Potato Crops and Rail Rates Stir Senate Hearing
The Aroostook potato growers case before the Senate interstate commerce committee highlights how low freight rates by Michigan and Boston and Maine railroads pushed markets in New England. It details farmer dependence on potatoes, the role of rail pricing, and warnings against governmental rate controls risking crop rot.
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Yster Shippers
Hrgrey
Yale University
Aroostook
Tuttle
Boston
Maine Railroad
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
New England
Maine
Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Boston and Alatne
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine
France
England
Germany
Foiling His impulses in a Irish preacher's appeal
A famed Irish church preacher captivates listeners with charity appeals. Two travelers compare notes on the sermon and note that one dropped a half crown while the other remembered a prior encounter. Bradley claims the preacher has a powerful effect, though humor reveals his own thrift during Sunday dress.
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Lome
Bradley
Cuticura Soap Remedy Cited For Skin Ailments
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as a universal cure for eczema, itching, inflammation, psoriasis, scalp crusts, pimples, ringworm, and milk crust. It frames infants and parents as sufferers and claims global proof of effectiveness from civilized world testimonies.
Emperor of Russia appointed Colonel of Royal Scots Greys
A humorous anecdote recounts the accession of the new Russian emperor who becomes Colonel in Chief of the Royal Scots Greys. A subaltern informs his servant Donald of the appointment, and Donald responds with pride while noting the potential difficulty of holding two posts.
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Russia
Royal Scots Greys
Donald
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Advertisement
Do your feet ache and burn Shake into your shoes Allen s Foot Mase powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Relieves corns bunions swollen feet and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 250 Sample sent free Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY
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Allen
Olmsted
le Boy
N.Y
So Went Home to Blotrum Grave Trouble
Fragmentary diary like narration from Petersburg New York with quoted child Willie asking for a reward for helping weeds and a father replying that duty brings mental satisfaction. Repeats garbled phrases and misprints from a Commercial era column.
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Willie
Papa
Deutora
David Kennedy
C. W. Brown
Petersburg
N.Y
Strictly Up to Date in Mrs Malaprop's Quirk
In a comic exchange a Mrs Malaprop deflects a caller with grandiose but mangled praise of a new house claiming it has modern conveniences such as eccentric lights rheumatic tubes and a porcupine bathtub illustrating the humorous malapropism common in social chatter.
Romanian Kinko survives Grand Transasiatic journey rescue
The Roumanian Kinko is found alive after being hidden in a luggage box on the Grand Transasiatic train. He survives an explosion and a collision in Pekin, aided by his love Mademoiselle Zinca, while supporters pursue legal action against the fraudster. The party secures a court review and potential sentence remission, closing with updates on passengers and adventures along the line.
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Navil
Paris
Pekin
Zinca Klork
Inko
Mademoiselle Niork
Ifrance
Mademoiselle Aitien
Tsay
Elad Kinko
Mademoiselle Ginea
Ninko
Hing
Prenchman Kxinko
Titlis
Mademoiselle Zinca
Kinko
Winko
Zinca
Inca
Cartel
Inea
Zinea
Monsieur Bumbarnae
Tiko
Chao
Zinen
Thad
Uaun Ada
Tjon Valley
Son of Heaven
Caterna
Azinea
Major Nolitz
Roumanian
Madame Caterna
Pan Chao
Major Noltits
Mie
Grand Transaratic Company
China
Tie
Bastinado
Faruskine
el Teaven
Rinko
Fulk Ephrivell
Miss Inertia Bluetts
Chey
Chingst
Horatia Bluett
Toratia Bluett
Celestial Empire
Noltitz
Pokin
Tientsin
Yokohama
British Columbia
San Francisco
New York
Tie- King
Cornaro
Francis Trevellian
Seigneur
Aruskiar
Sinko
Ainen Vlork
Neaven
Jer
Tiflis
Eiveryone
Isis
Buastinado
Grand Transisiafie Company
Yedin
Wen-tsia
Tee Giles
Ian Chao
Sinking in sight of port leads to nocturnal return
The narrator describes guiding Mademoiselle Vinea to a carriage and returning toward the Hotel of the Thousand Dreams. There he encounters Major Noltitz and the Quaternas, and, by luck, young Pao Chaoo, but without Dr. Tloing.
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Mademoiselle Vinea
Journey Through the Court and Imprisonment of a Chinese Traveller
A chaotic affair unfolds as a traveler named Sinko faces a Chinese court. Police guard him after a dangerous journey, the judge imposes six months and damages while sparing the bastinado. The narrative follows the dramatic legal scene and public reaction.
Burglary as a Fine Art and Notable Figures Mentioned
A critical survey notes the decline of bank burglars from aristocratic criminals to common tramps. The piece recounts Dunlap and the Northampton burglary, then shifts to profiles of international figures Joaquin Casasus, Prince Michael Chilkoff, and Rev. Dr. Francis Landey Patton. It also mentions John Hutchinson, Miss Wetherell, Col. Sapp, Franklin Thomasson, and E. W. Stephens, highlighting social and diplomatic circles.
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Kansas City
United States
Dunlap
Scott
Madap
Northampton
Chicago
Joliet
Senor Joaquin PD. Casasus
Regil Adingser
Diaz
Republic
Longfellow
Mexican Congress
Mexico City
Washington
Michael Chilkoff
Russia
America
Michael
Philadelphia
South America
John Magall
Francis Landey Tatton
Princeton Iheology
F. L. Patton
Cal Seminary
Princeton University
Patton
Jefferson Park
Land of Silence Camp Mystery Baffles Two Men
In a remote camping scene two men barely speak. Breakfasts pass in tense quiet as one claims to hear a cow holler from a swamp, then points to more silence. After 24 hours the exchange repeats with no clarity, until the final line reveals the cause: excessive dust and noise in the camp.
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Cho
Pha Tolowilagatarya
Billy
Dodd's Kidney Pills Proclaimed Best Cure for Rheumatism
In Kushequa Pennsylvania residents claim Dodd's Kidney Pills offer the only sure cure for rheumatism and back pain. Mrs M L Davison of the town reports thirty years of rheumatism relief after using two boxes. Similar reports of relief from back ache follow as the verdict trends toward Dodd's pills being the remedy.
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Kushequa
Pennsylvania
Nancy
Dodd
Mra. M. L. Davisott
Dodia
Dod
The Spring Fever In A Warm School Room
A vivid pastiche describes spring warmth invading a classroom, pupils sweating as windows stay shut, and desire for fresh air clashing with caution about drafts. The scene blends school life with rural sounds and a student’s roaming imagination, hinting at Miss Daniels and young James Sackett.
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James
Sackett
Jim Bag
James Sackett
Cummins
Chuck Silgeins
Bint Rodgers
Sleep Promise From Grapenuts Preacher
A minister recounts relief from indigestion and better sleep after six months on Grape-Nuts. He notes after Sabbath meals a dish of Grape-Nuts calms nerves and aids rest, and that his family now expects it at every table. The ad cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek and references The Road to Wellville.
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John W. Hutchinson
Gay
el Ien IF. Wetherell
Lynn
Masa
W.lure
Watchinson
Northwest
Hutchinson
Minn
Atte
Postum Co
Battle Crook
Mich
Wellville
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Major Noltitz
Itinson
Col
Dail" Sapp
Kansas
Napoleon
Franklin ‘Thomasson
John Bright
the Tribune
London
Liberal
E. W. Stephens
Columbia, Mo
The
Baptists of North
Benor Casa8us
Prince Cuilkoff
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