Little ones pose curious questions in juvenile readings
Excerpts from Jarper's Young People and Youth's Companion show children mishearing words and misapplying facts while adults discuss religion and farming. A pastor quizzes primary classes about testaments as a five year old offers a playful leaf comparison. Agricultural tips urge continuous planting and careful care of sick animals as prices discourage risky ventures.
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Mabel
Jarper
GuanLu
Tunmy
Jamie
Tommy
Moor
Mamma
Mawwa
Little Norbert
Pod
Puzzling Atlas of Odd Facts From A Far Flung Page
A collection of curious notes spans inventions in Forpixa fans, Japan fish prices, air tight houses in Japan, American locomotive tests, and quirky claims about birds, insects, and people. It mentions New York wealth, Paris bootblacks, Roman guides, and a rattler found near Maycon Georgia after a man struck a match.
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Jaan
Japan
New York
French census and debt dominate headlines this week
The French census reports 400000 foreign workers abroad and government spending totals 250000 pounds annually in London. France holds the world’s largest public debt at about 6.12 billion. Courts rule a wife's fortune or portion is her husband’s property. Astronomer Flammarion notes Paris temperatures over six years run two degrees below normal.
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London
Fraser
M. Flammarion
Women Bathers Warned On Beach Etiquette And Care
A scattered old-fashioned cautionary piece warns women to limit time in the water to avoid a blue lip or mottled complexion and to dress modestly with proper coverings. It advises quick changes to avoid critics, keep to the dressing room, and not bathe in public view. The page also includes miscellaneous notes on signals, home remedies, and literary news from various sources.
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Tiene
Eration and
Betake Yourselv
Among the Quarries in England and Wales and Italy
In England and Wales there are 9 213 stone quarries and about 190 000 tons of marble are exported annually from Carrara, the world’s largest supply. Monte Sagro towers 5 600 feet, dominating the marble empire, with quarry deaths numbering around two hundred among quarrymen. Carrara supplies vast marble for home consumption and export, mostly to America, across 13 763 quarries in England and Wales.
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England
Wolea
Carrara
America
Monte Sagro
Wales
Book Notes and Literary Chatter in Brief
SIARCOLLA enters fourth edition in three volumes. Mra Rasoxa Wort, famed via Indisc story, has died. Edmund Yates’ London World successor is Maj. Griffihs. Heseler Wentz hailed as a great physicist after Helmholtz. Zoya profits 250000 francs from La Dwbacie. Germany sold 20009 copies. Enge land spends £140,000,000 on drink and £4,000,000 on books yearly. Schnackle, age fifty seven, adds to thirty volumes. Astrophel enters second edition in London.
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Siarcolla
Mra
Rasoxa Wort
Mra Jecksop
Edmund Yates
London World
Maj. Griffihs
Heseler Wentz
Helmholtz
Grromay
Zoya
Germany
Engeland
Schnackle
Logdon
Excursion Ticket Sale To Southern States By Buckeye Route
The Buckeye Route sells excursion tickets to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Tennessee at one round trip fare on September 4 October 1 November 6 and December 4. Write or call agents C H V T Ry for pamphlets rates or W H Pipher GP T A Aslumins Ohio.
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Pillmore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Galey
W. Riv
O. P. McCarty
St. Louis
Wilsell
Rcmains
South Virginia
Carolina
Vis X
Tate
Pleasure
Radford
Tion Depot
Columbus
South
H. A. Wilson
Volesio
E.R. Devidson
N. Poa
Kenny Li
Detroit
L. W. Pindar
P.A
Deshler Block
Innibus
Early circulating libraries and the origin of books for reading
The piece traces the rise of circulating libraries and the practice of lending books for reading for a price. It cites historical examples from Kirkman’s Thracian Wonder and Nevile’s Poor Scholar to illustrate early forms of in-shop and home reading, and notes how such practices might have influenced later book sales and lending customs. It also briefly notes the presence of female bootblacks in Paris and other large towns, highlighting their distinctive attire.
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Kirkman
Iidi
Nevile
Paris
France
Sisters of Mercy
Patent salves and travel ad blend with questionable remedies
An OCR fragment lists Bucnien's Avice salve claims for cures with price and vendor details. It shifts to “Moped Of Figs” with a patent constipation cure, then mentions Dr Hoswirds and other tonics. It closes with Wabash Line travel adverts, ticket policies, and contact info for agents in Cincinnati and Chicago.
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Bucnien
Eney
W. H. McKee
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