Honor Among Thieves Story From Illinois Town
A local Illinois tale recounts a staged theft scene with a young woman waking to a pillow alarm and a burglar fleeing after a brief scuffle. Names and precise actions are fragmentary but the incident centers on a nighttime burglary and a curious exchange as the intruder exits.
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Illinois
Tavis Seotipaseal
Bergan
Dhape
Weber
Cost of Defective Vision Among U S Schoolchildren
The strain of modern life retards about 2,000,000 school children in the United States due to defective vision. This leaves them one to two years behind and costs taxpayers about 130,000 dollars annually. Overall annual loss from all sources is estimated at 800,000 dollars, per Thrift Magazine.
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United States
Thrift
Coon ee Plain Coon ee e culinary note draft
A fragmentary cookery snippet mentions cablespoons mille sap Calumee Bakine powder coring spices fat sugar and beaten eggs with instructions to mix and cut into various shapes. The legible text is incomplete and lacks a clear context or complete steps.
They Catch Them First and Other Whimsies
A court clerk and his young son visit relatives in the country where the boy quips that in the country flies are just caught and put on paper. The playful column riffs on rural life and laundry tips.
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Charles Stuart
Superior ‘Court
Indianapolis News
This Is Rich Sky Writer Gnally Meets in Waterloo
A fragment notes a sky writer named Gnally meeting at Waterloo with mentions of Dory and Hunks. References Pittsburgh and showing off his stuff. The text is terse and unclear but highlights a social encounter and local pride.
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Gnally
Waterloo
Dory
Pittsburgh
We've Done This Often From a Story-For at least fifty minutes
A brief, fragmentary note describes someone lying awake for hours and reflects on brevity as a guiding principle. The text presents a literary, introspective moment without clear event or context.
Your Laxative Delivers Weeks Between Doses
Dr. Caldwell of Monticello Illinois promotes Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative that regulates bowels for weeks after a single dose. It claims to relieve headaches biliousness and indigestion without daily purges and even small children will take it willingly. A 60 cent bottle is marketed for trial.
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W. B. Caldwell
Montisello
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