Imperial naval retirements and regional developments in empire notes
Telegrams report Vice Admiral Kroger placed on the retired list. Construction starts next month on a 126 mile segment of the Cherryvale Oklahoma Gulf & Texas railroad line. Other items cover Armenian property restorations in the Cauca sis, Peruvians of Chinese descent to US, gambling ventures at Saratoga, and monument unveilings in Quebec.
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Imperial Hussian Ukase
Admirral Kroger
Cherryvale
Oklahoma
Gulf & Texas
Imperial Ukase
Caucasi
United States
Millionairres Mackay
Gates and
Keene
Saratoga
Monte Carlo
Quebec
Earl Gray
Standard
Odessa
Netherlands
Jacob Graus
Technical University
Felst
Washington
Morocco
Gharatta
Japan
Jhst
England
Kruppes
Hodua
Krupp
Berlin
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
American Bridge Company
Pittsburg
Andalusia
Spain
Motera
Fileht
Robert M. Fleming
Swift &Co
St. Joseph
Carl W. Schultz
Wynne
London
Enoch Emery
Paris
Emery
Yarmouth
German Bank of Buffalo
N. Y
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Pacific
Bonaparte
Bennington Memorial Association
San Diego
Cal
Sailors
Cure for Salt Rheum Praised by Wisconsin Woman
Mrs Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin reports her husband suffered rheum on his hands and found relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. She says the products cured him and the hands became smooth and hopes others will benefit.
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Caroline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Defiance Starch Demand Sparks Grocery Talk
Some grocers say they do not stock Defiance Starch due to existing brands with less quantity per package. They claim Defiance offers more weight for the same price, prompting buyers to switch. The note ends with a Cato quotation about temperance and restraint.
Timely warning on CABTORTA remedy for infants and children
Advertised product CABTORTA claims a thirty year legacy and the familiar CMELEE signature. The notice urges mothers to carefully inspect each bottle for authenticity and to trust the longstanding brand.
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Reamloe
Reason is the Glory of Human Nature Excerpt
A fragment from Lord Baron extols reason as humanity’s glory and chief eminence above beasts, arguing it elevates people in the moral order.
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Lord Baron
Australian-Leap herb remedy for women’s ills promoted
An advertisement from The Mother Gray Co claims Australian-Leap is a monthly regulator curing female weaknesses and kidney urinary troubles. The promotion targets women readers in New York and offers samples by mail for 60 cents.
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Mother Gray
New York
The
Mother Gray Co
Laltoy
Excused Absence Case Cites Domestic Affliction
A girl asks half day off from school claiming company is coming. The teacher checks the official list of excuses and the pupil points to the item domestic affliction, insisting it fits her need. The exchange highlights a humorous misreading of the phrasing.
Rainy day reasoning and slippery morals
Little Tommy tells his mother that rainy days are better for ball because mud makes sliding easier. The anecdote ends with a proverb about truth and morals, reflecting how rainy weather affects play and conduct.
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Tommy
New York Tribune
Grape Nuts Said to Restore Health in Welden Woman
A Welden Illinois woman credits Grape Nuts with curing severe stomach trouble and headaches after she was bedfast. She says the food digested easily, helped her gain 20 pounds, and let her resume full work and life. The Postum Company cites a book titled The Road to Wellville.
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Welden
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
The Thing We Earn and Riot on Anti Ser
Sunset Magazine presents a quizzical reflection on effort and reward with lines about earning, desire, and mutual benefit. The text contrasts aspiration with outcome, noting that what we earn shapes what we receive and suggesting a shared fate in effort.
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Sunset Magazine
The Mountain Yearning Woman Confesses Theft
A dining room worker in a station cafe admits stealing to fund a mountain trip. She explains lifelong poverty, desire for mountains, and plans to go to prison to face the penalty, revealing a radiant, determined resolve.
Glory and Guilt Blur in a Manager’s Quiet Mercy
A remorseful woman confesses theft and asks for penance while the manager plots a private settlement. The next day she returns to duty in a bustling dining room, her face still radiant with a lingering glory audiences sense in her humanity.
Governor Ames Judge of a Coal Dealer's Language
Oliver Ames, twice Massachusetts governor, overhears a campaign room story and gently chides a coal dealer named Jones for sloppy language, saying he would not trade with him if his tongue is as coarse as his coat. The anecdote appears in a Boston Herald report.
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Mr. Ames
Jones
Boston Herald
Eccentric Logic From Bench and Bar Reminiscences
In Sergeant Arabin's sentencing remarks a case of a man robbing his master is deemed the clearest example yet described. He notes mitigating circumstances that justify a lenient view and a chance to redeem a character irretrievably lost. He also stops a talkative witness by ordering silence and direct questioning.
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Sergeant Robinson
Sergeant Arabin
Central Court
Mother of Twenty Five Children Passes California Border
Chicago Inter Ocean reports Mrs. John Mello of Berkeley California born in the Azores forty six years ago. She married at fifteen and has twenty five children born in thirty years. She has been widowed twice. seven pairs of twins mark the brood.
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John Mello
Berkeley
Cal
Azores
Mello
Mrs. Mello
How Seer Sea Laugh and Labor in a Torn Land
A fragmentary verse piece by E. Kiser laments public folly and false allegiance. The speaker contrasts honest labor with hollow luxuries while condemning slogans and worn moral codes guiding a fatigued nation.
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E. Kiser
Prayer Meeting in Maine Ends with Odd Request
In a Maine prayer gathering a attendee asked the pastor to pray for his brother who had disappeared two weeks earlier. He stated he did not know the brother’s location but urged prayers for him to be found.
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Bangor
Maine
Vigor
Lost 72 Pounds How Kidney Pills Recovered Dr Page
Dr Melvin M Page of Erie Pa recalls a New York trip in 1896 that triggered severe kidney trouble with congestion back pain headaches dizziness and weight loss from 194 to 122 pounds. After using Deans Kidney Pills an abscess formed but the treatment cured him and he has weighed 188 pounds since 1896. For sale by all druggists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY price 60 cents per box.
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Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
A Dangerous Flower and a Tulip’s Potent Hallucination
The floriat holds a crimson tulip and warns that inhaling its scent can cause temporary light headedness. He explains two hours of odd behavior such as dancing, singing, and fighting, followed by a period of depression.
Thackeray Quotation On Nobility Of Character
A Thackeray couplet urges wealth or poverty, success or failure, to be met with dignity. It calls on all ages to accept their lot and bear outcomes with an honest heart, praying, above all, to be a gentleman.
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W. M. Thackeray
Color in Skin Sparks Racial Preferences Across Peoples
An old discussion notes that different races prize different skin tones. The North American Indian admires tawny skin while Chinese readers prefer non white tones to European skin. The piece contrasts beauty standards among civilizations.
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Indiana
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Bayfield County Family
In Drummond Wisconsin on August 21 special report tells how Mr T T Wold and his wife found relief from back pains after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The testimonial asserts the pills cure backache and kidney troubles promptly and permanently and prevent progression to rheumatism dropsy diabetes or Bright's disease.
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Dodd
Bright
Glass house remark sparks insurance joke
Uncle Allen Sparks quips about the saying there are plate glass insurance companies as a humorous note on modern risk. The remark suggests a lighter take on public concerns about home safety and coverage.
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Uncle Allen Sparks
Defiance Starch Promises Value For Laundry Use
The ad promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch as non sticky and economical, with 16 oz per package at the same 10 cent price as 1 2 oz competitors. It claims grocers may push 12 oz stock and urges buyers to demand Defiance with 16 oz on the label.
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Defiance
Italian Error on Drinking Admonition in London Court
An Italian man faces a London court on drunkenness charges. The magistrate remarks that Italians rarely drink to excess and urges the defendant not to imitate English habits.
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London
Allen's Koon taes A powder foot remedy
The ad touts a powder named Allen's Koon taes A for foot care. It claims relief from heat and sweating and targets foot discomfort with a mail order offer for three mailed sample doses.
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Allen
Boone
Ancestry Trace Traced Back to William the Conqueror
A witty line notes a man who can trace his lineage to William the Conqueror, yet his forebears would not bother to trace him to the next corner.
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William the Conqueror
Difference Between Entertaining Guests and Spending Money
A columnist argues that hosting varies from simply entertaining to lavishly spending on guests, urging cooks and planners to discern thoughtful hospitality from extravagant expenditure. The note emphasizes budgeting and purposeful hosting over showy spending.
Untitled fragment notes urge purchasing a powerful car
A fragment states a man is urged to own a sixty horsepower auto in a place where twenty horsepower would be dangerous to use, illustrating a paradoxical motive or social pressure noted in the text.
Ruskin Quote on Public Good and Universal Benefit
A Ruskin quote extols loving the public and pursuing universal good, urging promotion of the world’s interests as far as one can. The message emphasizes benevolent duty and broad humanity.
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John Ruskin
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Cuticura
Cato
Daily Story Pub, Co
Sam
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