Jamaica Rebuild Vision Amid Earthquake Echoes And Tropical Bounty
An English era travel feature surveys Kingston after the 1907 quake, noting stalled reconstruction, insurance delays, and a tented city life while praising Jamaica’s lush fertility. It extols vegetation, fruit abundance, and slow pace, contrasting Kingston's ruin with Jamaica’s radiant landscapes and potential for intensive cultivation. It highlights local labor, especially women, and the island’s English heritage and diverse population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Hemisphere
Kington
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Pacific Coast
Harbor
Orange
Kingaton Alfl
Straels
Poe
Bisck Wom
Island
Jamaica
Port Ontario
Uttle English
Port Arthur
Uttle Island
Value of a Smile in an Old Strand Magazine Note
A quirky note on the power of a smile saying a genuine smile charms men and secures favors, while most smiles are useless. It claims radiance comes from the eyes as well as the lips and warns against a mechanical smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Magaalno
Unknown Heroics In Civil War Wound Story Of Valor
A soldier named Lieut Bedell endures a thigh wound and grave hand injury. Despite near certain death, he insists on life for wife and children. A young surgeon performs amputation and careful dressing, with Bedell enduring extreme pain to save his life. The story highlights courage and self sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedell
United States
St. Doctor
Monument to Tippecanoe Heroes Proposed at 90 Foot Shaft
A contract outlines a 90 foot granite obelisk at the Tippecanoe battlefield to honor heroes. The $24,500 project includes a 365 square foot base and inscriptions in Matutelo granite. Government to pay half. completion by November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippecanoe Battleground
Monument Commission
Matutelo
Troy
Wisconsin
William Henry Harridon Atua
Proof for Two Cents Sufferer Credits Doan's Kidney Pills
A Medina man writes that after eighteen months in two hospitals with back pain, lameness, dizzy spells, and rheumatic ache he found relief using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds and complete cure after 10 or 12 boxes. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box. Poster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Winney
Medina
Tao
Hufferin
Dean
Winney
Poster-Milturn Co
Buffalo
A Curious Fact and a Banterful Exchange in a Houston Post Snippet
A jumble of quoted lines shows a flirtatious stranger, a wife, and a rebuking husband in a brief Houston Post style exchange. The fragment presents a playful dialogue about trust, marriage, and recollection amid unrelated clever quips about water swelling wood and speculative futures.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Health
In an appeal to women, a medical testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments leading to motherhood. It claims relief from cramps, inflammation, and other pains, inviting sick women to write for advice. A closing line mentions new pension laws for widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Thion
D. C
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Lydia E. Purham
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Kinston
Great Sea
West End
Hingston Harbor
Gordon Hall
Gio Cafe
House of Parliament
Landon
Filer
Sonny
Houston Post
Desert Isle
ITA
Setee
Myre Ebel
Wallin S'S
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