Marjory's Proviso on Rural Sights and a Watchful Dog
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes Marjory fears a big surly farm dog Hector though she enjoys rural scenes. She agrees to walk with a house guest but pleads to avoid dogs, seeking safe distance from the animal guarding the farm.
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Notarized oath advert for Catarrh Cure fraud case Toledo
A 1880 affidavit from Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of T. J. Caner & Co in Toledo, promises $100 for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice includes testimonials, address, and product details, with references to Druggists and Half'a Family Pills. The dialogue fragment shows a Life-Saver character praising a physician.
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Favorite Remedy and Oddities From an Early 1900s Clipping
A collection of sensational notes and advert snippets mentions David Kennedy’s remedy and a liver cure, then pivots to curious social claims about mixed baby skin tones in America and arranged marriages in Japan, followed by a blurb of testimonial praise and a humorous editorial exchange about paying for poetry.
The King of Korea Ruling On Boats And Architecture
A clipped text states rules attributed to the King of Korea about who may rear boats or possess round columnas and square rafters, who may view the Queen's attendants, and restrictions on external steps. It warns that four steps exceed limits and incur traitor's death.
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The Guidance of Reason and Sam Jones Lost Colt
Villagers gather at a store as Sam Jones laments a tiny year-old colt that strayed. Jim, deemed slow by some, offers to help and finds the horse in half an hour by trusting a simple question. Jones pays him a dollar, amazed at the method.
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A Teacher's Testimony on Diabetes Cure
Hinton Kentucky November 28 Special. Teacher B. E. Thompson from Tinton school reports diabetes cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills after two years of kidney troubles and treatments by top local doctors. Thompson credits the pills with restoring his health and challenges the belief that diabetes is incurable.
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A Parting Shot in a Witty Exchange
A rejected suitor jokes about age as he leaves, remarking a man of 26 tires of a wife near 32. Tam 32 is defended as not ungallant, while the man counters with a barbed reference to freezing point.
Gouraud's Oriental Dream Beauty Elixir Ad
An advertisement touts Gouraud's Oriental Dream as a premier beautifier for women, promising a clear complexion free of blemishes and freckles. It claims high medicated value and broad popularity, with sale through 87 Cortlandt Street New York and by druggists and dealers across the United States, Canada, and Europe.
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White Buffalo Myths Belied By Plain Sight Heroic Hunt
The Kansas ity Journal recounts legends of white buffalo among western Ikangus prairie hunters. Ben Canfield's 1873 chase ended in a whitewashed bull after a months-long pursuit, revealing the animal’s pale coat came from lime deposits in drying lime beds rather than true albinism, explaining many such reports by hunters.
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Witty Exchange Between Mithias and Wilkins
An apologetic dialogue unfolds as Mithias accuses Wilkins of flannel mouthiness. Wilkins replies that the remark was misattributed and jokes that flannel shrinks, implying Mithias misunderstood the comment.
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Marriage by Bureau and a New Law in New York
The republic notes a plan allowing marriages without ceremonies via bureaus under the new domestic relation law. Couples sign a certificate, two witnesses and a notary file it, and the marriage is binding. Harlem hosts many bureaus, with Charles Forst quoted on ease and cost, while some fear religious implications and legitimacy.
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Birth rate of celebrities declines westward across states
A steady fall in the birthrate of men of talent is noted from New England westward. In New England fifty four per 100000 births are of men of talent, New York thirty four, Ohio nineteen, Indiana eleven, Illinois ten, Missouri six, Kansas two, Colorado one.
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Doing His Best
A couple seeks relief from a noisy neighbor by moving after arguing with a housing agent. She accuses the agent of tolerating the pianists’ disruption while a new tenant is placed beside the neighbor to drown out singing, claiming this is a deliberate plan to push her out due to her lease.
The School for Mothers in France
The School for Mothers originated by Mme Moll Weiss in Bordeaux is under discussion for expansion to Paris and other French centers. Proponents applaud humane aims and teaching girls basic hygiene infant care household economics and the cost of living to prepare them for wives and mothers.
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London Tops English Cities In Insanity Rates
London shows the highest rate of insanity among English cities at 861 per 100000 people, with Nottingham a close second at 542 per 100000. The figures highlight regional mental health statistics reported for the era.
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Fastest European train runs Leeds to Edinburgh
A record fastest European service operates between Leeds England and Edinburgh Scotland covering 230 miles in four hours and nineteen minutes about a mile a minute on average.
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