Nerve Pills Promote Recovery Says Reader Testimony
A reader from North Fairfield Ohio credits Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills with curing nervous debility twitching and fatigue. The testimonial describes weakness irritability jerking limbs and improved health after using the medicine and recommends it for similar nerve conditions. The ad promotes Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills through a personal success story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OR. A.W. Ghale
Mr. J. A1
Garrison
North Mairfield
Ohio
A. W. Chase
A. W. Ubaco
A. W
Eustasy
Not Buried at Sea A Loyal Burial at Dawn
In a coastal tale a British Englishman died at sea on a lugger voyage. His captain agreed to bury him in a French port after urging, so his body was sent ashore for burial in a churchyard. Locals and excise men wept as a mournful procession traveled from the beach to the graveside. The next dawn revealed a desecrated grave and a smugglers store nearby with contraband goods.
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Kadera
Jean
Ada
Excise
Wighways
Nast Anlin
W. A. Dutt
Oysters Served Fresh On Flat Shells Tale
A New York Sun anecdote recounts a waiter explaining that oysters are placed on flat shells to ensure freshness. The diner and cynic debate why the flat shelf signals freshly opened oysters and looks, while the curved shell serves ordinary stock. the joke ends with a cynic’s gloom about extra large oysters.
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New York Sun
The Humble Librettist Recounts Opera's Hidden Role
The article surveys librettists in opera history noting that many great writers such as Voltaire Goethe Addison and Metastasio tried their hand at librettos. It argues that despite talent few achieved lasting success and only a select few across three centuries stand out.
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Voltaire
Goethe
Wietind
Addison
Iielding
Metastasio
Onlanhigi
Atuuccini
Bolto
Coppee
Sunlight Pressure and Odd Scribbles From A City Page
A fragmentary newspaper page riffs on light pressure with Maxwell and Lebedins experiments cited for faint sunbeam force. The rest shows garbled chatter about outfits, a joke about a bust sculpture and playful dialogue from Philadelphia readers.
Feathery Ostrich Trade and Burke Anecdotes in Westminster Gazette
A fragment from Westminster Gazette recounts ostrich feather trade practices in Tripoli with terms like hincka and spadocam ho o, notes on feather quality and mounting for retail use, and shifts to a anecdote about Burke's delivery in Parliament. It also includes Lord Mackaine’s description to the American ambassador of Burke’s infamous American conciliatory speech and a vivid escape anecdote.
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Tripali
Tripoli
Hincka
Feminga
Brecka
Spadocam Hoo
Draba
Fiesa
Gifta
Burke
Lord Mrakine
Mr. Slash
Lo Wan
House of Commons
Isle of Wight
Westminster Gazette
Euphonious Female Names in Highland Coinages
The London Standard notes Scots highland usage blends male roots into female names such as Barbac Wilhelmina Andrewina and Marcoloinas Dondidinas. One child named Ava carries the shortened form from Alexandrina Victoria Andrewina, illustrating naming customs amid vote on euphonious titles.
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Wilhelmina
Andrew
Andrewina
Marcoloinas
Dondidinas
Ava
Herrie
Alexandrina Victoria Andrewina
London Standard
Suppe Natinitza Overature Fame and Fortune
The composer Suppe, creator of Natinitza and the Poet and Peasant overture, endured failed attempts at fitting the overture to different works. After several six month to year trials and a successful farce, the overture gained audience. A music firm later bought rights for 23 dollars the night and earned about 40,000 from publication.
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Suppe
Auther
Fragmented Humorous Fragments About Mourning and Gifts
A jumbled column of quips and mock dialogues recalls mourning customs and witty exchanges. It includes a remark on hounds wearing crape and a witty line about full cry, plus stray snippets from Victorian and early 20th century gossip columns, jokes, and captions.
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England
London News
Fancy Waistcoats Through English Fashion History
In a London Globe summary, the article traces the waistcoat from its heralded 17th century rise under Charles II to its evolution into an economy driven, decorative garment. It notes open vests exposing shirts and breeches, lavish embroidery, and a gradual shortening of the flap as styles moved toward simplicity by the late 18th century.
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Bernamy
Tepya
Charley
France
Charles II
Pepya
George I
London Globe
How Pepys Should Be Pronounced According to Contemporaries
A discussion of the Victorian and early modern debate over Samuel Pepys pronunciation. Percy Lubbock favors Weeps while others insist on Peppis. The London Chronicle notes contemporaries called him Dips, with nineteenth century readers recalling varied spellings.
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Pepys
Bentins
Navy
Ark
London Chronicle
Joe Miller Not a Joker in This Clever Tale
A clipped account describes Joe Miller famed for wit as never making a joke. It cites his grave demeanor and reputation, noting accusations of authorship when others joked. The piece claims the jests attributed to him were forged by "Hijab Jenkins, Eesy" and references earlier forgeries by Mottley and others.
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Joe Miller
Miller
Souoner
Wade Mecum
Hijab Jenkins
Joe Mottley
Wobson
Polly Peachum
Ben Johnson
The Masculine Wig and Emancipation Tale
A fragmentary column discusses masculine emancipation from the wig, linking scarcity and war to fashion change. It cites 1791 remarks on fashion leveling nobility, and includes garbled quotes from Harper's Magazine and a scene with a seven year old reciting a line at table. The text mixes criticism of wig powder with social commentary from late 18th century and stray misreadings.
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Waalpole
France
Antaire Iduzel
Harper’s
Migaclae
Willington Entertainer and Oddities Across Pages
A garbled set of clippings recalls a Willington entertainer and a string of humorous vignettes. The pieces touch on a shy volunteer visitor, a Tennessee circus diver tale, a captain’s regret, and a Kaiser joke, all framed as brief, informal anecdotes from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
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Iliwina
Juluiy
Tommy Jouse
Antuna
Cileagu
Steuekuil
Steuvkoli
Henry
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Philadelphia Joyulver
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Queen Esther
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Howard Graves
BK. 1
Bondrol
R. I. Depot
James Espeset Carhiear
Estherville State Bank
Incorpo
RTI
Capital
Joe, M Barker
I. Hondrel A
B. Root
Lough W
Jones James Hapeset
Estherville, Iowa
JAMHA
Espealt
Emmet County Land, and Abstract Company
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Gands
Louis
Emmet Co
Hsphrkville State Bank
Willington
Visstuy
Learing
New York Herald
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North Pole
Kaiser
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