The Wrong Simile in a Contract of Hearts and Humor
A rowdy blend of comic verse and stray humorous bits shows a mismatched discussion on love and weight with a judge’s quip about the heiress weighing 300 pounds. A rheumatism cure tale from Dodd's Kidney Pills is followed by a cameo of Professor Aspen Brocker and a Matterhorn mock scene. Low-rate rail excursions to Texas and Indian Territory are advertised via M K T Ry.
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Pronessieurs
Pole
George Hiland
Hiland
Dodd
Dash
Aspen Brocker
Texas
Saeed
Southwest
George Morton
G, T
Sear
K &T
St. Louis
Quips and Advertisements Mixed in Odd Newspaper Snippet
A fragment from a 1900 era page features banter about language and race at a China shop, a poker anecdote, a china sale pun linked to fashion, testimonials for Piso's Cure, and brief ads for laxatives and dyes.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Tiler
Boston Transcript
How to Make a Pretty Bead Purse Similar design from Detroit Free Press
The article outlines a bead purse project using blue and green beads with 24 silk strands, 47 bead rows, and a 48th row to join edges. It details threading sequences, tassel construction, draw strings, and color pairings like blue with green or white, noting the finished purse can hold change and a key.
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Detroit Free Press
Magazine Holder Description With Dogwood Motif
A brown Holland Onen fold forms a magazine holder shaped to fit a specific publication. The exterior bears dogwood blossom decoration with two gold cords. Inside edge is tucked to create a slip cover for the intended I designed item.
Ornamented dogwood motif and linoleum care tips from Boston Globe
The text describes a dogwood design stitched in gold and pink on fabric with centers filled by gold thread and corner decorations, plus a gold outline for the word Magazine. It then gives linoleum care steps including sweeping, wiping with flannel, wax polish, milk wash for gloss, and a technique to guide lamp wick oil using a sewn-on flannel strip.
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Boston Globe
Princess Albert of Flanders A Beloved European Royalty
Princess Albert of Flanders wife of Belgium’s heir presumptive is famed for beauty and charm. The couple wed October 2 1900 with a son Leopold born November 1901. He spent time in Boston and at the White House before the Brussels palace home. The princess is popular, athletic, and admired by BrusseIans.
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Europe
Princess Albert of
Flanders
Belgium
Prince Albert
Tranders
Elizabeth
Bavaria
Ifm
Leopold
United States
Boston
White House
Brussels
Prince
Munich
Iowa's Big Onion Crops Shine in Scott County Market
A Davenport centered onion belt along the Mississippi leads the nation in Scott County's onion production. The crop, dubbed the Scott county orange, ships carloads to St Louis and Chicago with prospects for strong profits at market. Yields of 500 to 600 bushels per acre are common, and a 600 bushel yield this year nets around $200 per acre.
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United States
Iowa
Mississippi River
Davenport
Scott County
St. Loui
New Orleans
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nebraska
Omaha
Peruna praised by workers and veterans in Chicago letters
A Chicago man and others write to Peruna Medicine Co claiming kidneys and catarrh ailments improved after using Peruna. The letter from John T. Sheahan cites relief after four bottles, while Jacob Meig, age seventy five, calls himself a new man. The notice discusses catarrhal inflammation and urges readers to obtain a free booklet.
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Joan T. Sheahan
Chicago
John T. Sheahan
Marshall Field & Co
Indians Avenue
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Jacob Meig
Sum ‘ Ner Avenue
Brooklyn
Jacob Fleig
Beight
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Edita
Daly News
Abe AR
St.Jacobs Oil
Virginia Hot Springs
Cumery
Homestead Hotel
St LF Tlinks
BIG
Tion OF Design
Princess OF Flanders
Fature Quees
Scione
Palace
Smith
Congressional
Jones
Capitol
Congress
New York
Just
Dore
Marshall Field
Peruna
Pernna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
Cascarets
Simaninc Runnery Company
Winchester
Hells
Winchester Repeater
Fcll Particulam
A. Augustus Rae
L. Douglas
W.L Douglas
W. L. Douglas
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