An Old Man’s Tribute to Dean’s Kidney Pills
Ridney Justus, a fruit dealer from Mansfield Ohio, says he was cured after ten years of kidney trouble. He suffered backache, rheumatic swelling, painful urinary passages, and discolored secretions. half a box gave relief and three boxes cured him. Trial free, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y. Price 50 cents.
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Ohio
Ridney Justus
Mantor
Dean
Kidne
SibNer
Foster. Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Full House Rally Supports Unpaid Bills at Meeting
A morning gathering at the M. E. Church in Richfield raised 100 dollars during a quarterly meeting to cover unpaid bills. Dr Grita Bun led the service as attendees contributed to the cause and a full house filled the pews.
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Grita
M. EB
Tea With Schilling's Best Moneyback Fixes Knowledge Bool
In thirty six years 5,000,000 persons have been cared for in Berlin paylums for the homeless. Bohtsting & Opanpany and Kan Vrauichen are named in the piece. Millions of Homeless Persons are referenced in the context of care.
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Schilling
Bohtsting & Opanpany
Berlin
Trashy tea and a stubborn old tale in a rural quip
A mangled fragment presents a Far Country view on tea and value, pairing a blunt verdict with a comic line about Uncle Eben. The language appears garbled but centers on opinions about tea quality and money, with a remark that cleverness isn’t the path to wealth.
Profitable Inventions in Musical Instruments Rise
An article discusses profitable inventions in musical instruments and appliances, noting piano improvements as a major fortunes source. It argues new wind and string instruments with real merit are needed, as the public eagerly adopts innovative designs and devices.
Schilling's Best and the German dog meat inspection note
The report links Schilling's Best to grocery dealings and tea and baking powder. It cites a 562 dog count examined by German meat inspectors and questions whether dogs are eaten there, without explaining the implication.
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Schilling
Germany
San Francisco Tea Town and Mexico’s Literary Stand
A playful note contrasts San Francisco as a tea town with Mexico’s high standing in Spanish American letters, highlighting cultural identity and national pride in literature.
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Mexico
History of Tea Costs and Silk Production Facts
The cost of a cup of good tea is about three-tenths of a cent. AIM a glimpse into HONIING Beek Tem ty Reskiety Mow to Make Good Tea. It also notes that 2,200 milt works are needed to produce one pound of silk.
Horse on the Range and the Hungry Preacher
A humorous tale from Nogales where Judge Dickson recalls smelling fried oats and smoke from a church kitchen. Rev. Mr. Banke, warming beside a fourhole stove, jokes about living in the church while his horse roams the nearby range. He quips about alfalfa at twenty dollars a ton and salary politics.
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Lowes
Dickson
Nogales
Ariz
Mr. Banke
Circumlocution Saves Servant From Reprimand Joke
A Baltimore born bishop in Cincinnati quips that circumlocution can soften harsh truths. He cites a servant who hid uneaten game pate, then excuses lack of knowledge by claiming the cook told him to eat it. The anecdote ends with the servant’s circumlocution failing to spare him.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore
John
New Orleans Wine Cellar Tale Delights Dinner Guests
Washington correspondent notes a wealthy newcomer in Washington impressing guests by naming a rare wine’s brand and vintage without a bottle. She explains her savvy came from childhood in New Orleans where her father showed her his dusty city wine cellars. The hostess laughs, the husband retorts.
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New Orleans
Washington
Washington Correspondence
New York World
The Calm Divine Across Earth and Ocean
A fragmentary verse expresses a serene divine presence in nature. It paints mountains, ocean, bells, birds, children, and leaves as intertwined with inward thought. The speaker, John Sterling, contemplates a steadfast, dreamless calm undisturbed by storm or fear.
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Unseen Spirit
John Sterling
Indian Chief Preacher Quanah Parker Seeks Spiritual Role
Quanah Parker, head of the Comanche at Anadarko, now pursues preaching in old age. His mother, a white captive during a Texas raid, was later rescued and returned to her people. Quanah, about 60, is said to have earned and spent a good deal of money and now has little left.
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Quanah Parker
Anadarko Indian Agency
Texas
Iit
Quanah
Plea for an Offering And A Munich Sea Wave Invention
A preacher differentiates offering from collection, stressing heartfelt giving over leftover sums. In Munich a swimming bath uses a motor to generate eighteen natural looking sea waves per minute, a novel contraption for recreating surfing conditions.
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Munich
Comforts of Travel on the Yamnurula Limited
The porter will press a gentleman's trousers while he waits. A new wrinkle for fastidious dressers, with travel comforts including a daily market wire, newspapers, fine stationery, western books, current magazines, and Whitley exerciser. Electric curling rows for ladies. Santa Fe keeps its fast flyer at the front.
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Santa Fe
Charm of the Butterfly Silent World Symbol of Immortality
A student of Nature notes the butterfly’s chief charm lies not in beauty or transformations nor in unknown senses but in representing an absolutely silent world. The piece highlights their long life stages and the mystery of their antennae and sight. The emphasis is on quiet, unseen aspects of butterfly life.
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London
Fond of Fresher Life Makes Danish Beauties Skaters
Danish beauties enjoy long hours skating and outdoor air, while those confined indoors endure a severe illness keeping them at home, reflecting starkly different lifestyles and health conditions described in the piece.
Warm Baths Best for Skin Health and Care
Warm baths are the most effective way to keep skin clean and healthy. Maintain a water temperature of 92 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit and avoid long soaks. Rub the skin well to promote massage and cleanliness.
A Fellow Feeling Toward the Drunkard’s Cup
A temperance narrator revises harsh judgment of drinkers after health crises from asthma and coffee. She credits Postum with restoring health, sleep, and weight, noting even her physician praised Postum's coffee alternative and now uses it at home. Look for the Uttle beck promotion from Postum Co. Michigan.
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Othtra
Postum
Welkville
Guessing Contest and Clever Women in Novel Entertainment
A period piece describes a hostess led guessing game with decorative score cards showing initials and clues. Each clue hints at a famous woman by matching the initial to her surname, naming figures such as Helen Hunt Jackson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Clara Barton, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton among others.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Kate Douglas Wiggins
Marie Corelli
Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rosa Bonheur
Izabeth Stuart Phelps
Louise M. Alcott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Francis B. Willard
Lydia B. Pinkham
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Adelina Patti
Mary Anderson
Lillian Bell
Christine Neilson
Catharine D’ Mediel
Arboreal Aristocracy of Evergreen Trees
A Chautauquan essay by Anna Botsford Comstock portrays evergreens as the ancient aristocracy of the forest. She links pines to Devonian coal origins and notes evergreens cling to barren shores and high latitudes, outlasting deciduous rivals in a climate once very different.
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Anna Botsford Comstock
Library assistant quotes puzzled man seeking law book
In a Baltimore News anecdote a colored man entered the Congress library asking for a good law book to learn his rights after hearing a neighbor planned a suit. He read a century edition aloud and asked for a faster edition, noting his limited progress with the fifth edition.
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Putnam
Congresssonal Library
Rich diamonds and deep South African mines
Prof Henry Miersle told a London audience that there is no knowledge of how deep South African diamond mines can be worked. He said deeper mining yields richer diamonds and noted current operations reach 2,500 feet with potential to extend to 5,000 feet or beyond if engineering difficulties are overcome.
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Henry Miersle
London
Danish Government Char ity Stamp Drive For Hospital Aid
The Danish government issued a half cent charity stamp to raise funds for a hospital for consumptive children. The public was urged to buy and paste the stamp on letters and parcels. In a short time more than $20,000 worth of stamps were sold.
Gibraltar Docks Hold Largest British Navy Vessel
Gibraltar docks boast capacity to house the biggest vessel in the British navy, marking a significant expansion of harbor infrastructure and strategic reach for the fleet.
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Gibraltar
Remedy Promises Rich Blood Way to Cure Female Ailments
An 1890s advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a universal remedy for headaches indigestion nervousness and debility caused by poor blood. It recounts Mrs Ella F Stone’s recovery after taking multiple boxes and praises the pills as a popular cure sold nationwide with a free booklet on women’s health. It also includes political and economic snippets about republics eggs and sugar prices.
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Ella F. Stone
Fragmentary 19th Century Ads and Aesop Paraphrase
The text presents a collage of odd lines from old ads and a moralistic reflection. It references a charity gift to a Moscow Potala leader, a quip about lovers, a treatise on changing minds, and a medicine pitch for Allen's Foot-Ease.
Women urged to avoid surgery with Pinkham remedy
The article warns many women with ovarian and womb issues end up in hospitals awaiting operations. It claims bearing down pain, irregularities, and nervous exhaustion signal ovarian or uterine trouble and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a preventive, claiming it has saved thousands from surgery and inviting readers to write for advice.
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Lydia
Pinkham
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