Dean's Kidney Pills Prove Quick Relief Says Mrs Tracy
Mrs Helen Tracy of Matherville reports severe back pain eased after a year of discomfort when Dean's Kidney Pills were tried. She bought at Williams & Anderson's drug store and found rapid relief. price is 25 cents. Master-Milburn Co. of Buffalo is the U S sale agent.
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Ebro
Helen Tracy
North Ninth Se
Matherville
Town
Dean
Williams & Anderson
Master-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Obscure Word Games and Oddities in a 19th Century Page
A garbled collection of word games, dream meanings, curiosities, a quotation party game, a number puzzle about 142857, and hiccup cures. The fragment also includes a verse about Jelly Belly jars and canned goods, with incomplete lines and mis-spellings.
Scientific curiosities and old France dining manners collide
A fragmentary piece recounts Humphry Davy and a clever girl exploring why cane pieces spark light, noting the plant’s light and structure. It shifts to a vivid glimpse of Early Modern French table manners, imagining a banquet scene with nobles and servants in a comic, parlor-laden tableau.
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Mir Humphry
Humphry
Chile
Fumphry
Trumphry Davy
Old
France
Francia
Louis Quatorze
Louis
Paradise
The Midget Snakes
A correspondent recalls capturing three tiny snakes nearly forty years ago in Indiana. They fit in an eight ounce bottle yet crawled with moving tongues. A minister who witnessed them saw no intoxication, calling them genuine snakes in a woods tale from the past.
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Indiana
Hemporia Gazette
Literary pirates roam Indiana as children play at home
The Chicago News notes a visitor to a Hoosier author’s home finds three youngsters romping in the hallway. When asked what they are playing, the smallest answers pirates, and explains they are literary pirates since Indiana has no seas. Moments later a barnyard shout reveals the pen can also wield a shingles tool.
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Chicago News
Indiana
Outside of His Practice. A surgeon for enlarged capacity
The Chicago Tribune quips a physician diagnosing malnutrition after a thorough exam. The caller, weakened by lack of eating, is told to seek a surgeon. The piece critiques overstudying and its impact on health, humor, and temperament, reflecting a literary aside.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Mabel Holds Dress While Sliding Downhill
A four year old girl named Mabel is described as safe yet at risk while sliding downhill, clinging to her dress and being called to be careful by her mother. The narrative style imitates a cautionary scene emphasizing danger and parental warning.
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Mabel
Marie de Medici’s Fancy Jewelry and Court Attire
The piece describes Marie de Medici’s lavish taste and extensive jewels from a Venetian collar to a rosary of enameled gold, detailing items such as a 1 050 livres bracelet set, a 2 100 livres gold watch, and a 9 600 livres enameled diamond necklace. It includes a humorous genealogist exchange about marriages and divorces.
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Marie de' Medic
Marie de’ Medici
Henry IV
France
M. Batiffol
Francois le Prestre
Paris
Jean Subii
Masa
Unclear text fragment on wood deal and feasts
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Breuchoiu figure with a wood deal of Uteba and unclear references to sgarvied tle. Mentions Quds peosed about LuU biases a day Bay, fox birthdays and church holidays, and yearly counts around 66 700, with reductions and phrases like investery and prugtconkws.
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Breuchoiu
Ube
Vic
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