Remedy for sleeplessness and strange garden notes
A fragmented circa 1900 reader offers odd remedies including a sleep aid card titled Bleny Bleep, plus a Garden Magazine claim about Yeast to boost soil nitrogen through inoculants. It also highlights a vast British heir’s fortune, and praise for Salzer’s Grass seed as a million-dollar草, with remarks on Teosinte and varicose vein remedies.
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Garden
Garden Magazine
James
Government Agricultural de
Ether in Medical Use Since 1846
A fragmented note recalls the first surgical use of ether in 1846 and questions about familiarity with the topic. It hints at historical awareness of anesthesia and prompts reflection on remembered facts from earlier medical history.
Fragmented note on car jacks and safety warnings
A garbled text fragment discusses handshakes and tea friends, then shifts to a safety warning about jacks under cars in San Francisco. It notes a suggestion to equip street jacks and warns that a victim could be taken beneath car wheels without delay. The fragment lacks clear names, dates, or concrete events.
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San Francisco
Between You and Your Grocer Schillings Best Spotlight
The line highlights Schilling's Best as a trusted brand connecting shoppers with retailers. It underscores the value of quality products in everyday buying choices and suggests brand prominence in grocery aisles.
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Schilling
Swedish Bridal Superstition Tale Spells Bread Sharing
A Canadian clipped note describes a Swedish bridal superstition where the bride carries bread in her pockets for distribution to those on her way to the church. Each piece given out is said to bring good luck or avert misfortune, reflecting folk beliefs tied to marriage rituals.
Sidelights in Congress on school meals and witty Washington sketches
A Washington roundup recalls lawmakers and public figures with humorous anecdotes. Congressman Smith notes overheard conversations about children in New York going to school hungry. Senator Blackburn tells of a muscular Kentucky parson. Jokes about Wagner and Parson Johnson April Congress encounters reporters and a blizzard as Senators and Representatives joke about weather and politics. Col. Bill Zeveley’s fame is lampooned while figures like Underwood Slayden Bede and Cannon are cited in breezy vignettes.
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New York
Cougreseman Smith
Cork
Blackburn
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Parson Johnson
Tim
Bill Zeveley
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Washington
Kansas City Star
Col. Zeveley
J. W. Zeveley
St. Louis
William Zeveley
Col
Broadway
Kansas City
Radbourne Trick Ball Tale From Wisconsin Umpire
The story recalls Radbourne telling of a Peoria versus a Wisconsin town team game. With Dave and Jack Rome, Radbourne used a spring-loaded trick ball that refused to come straight to the plate. The umpire, a hardware merchant, treated every curve as a ball, exposing the ruse.
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Radbourne
Weddell House
Peoria
Wisconsin
Dave
Jack Rome
Jiu Jitsu Master Higashi Shocks Big Wrestlers
Japanese jiu jitsu master Katsukama Higashi, 5 feet 3 inches and 121½ pounds, has defeated Tom Sharkey and other heavyweights. He trained in Kyoto and taught at Doshisha college. Higashi says he never teaches the fatal tricks to fighters and stresses testing before trust.
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Katsukama Higashi
Tom Sharkey
Ajax
New York
Japan
Hoe
Kano
Doshisha College
Kyoto
Ajax” Whitman
Higashi
Kane
Absence Conquers Love Tried Yet Proved False
A verse fragment laments absence’s power over love as the speaker professes enduring devotion. The speaker pledges memory and longing, imagining the beloved’s name echoing in the heart, while rejecting the notion that distance ends affection, comparing longing to a dove’s return and a wounded bird’s instinct to seek a familiar refuge.
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Ant
Monument to Leipzig Battle Erected by German Nation
A colossal monument to Napoleon's defeat at Leipzig in 1813 is under construction. Funds collected across Germany aim for completion on the centenary in 1913. The base spans 6,300 square meters, height 362 feet, visible from far. Archangel Michael stands on a war chariot with a relief inscription Gott Mitt Uns. Prof. Bruno Schmitz leads the project.
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Napoleon
Leipsic
Sist
Michael
Bruno Schmitz
Beethoven An Eccentric Man Yet Great Musician
An Outlook article portrays Ludwig van Beethoven as unconventional in appearance and manners. Descriptions from Czerny and Schindler recount a dirty apartment, goat hair clothes, jet black hair, beard, and wax in ears, plus habitual water-dabbling and awkwardness in movement and shaving.
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Beethoven
D. G. Mason
the Outlook
Carl Czerny
Czerny
Robinson Crusoe T
Cuta la Titus
Schindler
One of the Old Guard Salutes the Empress in Paris
A veteran of about seventy, once part of Empress Eugenie's bodyguard, salutes her with militaryformality as she arrives by electric coupe at the Hotel Continental. He waits in the corridor and presents a lavish bouquet of violets or roses to grace her drawing room.
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Randell
Texas
Georgia
Eugenie
Hotel Continental
Paris
London Express
Growler in Disguise Sparks Bronx Liquor Trick
A hardware dealer recalls a dignified woman buying a gallon can of kerosene to avoid growing suspicious when using a growler. The plan relies on a ready made container hidden as a regular pail while others imitate, potentially spoiling the method according to the New York Press.
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Bronx
New York Press
Duchess Tests Gentle Curiosity With Clock Placard
An anecdote recounts Duchess of Westminster inviting curiosity by placing a notice on a Swiss clock reading Please not touch. Canadian Liberal M Joly asks why, and she notes many guests probe the rule, except for Mr Fawcett who was blind. Also quoted is Uncle Joe Cannon critiquing a young journalist's remarks at a banquet.
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Joe Cannon
Senate
House
Uncle Joe
Pepys Witnesses London Execution of Turner in 1663
The diary entry from January 21 1663 recounts Samuel Pepys attending the execution of Turner. He describes the crowd in the city, the walk from the Change to Leadenhall Street, and Turner’s slow ascent to the wheel before being hanged in his cloak. About 13 or 14 thousand spectators are noted in the street.
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England
Pepys
Wright
Turner
Leadenhall Street
Lyme Street
St Mary Axe
Sone
Sermons on Health and Cleanliness and Kidney Pills Ad
An Irish church pamphlet promotes a sanitary sermon on health. Mrs. L. C. Bowers touts Dodd’s Kidney Pills claiming a diabetes cure with lasting relief. The ad extols kidney cure claims from backache to Bright’s disease and notes alcohol as a potential untaxed heat source.
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Tuam
National Board
The
Catholic Truth Society of Ireland
Dodd
L. C. Bowers
Bright
Cuticura Growth Claim From Virginia User
A. W. Taft of Independence Virginia reports twelve years of hair loss and dandruff ending after using Cuticura Ointment and Soap. He states dandruff cleared and hair began growing, praising Cuticura Soap as a toilet soap and signing his name.
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A. W. Taft
Independence
Fragmented Irish Tombstone Inscription From Kitkeel Ireland
Fragmented OCR reveals a tombstone in Kitkeel churchyard with Thomas Nichols died in Philadelphia in March 1753 and a quip about burial. The garbled text includes stray names, places, and a dubious currency amount, suggesting a misread plate with multiple unrelated notes and signatures.
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Kitkeel
Ireland
Thomas Nichols
Philadelphia
Shining Shoes Advice on Care and Preservation
Boots and shoes, damp or dry, can be polished in minutes by adding a drop or two of paraffin to the blacking. This simple trick helps keep leather from cracking and maintains shine.
Question on Schilling's Best purchases and losses
A reader asks if anyone has ever lost money on Schilling's Best products or promotions, seeking anecdotes about financial regrets or wasted purchases.
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Schilling
First United States Mint Established in 1792
The first United States mint was established in 1792 under federal authority. It marks the beginning of U S coinage production and the creation of the coinage system.
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United States
Do you like your tea Schilling's Best To Clean Furs
A quirky note requests tea brand preferences and advertises fur cleaning with bran as a method. The message mentions Schilling's Best tea and suggests fur cleaning by stubbing with bran as a peculiar tip from an unidentified author.
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Schilling
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