All Over the House on Tea Tables and Rag Carpets
The piece notes evolving hostess taste favoring glassware over silver for the tea table, with gold borders and art nouveau style. It highlights the popularity of dull toned metal for teapots and lamps, and praises rag carpets and silk scraps as fashionable decor. The writer recalls matching a green hall with magenta portieres using a velvet rag carpet that complemented the colors, as discussed in the Boston Traveler by Betty Braden.
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Piazza
Boston
Betty Bradeen
Boston Traveler
Willow Furniture Gains Summer Popularity in Pure Willow Line
Willow furniture proves more popular this summer with every article now offered in willow. A unique piece features a grandfather clock under willow with a modern mechanism, the face missing and the lower case turned into bookshelves. The design would appeal to those with an unconventional, charming taste.
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Willow
Casey
Professor Murani and the strange magnetic influence
Professor Murani notes a bizarre electrical effect as a galvanometer reacts to a room with a naked friend. The device moves erratically when the person nears, with the front body acting like a positive pole and the back like a negative pole, suggesting an unseen magnetic influence.
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Murani
Essor
The Ice Cream Habit
A 19th century medical note warns that ice cream and iced foods in heat cause stomach catarrh, dyspepsia, heat stroke, and bad breath. It argues whisky on a hot day harms less than ice cream, suggesting even punishment by whisky would injure the stomach less than ice cream.
Hard to Stop Magnetism Prompts Political Gossip
A clipped press exchange discusses a figure’s resolve and appeal in a gritty media landscape. The Detroit Free Press mentions magnetic appeal while the Yonkers Statesman questions a candidate’s mug and public image, reflecting intense scrutiny and intrigue.
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Detroit
Catarrh of Stomachs Promises Cure at Fair Price
A local vendor advertises Kodul Dyapepsia Cure for catarrh of the stomach claiming relief from indigestion after many doctors and medicines failed. Letters offer bulk aids deployed from a plantation near Vienna and invite orders before August 16, with delivery arranged. H R Fenn of Vienna Ga promotes the sale and delivery terms.
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J R Rhea
Coppell
Tex
Vienna Drug Co
Vienna
H.R. Fenn
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
Cholera infantum is described as highly dangerous to infants but curable with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil when used as directed with good home care. Sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Iee Houle
Vinsya-Grorsta Real Estate and Legal Practice Ad
Attorney at Law S Christian advertises legal services and will practice in all courts. Offers to secure and improve real estate with low interest. Office located at Dooly Business College.
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Vinsya
Grorsta
Dooly Business College
Old Maids Versus Young Brides in Satirical Exchange
Seemingly witty exchanges between Sallie and Willie about old maids warning young girls against marriage and the old bachelor toast are captured in a brief Roller Monthly excerpt. The dialogue playfully critiques marriage foibles with sardonic humor and social commentary.
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Seite
Willie
Sallie
Why He Hasn't Complained of Baby Crying Lately
A humorous mishearing tale from the New York Herald about Mr. Brown’s annoyance with baby Tommy’s crying. Mrs. Brown reveals the boy’s loud fits, and a clever echo of Brown’s youth via a phonograph proves reality inverts. Nance-Jack Morton has proposed by letter. the narrator ponders whether he truly cares, noting he has known her only a week.
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Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Charlie
Tommy
New York Herald
Nance
Jack Morton
Loan Offer on City Property in Vine?a Georgia
Hall and George of Viwna Georgia advertise loans on real estate both improved and unimproved at a cheap rate. For further information call on us.
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Hall & George
Viwna, Ga
Night Was Her Terror Prompts Coughing Claim
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana recounts nearly all night coughing due to consumption. After failed medicines three one dollar bottles of Dr King's New Discovery cured her and she gained strength. Forbes Coxe Drug Co offers trial bottles free.
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Forbes & Coxe Drug Co
Excursion to Cumberland and Islands at low rail rate
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad announces a discounted trip on Tuesday August Fourth to Brunswick St Simons and Cumberland Island. The Fitzgerald Military Band will accompany, offering music at the Garden of Eden beaches. Officials will oversee the train. inquire at A and A Agents or consult large bills for rates and details.
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Branswick
St. Simons
Cumberland Isindy
Cumberland
Fitzgerald Military Band
Garden of Eden
H. C. McFadden
Is Your Life Worth Fifty Cents Medicine Ad
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure claiming cures for kidney and bladder troubles and women's diseases. It asserts a 98 percent success rate under observation and offers a money back guarantee if no cure. Prices quoted as sixty cents and one dollar through Vtexita Cave Co.
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Smith
Vtexita Cave Co
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Parkersburg
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Edford
Bright
Thedford
Lipton
Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
S Christian
Dr. King
Trist
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Lanier Southern Business College
Macon, Ga
Yours Truly
Vienna, GA
W. F. Newby
Mia
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad
Dooly County
Mayer, Watts&Co
Fes
Aaass
W.j. Bryant
BRO
Avd& B. Depot
J. B. Forehand
Georgia
Philadelphia
New York
R. Boniske
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