. The anecdote plays on frugal wit and rural cliché.
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Washington
Nathan P. Bryan
Florida
Witte
Fido
Early Suffragette in Henry VII’s Chapel as Laundress Crusader
Militant minded women preceded the suffragettes in England. Margaret, countess of Richmond, lies in Henry VII house chapel with a brass effigy by Forrigiano. Camden notes she offered to join crusaders as laundress if Christendom united against the Turk, a vow tied to bare undergarment vows until the holy sepulcher is retaken.
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England
Henry VII
Margaret
Countess of Richmond
Forrigiano
Camden
Christendom
A Glergyman's Testimony and Other Notices
A Wigton pastor recounts relief from dropsy after using Dodds Kidney Pills claiming faith renewed by the remedy. The ad copy promotes 50 cent boxes from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo N Y and includes household hints, anthem lyrics, and recipes. The passage also cites Rome real estate values and features various brief product notes and ad blurbs.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
B. Heelop
Rev. H. Heslop
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Mayor endorses Peruna for colds at home in Washington
In Washington Georgia the mayor urges families to keep Peruna as the best remedy for colds and a tonic. He notes his own family’s frequent use across generations and offers a free edition of the "Tis of Life" with Peruna samples and tablet form options.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Ottawa
Washington
Georgia
Peruna
Perruna
Peruna Co
Columbus, Ohi
Alitanac
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Carter
Sterling
Deas
Charles Tenney Jackson
Hen
Wiley
Aurelie
Hren
New York
John Lindstrom
Harlan
Aurelie Lindstrom
Vanter
Miss Vance
Court House
Dickinson
Mr. Curran
Janet
MacFetridge
Chicago
Times
Lindstrom
Sinsinawa Bridge
Amelia Parsons
Shakespeare Club
Congress
Taneti
Tel- Toy
Des Moines
Delroy
Congressman Hall
Vance
Reserve
Curran
Father
Anne
Fie
Fontan
Schemmerhorn
State Central Committee
Con
Morris
Russ Lindstrom
Dubuque
Meyer & Sammet
Gay
Sid Hen
Mr. Felditman
West
Fivo
Pippin
Steinman & Franks
Mortis
Walt
Ben
Hamburg
Gen
Sul Wiley
Holiness Brethren
Earlville
Wiley T. Curran
Sinsinawa
John
Wachs Michigan
Boyd
Alberti
Aurelia
Haute
Peter
Albert
Jezebel
Margaret Simpson
Eaton Hapids
Mich
Tramp
Glergyman
Italy
Dean
Thornton
Fannie Flashley
Rosemary
Putnam
Ady
Gasper
Boston Evening Transcript
Irvin
Sloan
Dowker
Johan
Joe Atal Deslera
Pries
SUGAM
Toc
Bostor
Mass
Beng Oppocuory Y
Frankfert
Pally Stoday
Wray
Hee Rlig
Omaha
Neb
Sioux Cry Ptg
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