Cure for stomach woes praised by Mrs Brooks in Chicago
Mrs Sarah L Brooks of 45 Lincoln Park Chicago recounts long illness with vomiting and stomach trouble. After trying doctors and misdiagnosed remedies she switches to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, lasting four months cures vomiting and restores weight from 94 to 142 pounds. She trusts the pills and urges friends to use them.
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Sarah L. Brooks
Dincoln Park
Chicago
Ilnois
Dr. Williams
Cobden Proposes Under Moonlight at Suburban Club
In a moonlit veranda scene at the Suburban club Cobden confesses love to Evelyn after leading her away from a group. She reveals she has cared for him long, but doubts his sincerity amid past reversals and commitments. They acknowledge true feeling and plan happiness together.
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Cobden
Evelyn
Bob
Bobby
Tam
Crery
Pennyworth
Bris
Dean
Lusa
Thomas G. Fessenden
Boston Globe
Two of a Kind
The late Sir Ollyer Mowatt helped a muddy countryman after a bicycle accident on a country road. The rustic quipped, Iam all over mud, prompting the statesman to reassure him before insight.
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Sir Ollyer Mowatt
Ontario
Bir Olver
Oliver Mowatt
British traveler Alleyns Neland arrives in Boston
Alleyns Neland the British authority on tropical colonization arrives in Boston to study U S prospects for improving the Philippines and to compare Britain's Indian strategies with American possibilities.
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Philippine
Alleyns Neland
Boston
United States
India
Asparagus a Storied Green Delights Through History
The article traces asparagus from ancient mentions by Cratinus to Roman and Renaissance writers. It notes its celebrated virtues, cultivation methods, and famed yields such as Roman weights of stalks. It describes its southern origin, Mediterranean range, and multiple species beyond the edible variety.
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Léghh
Cratinus
Cole
Mavenna
Italy
Mediterranean
Indigo Ups and Downs Threatened by Counterfeit Demand
The article explains how chemists created artificial indigo decades ago, making a cheaper German production that threatened planters. A recent discovery shows blending natural and artificial indigo yields a brighter, more durable dye, reversing demand and boosting the traditional indigo industry.
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Chemiats
Germany
Chamber
The Pines and the Sea Poem Fragment
A poetic scene on an eastern shore where whispering pines meet the ocean. The restless sea woos the pines in moonlit night as waves crash and caves echo. The verses contemplate pine and sea as symbols of longing, beauty, and poetic drama.
Tourists Probe Europe Spending Across Nations
A German statistician weighs tourist expenditures in Europe showing Switzerland hosting 3,000,000 visitors who spend 30,000,000 dollars and Italy Spain and the Riviera together earning 60,000,000. Major capitals draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to Paris London Berlin and Vienna with baths and seaside resorts adding 16,000,000 in spending.
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Europe
Switzerland
Italy
Riviera
Spain
Waltova
Paris
London
Bolin
Vienna
European Visitors Disguised as Dukes and Barons
A stray excerpt describes European men visiting the country under false names to pursue heiresses, noting the craft of labeling travelers as Fortune Wynter to ruin their plans. The piece hints at a discreet society called adjuring Incognita among aristocrats.
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Tila
Bam
Ora
Adulocracy
Late Dr. Finsen Among World Benefactors
Obituary honors Niels H. Finsen who died in Copenhagen at 43, recognizing his pioneering work with light rays to cure lupus tuberculosis and smallpox. His public discovery, the Finsen rays, advanced medical treatment worldwide, and his life ended due to overwork, praised as a martyr for humanity.
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Finsen
Niels H. Finsen
Copenhagen
Mous Ernates
Copenhagen University
Mankind
Boynton Honored by Veterans Society Reunion
Gen Henry V Boynton president of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland honored after the Indianapolis reunion. A Civil War veteran and longtime dean of Washington newspaper correspondents. He was made brigadier general by President McKinley.
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Henry V. Boynton
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Indianapolis
Washington
Mckinley
One-Dwelling Parishes Describe Far-Flung Clerical Ruins
The parish of Moniensthorp near Calcham holds four inhabitants in four single houses, most decayed though church services occur. Zan court near Chepstow is another one dwelling parish with four inhabitants and a ruined church where services are held at long intervals.
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Moniensthorp
Calcham
Zancourt
Chepstow
Long Intarvala
Donnas Kidney Pills Prove Helpful In Testimonial
A veteran testimonial recalls Mrs. Sarah Marine of Colorado Springs using Donnas Kidney Pills after three years of backache and kidney trouble. She reports rapid improvement within a week and complete health restoration after several boxes, praising the remedy. Additional items note Defiance Starch and pancake flour, a Gliman resignation rumor, and a Boston mayor anecdote.
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S. We. Marine
Golorads Springs
Mer
Sarah Marine
Uraly St
Colorads Springs
Colo
Glen Byrle
Chib
Filené
Ile
Ealn
All Doglers
Prion
Voster-Milburn Co
Buffurg
N.Y
Postum Coffee Replaces Tea Cures Headaches Says Woman
A Connellsville woman claims a twenty five year struggle with sick headaches ended after switching from coffee and tea to Postum. She reports headaches and other ailments disappeared, noting improved health and energy while enjoying Postum from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan. There’s a reason they say.
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Connellsville
Heglth Hagbord
Postui Co
Battle- Creek
Mich
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