History of English Terms and Early Institutions
A compact reminiscence tracing terms from “gent” to modern usage and outlining early institutions and events. It notes Tron as an early metal in Virginia 1716, Moscow orphan asylum funded by a card tax, Oxford auction, Amicable Insurance from 1706 in London, Hartford Bank chartered 1792, and evolves slang from genteel to vulgar usage through Evelyn and Thackeray references.
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America
Virginia
Moscow
Orphan Asylum
Catherine Sr
Oxford
Faelena Rober
Hartford
Middle Temple
Evelyn
Victoria
Thackeray
ODD OCCURRENCES IN A TEASER LADY
A Greene County farmer rigs a wagon with a gasoline motor and tours Springfield weekly in auto fashion. Nevada baby show awards every child five prizes as mothers present. A Mexican and Pawnee Indian wed in Pawnee Kansas. language barriers require interpreters. A Welsh quarry worker dies after a rock crushes him. last words include a prayer. An English tourist buys a Windermere clock for 25 dollars, company later profits from its sale.
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Greene County
Springfield
Nevada
Bobby
Pawnee
Kan
Winston
Richard ‘William Jones
Llanheris
Wales
Lake Windermere
Express Company
Rhino banquet causes chaos at New Astor hotel
A London club of wild game hunters reportedly killed a small rhinoceros for a banquet at the New Astor. The animal's slaughter allegedly damaged two passenger elevators, prompting the hotel proprietor’s evident disgust at the mishap.
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New Astor
London
Changed husband cure linked to Postum and Grape-Nuts
A wife recounts her husband’s long stomach trouble improving after quitting coffee and adopting Postum. She notes added relief when Grape-Nuts foods were introduced and credits her own health boost and her baby’s growth to the diet change, praising the products highly.
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Mra
Vicksburg
Postum Co
Batis
Saloonman Demands License Enforcement in Breese
Illinois state news notes a Breese saloonkeeper pressing Sheriff Ragen to halt quat and horse racing at the driving park while threatening to appeal to Governor Deneen. Other items report deaths, accidents, and local incidents across Clinton County and nearby towns.
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Ragen
Clinton County
Breese
Breesa Kag
Court of Justice
Baloonman
Horse-Racing Association
Racing ‘Association
Giv. Deneen
Dissimilarity of Views and a Woman's Kidney Pills Claim
A dialogue on optimism and pessimism about seasons is followed by an article recounting Mrs. A. Wellett of Champion Michigan praising Dodd's Kidney Pills. She describes chronic kidney pain, sleepless nights, and fatigue, claiming relief after one box and improved health overall. The piece argues women’s ills stem from diseased kidneys and endorses the remedy.
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Champion
Mich
A. Wellett
Mrs. Wellett
Dodd
Mind Off Sugar Joke At Florida Resort
At a Florida resort two ladies joke about a husband trying to get his mind off business by playing with children in the sand. The exchange reveals the husband works in retail grocery, prompting lighthearted surprise from the observers.
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Florida
Yonkera Statesman
Beautiful Skin and Cuticura Ointment Ad Pastes
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap for cleansing scalp and beautifying skin, plus anti irritant uses from baby rash to chafing. A separate joke panel shows a waiter and a new boarder asking for tea, with the server remarking the tea is weak and settles in the cup.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Special Excursion to Indian Territory and San Antonio
An advertised trip September 5 offers special train service via M. E. T. R. from the Midwest through Indian Territory to San Antonio Texas. The route promises comfortable accommodations and a scenic journey marketed as the garden spot of the United States. For full particulars write White and Grover at 810 Olive Street St Louis MO.
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Texas
Mazie
United States
White
Dream of fishing and whopper lands in Detroit Free Press
The note recalls Edna I dreaming of fishing and landing a big whopper, with a cheeky query about May Wat's name, in a light item from the Detroit Free Press.
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Edna
Detroit Free Press
Is Your Strength What It Should Be and More
A Victorian era health ad urges readers to restore vigor and memory with Pusheck's Euro, offered for one dollar at druggists or by mail from Dr. C. Pusheck in Chicago. The line asserts cures for pains, weakness, nervous exhaustion, indigestion, catarrh, and other blood and nervous troubles, linking improved strength to happiness and longevity.
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Pusheck
C. Pusheck
Chicago
Mull
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin And Allen's Foot-Ease Ads
A scrambled 1910s style ad page hawks Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for stomach issues and Allen's Foot-Ease to ease sore feet. It promises money back if it fails and urges readers to try the products sold by druggists and shoe stores.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
The Ideal Wife and Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A Victorian testimonial essay extols physical health for women and links beauty to social influence. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female ailments, including a long letter from Mrs. Bessie Ainsley detailing recovery after childbirth and inflammation.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Bessie Ainsley
South 10Th Street
Tacoma
Wash
Mrs. Pinkham
No Cordelia, Indulgent Husband Hums Home Late Often
A Chicago Sun item notes that a husband may stay out late due to self indulgence, contrasting with expectations that he returns early. The remark portrays domestic tension and social judgment, reflecting column tone and period voice.
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Cordelia
Chicago Sun
Dr Mowry Stomach Tablets Offer On Postage Basis
Advertisement offers a full-size one dollar box of Dr Mowry’s Stomach Tablets to be sent on receipt of two hundred dollars to cover postage and packing. The claim is the tablets cure indigestion. STOMACHIC CO. Sturgis Michigan. Some men waste a lot of valuable time explaining their actions.
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Dr. Mowry
Stomachic.co
Sturgis, Mich
Mull's Grape Tonic CO
Rock Online
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Ecraps
Illinois
Statf News
Dan J. White
Carbondale
Shoal Creek
Highland Baseball Club
Ernest Everett
Everett
Jas. Rawson
Upper Alton
John A. Wheeler
Stead
Waterloo
Cashiell Kaemper
John W. Dudley
Jop- UN
William Crim
Martha Cross
Charleston
Crim
Cross
Wil
Assumption Grasp
Elijah Walker
Assumption
Mr. Walker
Dunkel
Walker
Moneagua
Macon
St. Clair County
Big Blaze
Orleans
Jacksonville
Hubbs
Lewis & Beggs
Kirkpatrick
Bergfeldt
Altamont
Killa
Charles’ Walker
Glen Defenbough
Defenbough
Lukius
Lukins
Chad
Goldie Rebolt
Kenney
Adriatic
Cuticura
N. Y. Press
Haa’ Tew
Lydia
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Airk
Nhaders
Quincy
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain Territory
Mull's
E. B. McCurdy
Troy
Ohio
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Thrce Hitzgerald &Uo
Max K
Washington, E
Masten
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