Dr Melvin Page Aids Kidney Trouble Victim
A testimonial from Erie Pennsylvanian Dr Melvin Page of Page Optical cites severe kidney sickness in 1895 from excess drinks in New York. The author details weight loss from 194 to 122 pounds, abscess formation, swift recovery with Bean's Kid Avy Pile treatment, and weight returning to 189 pounds by 1896. Sold by Millin Co Mitta N Y and all druggists for bo cunth per Ox.
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Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Yowtor Millin Co
Mitta
N.Y
Drogelais
Infant's Remarkable Escape From Deadly Incident
A brief, dramatic note on how infants survive accidents that would seem certain death to older observers. The account highlights the remarkable escapes of children in dangerous moments, illustrating the fragile odds of survival in life threatening events.
Cure for salt rheum praised by Mrs. Cable in Wisconsin
Mrs Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin writes a grateful letter about Cuticura products curing her husband’s salt rheum. She reports severe hand sores and constant bandaging until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, which fully healed him and left his hands very smooth.
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Caroline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Deacon Blimber Questions Salary Disparities in Town
A Browning's Magazine quote features Deacon Blimber asking the City Board why a clerk earns $6 a week in the dry goods store while the blacksmith receives $20 a week in his shop. The remark highlights wage differences and inquiries the reader about fair pay.
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Deacon Blimber
Browning
Schilling’s Best Tea Mystery in Aged Ad Text
An OCR fragment cites Schilling’s Best tea and mentions Achilling & Company in a curious framed line. The snippet reads like ad copy with questions about good and bad tea and a shuffled branding reference, offering little clear narrative.
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Schilling
Unusual Inland Tonga Postman Rocket Use
Aplivering danger nearshore prompts a nail steamer to employ a weathered wax post in a Pacific Tonga inland. The item reads like a dated ad and odd anecdotes including Allen’s Foot-Ease and a Mark Twain drydock joke appear in the fragment.
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Tonga
Pacific
Fragmented Text From Historical Notice Reveals Erratic Script
A garbled OCR passage shows repeated phrases about torment, love poetry, and a misread fusion of names and places. The fragment mentions a trip, guidance to contact, and a dated 1685 note with a tax reference unrelated to clear events.
Care of the Body How to Acquire and Retain Health
The article discusses summer infant disorders including acute indigestion from overfeeding, with a case of convulsions after eating windfallen apples and milk. It prescribes emetics, enemas, and diet changes, then shifts to tobacco risks, carbon monoxide, and the dangers of smoking. It ends with mosquito control tips and the potential malaria link to acidic fruits and tomato cultivation.
Simple Test for Pure Air by Dr A T Sehnfeld
An odd antiquated note presents a crude indoor air test from Dr A T Sehnfeld in a book. It describes filling a bottle with clear lime water and shaking to observe chalk clouding as an indicator of air purity. The language is garbled but implies a basic qualitative method for assessing air cleanliness.
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Skeeter
Monquito
Journal of the Outdoor
A. T. Sehnfeld
Hygienic Churches and Outdoor Health Advice
The piece argues that groves were God’s first temples and modern churches carry germ risks from upholstery and dust. It cites a Roman bishop’s circular on regular church cleaning with sawdust and lye, plus weekly chair sanitation. It promotes outdoor life for health, sleep outdoors, and asserts fresh air aids mood and vitality.
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Fano
Italy
Lfe
Thackeray and Bronte Meeting Recalled by Biographers
The Bronte clan admired Thackeray long before their personal meeting in a drawing room. A biographer recounts Bronte’s quip and Thackeray’s humorous response, including the moment she implored him not to swallow her ideal of him. Nearby Bayfield County readers praise Dodd's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from T. T. Wold.
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Charlotte Bronte
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Mies Bronte
Thad
Abe
Drummond
Wis
Bayfield County
Dodd
T. T. Wold
Mr. Wold
Bright
Submarine Speed and Maneuverability
Submarines travel seventy to eighty miles at speeds of eight or nine miles per hour underwater. They can regulate depth at any reasonable level and move or turn in any direction.
The Russ Company Red Cross Ball Blue Lane Sale
The Russ Company advertises Red Cross Ball Blue Lane 205 vents noting a sale event.
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205 Vents
Soul
Exclusiveness as a Fault in Human Society
The piece argues that individuals lose power when isolated from the group, comparing social cohesion to the cohesion of diamonds. It asserts solidarity enhances value and strength, while separation drains vitality, drawing a parallel to how a gem gains worth from close particle contact. Success Magazine.
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Success Magazine
Tawdry laces and St Audrey’s fair history
The word tawdry derives from tawdry laces sold at St Audrey’s fair, linked to Ethelreda’s Nor thumberland queen and Ely abbess who died in 679. The note adds Captain H Wilkinson as the first to set foot on the Antarctic continent in Victoria land in 1854.
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St. Audrey
St. Audrey's Fair
Capt. H. Wilkinson
Antarctic
Victoria Land
Grape Nuts credited with curing stomach trouble and weak health
A Welden woman recalls severe stomach pain and headaches until she tried Grape Nuts. She reports rapid improvement, gained weight, and renewed energy after adopting the cereal, noting her family also thrived on it and praising Postum Co. promotional material appears in the ad.
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Welden
Postum Co
Battle Crook
Mich
Thero'y & Ream
Little Book
Wollville
Inventions Improve Notebooks for Portable Use
A German inventor proposes a notebook improvement to aid field workers like collectors and solicitors. The design adds wire guides inside the cover with handrest slides that stay attached, allowing the user to rest the notebook on hands or knees while making frequent entries. Two handrests are provided to support use in various positions.
Ingenious rule with stem and loop suspender mount
A New York inventor proposes a carpenter’s two foot rule hinge design with a stem and loop to attach to suspender buttons. The device aims to prevent mislaying the rule while preserving full extension and usability, matching the standard tool’s function.
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New York
New Tortoss Observatory Opens in Tortosa Catalonia
The Tortosa observatory in Catalonia debuts as a premier center for physical astronomy and the study of magnetic, electric, and solar disturbances. Seven buildings house magnetism meteorology seismology and a pavilion for astronomy, all equipped with modern apparatus to publish monthly findings for global benefit.
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New Tortoss Observatory
Tortosa
Catalonia
Lary
Wireless link eyed between New Orleans and Panama Canal
Officials study a wireless telegraphy plan linking New Orleans to the Panama Isthmus. The proposed path would cross the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, covering about 1,300 miles.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Alderney Cattle Trade Rumor Sparks Island Debate
A cataloger on Alderney claims nearly a thousand Alderney cows are imported from the island, though reliable counts show far fewer than a hundred pure Alderneys on the entire isle. The remark draws questions about cattle sourcing and breed purity.
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Alderney
Island
It Is a Great Comfort to Have a Child at Home
A short quip on domestic life contrasts a sentimental view with a cruel rejoinder about using a child to entertain guests. The exchange paints a grim humor about clever but cold parenting.
Dickens Inspiration Found at Barnard Castle in Durham
Rediscovered note shows Charles Dickens found groundwork for Nicholas Nickleby in Durham's Barnard Castle. Mention of relief for women and Australian-Leaf monthly regulator claimed to cure female weaknesses and kidney troubles. Sample by mail from The Mother Gray Co. LeRoy N Y offered. Also a note touts city air purity about 25 feet above street.
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Dickens
Barnard Castle
Durham
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby
Mother Gray
New York
The
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Americans Drink The Worst Tea In The World
An odd clipping notes widespread tea disdain in America while praising local goods. It cites statistics on illiteracy in Scandinavian and European countries, reporting two in a thousand Swedes, three in Norway and Denmark, and higher rates in Russia and England, alongside a claim of refunds on dome and heat.
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Scandinavia
Swedes
Norway
Denmark
Russia
England
Dainty tastes in tea and coffee and a curious tale
A brief, odd clipping notes tea and coffee as dainty in taste and feeling. It then mentions a troubling line about Chinamen offering themselves as substitutes for execution, with some money paid to families, reflecting a sensational prospect.
Rehilling's Head Tae Me woaikiaty ow to Maksood Tease the Man
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local note on a personal matter or irregular event. Names and places are unclear and may reference New Orleans or Picayune publication dates. The readable portion hints at a delayed or disputed marriage and a long monotony about a partner.
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Cuticura
Kaumion
London
Lord Crafton
Sloane Street
Welle Tor
Shook
A, Achilling & Company
Allen
Qurus
Calloun
Allen 8
Olmsted
Laktoy N.Y
Mark Twain
Cloaenn
FU Rspepain
Javcie
Anne of Holumon
Salt Lake
Ander Willis
Jean Nicot
Scientisia
Schoo
Celli
Rose
Han
Hell
Lari
Phern
Gio Ravel
Mr. Thacker
Ack den
Hewlett Bros. Co
Alexander the Great
Moneyback
AL Senttunne
Bonibini
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