St Jacobs Oil Promoted for Croup Cough and Aches
An 19th century ad touts St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for bronchial issues. It claims strong penetrating power loosens adhesions in bronchial tubes and soothes inflamed mucous membranes, especially aiding children with croup and whooping cough. It lists multiple ailments including rheumatism gout neuralgia and sore throat as relieved by the oil and praises its non greasy feel and magical efficacy.
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St. Jacobs
Distinction Between Gastronomy and Plain Cooking
Quote from Puck mocks the difference between gastronomy and ordinary cooking. It notes gastronomy as refined, while common cooking is seen as plain practice with gas concentration implied. The line reflects playful satire on culinary arts.
Best for the Bowels and Other Quack Claims
A collage of patent medicine claims and social tidbits. Advertisements praise Cascarets for natural relief of bowel issues, while other lines tout Putnam dyes and Bromo Quinine cures. Snippets note a Burmese measure Kepulgat and historic factory work efficiency claims from Deepwater Missouri.
Ottawa stirred by George A Kent kidney pills tale
Reports from Ottawa recount a seven year claim that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured George A Kent of Bright's Disease after doctors said he would die within hours. Kent, a printer, says the pills let him return to work in 1894 and has not missed a day since, with wife and associates grateful.
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Ottawa
Can
George A. Kent
Gilmour Street
Bright
Dodd
Kentaway
Mr. Kent
Pits
American Note Printing
Kenzie
Jodd
Lipton lauds American hospitality after New York Y acht events
Sir Thomas Lipton praises the clear race course and gentlemanly treatment by the New York Yacht Club as he reflects on his reception in America. He notes Americans loaded the Erin with mascots and luck charms, yet acknowledges they did not grant him the cup. He says hands across the sea prove English and American kinship.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
London
Thomas’ Lipton
America
Hotel
Cecil
New York Yacht Club
United States of America
Kidness
Chilean assurances ease Chile Argentina tension
Washington reports from Chilean charge Infante state that boundary marking roads are for engineers, not military use. Officials say disputes are settled and relations between Chile and Argentina are now friendly.
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Washington
Senor Infente
State Department
Chile
Argentina
Infante
War Revenue Taxes Receipts Totaled 343 Million
A statement from the internal revenue bureau shows total receipts under the war revenue acts from June 13, 1898, to June 30, 1901, and four months of 1901 amounting to 343,838,634. It itemizes documentary stamps, proprietary stamps, beer, special taxes, tobacco, snuff, cigars, cigarettes, legacies, excise tax, mixed flour, and additional tobacco and beer taxes.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
EACH ONE IN HIS PLACE IN BERLIN ADDRESS
Berlin reports Emperor William speaking at Kiel to naval recruits. He emphasizes shared duty, saying he has taken the soldier oath and must perform his duty like the recruits, each in his place.
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Berlin
William
Kiel
London Artillery Company to Visit Boston in 1903
A letter from the Honourable Artillery Company of London accepts the invitation of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts to visit Boston in 1903. The 1900 trip to America was abandoned due to the Boer War.
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Boston
Honourable Artillery Company
London
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Massachusetts
America
London Company
Marine Band Roots and Leaders Across Washington’s Stages
Special Washington letter recounts Francis Scala as founder of the Marine band and notes John Philip Sousa’s ascent from pupil to famed leader. It details Scala’s 30 years shaping the ensemble, Harriet Lane’s patronage, Kossuth’s reception, and later eras under Sousa, Fanciulli, and military accord.
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Francis Senala
Sousa
Washington
Harles Egan
Ireland
Second Infantry
Surgeon General’s Office
John Philip Sousa
Marine Band
Mr. Egan
Francis Scala
Seala
Popwar
Italy
Bay of
Naples
Congress
Scala
Gen. Taylor
Gen
Taylor
Great East Room
Fillmore Administration
Louis Kossuth
Kossuth
Buchanan
Harriet Lane
Freddie-Can't you give me something for my head
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News quotes a doctor refusing relief with a line about Freddie and a gift, reflecting a streetwise, clipped style in the source text.
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Freddie
Chicago Daily News
The Count Came First and a Wedding Mentioned
A fragment hints at Mias Bondy marrying a titled foreigner while a Count WME is cited. The note reflects a witty line from Smart Set about a marriage and social intrigue with minimal context.
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Mias Bondy
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Praised in Personal Letter
A reader lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing internal complications after a heavy fall. The letter claims rapid relief and urges others with menstrual and related symptoms to seek the product and write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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Lillie Degenkolbe
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Gastronermy
Puck
Indianapolis News
Man
Indianspolis News
Ick
Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Philadelphia
Atchison Globe
Hale
Pike
United States
Deepwater
Maine
Nada
Physicians’ Association
Sir Thomaa Lipton
Emperor William of Germany
the Honourable Artillery
U. 8 Marine Band
Mount Vernon
Duke of Newcastle
Europe
Treasury Department
Grant
Fagan
Soala
Fanchuili
Songa
McKinley
Fanciulli
South End Society of Christian Endeavor
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
Eunion
Erie
WV. L. Douglas
Maritnlona
WW. L. Ougias
W. EL. Ougias
W. L. Douglas
Po Onbottom
Oray
Douglas
Ami
Grockton
Mass
Gover
Tower CO
Time Johnson
Sethearts
Watts
You—hsong
Allen
ST. Paul, Minn
Enterprise Food Chopper
Enterprise Aroos
Enterprise Hfg, CO
Sawyer
Sawyer & Son
Mitre
Oklahoma
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