Tommy Atkins the nickname for British soldiers rises in history
The piece explains that Thomas Atkins, a fictional name used in NCO instructions, became the popular sobriquet Tommy Atkins. Soldiers used it for illustration and recruitment forms, and it evolved into an affectionate term for British soldiers across the world, including Hong Kong and the Transvaal.
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Thomas Atkins
Tommy Atkins
Honk Kong
Mandalay
New Zealand
Soudan
Transvaal
John Doe
Richard Roe
Rample
Druunken
Her Majesty's Land Forces
Chicago
Stimulating Stamp Sales By Ohio Postmaster
An Ohio postmaster devised a scheme to boost stamp sales by offering a drink with every ten stamps and a stamp with every drink. Town residentsDeveloped a craving for stamps, but he overlooked obtaining a liquor license. Government authorities arrested him for illegal inducement. The man’s clever mind suggests he will be heard from again.
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Ohio
Philadelphia Inquirer
Unclear Health Hints and Commerce Notes From Ohio Era
This fragmentary item blends health tonics and remedies with advertisements and public notices. It mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion, Lazative Bromo Quinine Tablets, and various patent medicines. It also references auctions, seeds, and agricultural prizes offered by Sulzer Seed Co along with generic notices about catarrh cures and tobacco.
The Law of Kindness Sermon Notes in Hartford Address
A lengthy sermon stresses kindness as a divine law beyond mere good nature, urging lifelong discipline and kinship. It warns against unkindness, promotes loving kindness from God, and urges women to pursue practical work for self‑reliance, including training and self‑support.
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Charles Lamb
Henry Crabb Robinson
Mary Lamb
Moen
Thorvin
St. Paul
Wordaworth
Hyman
Panton
Hartford
Conn
Learn Practical Things Dr Talnige Preaches on Women
Dr Talnige lectures on women's independence and the dangers of marriage reform. He argues woman is an independent creation, capable of living and acting alone, but notes many are better off unmarried. He uses biblical and animal imagery to critique marriage as reforming a man and warns against coerced unions.
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Proumonta
Keurplus
Dan Yera
Dlorgyinun
Miyomnan
Vessaly
Chlat
Talnige
Adium
Goun
Sugar beet syndicate lands 150000 acres in California
London cablegram reports Willard L. Green ventures for a beet sugar syndicate in California. Contracts secured 150000 acres near Chico Marysville and Red Bluff. Three large factories planned with capital of 15000000. Land drawn from Glenn Bidwell Phelan and Bunford estates. cultivation to begin with experienced managers.
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London
Willard L. Green
Europe
Sacramento Valley
California
Chico
Marysville
Red Bluff
Glenn Ranch
Bidwell Ranch
Bunford
Various Scientific Anecdotes and Discoveries Reported
Popular Science notes uranium found near Black Hawk Georgia and talks of French buyers. Artificial black marble from sandstone using volcanic asphalt and coal tar in Italy. Sweden adopts hollow cast steel billiard balls to match ivory weight. Dr Yorsin reports success with anti plague serum in Bombay, mild cases only advanced disease resist. Louisiana planters dump molasses into bayous. authorities halt penouns and use stalls for fuel. Lobsters sense prey. a chunk of decayed meat in lobster rich waters draws mob. Oil worker dies after falling into crude with low density oil. rescue futile. Dr G Agamemone describes cheap sensitive electric sesamoscope in Bollettino. New German process yields boric acid from calcium borates with hydrofluoric acid. Dr Bruce reports viviparous tsetse fly in Africa, maggots born and pupate, authenticated by Peringuey.
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Black Hawk
Gol
Italy
Sweden
Bombay
Tudin
Yorsin
Louisiana
G. Agamemone
Seismological Society
Bruce
Africa
Eara
Peringuey
Governoe of
Natal
Eckmuhl Light at Penmarch Point Nears Completion
A floating note describes the Eckmuhl lighthouse at Penmarch Point Brittany nearing completion. It will be the most powerful beacon with 46 million candle power, two coupled lenses, mercury trough support, twenty second revolution, clockwork drive, arc lamps with 10 and 16 mm carbons, and two two phase alternators delivering 25 to 50 amperes at 45 volts. In fog, both alternators run to supply 50 mA per carbon.
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Penmarch Point
Brittany
Eckmuhl
Mse
Illiteracy and Decline in Spain Described by London Schoolmaster
The London Schoolmaster portrays Spain as backward in education with 1889 figures showing 71.5 percent adult illiteracy the highest in Europe aside from Portugal and the Italian islands. It notes slow population growth, underused mineral wealth, primitive agriculture, widespread poverty in cities like Madrid and Seville, and a general atmosphere of decay amid plenty.
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Spain
Europe
Portugal
Tislian Islands
England
Madrid
Seville
London
Tiny Quincy Baby Weighs Less Than a Pound
A Quincy couple welcomes a four day old girl described as the world’s smallest newborn in years. The baby weighs under one pound, with a face about the size of a silver half-dollar and fingers likened to darning needles.
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Babe
Quincy
Frederick Slusher
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
England's ancient wheat fields claim the nation’s granary
The London Weekly Country Life argues England's old wheat fields, many over ten centuries old, form the true national granary. It notes centuries of cultivation from Doomsday to Victoria, with Saxon, Roman, and medieval evidence showing England as a major wheat producer and the fields largely unchanged in appearance.
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England
Old
Award the Confessor
Victoria
Rome
London Weekly Country Life
Dr Williams Pink Pills Helped Man Recover From Long Rheumatic Pain
A Jackson Michigan man aged about fifty five suffered chronic rheumatism for over thirty years with deadly pains and distractions. After cold weather stress he could not work and became nearly invalid. Reading this paper led him to try Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. After three boxes the pain disappeared and he has stayed well for over a year. Lorenzo Nobley Morton Truckson County Michigan endorses the cure and urges others to try it. All druggists sell them.
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Jackson
Mich
Hart
Williams
Dr. Williams
Lorenzo Nobley
Morton
Truckson County
Michigan
Sure of Her Position
A respectable Pacific Avenue woman tells her mistress she will wed. Her cook quotes her claim after consulting two fortune tellers a clairvoyant a sign book a dream of a lock of hair and a medium all advising marriage.
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Pacific Avenue
Mary
Quack Remedies and Patent Medicines in a 1900s Ad Flood
An OCR fragment lists various patent medicines and remedies for skin conditions and teething alike. Totterine promises eczema relief. Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer offers a $4 trial. Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup targets teething pain. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is also advertised. The ad underscores sensational claims and consumer pricing from the era.
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