Weather Lifts Ill Winds in Satirical Prose
A collage of witty aphorisms on weather, wisdom, and human folly from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. The snippets touch on pride, persuasion, and social norms, then shift to brief notes on Port Arthur, press snubs, an old Dutch Bible illustration, and a fable about ice men and inspectors.
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Des Moines
Port Arthur
Reichstag
Humansdorp
Cape Colony
Cain
Abel
Toledo
Ice
Rio Grande
Voice of the press collage from late 19th century papers
A collection of quips from the Brooklyn Standard Union Toledo Blade Richmond Times Dispatch Omaha Bee and Manchester Union. The items satirize college freshness bank closings defunct banks New York workers Henry James plays and Count Szechenyi’s critique of American press.
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Brooklyn Standard-Union
A _college
Toledo Blade
a _ bank
Richmond Times-Dispatch
New York
Omaha Bee
Battle Fleet Returns as San Diego Welcomes War Ships
San Diego greets the battleship fleet returning from a globe girdling cruise. Gov. J N Gillett leads welcome, with crowds lining the waterfront and a month of merrymaking planned from San Diego to San Francisco. Admiral Thomas commands the fleet. a grand San Francisco review is set with Yorktown and 43 vessels.
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San Diego
Cal
Charles M. Thomas
California
Mampton Roads
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Monterey
Santa Cruz
San Francisco
J. N. Gillett
United States
Pacific
Connecticut
South America
Magdalena Bay
Blue Jackets
Robley D. Evans
Paso Robles
Hot Springs
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Yorktown
Supreme court ruling orders $182,000 payment by insurer
Columbus April 1 The Supreme Court on Tuesday mandated Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, once led by the late Gov Pattison, to pay $182,000 in omitted taxes and penalties. The Hamilton County tax claimed totals $174,000.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati
Gov. Pattison
Hamilton County
Dry Town Faces Bankruptcy in Rushford
Rushford Minnesota faces possible bankruptcy after alleged embezzlement of 3200 by the city clerk and a recent vote against liquor licenses. Saloon licenses expire April 23, cutting off about 4500 in revenue for the town.
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Rushford
Minn
Dewey Advocates Naval Base at Subig Bay
In Washington on April 15, Mr. Hobson cited a telephonic message from Admiral Dewey declaring Subig bay as a naval base now and for ever if the base is to exist. In London on April 16, Parliament adjourned until April 27 for the Easter recess after a brief sitting.
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Dewey
Naval Base
Washington
Subig Bay
Mr. Hobson
Admiral Dewey
London
Arrivals in Canada Near 360000 in 1907
The year closed shows nearly sixty thousand Americans planned to settle in Canada mirroring the previous two years. The piece extols climate, grain crops, low land prices, 160 free acres, and government schools. Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Chicago comparisons underscore the promising new frontier and social conditions.
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United States
Canada
Winnipeg
Chicago
Edmonton
Omaha
Calgary
The Wrong Tense and Dorothea’s Father
Dorothea asks what her father is looking at as he gazes into the future from his country house. He replies that he is looking into the future, while Dorothea quips about mistaking the pasture for the pasture. A Harper's Weekly quote contrasts with a Starch advertisement praising Defiance Starch for safe use on fine fabrics and strong stiffening.
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Dorothea
Papa
Harper’s Weekly
Too Polite to Interrupt Cock Fight Sparks Police Question
Chicago Tribune reports a police reply after a cock fight ended and bystanders questioned why officers did not intervene or arrest the participants. The officer stated the arrest occurred after the fight concluded.
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Police Justice
Annerafther
Chicago Tribune
Hand mixed paint praised as scientific and dependable
A defense of hand mixed paint over factory blends. The piece asserts true white lead and linseed oil, both mixed on site or in factory paste, ensure quality. National Lead Company offers free testers and cites Woodbridge Building, New York. A coy quip from a wife and husband closes the item.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
N.Y
Lest He Forget And The Letter Mail Joke
An old humor page features a quip about a finger cord reminder and a wife who forgets to hand a mail. Also includes colonial era ads for Pettit's Eye Salve and Garfield Tea promoting health and laxative benefits. The snippets reflect period advertising and moral maxims about knowledge and doubt.
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Gotham
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Complete Relief
An aged, typo rich advertisement touts Tiall's Catarrh Cure and Halle Catarrh Cure as internally acting treatments that purify blood and affect the mucous surfaces. The piece includes testimonials and a druggist price note, followed by a separate snippet promoting Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for sore, sweating feet and growing nails.
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Halle
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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Philadelphia Press
DES Moines Directory
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Anchor Fire Insurance CO
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P G.A. Holland
E. Ells
Atnek Oda
Atdene Niatehias
Out of Dewn Ensrouera
Prive Lint
Mample
Won
Des Moines Photo Materials Co
Battle Fleet
Seaseless
Gayety
Tars
The
Mean Man
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Garfield
Winslow
Guar
Parker
Heyand
Druggisla
Anamee Teller
AN Tribune
Akesis
Gougine
W.L. Douglas
Bilt
Wy. L. Douglas
Brockton
Moss
Putnam
Monroe Drug GQ
Quincy
Mifaols
Blackie
Carters
Suttle Iver Sills
BORAX
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Watson E. Coleman
Attane Avey
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Adview Free
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Hisheneret
Thompson
W. NL
Great Twin Falls
Jerome
Idaug
Great Quake
America
She ‘Theimnan
A. Stroud & Company
Twin Falls, Idaho
Central Plains
Texas
Hotel Savoy
Kansas City
Harrow
R. M. Ellerd
Chear
E.W, Kramer CO
Paxtone
Sloan's
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Sloan
Boston
Mass
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