Curious Paris fortunetellers and odd beliefs
The article notes over a thousand professional fortune tellers in Paris and mentions various curiosities. It cites ancient Greek divorce law restricting marriages to certain age gaps, eye color and color blindness ideas, and the spread of embellished cards listing hours to be avoided. A French professor claims to photograph thoughts by projecting ideas onto a plate with a hand on the forehead.
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Paris
Greece
Scotsman Parades Regt Knees Dirty On March
A Scottish regiment marching through India halted for inspection at a camp. One man was jailed for filthy knees, and the tale recalls a Scotsman insisting he washed someone else’s knees as his own could not be sworn.
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India
Scottie
Gloomy View and Appendix Removal Mentioned
The excerpt notes a discussion on an operation to remove the appendix vermiformis, with a humorous remark from Chronic Croaker about growing another. It cites a Chicago Tribune item and a Minnesota reader, J W O'Brien of Minneapolis, dated January 6, 1900.
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Chicago Tribune
Potatoes Equal Wheat Nourishment Says Farmer Riddle
A humorous exchange notes that four bushels of potatoes provide the same nourishment as a bushel of wheat. The cartoon strip features an irate parent and a philosophical offspring debating heredity in Ally Sloper.
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Dad
Ally Sloper
Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Record Claim Mixup
Product claims about Mrs Winslow's Sooraine Slap for Children teething are repeated, noting gum softening anti inflammatory and pain relief claims. A stray line asserts Germany produced the first daily paper in 1524. The text blends ad language with a historical note.
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Germany
Great Baptist Young People Convention Ends in Chicago
The Baptist Young People's Union wrapped up its largest ever gathering in Chicago with about 10 000 attendees. The tenth anniversary highlighted missionary work in Japan and a focus on Kingship with sermons by Rev E E Chivers and others as rain tempered attendance.
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Chicago
Baptist Young People’s Union
Coliseum
Lillian French Green
Englewood Baptist Church
Fred P. Haggard
Japan
Mikado
Far East
E. E. Chivers
Brooklyn
L. W. Terry
James B. Cranfill
William H. Geistweit
Talowine
Weather and crop damage impact stock market
Weather and crop reports dominated the stock market causing lower prices and restricted trading across all sectors. While crop damage in Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas may be exaggerated and farmers benefit from higher grain prices the full damage remains uncertain. Recent rains slowed deterioration and allowed fodder planting while steel strikes ease and rail earnings rise. Freight car shortages persist as Western roads face rate disputes but rates are restored after intervention. Easy money markets and anticipated crop clarity hint at renewed activity in time.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Granger
Wall Street
Chicago
New York
Hat on straight amid Kansas City heat waves
The recent extreme heat warped brick pavements in Kansas City. Curb pressure forced bricks to bulge and erupt from streets, blasting bricks up to ten feet and sometimes shooting them sideways in several city sections.
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Kansas City
Multiple Local Notices From Early 1900s Chronicle
A collection of brief items notes cases of insanity in San Francisco to local officials resigning in Zanesville. It mentions upholstery firms consolidating in Philadelphia, prison escapes in Springfield, and a fatal fire caused by a smoking boy in Rockwood. Also reports Beulah Mass deaths, a plant disease, Sabatini death in Silver City and a Brockport farmer murder suicide. Arkansas City imposes an occupation tax. Argentine Chamber drops unification bill.
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George C. Tilden
Samuel J
San Francisco
Zanesville
Ohio
Shaw
Philadelphia
Springfield
Beulah
Mass
Harry Hoover
Rockwood
Harry
Bremen
Silver City
N. M
Metsrath
Brockport
N. Y
Common Council
Arkansas City
Kan
Chamber of Deputies
Unification
Rail conductor reels in cash tricks with bell rope tale
A rural traveler and a New York Sun report recount a railroad conductor named Bill Scruggins who allegedly skimmed cash fares by tossing money above the bell rope on his route. A ten dollar bill reportedly stuck to the rope, then changed hands as passengers swapped it for silver, prompting questions about fair deals with the company.
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Hividin
New York Sun
Conduc
Bill Scruggins
Bill
Dodd's Kidney Pills Claim Remarkable Wisconsin Cure
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin recovered from kidney disease after using Dodd's Kidney Pills as seen in a newspaper report. He had been unable to walk and felt exhausted before taking two boxes. now he works all day and feels strong. The note calls his case the most wonderful in Chippewa County and touts widespread cures in Wisconsin.
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Cox
Wis
Frank M. Russell
Dodd
Bright
Elephant at Indian Army Post Demonstrates Simple Addition
An elephant at a British Indian Army post showed surprising intelligence by accepting two half pennies at once after refusing a single half-penny. He held the coins in his trunk, then dropped both into the biscuit slot and received a reward. The officers saw this as a playful grasp of addition.
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India
Half Rate Excursion Tickets to Wisconsin Michigan Resorts
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway offers half rate excursion travel from Chicago to Wisconsin and Michigan resorts from Aug 1 to 10, valid for round trip by Oct 31 with a minimum fare of $4.00. Resorts listed include Milwaukee, Waukesha, Palmyra, Madison, Kilbourn, Elkhart Lake, Pewaukee, Lakeside, Hartland, Nashotah, Oconomowoc, Sparta, Marquette, Houghton, Ontonagon, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, Minocqua, and Star Lake, with through sleeping cars to several destinations and parlor cars to nearby spots. Details at 95 Adams Street or Union Station.
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Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Wisconsin
Michigan
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Palmyra
Madison
Kilbourn
Elkhart Lake
Pewaukee
Lakeside
Hartland
Nashotah
Oconomowoc
Sparta
Marquette
Houghton
Ontonagon
Sault Ste. Marie
St. Ignace
Minocqua
Star Lake
Calumet
Adams Street
Union
Canal
Adams Streets
New boss shows up, churchgoer tough to crack
Jimmy and Petey joke about the boss being a regular churchgoer. Petey notes the boss remains tightlipped despite the speaker's long list of family troubles, from grandmother's funeral to aunt ill in Harlem and a measles-stricken sister, lasting over many days.
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Jimmy
Petey
Gran'mudder
Harlem
Puck
Feet Ease Powder Ad and Gossip Exchange
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- Ease a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25e Sample sent FREER Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N Y. Mrs Uppercrust They say Mr de Millions the rich manufacturer has made an assignment Have you seen him lately Mrs Blueblud Not since last Thursday night when he attended our church fair When did he assign Mrs Uppercrust Last Friday morn ing Judge.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Fits Permanently Cured by Dr Kline Nerve Restorer
An ad touts permanent cure for fits with Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising no further nervousness after the first day. It offers a free trial bottle and treatise from Dr Br H Kline Ltd of Philadelphia, with an address 931 Arch Street. A separate London hostess quip notes scarce sleeping rooms.
Peruna Endorsed By Hawaiis Delegate in Dyspepsia Testimony
Hon Robert W Wilcox delegate to congress from Hawaiii and the Sandwich Islands writes from Washington that he used Peruna for dyspepsia and finds it beneficial He recommends it to anyone suffering with stomach or catarrhal troubles He asserts Peruna acts at the seat of the trouble and offers free advice from Dr Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus O
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Robert W. Wilcox
Congress
Hawaiii
Sandwich Islands
Washington, D. C
R. W. Wilcox
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Dr. Hartman
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