Relief for Pain and Backache Advertisement Claim
A testimonial from Mrs. W. E. Shaw of Chicago promotes Velo Com as a true health ally for women. She describes persistent back pain and weak feet improved by a vegetable preparation, urging others to try it without hesitation.
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W. E. Shaw
Walnut Street
Chicago
Illinois
Opportunities in Western Nebraska booklet mailed free
An illustrated booklet with full information will be mailed free of charge to interested readers. Ewing State Bank, Ewing, Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Ewing State Bank
Hwing, Neb
Child asks where the daddy chicken sits in town
A three year old in a kindergarten wonders where the daddy chicken is while observing a hen and flock of chicks. She asks if the big one is the mother and afterward guesses the father chicken must be downtown in the office. A Dodge City Globe quote ends with a pun about minds as storehouses or junkshops.
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Dodge City
Dodge City Globe
The Pleasant Day Speaks On Advantage and Sharing
A voiced day named Thursday argues that taking advantage is right only when it benefits all, praising shared joys and kindness. It cautions against selfishness, highlights helpers like Mr Sun, and notes the happiness found in outdoor activities and communal enjoyment.
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Mr. Sun
Morning frocks gain ground in simple chic wraps
The article praises morning frocks or house dresses as versatile summer garments. It notes wraps must be simple yet graceful for day or evening wear and highlights fabrics like gingham, chambray, linen, crepe, and brocade. Pictured are gingham and chambray tub dresses with lace, embroidery, and decorative buttons.
Changeable Dresses Parade in Neighborhood Exchange
In a playful exchange two children discuss dress versatility with Edna boasting a new changeable ankle dress for next Sunday while Dorothy-Pooh counters that all her dresses are changeable, highlighting a lighthearted wardrobe talk.
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Edna
Dorothy
Hazel treetop charms and old country superstitions
The Montreal Family Herald recounts hazel as a lucky tree in folk belief. A hazel twig over a door warded lightning, a hedge around pastures promised more lambs, and hazel lore touched water divining cures and even Cupid's tricks for courting.
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Cupid
Montreal
Birth of the Typewriter and Its Women’s Impact
James H. Collins notes a century of ideas before Christopher Latham Sholes. Sholes began refining a writing machine in 1866 and earned a contract with E. Remington & Sons in April 1873, marking the typewriter’s birth and an industry that reshaped women’s economic roles.
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James H. Collins
Christopher Latham Sholes
England
America
Sholes
E. Remington & Sons
Mion
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Rise and fall of the Chouans in Brittany lore
The Chouans were Breton peasants backing the royalist cause during the French Revolution. led by Jean Cottereau, killed in 1794, they later surged under Charette and Quoudal but were suppressed by du Hoche. Insurrections reappeared in 1799 and again in 1814-1815, finally ending in 1838 by Thiers. The name may derive from chat-haunt or Cottereau.
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Jean Cottereau
Quoudal Apd
Charette
du Hoche
Thiers
Cottereau
Adventure Magazine
Right of Urga and Mongol horse trading origin
The piece explains the right of urga allowing travelers to switch horses directly between herds. It notes Urga’s name origin among outsiders, linking it to Mongol traders and the Great Monastery, Ta Kure, with context on Buriats and Russians at early trading routes.
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Urga
Mongolia
The
Detroit News
Why She Wanted Married Man
A well to do woman advertised for a caretaker for her town house and after interviewing many applicants found one that suited her. The newly hired man asked if his wife would be needed. She replied no I wanted a married man 80 that I could have somebody who is used to taking orders from a woman.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Banquet and Die Sir Auckland Geddes in Washington
The piece lampoons social dining in Washington noting how dinners and lunches dominate capital life and strain Sir Auckland Geddes the British ambassador. It recalls Uncle Joe Cannon on men digging graves with their teeth, cites Depew as a master at dining without eating, and quips on hostess vigilance.
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Joe Cannon
Washington
New York Sun
Sir Auckland Geddes
Diana
Sir Auckland
M. Depew
Scotland
Wireless hobbyists debate finest apparatus in the world
Two wireless enthusiasts boast of superior gear after comparing their setups. A joking exchange follows about listening to a theater performance of The Merchant of Venice with audible applause and even cries of Author, highlighting the quirkiness of their listening habits.
Fish Culture in Kansas Fort Scott Lake Highlighted
In southeastern Kansas none of the waters suit propagation as well as Fort Scott’s impounding lake, over 100 acres and four feet deep. But the ash that could be grown there in ten years would be caught in one season without restrictions, as residents around Fort Scott are described as fiends for fishing.
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Kansas
Fort Scott
Scott
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