The Broken Arrow Prairie Escape
John and Frank grow up on the prairie in a wagon with their family. Indians attack while the boys ride old Hannibal toward home. the horse saves them by sprinting to the barn where they hide. An arrow wounds them but their mother removes it and they survive, preserving the broken arrow as a family relic.
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John
Frank
Hannibal
Old Hannibal
Indiana
Wey
Bright
Dean
Brothers Join Bibb County Pig Club
Three sons of a Macon area dairy farmer rose from nothing to membership in the Bibb County Pig Club. By saving from school earnings they amassed over 150 dollars. The club rewarded 42 members who raised purebred Duroc Jersey pigs, kept feed and weight records, and delivered cost per pound data to the county agent.
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Macon
Bibb County Pig Club
Dairyman Sons Earn Prize Money at Fair and Save It
The two dairyman sons won prize money for their boar and sow pigs, depositing the funds in the bank as part of their savings. A sow’s first litter yielded seven red headed pigs, now a second litter of twelve thrives. The boys plan to exhibit again at fair time, with the bank to surrender three one dollar deposits and three metal savings banks for the three purebred pigs and full records.
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Metal Savings Banke
Judge Who Was Once a Boy
An eleven year old interviewer questions Judge Brown of the municipal court about boys and parents. The piece argues that encouraging curiosity in youth spurs growth and reform and that thoughtful adults should answer questions rather than snub inquisitive minds.
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Brown
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Untitled Vignette on Courtesy in Public Transport
A fragmented prose piece prompts thought about fairness in streetcar etiquette. It uses an example with a father named Johnny and two women to question whom a son should favor in a crowded car. The text explores the idea of considerate behavior in everyday choices.
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Dad
Johnny
Fashionable Silk Frock Patterns for All Occasions
Paria sends new fashion patterns to America featuring plain soft taffeta dresses with jackets or peplums, suitable for morning town wear and afternoon calls. Describes trims such as bias folds ruffles and corded shirred bands, with full gathered skirts adapted for figures, warning trimming can make or mar appearance.
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Paria
America
Diet fads and self care trends cited in a mid European article
The piece catalogs weight loss by lettuce and dry toast, complexion cures from onion soups, and various home remedies such as deep breathing, salt rubs, barley water, and fancy teas. It notes pineapple juice as a touted tonic and describes sour milk as a valued though prejudiced European staple.
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mid-Europe
Charming White Serge Sailor Suit For Girls From France
A white serge child’s frock in a sailor style features a loose fall blouse with no blue silk collar, blue laf feta trim on sleeves and blouse, and a short kilted skirt with wedgeed bottom edging bound in blue silk. The design blends simplicity with a French touch and comfort for young wearers.
Scented Sachet Stories Atop The Hat
The fragment hints at romantic mischief involving a sachet perfuming hair and discreetly scenting maidens. The text evokes playful intrigue and delicate, conjured allure in a vintage anecdote.
Lillian Young Describes Dress Fit in Washington Star
A fragment notes Lillian Young commenting on a garment that tightens at the waist to emphasize stoutness while fullness below the waist alters the silhouette. The remark appears in the Washington Star.
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Lillian Young
Washington Star
Hat Sachet Perfume Kit For Pleasant Hair Aroma
A small round hat sachet pad scented with a dab of perfume is described. The linen cover features a simple cross stitched design with a crochet edge and crochet rings for safety pins to secure it under the hat crown. It promises hair fragrance while you wait or pray.
Ornamental Screen For Piazza Tea Use
An ornamental screen proves invaluable for piazzas to shield tea making apparatus from the breeze. The reverse side can hold Lem cups with hooks, while projections stay on outer panels so the screen folds easily and retains its chief advantage.
Imported Coats Describe Shawl Style With Fringe Edge
Describes coats featuring large shawl like silhouettes with fringe along the bottom and edging on the cape over the sleeves or the wide collar. Notes variations in how the fringe and edging appear on different coat designs.
Why He Passed Unnoticed Fairy in the Woods Solves Coincidence
London Answers recalls a tale of a good girl who meets a fairy living unseen in the woods. The fairy explains she remains unseen by people who pass by daily because she lends them money.
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London
Man married in a cage sparks antic divorce tale
Prof L Watts Ingersoll cites a wild tale at the Cleveland Antidivorce league. A man once married inside a cage of wild animals faced charges of nonsupport, and the judge asked if he was the same man. The reply confirmed the novelty of the marriage and its later awkwardness.
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L. Watts Ingersoll
Cleveland Antidivorce League
Cleveland
Jus
Baby learns to speak echoes father’s bottle habit
A mother tries to coax the baby to say mama papa and bye bye after finishing a bottle. The infant gurgles, drawing a wry remark from the uncle that the boy’s speech echoes his father when drinking from a bottle.
Those Dear Girls and Silent Pressures
A fragmentary exchange notes Hazel-Harold and Aimee in a tense moment. The dialogue hints at oppressive silence and hidden knowledge shaping a quiet, intimate scene.
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Hazel
Harold
Aimee
A Shining Mark and Aimee Debate Heir Fate
The scene centers on Hazel and Aimee arguing about a character named Hazel who is perceived as foolish but is revealed as the sole heir of a wealthy uncle. The exchange hints at family wealth and social perception.
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Hazel
Aimee
Denison’s Coffee Featured Quietly in City Trade
A brief item notes Denison’s Coffee is promoted as a preferred option while city farmers are said to sow wild oats in a passing reference to agricultural activity.
Getting Even
A country farmer chronicles a clash with the new vicar over support for church provisions. The farmer recalls selling milk eggs butter and cheese to the former vicar who patronized him, while the new vicar keeps his own cow, prompting the farmer to declare a home-grown religion.
Cuticura Soap Baths Promote Baby Skin Comfort
Cuticura soap baths followed by a little ointment ease infant skin troubles. They aid sleep and speeding healing of eczema rashes itchings and chafing. Nothing better for nursery use or toilet. Sample by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Paw's Little Joke and Misplaced Geography
A brief comic item features a child asking about a stratagem and the father answering with a playful misdirection about a diamond. The text notes over 400 annual thunderstorms in Abyssinia and the three and a half month longest day in Spitzbergen, creating a humorous contrast between simple wit and extreme places.
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Spitzbergen
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Featured By Women
Mrs Maria Irwin of Peru New York reports irregular cycles and pain improving after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. Mrs Jane D Duncan of West Quincy Massachusetts credits relief from organic trouble and long use leading to strength and independence. Written testimonials promote the medicine with claims of restoration and confidence.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
S. T. Richmond
Providence
R. L. Providence
Lydia K. Pinkham
T. Kiehmann
Progress Avenue
Maria Irwin
Peru
N.Y. Penn
N.Y
Mrs
Maria Inwhy
K.F.D
Jane D. Duncan
W. Quincy
Mass
Quincy
Forest Avenue
West
Masa
L E. Pinkham Medicine CO
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Lloyd Bourque
Louisiana
Hog
Sunz
Rosa Pachan
Fairy
Denison
Lemuel
Abyssinia
Keep
Baris
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Tutt
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