Homely Wife Quip Sparked Abroad Dialogue
An anecdote recalls Marshall P. Willer hearing a fellow passenger remark about a wife being homely with the retort and a punch line. A local notice relays a testimonial from Mr A B Smith praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after a long kidney ailment, claiming permanent relief after four days and continued improvement months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall P. Willer
Lin
New York Times
Warren's Corners
N.1
Walt and Son
A. B. Smith
Dodd
Western Canada Seen as Ideal Home for Americans in Alberta
A Stirling Alberta correspondent writes of mild winters, dry soil, and high yields in Western Canada. He praises Edmontons district and the Lethbridge Lacombe Wetaskiwin regions for farming and ranching, noting beet sugar factory growth at Raymond and strong market opportunities. He cites examples of settlers increasing wealth and invites inquiries to the Canadian Government agents for homestead information.
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Canada
Stirling
Alberta
Free Homestead Lands
M. Pickrell
Beachwood
States
South Alberta Ltds
Des
Edmonton
Raymond
Lethbridge
Lacombe
Wetapkiwin
Aagin
Western Canada
Ponoka
Abeir
Wetaskhyin
N. W
Manitoba
Laccoube
Wetaskiwin
Eumonton
Rule by a Woman Continues in a Romantic Chapter
Brice Rutherford contemplates Barbara Bradleigh as romantic tension deepens at Croylands. Mr Dewan and Miss Wentworth advance a flirtation while Barbara and Brice share guarded exchanges about love, loyalty, and a looming confession amid poems about Croylands.
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Miss Wentworth
Brice
Barbara
Mr. Dewan
Misa Wentworth
Brie
Charlie Dewan
Croylanda
Miss Bradleigh
Misa Bradleigh
Bradleigh
Moel
Basil
Knave
Sue
Darbara
Charle Dewan
Mr. Rutherford
Miss .Wentworth
Mr.Dwan
Croylands
Mei
Mias Bradleigh
Mrs. Rutherford
Barbath
Hind
Bae ’Dewan
Duggoat
Checks Cleared by Phone Novel Scheme in Prosperity Belt
A Chicago Inter Ocean report describes a telephone clearinghouse scheme touted by a country banker as a world beating method for progress. Banks would call at noon to read check amounts and drawers, linking multiple banks to settle balances quickly, expediting business and reducing overdrafts. Miss Anna Brown, entering her Ab3ch year, banks in the same Market Street house in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ilinola
New York
Banks
Anna Brown
Bigland
Hundred Years Ago News Roundup
One hundred years ago ships reached Norfolk via American scows then pressed into the British navy. Square rigged vessels built at Marietta Ohio navigated the Ohio River past Louisville. Cooperative vineyards celebrated in Shenandoah Valley. Napoleon Bonaparte’s Europe faced threats from French Revolution woes with Orleans duchess in a vulnerable position.
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Norfolls
Scaméa
Marietta
Ohio
Louleville
Operative
Vineyarda
Shenbucky
Early 19th Century News Items in Fragmented Text
Sabbath keepers in Albany to Buffalo stage ran between weekdays, avoiding profanity and liquor on duty. Canary Islands residents nearly all sick with smallpox. Calhoun explains vote on river and harbor bill with canal provision. Winfield Scott and Benjamin Harrison named candidates for major general. Adams aide assaulted in Capitol rotunda. investigation ordered.
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Albany
Buffalo
John ©. Calhoun
United States Senate
Illiagia and
Michigan Canal
Winfield Scott
Benjamin Harrison
United States Army
John Quincy Adams
Senate
Fifty Years Ago A Fateful Mix Of Events Amid Turbulent Times
A garbled review of 19th century affairs notes a duel between Colonel O Hara and Lieutenant Cummings, a monument project near collapse, a prize fight near New Orleans, funding for Daphne's freedom, corn prices in Randwich Islands, Russian seamen rumor, Hayes presidency inquiry debates, university professors debunking a motor, fires in Clarksville, Tweed’s jail death after ballot fraud, Grants dinner, Chicago world fair bonds, global financial woes, Rockport India deaths, Paris world fair strains, Mexico rail control, a New York Cuban revolutionary group, gold currency policy, Veragua’s New York arrival, and Hawaii protectorate update.
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O'Hara
Loninville, Times
Cummings
England
New Orleans
Edward Everets
William
H.seward
Thurlow Weed
Jonathan Phblips
Daphne
Daniel Webster
Randwich Islands
United States
Bngland
Maryland
Hayes
United States Senate
Garfield
G.I. Barker
University of Pennsylvania
Charles B. Collier
Pitty-nevyan
Clarksville
Tenn
Willam M. Tweed
Ludlow Street
New York
Grant
Kling
Italy
Cantering
Chicago
London
Rockport
India
Maxico
Jose Martin
United States Treasury Department
Europe
Duke of
Washington
Janos H. Blount
United States Protectorate
Hawaii
Honolulu
Woman Credits Pinkham Compound For Recovery From Ailments
A letter from a New York woman describes severe stomach and fatigue symptoms, misdiagnoses, and long illness. After trying E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, she reports rapid improvement, weight loss, and eventual complete recovery. She urges young women to seek the medicine if doctor visits have failed to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Pinkham
Traly
St. Ann's Ave
New York
F. Wright
Iowa
Lydia
Brinkham
Fragmentary local chatter in Squantum overheard remarks
A garbled passage records residents discussing travel to California and a neighbor named Miss Anne amid cautious scandal. Old lady Parsons is cited with harsh judgments as the talk centers on perceived decline and public shaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calfornia
Anne
Parsons
Bigort
Comic misadventure in a private secretary office scene
A muddled exchange unravels as an English visitor asks for gum from a private secretary who reacts with staged propriety. The scene unfolds with humorous misinterpretation and cultural confusion in a New World setting.
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New York
America
Cooks Prize Money Contest Promises Prizes and Diplomas
A garbled 1900s contest notice offers 87 500.00 donated for distribution among cooks and family members. It details 785 prizes ranging from 200.00 to 6.00, with engraved certificates. The Post Corea Co. Ltd. advertises Postum Coffee and Grape Nuts and invites inquiries to the Cookery Dept No. 487 for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prises
Dink
Fool Company
Battle Oreo
Mich
Chia
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Renn
Frank H. Stauffer
Walt
Darling
Ilu
TAL Historian
Browne
Putnam
Dyre Duce
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