Alabama Cotton crop hit by storm loss 35 percent
President W H H Seymour of the Alabama cotton association reports from 40 counties that storms last week damaged at least 25 percent of the Alabama crop and with prior losses the season may total about 35 percent. Fields are ruined in many areas and labor shortages hinder recovery as sawmills and turpentine factories struggle to operate.
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The
Star
Montgomery
W. HH. Seymour
Alabama Cotton Association
Alabama
Seymour
Blood Cures Claim From Kentucky Merchant
A Bae Kentucky merchant J W Williams recounts near fatal lung hemorrhages twenty years ago and credits Dr King's New Discovery with a complete cure He asserts the medicine treats hemorrhages chronic coughs settled colds bronchitis and claims it is the only known cure for weak lungs The West End Drug Co Ordway Houser Drug Co sell it with a one dollar price and a free trial bottle offer.
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Marke
J. W. Williams
Bae
Dr. King
West End Drug Co
Ordway & Houser
The Chameleon and Its Curious Hunting Method
The chameleon ignores surroundings unless a tasty insect is seen. It shoots a long wormlike tongue fast to capture prey, its tongue end clubbed and coated with viscous secretion. Eyes are large and mostly hidden by skin, each eye moving independently to scan forward and behind.
Humorous Scorekeeping Of Parliament In A Comic Journal
An English humorist devised a sly scoring method against politicians by reporting only the first lines of speeches. A comic journal barred from news under the act instead printed clipped lines from notable figures such as Sir Charles Wetherell and Lord Lyndhurst to lampoon debates.
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Times
Charles Wetherell
Hunt
Lord Ashley
Perceval
Sibthorpe
Lord Lyndhurst
Edward Sugden
Broker
Glass that outvalues gold in lens work
The article notes that certain scientific glass, notably microscope lenses, can be worth far more than the raw material. A front lens weighing about 0.0017 grams costs roughly $5 and, scaled to a kilogram, would be about $8 million in value, with production costs only six to eight cents per gram, illustrating an enormous value increase in lens form.
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Chicago Tribune
Champlain Salve Relief Tames Severe Skin Ailments
The intense itching of eczem a and tetter is instantly eased by Chamberlain's Salve and many severe cases are permanently cured by its use. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Calhoun Crop Nearly Ruined by Floods
A cotton sample from Calhoun County shows a near total crop loss due to heavy rains. The stalk carries four bolls, two immature, ten grown and unopened, and twelve rotten bolls. Farmers report worse conditions in dense fields with similar damage across the county.
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J. W. Adiar
Cilhown
Dissipation of Radium and Energy Questions
A German physicist, W. Meigen, argues that element dissipation via helium release from radium is an irreversible process. The article notes the enormous energy involved and questions how such elements were first constructed, inviting student discussion.
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W. Meigen
Ants as a Gourmet Dish Across Regions
The passage notes ants are eaten in some countries spread on bread with butter, valued as costly in Siam accessible to the well-to-do, and traded in northern Europe where they are boiled in water to produce a vinegar like formic acid.
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Siam
Europe
Widow in Chorus Sparks Interest
A Kansas City Star quip has a clergyman asking a choir leader to stir male interest. The leader replies he could put a widow in the choir, but all the women would lose interest.
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Kansas City Star
Floating island near Traunsee hosts yearly Volksfest ritual
In the Thuringen summer resort area near Traunsee a celebrated floating island shifts with the Hautsee winds. The island supports its own flora and abundant birds, and every Ascension Day hosts the Volksfest with dancing bratwurst and beer.
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Thuringen
Traunsee
Hautsee
Lttle
Wall Mall
Rhodes and Belt Plan to Dominate Diamond Trade
The anecdote recalls Cecil Rhodes and Alfred Belt meeting over late work. Rhodes boasted of aiming to control diamond output before aging. Belt replied he would do the same. They decided to join hands to pursue the goal. Rhodes dismisses arithmetic, startling Beit as he asks Flere for his exact standing in figures.
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Mr. Rhodes
Belt
Porges
Alfred Belt
Cecil Rhodes
Beit
Flere
Survival of an Age Call Social Life Theme
An aged social ritual is described as a relic of times when people visited friends in the afternoon. The quote laments the social cost of not paying calls, arguing that without paying calls one may not be invited to dinner.
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London Globe
The End and Boon of Liberty in Intelligence Growth
A Victorian-era reflection argues that progress in intelligence and power marks liberty's culmination. Without such growth a people may enjoy time but lack the substance and spirit of freedom, as attributed to Chaa ning.
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Chaaning
King and Mystic Number Unclear Nonsense
Fragmentary text presents scrambled phrasing about a king, a mystic number, and dumplings with garbled dialogue. No coherent news event or identifiable entities beyond generic terms. Cannot determine a factual incident or publishable summary with credibility.
Dr Snoop's Rheumatic Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Snoop's Rheumatic Remedy as a universal cure for rheumatism lumbago sciatica gout and related pains. It claims twenty years of research and a powerful tablet form with rapid benefit and swelling reduction.
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Snoop
Praoor
Barnacle Goose Origin Tales From Medieval Belief
The article recounts the medieval belief that barnacle geese hatched from logs in which barnacles formed. Cambrensis is cited as the source of this idea, later debunked by a modern writer who explains the natural development of barnacles on decaying wood and the goose emerging from the shell.
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Cambrensis
Christendom
Caimbrensis
Greenback Poker Scam Warned By Detroit Reader
A Detroit reader warns that gambling schemes thrive on quick parables using old and new currency. The piece describes "greenback poker" with numbered bills forming a full house while players conceal bills and settle losses, a fast route to large losses.
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Washington
Detroit News
Model Sickness Among Posing Artists
An artist recalls a model who collapsed white and fainted after claiming prior posing experience. He notes model sickness as a nervous strain effect from holding a pose, common among newcomers and even some veterans, and says only practice and caution help prevent it.
An Awful Cough Cured by Chamberlain remedy
Mrs Ora Bussard of Brubaker Ohio recounts a two year old whooping cough episode that left her daughter with a violent cough. After using Chamberlains Cough Remedy the child stopped coughing and gained weight. The remedy is for sale by J J Wikle.
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Ora Bussard
Brubaker
J. J. Wikle
Honors and Worth Debate on Titles and Merit
The article argues merit should be earned, not inherited. It criticizes granting titles to descendants of notable figures without individual merit, noting genealogical succession is illogical. It cites contemporary opinions on peerage and the folly of passing honors through generations.
Dog of many kinds confounds man in old Washington Star quote
An inquisitive man asks what kind of dog it is. Mr Erastus Inkley shrugs that the dog is hard to classify but has solid stock and must be good somewhere. The Washington Star records the humorous remark.
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William the Conqueror
Mr. Erastus
Dave
Washington Star
Teacher’s Joke Highlights Truth in Grammar Lesson
A classroom moment pivots on a teacher asking about types of sentences when she says I am looking for a man. The boy at the back quips I think it would be the truth, turning a grammar talk into a humorous exchange about honesty.
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Lucerne Standerd
Looking Backward Do You Ever Look Back Over Your Ears
The Mancos Times-Tribune reflects on memory and self awareness in a playful column about personal missteps and growing wiser through past blunders.
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Mancos Times-Tribune
Birmingham and Knoxville Night Pullman Train Schedules
No. 4 Pullman Sleeping car Greenville to New York with Birmingham to Asheville and East Radford connections. No. 86 carries Pullman Sleeping car Birmingham to Chattanooga with trains to Salisbury and New York. No. 3% Sleeping car Birmingham to Brunswick and Atlanta to Jacksonville. No. 34 carries Pullman Sleeping cars Birmingham to Atlanta. Trains run daily per railroad officers in Washington and Birmingham.
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