Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Invites Women to Write
A brief appeal from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co inviting women to communicate about their private illnesses. Letters are read and treated by women, promising confidential, free advice and testimonials from readers who credit Pinkham products with health improvements.
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Mia
Pinkham
T Lynn
Mess
Mrs. Pinkham
America
Mary
Beda Tals
Tapia Sire
Lydia B. Pinkham
Four fire deaths threaten Lorain theater
A fatal blaze at the Verhaok theater in Lorain Ohio claimed four lives and left extensive damage. Other brief items report a New York stock exchange high price, political calls for a mining bureau, and various international and crime incidents.
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New York
Committee of Mings and Mining
House
Bureau of Mining
Northwest Notes from a Turbulent Era and Local Losses
A collage of brief items notes a future military festival in the region to mark a centennial milestone, a bridge incident fatally injuring Jomk Deewalelk near Hiniingion, Oregon, and other obituaries, divorces, and trials. Names include Walter J. Tisdale and Henry Irving’s heirs, with reports spanning Spokane to Chicago and Denver.
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Sore
Jomk Deewalelk
Hiniingion
Ore
Clydentate Clark
Chicaer Pores & Co
Sheridan
Wye
Jol M. Gearth
Oregon
United States Senate
Mitchell
Walter J. Tisdale
Tascome
Spokane
N. B. Hutchit
Editorial on Chinese slave cruelty exposed in Pekin Times
A Pekin Times editorial condemns severe abuse of slave girls in China. It cites a tied rope beating case near Shanghai and reports a Canton road house where a young girl is beaten daily. The piece urges public attention to curb cruelty without formal police action.
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Pekin Times
Shanghai
Canton Road
Tesson
Verbal Specialization and the Historical Meaning of Opera
The piece discusses how opera evolved from Latin roots meaning work and how early scholars like Dryden defined it as a poetical tale with music and spectacle. It notes similar shifts in meanings for drama and poet, highlighting language-driven change in art terms.
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Dryden
Coat of Snakeskins Draws Noted Western Woman
A young western woman captivates Eastern high society wearing a coat made of six anacondas slain by the wearer. The gray and white snakeskin coat is described as striking, with remarks praising a local medicine. The note comes from Minneapolis dated June 6, 1908.
Convention of Pipe Smokers Brings Odd Timings to Brussels
At a Brussels pipe smokers convention president M. Kos told attendees it took him three hours and seven minutes to finish one pipe. He explained a pipe costs three hours if filled with hoos at bottom middle and top. He urged giving up one's mind to the process and patience to attain true smoke.
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Brussels
M. Kos
Class in Criticism by a college woman
A well known young college woman offers criticism classes for wealthy patrons with limited education. She discusses new books plays operas and arts, rating them with copious notes. The instruction also sharpens patrons’ conversation. Tuition is twenty dollars for twenty five lectures or one dollar per hour for private lessons.
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Myerson American Family Magazine
Barbarous Banquets In Abyssinian Capital
Feature on life in the Abyssinian capital describing twice weekly banquets in the palace hall. Each meal feeds batches of 8,000 soldiers with raw meat, bread and Abyssinian honey tea.
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Enormo
Scotty and His Record Ride on Santa Fe Train
Walter Scott, a Death Valley miner, rode from Los Angeles to Chicago on a Santa Fe special in under 45 hours. The $6,000 whirlwind trip set a record for speed over mountains and plains, proving the line’s dependability. The ad promotes three trains from Utah and Colorado to the East and Southwest, inviting readers to inquire about tickets and literature.
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Vance
Laramie
Wyo
Chicago
Toole
Oregon
Teelf
Sehool Hind Board
Terrwood Lumber Company
Wausau
Wwute
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Utah
Colorado
Mie
Spirit of Contentment Brightens Aged Woman's Day
An elderly poor woman stays sunny and serene despite hardship. She jokes that though she has only two teeth they hit happiness. A winter travel offer: a round trip fare of $50 to California via the Salt Lake Route. Contact J L Moore, D P A, Salt Lake City for details.
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California
Salt Lake
J. L. Moore
Salt Lake City
Heltos and the ring finger misdialed vow
In Great Bend Register style a telephone girl and bill clerk discuss future happiness by the fireplace. He insists a wife should rise to start fires and rest her husband. She signals dismissal with her ring finger and a sharp retort, saying ring off you’ve connected with the wrong number.
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Heltos
Great Bend Register
Bosband
The Pursuit of Perfection in Culture and Equality
Fragmented text traces a vision by Chet and Seva Matthew Arnold on perfection, culture, and equality. It references light, machinery, hatred, and a call to unite humanity toward enlightened living, critiquing misused power and urging humane reform.
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Seva
Matthew Arnold
Chet
Cuibare
Cultare
Arnold
Whushow’s Kusttohne and the New Exercise Idea
A quirky passage discusses skipping as a once popular healthy routine and hints at drawbacks. It mentions a simpler method now proposed for the corpulent and older adults, referencing the World and various groups in a playful, period voice.
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W. G. Nolan
Southern Pacific Railway
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Northwest
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Kusttohne
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