Country Merchants Farmers Stockmen incident in a town
A fragmentary scene shows a paying teller guiding a matron named Edith to indorse a check for her away husband. An absurd aside notes Hamling Wizard Oil claims and a joke about wood pulp in soups.
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Edith
Saratoga
A Matter of Necessity and a Christmas Cigar Store Debate
A literary editor calls a proposed work among the worst, while a book author defends it as the best. In a Christmas scene a child asks why the store isn’t closed. the father explains his cigar shop must stay open for customers on Christmas Day.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Cure Claims
Bad Blood is the cause of all humors eruptions boils pimples scrofulous sores eczema or nalt rheum and rheumo tem catarrh and other troubles. The supposed universal remedy Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as unmatched in cures in liquid form or as Sarsatabs sold at IM per
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Fragmented Laughing Fragments and Towne’s Remarkary Exchange
A jumble of quotations and humor bits from various voices including Towne and a Catholic Standard and Times writer recounts a trivial exchange about dress and a teething product. The piece also references sidewalk snow cleanup, a bromide cough remedy, and a Stirling moment with Gabriel and Bernard Shaw protesting a public performance of The Star Spangled Banner.
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Gabriel
Lam
Bernard Shaw
Chicago Tribune
Dr Martel's Female Fills and Odd Observations
A fragmented clipping references Dr Martel's female remedies and seventeen year standard status. The text also includes brief onion of Arctic observations with two experts noting personal and somewhat profane remarks. A humorous exchange about Euphorbia ends with a quip about openness and ring dialogue.
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DR. Martel
Washington Star
Criminalogist Lombro's Absent Minded Adventures Abroad
A London letter to the New York Sun portrays Lombro o as a neglectful, absent minded criminalist adored by his daughters. His quirks include disregarding appearances and losing money on trips, even concealing coins in hat linings and boots to avoid total loss, yet returning home penniless.
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Lombroo
Saya
London
New York Sun
Rome
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Titles of Books and Pageants Share Time on Race and Heritage
A Los Angeles Times survey notes a Lorna Doone pageant planned for next summer in Lynton England. It highlights forthcoming works by Julius Chambera, Joan Dane, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward, exploring Welsh and American topics, suffrage themes, and racial progress through Booker T. Washington and The Story of the Negro.
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Lynton
England
Mississippi River
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Trans-Himalaya
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Joan Dane
Abe
Strata
Florida
Conway
Madog
America
Humphrey Ward
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Ward
Yong
Mira Arnold
United States
Elizabeth Robin
Booker Washington
Shipwrecked captain seeks aid after Swiss coast disaster
A sea captain, claiming to have lost all in a shipwreck off the Swiss coast, tells a straightforward tale to a wary pair at the door. The exchange centers on whether to believe his account and assist him after his loss.
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Switzerland
Incoherent Fragments From Various 17th Century Notes
Snippets include Montaigne on Swiss lodge meals and spoons, a quip about brains from a parent, a Cleveland Leader misquote about a comet, and random admonitions about looking for a comet with or without a telescope in a casual, stylized fragment.
The Cost of Living Again in Chicago Voice
A gritty era note recalls hardship with a soapless Bam-I and an unwashed Upham-Yea. Prices for food rise daily, leaving the poor struggling to find meals and dignity in a city-wide struggle quoted by the Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Pettit's Eye Tonic for Strain and Weak Eyes
Worth its weight in gold, Pettit's Eye tonic for strain and watery eyes. Distributed by druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Lawless neus and rising laughter at gravity laws
Mr Sirlua Barker laments growing lawlessness as people flaunt statutes and police rules. He notes progress while pointing to aeroplanea and mocks respect for gravity, illustrating a satirical view from the Washington Star.
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Sirlua Barker
Washington Star
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