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Travelers Guide announces timetable in effect on the 15th of 1908. Details cover schedule changes, stop locations, and routes for the new period as reflected in the time table notice.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
4
Printers Ink Offers Quick Recovery for a Dizzy Rush
A brief note promises rapid relief from initial dizziness after a rush, suggesting recovery in a twinkling and further benefit from Printers Ink. The playful line frames ink and guidance as a remedy, mirroring old advertising cadence.
The Human Engine and City Air
Hollis Godfrey explains in Atlantic that the human body functions as a powerful engine fed by food and oxygen. Nitrogen presence prevents rapid combustion, while carbon dioxide produced during metabolism impacts vitality. water formation is less significant to air quality effects on individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Godfrey
Atlantic
Food for cannibals on Rossel Island tragedy
A Pearsons Weekly account recalls the 1858 wreck of the St Paul near Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea. Captain Pennard and eight crew members sought help and were rescued, while 326 passengers, mostly emigrants, were massacred and eaten by island natives after the survivors left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polynesia
St. Paul
Pennard
Hongkong
Sydney
Rossel
Prince of Denmark
Styx
Pearson’s Weekly
Philadelphia anti tipping trick explained by coin hand barter
A Brooklyn Eagle note describes a Philadelphia scheme to stop brushing a coin from a hand. A man offers a silver quarter to a boy who pretends to brush dust from his clothes, but the coin rarely moves with a whisk broom. The piece suggests trying three times before returning the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Eagle
How Long Should Cows Be Milked Joke
An editor of an agricultural paper laments a puzzling question from a city man who moved to the country. He asks how long cows should be milked. The office boy interrupts, asking if the answer could be as simple as “short cows.”
Wart superstition in English boys harms moles
In the west of England boys believe squeezing a mole and applying its blood can cure warts. They think subterranean creatures feel no pain, so killing them is not cruelty. The tale reflects local superstition about mythical cures and animal harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scarcity of English Humor Commentary
A London Saturday Review quips that editors lack witty material, noting “there is no wit to speak of today” and comparing current humor to a weak imitation while lamenting the absence of a weekly wit corner in papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Saturday Review
Clever Juggler Explains Skill as Natural Talent
An inquisitive onlooker asks how the clever juggler acquired his skill. The artist replies that it is hereditary, noting in a wry aside that his father used to eat peas with a knife.
Just a Change in the Louisville Courier Journal
A clipped dialogue shows a poor man replying to a mother that he is not always blind. He reflects on being lame last week but notes there was not enough in it to explain his condition.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The cock often crows without a vic tory Danish Proverb
A compact proverb notes that the cock often crows without achieving victory. The saying reflects a cautionary view on premature boasting and the gap between claim and outcome. It emphasizes humility in success and perseverance beyond applause.
We Live by Our Blood and Health's Rich Flow
A stark essay defines health as the continual flow of rich blood sustaining body and mind. It contrasts strength and refreshment with weakness and fatigue, describing poor blood as a sign of starvation and lack of nourishment.
The Question That Won A Boy A Position
A lawyer advertised for an apprentice and tested candidates with a farmer and a rat story. After presenting questions written by the boys, the one who asked the final question stuck to the point and won the position. The tale ends with the rat’s fate and a lesson on focus.
Lowering the Flag Methods Described by Military Posts
A Kansas City Times summary explains half staff practice across services. The article details flag lowering from top, then hoisting before final lowering, with variations for ground staffs eighty feet high and building-mounted flags. It cites army regulations and naval practices through quotes from officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Navy
United States Naval Recruiting Station
Kansas City Times
A Greater Wonder about Chickens
An inspector tests a Scotch class on nature with Chickens as the topic. A pupil asks how chickens get out of shells, and another quips that it is even more wonderful how they got into their shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Johnny
Ladies’ Home Journal
Poet Finds Niche in Temple of Home Hall Bedroom
The Kansas City Journal records a celebrated poet describing life in a hall bedroom as a natural fit for his niche in the Temple of Home, reflecting a personal and literary stance that blends domestic space with artistic identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Cleaning and timing a clock the simple way
A 1900s style guide explains amateur clock cleaning using benzine, a clean rag, sable brush, and good oil. Do not disassemble. remove loose dirt with air or a dry brush, wipe parts in benzine, rinse, and dry before oiling spindle holes and escapement teeth with a fine brush.
Lowestoft China and the rise and fall of its famous factory
A historical sketch of Lowestoft chinaware tracing a discovery near Lowestoft that fed a renowned 18th century factory. Hewlin Luson and Gunton Park aided the initial clay find, a Lowestoft works opened in 1756 for soft paste porcelain, added hard paste in 1775, peaked 1770–1800, then closed in 1803 due to clay costs and stiff competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Parade
Lowestoft
Warren
Hewlin Luson
Gunton Park
Cornwall
London Globe
Clerical Clothes In New York
A western clergyman recounts a New York tailor refusing to make ecclesiastical garments. The tailor said lay tailors seldom undertake clerical cuts, fearing misfit and embarrassment for both parties, and passes such orders to specialists.
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New York
New York Sun
When Sleep Was Trumps At Morning Chapel
An eastern university bridge group, famed for night into day routines, attended chapel nightly under faculty notice. A time shift to thirty minutes later left the regulars absent. One member explained, We could manage it at half past, but cannot stay awake till eight.
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Harper’s Weekly
On Ice at Bad Bucko's Prompts Folkish Inquest
An eastern tourist and two cow punchers engage in a quoted witty exchange about a scientific scrap at Bad Bucko's yesterday. The comment hints at bloodless bravado and impending funerals, capturing a frontier humor tone from a Philadelphia Press item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Bad Bucko’s
Philadelphia Press
City Sky Scraper Overshadows Village Grazing Lot
In a rural banter a city man points to a skyscraper looming over a village grazing allotment. The villager replies he already has seventy head of cattle grazing there, highlighting land use tension between urban growth and rural livelihoods.
No title available from fragment
One cannot talki constantly without saying fooligh things. Chicago Record Herald fragment shows a garbled note likely derisive about speech, reflecting a brief column snippet with unclear context and reader remark.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Tumor Removed and Women Endorse Pinkham's Compound
A long list of women from many states writes claiming Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured their female ailments including tumors and irregularities. They volunteer their names and addresses to prove the medicine’s claimed efficacy and honesty, noting no compensation for use of their names.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Cincinnati
W .K.housh
N.J
Wm. Somerville
Hamburgh Avenue
Philadelphia
K. E. Garrett
North Garnet Street
Kewaskum
Wis
Carl Dahlke
Herrin
Chas. Folkes
Winchester
Ind
May Deal
Dyer
Wm. Oberloc
BR. F. D
Baltimore
Ford
Lansdowne Street
Oppanys Masa
Francis Merkle
Field Reet
Clarkedale
Anna Wallace
Gaysville
Ohio
Ells Michael
R.F.D
Dayton
Ida Hale
National Military Home
Lebanon
Harry L. Bittle
Lehman Street
Sykes, Tenn
Minnie Hall
Detroit
Mich
Louise Jung
Chestnut St
Vincennes
Mirs
B. Jerauld
Tenth Street
Gardiner
Maine
A. Williams
Chas
Buell
Garnet Street
Plattsburg
Miss
Voerna Wilkes
Wi Baan
Conn
Etta Donovan
Box Woodside
Idaho
Rachel Johnson
Rockland
Will Young
Columbia Avenue
Scottville
J.g.johnson
F. R. Smith
Elmet
Lace Erie
J. P. Endlich
Motter
Meee
Asin Bouyer
W. P. Boyd
Ligonier
Eliza Wood
R.F
Claramann ‘Airchance
I. A. Dunham
Ieir Ctasre Water Fort Hunter
Mary Jane Shatto
Bardstown
Joseph Hall
East Earl
Augustus Lyon
Lewiston
Henry Cloutier
Vienna
W. Va
Emma Wheaton
Oxford Street
Minneapolis
Minn
John G. Moldan
Oronogo
Mae McKnight
Second Street
N. Camden
Tillie Waters
Liber- Shamrock
Jossy Ham
B.F.D
Mary Wood
R.F. D. Collin
T. A. Cribb
Nape
Pendleton
May Marshall
Lydia EK. PinkHam
Peculiar Trees and their Remarkable Harvests Around the World
A survey of unusual trees and their outputs. Breadfruit in Ceylon is baked like bread. Barbutay in South America yields trunk milk for children. African trees give butter from fruit resembling olives. Sierra Leone grows cream fruit. Cape Town and Azores have berry candies. Sapindus trees in Africa yield 38 percent caponifi in fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Barbutay
South America
Africa
Park
England
Sierra Leone
Table Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Azores
Sumatra
Algeria
China
Chusan
Free 75 cent Uric-O Rheumatism Remedy Offer
All rheumatics are invited to try Uric-O at the publisher’s expense. A 750 bottle is sent free by return mail upon sending name and address plus druggist name to Smith Drug Co Syracuse. Purchasers urged to add 250 Uva-Lax Pills to enhance results. Uric-O sold by J H Yoong & Co at 750 and 1.00 per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Drug Co
Smith
J.h-Yoong & Co
Feed the Brute Before Breakfast, Says Restaurateur
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote shares a restaurant proprietor’s view that men are irritable before breakfast while women are gentler. He notes breakfast customers are mostly early risers who become companionable after eating, whereas men growl at weather, food, and others until their meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Origin of Egypt. Illinois famine era linked to grain shortages
The 1824 to 1832 period in Illinois saw repeated wet and dry cycles harming corn and wheat yields. Flooding and heavy snows damaged crops, while early frosts in 1831 and 1832 destroyed much of the corn. Residents recalled biblical Egypt as they relied on southern Illinois for grain during famine-like years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharaoh
Joseph
Tllinois
Albion Journal
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Ad
An ad claims this is the season to catch colds and promotes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a prompt cure by laxative action. It highlights its pleasant taste for children and lists W. H. Buffington as the seller.
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Kennedy
W. H. Buffington
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Emma Draper
Flushing
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S. J. Jones
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Fleet Avenue
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Maggie Ester
Dyers ,Tenn
Sue Hilliard
R.b.layfeld
Mayme Windle
Worcester
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Desylva Coté
Rontheats Street
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Big Run
W. E. Pooler
Atwater Station
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N.Y
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Hampstead
Jos. H. Banty
Adrian
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Indiguayot
Besele V. Piper
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Mt. Desert Light Station
Frieda Rosenau
Meldrum Avenue
Egypt
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