Mark Twain On Women at St Andrew's in London
In London, Mark Twain, speaking at a St Andrew's Day banquet in Free Masons Hall, extols women before a crowd including the Queen and Princess of Wales. He invokes poets, lists illustrious women, and lauds Grace Darling and Florence Nightingale, praising women's mission to comfort and uplift.
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the Cosmopolitan
London
Mark Twain
St. Andrew's Day
Free Masons
England
Joan of Arc
Waterloo
Sappho
Israel
Lucretia Borgia
Eve
Luneage
Cleopatra
George
Andrew
Too
Scott
Bruce
Burns
Wallace
Ben Nevis
Ben Lomond
Scotchman
Ben Disraeli
Sheba
Josephine
Semiramia
Baiey Gamp
Grace Darling
Florence Nightingale
Almost Buried Alive A Remarkable Escape
A northern city carpenter and family natives of France, living eight years in the country, are the subjects of a remarkable tale. A child born at Parks on June 26 last year is eleven and a half, while the narrative describes multilingual fluency and intensity of mental action in the family, highlighting a striking appearance and maturity.
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Gini
Bert
St. Joseph (Afo
France
Spantenan
SUN
Soup and Beefsteak Cooking Tips From Western Rural
A compact guide extols daily soup as frugal dinner support, detailing potage methods, bone use, herb flavors, and careful skimming. It then outlines beefsteak broiling with a hot dry pan, butter, coffee addition, and a method to finish gravies with cream and egg yolk.
Lemon Pies And Pickling Remedies From A Historic Household Guide
A fragment lists lemon pie filling methods and a coinage of kitchen remedies. It includes a lemon sugar custard style filling, a glue and white lead mending method, soft soap instructions, lemon syrup making, and a sun-dried lemon rind pickle process. Also noted are health ads for Allen's Lung Balsam and Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters claiming cough relief and blood purification.
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Tate
Favorite Prescription Praise and Other Notices
A 1873 fragment excerpt cites Patient reports praising Favorite Prescription for easing a wife’s periodical pains and backache, with letters from various readers endorsing its benefits. It also advertises agricultural publications, a forthcoming history of Farmers' Move MENT, and promotions for Johnson's Andtyne Lintment, Rhérdan's Cat Try Condition Powder, and Bronchial Troches. The item reflects a Victorian era blend of medical cure-all testimonials and commercial notices.
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Manhattan
Kan
R._V. Prence
Buffalo
Gro. B. Winrina
E. R. Daly
Metropolis
Til
R. V. Pigreg
Mary ANN+Faisure
Lehman, Pa
W. Pierce
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Wome
Revere
Bremen
Allen
Walker
Walter
Hannarorp & Thomison
Chicago
J. Perium
Western Rural
Johnson
Rhérdan
Aiea
Tana
Taos
Mepre
Mont ‘Popular Arts
Gaeta
Quatls& Perkins
Maproive Deatens
Curtis & Brown
Falton Street
New York
Druggista and
Chemnata
Dentera
Houwethold
Fulton Street
Brown
Bronx
United States
Pacific Coast
Australia
Canada
St. Louis Journal
Ayson
Arris
Ent
J. Walker
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Bean
Ian
Warner
SAO Ay
Washington
Wall-st. Osten
Eadeto Efortan No
Payaph, Tee, Valet Ee & Co
Wall T, N.Y
Egialo
K. c
New York By Sea
Daily Sun
the Sun
New York City
Nectaf
Great Sainis & Pacific Pet Co
Pvcacy Street
N. VY
Billings, Clapp & CO
Chemista
Boston
Mass
College Place
Horace Waters & Son
Broadway
Waters
Muse
Tedeniniogdes
Uberalterns
American Sewing Machine CO
State Street
Farmers’ Movement
Hon
J. Penta
Farmera
HANNA+ FORD & THOMPSON
Wash'n St
Perlam
Meen
Turner
Naspy
Tuz Rape
Locke & Jones
Toledo
Ohio
Ian Sycce
Papcr
Blackburn Bros
Griswold
Detroit
Mich
Br Dgiwe
Gach Weber
Partica
J, Wort & Co
Bt. Louis, Mo
Wiarrantoa Theg
Turket
Lazareg
Hook
Cedar Rapids
Tuwa
City Owe Novelty Co
Pita
Brendt & Caislounes
Whittier
He Ag
Merchant's
Lockport
N. Z
Mme
Willson
Willeson
Nature
J. H.willson
John St
Hurlbut & Edsall
Wastean
Aare
PO Rinhoson
COL Sm
Louie
NTS
Great West
Watyling CO
Clcago, AL
St. Louis
Bexton
Near West
Chicago & Northwestern
Illnois Central
Iowa
John 8
Calhoun
Iowa Railroad Land Co
Randolph
THE
Danbury News
Tur
Tux
Bailey & Donovan
Danbury,Ct
Cincinna
Saini Ag
Continentali Pub
Bingstey Tor
Clark
Ional
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