Idle Rich and Curious Tales From an Era Chronicle
A fragmented page offers satirical vignettes from The Idle Rich and other pieces from the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It includes moral quips on employment, social class, and a humorous anecdote about a boy praying for a baby brother, plus brief stories and advertisements.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Holiday Health Trick Promises Quick Relief After Feasts
Holiday overindulgence warns of sickness and offers Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the cure. An ad touts tablets for post meal use and nightly use to prevent illness, claiming quick relief and a fresh morning start.
Proper care of brood sows and livestock gains
A mid 19th century farm note urges humane brood sow housing and feeding to prevent pig loss, detailing pen sizes for farrowing, meal and mangels rations, supplements, and water access. It stresses tame handling and clean care to ensure good litters. It also discusses horse digestion, calving, calf weight, and general livestock upkeep for profitable margins.
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Woodward
New York
St. Louis
From Cows to Sheep in Livestock Shifts and Seed Corn Tips
A discussion on shifting from dairy cows to sheep husbandry notes sheep advantages, wool prices, and reduced labor while dairy work remains costly. It emphasizes seed corn importance, methods for selecting and drying seed, and practical tips on handling draft mares and foals.
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Sopot
Chicago
Phyalcel
Cone Man
Marefelte From the Sener Sivan Ane O N New Gor Fori
The fragment describes a loud jovial scene with a man addressing another about balding and rudeness. A storyteller or raconteur is referenced, while dialogue highlights a tense exchange and social dynamics.
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Marefelte
Sivan
An Sanic
Reading and Catarrh Cure Schemes in Old Advertisements
A mixed page item recounts Mr Jones in Camden who drinks and reads aloud, a tale of absurd reading misadventures, plus an oath affidavit for Cheney & Co selling Wall's Catarrh Cure. It also notes a German emperor and the turned up mustache traceable to 1625, then anecdotes of European court fashion and a Bohemian beer garden challenge.
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Mr. Jones
Camden
Cain x
Mim
Wiliam II
Philip IV
Detroit
Europe
Charles I
England
Philip
Hapsburgs
Belgium
Germany
Sweden
France
Louis XIV
Rocco
Cuticura Heals Child Suffering From Eczema
A Shiloh Ohio family reports a year of intense eczema for their son Clyde. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, he slept the first night in years and recovered in about six weeks. An unnamed leading physician endorses Cutleura for eczema.
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Owen
Cuthura
Clyde
Limony
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Fragmentary 19th Century Voices in a Mixed Page
A garbled OCR collage features snippets about domestic work and household tasks, a medical ad for piles, a gun violence reminiscence, a Minneapolis fur ad, gendered advice under a health banner, and a street scene with a woman asking a driver to stop for a test brake. Readable names appear in passing, with scattered phrases on health, crime, and daily life.
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Mpedalicta
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Mathawsy
Hathaway & GO
Lowa
Hunters & Trappers Guide
Ug Teale
Winklove Socisrics
Chnato
Post
Adam
Penelope
Sacaramento Valley Improvement Co
St Louis
Lippencott's
Johnny
Tim
B. W. Grove
Robby Evans
Floyd County
Robly
Robley
Robby
Rioach
Sterling Remedy Company
O. EH. Welch
Mlarpers Weekly
Knicker
Akyacraper
Trocker
Henry
Brats
Crry
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Wall
Frank J. Chendy
W. Gleason
Noraxr
Mall
Cheney & CO
All Drugelsta
Tbc
Harter
John McGraw
Giants
John
Tim Hurst
McGraw
Hurst
Bereves
Thompson
Ehabie
Martha
Jon
iGyres Cte
Aragie Ny Furs & Hides
BR. W
Hide & Fur Co
Sonnationallam
Limba
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Fooniula
D. Morgan
Columbus
Otto
Aman
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pedentrian
Tay
Carters Iver Ples
Igewnion
Carters
Western Canada
Government of Canada
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Ame
Ottawa
Canada
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