Crooked Trails and a Jail Break and Train Robbery
A jail escape unfolds as convict Blackwell uses a makeshift revolver crafted from jail wood. The caper includes a staged mask swap, a daring train holdup, a shootout, and a pursuit across mesas ending with a confrontation at a stable. The narrative shifts to a bone diet for tuberculosis, detailing Doctor Berthier’s method for preparing veal bones to aid decalcification and tooth decay prevention.
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Berthier
Paris
Academie de Medicine
Hunt's Itch Cure in War Time Promise
In a historical note a wave of self diagnosed itch spreads after major wars. Hunt's Salve marketed as "Hunt's Itch Cure" claims to cure all forms of the itch with a money back guarantee. A long aside contrasts wartime fatigue with civilian life and a late night telephone call about a car sale.
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Bill
Curly
Cullison
Soapy
Fiandran
Sam
Blackwell
Stone
Platiroa Ranch
Tin Cup
Culli
Som
Maloney
Iick
Flandran
Toutch
Cullisen
Cranston
Europe
Csmeen
Hunt
Arist
Fte
Richards Medicine Company, Inc
Six Honest Serving Men in a Patent Medicine Ad
A vintage ad featuring Rudyard Kipling inspired lines for Tunner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine. It promotes stomach remedies from Joseph Triner Company of Chicago with claims of purity and quality. Also mentions Triner's Angelica Bitter Tonic, Liniment, and Antiputrin with product uses and dealer availability.
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Rudyard Kipting
Tunner
Joseph Triner Company
Ashland Ave
Chicago
Triner
Tuiner
Learned Lesson of Thrift in Bridgeton Youth Boosts Savings
In Bridgeton New Jersey twenty five young workers earned funds to invest one thousand dollars in U S thrift stamps this year. Boys and girls took roles in dishwashing sweeping duxting store clerking baby‑minding errands and more to save. Some raised chickens sold papers carried coal cleaned pavements and won prizes, turning time into money.
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Bridgeton New Jersy
United States
School Question Prompts Brave Offer of Animal Crackers
A pupil named Jane cannot answer a teacher’s number question and threatens to share animal crackers if not asked. The remark sparks amusement as readers ponder notions of a free government and taxation.
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Jane
Meant What She Said Insincere Exchange
A humorous quip contrasts Meant What She Said with insincerity as Mabel teases about a telephone call. The dialogue clarifies a pun on being in or out when Mr Boreleigh calls, highlighting social wit in a Boston Transcript style.
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Mabel
Mable
Boston Transcript
Price and Percentage in Simple Price Increases
The note explains how price increases are measured by percentage and that a doubling equals a 100 percent rise, while many confuse this with a 50 percent increase. It clarifies common misconceptions in percentage calculations.
Shoes Wear Longer with Allen's Foot Base Powder
A vintage ad claims Allen's Foot Base powder adds comfort and helps shoes feel easier by shaking into the foot bath or in each shoe. It promises softer wear and even smaller fits for ladies, with sales claimed everywhere.
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Allen
What Really Counted in the Home Rule Debate
A fragment from a civic page questions if voters favor home rule with a witty exchange about a married man supporting it while noting his wife’s wisdom. The item is a brief, era tone snippet reflecting local public sentiment.
Noble relics of the past and a cryptic joke
The article discusses ancient monuments in Rome including the triumphal arch of Titus and the Colosseum with brief historical notes and restorations. It then shifts to a humorous anecdote about a party guest, Miss Biggie, and a topically offbeat joke about a pocketbook theft during a farewell line.
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Rome
Colosseum
Titus
Nero
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Noboly
Davis
New Orleans
Carly
Soung
Malones
Dick Wraith
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Arkanens
Dobe Wellz
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Nate
Thes
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Pont
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Mexico
Dutch
New Jersey
Fletcher
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