Dinner with a Stranger at Silberschlager House
A noon guest arrives to dine with merchant Silberschlager, his daughter Catharine, and bookkeeper Zisselmeier. The minister Steffenson, a plain visitor from Helferau, engages in earnest dialogue on piety, hypocrisy, and parish work while Catharine resents the guest’s simple manner.
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Catharine
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Steffanson
Steffenson
Helferau
Catherine
Mr. Zinsermeier
Jhis Arma
Solomon
Gazette of Fashions
Tadhiaus
Siulberachlager
Mr. Zieselmeier
Martha
Christ
A Story of Henry Clay in an Open Air Speech
An 19th century Boston Traveler excerpt recalls Henry Clay facing Jim Burnim during a public congressional address. Burnim heckled with insults, and Clay delivered a fierce retort invoking Satan’s wrath. The piece ends with an unrelated medical ad for Day's Cure for Headache and a price note.
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Boston Traveler
Henry Clay
Congress
Jim Burnim
Clay
Burnim
Burnin
Hell
Satan
Faces That Reveal Inner Emotion Than Pure Beauty
The passage argues intellectual grace and emotional variety enhance beauty. It notes eyes expressing concealed emotion can impart tragedy and allure, with fiery temperaments in soft faces being irresistibly charming. It contrasts faces showing enduring delicacy with those revealing emotional weakness or vanity.
Itching Piles Symptom and Care Ad
Itching piles with moisture intense nocturnal itching and rectal irritation promoted as a cure by Dr. Swayne's All-Healing Ointment. Also advertised for tetter salt rheum scald head erysipelas barber's itch and other skin eruptions. Price fifty cents or three boxes for 1.25, mailed on receipt of funds to Dr. Swayne & Son Philadelphia. Sold by druggists.
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Swayne d& Son
North Sixth
Philadelphia
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Woman's Mission in Life and the Power of a Sweet Laugh
The essay extols a woman's comforting voice and bright laugh as healing, celestial in tone, likening it to sacred music and sunlit pastry. It cherishes feminine charm as a lasting solace that dispels sorrow, guides thoughts, and refreshes the weary mind with serene, dreamlike clarity.
Dr Fanner's Golden Relief Promises Instant Pain Cure
An old advertisement touts Dr Fanner's Golden Relief as a rapid cure for neuralgia toothache headache and any pain. It claims to ease rheumatism backache kidney diseases colic diarrhea dysentery burns bruises and more with a sample bottle offered at one cent.
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George Stinson & CO
Portland
Maine
Scientific curiosities and future power sources in 19th century notes
A compilation of scientific speculation and observations. Topics include solar energy as heat via electric currents, vario los pustules forming pits, photography via calcium sulfide phosphorescence, Hessian fly control, plant fragrances and ozone, global water volume, tides powering engines, a butter test for adulteration, Tyndall on universe mystery and evolution, new diving apparatus with self-contained oxygen, the Atlantosaurus inmanis specimen, a gigantic ancient reptile, and South Africa's Zooga river phenomenon linked to Lake Ngama levels.
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South Africa
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Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry as the best remedy for coughs colds asthma and pulmonary ailments promising quick relief from the first dose. It sells 25 cent bottles and 1.00 and six bottles for five dollars with a large size claimed most economical. Prepared by Dr Layne & Son Philadelphia and sold by druggists.
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Layne & Son
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Philadelphia
Dr Fenner’s Improved Cough Hone Aims for Quick Relief
Advertises Dr Fenner’s Improved Cough Hone as a cold and head congestion remedy. Claims relief in one hour and offers a sample bottle for 10 cents. The promotion uses direct, concise language typical of early 20th century business notices.
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