Convict Orchestra at Massachusetts State Prison Spotlighted
Boston Globe notes a prison orchestra within Massachusetts State Prison, led by a conductor, with members from across the facility rehearsing on Wednesdays and Fridays in the main wing. The piece highlights the inmates’ musical discipline, the impact on inmates’ morale, and Sunday gospel service performances, while interspersed with unrelated ads and quotes.
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Wislora
Maassachusetts State Prison
Weiner
Walla
Nist Ratating
Ted Ulty
Meney
Boston Globe
Wolvom
Intervat
Persoinera
Fifteen Years of Kidney Pain Healed by Doan’s Medicine
A Mrs. Brunzel of Missouri says after fifteen years of severe back and kidney pain she tried Doan’s Kidney Pills advertised in medical ads. She reports gradual relief after five boxes and full recovery after additional treatment, and recommends the medicine to others.
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Brunzel
P. Bronze
Residenes
Uint
Dean
Poetic Dialogue Fragments From An Unclear Page
Fragmentary OCR shows a cryptic exchange about a poet named Ida Renis and a figure called Troo Genta. The garbled text mentions a joke about genius and a line about succeeding in avlling it, with stray words like Whiladelwia Heeurd. nit.
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Sun
Ida Renis
Putnam Fadiless Dyes Fail Under Light And Wash
Fragmentary text reports on Putnam fadiless dyes failing when exposed to light and washing. Includes garbled dialogue about prison and theft of large sums, with references to a person named Vinitor and an Ohio State Journal.
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Putnam
Big 6500-Pound Vel Range Steel Offer
An OCR fragment tells of a sales pitch for a large 6500 pound range of Vel steel ranges with promises of home installation and bonuses. It includes aggressive marketing language and hints at a newspaper feature or ad style, mentioning Racnerck & Co of Chicago and a mail offer. It then shifts to a dramatic wartime sea disaster anecdote with graphic burns and water hardship.
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Uto Sean
Racnerck & Co
Chicago
A New Route to wellness through Postum coffee free diet
A Letter touts Postum as a cure for headaches and coffee sickness. A woman describes years of arterial headaches eased after giving up coffee and switching to Postum. She claims years of health improvement, fatigue reduction, and heavy household work with no coffee cravings. The testimonial from Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich, urges readers to try this beverage and look for a pamphlet in each can.
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Sis
Coffer
Niless
Postum Co
Wattle Creek
Mich
Wallyilla
America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pman
Midwest Rail Lines Hit By Severe Iowa Floods
The text reports widespread flood damage across western Iowa disrupting rail service. Central, Milwaukee, and other lines suffer washed tracks and water covering grades from Council Bluffs to Creston. Major routes between Omaha and Des Moines face days to weeks of repair as water blocks passages and flooding worsens.
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Beavlewt
Anata Saath
Ulingis Central
Missouri Valley
Suider
Ialand
Milwaukee
Here
Neon
Burlington
Creston
Lemons
Malverts
Anime Cotalition
Netings
Newton Woman Takes Poison in Suicide Attempt
A Newton resident, Mrs. Arthur Cook, about 26, killed herself by swallowing strychnine at a neighbor’s home after a troubled marriage. She did not call for help in time. the act followed recent health and family tensions, with the couple reportedly living apart for several years.
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Newton
Rome
Kirshay
Geedhy
Arthur Cook
Per Hashed
Cook
Unarmed man shot by town marshal in a drunken arrest
David Blackburn was killed when Town Marshal Reuther fired five bullets into his chest after Blackburn refused to surrender. Witnesses say Reuther, who had come to arrest him for drunkenness, fired at close range, killing Blackburn instantly. Reuther was taking Blackburn to Fort Mason for safekeeping.
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David Blackburn
Reuther
Blackburn
Mare
Maekborn
Mag Reuther
Fort Mastisen
Wreck After Heavy Rains Hits Creston Area Train
A Burlington freight train plunged through a ridge near Kent south of Creston as record rains drenched the region. The engine and seventeen cars toppled into the river, but the engineer and fireman swam ashore. The wreck sparked by 11 inches of rain in six hours caused extensive property damage and a vivid, frightening scene.
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Creston
St. Joseph Burlington
Kent
Burghirs at Sheldon Reported Burglaries Across Town
Multiple break-ins reported in Sheldon led by a large theft at Worth’s clothing store where about 100 dollars in garments were stolen. Other targets included Manderacheld’s pool hall and a small cache of cash and valuables.
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Sheldon
Woorth
Manderacheld
CATTLE DROP DEAD IN TRACKS
A peculiar cattle disease strikes in the region, causing sudden death among livestock. Hawk, a farmer near Stove City, reports fourteen head dying. veterinarians Jor WaoA Heck and Dr Linger of Sloat investigate with limited results. The illness resembles hemorrhagic fever and is not contagious, with hints of similar outbreaks in Europe years ago.
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Hawk
Sioux City
Alten
Stove City
Mir
Jor
Waoa
Heck
Linger
Sloat
Mathie Hyams
Henry Lune
Sweden
Germany
Supposed Dead Man Lives Identifies Shirted Corpse
A body found near the Des Moines railroad tracks is identified as Arthur Gilford of Newton by Dugan, whose shirt the dead man wore. Gilford, a former resident of Newton, had borrowed the shirt days earlier. he was known to have epileptic fits and had been released from a state hospital. The death appears connected to a drunken wandering episode. authorities are investigating in Des Moines and Newton.
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Mvo
Davenport
Geo
Cook
Harvey Lillard
Ietan
Cook County
Miles Frou
Davenpurt
Gus Tero
Tie Tien
Aviles
Bultaly
Stanford University
Toderick Taliaferry
Dugan
Des Motes
Newton
Arthur Gilford
Daegunn
Gilford
Monster stalk of corn shocks Monona County readers
A Monona County farmer reports a colossal corn stalk grown by John Sundberg on Wildwood Farm. Measured at thirteen feet six inches with two ears towering over seven feet, the stalk sprang from Reed's Yellow Dent prize seed. Farmers anticipate abundant corn with favorable weather, though acreage remains reduced.
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Monona County
Dunne
John Sundberg
M. B. Fuller
Monona
Disappearance and Local Tragedies Hit Burnstide Rail Line
A Burnstide railroad agent vanishes after a late night with four strangers aboard the same line at Triste. Locals search the countryside amid rumors of foul play as authorities pursue leads from the Do'slock station. Meanwhile a series of accidents claim lives in nearby towns, including a farmer who slipped from a wagon breaking his neck, and a Cedar Rapids man killed by a train.
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Burnstide
Palmer
Fred Mische
Scranton
Ausehe
Fragmented Notes on Experience as a Commodity and Fishing Anecdotes
The excerpt blends reflections on the value of experience as a marketable asset with a Chicago Poets piece about buying and selling experience at retail. It mentions traders seeking fresh experience, a curiosity about demand for secondhand items, and a riverbank scene where Mark Guy Pearse strolls with a fishing rod.
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Chicago
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