Despairing Woman Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs Henry A Reamer of Booth Bend Indiana describes severe kidney trouble and related symptoms before using Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports dramatic relief and gratitude, noting the product saved her life. Also mentions Moon’s constant, with French astronomer Puiseux debunking lunar charge myths and explaining retina sensitivity.
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Henry A. Reamer
Main and Garetts
Booth Bend
Ind
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffal
M. Puiseux
Brand criminals with real names urge magistrate
A British magistrate proposed branding offenders who use aliases with their real names as a deterrent. The suggestion aims to expose deceit and aid law enforcement, reflecting debates on punishment and ethics in crime reporting.
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted to cure facial paralysis
An old advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore facial nerve control after paralysis. It details a patient named Harry Bemis from Trothville who regained use after following the court of the pills, with claims of recovery and a request for a free booklet.
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Williams
Harry Bemis
Trothville
Washington County
Mr. Bemis
Tam
Ammunition for the Pastor in Fenian Days
The Rev Edward Lloyd Jones of Manchester recalls a Fenian era journey from a Welsh village to Brecon. A heavy box of theology books prompted detectives at Shrewsbury to suspect explosives. The box proved harmless and the minister quipped that his ammunition is theology used in defense of his Methodist faith.
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Edward Lloyd Jones
Manchester
England
Brecon
Shrewsbury
Adam Olcke
Prayer and steadfast courage in trying times
Fragmentary religious verse urges faithful prayer during sorrows. It speaks of Christ’s guidance, patient hope, and the call to bravery as trials approach, urging readers to seek strength through faith and perseverance.
Deacon Potter confronts a raceyard dilemma and a wary bet
In a small town near a race course, Deacon Potter frets over gossip about his daughter Sarah and the boyfriend Fred Carey. He discovers a gambling ticket linking Carey to a turf event, leading to a tense, comic confrontation at home and a surprising windfall that quiets the feud and shapes their plans for a future together.
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Deacon Job Potter
Job
Mrs. Potter
Hannah
Fordecai Pratt
York
Mordecai
Fred Carey
Tabernacle of the Lord
Jedge Grimes
Fred
International Turf Club
New York
Carey
Sarah Potter
Papa
Saracen
Sarah
Turf Club
Deacon
George
Schoolboy Letters Home From Pittsburg Dispatch
A fragmented Pittsburg Dispatch item presents a schoolboy letter home to his mother filled with earnest religious sentiment, asserting devotion to family and reliance on the Lord. The missive references care for ailing mother, future return, and expresses hope for moral improvement and steadfast faith.
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Lucia
Ike
Clifford
Pittsburg
Memory of Johnny Smith Breaks in Alabama Visit
A traveling man visits Clerk Graves at Hillman and mentions an old schoolmate named John Smith of Pumpkinville who claims to have mined $200,000 in Alaska. Graves recalls Johnny Smith from Pumpkinville and promises to visit him after arriving home from Alabama.
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Hillman
Graves
John Smith
Pumpkinville
Smith
Jai
Alaska
Klondike
Alabama
Johnny Smith
Sassafras
Johnny
Birmingham Age Herald
The Host Was Pleased and the Dinner Talk
A guest recounts Edward Everett Hale at a millionaire's dinner where the host boasted about luxury dishes and their costs down to a penny. The guests ate the expensive grapes in charity, until Hale humorously asks to be cut off about a dollar eighty seven cents more.
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Edward Everett Hale
Baltimore
Covent Garden
At the End of Arcady Verse Fragment
Fragmentary verses describe a journey to Arcady and the uttermost end, with imagery of paths, sleep, yawns, and eyes half closed. The piece evokes a sleepy, dreamlike landscape where a traveler contemplates fate and the end of an imagined place.
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Arcady
Ap Arcady
Poncenut
la Lave
Prof Bonney Heard Enough In Virgil Class
New Bedford professor Bonney, known wit, recalls a Latin student with a half prepared lesson. The student misquotes Aeneas attempting to embrace his lost wife. Bonney replies with sharp humor and comic rebuke prompting the student to sit down.
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Bonney
Prof
New Bedford
Mass
Aeneas
Early Massachusetts Mission to South Carolina
The 1695 New England venture led by elder William Pratt carried gospel workers from Boston to Dorchester Neck near Charleston. They faced ocean storms and famine fears, found welcome host families, and helped establish a church later joined by St. James' Grove Creek. The venture left ruins and a history of using local Indian ties for curing quacks.
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South Atlantic
New England
Dorchester
S. C
Boston
Charleston
Massachusetts
Ashley River
William Pratt
Thomas Pratt
Weymouth
Mass
Elizabeth Baker
Sho
South Carolina
Prat
Joshua Crane
Bridgewater
Joseph Lord
Carolina
Firat
Dorchester Neck
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elder Pratt
St. James' Grove Creek
Francis le Jan
England
Ashey River
Oman
Indiana
Ashley
Pratt
Muston
Masa
Overheard Irish Speech on Tom Mullen’s New Venture
Simeon Ford recalls an Irishman saying Tom Mullen planned to start his own business. The second man cautions not to rush conclusions, suggesting the company might not be in trouble yet.
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Simeon Ford
Tom Mullen
Odell and Student Debate Colorful Dress in Walk
Prof Odell of Columbia walked with a student whose companion wore a conspicuous color. The professor noted it seemed luxurious yet gaudy, while the student countered it appeared shady but not off color.
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Prof. Odell
Columbia
Aiding Russia War Prisoners and Bank Reopening at Yokohama
A Russo Chinese bank at Yokohama reopens to defray traveling expenses for Russian prisoners returning home. The move follows efforts to support prisoners of war amid ongoing hostilities.
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Yokohama
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Dodds
Jesus
Christ
Daily Story Pub
Deacons
Virginia
Vassel
Ancor
William
Gcone Creek
Dorchester Church
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