Lost 72 Pounds Dr Page Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Dr Melvin M Page of Page Optical Co Erie Pa reports severe kidney trouble after excessive drinking in 1895. He details acute congestion back pains dizziness and weight loss from 194 to 122 pounds. After using Deans Kidney Pills the condition improved quickly and he has weighed 188 pounds since 1896. Foaster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets them. price 50 cents per box.
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Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Dean
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Infant Escape Highlighted After Wig Accident
A short note on infant resilience in disasters notes that babies often survive mishaps that would be deadly for adults. It cites Wig accidents involving large crowds at Ife and emphasizes remarkable infant escapes.
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Ife
Salt Rheum On Hands Cure Claims By Mrs Cable
Grateful letter from Mrs Carolline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin praises Cutl core products for curing salt rheum on her husband hands after constant bandaging. She says patience with other remedies failed but Cutl core Soap Ointment and Pills gave complete relief and smoother hands.
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Carolline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Deacon Blimber Questions Wages In Dry Goods Store
Deacon Blimber asks the City Boarder why six dollars a week for dry goods store cleaners is called salary while blacksmiths earn twenty dollars a week as wages. The Browning's Magazine quotation reflects a humorous query on pay naming and social roles.
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Deacon Blimber
Browning
Magine
Careful Castoria Reminder for Infants and Children
A brief urging guardians to inspect and ensure safety of Castoria bottles for infants and children. Emphasizes purity and harmless use to protect young saviors from harm and discomfort.
Schilling's Best Tea Knowledge Guide Preview
A playful inquiry into tea quality and a mock guide titled Knowledges Mook promises notes on good and bad tea. It references Schilling's Best and hints at parody sections like a rebuttal to a ROT SAR Prenchmen in a quirky editorial tone.
Malla by Sky Rocket and a Drydock Joke
The piece recalls an unusual mail delivery method using a skyrocket on a Pacific Tonga island. It also recounts Mark Twain’s quip about a drydock, noting a dialogue where a woman asks what a drydock is and Twain replies a thirsty physician.
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Tonga
Pacific
Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens
Dove the Emblem of Love and Oriental Verse
A fragment discusses the term my Mule dove as a symbol of affection in oriental poetry, citing the Song of Solomon. It advertises travel information and low summer train rates aboard The Santa Fe, with Warren as general agent in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Love
Santa Fe
Warren
Genl
Agt
Salt Lake City
Utah
English Tax on Bachelors 1695 Act Details
An act of parliament in 1695 under William laid a tax on all bachelors aged twenty five and older.
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William
Witchcraft Charge Firearm Found With Ancient Shilling Charge
A retired Angora farmer Nicholas Vedderman bought an old fintlock musket at auction. The weapon contained a charge believed to target witches: two 1781 shillings wad with plant fibres, a hair lock, and a parchment noting a quotation. Vedderman, a curios collector, noted colonial gunpowder and superstition surrounding witchcraft.
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Nicholas Vadderman
Angora
Vedderman
Il Vedderman
Philadelphia
Relics of the Bronze Age Found in Renfrewshire Scotland
Archaeologists uncover Bronze Age remains in Renfrewshire with finds near Newlands and between Kilmalcolm and Bridge of Weir. A notable discovery is a well preserved perforated stone axehammer with knobs and moldings reflecting Bronze Age craftsmanship in Scotland.
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Renfrewshire
Scotland
Newlands
Ludovic Mann
Sweethearts eye in fob eye fad sparks men’s trend
Fashion notes from London and Paris describe a fresh craze where young men wear fob watches and scarf pins decorated with their sweethearts eye. The trend widens beyond women, reflecting popular romantic symbolism in accessories.
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London
Paris
Pari
Baby Seal Rescued by London Yacht Crew
A very young seal was carried aboard a passing yacht off Heligoland after being pursued by a killer whale. The yacht crew pulled it aboard with ropes and sent word to London Zoo. Keepers will care for the fragile animal, which may not be fully reared.
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London Zoo
London Zoological Gardens
Heligoland
Zoological
Peculiar French Insurance Offers Early Death Benefit
London Answers reports a curious French life insurance scheme titled La Fourmt. The longer a man lives the less he earns entitlement, with 46 a month securing 200 for heirs if he dies before 38, tapering to 102 at 61. The plan assumes young death harms children while older ages leave more earning capacity.
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London
Hen Lays Remarkable Egg Noted By London Telegraph
A Padiham Volunteer Instructor’s hen laid a remarkable egg described by the London Telegraph. The egg features a flat side resembling a clock dial with twelve raised sections evenly spaced around the edge, similar to Roman numerals but without hands.
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Didlock
Padiham
London Telegraph
Thackeray Meets Bronte and a Kidney Pill Claim
The piece recounts Charlotte Bronte admiring Thackeray before meeting him and his humorous reaction at dinner. It then reports a Bayfield County reader praising Dodd's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from T. T. Wold about back pain relief and claims the pills cure kidney trouble and prevent further diseases.
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Charlotte Bronte
Thackeray
Tam
Miss Bronte
Thad
Submarine Boats and Their Speed Capabilities
Submarines can travel seventy or eighty miles at a speed of eight or nine miles an hour underwater. They can regulate depth and position, and move or turn in any direction.
Man’s Strength Tied to Bond With Fellow Beings
A passage asserts a person loses power when separated from society, comparing human cohesion to molecular bonds. It argues strong individuals draw force from close contact with others, likening social integration to the value found in a connected gem. Success Magazine is cited.
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Success Magazine
Tawdry laces and a queen of Northumbria history
The article notes the word tawdry derives from tawdry laces tied to St Audrey laces sold at fairs linked to St. Hthelreda. It mentions Ethelreda as queen of Northumberland and Ely’s abbess who died in 079. It also states Captain H Wilkinson first set foot on the Antarctic continent in Victoria land in 1854.
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St. Audrey
St. Andrey’s Fair
St. Hthelreda’s Fair
Ethelreda
Northumberland
Ely
Capt. H. Wilkinson
Antarctic
Victoria Land
Wrong Sort Improves Health Through Grape-Nuts Food
A Weilden Illinois woman recounts severe stomach trouble and chronic headaches. After trying various foods she started Grape-Nuts, which digested well and boosted strength, with weight gain of 20 pounds in weeks. She praises the product for restoring health and energy for herself and her two sons.
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Weilden
Postum Co
Battlereek
Mich
Simple Test for Pure Air by Th A T Schofield
In his book Nerves In Order Schofield presents a simple indoor air test. Place clear lime water in a half pint bottle, fill with room air, cork, shake to detect clouding from chalk if air is unfit to breathe, or remain clear if air is pure.
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Th. A. T. Schofield
Hygiene of Churches in Outdoor Health Themes
The piece argues churches should be hygienically constructed with good ventilation and minimal fixed carpets. It cites a Roman bishop's circular urging regular cleaning with sawdust and sublimate, plus weekly chair cleaning and confessional grate washing as health measures.
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Nivine
Fano
Italy
Greeks Insured Runaway Slaves in Ancient Scheme
In 856 B C, during Alexander the Great era, Greek authorities reportedly devised a system to insure runaway slaves, a historical note reflecting early social and economic mechanisms involving enslaved populations.
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Alexander the Reat
Alderney Cattle Import Claims Questioned
A dealer advertises yearly imports of over a thousand cows from Alderney, though the island has far fewer pure Alderney cows. The claim suggests a large influx contradicting the island's herd size.
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Alderney
Island
Child Elocutionist Exchange Quip Remains Noted
A wit remarks that a child in the house is a comfort until guests arrive you don t approve of and you make the child recite. The quip reflects a sharp household humor about social polish and parental tolerance.
Dickens Inspiration Found at Barnard Castle in Durham
A fragmentary item notes Charles Dickens found the groundwork for Nicholas Nickleby at Barnard Castle in Durham. It mentions relief for women and various garbled phrases about purity and cities, with unclear references to a Mother Gray and city air.
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Dickens
Barnard Castle
Durham
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby
Americans Drink The Worst Tea In The World
Fragmentary report claims Americans consume poor tea while noting scattered data about literacy in several nations. Mentions Scandinavia Russia England and Denmark with percentages and figures, but the text is garbled and reads as incomplete.
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Scandinavia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Russia
England
Tea and Coffee Compared in Dainty Tastes
The piece contrasts tea and coffee as delicate tastes and feels. It references a grim topic about Chinese people, noting jokingly about death, substitutes for execution, and payments to families, presenting a troubling, biased snapshot.
Tea and water compared in a playful New Orleans pleayune
A fragment from the New Orleans Pleayune jokes about tea being cheaper than water and contrasts comfort, intellect, and monotony. It notes a booklet about making tea and a satirical line about a man married to an intellectual woman.
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Schitting
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Szaimina
Schilling
Aires
Laktoy
N.Y
Sweetheart
Mr. Thackeray
Drummond
Bayfeld County
Prof Dodd
T. T. Wold
Iid
Mr. Wold
Dodd
Bright
Kusman
Brn
Siadt
Thia
Jean Nicot
Beieves
Skeeter
Journal of the Outdoor Life
Schoo
Celli
Natire
M. Rowe
Faust
Magner
Gutdoora
Royen
Hewlett Bros. Co
Schilling Company
San Prancisco
Tour Grocer
Cartain
Alr
Whee Behitting
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