Helps To Capture The Animals In Africa Ocean Adventure
An extended recount follows Pa and Ike pursuing wild animals in Africa by airship after leaving Paris. The tale describes preparations, comic misadventures with a tame lioness Carrie Nation, and Pa’s bravado as they camp near Hagenbach, hoping to rope lions and tigers from the air while facing zebras, giraffes, and rhinoceroses.
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France
Germany
Hagenbach Stock Farm
South Africa
Hagenbach Farm
Hennery
Ike
Paris
Africa
Animal Kingdom
Carrie Nation
Big Honess
Noness
Carrie
Honess
Mfe
Cure a couch or break a cold in 24 hours remedy
A patent style remedy claims to cure a cough or break a cold in a day by mixing two ounces of glycerine with a half ounce of virgin pine oil compound and a half pint of straight whisky. The genuine pine oil compound is prepared by The Leach Chemical Co. of Cincinnati and sold only in sealed half-ounce vials in a round wooden case for freshness and purity.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
The Difference Jones and Bones Exchange Mock Caution
In a sharp exchange, Jones jokes you never hear of a fat criminal and Bones agrees adding a quip about how a stout person would find it hard to stoop to crime. The dialogue mimics a playful street banter tone.
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Jones
Bones
No Skin Left on Body Baby Healed by Cuticura Remedy
ADurmid Virginia mother recalls her six month old with severe eczema losing all skin and blood oozing, cared for weeks, then doctors gave up. After using Cuticura products she reports full recovery by age three with no relapse. Names James J. Smith and dates October 14 1906 and October 22 1906 appear in the testimonial.
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Cuticuc
Sean
James J. Smith
Durmid
Mr Lapsling’s Mean Joke Prompting Baby Name Hesitation
A puzzled caller hears Mrs Lapsling defend naming their baby Tetan us. The exchange notes the danger of the word tetanus meaning lockjaw. The husband’s suggestion is called misread and the caller warns about mortification as she grows up.
Rheumatism Mix Promoted as Never Failing Cure
An advertisement claims a home remedy for rheumatism using half a pint of whiskey one ounce Toris Compound and one ounce Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. It instructs taking tablespoonful doses before meals and at bedtime and notes ingredients are available at any drug store.
Mysterious Roman Palace Tale From Gesta Romanorum
Fragmentary notice reports a legendary Roman emperor building a grand palace where workers unearthed a gold sarcophagus bearing inscriptions about expenditure giving keeping possession loss and punishment. A stray OCR fragment references Onto Crrv or Tourno and Lucas, plus a cryptic claim about Frank J. Cuener and a firm Cheney & Co with legal tone in an unrelated line.
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The
Gesta Romanorum
Nate
Frank J. Cuener
F. J. Cueney & Co. Eines
Bais Coleen
Pope Simm
Fr. Cheney
They Don t Speak Now Country Rambles and Fashion
A playful exchange about country travel and romance appears beside a note on white goods and starch. The text extols starch for a firm finish with less quantity, praising its strength and safety for fabrics despite a lighthearted critique of cheapness.
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Baxter Springs
Chas. L. Smith
India
Bertin
Mohammed
Europe
Tower of London
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
New Jersey
Peking
London
North Chinese Railway
Verona
Boston
George M. Boynton
Amazon River
Charolles
Macon
Atlantic Steamship Lines
Brooklyn
Bresk
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