Frances Willard Advocates Bigger Shoes for Women
Frances Willard argues that women of today have broader needs including larger footwear. She asserts practical comforts reflect social progress and calls for better access to suitable sizes for all women.
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Frances BE. Willard
Beauty Theme Ad Promises Clean Blood and Youth
A period advertisement urges Cascarets candy cathartic to cleanse blood and liver and improve complexion. It claims pimples boils blotches and bilious skin will vanish with use. The ad notes prices of 10 25 and 50 cents and asserts druggists guarantee satisfaction while referencing 120 million fish per square mile of sea.
Snooper death leads to parachute test dispute
A fragment reports a death after a drop with mentions of Skidmore and delirium tremens and the word parachute in a Harlem life context.
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Snooper
Skidmore
Harlem
No-To-Bac Ad Encourages Quitting Tobacco
An advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a wonder worker to quit tobacco easy and forever. It claims to make weak men strong and offers a booklet and sample for free. Address Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Dr Ayers Cherry Pectoral touted as lung cure
A Memphis man credits Dr Ayers Cherry Pectoral with saving his wife from consumption after seven years of severe lung trouble. Physicians labeled it consumption but the remedy is praised for relief of coughs colds asthma and bronchitis. The ad notes bottles now come in half size at half price and offers a free Curebook.
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K. Morris
Memphis
Tenn
Dr. Ayer
Grinnell
Iowa
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Chicago
Ill
Willamoth
Swanson
Dearborn St
Sims
James Witalians
Tidal Friction and the Moon's Evolving Orbit
Dr. H S Williams discusses Harper's essay on tidal friction altering Earth's rotation and the Moon's orbit. The piece traces Laplace, Lagrange, Adams, and Darwin to show how long term forces reshape planetary stability and the idea that the solar system remains governed by unyielding growth and decay laws.
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Earth
H.S. Williams
Harper’s Magazine
Laplace and Lagrange
Adams
Neptunian
Laplace
Hemholtz
G. H. Darwin
Successful drummer Edith Christy travels for a southern grocery firm
Miss Edith Christy niece of General Beauregard and cousin of General Johnston is a traveling salesman for a fancy grocery house. Daughter of a Louisiana colonel, she has built a large business across Kansas Missouri Louisiana and Texas while balancing family ties and a mobile life. Her trip was delayed by yellow fever but she remains an energetic businesswoman.
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Beauregard
Albert Sidney Johnston
Edith Christy
Louisiana
Christy
Jubal Early
New Orleans
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
The Three-Volume Novel Faces Page Cutting Debate
London publishers weigh the fate of three volume novels as cut or uncut pages prompt a new controversy. Critics argue uncut editions waste readers time, noting a Heinemann release with 100000 copies requires 25000 hours to slice, whereas a bookbinder could finish the job in a fraction of that time.
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London
His Sorrow. Downtrod and a Lone Wraith of Grief
A fragmentary feature titled His Sorrow cites dialogue from Chee Wit and Yer, recalling Downtrod and a missing response to the question about his wife’s death. The piece provenance is the New York Evening Journal, signaling a dramatic line about sorrow and isolation.
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Guyer
Downtrod
Cheewit
New York Evening Journal
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