Local Short Stories Camp Pelham Meets for Delegates
Local Short Stories Camp Pelham U S V will meet Saturday at 2 PM in city hall to choose delegates for the Richmond Va reunion and to arrange travel. Also notes on wallpaper, painting services by W Cohen Co, navy recruiting visit to Birmingham, coal supply, life insurance payout, and gas appliances.
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Camp
I. E. Bass
U. S. Navy
Montgomery
Navy
Birmingham
Model Ice Co
Jas. B. Conner
John L. Yeatman
National Life Insurance Company
Pattern Department Attracts Ladies For Childrens Clothes
The pattern department is popular with ladies who sew for their children, offering many ideas to gain from patterns. It should be read in every issue due to its numerous useful designs.
Gas Range Ambition Aims for Late Morning Sleep Shift
A plan to buy a gas range and adjust daily routine leads to waking half an hour later each morning. The note highlights a desire for a new kitchen appliance and a gradual shift in sleeping time.
Gas Range Makes Hot Lunch Easy Before Bed
The note suggests using a gas range to prepare a quick hot lunch before sleeping, implying convenience and ease of meal prep for late hours.
Heard at the Club On Gruet’s Marriage
The club crowd notes Gruet has wed, with quips about luck and pluck in finding a spouse. The exchange hints at tension and social humor within the group as Wisely comments on luck in picking people.
Rivalry Tale Between Seattle and Tacoma
An Outing Magazine excerpt contrasts Seattle and Tacoma through humorous boasts about harbor safety and mail speed. The piece reflects city pride and a sardonic obituary about a whale found dead near Puget Sound, framed in a travelogue tone.
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Tacoma
Seattle
Hell Gate
Harbor
Arthur Ruhl
Outing Magazine
Iodine in the Human Body and Its Surprising Sources
The article reports Amand Gautier’s experiments showing the thyroid contains about one thousandth of iodine by weight. It notes iodine in air near seasides and marshes, in seaweed and certain fish, and that bathing a rabbit in iodine water led to the brain absorbing more iodine than neck glands or heart and lungs.
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Amand Gautier
Gautier
M. Gautier
Paris
Chicago Chronicle
The Hugeness of New York in Pearson's Magazine
A Pearson's Magazine piece notes that about one third of New York City residents were foreign born, with Manhattan 789,342 and Brooklyn 355,697 foreigners. It states 1,297,080 foreigners in total, compares NYC's size to Philadelphia and larger than several nations, and claims NYC holds half the state's population and more people than some states combined.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Metropolis
Philadelphia
Constantinople
Boston
Switzerland
Denmark
Servia
Greece
Maine
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Arizona
Alaska
Five Boroughs
Pearson's Magazine
Royal jewelry tastes span kings and princes
The king favors quiet pieces a horseshoe pearl pin or plain signet ring with minimal studs. The German emperor wears gold bracelets on both arms. The Duke of Orleans uniquely sports two rings on his little fingers linked by a thin chain to a wrist bangle. The late Spanish king wore a gold necklet and King Milan a golden anklet.
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Duke of Orleans
Spain
Milan
London
Evening Star wants and ads offer quick real estate results
The Evening Star claims its want ads provide immediate results for real estate and rental ads, offering a positive service that makes the expense a minor consideration for readers seeking quick options.
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The
Evening Star
Telltale Nail and Shah of Persia Tale In One Note
Anecdotes recount a physician solving a murder using a buried nail found with a skull and a Persian shah valuing beauty in sheep. The tale features John Donne like wit and a dramatic confession of an innocent wife, ending with a sharper quip about Mrs Willie James’s unmatched worth. The Washington Star item blends crime lore with courtly humor.
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John Donne
Sherlock Holmes
Persia
London
Legation
Park Lane
Willie James
Uaeahiasa
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals Burns and Sores Fast
Out of sight, out of mind describes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve that cures wounds, piles, and chilblains. The ad guarantees the product by Elam, Ord way & Houser, and Scarbrough Drug Co, druggists, for 25 cents.
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Elam
Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
German Court Deals With Insults and Offense
A local German court recently heard a minor case over alleged abuse. The judge ruled that calling someone a pig or dog is insulting but a combined pig dog phrase is especially offensive, prompting debate over acceptable language in court.
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Iilligistrate
Pleloti
The Innocent 12.5 of Youth Grackons Fagus
A fragment from Trarper's Weekly shows a mother addressing her daughter and son. The daughter questions shouting while the son pretends to be their father returning late. The exchange highlights family play acting and dynamics.
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Grackons
Fagus
Famny
Papa
Assistants Chosen for Vigilant Customer Watch
Quoted in a fragmented passage, a speaker defends selecting assistants for sharp observation. He claims the workers are useful in watching people, and that customers are unaware of which side they are on. The text reads like a stray archival note from a shop scene.
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God
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Anniston
W. Cohen & Co
Noble Street
Messrs
W. F. McCartney
R. Segrest
Selma
State Council of the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Mr. McCartney
J. C. Talley
Seventeenth Street
Gurnee Avenue
Quintard
E. J. Moyer
United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company
Model Ive Co
Oliver Moore
Gruet
Skinner
Peeudig
Booze
Holdtite
Wise
Jim
Ied
Sip Kodet
Jack
Seattle and Tacoma
California Fig Syrup Co
Senna
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Cal
US. A
England
New York, N. Y
Louisville, Ky
Trarper's Weekly
Anniston Electric& Gas Co
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