Jobson's Bald Spot Trials End in Brown Disguise
Mr. Jobson's scheme to cure baldness backfired after months of trying various hair restorers. A test bottle reddened the bald area to a brown hue, baffling him and prompting threats of a settlement as his wife watched in disbelief. He now wears a skull cap at work and abandons restorers for good.
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Mr. Jobson
Metropolitan Police
Mra. Jotaon Aga
Nature
Mrs. Jobson
Paderewski
Jobson
A Soft Answer At The Shop
A shopper ignores attentions until the clerk prompts and asks if anyone is waiting. The response reveals the shopper’s fear and a hint about her husband, illustrating a small domestic moment captured in dialogue.
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Eiles
Misusing Jewelry by Women Warned by Journal
A Kansas City Journal item jokes about women mishandling rings and watches. It notes fingers, gloves, and even a handkerchief can threaten settings. Ports and matrons report fewer rings left on washstands, suggesting more care or concealment during bathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weémien
Kansas City Journal
Sooboo Hindoo girl converts to Christianity during Boston visit
A high-caste Hindoo girl Sooboonagam Sooboo visited Boston, became a Christian after hearing mission preachers, and ran away from her aristocratic family. Her father cursed her as an outcast, her mother pleaded for return, funeral rites were held for the "dead" and the mother walked 1000 miles to the Ganges before returning home and sealing Sooboo's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sooboonagam
Sooboo
India
Sophoo
Gir
Woman buys own engagement ring in Chicago
A Chicago Chronicle report notes a northern woman went shopping for her own engagement ring using her fiancé’s money. She chose a solitaire in a big shop, paid with a businesslike receipt, and left happy, ensuring the ring suits her view of an engagement.
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Chicago Chronicle
Chicago
Japs Use Arabic Numerals in Uniforms
A North American Notes and Queries writer notes that Japanese soldiers wear European numerals on shoulder straps to denote regiment rather than Chinese or Japanese ideographs. The Third regiment uses 3, chosen for rapid distinction and practicality.
Apple Pie Versus English Deep Pie In Food Note
A light piece extols apple pie as the timeless favorite, detailing a traditional method from crust to topping. It contrasts standard American apple pie with English deep pie, arguing a proper bottom crust and balanced filling define true pie. The author notes seasonal pies and the comfort of warm aromas.
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Harvey Sutherland
Ainslee
Fine bicycle rider Miss Day described as top amateur trick rider
English rider Miss Day gains fame in bicycle circles for feats such as a two hour standing balance and riding out wheel to lift two other bicycles without handlebars. She mounts, reaches a ground bicycle, then uses left and right handlebars to lift and transfer to the second machine, balancing both wheels as she moves.
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Miss Day
Sue
Xay
Holiday Tours to Washington via Pennsylvania Railroad
Special Notices announce a Personally-Conducted Holiday Tour to Washington from December 27 for three days. Includes visits to the Capitol and Corcoran Gallery. round-trip rail fare, hotel, and guides priced from 11.60 to 18.00 depending on origin, with additional hotel discounts. Ten-day tickets plus options for Mount Vernon and other trips. Contact ticket and tourist agents at New York, Brooklyn, or Philadelphia offices.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
National Capital
Congressional Library
Now
Arlington
Normandie
Riggs
Ebbitt House
Willard’s
Regent
Politan
Nation
Mount Vernon
Richmond
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Boadway
New York
Court Street
Brooklyn
Geo. W. Boyd
Broad Street Station
Philadelphia
Excursions Offered on Missouri Pacific Route to West and Southwest
The Missouri Pacific Railway expands its network including the Iron Mountain Route and connections to California and Texas. For 1900 and 1901 there will be weekly personally conducted excursions to Los Angeles and San Francisco, along with inexpensive, comfortable trips to Mexico. Special excursion tickets are available to The World's Sanitarium Hot Springs Arkansas. Write J P McCann or W E Hoyt for full details from 391 Broadway New York.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis
Kaness City
Colorado
Denver
Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain
California
Iron Mountain
Texas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Mexico
Arkengas
America
J. P. McCann
Trav. Pasa
W. E. Hoyt
Sien
Broadway
New York
Old Point Comfort Six Day Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad
Old Point Comfort tours departing December 27 from New York Philadelphia trenton and other points. Journeys include luncheon and return by regular route within six days at 15.00 from New York 13.50 from Trenton 12.50 from Philadelphia with proportionate rates from other points. Booking through Broadway New York Court Street Brooklyn Broad Street Newark and Broad Street Station Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Old Point Comfort
New York
Philadelphia
Trenton
Breadway
Court Street
Brooklyn
Broad Street
Newark
N.J
Géo. W. Boyd
Pasdebger
Asbury Park Fire Alarm Listings and Notes
A compiled list of fire alarm intersections in Asbury Park with practice and general alarm notes. Entries include 17 Bangs and Bond, 19 Cookman and Main, 28 Cookman and Bangs, 86 Second and Main, 37 Main and Munroe, 44 Second end Grand, 46 Asbury and Emory, 61 Sewall and Heck, 65 Asbury and Kingsley, 63 Fourth and Bo, 64 Fourth and Grand, 84 Seventh and Bond, 91 Seventh and Webb, 98 Sunset and Webb, plus a practice note and a general alarm indicating two fires observed.
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Bangs
Bond
Cookman
Main
Munroe
Asbury
Emory
Sewall
Heck
Kingsley
Grand
Webb
Sunset
Unclear Names Missed in Fragmentary Listing
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous personal names and titles with broken spellings. The legible items reference individuals such as Mrs and Miss titles, and several surnames including Jackson, Gifford, White, Wilson, and others, but concrete details, actions, or context are missing.
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Mathdies
Fannie
Gealarr
Edeard
Iain Frank
Gastop
Irs Dorda Gibeob
Bi Ie
Artha Gifford
Grace
Ranier
Ea. Ornsoy
Ravi Ten
Larbert
Ellie Jackson
Sohn Jackson
Fares Keon
Mery ' Non
C Otter
Wore
Gelley
Hannah Webater
T Wilson
Harold White
Florence
Ian
John H Wording
Sallie Marie
Loon
Journal Cent a Word Column Liners and Verses
Fragmented OCR shows an early 20th century column mixing wordplay with verse. The text references cent a word lines, rider keys, and curves, plus poetic lines praising love and a woman’s gaze, ending with garbled names and phrases. The item reads like a miscellaneous clipping from a commercial paper page.
Local intersections list with scattered place names
A fragmented compilation lists street intersections including 22 Clayton’s Store Main Avenue 28 Surf and Beach 24 Embury and Beach 256 Main and Pilgrim Pathway 26 Pilgrim Pathway and Broadway 27 Tabor Way and Pennsylvania 22 Clark and New Jersey 84 Heck and Whitefield 35 Main Avenue Gates 42 Corlies and South Main West Grove Senna Engine House West rove BIOWALL rit Fie out of town 5-5-5 General alarzn.
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Clayton's
Main Avenue
Surf and Beach
Embury and Beach
Main
Pilgrim Pathway
Broadway
Tabor Way
Pennsylvania
Clark
New Jersey
Heck
Whitefield
Corlies
South Main
West Grove
Senna Engine House
Westrove
Weather Signals No 1 6 and 9 in old code terms
Weather signs describe fair or cold wave conditions using white signals with black marks. Combinations show how numbers 1 2 3 4 6 relate to fair weather rain or snow warmer or colder, often with stationary temperatures and local rain.
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Ny A
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Daily Journal
Storiette Sadial
Fouds Kidtish
Onn
Hot Springs , Arkansas
Melis
Asbury Park
Freehold
Soi i
Point Plamen
Ocean Grove
Frem Point Pleasant
CLOBE
Points North
Points South
Masia
Points
mcLane Letreds
Ockak Grove
Bushy
Ley
Lilia
C Tots
Rm Font
Tehatine Alorbin
Mra Borvino
Mary L Fulkerson
Mr. Gifford Ree
MacVey
Heory
Alata
EA Beott
Jennie
Commercial Tribune
Almple
Biowall
Rit Fie
John N. Berths
Mattigon Avenue
Curtins
Harlei
Bradley Beach
Asbury Park Daily Journal
Naph_ Poland
Enuinaae Daveste
Mantfac
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