Faithful to the End on Missouri Wreck Scene
A Kansas City reporter on a relief train reached a wounded man who claimed to be the rail line’s claim agent. The agent refused to acknowledge any wreck and gave evasive answers about injuries and cause, delaying confirmation of the incident.
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Guaranteed medicines offer for self diagnosis blanks
An advertisement claims the Emekay Company lab in Salt Lake City Utah sells guaranteed medicines for catarrh and chronic diseases at cheap prices. It offers self diagnosis blanks and a free medical book with a promise to refund money if no benefit results. It urges direct mail to Box 997-4 Salt Lake City.
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Emekay Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
Selective Rent Demand Sparks Comedic Exchanges
A landlady demands rent within three days while a student jokes about holidays like the Fourth of July and Christmas. Dialogue from The Cynic and The Sire sketches show humor around examinations and a dog-show prize winner adds light note.
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Cornell
The Deduction Inquiries and Magazine Question
The fragment mentions a deduction and asks about a person named Lado and a hero related to magazines. It reads as an unclear inquiry about who did what and for magazines.
Fragmented OCR survival note from a mysterious recording
A garbled text snippet shows disjointed phrases about a person named Natty God and a walk to town. It mentions a last car shout twice and Roope calling, but no clear event, date, place, or identifiable names beyond partial terms.
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Indiastion
Poland China Hogs rise to fame for early maturity and rapid fattening
The Poland China hog breed originated in Ohio in 1872 and spread across hog-raising regions. Known for early maturity and fast fattening, they combined several bloodlines to produce hogs that reach market quickly, require little pampering, and yield high quality lard and meat. Sows averaging six to eight piglets, with some litters reaching 10 to 14, helped make Poland China raising a widely sought practice.
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Poland
Ohio
China
Byfield
Berkshire
London servant girl saves by misplacing bank deposits
A London servant girl deposited 25 dollars in the post office savings bank and wrote to the postmaster asking him to credit her account and send the rest to the Prince of Wales. The message shows confusion over the banking procedure and recipient.
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Beliot
London
Qerings Bank
Prince of Wales
Hogs as Mortgage Lifters
An agricultural note argues hogs profit more than other livestock due to faster gains, lower disease risk, and high breeding output. It cites feed-efficiency data, praises hogs as mortgage lifters, and urges farmers to prevent hog cholera through vigilance and sanitation.
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George H. Glover
Colorado Agricultural College
Warrington
Skim Milk for Pigs Feed Value
Skim milk for pig feed is valued by the weight of 100 pounds of skim milk equaling about a half bushel of corn for feeding, depending on corn price at 60.
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Corp
Rhodes builds cannon inside Kimberley during siege
During the Boer War the Kimberley garrison faced constant shelling from the Boers who fired 300 large shells killing 12. Meanwhile C J Rhodes supervised the construction of a rifled cannon within the town. The Boers fired ten homemade shells on Christmas Eve 1899 bearing plum pudding and season's greetings, later found to be cast at Johannesburg.
Farmer Builds Cyclone Wall That Stands Firm
A farmer in a cyclone district constructs a sturdy stone wall five feet across at the base and four feet high. A stranger questions the effort, but the farmer insists the wall will stay and rise a foot if blown over by a cyclone. A Minneapolis Journal quip concludes with a proverb on self-perception and flattery.
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Ile
Minneapolis Journal
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