A GIANT LAID Law Crippled by Kidney Disorder
John Fernanys of Webster New York testifies that back pain and kidney trouble from an injury were cured by Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes reduced pain and improved urinary health after use and credits the remedy with his recovery. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes Henry VIII era rents at four shillings per year for a five room house.
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John Fernanys
Webster
N.Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Henry VIII
Isthmian Canal and World Ship News
The ratified Canal Treaty suggests resumed work on the canal, aiding Pillsbury Vitos shipments worldwide. A Lucerne town guillotine sale offers executions for 5.50 each. Mother Gray promotes AUSTRALIAN LEAP as a monthly regulator for women. A jackdaw survives a 176 rpm, 176 minute flywheel loop in Kilmacnock. A Santa Fe special train trip costs over 6000 dollars, fastest mountain railway run to Chicago. Religion should not breed pessimism.
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Mother Gray
New York
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Chicago
Santa Fe
Utah
Colorado
Metropolis Motto Verses and Restored Throat Cure Endorsement
A quoted line on prosperity contrasts with neighborly joy. A testimonial from Wa C Endaley of Van Buren Indiana dated February 10 1900 praises Piso’s Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung ailments. The excerpt ends with a wry remark on the nature of a metropolis.
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Piso
C. Endaley
Vanburen, Ind
Thanksgiving Rates on Utah Salt Lake Route One Fare Round Trip
Railroad advertises a single fare for round trips between any two Utah Salt Lake Route stations. Tickets go on sale November 29 and 30 and are valid until December 1.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Brittany Bridal Butter Structure Captures Guests Coins
In Brittany a wedding feast features an ornate butter sculpture as striking as a cake. Guests insert split sticks bearing gold or silver coins into the decorative butter display for a ceremonial adornment and toast.
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Brittany
Trifles Quoted on Tea and Perfection
A compact meditation on trifles and tea. Quotation snippets from Tupper and Michael Angelo appear alongside a line about learned lessons and ease, illustrating how small comforts invite reflection on quality and effort.
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Tupper
Michael Angelo
Schilling's Best Packaging and Odd Ad Phrases
A fragmented clump of lines praises Schilling's Best packaging lasting quality and mentions a Knowledge Book, A. Schilling Company, with stray quotes about Ann Francines and a test girl deemed lacking sense, all echoing through a jumbled Globe reference.
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Schilling
A. Schilling Company
Ann Francines
Dickens Pilgrimage to Blunderstone Village Sites
Special Corres visits Blunderstone near Lowestoft and Yarmouth, tracing Dickens fiction to real places. The author debates whether the Rectory or Blunderstone Hall matches the Rookery, cites Peggotty’s kitchen, the churchyard sundial, and routes. The piece blends geography, Brontëlike village charm, and Dickensian detail.
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Blunderston
Scotland
David Copperfield
Blunderstone
Dickens
Lowestoft
Yarmouth
David
Mr. Murdstone
Mr. Quinton
Peggotty
Unknown Lands Around Poles Spur Surveyor Quest
The Philadelphia Ledger notes vast unexplored earth areas, especially near the poles, with about 20 million of 142 million square miles still unseen. It cites Amundsen’s two year voyage to rediscover the north magnetic pole and探 Borchorevink’s claim in 1898 regarding the south pole, while Cook cites multiple positions for the south magnetic pole.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Europe
Ross
North Magnetic Pole
Capt. Amundsen
Norway
South Magnetic Pole
Borcherevink
Southern Cross
Frederick A. Cook
Belgica
War God Discovered in Colorado Cave by Bechtel
W. L. Bechtel, a Colorado explorer for ten years, reports finding a carved war god in a cave that he claims is more than a thousand years old.
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Colorado
W. L. Bechtel
Flying Hen Hatches Thirteen Chickens From Tree Nest
A Middletown woman reports her chicken, a cross between Leghorn and Dominick, built a nest atop a tall tree and hatched thirteen chicks. The bird flew between ground and tree top carrying nesting material and eggs, delivering the hatched brood safely to the ground.
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George Earle
Middletown
Earle
Parklaman’s Corners
A Plant Within a Plant At Brookdale Redwood
A redwood tree at Brookdale Santa Cruz county toppled in a storm. Inside a ten foot from the top hollow near 165 feet up, a woodpecker nest once held a hole now home to a three stalked huckleberry plant that grew roots into the tree and bore fruit.
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Brookdale
Santa Cruz County
Cal
Irish farmer uses turkeys to eat grasshoppers in Kansas
An Irishman with a Kansas farm released a flock of 2,000 turkeys to control grasshoppers. He rents the birds to neighbors and reports earning a substantial amount this year.
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Kansas
New England Liberty Pole and Historic No Stamp Flag
Portsmouth city, sole New England port, reportedly preserves a liberty pole. At Swing Bridge site, on January 9, 1766, the first no stamp flag was raised in what became the United States.
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New England
Portsmouth
Swingbridge
United States
How to Acquire and Retain the Priceless Health
Practical guidance on ventilating homes, selecting heating methods, and maintaining healthful indoor air. It covers open fires, chimneys, fresh air intake, and outlet placement, plus cautions about temper powders and the dangers of sedatives, with advice on managing aging through purposeful work and nasal breathing habits.
Bedroom Climate And The Health Value Of Fresh Air
A 60 year old has spent about twenty years in his bedroom and advocates for fresh air as a cure and preventive against tuberculosis. The piece notes that many patients recover with outdoor treatment, compares air quality to water and food, and cites England’s reduced drink bill alongside shifting habits toward fresher foods. It emphasizes avoiding impure air as a health risk.
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Dickens
David
Blunderstone Hall
England
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Scotty
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Mr. Barkis
Sap of Sante Peter Typ
Esaus
Ife
Lauder Brunton
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New York Herald
Quain
Boeing
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