Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted to Cure Women's Ills
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a superior cure for women's ailments, urging readers to ignore prejudices and seek the remedy. It cites testimonials from letters and claims vast success, urging women to write for advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Dean Mus. Pigeu
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Loomis St
St. Ruth's Court
Order of Forresters
America
Lydia HE. Pinkham
Lydian E. Tinkham
Perfume Haze Hurts Singers Says Stage Manager
A stage manager warns perfume harms vocal chords and that all odoriferous flowers are avoided by professionals. The violet is singled out as the worst, with singers avoiding inhaling floral scents before performances.
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Jean de Roarke
King's Preference in Ties Revealed
King Edward favors neckties made from spotted fabric, preferring dark backgrounds with light gray or white spots. The note highlights his consistent choice over other styles.
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Edward
The Limit of Alliteration and Twists of Twist
A humorous anecdote recounts a Frenchman boasting of French euphony and a doctor translating a French tongue twister into English using twist. Dr Johnson later included twelve lines showing how twist and twister bend. The tradition highlights linguistic play and phonetic twisting.
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Wallis
Johnson
Irrigated lands for thousands in Idaho open to settlers
The American Falls Canal and Power Company offers irrigated land between Blackfoot and American Falls Idaho. Climate is fine soil deep water ample and prices low with easy terms. For information contact Evans Curtis and Sweet Co Salt Lake City Utah.
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Idaho
American Falls Canal & Power Company
Blackfoot and
American Falls
Evans, Curtis & Sweet Co
D. FP
Walker Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
Deaf Mute Barbers Run New York Parlor
A New York Tele gram reports a unique barbershop where all workers including the boss are deaf and dumb. The shop, recently opened, uses sign language and pantomime to serve clients, with slate and pencil at each chair for written communication. Two former talking barbers were replaced to maintain silence among staff.
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New York
New York Telegram
Deaf Mutes’ Training School
Sugar Treats Timber Preservation Breakthrough
A new method uses a sugar solution to saturate timber at the syrup point and then evaporate water, filling wood pores with solid matter. The result is preserved, seasoned timber with increased toughness and hardness, reducing bristleness and shrinking.
Horse on the Boss
A stenographer is summoned to a private office after the boss complains that many words are misspelled. She argues that dictionaries prove nothing and cites spelling reform articles from six magazines to show authorities can back any letter combination.
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New York Times
Royal missteps and royal fashion amid doomed odds
The fragment recalls Maneanwinelte fleeing the Tuilleries and losing her way with tragic consequence for Louis V. It notes Queen Draga of Servia delaying departure for a going away gown, hoping to appear fitting as a fugitive. The piece reflects on royal fragility and the perils of small errors.
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Maneanwinelte
Tuilleries
Louis V
Carlyle
Draga of
Servia
Belgrade
Alexander
Harmony Lost for Ever Lost Chord Folklore in Asylum Tale
A German musician in an asylum sits by a window drumming fingers as if at a piano. Kept by a keeper, the tale describes how mosquitoes on a Hackensack piano sheet inspired a magical but lost harmony, driving him to seek the elusive chord.
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Hackensack
Postum Replaces Coffee A Woman Finds Health Return
A woman recounts ditching coffee for Postum and experiencing dramatic health gains. She reports relief from chest pressure, palpitations, nervousness, and stomach trouble, noting improved appetite and digestion after twenty years of coffee use. She praises Postum as delicious and says she stopped medicines altogether.
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Chithood
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Danger in Home Shampoo Causes Earache
A doctor warns that women dry hair after home shampoo with a tan device rather than a proper wind flow, creating a gale that drives into the ear and leads to days of earache and headaches. The piece cautions adjusting the drying method to prevent ear discomfort and potential infections.
Cheap Passenger Rates Vie Santa Route To Boston
Oldest Harvard graduate Rev. Joseph Warren Cross of Lawrence Massachusetts, ninety five years old, recalls revolution era tales and served in the Massachusetts legislature and constitutional convention. Mrs Leland Stanford reportedly carries over a million dollars in life insurance. Also noted is the salt lake city agent advert and a brief sketch on the misfortune of the name Peter among monarchs and rulers with a series of historical Peters and victimized Peters across nations.
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Harvard
Miing
Harvard University
Joseph Warren Cross
Lawrence
Mass
Mr. Cross
Massachusetts
Leland Stanford
Peter
England
Pedro
Brazil
Pedro I
Europe
Paris
Pedro the Cruel
Castile and
Leon
Peter the Great
Russia
Peter I
Peter III
Servia
Debutante Advice In A Charmer's Courtship Rules
An old belle dispenses two lasting rules for charming the opposite sex to a debutante. She urges never to run down another woman and, most crucially, never praise another man. The advice unfolds amid social theatrics and temperate admirers.
A Knot for Solomon in a Troll of a Will
A bizarre European tale unfolds as a banker’s will awards his fortune to the first of three nieces who marries. Each niece returns with a notarized certificate claiming marriage at a certain hour, prompting vexing questions for judges and a test of wisdom.
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Solomon
Europe
Warsaw
Notary
Earnest Drinker Quips on Moderate Drinking
Father Lawler addressed delegates at a Total Abstinence meeting and noted a St. Paul temperance worker who followed a four-glass daily wine regimen. The physician questioned the wife about her husband’s drinking, and she affirmed he drank four glasses regularly, claiming he stayed four weeks ahead in his abstinence efforts.
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Father Lawler
Total Abstinence Union
St. Paul
St. Paul Globe
History of Warwick Castle by its countess owner
A charming note reports that the beautiful and brilliant countess owner, enthralled by Warwick Castle’s glamour, plans to publish a history of the picturesque and venerable pile, promising a vivid account of its past and features.
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Warwick Castle
Warwick
Castile
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