Separated from their farms swindled by a silent grafter
A long tale recounts two brothers in Michigan duped by canvassers for a patent clothes pounder. The scheme used false demonstrations and staged sales at farmers homes, leading to mortgaged farms and ruined finances. The main grafter promised vast profits, but the ruse collapsed after two days. An Irish man ends with a three cent stake in a whisky bet.
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Joseph B. Bowles
Michigan
Pat
State of
Ohio
Just as Good Paint You Never Hear of a Paint Defter
The ad extols Pure White Lead and Pure Linseed Oil as the standard for paints. It claims these ingredients wear evenly and provide elasticity and adhesion, with best results when mixed to surface specifics. It urges instructing painters to use these materials.
Fermented Rice Drink in Chekiang Province
A Chinese drink from Chekiang is made by fermenting rice with wheat meal cakes. K Saito found the cakes' wheat particles penetrated by mycelia of seven or more fungi. The fungi grow on the moistened rice, causing fermentation and a yellow aromatic liquid to form.
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Chekiang
China
K. Saito
Reversing Things in Morning Routine
A man and woman finish breakfast when the husband lifts the scene with a kiss and declares deep affection. The wife replies with irony questioning if the act signals a new silk hat or trousers, reflecting domestic banter.
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Chicago Daily News
Cash Payment Necessary Shoemaker's Errand Boy
A fragment from a period humor piece depicts a shoe shop errand boy fearing punishment for unpaid sums. Dialogue shows a boss’s threat and a wife’s potential beating as motive. The note includes odd typography and stray phrases from Meggendorfer Blatter.
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Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Dr. Bell
F . B. Brewer
Bennett and Heinemann Medical Colleges
Dr. Brewer
United States
Brewer
Chisio Avenue
Richheimer
Weirich Bros
B. P
Patterson & Sargent
Mer
J. P. Johnston
Johnston
GFA
Icatines
Pek le
Fischer
C. Fischer
Aepete Fia Atts
Fifth Avenue
22Nd St
West 125Th St
New York
Catalogue
National Lead Company
State Street
Chicago, Ill
Rogers Bros
International Silver Co
Meriden, Conn
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