Preacher and the Poet in a 1905 Atlantic excerpt
The piece quotes Theodore T. Manger on Shakespeare and church life, noting Stratford’s Presbyterian leanings and suggesting Shakespeare’s limited churchgoing. It cites old editorials and writers, including Mark Twain and Max Nordau, with brief garbled asides about Cure cuts and religious attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Witie
Stratford
Avon
Buawnne
Grasay
Clone Converne
Cardinal Newman
Theolore
T. Manger
Placing Immigrants and Industry Benefit Widely
An article details New York Citys immigrant removal office moving Russian Jews to towns like Toledo Omaha and Nashville to relieve crowding. It notes wages and jobs in railroads canneries and shops, bank savings and real estate gains, and that most migrants arrive jobless. It mentions further anecdotes about other arrivals and a Duchess collecting animals at Floors castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Fussia
Toledo
Ohio
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Pope Motor Car Works
American Can Company
Gendron Wheel Company
United States
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Wagos
Columbus
Russia
Nashville
Tenn
Minneapolis
Pittsburg
Rochester
Duchess of
Auld Brig of Ayr Threatened by American Wealth
Lord Rosebery warns Britons to preserve the Auld Brig of Ayr from American multimillionaire buyers who might ship the Burns landmark to Chicago. He cites European greed for old things and urges Scotland to raise funds to keep the bridge, fearing its sale would stain Scotland’s honor and erase a national antiquarian link.
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Europe
Glasgow
Scotland
Burns
Burne
British Isles
Lord Rosebery
Manchester ‘Guardian
Glangow
Edinburgh
Pownnes
Wenin
Chicago
England
Ayr
How He Could Tell Quote on School Habits and Future Character
A teacher asserts that two boys in school can reveal their likely future through habits formed during school days. Industrious, honest, earnest traits tend to persist after graduation, while careless, unscrupulous tendencies predict poorer citizenship.
Postum Prize Letters Offer Gold and Prizes
An old advertisement invites readers to write honest letters about coffee versus Postum. Winners receive cash prizes from 1 to 10 dollars, with 325 total winners. judges are unaffiliated with Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. Contest closes June 1, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Poxtum Cereal Co. Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Allcock's Plasters Prove Merit and Endorsement
A column surveys plaster merits with sixty years of testimonials, praises original Allcock's plasters and warns against substitutes. It also notes a German journalist admiring Taft and Congressman Sulloway, and offers old household tips on pineapple, Garfield Tea, and a patent medicine for piles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allcock
Perous
Washimpton
Taft
Congressman Sulloway
New Hampshire
Uhlan
Pink Pills Restored Mrs Robbins and Her Daughter Health
Mrs Josie Robbins of Decatur Illinois says weak and thin with headaches appetite loss swollen numb feet and numb tongue. After physician remedies failed she used Dr Williams Pink Pills and recovered she also cured her daughter's anemia and low vitality with color returning to cheeks and strength. Pills sold by druggists or by mail 50 cents a box six for $2.60 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY
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Williame
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Weller
Little Vincent Thi
Mark Twain
Southwestern
Vane J
Chaney
Max Nordau
Howard E. Burton
Romirut
Mets
Hbo
Peto Eee
Fara
Hin Catalix
Simmons
North Carolina
Taliaferro
Florida
Senate
Success Magazine
W. J. Locke
The
Institute of British Architects
London
Erig
Auld Brig of
Pitani
Docabotda
Fac Sumile Signature of
Ck Eas
Carters
Iver Pills
Treen
Shas
Defiance
Bears
Castoria
Sloans Liniment
Sloans
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Mass
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