Sufferings Untold and Plucked Tales From The Era
A Kansas City woman credits Drains kidney pills for curing long standing illness and a later healthy birth. The piece also recounts a Pennsylvania representative and a Philadelphia lawyer mail anecdote about a farmer who learns not to trust introductions, ending with the line about plucking geese.
Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure Claims
A 100 dollar reward offer for Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from J J Cheney & Co and Walpina Kinnan Marvin. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy and lists testimonials and price. A stray line about a dog menace appears, but the main text promotes the cure and reward.
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Hall
J. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walpina, Kinnan & Marvin
Drageiese
Coast Pattom
Defiance staren in every household missive
Street fragment mentions defiance staren and a household slogan with cost notes. Reads like an odd ad line about a brand or product, referencing water and a phrase more for 10 cents. Confusing OCR yields scant concrete details.
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Staren
Married man's will not always enforce the law
A brief saying notes that although a husband may prefer his wishes, legal enforcement of those wishes can be weak. It highlights tension between personal intents and legal power within marriage.
Curing Consumption at New York Post-Graduate Hospital
The Post-Graduate Hospital runs a free dispensary program for consumptives who cannot travel. Patients report twice daily for cross exams, dietary guidance, and moral encouragement. Fresh air, open windows, and strict avoidance of tea coffee alcohol and meat extracts are emphasized as key to recovery.
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New York Post-Graduate Hospital
Enormous Naval Costs Mark Modern Battleships
The piece argues that spending four to seven million dollars to build a battleship is risky like an eggshell that can be crushed easily. It contrasts Commodore Perry’s Lake Erie victory with today’s four year ship construction and potential swift destruction, noting how nations chase progress yet long for peace.
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
New York Mail
The Fisherman’s Dream by the River
A rustic reflection contrasts city gold with rural content. The speaker prefers fishin and simple clothes over wealth, cherishing the riverbank, sunlit days, and a life unspoiled by ambition. The verse notes practical sartorial minimalism and contentment with modest means.
What He Wanted to Be and Not Mind Trifles
A Kansas City Times brief opens with a girl on a porch listening to a youngster talk of future careers. The boy rejects fireman or policeman, preferring to be a self deprecating, "worthless blockhead" like his father and own a car. The follow up jests at mistaken identity as two Englishmen discuss the Musgrave twins, noting one cannot tell them apart and the other admits he does not try.
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Bobbie
Bobby
Pop
Kansas City Times
Strand
Musgrave Twins
W. L. Dowgilas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Des
Seadee
W. Vastu
W. L. Douglas
Mas
White Flag From Russian Destroyer Sent To Tokio Exhibit
A white flag from the destroyer Biedovi, used when Admiral Rojestvensky surrendered to Japan, was sent to Tokio. The flag, a wardroom tablecloth about nine by five feet, will be displayed in Tokio’s military museum.
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Biedovi
Rojestvensky
Tokio
They Drowned the Waterfall and the Guide’s Tale
William Dean Howells voices critique of feminine shrillness as a tour party climbs to a waterfall. A guide leads tourists by boat along a winding road toward the falls, the group buoyed until a final test of patience with the women’s chatter.
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Wiliam Dean Howells
Mr. Howells
America
Cure for eczema touted by mother as permanent
Mrs J B Jones of Addington Indiana describes two years of sleepless nights and severe eczema in her daughter. After trying 80 remedies without relief she used Cuticura Ointment and Re Solvent with Soap and reports a permanent cure.
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Cutiura
Prominent visitors at Monticello recall Jefferson memories
An adjournment visit by senators and representatives to Monticello, Thomas Jeffersons home, features a guide an older former slave who recalls the place. A Western representative asks about battles, the guide answers no battles since the Civil War.
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Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Allen's Fest-Base promotes foot care and footwear aids
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Fest-Base to rest the feet cure swollen and sore feet ingrown nails and sweaty feet. It notes availability at druggists and shoe stores and includes a promotional sample offer. A second line defines a practical joker as someone who turns jokes into cash.
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Allen’s
Allen S. Olmsted
Lantoy
Defiance Starch Promises One-Brand Confidence
Dealers claim Defiance Starch wins customers who try it and cannot accept other cold water starches. It works cold or boiled. A quirky letter from Maple Street Norwich New York dated February 17 1900 cites Piso's Cure and warns about quarreling women.
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Piso
Maple Street
Norwich
N. Y
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