Strange Almanac Clippings From Alma Michigan Paper
A bundle of fragmented notes from Alma Michigan includes remarks on foreign powers adopting electrical welding for artillery shells, itertools of typewriters and cooks in New York, gender views, a claim about a large gold coin in Anam, census pay, French army conscription for seminarists, beet culture, and general observations on capital, labor, and economic cycles. The text shows era skepticism about progress, labor, and prosperity with scattered figures and impressions.
Easter Thoughts And The Empty Tomb Sermon
Dr. Talmage preaches an Easter sermon in Brooklyn and New York centering on the risen Christ. The piece blends funeral imagery, biblical reflection, and vivid, tangled narrative of Joseph of Arimathea, the tomb, and prophecies of resurrection, urging flowers and reverence at the grave while envisioning a universal awakening.
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New You
Talmage
Brooklyn
New York
Academies of Music
Jerusaem
Joseph
Christ
Jerusalem
Cotacuibe
Egypt
Napoleon
Mahalma
India
St. Christ
Henry Kinlon
Gwen
Tescas
United States
Antoulets
Minagh
Otha
The Diamond Drummer and the Gambler Salesman
A leading diamond importer says a truly skilled salesman is rare and valuable. He cites a sober, competent man with vast knowledge who drinks, and notes the danger of employing him. The firm uses a guard and stock control to mitigate losses from gambling or drinking.
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Eli
Silemain
Women artists of New York set pace in radio models
A fragment from Illustrated American notes women artists in New York insist most radio models are modest, clever. It cites per hour rates of thirty three and a half cents, training needs, and says heroic women with marked faces command higher fees. It mentions two Tutthi Italian boys supporting nine in family through posing.
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New York
Studio Ite
Illustrated American
Dandelion as Nervine for Women Cited by Physicians
Alters in medical usage note Dandelion as a nervine for women addressing nervous low mood and melancholy. Physicians report improvement in hysteria with indigestion, treated by a strong decoction of the roots, though the text ends with a garbled line about a fierce school girl.
Dandelion Coffee Said to Aid Circulation
A folk remedy advises excitable women and similar subjects to drink strong dandelion coffee three times daily. Use roots when fresh for best effect, avoiding the dried form portrayed as real dandelion, which is likened to bread crumbs and lacking vitality.
Tender Woman Handles Strain After Burial Trip
A rickety wagon pulls into the freight yard carrying a coffin and a widow with children. She explains her sudden move to Erin to bury her husband, saying she won’t disappoint him. The scene follows as mourners face tight deadlines and transport concerns, with deep private grief in plain speech.
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Jerusalem
Erin
Oi Min
eSartin
Jim
Lori
New York Sun
A Matter of Color and the Blues in Suspense
Fragmentary verse passage ponders color and emotion as a friend awaits in a near room. The speaker muses on fortitude amid fear or loss, hinting at a forthcoming event or fault opening.
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Elysium
Plumb the Printer Fights Smallpox in Kanes
In early Kanes days Emporia boomed and Preston B. Plumb, once an impoverished printer, built a weekly paper. A tramp with smallpox was moved away, but Plumb nursed him at a log house and fell ill himself, later recovering as kindness spread through the town.
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Muner
Prenton B. Plamb
Kaneos
New York Telegram
Wicer
Phimb
Kanes
Emporia
Plumb
Lampet
Min
Eabin
Preston B. Plumb
Natheute
Kanens
Tradfathers And The Duty Of Parenting In Society
A fragment reflecting on parental expectations versus duty. The speaker questions if parents would be truthful about their own neglect, suggesting careless parenting harms children and undermines decency, while noting maternal care and paternal love as subtle safeguards.
Blood Purifier Vendor Exits After Erie Depot Stand
A dilapidated man hawks a fictitious blood purifier to bystanders at the Erie depot. He boasts cures for liver torpor and nose rouge while prices rise. A officer orders him out after a tense confrontation, with the crowd left wary of false remedies and scams.
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Erie
Tha
Mt Right
Regul Pine
Origin of Mermaid Stories from the Dogong Whale
The New Orleans Picayune states the dogong whale, found in vast Pacific waters near Australia, inspired mermaid myths. It describes eight to twenty feet length, a handlike fin, lung breathing, and a belllike sound when moved. Flesh reportedly valued similar to other meats, with variations by body part.
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Australia
Pacific
New Orleans Picayune
Taxation Grumbles From Germantown Telegraph
The Germantown Telegraph rails against grumblers who avoid taxes, urging taxation of all property and luxuries, and insisting they can afford to pay. The piece links grumbling to social status and implies farmers and others should bear government costs.
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Germantown
Desperado of the old mining days noted in St Joseph text
A fragment from the St Joseph News characterizes the desperado of the old mining era as hardly living a carefree life, despite rumors or stereotypes about a dolomfarniente existence.
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St. Joseph
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Alma Record
Alma
Mich
Anam
Asia
TuEnk
Servion
Garrizon
Counse
Fi Merritt
Chemnit
German Empire
Prussia
Germany
DE Talmage
San Francisco
Tower of
Artonio
Ava
Inter
National
Font Witl
Omnibus
Ore
Mr. Bland
Chauncey M. Depuw
Teagher
Columbus
Tommy
America
George
Johnny
Reson
Jake Simpson
Cora
Cora Bellows
L. M
Petause
John
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