Social World And Its Doings In The City
The Social World features Miss C F Jones visiting next week with welcome stones, Mrs Herrraman hosts the Saturday Whist club for Miss Taylor leaving for Oracle, prizes to Miss Cates and Mrs Underwood, Thirteen Club gatherings, Edgar Myers departing for sea for health, Elks social hop, Mrs C C Stouse in Los Angeles for La Fiesta, Miss Underwood planning eastward trip, Jolly Eight Whist season closed with prizes to Mrs W C Greene, Mrs Shibell, and Mrs Hogan, tennis club forms on Judge Barnes’s vacant lot with a new court.
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Jolly Eight Whist
W. C. Greene
Health and beauty claims for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women, claiming it cures female disorders and improves health and appearance. It features testimonials praising renewed vigor, stronger general health, and enhanced ability for wife and motherly duties, with an offer to send a medical booklet gratis.
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Pierce
Bufalo, N. Y
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Healthy Digestion
A vintage advert claims the pills digest and assimilate food, tone digestive organs, expel poisons, enrich blood, improve appetite, and build healthy flesh. Available for 25 cents at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Amateur San Francisco Play Ends In Farce For Charity
In the fifties a charity benefit staged an amateur dramatic performance in San Francisco featuring the poet Hugh Farrar McDermott. The acting fell short of the occasion and a botched sword prop led to a comic moment when a banker in the box whispered to McDermott to “stab yourself.”
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San Francisco
Hugh Farrar McDermott
Mr. Mills
McDermott
Hugh
Frank Leslie’s Monthly
Kodol Cures Stomach Troubles Says Texas Man
George S. Marsh of Nocona Texas says five years of dyspepsia vanished after taking Kodol with no dieting needed. He reports rapid improvement after a few bottles and credits the product from S. D. Bell and Son.
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George S. Marsh
Nocona
Texas
D. Bell & Son
Timing Your Train
A Washington Star excerpt explains practical ways to gauge train speed by watching mile posts and timing with a watch. It notes variations in telegraph pole spacing 33 to 40 per mile and rail lengths, advising that counting wheel clicks or pole passes gives approximate speed but is not exact.
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Washington Star
Engraved Emancipation Proclamation Copy by W H Pratt
Minnesota Historical Society preserves a lithographed engrossment of the emancipation proclamation by W H Pratt of Davenport Indiana. Pratt shaded letters to form a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the center, creating a unique pen work. Original copies were produced in likely large numbers, but today such examples are rare.
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Minnesota Historical Society
W. H. Pratt
Davenport
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Wood in Egyptian stonework tied blocks 4000 year old
Ancient Egyptian temple stonework uses timber ties to join blocks. An hourglass shaped wood tie sits in shallow pockets between stones, securing sections as they are laid. The method shows earliest known use of timber in monumental construction and highlights how enduring materials were integrated.
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Egypt
Southern Pacific Sells Round Trip Tickets To Southern California
Beginning May 1 the Southern Pacific will offer round trip fares to Santa Monica Long Beach San Pedro Newport Beach San Buenaventura or Santa Barbara with return limits through September 30 1902 Tickets are valid on trains stopping at Colton with westward stopovers allowed. For details contact C M Burkhalter D F and P S
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Southern Pacific
Santa Monica
Long Beach
San Pedro
Newport Beach
San Buenaventura
Santa Barbara
Npirmeremrast
Tive Gray
Wceadsbatarae
Superb
Aggre Scala
Morro RG
Aca
Saeco Aluaranaeioeae
Eels
GIA i
Iccale
Rae Okie Eae
WALCO
Chieroieni
SNES
Diiehns
Bed
Sar Sumo
Fecosas
Bala
Povo
EIE
MAUD
Colton
C. M. Burkhalter
D. F. & PS Aan
Overeating and Its Health Consequences
A Journal of Health excerpt warns that overeating with low activity leads to dyspepsia and increasing bulk. It notes heavy labor can burn excess food, but without work the surplus remains, causing reduced exertion and a cycle of weight gain and fatigue. It links stoutness to dietary errors and sometimes to improper food types.
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Journal of Health
Dogs as Companions and Killers in South Pole Camp
National Review recounts how sledge dogs aided Antarctic expedition members with work and companionship. The bond eased tensions yet internal pack violence culminated in a fatal dog fight, leaving one dog torn apart by peers after days of observing the doomed animal.
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National Review
Boston Church Society Host Pays Organ Boy Who Performed
A church society near Boston held an entertainment for charity. After the event a gentleman paying for services asked the organ blower Willie how much he was owed. Willie replied that the others gave their services, leaving the man surprised at the boy’s honesty.
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Boston
Willie
Unsolicited Rug Sparks Letter Exchange
A brief exchange in the St Paul Trade Journal details a woman receiving a rug valued at 50 dollars unsolicited and offering to pay or return it. She declines, noting the rug was not ordered, while the sender later asks her to also accept charity tickets. The dialogue mocks improper business methods.
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St. Paul
The Kind She Was After
A sharp featured woman asks for a sturdy lounge that can rise to eject a man with muddy feet, scolding him for delaying supper. The scene unfolds in a salesman’s showroom as they discuss prices for a green covered model.
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Younges
Chicago Tribune
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
The ad copy touts One Minute Cough Cure from D. Bell & Son as a safe, instant remedy for coughs colds grip bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. It claims rapid action and full safety for consumers.
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D. Bell & Son
Repairing Fine Watches and Jewelry at BE. G. Capes
For repairing of fine watches and jewelry go to BE. G. Capes. Every watch is guaranteed. Only first class work turned out.
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BE. G. Cape’s
Oysters Offer Promised for 25 Cents at Cafe Goldtree
A vintage note advertises oysters in any style for 25 cents at Cafe Goldtree. The snippet highlights affordable seafood and a casual dining vibe at the cafe.
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Cafe Goldtree
Holds Up a Congressman
Champ Clark, Missouri’s congressman, recounts near collapse from overwork and insomnia and credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health. The ad claims the tonic aids overworked men and sickly women and is sold by druggists for 60 cents with a guarantee.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
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Cook & CO
Phoenix, Arizona
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Tucson, Arizona
Philadelphia
Miss C. F. Jones
Miss Jones
Albert Cooper
G. P. Myers
Edgar Myers
the Elks
C. C. Stouse
Los Angeles
Miss Underwood
California
Judge Barnes
The
Orce
Seana Cae
North Main Street
Tucson, A. T
Rambler Bicycles
Will
Russell @ Sheldon
North Church Street
Tucson
Arizona
Hotel Modesti
Althee Modesti
Agua Caliente
Maricopa County
Wells Fargo and Telegraph
Sentinel
P. O
R, R
HOTEL
Sturbide
Josephine
Coronado Leach Deving
Brown’s Art Store
North Stone
Yuma County
Rockland Canal CO
Patterson
Yuma, Ariz
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