Decoy Peanut ends a diamond caper tale in Kimberley
Nathanson runs a fortune in illicit diamonds from natives in Kimberley. A native boy lures detectives who uncover a diamond hidden in a meerkat burrow. Dale discovers the jewel is paste, and Nathanson pretends innocence as the boy escapes into the dusty streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathanson
Kimberley
Dale
Mounted Police
Baas
Meerkat
March
Mr. Dale
Amsterdam
Kuhn
Meerkat’s
We’re Not Going for the Summer
In a wry vignette a couple recounts renting a lakeside estate for a summer and the chaos that followed. Domestic mishaps, a runaway cook and maid, a near-drowning, farmyard disasters, and a chaotic family visit lead them to abandon dreams of a perfect season and decide to stay home instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Old Country
Tom
Dotty
Tom, Jr
Elmlane
Nell
Schedules of Trains Between Atlanta Birmingham Rome Selma and Louisville
Schedules show trains between Atlanta and Birmingham with arrivals and departures listed for multiple routes and connections. The timetable includes Rome to Selma Alabama and lines to Anniston, Wilton, and Rome Georgia along with Louisville and Nashville services with specific departure and arrival times.
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Pyro
Allanta
Birmingham
Alanta
Atlanta
Tarmingham
Rome
Selma
Ala
Anniston
Wilton
fFrom Anniston
Als
Louisville
Nashvill
By Default. A witty exchange on praise and cooking
A young wife answers her elderly aunt that her husband praises her cooking without much speech, and she can tell when it's enjoyed. The dialed humor contrasts with the aunt's questions and ends with a joke about garden planning and horsemanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Poultry raiser criticized for neglect amid dairy calf claim
A terse critique targets a lazy poultry keeper unable to keep vermin out, asserting such neglect undermines success. The note adds a separate health tip stating warm milk is best for calves regardless of age.
If your husband is kept irritated he will make a better job
The remark suggests irritability motivates improved rug beating. It cites a domestic setting where a husband’s mood is linked to the vigor of household cleaning tasks. The tone echoes practical advice typical of early 20th century domestic columns.
Too Late His Wife Says Regrets On Marriage
In a terse exchange quoted in the clipping the wife declares that given another chance she would never marry. Her husband responds with a sorrowful apology for not voicing doubts when he proposed, reflecting a strained marriage and unresolved feelings.
Unclear OCR Phrase Hints at Regional Newspapers
Fragment reads distorted place names and affiliations The text mentions Northern and Southern regions and spellings of RunK or Bunc The readable content suggests a misread OCR fragment rather than a complete news item
Bunk Wordplay Baffles Scholars in Sports Page
A scholarly reader debates spellings of bunk in headlines and cartoons. He notes a Memphis newspaper misreads Loomis Tokyo speech as Loomis Hands Out the Bune. He cites southern and northern theories linking bunk to buncombe and sleepiness, calling it conjecture.
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Memphis
Loomis
Tokyo
The Dust of the Earth Humor in Sunday School
A Sunday school class misfires when a pupil, asked who made him, answers I am the dust of the earth. The visiting superintendent corrects him and tells the pupil God made you, but the boy insists the sick first pupil was God’s dust. The anecdote appears in Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Askea
Pampus Epicures in Nero’s Golden House Feast
In Nero’s Palatine dining room ivory revolving compartments showered perfumes and flowers on guests. Slaves crowned diners with wreaths as courses changed. Drinking continued until banqueters collapsed. Lucullus, Cicero and Pompey spent 60000 drachmas on one dinner. Jus rinsed his tongue with linen and used fish skin to clean it.
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Nero
Palatine Hill
Lucullus
Cicero
Pompey
Jus
Time to the Hundredth of a Second
A Parisian invention, the electrical chronometer, times automobile races to one hundredth of a second. Start and finish points are linked by a charged wire. starting triggers a dot on a revolving drum, finish marks another, and the elapsed time is read from a scale.
Blood Medicine S S S Swift Specific Ad
The ad touts S S S as a pure blood remedy for both young and old, claiming it strengthens circulation and builds nourish ing properties. It lists cures for Rheumatism Catarrh Sores and Wisters Skin diseases Scrofula Malaria and blood poison and offers a free book and medical advice. Sold at drug stores from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta GA.
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S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lauded by Satisfied Local Women
In Waurika Oklahoma and Huntington Massachusetts two women describe years of illness and nervous debility. They credit Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief, weight gain, and restored health after doctors offered little help. The letters urge others with female ailments to try the remedy.
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Lydia KE. Pinkham
Mra. Pinkham
Mra
Sallie Stevens
RE. F.D
Waurika
Okla
Mont Janette Bates
Huntington
Mass
Lydia BK. Pinkham
Sleeping Sickness Remedy Urgency Highlighted
Dr Todd of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine estimates mortality from sleeping sickness in Africa could reach 400000 to 600000 in ten years. Research on West Africa coast cited to justify the urgency of discovering a treatment.
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Todd
Bio
Africa
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Stanza Echoes Southern Oysters and Hunger
A line from the New Orleans Times mocks the phrase that the oyster “lives from hand to mouth” in this passage, noting the oyster’s brief life and the harshness of sustenance in the region.
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South
New Orleans Times
Mc Gees Baby Elixir Offered for Home Use
An advertisement promotes Mc Gees Baby Elixir as a ready remedy for sour stomach wind colic diarrhoea and summer complaint in any home with a baby. It claims no opium or morphine and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents per bottle sold by J L Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
Memory of Animals Proverbial Memory Quoted
F. Martin Duncan notes that elephants are famed for memory at an exhibition. He adds that other jungle beasts show notable recall, with tigers in captivity remembering kindness after months and lions in a zoological garden fearing familiar native hunters.
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F. Martin Duncan
F. Z
New Gallery
London Daily Mail
Surely the Limit in a Witty Exchange
A strange anecdote recounts a conversation where a clever woman taunts a stingy man. She boasts that his soul could be blown through a hummingbird’s bill into a mosquito’s eye and the insect wouldn’t blink.
Vices and Virtues Dictate Human Choice
A reflective note emphasizes not treating vices as trivial nor virtues as unimportant, urging mindful practice of both in daily life. The text discusses moral extremes and the value of temperance in conduct.
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Donar
Worthwhile items deserve careful rechecking in ads
A short classified note urges readers to reconsider desirable listings. It signals persistent value in sought after goods and invites customers to reexamine offers for better assurance and satisfaction.
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