Young Mother Now Strong
Kenosha Wisconsin Mrs Frep P HANSEN praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for postpartum recovery saying it helped her after childbirth. The ad urges other women with female troubles to try the remedy, noting its long history and reception among mothers and grandmothers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Frep
P. Hansen
Symmonds St
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Absent minded professor and the missing watch joke
A country rock study trip humor surrounds an eastern professor at a station who realizes they have no watch. He tells John to fetch his watch and estimates about fifteen minutes before the train. The bit ends with memory failing as a universal human fault.
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John
No Ugly Streaks with Red Cross Ball Blue
An old advertisement promises clean clothes with Red Cross Ball Blue and claims no grimy streaks. It notes that good bluing yields fine results and that all grocers carry the product.
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Red Cross
First Race Visit Brings Sweet Victory Comment
It was her first visit to the races. After meeting a famous jockey, she quipped that winning three dollars for her was just too sweet of him.
Man finds spirit through labor not creed, stay busy
A concise reflection asserts that philosophy is not essential to bolster the spirit. instead, being actively engaged and busy sustains motivation and purpose through life.
Pest Control Paste Ad Claims Night Elimination
An old advertisement touts Stearns Electric Paste as a century long exterminator. It promises quick destruction of rats mice cockroaches and other pests in one night with a ready to use formula that won’t blow away. It notes multilingual directions and a money back guarantee.
Real Courage and True Bravery in Everyday Actions
The piece argues real courage is doing what one fears. Alan Breck’s leap in Kidnapped stands as true heroism, while the hulking fighter and bully show lacking courage. Courage is tested in choosing to face danger for loved ones, endure pain, and act despite fear, not in bragging or risk for sport.
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Alan Breck
David
John Sullivan
Ness
Niagara Falls
The Best From Life Through Fair Exchange and Service
A reflective piece urges generosity and selflessness as keys to happiness. It argues that fair exchange, consistent good deeds, and using noble sentiments in daily life bring friendship and sunshine to the countenance, while selfishness dulls joy. Copyright note.
Origin and meaning of the term quarantine through history
The article traces quarantine from ancient use of 40 days for burial and prophetic periods to religious fasts of Lent. It notes medieval taxes and widow dowry delays tied to 40 days, and credits the French with early modern sanitary quarantines along the Mediterranean to curb plague, linking the period to lunar cycles and the number nine.
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Canaan
Jonah
Nineveh
Christ
Moses
Elijah
England
Mediterranean
Old Fashioned Scotch Kettle Cooking in a Deep Iron Pot
A vintage cookbook excerpt describes browning chicken in a tight iron kettle to trap juices, then slow cooking with minimal water. It recommends parsnips fried with bacon fat or mashed into fritter batter, and gives broiled Finnan Haddie finished with cream sauce and baked potatoes.
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FOND
Finnan Haddie
We start you without a dollar says unemployed man
An unemployed man retorts that starting without funds is insufficient, declaring he is already in that state while quoting a line from the Retails Ledger. The excerpt reflects a period tone on joblessness and financial constraint.
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Retails Ledger
Philadelphia
Idies Six by Will M Maupin
A verse given by Will M Maupin reflecting on daily life full of light and toil. It speaks of grief and joy, love and effort, sun and rain, rest at sunset, and the comfort of home. It celebrates meeting and parting, friendship, hopeful eyes of children, and triumphs over troubles through love.
Early writers mention the ravages of the bookworm
In ancient texts from Evenus around 450 B C the bookworm is first noted. Horace Ovid Pliny Martial and Lucian also described its damage in early literature.
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Evenus
B. C
Horace
Ovid
Pliny
Martial
Lucian
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