Doan's Kidney Pills Recommend by Pittsburg Man
Captain D. Hunter of Pittsburgh praises Doan's Kidney Pills for a kidney trouble and back ache that improved after use. He states he would use the product again and recommends it to others. Available from dealers at 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Also notes Mexico's curious pumpkin palm a rough corky bark akin to oak.
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Themcada
D. Hunter
Bogine No
Pittsburg
White Avenue
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Mexico
Teaching Youth of Egypt A Koran Based Education System
Four-Track News reports on Egyptian education stressing the Koran as the foundation of instruction. It notes boys as young as eight may begin, with mature adults allowed to enroll alongside youths, and that few study beyond five to six years, aiming for roles as doctors lawyers or rulers.
Beauty of Irish Proverbs and Wit of the Race
A column extols Irish proverbs as the nation’s distilled wit and beauty. It cites lines praising silent mouths, charity, eyes opened in others, and a door opened by God, with autumn days and a satirical view on poetry’s craft.
Value of Time and Catarrh Cure Ad
An old newspaper ad extols the value of time for young men and warns about distractions, while promoting Dr. Cheney's Cure and other remedies for catarrh and constipation. The piece mixes inspirational prose with patent medicine claims and a Toledo, Ohio source.
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Wittlool
Cheney
SPJ
Cheney CO
Toledo
Obie
Opposite Direction at Party Sparks Grim Motive Talk
A fragment from a Kansas City Pluses item describes a party where a young man fears harm to a head of a major figure. A girl expresses plans to avoid danger, saying she intends to go the other way. The young man remains silent for the rest of the evening.
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Kanens City
Marriage in Tint Andamans Tailored Ceremony Revels
A Chicago Chronicle reprints a curious tale on Andaman marriage customs told in humorous travelogue style. It describes fierce islanders, a forest wedding ritual, and a tree-bend ceremony where a girl and lad ascend slim trees, their heads touch, and the union is declared with a shouted finish.
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Fee Ceream
Andaman Island
Talands
Talander
Andaman
Lander
Chicago Chronicle
Boston Child Seeks Big Volume for Leaves Pressing
Senator Lodge is praised for Massachusetts pride yet amused by a Boston child who asked for the large volume of the coast and geodetic report. He outlines the volumes in a letter, and the child finally replies I do not care about the reading matter I want a wool fat book for pressing leaves.
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Boston
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
The Plural of Cider in Marlboro School
A Marlboro Mass physician elected to the school board a dozen years ago wore a beard that surprised. In a sixth grade lesson pupils wrestled with singular and plural forms. John, a dull student, wrote a line claiming many elders are red, pointing at the bearded doctor on the platform.
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Marlboro
Mass
John
Biography of a Pig in Oddball Memoir Fragments
Fragmented text recounts a quirky life of a pig linked to Finn Hogg lad days and barter tales. The piece hints at mysterious fevers, curious debts, and a mercurial rise through odd incidents and whispered townsfolk lore. Further clarity is elusive in the garbled OCR.
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Finn Hogg
Alwayn
Best Sermon Visited by Doctor Backus in Charleston
Dr. Truman J. Backus of Packer Institute recounts hearing a famed sermon from an old colored man, once Gov. Bull’s body servant in South Carolina. In Charleston he rode with a Confederate soldier who fired on Fort Sumter, and the old man cheerfully told him, Massa, I am making the beat out of the worst.
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Truman J. Backus
Packer Institute
Brooklyn
Gov. Bull
South Carolina
Backus
Charles ‘Ton
Fort Sumter
Massa
Ram’s
Makaroff's Daughter Named Maid of Honor for Russia
Malli Makaroff, daughter of the drowned admiral of the Petropavlosk, is selected as maid of honor to the Czarina and the dowager empress. Her mother, of Polish origin, is a Magus and musician, involved in occultism and authoring works. She is currently writing a biography of her husband.
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Makaroff
Malli Makaroff
Petropavlosk
Czarina
Russia
Sha
Wild boar hunt in Japan ends with attack and village feast
A Japanese village recounts a wild boar hunt where a wounded boar rushed a wheat shed, injuring a woman before farmers and hunters killed the animal. The report notes boars driven by cold weather come near villages and that a farmer and others aided the woman and ended the threat.
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Short
Krabel
Furuseki
Kunichiro
Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsed for Growing Girls
Mrs A L Smith of West Pembroke Maine testifies that after her thirteen year old daughter suffered weekly Crazy Spells and yellowing eyes for two years doctors offered no help one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills stopped the spells and more were used until the illness was cured. She urges mothers to heed the remedy for a healthy future.
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West Pembroke
A. L. Smith
Dodd
Self-Control and Moderation in Love and Power
A brief exhortation on mastering oneself before mastering any situation. It argues that losing temper when the heart is involved leads to losing the girl, implying self-control as essential for successful relationships and personal power.
Tiny Cure for a Child’s Sores Promoted by Akron Mother
Mrs G J Steese of 701 Coburn St Akron Ohio testifies that after three doctors failed her child's removing sores, Cuticura cured the skin in short order. She praises the product highly noting the dramatic cost difference and urging others to use it.
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Cuticura
G. J. Steese
Coburn St
Akron
Ohio
Oysters and a Baron’s Meal Miscalculation
A historical anecdote relates Baron Graham asking a cure how many oysters to eat to whet appetite for dinner. He was advised to eat away until hungry. The baron, who did not see the joke, consumed ten dozen oysters and lamented that he was not hungrier than at the start.
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Graham
Automobile sales scene at London show with price placard
At a London automobile show two young women sat in a car displaying a price of 350 pounds. A young man approached and said I ll take it but withdrew when the owner asked the women to alight. The passage also references a product called CASTORTA as a remedy for infants, though context is unclear.
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London
New Equipment on the Santa Fe Ancher
Santa Fe places a major expansion with 75 locomotives 6300 freight cars 60 passenger coaches and postal cars to arrive within four months. Fifteen Atlantic type engines 30 Pacific type engines and 30 Santa Fe type engines will be delivered. The project costs over 5 million dollars to boost handling of growing traffic and future needs.
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Santa Fe
Iuellitien
Ane Impact of Overwork on a Teacher and a Cure
Mina James recounts burnout from crowded city schools and the struggle to sleep and eat. After resuming work post recovery, she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with enriching her blood restoring sleep appetite and stamina. Her colleagues also report positive effects and renewed energy from use.
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Breoke Bown
Kix Youd
Anid Mina James
Williams
Pink Pilla
Dr. Williams
Margaret M. James
Claystreet
Dayton
Ohio
Why advertise and what it promises from old notices
Fragmentary 19th century ad style asks why advertising exists and promises goods from Schilling’s Haat Metals and Memory. Mentions a miner and chemist supplying better metals and a “miner of men’s minds” offering helps for sharper memory.
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Orvice
Island in the West Indies Rarely Visited
A fragment describes Little Known Island, near South He Line Island, West Indies. The islet is about three quarters of a mile long, rises only 12 to 14 feet above the sea, and remains inconspicuous except when approached closely.
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Aves Island
West Indies
Everyday Greatness and the Quiet Mental Strength
Quotation on anti nervous prostration urges tea and time to develop an even temper. It praises patient self discipline and kindness to others as everyday greatness beyond feats in battle or chants from cathedrals. Dr. Dewey.
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Dewey
Noted Horse Thief on Trial in London Chronicle
Aged eighty three, described as a horse stealer, Williams, with forty three years of service, faced trial on horse stealing charges. Reports state thefts involved lame animals to claim excise for slaughter offers, reflecting a practice among horse thieves.
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Thieven
Bramley
Williams
Steater
London Chronicle
Uncle Nat Whitmore Wealth Secret Revealed by Minister
A Gardiner, Maine tale recounts Nathaniel Whitmore known as Uncle Nat who faced clergy soliciting his wealth for charity. He hinted at a secret plan about his fortune, suggesting he would decide whether to take money or leave it behind when he dies, in a sly moral tale.
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Chicago Tribune
Nathaniel Whitmore
Gardiner
Maan
Kennebec Valley
Nat” Whitmore
Appeala
Whitmore
Nat
Everyday heroism in ordinary workmen says William James
Harvard professor William James reflects on a journey when he saw workers high above a canyon. The sight prompted him to declare true heroism lies not only in battles but in daily labors on ships docks rails and bridges. He felt a deep sympathy for common men and their ordinary brave acts.
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William James
Harvard Imlernity
Lesson in Addition from Auburn School
A classroom scene shows a teacher explaining that mixing items changes results. A milkman's son interrupts, declaring two things can be added to yield the same figures water plus milk makes fresh milk. The rest of the fragment includes garbled, nostalgic text from old verse and prose.
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Auburn
Lewiston Journal
Mistaken Identity at Revival Parade
During a recent revival led by Evangelist Dawson in London England ministers from many denominations joined a parade. An excited observer mistook a saloon patron for a recruit and learned the man was actually the president of Andréve Theological Seminary.
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Evangelist Dawson
London
Eng
Andéve= Theological Seminary
Digging for the Thermometer at Newton Junction
A humorous local snippet from Newton Junction NH centers on the town's cold reputation and a quip by the wit Stupid Whittier arriving in Haverhill. The rustic reply jokes about not knowing the thermometer reading until dawn.
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Newton Junction
Whittier
Haverhill
Newton
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