Notorious Outlaw Billy the Kid Dies at 21
A Harper's Weekly styled summary details Billy the Kid, the youthful desperado in Lincoln County, his capture by Pat Garrett, trials and executions, and his death at Fort Sumner after a sheriff led siege. It notes his age at death as twenty one years seven months and his burial in Fort Stanton military cemetery. Also included is an ad for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
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Lew Wallace
New Mexico
Billy the Kid
Pat F. Garre
Lincoln County
Billy
Garrett
Pat Garrett
the Kid
Stinking Springs
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Fort Stanton
Lincoln
Murphy & Dolan
Peter Maxwell
Fort Sumner
Maxwell Hacienda
Maxwell
Willam Bonney
Military
Harper’s Weekly
Where are America's great men in our defense
An orator recounts the people's wrongs and asks why leaders do not act. A cynic retorts that they are all cast in bronze, implying enduring but passive figures. The exchange, reflecting public sentiment, laments leadership as silent and immovable amid widespread grievances.
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America
Bucolic Humor Quip Sparks Quiet Social Pause
A light exchange captures rural humor as a farmer teases about a city woman sitting by a grass area guarded by a sign. The response remains formal and restrained, reflecting genteel small town decorum.
Quip About Bohemian Cipher Wealth
A humorous exchange features Mrs Hoyle and Mrs Doyle joking about the fate of a husband’s wealth. Hoyle notes she brought $100 000 into the marriage while Doyle asks the amount left. Hoyle quips that most of the ciphers remain in Bohemian.
How to Cure a Cold and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
The passage advises careful treatment for colds and recommends a medicine with proven reliability. It highlights Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a product with worldwide reputation and a claim of quick cure.
The Bee's Sting Three Blades and a Hidden Poison
The excerpt compares a honey bee's triple sting to a war weapon with three sliding blades. The central blade is broader with rails, while the other two fit into grooves on its sides. Each blade advances in turn, delivering deeper wounds, and the haft is filled with poison to ensure lethal effect.
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Aragon
Tickner
Edwardes
Mind Your Business Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to use Dr King’s New Life Pills to prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice. The copy emphasizes self reliance and costs 25 cents at drug stores.
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Dr. King
Labor Lost and Sundown Comes for All
A Washington Star quotation from Uncle Eben notes that a man can argue to quiet his conscience but cannot prevent sundown. The remark reflects on consequences that catch up despite attempts to mend past actions.
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Eben
Washington Star
The Ruler and Facetious Friend Tease About Money
A short humorous exchange notes who can afford a cook. Mr Youngwed claims superiority with hauteur while noting financial means. The teasing centers on domestic status and wealth in Baltimore American‑tone social humor.
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Youngwed
A Riot of Color from the Moros Wardrobe Tale
A Moro matron distributes quarters in vivid attire described by a soldier reporter. She wears a helio trope jacket purple trousers with heart embroidery yellow slippers and a yellow silk mantilla. A lady’s maid follows in modest dress carrying a magenta parasol.
Hobson's Choice in Lodging Egg Breakfast Quip
A landlady quips to a lodger that there is an egg for breakfast and asks which he prefers. He replies with a jab about lacking a true preference when only an egg is offered. The banter appears in a London Scraps column.
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London
No Fun Editor Refutes Easy Work Claims
Editor protests that work is not done for fun and demands payment for paragraphs. The exchange frames the batch as unpaid effort and critiques the notion of leisure in creating illustrated bits.
Consistency and obstinacy cited by Illinois State Register
A brief quotation from the Illinois State Register contrasts consistency as a jewel with obstinacy as counterfeit, noting the source publication’s view on steadfastness and stubbornness.
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Illinois State Register
The Right Bone Joke Quips at Theater Night
A playful exchange about feeling it in the bones leads to a theater night plan. The Kansas City Independent quotes a humorous couplet where Fred is teased about a wishbone guiding their outing.
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Fred
Kansas City Independent
Apprehensive. The Heiress
Count de Broke questions if the heiress could be mistaking identity as she insists on being loved for herself. Irustrated Bits presents dialogue showing tension and doubt.
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Count de Broke
Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy Promises Gentle Relief
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy as a safe non opium option. It claims leaves from a mountain shrub calm coughing and soothe bronchial membranes, urging mothers to demand the product from druggists.
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Dr. Shoop
Dr Shoop’s Product Sold By Joel Cagwin
An advertisement offers Dr Shoop's remedy with free use for all ages and invites customers to test the product themselves. It notes sales through Joel Be. Cagwin.
The Best Pride and Ancestral Pride
An Englishman in New Port entertains ladies with a tale on ancestry and pride. He notes Britain values better things than lineage. A duchess once told a young marquis with a grand house that pride in ancestry depends on how one behaves.
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Newport
Great Britain
Correctly Strengthen Weak Organs with Restorative
Dr Shoop emphasizes treating the nerves that control internal organs rather than dosing the stomach heart or kidneys. He claims weak nerves cause organ failure and urges using his Restorative, sold by Joel BE Cagwin, with a few days test to prove results.
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Dr. Shoop
Joel BE. Cagwin
Old Time Forceps and the Tooth Draw
Lugene Wood recalls old dental practice in Success Magazine. The piece contrasts historic forceps and a turnkey tool with modern dentistry, noting the pain and dangers of tooth extraction and the fear of jaws giving way under the twist of a handle.
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Uncle Doc
Success Magazine
Why Don't You Lie Like a Lady
Dialogue-centered excerpt from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald where a confident woman retorts to a younger guest. Guests react with suspense as the exchange hints at social rivalry and potential scandal. The scene captures tone of polite confrontation and implied motive.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
What He Needed and the Glove on the Counter
A sovereign tempted Plimkins as he browsed stores and hid a glove under a coin. He dropped a glove near the counter while glancing around, slipping it past a vigilant shopwalker who offered a bottle of celebrated liquid glue saying it sticks.
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Plimkins
White safety mark at cellar stairs aids preventing falls
A Philadelphia Press note instructs marking the end of the last step with a broad white strip to prevent accidents from dark stairs. For renters wary of painting, a white oilcloth tacked to the floor at the foot of the stairs is suggested with secure tacking to avoid worse falls.
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Philadelphia Press
Colds and Croup in Children Helped by Cough Remedy
Mrs. Wm. H. Serig of Wheeling West Virginia praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for curing her daughter’s severe winter cough and preventing her son from getting croup. The syrup is sold by J. B. Cagwin.
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Wm. H. Serig
Fifth St
Wheeling
W. Va
Chamberlain
J. B. Cagwin
A Gentle Reproach Affects Luncheon Scene
A young woman described as violet eyed and childlike earns poised attention at a luncheon. She compliments an older guest with a soft lisp and southern accent, provoking a sharp reaction and a tense moment among attendees.
Aerial Slide in India Reveals Will of the Gods
In Kulu Himalayas a religious acrobat performs a dangerous rope slide across a wide gorge. A soaked rope, sandbags for momentum, and a carpet-wrapped tail slow the descent. The ritual augurs harvests if the feat ends safely, with sheris forming a distinct caste.
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India
Kulu
Himalayas
New York Tribune
Advertising Delivers Results Says Courier Journal
A sharp exchange notes that advertising pays and yields results, with one speaker asserting success in reaching an audience through ads while the other concedes the impact of advertising. The citation reflects a Louisville Courier-Journal quotation on marketing effectiveness.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Electric Bitters Featured as Remedy for Stomach and Liver
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the best remedy for stomach and liver troubles. It claims the tonic purifies the blood and helps female weakness, noting the product is 50 cents at all drug stores.
Medford Ship Legend Haunts The Sea At Night
A Medford Massachusetts legend tells of a phantom vessel loaded with rum gold and silver bars that perished in the doldrums then reappeared as a ghastly derelict. A pirate captain boarded it and vanished with his crew as the ship drifted away in darkness. The sighting by pirates and fog off Medford fed fears of storms and disaster at sea. The second piece notes heredity as a force guiding sons toward their fathers trades and warns against nurturing dullness that kills a budding engineer or capitalist.
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Medford
Mass
New York Press
Seven Years of Proof for Dr. King’s New Discovery
W V Henry of Panama Missouri testifies seven years of proof that Dr King’s New Discovery best treats coughs colds throat chest and lung conditions. World proof spans thirty eight years and claims to prevent pneumonia when used timely for coughs colds la grippe asthma hay fever bronchitis and early consumption. Sold under guarantee at all drug stores with 50 cents and 1.00 price and trial bottle free.
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Dr. King
W. V. Henry
Panama
Digestion Advice from Mrs Mary Dowling on Electric Bitters
Mrs Mary Dowling of 228 8th Ave San Francisco recommends Electric Bitters for stomach trouble praising its wonderful effect. She credits relief to the tonic and restorative properties of the remedy after trying other treatments.
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Mary Dowling
8Th Ave
San Francisco
Jenny's Grammar Lesson On A May Day Street Scene
Jenny meets her uncle who teaches her proper grammar on a sunny May day. He corrects contractions and negative forms by listing examples and ends with a playful line about nobody going. The exchange captures a family teaching moment in a casual street setting.
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Jenny
Ladies’ Home Journal
Jury Released to Attend Theaters in Nelson Case
At Theater Royal Nelson Auckland jurors who had been locked up after three nights without verdict in a murder trial were allowed to attend a living picture show as relief. The judge granted permission after they expressed the wish to attend.
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Theater Royal
Nelson
Auckland
Auckland News
Rinks’s finances and the men he employs
A witty remark from London Tit-Bits questions Rinks's weakness financially while praising his capacity to provide jobs. The reply notes that he has little money but employs many people, and identifies the workers as “other people's bill collectors.”
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Rinks
London
Fifty Years of Arnica Salve Proven to Heal
In East Wilton Maine A F Hardy testifies that Bucklen's Arnica Salve has cured all sores boils ulcers and burns for fifteen years and saved many doctor bills. 25 cents at all druggists.
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Bucklen
A. F. Hardy
East Wilton
Maine
Rags Demand Sparks Cash Sale Prompt
Dealers urge immediate delivery of clean cotton rags, offering cash on receipt. Buyers asked to bring in one hundred pounds for fast payment.
The Playful Porpoise on a Black Sea Boat Trip
Henry Rowland recalls a May evening on the Black Sea aboard a motor boat. A large school of porpoises playful near the hull swam close to the propeller as they leaped and twined around the boat. One youngster repeatedly rode the bow and stem in a kittenish game.
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Black Sea
Henry
Rowland
Appleton’s
Prayer Fervor Delays Train Getaway
A humorous Catholic Standard and Times item notes a devout woman racing to catch a city train. She prays for five minutes before departure, hoping to make the connection despite only ten minutes to spare. Wiggs comments on her lifelong deep faith. Wiggs remarks on the surprising moment.
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Wiggs
Waggs
Catholic Standard and Times
Not Working
Nellie defends her new baby sister saying she has sense but it isn’t working yet. Her mother objects to the idea while Nellie insists the child will improve with time.
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Nellie
Courtroom Exchange Recalled From Harper's Weekly
Magistrate notes this is not the prisoner's first court appearance. The prisoner replies that appearances can be deceiving, highlighting a pointed exchange from Harper's Weekly.
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Harper’s Weekly
Mean Insinuation and Attentive Kinship Question
The excerpt ponders polite behavior as a possible danger and raises a sharp question about devotion to a wife’s mother. It frames social niceties as a potential harm while probing family loyalty.
There is but one virtue the eternal sacrifice of self
A terse aphorism attributed to George Sand noting that the sole virtue lies in constant self sacrifice.
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George Sand
Political editorials questioned by readers in Indianola paper
Clint Price the Democratic state chairman in Indianola calls the Advocate-Tribune’s editorial page worth the money even if readers disagree with the Reg ister and Leader, framing the page as valuable despite political differences.
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Register
Leader
Clint Price
Indianola
Administrator with Will Annexed for Gret ten Estate
Court appoints M. A. Manning administrator with will annexed of M Gret ten, deceased in Story County Iowa. Creditors and claimants must present ent authenticated claims to the District Court for allowance by November 16, 1908.
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District Court
Story County
Iowa
M. Gretten
M. A. Manning
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