Contagious Blood Poison Exposed as Powerful Evil
An old advertisement warns that Contagious Blood Poison is highly contagious and destructive, spreading through shared items and causing sores, hair loss, and nervous damage. It condemns mercury and potash as useless, promotes Swift Specific Co. S S. S. as a cure, and offers a $1000 reward for proof of mineral content, with free book and medical guidance from Atlanta based physicians.
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Natuse
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Que Who Minned It and the Lynching Question
A fragment from a Houston Post piece reflects on lynching, noting prominent citizens allegedly took part, while a separate item promotes Mothers will fool Mra Winslow’s soothing remedy for children and a circus anecdote centers on the animal trainer’s ill wife stepping in to manage the beasts.
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Talk Community
Houston Post
Mra. Winslow
Fragmented 19th Century Passage Recalled In Conversational Snippet
A garbled excerpt recalls a traveler and a native exchanging banter on weather and days, with mentions of New York and a poet friend described as generous and open minded. The text reads like a collage of names, places, and stray phrases.
F. A. Whitney Recalls Child Charity Anecdote in New York
A Wyoming rancher recounts a whimsical tale from a New York visit about a slum boy who misbelieved mushrooms give mush and milk comes from milkweed. The boy also argued a field horse was a cow, prompting a patient lesson on misperception. A separate Montana incident tells of a wolf decoy trick backfiring on a boy who feigned a wolf using a sheep skin.
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F. A. Whitney
Meoteetser
Wyo
New York
Mala
New York Tribune
Montana
April
A Shrewed Guess
D'Auber asks about a latest painting and Cutts confirms. LT notes one artistic feature about the work, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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Crittick
D'Auber
Cutts
Philadelphia Press
New kite deviant aids life saving device in France
In France a device called deviator enables kite control within prescribed limits, tested at Royan with remarkable results for life saving. The report notes other innovations including foldable pocket skates and a French toy auto that collapses, plus fish like climbing perch and hopping goby with novel gill and lung-like adaptations. David T. Day from the U S Geological Survey discusses platinum price rises and supply, estimating current output and future demand while attributing price hikes to dealer hoarding.
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France
Royan
Scientific American
David T. Day
United States Geological Survey
Doctor Day
Ocean Travel Complaints From A Worn Sailor
A Philadelphia Record quote laments constant ship painting on steamers. A returned tourist notes seasickness is rare, but wet paint damages clothing and interiors are refurbed thrice yearly.
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Piladelphia
Bad Break Yonkers Statesman Note on a Five Dollar Debt
A short Yonkers Statesman item recalls a humorous exchange about a five dollar loan from six months ago. The father questions when repayment might arrive, revealing social familiarity and light domestic tiff.
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Yonkers Statesman
Ayer’s Hair Vigor Promises Dandruff Cure
Advert says Ayer’s Hair Vigor will cure dandruff by destroying germ buildup on the scalp. It claims the scalp becomes healthy, with dandruff, pimples, and eruptions disappearing. Promotes sixty years of golden testimonials and strong brand reputation.
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Ayer
Uncle Sam guides wood preservation to save timber
Government investigations into coal tar creosote as a timber preservative target long lasting savings in lumber costs. Railroads mining and telephone sectors fund experiments to extend the life of decay prone woods, potentially doubling or tripling timber sites through creosote impregnation while stopping insect and fungal damage.
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Uncle Sam
Forest Service
Kansas City
Hher
Iaid
Billi
Kansas City Star
Why Nott and the Decorator Debate the Bill
A house dispute erupts over a decorator bill. The paper hanger defends his design, arguing the client refused proper decoration and downgrades the work as botched. He insists he deserved higher charges for the unsatisfactory job.
Costly Crime Overwhelms U S Expenses In 1907
A lengthy analysis estimates the 1907 cost of crime in the United States at about 1.076 billion dollars, including government losses from smuggling frauds and fires. It contrasts total crime spending with religious, educational, and humanitarian expenditures totaling roughly 549 million dollars. The piece cites New York city state and national figures and notes the lack of reliable crime cost data.
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United States
United States Marshals
Secret Service
Fureau
Treasury Department
Army
Navy
Post Office
Greater
New York
Greater New York
Agamnathia
Unreliable Instruction Quips Narrow Stage Roles
A Washington Star quote contrasts stage as educator with muses on society and community. The excerpt includes a misquoted line from Mies O speane, suggesting stage ideas may mislead about society. It ends with a witticism on beauty doctors and on silence being golden, yet lacking gold for many.
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Mies Ospeane
Washington Star
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ST. Helen’s Hall
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Oregon
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Chinese Root
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