Young Westerman Sentenced to Sea or Jail in Oregon Case
Westerman, 17, faced Judge Cameron after a burglary conviction. Asked to choose between a year in county jail or sailing service, he opted for the sea, promising not to steal again. Detective Hartman arranged a work voyage, with a stern warning he may face jail if misconduct recurs.
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Portland Oregonian
Westerman
Fos
Wade
Judge Cameron
Weil
Bay
Hartman
Cape
Gota
Waterman
Tilsea
Inherited Musical Taste and Shaw on Belchtlets
The piece notes George Bernard Shaw’s critique of Belchtlets and his distrust of uncritical faith in scientific assertions. It cites his remark to an American admirer that scientists are overvalued and includes a parable about heredity and taste, referencing a woman praising her daughter’s piano skill and a grandfather’s skull fracture from a cornet.
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George Bernard Shaw
Wright
Thora
Prominent Minnesota Merchant Credits Kidney Pills
O C Hayden of Albert Lea Minnesota, a dry goods merchant, testifies he suffered back weakness and pain until using Donn’s Kidney Pills. He says the remedy restored kidney function and ended his back trouble. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 50 cents a box.
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Minnesota
Gared
Dean
Pilia
O. C. Hayden
O. O. Hayden & Co
Albert, Lea, Minn
Donn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
A Welsh Rabbit Story Told at Waldorf Banquet
George C. Boldt recounts a Welsh rabbit tale to hotel men at a Waldorf banquet. Two country youths visit a New York theater and seek supper. They order Welsh rabbit but are puzzled by the dish, finally realizing it is bread and cheese to accompany the joke of the rabbit.
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George C. Boldt
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
The Adventure of the Golden Pinge Nez Continues
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson return to Yoxley Old Place to probe the murder in Professor Coram's home. Holmes investigates eye glasses, garden traces, and the professor while gathering allies and prey. The confrontation promises revelations as Hopkins reports a mysterious woman sighting and Holmes prepares a dramatic reconstruction.
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Optician
Holmes
George
Hopkins
London Opticians
Cease
Mr. Holmes
Charing Cross
Chatham
Yoxley Old Place
Thames
Garden Gate
Wilson
Fins Land
Spineless cactus touted as plant marvel by Burbank
An agricultural advocate extols the spineless cactus, a thornless prickly pear variety, as a superior forage plant. Citing high yields per acre and potential to double global population through desert peopling, the piece notes its suitability for stock feed and possible commercial profits despite messy wording and garbled OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
How Convicts Kill Time Through Useful Craft Work
A discussion of prison life shows governors and chaplains widening their view to channel idle hours into productive labor. Crafts like oak eagle carving and walnut sideboards reveal how skilled inmates gain purpose, while others fall into mischief or even crime after release. An educated convict may write an autobiography, guided by chaplains, though such works sometimes reveal hypocrisy more than virtue.
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Holmes
Syria
Coram
Susan Ia
Tony
Stili
Willoughby Smith
Dora
Sabbath Question Inspires Child's Strawberries
A Virginia church pastor received a basket of strawberries from a parish girl. He joked that the cherries were as fine as any he had seen and hoped she did not gather them yesterday, the Sabbath. The child replied she pulled them early this morning, but they were growing all day yesterday.
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Holmes
London
Mr. Smith
Stanley Mepkins
Chatham Road
Hopkins
Susan
Elisardt
Mr. Holmes
Stanley Hopkins
Sherlocke Hermes
Coram
Virginia
Left-Handed Compliment Refers To A Doctor Joke
A humorous exchange cites Upton Sinclair on a left handed compliment about a physician who married a widow. The anecdote recalls a remark about a doctor’s skill and a wife’s hopeful line that her late husband might have been saved earlier. The text blends product mentions and literary quotes with an anecdotal frame.
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Upton Sinclair
Sin‘elatr
Old Jones
Yohn
Victor Cured of Eczema by Dr Fisher Endorsement
A Maryland physician Dr G M Fisher reports curing himself of eczema in 1897 using Cuticura Remedies. He, a practicing doctor of sixteen years, praises the remedies and urges publication of his letter dated May 4 1905 from Big Pool Maryland. He notes using Cuticura Resolvent and Cathartic Soup in eczema cases where other formulas failed.
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Maryland
Fisher
G. M. Fisher
Big Pool
Mil
Watermelon Poetry and Foot Comfort Ads
In a Yonkers Statesman item the New York World extols the watermelon as pure water and sun kissed chemistry, a delicate aroma and poetry in edible form. An Allen's Foot Ease ad touts powder to relieve sore feet, corns, bunions, and sweaty feet, claiming shoes fit better with Allen’s.
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Yonkers Statesman
New York World
Nice
Allen's
Allew Jefate
Allen
Olmsted la Roy
Figure of Speech Stops Harbor Deepening Funds
A New York delegate objects to funds for deepening New York harbor. He asserts the harbor is already deep enough for ferry use and warns against risky dredging amid rocky conditions.
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New York
New York Harbor
Safperg
Charity by Machinary in a Local Tale of Donations
A distressed inquiry recurs about alms as a man recalls a prior gift that saved his wife. The scene centers on a charity trust run by businessmen that audits each case, revealing a dollar given, a secretaries' split, and ninety five cents kept for salaries and expenses.
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Damo
Tarra
Sherlock Holmes
Conyright
A. Conan Degia
Collier's
McClure, Phillips H Co
Halloa
Watson
Hopins
Wensides
Stre
Heallon
Mr. Harmes
Winslow
Victor
Dodd
Oliet Drug & Chem
Cory
Olgas
RE. Paxton Co
Bonten, Manse
Dulles
Gell
Pennywash
East Mi
Pennys Bash Co
Lexington Ave
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