A Faithful Wife Endorses Peruna Cure
A Rochester man recounts thirty years of chronic stomach and bowel trouble with blood in bowels. He credits Peruna Tonic, taken faithfully, with restoring his health. The ad urges readers to seek Dr Hartman’s World Famous Peruna and request a free health book and almanac.
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Louis Young
Merrimac St
Rochester
N. Y
Mr. Young
Dr. Hartman
Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
Resourcefulness Story Of An Australian Man And His Dog
A discussion on resourcefulness recounts an Australian man and his dog lost in the bush. They faced starvation. the man refused to kill the dog and devised a plan by cooking the dog's tail and sharing the meat, feeding the dog with the bone.
Promise to Never Marry Nancy Tarbox
In a conversation Maria asks John to promise not to marry Nancy Tarbox if she is taken away. John reassures her promising obedience. He notes Nancy had refused him three times in the past when he was younger.
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John
Nancy Tarbox
Maria
The Busy Man Itself Always Works Regardless of Feeling
A concise aphorism asserts that success follows constant effort not mood. It contrasts the idea that only willing workers succeed with the claim that any man can work when motivated.
Substitutes for Glass Spread Across Europe
Popular Mechanics notes European efforts to replace window glass as it becomes scarce. Methods include cellulose films mounted on gratings, glue interlaced with hemp, albumen and casein sheets, sheet gelatin, and phenol formaldehyde resin. Alternatives include silica glass fused with titanium or zirconium oxides and greensand malt mixtures, some offering flexibility.
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Europe
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Puzzle Slogan Sparks Town Debate
Coonrod, son of Gap Johnson, quotes a riddle about a farmer who kills thirty dogs in five days with an odd daily total. The town challenges the tale with a skeptical farmer’s logic, suggesting no farmer would kill dogs at all.
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Coonrod
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Washday in 1919 and a Kansas City laundry tale
An old Kansas City Star joke recalls a dinner exchange about leftovers. A husband compliments an unusually fine meal while the wife explains it was leftovers from lunch and notes she hosted three club girls to feed the laundress, implying social visits during washday.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
He Thought of Father in the Gas Stove Smatness
A brief exchange unfolds as a woman voices the wind and waning light across bleak hills. He answers candidly that his father is in the gas stove smatness, implying a tragic or dark domestic note.
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Father
Handle with care Latin riddle teased by campus graduate
A college graduate replies to a merchant about the marking on a box. He says the Latin phrase means handle with care. The baggage man may not understand the Latin, so he won't get mad and smash the box.
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Boston Transcript
No, Mr. Smith Refused, She Breaks His Hope
A dramatic exchange ends with a woman resisting marriage vows, then yielding as he pleads for recognition as Mrs. Smiths husband. The scene centers on his despair and her final concession.
Just Beginning to Court in Banter
A humorous exchange between Mrs Finebred and Mr Newpop reveals a shy, playful misreading of marriage duration. The couple clarifies they have only been married about a year, turning a light moment into a domestic anecdote.
The Beginning of Economy Dialogue
A brief humorous exchange shows a husband proposing economising and the wife joking about smoking leas as a means to save. The fragment hints at frugality themes in daily life.
Ironwork proverb about hammer both breaking and joining metal
The saying notes that the same hammer can break iron in two and weld two pieces into one, illustrating a paradox of tool use and transformation. It highlights how a single instrument can perform opposing tasks depending on approach and intention.
The Most Dangerous of All Diseases
Fragmented text discusses dangerous disease themes with scattered phrases about duty aid and prompt ballets. The snippet mentions citizens under strain and unclear references to events or remedies. No clear persons, places, or organizations are identified.
Wyoming Notes and Officials Eye Western Policy
Frontier Days Cheyenne July 21 to 26 set events for state. A new Dubois fish hatchery to open soon. Pine Bluffs and Cheyenne grow, boosting pumping light and sewerage systems. Cheyenne’s Union Pacific shop pole rises 139 feet with gilt ball. Burglaries hit Laramie Mayor Ivinson home. Linlge power plant tested. draglines serve canals. Torrington gets electricity. Casper Navy Club plans a community building. $1500 treasury fund with $500 from oil operator. Governor Carey eyes western states conference on land laws. Denver accident injures John Owens and Sheriff J. E. Octing. Albany County to boost real property value 35 percent next year. Struck Casper suspect leaped from window. Kirra Patrick pleads guilty to charges. Albany County to spend $12,000 for Wood Creek road, federal funds add similar amount. Train holds Mrs. Brown’s body aboard Union Pacific No. 20.
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Dubois
Pine Bluffs
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Shop
Edward Ivinson
Laramie
Lingle
South Side Canal
Torrington
Army and Navy Club of
Casper
Treasury
Board of County Commissioners
Albany County
Wood Creek
Wood's Landing
Colorado State Line
Walden
Medicine Bow Forest Reserve
Marinne
Union Pacific Twain
Mra
W. L. Brown
Dempster Street
Hyanston
Mra. Brown
Fort Steele
Wyo
Not Responsible for Bats Coats or Umbrellas Sign
Mrs Jones and her companion debate entering a restaurant described as not responsible, noting a sign that reads not responsible for bats coats or umbrellas, highlighting the quirky wording and misunderstanding.
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Tottering
Albert
Mra. Jones
One Conaviation Teething Baby Cries Comfort
A fragment notes Emma's baby teething causes crying and mentions a husband as a doorwalker, reflecting a terse domestic scene from a historical page. The line hints at care dynamics and a constrained household moment captured in OCR text.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure herbal remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims safety lack of habit forming drugs and offers sample bottle by mail from Binghamton New York with newspaper mention.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Adv
Woman’s Garden Tale Ends With Missing Potatoes
An Indianapolis woman recounts her first gardening year in which she tilled a plot and sowed seeds but the potatoes failed to emerge. She admitted peeling smooth tubers and removing all specs before planting, leading a friend to exclaim in disbelief as the plot yielded nothing.
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Indianapolis
Scott
Festus Pester Rejects Being Called Hon
The Kansas City Star quotes Festus Pester complaining about a stranger who addressed him as the Hon. He jokes that he lacks many traits of an Hon and denies being fawning lazy or a liar, admitting only perhaps being a bore.
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Festus Pester
Kansas City Star
He Loved the Khaki Baby Refuses Farewell
An officer father returning from service in uniform is greeted by his eighteen month old son who fails to recognize him in civilian clothes. The baby cries papa all gone repeatedly, while the father jokes that at least he is not a pacifist.
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Papa
Beatem Mocked as a Sponge in Boston Evening Transcript
A cryptic quip from the Boston Evening Transcript compares Beatem to a sponge and warns against libel by overstating claims about him. The exchange suggests skepticism toward valuation and press rhetoric in a tongue in cheek debate.
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Beatem
Boston Evening Transcript
Vain Escape and Slender Returns Exchange Jabs
A humorous exchange centers on fundraising pledges with a witty reply about a promised payment. One character notes insufficient funds for a large contribution, while another retorts with a quip about raising only a smile. The dialogue showcases sharp banter over generosity.
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Utah
Jonah Mathias
2Nd South Aard East
Dean
Doan
Milburn CO
Buffalo, IY
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Eerie
Grand Ave
Waukesha
Galt Lake City
Lou Guernsey
Los Angeles
Lou
Guernsey
Los Angeles Times
Washday
Sadaill
Wyoming
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Carey
Larrazalo
New Mexico
John Owens
Shirley Hotel
J. E. Octing
Baggs
Fifteenth
Champa
Denver
Octing
Owen
Owens
State Board of Equalization
Sheridan
Kirra Patrick
North Casper
Emma
United States
West
East
Swift & Company
U.S. A
Slender
Betty
Royal Baking Powder
Royal Cook Book
Royal Baking Powder CO
Dept. M
William Street
New York
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