Buffalo Woman’s Temperance treasurer praises Pinkham’s Remedy
Miss Nevis of Buffalo explains she suffered years with menorrhagia back pain headaches and sleeplessness. After trying two doctors she followed a friend’s advice and used Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports relief improved health and weight gain and urges other women to use the remedy. Original letter available only for verification.
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Irs
East
Bim
B. Pinkham
Buffalo
Bad Traits of Africans in a Swampy Region
A hostile excerpt describes Watwa tribesmen as deceitful and dangerous. It claims their diet includes flora from swampy areas and cassava at the edge of water. The narrator recounts an ambush using poisoned arrows and hidden canoes, portraying the Watwa as stealthy and treacherous.
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Liggoto
Africa
Beime -Fiel
Flor
Outfits and cures from a curious early 20th century page
A collage of observations including a Tibetan dandy's fashion note, rural patent medicine claims for Dodd's Kidney Pills in Kushequa Pennsylvania, Cherokee portraits in Tahlequah, a Norwich water cure tale, and a fact on water loss from grass. The items span fashion, medicine, portraits, and natural science with dated anecdotes.
Cooling fan attachment for sewing machines aids workers
An article describes a tanklike cooling fan mounted on the sewing machine arm to cool the seamstress during hot weather. The device spins with the machine, directs air to the operator, and can be disengaged by a lever. It requires no extra effort from the seamstress to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omeone
Snakes Invade Missouri Store After Flood
A flood at the B F Shouse paint and paper shop on Southwest Boulevard drove water moccasins into the stock. A snake hid in wall paper, nearly striking Miss Ray Hintges before being killed. Owner Shouse has since searched the inventory for more snakes and warns of the danger.
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Turkey Creek
B. F. Shouse
Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City
Ray Hintges
Shonses
Before Carrie The Furies Reformers of Ancient Greece
The Furies, feminine reformers of ancient Greece, pursued the guilty with torches rather than hatchets, exemplifying mythic justice in a vigilante style.
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Greece
Rattlesnake John Displays Eight Rattles In Town
Allentown Pa reports a tale of an encounter near Colerain where a blacksnake killed a rattlesnake to seize its prey. John, known as Rattlesnake John of Lower Milford, collected eight rattles from the crushed rattler after a big blacksnake seized it.
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John
Lower Milford
Colerain
Allpentown
Austrian mining magnate’s honesty leads to tax dispute
Austrian miner Herr Tippelt, after discovering his income exceeded prior figures, sent $6,500 to the Exchequer. The government demanded an additional $8,750 in arrears interest and a penalty amount, while Tippelt’s appeal to the court was rejected by the judge.
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Herr Tippelt
Herr Tippett
Eggs Break Up Social at New Jersey Church Event
An egg thrower caused a disturbance at a church social at Title Silver near Red Bank New Jersey. Two guests clashed with the thrower as chaos followed and the pastor was struck, with the room left in confusion as attendees searched for the assailant.
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Title Silver
Red Bank
N. J
Brothers Reunite After 27 Years in Town Visit
Frederick Clayton of Mileworth Nebraska meets his brother Frederick F Clayton in Waukesha after twenty seven years apart. Born in Marshalltown Iowa the men are 47 and 52. Henry B Clayton lives in Bella Vista California while Frederick F Clayton is unmarried in Ellsworth Nebraska. The brothers plan to visit a cousin in North Prairie.
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Keng
Frederick Clayton
Wauhesha
Mileworth
Neb
Frederica
Milwauker
Frederick
Prederick
Henry B
Prederick F. Clayton
Marshalltown
Houses built in rock near Blake's Hall England
Rock dwellings carved from red sandstone near Blake's Hall Kidderminster England are inhabited with four rooms on a single floor. The thick walls have glazed windows wooden doors and tiled floors. Nearby older caves and composite caves reflect regional rock architecture in this district.
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Blake's Hall
Kidderminster
Eng
Wide World Magazine
Gate of Implements Built by Kansas Farmer
A Kansas farmer crafted a gate from rakes hoes and other agricultural implements making a functional rustic gate that showcases inventive reuse of farming tools.
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Kansas
How the Mussel Travels
An excerpt from Country Life in America explores the unusual locomotion of mussels. It notes their method of climbing wharf piles by releasing gelatinous threads that harden into lines, allowing progress while leaving old threads behind. The piece humorously compares the mussel’s pace to a slow race and aside from the mechanics, it highlights the creature’s remarkable patience.
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America
The Clever Farmer Puzzle
In a diagram the landlord’s house sits center, eight pear trees encircle it, and tenants’ houses lie beyond. A ring of ten apple trees forms an outer circle, but the landlord wants the apples for himself and each tenant to have a pear. He builds a hedge that encloses his house and all apple trees while separating the remaining houses so each ends up with a pear tree.
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Parvo
Alt
Lightning Hit Gardner House Damaging Farm in Lee
A storm struck the George Gardner home in Lee with a lightning bolt that entered via the L gable tearing a window and damaging the milk room. The strike twisted a milk pan, removed clapboards, and disrupted the penstock, stopping water flow as it exited through a pipe.
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George Gardner
Lee
Chief of Police Ed Newberry Endorses Kidney Pills
Chief of Police Ed Newberry and C W H Barris of Newberry report years of kidney trouble with back pain and nocturnal issues. After trying various remedies, Dean's Kidney Pills reportedly cured symptoms in days, restoring kidney function. Free trial offer promoted by Poster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. fifty cents per box from dealers.
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Newberry
C.W. H. Barris
Mosney
Dean
Srouski
Roy Medicine
Chief Harris
United States
Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Curse That Curse Repeats In Japan And Aims At Madness
A woman in Japan gives a mirror to a temple melting pot to cast a bell for a Buddhist shrine. It refuses to melt because the mirror belonged to her mother and grandmother, leading her to suicide and a graphic curse that drives priests near madness as villagers try to break the bell. The piece also notes public notions of success and a quip about speed of thought versus travel.
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Lafcadia Hearn
Japan
Coffee’s Curious Attack on the Organ Connected to Health
A Kansan testimonial describes chronic coffee troubles including headaches, heart and rheumatic symptoms, and nervy stress. After switching to Postum, health improved for two years with stronger nerves and no heart or rheumatism issues, and the family adopted the beverage.
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Bright
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Walkville
Traveling in Japan A Traveler’s Blunt Immersive Inn Tale
A lady travels Japan and shares a lively inn scene. Guests converge to chat, then retreat as the party decamps. The wood shutters guard against perfumes and heat, a rattling watchman dutifully paces, and hospitality notes a morning bath, small washbasin, and veranda routine in a vivid travel snapshot.
Cure for Catarrh Promised by Patent Medicine Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Catarrh cure claims with a $100 reward for proof, describing the medicine as a cure-all that enters the bloodstream to destroy the disease’s foundation. It lists F. Sey & Co of Toledo as the address and urges readers to send for testimonials and free samples.
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Mountain Tea Medicine CO
Minth Street
San Francisco
Cal
Buildieg
F. Sey & CO
Toledo
Substitution in Buddhist Practice via Nazoraeru Concept
The Japanese Buddhist term nazoraeru means imitate but carries the sense of substituting one image for another to conjure a magical result. Examples include placing a pebble before Buddha to wish for a temple and a revolving bookcase with 6711 volumes of the canon to gain merit as if reading them.
Unclear Source Fragment Tied to Local Event
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and places in a vague local context, offering no clear event or outcomes to summarize into a coherent news item. No concrete persons, organizations, or dates are discernible to anchor a proper two-line record.
Eccentric Shropshire Sexton Dies After Long Service
An elderly Wellington parish church sexton and grave digger, who never rode in a train or any vehicle, has died after more than sixty one years of service. He began work at age thirteen and remained devoted to his duties.
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Shropshire
England
Sexton
Wellington
Cravedigger
Interesting Liszt Relic Found in Paris at Age Thirteen
A relic of Liszt reportedly discovered in Paris shows he composed Don Sanche at age 13. The original librettist and rival dramatists are named, four performances, then obscurity. The MS, once thought lost in a Rue Lepeljetter fire, was located by M. Jean Chantavoine in the Bibliotheque de Topera, spanning two volumes and 37 pages. The work is not highly original, with Liszt’s music a mere echo and the theme drawn from Florian’s tale Portuguesa.
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Paris
Dan Sanche
Theauton
de Rance
Don Sanche
Rue Lepeljetier
M. Jean Chantavoine
Bibliotheque de
Topera
Liszt
Florian
Excellent Opportunity for Arcangs at St Louis Fair
An 1904 notice invites readers traveling to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis to contact F H Worsley of Salt Lake City. He offers free reception arrangements at the depot, advance lodging, and information on rates, stopovers, and hotel costs. Utah parties or groups of four or five are urged to correspond, with teachers also mentioned as benefiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri
Roosevelt
F. H. Worsley
Dooley Block
Salit Lake City
Utan
Utah
Soldier who lived after near fatal wound in Wolfe’s Quebec campaign
A soldier recalled serving under General Wolfe during the campaign that led to the fall of Quebec. He faced death from a lung ailment but chose to join the firing line. A bullet pierced his chest at a crucial moment, draining the abscess, and though treated, he survived and lived many years afterward.
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Wolfe
Quebec
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