The Little Red Shoe Meet and Mending Hearts
In a Tennessee city Miss Helen Ewing enthralls with song while a clerk, Perry Rainer, notices a red slipper that sparks a romance. A chance meeting after a ladder episode leads to long courtship as Rainer helps stenographer Miss Curtis improve her work. Slides toward marriage with a shared reveal.
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Kitty Cly
Tennessee
Iman
Perry Rainer
Miss Ewing
Helen Ewing
Bob Bradley
Bob
Rainer
Helen
Mr. Ratner
Shakespeare
Hob
Auttumn Rainer
Tir
Miss Curtis
Tom Rainer
Shelton
Towser
Hessie
Mannerisms That Injure Health And Lifespan
A New York Herald warned that minor habits can become dangerous. Constant lip licking, mouth breathing, tooth picking, and excessive blinking threaten ulcers, catarrh, eye strain, and weakened lungs. The piece urges proper eye and mouth care and avoiding tooth picking to prevent long term dental decay.
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The
New York Herald
Science and Industry News Highlights from the Era
Alaska gold prospectors claim rice and bacon ration boosts work capacity while giants’ remains found near Grimaldi in Monaco. Hamburg lines test oil fuel on four eastern steamers. Russia’s interior famines tied to deforestation. California redwood mills number 66 with output near five million dollars in 1900. American manufactured goods endure in Europe including typewriters and sewing machines. English gas invasion spreads from Heathnes to daily life. 1901 railroad earnings rise by about 149 million with Chronicle projecting 155 million for the year, totaling 550 million over five years.
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Alaska
Grimaldi
Prince of Monaco
Mamburg Company
Russia
Humboldt
Mendocino
Cal
Europe
England
Heathnes
Sussex
Chronicle
Decadence of saddle-bags across the nation
A New York Times interview recalls the old saddle bags used by country doctors, noting their decline due to population growth and new drug stores. The speaker cites good roads and widespread villages as key factors, with Missouri and Texas leading in bag usage and nostalgia for the frontier era.
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Texas
New York Times
WWT
Missouri
Union
Commonwealths
Chemistry professor asks what to treat oxalic acid ingestion
A student replies that he would administer the sacrament when faced with a patient who swallowed oxalic acid. The exchange is noted in a humorous remark from a college chemistry class cited by the N. S. Tribune.
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Laat Thins
N. S. Tribune
Peruna praised by women for relief of aches and female troubles
Mrs Anne Martin of Brooklyn reports Peruna cured her backache dizziness and irregularities within three months. Miss Marie Johnson of Detroit says Peruna ended eleven years of female troubles after three months. Miss Truth Emerson of Buffalo reports a six week cure for irregular painful menstruation.
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Agana Martin
Marie Johnson
Columbia
East
Detroit
Mich
Hope Lodge No
Independent Order
Good Templars
Johnson
Peruna
Miss Marie Johnson
Miss Truth Emerson
Sycamore St
Buffalo
N. Y
Peruna touted as cure in era of catarrh remedies
An old advertisement emphasizes Peruna as a reliable cure for catarrh, praising its effectiveness over years of use. Dr. Hartman offers a free book on female catarrh and invites readers to write with their case for free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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Ruth Emerson
Hartman
Perona
Perona Medicine Co
Columbus
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Wealth and the balance of brains honesty and wealth
A historical reflection argues premium on brains and honesty to level society. It warns state limits on fortune would injure workers and that ability and self control separate the wealthy from others. It notes capitalists are captains of industry to date.
Palmer Woman Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Lucy Compton of Palmer Missouri describes eight to ten years of severe back pain and kidney trouble. She says holding to a chair was needed to move and after using one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills she was nearly cured and now recommends the remedy to other women with similar suffering.
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Palmer, Mo
Lucy Compton
Dodd
Mrs. Compton
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