Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Womanly Relief
A vintage testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. A Houston reader, Mrs. Bessie L Hicks, recounts three years of illness improving after one bottle and urges others to try the remedy. The ad claims widespread, truthful endorsements over 30 years with neighborly trust.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Houston
Texas
Bessie L. Hicks
Cleveland St
Old Brown Replies On Daughter's Band Request
The text records Brown's cryptic response to a question about his daughter and her band. A figure named Brown allegedly says a terse line about taking her and letting him be happy, reflecting a terse, possibly fictional exchange.
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Old Brown
Fle
Time of the Nation Flashes Time Across Telegraphed Wires
The article explains daily at noon a Navy Observatory time signal is sent via 900000 miles of lines to major cities and ships. Finely tuned clocks, chronographs, and a sidereal timing method ensure accurate mean time used by mariners and wireless transmissions to far regions including Havana Panama and Callao.
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Naval Observatory
District of Columbia
Washington
New York
Buffalo
Cleveland
Newport
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Savannah
New Orleans
Key West
Galveston
Chicago
Observatory
United States
Havana
Panama
Callao
Peru
Rockies
Mare Island ‘Navy Yard
Pacific
Seventy-Fifth
Greenwich
England
Washington Cor
Inter Ocean
A Young Writer From New Jersey to the Critic Office
In a reminiscence Jeannette L. Gilder recalls Marin Crawford, then a fourteen year old Italian boy in New Jersey, visiting his aunt and shocking locals with a high hat. His uncle Sam Ward urged the Critic to give him a start, and Crawford proved adaptable, writing reviews, editorials, poetry, and the novel Mr Isaacs before finding lasting success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marin Crawford
New Jersey
Adolphe Maillard
Julia Ward Howe
Italy
Frank Crawford
Sam Ward
Daniels
Broadway
New York
Sam
Mr. Isaacs
Jeannette
L. Gilder
Putnam's
Polenta From Cornmeal Mush A Lesson In Names
A guest recalls a polenta breakfast in a southern Italian household and discovers polenta is simply cornmeal mush. The anecdote highlights how a name can alter perception and appetite, as the speaker learns to embrace a dish tied to Italian culture.
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Italy
Antonina
Houston Post
The Method of Rolling and Drawing Iron Bars into Wire
The article explains heating a four inch square bar, rolling it to wire rods, and drawing them through progressively smaller holes with annealing to achieve very fine diameters. It notes the transformation from four inches square to a thousandth inch diameter and up to long lengths, as in the diamond die stage, illustrating labor value in material processing.
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Chicago
Modern Martyrs in a Social Muse
An amateur philosopher in the Providence Irivune muses on a periodical picture of a failed musicale. He notes empty chairs and a weary host and hostess, wondering why people seek entertainment at the cost of discomfort and public martyrdom, questioning the urge to attend while not enjoying it.
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Providence
Irivune
Tidders
Fiji’s Chiefs and the Dover Lesson in Empire
Lord Rosmead, then Sir Hercules Robinson, governed New South Wales in the early 1870s and oversaw Fiji’s integration into the British empire. He noted Pacific chiefs favored staff orators over speaking chiefs, praised by an Irish humor, and argued civilization should heed the chiefs’ mapping of action over words.
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Rosmead
Hercules Robinson
New South Wales
Fiji
Hercules
Sydney
London Chronicle
Underground Lead Pipe Deterioration in German Village
A German village reports a severely corroded underground lead water pipe. soil contamination with impure water and ammonia compounds caused lead salts including carbonate nitrate and nitrite to form. The carbonate resists pure water but dissolves with carbon dioxide and asphalt coatings are advised for underground conduits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Farmer trains poultry to chase motor car in comic chase
A farmer turns a motor to use for his farm. He trains poultry to gather for meals at its foot. One morning a motor car blasts past the yard and the excited birds rush the road. After a five mile chase, fourteen pullets and three roosters die of exhaustion. The rest keep running. English laper.
Learn to Laugh and Help Others
A reflective Exchange note urges readers to laugh learn to tell stories and keep troubles private. It emphasizes doing something for others even when disabled as the path to happiness, framing cheerful acts as a remedy and social duty.
Venison mix up in Paris restaurant scene
Epicure complains a three week old steak but waiter misdelivers venison. The exchange reveals a humorous mix up in a Paris dining room with polite correction and approval once venison is identified.
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Epicure
Walter
Monsieur
River floods ruin cattle and jail break dominate report
The Atlanta Constitution recounts local woes with a Billville resident describing the river’s rising waters drowning cattle, an uncle breaking jail, and a widow running off with a book agent, while noting otherwise they are doing well.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Poet Husband Humbled by Wife and Girl’s Gentle Satire
In a fragment from a Yonkers Statesman feature, a poet’s wife laments her husband’s lack of recognition for his poetry while another girl offers a lighthearted, absentminded counterpoint. The dialogue hints at self awareness and humor among characters.
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Yonkers Statesnutt
Passage debt and thrift in a Louisville note
A fragment from the Louisville Courier-Journal recalls a ten year old borrow that passed to the present owner and funds owed for a passage. The quote hints at wealth and thrift, contrasting self control with divine patience in the broader struggle for self mastery and goodness.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
God
DANGER FROM ICE PROMPTS HEALTH WARNING
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly urges caution about ice as a food medium. The article notes ice touches many foods and utensils and is often handled without cleansing, potentially spreading bacteria. It laments dirty ice carts and street dust contaminating ice, with icemen seldom washing before use.
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Atlantic Monthly
Mission of the Land and Panoramas
The text argues land ownership should serve producing food and materials for mankind, favoring small holdings over large tracts. It cites moral responsibility for land use and praises productive farming. It also recounts the panorama invention by Robert Barker and notes associations with Rob ert Fulton and Thayer, but reports plans for eight panoramas were never realized.
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David Butfum
Atlantic
Robert Barker
London
Leicester Square
Robert Fulton
Paris
Thayer
Boulevard Montmartre
Calve Reflects On Country People And Singing
Calve recalls speaking about his country and people, noting affection for both. He describes birthday processions and dancing the bourree with admirers, and recalls remarks from an old woman about his scream like singing. A peasant jokes about a grotto owner paying him five francs a day to sing.
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Calve
The Hater of Quietude Sparks a Political Storm
A Washington Star quote portrays a man eager to disrupt the ship of state for thrills. Senator Sorghum calls him one of those patriots who enjoy rocking the boat rather than steady leadership.
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Senator Sorghum
Ship of State
Washington Star
Suspicious Circumstances Mention a Double Life
In a quoted exchange an observer notes rumors the old man may lead a double life. Neighbors wonder at his harsh home demeanor versus alleged pleasant behavior elsewhere, suggesting hidden motives or secrets.
Ought to Have Known Better Quarrel Sparks Reflective Talk
A brief dialogue explores domestic strain after a quarrel over a compliment. A husband recalls agreeing with his wife about a woman they met, prompting reflection on judgment and relationships in a Houston setting.
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Ag Msos
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
New England
Great Bell System
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ephone
Mecall
Canada
Postal
McCall CO
27Th St
Nsw
Manchester Guardian
Marion Crawford
Polenta
Teae
Hes
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