Local Short Stories and Notices From No Street
A composite of brief notices and anecdotes: a dog kills a cat in a street confrontation. Oscar Dodson’s preliminary hearing is set after his mother helps secure a bond. L and N Railroad offers weekend excursion tickets to Talladega Springs. local ads for coal, furniture, and a model ice company. the firemen’s band hosts a fundraiser and farewell for Prof Kennedy who moves to Atlanta. updates on Denvir Creen’s illness. Argo Red Salmon promoted as nutritious.
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Oscar Dodson
Gadsden
Dodson
Firemen’s Hall
Kennedy
Atlanta
Hog Orchestra and the Clever Abbot in Louis XI Court
In the reign of Louis XI the Abbot de Baigne wowed the court with odd instruments and a plan to make hogs sing. He charged a sum, gathered many hogs, and arranged them in a pavilion. The hogs cried in harmony as he activated stops to pull squeals into a tune.
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Louis XI
Abbot de Baigne
Hidden Dangers Warn of Kidney Trouble and Back Pain
An Anniston notice touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for sick kidneys and back pain. It cites J W Montgomery of 14 Mulberry Street and describes kidney secretions and backache as danger signals, with Foster Milburn Co as the U S distributor. Price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Bright
Dean
Anniston
J. W. Montgomery
Mulberry Street
J. L. Wikle
Eondi
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Sol
United States
Doan
Blood Substitutes and Saline Solutions in Wound Care
An examination of blood composition explains why saline solutions can act as a temporary substitute in severe blood loss. The article notes that about 800 of 1000 parts are water and salts, so saline can sustain heart function until new blood is formed. It contrasts this with transfusion, citing donor risks and the burden on donors, and notes animal blood as an inferior source.
Items of Interest From Odd Facts Ancient Notes
The text surveys curiosities from ancient times including early Chinese bank notes around year 1000 A D blood as air rich and seven eighths of body, wasp nests made of papier mache glue, snapdragon honey accessible only to bumblebees, and the first trapdoor built by an African ground spider using a camouflaged earth lid.
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China
Illness Triggers Reading of Sordelia in Mind
Dougias Jerrold, convalescing from an illness, reads Brown ing's Sordelia and loses his reason for a moment. He hands the volume to his wife who, after attempts to parse the page, declares it gibberish and uncomprehensible.
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Dougias Jerrold
Browning
Tie
Crescent Symbol Origin and Byzantine Roots Told
Article traces the crescent as a Byzantine emblem long before Islam. It claims Philip of Macedon’s siege night revealed the moon, sparking the symbol on Byzantine coins. Later Mohammedans adopted the crescent as their emblem, seeking magical power.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Byzantium
Philip of
Macedonia
Mohammed I
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
Mr C L Carter of Skirum Alabama calls Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the best in the world after severe colic and diarrhoea attacks. He credits partial relief from a half bottle and reports feeling improved this morning. For sale by J L Wikle.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
The Hercules Beetle A Giant Insect Of The Americas
A fragmentary description of the Hercules beetle notes it as the world’s largest insect found in Central and South America and Dominica. It dwells in forests, feeds on gum, and the larva reaches about four inches. Locals roast the grub and fear its buzzing wings, though the beetle is harmless.
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Central
South America
Dominica
British West Indies
West Indian Islands
Father and Son argue on keeping things in place
A terse dialogue shows a father urging order while Arthur retorts about keeping a slipper on a foot. The exchange hints at domestic tension and a light tonal shift between generations.
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Arthur
The Groom Must Pay in Quebec Wedding Custom
Pearson's Weekly describes a Quebec Freach Canadian wedding custom where after the morning service the bridal party tours relatives, returns for vespers, and hosts a supper. A key moment involves the missing slipper and a boot vendor determining its replacement price, with the groom paying to redeem items and guests competing in a dance duel for a prize.
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Quebec
Ealeche
Pearson's Weekly
French tailor’s mix up in English pun on curvature
A French tailor advertising English spoken once misfired with a patient joke. He hesitated to say a girdle was too high and finally declared to the customer that her curvature was too Upstairs, delivering a comic linguistic blunder.
The Prank Eugene Field Played on a Printer
Eugene Field as city editor at the Kansas City Times wove cruel personal notices about Ferguson a makeup worker. For over a year Field sent grotesque notices reporting Ferguson’s intoxicated state, hidden in copy bundles and read by the staff. Ferguson endured the taunts, scouring galley proofs to find and remove them, yet the pranks sometimes appeared in print.
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Eugene Lek
Kansas City Time
Ferguson
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Pield
Ron Hike Thie
John Perguson
Times Composing Room
Field
Cheerful Wisdom for a Brighter Outlook
An uplifting piece urges turning personal gloom into a silver lining for friends. It argues that sharing cheer casts a glow back onto oneself and helps dispel sadness as brightness and joy spread.
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Savehine
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No- Street
Paul
Col. Jos. Saks
Amism
Talladega Springs
Noble St
E. M. Khewis
Empire
Montevallo
Jellico
Pest
J. F. Creen
Crescent
Wm. Turner
Bartonville
Lil
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Eugene Field
Bromonie
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