The Farm as a Summer Resort by Harry Daniel
A humorous essay extols the farm as a summer retreat over city hotels, praising rustic sights sounds and chores. It contrasts farm life with fashionable hotels and recounts letters between a cousin and his family, plus vivid anecdotes of farm activity and early morning vigor. The piece celebrates country life, humor, and frontier excitement of rural living.
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Poland
China
Newry
William
Acre
Henry
Tommie seeks comfort as a child fears thunder
In a Chicago Chronicle reflection a child named Tommie fears lightning and seeks reassurance from his mother. She assures him God is with him, but he asks to sleep with his father and mother after a night of thunder.
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Little Tonville
Tommie
Mal
Chicago Chronicle
Shirt Waist Suits Spark Fashion Change Across Fabrics
Fashion notes say shirt waist suits are replacing separate waists, shown in foulard chambrays linen and marbleized silks. Prices range from five to seventy five dollars for hand embroidered pieces, with monogram trends in black on white and renewed interest in left bust monograms.
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Foulard
Chambrays
Madras
Paris
Moths and Asparagus Patties in Household Tips
A New York Post inspired home care piece explains moth protection steps from dust removal to sealing garments in intact calico bags, turpentine brushing of closets, and using clean cotton or linen bags. It also shares a recipe for asparagus patties with a white milk sauce and pastry shapes. The text ends with a brief quip about golf dangers from the Boston Transcript.
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New York Post
New York
Relied on Lydia Pinkham's Compound for Tumor Recovery
Mrs D Arnold of the German Woman's Club in Los Angeles reports tumor removal after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits twelve bottles with restoring health and avoiding surgery, noting no relapse and urging others with uterine or related symptoms to try the remedy.
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D. Arnold
German Woman's Club
Grand Pacific Hotel
Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
D. Axnoxp
New Zealand Crow Lands Sold for Nine Hundred Ninety Nine Years
A collection of odd factual items notes New Zealand crow lands sold for 999 years, Cork weighs 18 pounds per cabin foot, gold valued at 1 155 pounds, and various global curiosities including a Diesel engine project in South Worcester Mass and shifts in population and conscription notes across regions.
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New Zealand
Cork
South Worcester
Mass
China
London
Guernsey
British Empire
London Bridge
Low Hates to the East in the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern way
A fragmented line up lists rail routes to Chautauqua Providence and Maine with round trip fares and July travel dates. It mentions applications for travel details via C F Daly Chief A G P A Cl Maine and hints at exclusive entertainments and copyright talk. A Baltimore Herald cartoon and an Indianapolis News quip follow with a witty exchange on femininity and pursuit.
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Lake Shore
Michigan
Chautauqua
Providence
Rhode Island
C. F. Daly
A.G. P
Maine
Fragmented Old World Notes on Taxes and Prices
Reading fragments describe long standing beer taxes in England, a toxin linked to Bamboo in Java, and tainted foods affecting youths. It mentions income levels of artisans, meal habits, and cloth needs, plus Kent county council lighting baby carriages at night. Auction details cite Lord Bentinck’s brandy lots selling in London with high vintages fetching $18 a bottle and prices per bottle varying up to $164. Hock from 1861 brought $100 per dozen.
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England
Jova
Ifindus Five
Kent
Lord Henry Bentinck
Man recounts kidney illness cure with Dodd's Kidney Pills
Bland, June 30. F B Crider narrates how kidney trouble began with back pain and worsened until treatment with Dodd's Kidney Pills provided relief. He says he tried several medicines without aid until using Dodd's, which he credits with his complete recovery and considers the only medicine that helped him.
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Dodd
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Harry Daniel
Greene
Gage
Boston Transcript
Baltimore Herald
Fahy
Indianaprolis News
Chou Ats
UBF
Mae
Chicago
Hazard
Bears
Castoria
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Arent
St, Paul
Minn
Woodward & & Co., Co., Grain Commission” For Future
Poulets
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