Raised From Sick Bed and Other Short Notices
A 59 Fountain St liner, Me resident credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing years of back pain dizziness and headaches after four months in bed. Adv notes 50 cent boxes from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Also a quick joke about an uncle and a will and a free cook’s book offer from Jaques Manufacturing Chicago. The ad ends with a quip on beauty and the cuticle.
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J. H. Bennett
Fountain St
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Jaques Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Cook
Jaques Manufacturing Co
Woman's Backache and Female Health Remedy Claim
An article describes backache as a signal of a woman's health issue and lists symptoms like nervousness and headache. It promotes an immediate attention remedy aimed at restoring the feminine organism to a healthy normal condition.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims strength for women
A historical ad style note extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female illnesses. It quotes testimonials from Mrs. WH of Rockland Maine and Mrs. Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania, praising relief from backaches, side pains, fatigue, and digestive issues after using the product for months. The copy emphasises a thirty year history and asserts the remedy cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid minors irregularities and related symptoms.
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WH Auuny
Y Coll Ave
Rockland
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Trunks Are Not What They Were
In a garret reminiscence Mr Stoggleton recalls sturdy old trunks versus flimsy modern ones. A worn heavy trunk with tin clasps and weak straps fails after three trips, prompting talk of trunk designers, durability, and traveling demands. He argues trunks should last.
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Mr. Stoggleton
Balancing a Flying Machine Theory
The Century notes that balancing a flyer is tricky, with pilots experimenting to stabilize it. Early ideas placed gravity below wings to lower center of gravity, but this caused destructive oscillation. A broad V wing dihedral offered better lateral balance but still suffered from oscillation and was limited to calm air.
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Century
Two Judges and a Western Judge in Courtroom Anecdote
A western judge sitting among papers asks the amount in dispute and pays two dollars to settle the first case, then calls the next case. The anecdote contrasts with Sir William Grant who, after two days of argument, declared the act in question had been repealed.
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Plain- AM
Sir William Grant
Argonant
A Simple Precaution About a Constitution
An autocrat muses on issuing a constitution while ensuring the court reads it to fit his will. He agrees to grant a constitution but insists on attaching abundant constitutional laws to steer interpretation toward his preference.
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York
A Clear Conscience
A dialogue features Mr. Cumrox admitting an adjusted view on bargaining. He says he has become accustomed to people paying without questions after living in the great capital of Europe. The exchange centers on whether he has ever taken advantage of anyone in a deal and the denial references recent years.
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Mr. Cumrox
Capitil
Europe
The First St Pauls Cathedral in England History
A summary of St Pauls Cathedral from its 12th century beginnings after fires through the 1666 Great Fire, noting the spire height, towers, Lollards’ tower lock up, bishop’s palace, nearby gray friars church, and the old foundation system with canons. Mentions monuments to Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Christopher Hatton, and Sir John Beat champ with the tale of Duke Humphrey.
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Europe
Lollards’ Tower. the Bishop's Palace
Gray Friars
Christ Church, Newfate
St. Paul's
Philip Sydney
Francis Walsingham
Christopher Hatton
Shakespeare
John Beatchamp
Humphrey
Duke of Gloucester
St. Alban's
London
Grent
Scientific American
Made Trouble for Jones Poker Club in Topeka
In Topeka a group of young men form a weekly poker club with small stakes. One member nicknamed Jones wins $1.85 in four hours, then gives all winnings to his wife who suspects he earned $47. The wife disputes the amount while the others laugh.
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Jones
Topeka
Kansas City Journal
The Cook and the Broth
A young housekeeper learning to cook confesses discouragement at the vast array of cookbooks and recipes. She compares her simple dishes to thousands of titles like One Thousand Ways to Make Soup and Five Hundred Good Meat Recipes, yet takes pride when her plain foods turn out well before recalling the long path to mastery.
Teach Children to Dress and Weigh Responsibility
The mother should start with teaching children to dress themselves and gradually grant more responsibility. As girls mature they should learn to manage money for clothing and dress within a set budget.
Hash confusion at Parisian menu sparks diners request
A Wall Street businessman complains about French menu items in a fashionable restaurant and asks for plain hash. The waiter correctly calls it olla podrida and questions what he wants next, prompting a tone of dignified reproach.
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Wall Street
First Thespian Earns 200 a Night in Kansas City
In a backstage recount a Thespian notes a rate of 200 a night in Kansas City. A companion adds casual boldness, saying there are five now. The exchange centers on wages and a promise of steadier income amid a bustling theatre scene.
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Kansas City
Monty
Jack
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Hall's Cure
A historical caution against mercury in catarrh treatments contrasts claims with Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, noting it contains no mercury and acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. The excerpt includes an anecdote about a polite boy from the Houston Post.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Cheney
Noisy Bits From Papers About Grocers and Tales
A collage of quick quips and jokes from periodicals. It mentions Schilling's Best grocers and a promise to refund money on complaints, a grandmother with a keen nosed baby, and a nurse explaining the baby’s happiness as his parents approach. It also includes a humorous exchange about an automobile and a fall from a window.
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Schilling
Harper's Weekly
Chicago uses municipal cow for sick babies
Dr Caroline Hedger, a Chicago health inspector, bought a cow for the department to produce pure milk for desperately ill babies in a crowded tenement district. She says the purchase saved lives, delivering fresh milk directly to 14 families without many hands in between.
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Chicago
Caroline Hedger
Hedger
Evans
Bowling alley work in Byron era remark stirs chatter
Mrs Job mocks a man who picks up pins as a profession in a bowling alley while a remark on Winglow's Soothing Myrip hints at medicinal cures for children and social redemption. The fragment references trial packages and fear and gain in equal measure in Byron era dialogue.
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Job
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Boston Cooking School
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Percy
Spohn's
Hafeey
Druggiete
Bool
Spelinical Co
Goshen
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Winglow
Byron
Dodds Ae
Walista A
E City
Putnam
Towers Fish
Rowem Co
Ngsta Ies
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Dee
Ws.douglas
Dongine
Wripond Las
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A.n.mellogg Newspaper CO
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