After the Stormy Weather and Set of Day Reflections
A historic two-poem fragment quotes Frank L. Stanton praising Union reconciliation after battle, with lines about flag, peace, and national unity. It shifts to Constance Farmar’s mood of dawn and love, describing sea light, lilac plumes, and quiet fields as heart and verse join.
The Token and The Prodigal Man in Verse
A pair of verses reflect on devotion in labor and wealth. The first compares a beloved kiss to a battle token guiding a hero and the pen as spear. The second mocks a millionaire who worships wealth, despising meals while dreaming of mines and mills.
Reading My Mother’s Face in Quiet Months
A personal tribute from the Christian Register describing a mother’s devoted life. She sacrifices years for her child, toils with a loving heart, prays in youth’s defiance, and bears care as time marks her brow. The narrator sees his life history in her face and counts her days as treasured pearls.
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Christian Register
Would You If You Could Would You Live to a Hundred
A poetic short piece by M. L. Rayne in the Chicago Times Herald ponders delaying age and death. It questions willingness to live long with aging and fading sight under rule driven schedules.
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M. L. Rayne
Chicago Times-Herald
An Admiration. A Humble Man in Everyday Life
A poem from the Washington Star praising a man who does his best daily. He never sought riches or speeches and avoids pride. He endures pain with quiet dignity, earning respect from men and children alike as a noble figure.
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Washington Star
My Neighbor is All Who Need Our Care
A reflection on neighborly duty: true proximity means compassion for all, regardless of wealth or status. The speaker urges active Christlike service wherever help is possible, across ranks, creeds, and conditions.
Model Farm Barn Described by A W Breckenridge
A Ohio Farmer feature describes a 40 by 50 foot model barn built by A. W. Breckenridge in Barlow township Washington county Ohio. The plan outlines a detailed ground and second floor with stalls, a harness room, feed bins, cow stalls, hay mows, and a windbreak barnyard with sheds and stables.
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A. W. Breckenridge
Barlow Township
Washington County
Ohio
Pig Pen Pointers For Hog Market Ready Hogs
A National Stockman and Farmer message urges farmers to feed hogs well for market, favoring razorbacks over improved breeds to avoid deterioration. It stresses preparing winter quarters for swine and enjoying profits from a thriving hog business.
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National Stockman
Buying Young Stock Cattle For Chicago Market
Farmers living near Chicago buy more young stock cattle for sale at the market, using surplus pasture. The Drovers' Journal notes a surprising number of these cattle this season, despite good pasture in their district.
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Chicago
Drovers’ Journal
Feeding Cats Spur Rats to Evade Them in Barns
The passage asserts cats become useless for rat control when fed and not compelled to work. It suggests the best cats are kept away from the house and given a small daily milk ration at the barn, which motivates them to hunt rats diligently.
Fundamentals of Livestock Keeping for Market Gain
The guide says keep animals from losing flesh as a pound lost means two to be gained. It stresses that the right kind of feed matters more than sheer quantity and that a varied diet promotes digestion and better gains than exclusive use of concentrated foods.
Expense accounts spark Methodist conference criticism in Chicago
At the Chicago conference clergy and lay members faulted bishop traveling expenses claiming extravagance. Bishop McCabe defends his allowance noting his annual travel cost under 350 dollars while comparing to a commercial traveler who gets eight dollars daily, arguing some costs are necessary for his duties.
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Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
McCabe
Mean Trick Brings Wife Home Says Detroit Free Press
A husband explains a r use to lure his wife back, sending double the amount she asked for after a five week separation. He says she returned on the first train with a look of suspicion, warning he may face trouble if she learns the truth. A Paris Exposition awards Walter Baker & Co a gold medal for Cocoa and Chocolate.
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Detroit Free Press
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New York Tribune
Henpeck Couple Plans Rest Amid Doctor’s Order
Mr. Henpeck tells Mrs. Henpeck the doctor orders a rest next week. She expresses concern about managing to go alone, noting the doctor’s likely knowledge of the situation. Philadelphia Press.
Palmer’s Lotion Promises Relief for Sore Eyes
Miss Hattie Morrison of Selma Kansas reports that one bottle of Palmer’s Lotion cured her and her mother of sore eyes after a year of suffering. The note claims immediate relief and eventual cure without a doctor, instructing readers to send the druggist’s name to Solon Almer New York for testimonials and a free sample.
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Palmer
Hattie Morrison
Selma
Kansas
Solonalmer
Pearl St
New York
Little Willie Paw and the Baldness Microbe Question
A brief schoolroom exchange features a student asking if baldness is caused by a microbe, with the teacher’s assertion prompting comic dialogue in the Baltimore American style.
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Willie
Henpeck
Baltimore
Low-rate excursions by Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
Advertising brief lists half-rate round-trip tickets to western, southwestern, and southeastern destinations via Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route with a $2 surcharge. Tickets on sale select Tuesdays from September through December 1900. contact H. C. Townsend in St Louis for full details. Includes miscellaneous quotations from Chicago Daily News and others.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
H. C.townsend
St.Louis
Rastus Narrates Barehanded Fight at Work Injury
The Detroit Free Press recalls Cheerful Rastus limping into a doctor’s office aided by two broom handles after a coal-bin fight. He describes cracking a co-worker’s head during a dispute over a heater. the blow shattered three toes but left him laughing as splints are adjusted.
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Rastus
Detroit Free Press
Rassy
Coon
Ice Company microbes boast meets suave caller
A broker questions a ice firm about microbe free ice while a treasurer defends the claim. The caller insists on larger deliveries so microbes could fit, claiming no fear of microbes. A second quip notes some wives resemble watches in beauty but are hard to regulate.
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Ice Company
Harper’s Bazar
Chicago Daily News
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advert
A testimonial style notice touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as daily relieving hundreds of women. It asserts Mrs Pinkham has extensive verified experience and free advice, with testimony letters circulating showing increased health among female sufferers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lane's Family Medicine Health Advice Ad
Daily bowel movement claim and gentle liver and kidney action described. Mentions a “Bed head ache” and lists prices 25 and 50 cents. Includes a quoted Pow-wow joke from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about a conference of the powers with wife mother in law and the cook.
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Lane
Powers
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Carter's Ink and Scientifically Compounded Message
An ad style notice from the Detroit Journal touts Carter's Ink and scientifically compounded materials. It promises availability through dealers and appeals to buy for those insisting on golf with the proceny described.
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Carter
Detroit Journal
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad
Old promotional ad highlights Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee. Includes testimonials and pricing around 75 cents. Features unrelated legal and consumer notes from the Chicago Daily News.
Nebraska the Land of Plenty promotional message
Satirical recruitment-style note urges readers to consider Nebraska as a land of ample crops and cheap land. Promotes pamphlets on the Corn Belt and West Nebraska grazing country and advertises cheap rail excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month via the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway. S. Eustis, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Nebraska
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