House Clock Talk Leads to Hidden Time
Fragmentary dialogue centers on a cook and a mistress in a house. Bridget The Circle mentions one clock remaining accurate while others are wrong. A sly exchange hints at shifting time and hidden meanings within the home.
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Bridget
Beneficent Warning and Plain People Debate Trust
A dialogue quotes the Plain People accusing the Trust of robbery and the Trust replying that resistance would trigger a panic, leaving the outcome uncertain and emphasizing prudence in action. The exchange, attributed to Puck, frames a cautionary stance on economic or social power.
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Puck
Simple home remedy for kidney and bladder distress
An advice column promotes a homemade tonic to cure rheumatism and urinary troubles. The mixture combines Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, taken after meals with water, claimed to cleanse kidneys and relieve symptoms.
Jury Disagrees Over Checkers Game With Judge
A lanky juror reports the panel disagreed not on the verdict but on a late night checkers game. The judge and jury, plus guard and prisoner, walk to the Eagle House for cider to ease tension after the stalemate.
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Eagle House
Batff
Chicago News
United States Jade Mine in Siskiyou County
The only jade deposit in the United States is in Siskiyou County California. Preparations are under way to develop the mine and ship jade to Germany for ornament work. A road permit has been secured from the forest service to facilitate access to the mine and national resource development.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Siskiyou County
California
Germany
Forest Service
The Value of Inexperience
The Value of Inexperience contrasts views on business with a humorous line about a bachelor's advice on parenting. The dialogue references President positions and public opinion as examined by the New York Sun.
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Knicker
Becker
New York Sun
Dishonesty in New York Cited By Statistician
A statistician who favors unusual figures estimates daily losses from thefts and cheating in New York City at not less than $300,000. The claim highlights widespread fraud and deceit in the metropolis according to the observer.
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New York City
Take Them Out Or Feed Them Food They Can Study On
A Jamestown boy credits Grape-Nuts with reversing study fatigue and physical decline from overstudy. He reports improved appetite, color, strength, and higher exam performance after two months. His parents also show health gains, and he endorses the product with the line There is a Reason.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Wellville
Pligs
Carnivorous Tree Terror in Indian Jungle Tale
A Marseilles correspondent reports Mlle Marguerite Lecomte’s account of a carnivorous tree in India. Indians bound two girls, one plunged into a sap-filled bowl as the tree closed, producing a pink liquid drunk by the crowd. English interveners and the tree’s fall ended the ordeal. Lecomte survived and plans to marry her rescuing cousin.
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Marseilles
Nos Lossirs
Mile Marguerite Lecomte
France
India
Nos Loisirs
Mlle Lecomte
Mlle. Lecomte
Mile
Lecomte
Mile. Lecomte
Mre. Lecomte
Paris
New York Press
Prefers Mussel to Oyster Epicure in New York
A New York epicure born in Connecticut and educated in Paris and Brussels, aged sixty one, knows every eating place and speaks ten languages. He loves mussels, prefers them fresh over oysters, and never eats breakfast. He summers near Mount Hope Bay Rhode Island and notes mussels as a refined delicacy once considered manure. A mussel fishing ground lies near Princess Bay.
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New York
Epicure
Connecticut
Paris
Brussels
Heidelberg
Mount Hope Bay
Rhode Island
United States
de la Cascade
Sam Ward
Lynn Haven
Princess Bay
Dictates of Common Sense Courthouse Maxim
A quotation attributed to Lord Chatham emphasizes a guiding rule: in any matter affecting liberty or property, one should follow the dictates of common sense as a steady principle through life.
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Lord Chatham
Peruna Receives Endorsements From Readers
A writer praises Peruna after nasal catarrh relief in 1901 noting six bottles cured the condition. Mrs Ellen Nagle of Green Bay Wisconsin also lauds Peruna for curing a bad cold with rapid improvement and calls it the finest cough remedy. Peruna tablets offered as a solid alternative.
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E. M. Tinney
E. Nueva St
San Antonio
Tex
Ellen Nagle
4Th Street
Green Bay
Wis
Avarice Described as Incurable Malady by Saint John
Avarice is an incurable malady, an ever burning fire, a tyranny which extends far and wide. The slave of money in life is bound with heavy chains and faces heavier chains in the lie to come, asserts Saint John Chrysostom.
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Saint John Chrysostom
Client or Creditor Waits in Quiet Courtroom
A brief quip frames a scene where a young lawyer wonders if a visitor is a creditor or a client. A clerk suggests the man is a client as he pockets the silver inkstand, hinting at sly, comic courtroom mischief.
Drivers Are Heavy Drinkers in New York City
Observation in the New York saloons shows that drivers of trucks vans and ice wagons are the largest consumers of spirituous liquors of all classes in the city.
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New York
The Master of the House
A Transatlantic Tales fragment presents a kitchen scene with the mistress and maid discussing a missing husband. The wife notes he did not return home last night while the maid checks under the bed for clues.
A Cure that Has Held Good Four Years
Mrs. Mary Crumlish of 1130 West Third street Wilmington Delaware credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her back pain dizziness and swelling four years ago. She says she has remained well since and notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Mary Crumlish
West Third Street
Wilmington
Del
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kate A. Hearn
West 47Th Street
New York
An Ancient Lay in Chicago News Quip
A wheezy minstrel laments modern times while a gallery cherub tosses an egg with a chick inside and jokes about giving a father to the old Jays in a witty Chicago News item.
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Chicago News
Prohibition Debate Reflected in British Press Remarks
Excerpts contrast American crime image with British stance on alcohol prohibition. The Pittsburgh Post quotes pushback on intervention while Liverpool Daily Post argues prohibiting sale and consumption of alcohol would be futile in England.
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England
Liverpool Daily Post
Quote on courage and mercy by William Ellery Channing
A moral reflection contrasts bold acts of invasion with the cruelty of trampling a helpless person, arguing that true courage redeems violence while cruelty compounds wrongdoing.
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William Ellery Channing
Shah of Persia Smokes $500000 Pipe Rumor
A remark about the Shah of Persia owning a pipe valued at half a million dollars prompts musings on excess and rarity. The line questions whether any dream can rival such iridescent wealth.
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Persia
Cotton in Peru Through Ages Before Spanish Quest
The article notes that cotton cultivation in Peru reaches back before the Spanish conquest, highlighting deep historical roots of textile farming and its enduring cultural presence.
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Peru
Retrenching Firms Spark City Debate Over Autos
Citizens debate economic cuts as firms retrench while preserving auto fleets. A chorus notes vehicles are kept and run within limits, contrasting austerity with continued mobility. Local officials weigh policy responses amid ongoing cost concerns.
Don’t Force Children to Learn Without Aptitude
The text argues that forcing children to learn skills for which they have no natural aptitude wastes time and money and should be avoided, emphasizing individual differences in ability.
Business in Short Meter
A playful Chicago Tribune quip frames advertising as the merchant’s bond with customers and the core tie in commerce. The line invokes a proverb style to praise promotional activity as essential to business.
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Chicago Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsed Claims
An 1870s style advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo is cited, with endorsements from Walding Kinnan & Marvin and a note on internal action. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a short line about prayers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Tim
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wall
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