Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted For Kidney Relief
Albert M. Fish of Emmetsburg Texas praises Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain and sluggish kidneys. The ad notes repeat use over years and urges readers to consult Thule Pfiffner's drug store, price 60 cents, Foater Milburn Co. as US agents. Also discusses demand for faster roads and federal road building plans.
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Bright
Doan
Albert M. Fish
Emmetsburg
Thule & Pfiffner
Dean
Estherville
H. Williams
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo New York
United States
New York pupil’s absences alarm school staff
The principal of a New York school confronts a pupil whose frequent absences and tardiness hinder the entire class. After the mother was contacted, conditions slightly improved until Louis again failed to appear, with an alarming note saying he is dead.
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New York
Louis
Mexico Moves to Safeguard Historic Relics
The Mexican government acts to curb desecration of archaeological treasures by relic burning and barring their export. Border officials will return small items to Mexico City museums and hold larger pieces for description and action.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Credit and economy clash in kitchen satire
Kayrless laments debt while Wise jokes about misread credit from a tailor. The Catholic Standard and Times notes homemaker thrift harms health, arguing costly gear and fussy vices drain funds. The piece condemns excessive consumption for women while praising frugal breadwinners in a brisk, period voice.
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Kayrless
Wise
Catholic Standard and Times
A Fulsome Compliment To Frances Folsom Cleveland
During a tour of the South after his marriage President Cleveland was driven through a town with Mrs Cleveland. A martial exchange followed as violets showered the couple and a gentleman praised the First Lady. Cleveland joked he could not keep her in water while another man defended the flattery as frank and fulsome.
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Mr. Cleveland
South
Mra. Cleveland
Mra
Cleveland
Mia
Frances Folsom
A Queer Chinese Nation and the Myths of Eye Extraction
The piece discusses beliefs about foreigners using Chinese eyeballs in medicine and magic. It cites a 1870 work describing a funeral practice where eyes were sealed with plaster and combined with lead to allegedly extract silver, illustrating era myths about Chinese practices and foreign interference.
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China
Europe
Marine Rubber Chewers
Sailor explains a rubber chewing habit to a druggist as a remedy for gun shock and headache. He boasts of steady chewing since Manila Bay while contrasting with rag chewing as worse. The exchange appears in the New Orleans Times Democrat.
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John L
Manila Bay
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Close Quarters For Washington And Notable Names
A fragmented reflection on Washington statues and prominent figures from history. The piece references Washington busts, Longfellow, Whitman, Poe, Himerson, Harriman, Coke, Cooke, and Jay Cooke while noting the obscurity of some financiers in Civil War finance. Also cites Abernathy and Foley’s Kidney Remedy as a remedy ad inclusion within the text.
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Washington
New York City
Longfellow
Westminster Abbey
Harriman
Europe
Walt Whitman
Poe
Himerson
Jay Cooke
Cooke
New York
Preau
Cresting a Wild Horse in Old Plains Methods
Will O Barner details creasing as an emergency capture used by mustangers on the plains. A bullet disabled the horse near the neck, feet tied, a halter slipped on, and a gentle animal used to neck the prostrate horse for handling. Fifty deaths per successful creasing noted. rare beyond emergencies.
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Will O. Barner
McClure
Old Daya
Plaina
Pecos River
New Mexico
India Ink Makers in India and China
The article notes thousands work at ink making as a side business in India and China, especially in winter nights. They burn oil in long chimney lamps, with joints for cleaning soot, producing ink from sesame or other vegetable oils and, where available, cheaper grades from coal or petroleum.
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India
China
Dirt trump defeats Portland whist giant in club
Hla Hand and Tom Reed played whist in a Portland club. A disliked party guest carried black grime under his nails and poorly kept hands. Reed, a giant speaker, expressed impatience with a metallic nasal remark about dirt as trumps and a hypothetical band of players.
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Tom Reed
Portland
Tom
House of Representatives
Tumor Extirpated From Brain at Kaiserin Augusta Hospital
A landmark operation at Kaiserin Augusta hospital Berlin by Prof Krause removed a brain tumor larger than a hen’s egg from a 35 year old woman. The tumor lay over three inches deep in the brain and was reached by a long skin and bone flap on the right forehead and temporal region. The patient is doing well.
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Kaiserin Augusta Hospital
Berlin
Krause
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Lasting Cure
Four years after reporting cure from kidney trouble with Foley's Kidney Remedy, Lwfets notes no recurrence and remains convinced of lasting benefit. Jay Johnson & Co. touts the product alongside a sensational tally of American women connected to foreign nobility, highlighting hundreds of titled spouses and many divorces.
Obeyed the Doctor in a Rural Typhoid Tale
An old Harper's Weekly anecdote recalls Drummond, a rustic Quebec tale, where farmer Ovide Leblanc fails to keep a watch but uses a little clock as a substitute. The doctor’s ordered doses for Moise typhoid are given at nine, midnight, and six in the morning, with the farmer faithfully watching all night.
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Dr. Drummond
Megantle County
Que
Ovide Leblanc
Ovide
Drummond
Moise
Morse
Himelf
Harper's Weekly
The Queen Bee and Her Household Servants
New Orleans Times-Democrat observes in a humorous tone that the queen bee's court comprises multiple servant corps. Bees feed her, ventilate her chamber, and groom her while she lays eggs at high speed, illustrating a social order in the insect hive.
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Bes
New Orleans Timea- Democrat
The Three R's Riddle From a French Visitor
A French traveler in England studies English manners and finally reveals the meaning of threeze as rippen rotten and right-ol. The anecdote ends with a humorous mispronunciation and a light national stereotype from London.
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Iaya Clarence Book
London
Necklace Recall Mirrors Old Guard Ball Loss
A New York woman recalls a $6,500 pearl necklace stolen then recovered after a friend who shared her carriage returned it. The finder said, Be glad I found it, we always thought they were real, reflecting a tale from the New York Tribune about similar losses.
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New York
New York Tribune
Allaying His Fears Inmates Speak Of Nighttime Wandering
An old man confesses sleepwalking at night and fears disturbing his boudoir while a hotel guard reassures him there is no danger of leaving through a window. A children’s exchange in a separate vignette shows a disobedient child cheerfully claiming they are “a-fuasing” during a motherly scolding.
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Puck
Fragmentary Kansas City Journal item hints at old mother and danger
Readable fragments show a line about an old mother and her sons with references to danger and a Kansas City Journal context. The text is damaged and partially indecipherable, offering limited clear facts beyond the mentions of a mother figure, sons, danger, and the newspaper source.
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Kamsas City
No Rest Day or Night Dr Miles Nervine Ad
A testimonial from Alma Hug of Canal Dover Ohio praises Dr Miles Nervine and Nervine Tonic for calming nerves and aiding sleep. It claims restful sleep returns after a few days, urges readers to buy from a druggist, and offers a money back promise if no benefit. The ad emphasizes sleeplessness harms the nervous system and highlights miraculous recovery through the product.
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Miles
Nerve Pills Claim Life-Changing Relief for Nervous Debility
A testimonial from J N Garrison of North Fairfield Ohio Route 2 describes severe nervous exhaustion and twitching in arms and legs. He credits Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills with steady nerves and renewed strength, praising lasting benefits and urging readers to get the genuine product.
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OR. A. W. Chase
J. N. Garrison
North Fairfield
Ohio
Dr. A. W. Chase
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
For Sale By 8 H Williams Stomach Liver Kidney Cure
For sale by 8 H Williams is Dr Kings New Life Pills advertised as a stomach liver and kidney remedy. Claims to cure sour stomach constipation indigestion biliousness jaundice sick headache chills and malaria. Priced at 25 cents.
Amber as Ancient Money and Biblical Imagery
The passage from Ezekiel describes a stormy wind and a radiant cloud with the color of amber. Historically, amber has been used as money in parts of the Mediterranean, reflecting its long standing value and trade significance.
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Mediterranean
Fire Threat Fails to Waken Campbell at Satsuma Home
A blaze swept through the American hotel in Satsuma when George Campbell slept through the flames. His daughter, in night dress and bare feet, ran a quarter mile to sound the alarm, helping firefighters save him as wooden legs burned but he remained unconscious.
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George Campbell
Sats Ca
Colupbe Ts Tive
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