Mrs Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aids Ovarian Trouble
Mrs Ecxss Okhed of State St. writes that after six years of severe ovarian inflammation and pain she found relief using Mrs Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits her sister’s suggestion and reports nearly complete pain relief and avoided surgery after four weeks. She invites other women to write with symptoms they cannot understand. Mrs Pinkham’s address is Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mra
Eckis Stevenson
Science
Ohio
Wusi E. Pinkeham
Russian Discipline In Vilna A Soldier Resists Suicide
A Ukrainian recruit, asked what military discipline means, is told to obey orders even to self harm. He exits toward a lake, tears in his eyes, but a sergeant stops him before he drowns himself. The scene underscores strict command and personal crisis under imperial rule.
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Vilna
Irish Fishing Match Ends With Clever Bite Swap
Two augiers organized a fishing contest on an Irish bank to test worm versus minnow as bait. After hours with no bites, the worm supplier finally claimed a bite and yanked his line to reveal the rival’s minnow had swallowed the worm, winning the moment.
Man Offers to Buy Doctor's Thermometer After Visit
A man and his wife visit her physician. After the doctor uses a thermometer and pauses, the husband breaks the silence asking, “Doctor, what will you take for that thing?” The scene is described as a humorous moment from the New York Times.
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Aid
New York Times
Italian peasants excel in flour use and pasta crafts
The Italian peasant probably consumes more flour than any other European peasant because flour is turned into various forms of macaroni in poor Italian households. Italians are also ingenious in dough handling creating many curious and appetizing dishes.
Humble Deposition Ends With Sworn Signature
The deposition ends with the prisoner knocking the witness down and hurling insults. The deponent signs with the oath All of which I swear to be true before leaving the county court. The New York Herald notes how reputation hinges on what remains undiscovered.
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New York Herald
Bacon Broiled Crisp in a Very Hot Oven
The article outlines a method to cook bacon in a hot oven for proper appearance and digestion. It advises slicing bacon thinly without rind, broiling on a wire rack over dripping fat, turning once, and using the rendered drippings for frying potatoes. It notes greasier, pan soaked bacon is least digestible.
Feathers and Prayer Sticks in Native Ceremonies
The piece notes feathers play a central role in Navajo and Pueblo ceremonies with carved prayer sticks bearing white down and tied at the top. It recounts how a Pueblo town shows such sticks as varied as prayer wheels, used in secret petitions to the Trues. It also cites Moses Coit Tyler and a Michigan anecdote about mistaken robins, illustratingCurrent Literature’s lighter historical vignette.
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Burma
University of Michigan
Mr. Robbins
Robins
Moses Coit Tyler
Cornell
Printers Marks From Early Type to Objection Symbols
A historical note explains how punctuation marks originated from letter shapes. The question mark derived from q above o, the exclamation from i over o, the paragraph mark from Greek p, and a dagger signaled words to be cut.
The Clerical Garb and Luther’s Black Coat Trend
The piece of black cloth given to Martin Luther by the Elector of Saxony helped establish black as the clerical garb. Luther wore a black suit in the contemporary cut and his students followed, making black distinctive for clergy. The clerical coat retained the laity’s cut for many years afterward.
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Martin Luther
Elector of
Saxony
Luther
Palm Leaf Cradle Used By Amazon Tribe Infants
In the Amazon palm region a tribe uses cradle leaves for infants with a single folded leaf forming a cradle and sometimes a bath when needed. Strong cords from another palm fiber suspend the cradle under a tree as the wind rocks the baby to sleep.
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Amazon River
Nature’s busy work and a chorus of critters
Miss Miami Brown quotes Nature saying it never makes anything in vain. Mr Erastus Pinkley responds that nature sometimes seems to have many animals strolling about that could be possums. The remark appears in a Washington Star feature.
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Miami Brown
Erastus Wpinkley
Washington Star
Sure Way to Get a Job
A brief dialogue satire notes the unemployed wishing for money to avoid work while another agrees it would be easy to obtain employment if that were possible. Such quips reflect social attitudes toward work and opportunity.
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Boston Transcript
One of the Symptoms In Love Confession
Fragmentary text shows a dialogue about love with a question and a response noting foolishness. The source text is garbled with references to Chicago Post and an unclear line about alcohol and ochre manufacturing. The exact event, date, or context remains unreadable.
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Chicago Post
Bitters Claim Cures All Spring Ailments
The advertisement touts Bitters as a remedy for a run down feeling in spring plus appetite loss blood purification and cures for dyspepsia indigestion nervousness insomnia and la grippe.
Japanese Waltzing Mice and a Whimsical Fossil Hoax
The article describes the Japanese waltzing mouse known for its tail oriented dances and hereditary waltzing behavior while noting no distinct markings beyond various colors. It also recounts Behringer’s 1726 Lithographia Wirttembergensis, a rare book forged by practical jokers who planted artificial fossils to trick the professor and later led to suppression.
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Wurzburg
Bebringer
Behringer
Ruch
No title provided in the fragment
A narrator recalls mockery of a Samoan man’s height and a veteran who lost an arm. Girls jeer, the speaker defends him, and others insist beauty determines respect, revealing a cruel social standard documented in Century Magazine.
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Pu’g
Century Magazine
The Making of Gotham and Its Famous Wise Men
The article traces Gotham New York's name origin from derision and references the medieval satirical tales The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham by Andrew Borde a Carthusian monk. It notes Gotham near Nottingham and Henry VIII's imprisonment of Borde in the Tower.
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Gotham
New York
Manhattan
Andrew Borde
Nottingham
Henry VIII
Borde
Tower
Hardly an Encore at the Insane Hospital Concert
A quartet performed for patients at an insane hospital in a mournful cadence. The audience, known for its good humor, endured the performance to the end. An old lady rose with a dignified air and called, O Lord, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Heiress Confesses Farming Ambitions Amid Losses
A young heiress explains her farming fad and laments many difficulties. She insists she is a farmer, while a rising physician friend replies that in his case he loses only to plant, noting a contrasting outlook on ambition and gain.
Progressive temple hosts evolving community services
In a Tribune reflection, a church site is described as a temple of progressive thought, signaling a shift from traditional worship to inclusive, contemporary gatherings. The piece emphasizes adaptation and continued community use.
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Tribune
Doctor’s Voice on Recovery with New Discovery
Dr M L Scarbrough of Heborn Ohio recounts a severe two year cough after a bout of a cold. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Cols with quick relief and renewed health. The ad promises throat and lung relief with 50c and 1.00 pots and free trial bottles. Bell’s pharmacy 22 West Church Street carries the product.
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M. L. Scarbrough
Heborn
Ohio
Local ads tout remedies and services from 1922
Edw Mehler of Union Bottling Works in Eric Pa touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a cure for stomach trouble and digestion aid. S D Bell Son advertises repairing fine watches and jewelry by E G Capo with guaranteed quality. An optician Dr H A Schell offers glasses records and duplications.
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Edw. Mehler
Union Bottling Works
Eric Pa
S. D. Bell & Son
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Morris Silver
North Stratford
N. H
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Our
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Optician
Professional Directory
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Arizona
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Church Street
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West Pennington St
Tucson, Arizona
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Serero
Coox County
Gs Serena
W. Pennington
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A.J. Gould
M. D
North Stone Ave
N. H. Matas
Pennington Street
Court House
Mark JA. Rodgers
North Stone Avenue
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H.W. Altman
W. Thomas Conlon
Knights Templar
John Gardiner
E. C. G. J. Roskruge
Tugson
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Geo, Shand
H. P. G. J. Roskruge
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KE. Kohler
G. J. Robkruge
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E. J. Prippel
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Shreveport
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Paso
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