Hostless guest escapes through Boston club
A narrator recounts fleeing Buddhist temple exposure and ending up at the Criterion Club in Boston. Disguised in worn clothes he dines with an unknown host, only to be confronted by staff and a second man as police are sought. Events unfold in a tense scene of mistaken identity and exposure.
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Jim Elson
Jenkins
William B. Jenkins
Ison
Jones
Tibet
Boston
Huntington Avenue
Criterion Club
Robbins
Bille B
Smith
Brown
Tom Hemingway
Samson
Dick Waters
Pete
Diaries are Dangerous Says Mayor at Dinner
Mayor Grant warned diaries can reveal too much at a New Year dinner in Oklahoma. A joke about a husband urging a diary to record quarrels leads to a quip that the volume would resemble a scrapbook to many readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Oklahoma
Maria
Mariat
Jones's Daily Magazine popular feature expands in The Record Herald
The Record Herald promotes Jones's Daily Magazine a daily feature in regular columns and a Sunday page. Readers submit titles for untitled pictures and respond with enthusiasm. The paper cites S B Kiser's Whimwhams and Sentiment as a rival breezy column and praises the overall quality.
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Kago Record-Herald
Jones
Record-Herald
S. B. Kiser
New York
Kiser
Record Herald
Kidney Trouble Began with a Lame Back
J L Rackl of Lincoln Illinois reports a cure for kidney trouble that started with a lame back using Foley Kidney Pills. He urges others to try the remedy and thanks the product.
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J. L. Rackl
Eighth St
Lincoln
Ill
J D. Ewing
Carey' tee Feat North Bend No 78 34 a m
Fragmented OCR reads schedule notes with times and routes including No 33 14 05 a m No 35 4 59 p m No 37 10 night Baily except Sunday. All others daily Sleeper to Chicago discontinued July 12.
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North Bend
Chicago
Cordial Reception Ends In Surprising Home Visit
Hugo Goldsmith of a Cincinnati sporting goods factory returns from a Florida fishing trip and searches for a Jacksonville friend. He is directed by a cab to a listed address and asks to see Mr Binks. A woman answers with a sharp tone and invites him in.
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Hugo Goldsmith
Cincinnati
Plorida
Jacksonville
Mr. Goldsmith
Foley Kidney Pills and Hanford’s Balsam Promoted
An advertisement features A Mitchell of Bagdad Kentucky praising Foley Kidney Pills for his daughter’s kidney ailment and notes women’s higher risk of kidney trouble. It also touts Hanford’s Balsam for poison ivy and includes a quip about a “good woman” raising hell with one man.
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A. Mitchell
Bagdad
An Unsuccessful Compromise
A man seeks medical help after wine and women tempt him. The doctor prescribes quitting wine, women and song for two dollars. Weeks later the man returns in worse shape, admitting a partial compromise by stopping singing but not the other vices.
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Elbert Hubbard
M.D
Constipation Relief Story Notes Chamberlain's Tablets
C H Hines of Whitlow Arkansas spent hundreds on medicine for constipation and indigestion. He visited a St Louis hospital and a New Orleans hospital with no cure. After returning home he used Chamberlains Tablets and improved, now says he is all right. Sold by all dealers.
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W. R Gunter
Concord
Sara Wells
Lyons
Inid
W. P. Bracey
Baskersville
Iite House Poultry Farm
Buechel
Pennsylvania Couple Welcomes Baby Parcel
A Pennsylvania couple welcomed a bouncing baby boy named Parcel, born recently, and they plan to call him Parcel as the family keeps the unique name.
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Pennsylvania
Post
Chamberlain's Colic Cure Praised After Severe Illness
An endorsement notes rapid relief from colic and bowel complaints after using Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. The testimonial cites frequent cures and urges readers to buy from local dealers.
Fragmented dialogue on law and commandments in street scene
A pale man questions a servant as she dumps ashes on the street. The girl responds that following the law demands keeping the Ten Commandments, highlighting a clash between conduct and moral decree.
Hanford's Bat Sano Myrrh for horse care
Best for horses offers double return in work as improved care. For sores galls and other external troubles apply Hanford's Bat sano Myrrh. Ranchmen lumbermen and liversmen recommend it.
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Hanford
All Cows Contented Says Dairy Clerk
A caller posing as Mrs Mixin asked if cows were contented and threatened rivals would sue for unhappy cows. The complaint clerk checked records and replied no dairy cows had any complaints and all are content.
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Mixin
Remarkable Cure of Dysentery with Chamberlain's Remedy
A North Carolina man recounts severe dysentery lasting two months with weight drop from 145 to 125 pounds. After using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, he trusted it for permanent relief, noting two bottles cured him. Also mentions Hanford's Balsam and a dated ad line about romance.
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Chamberlain
B. W. Hill
Snow Hill
N.C
How Much He Left A Fame or Rumor In Xenia
A Xenia Ohio citizen, long known for dodging bills, dies and leaves a debate on the town’s corners about his fortune. Estimates vary, from twenty five thousand to forty thousand dollars, as locals speculate on his estate. A local politician laughs at the idea of others tallying what he owed rather than what he left.
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Xenia
Ohio
Life of a Good Watch in Fifty Years
The article estimates a watch’s life by counting its vibrations: 15,000 per hour, about 4382,000 per day, 1,137,000,000 per year, and around 50 years yielding roughly 84,000,000 pulsations. It suggests a well-made watch could remain serviceable after fifty years of use.
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Sears
London smoke harms health says committee report
London County Council committee warns that smoky conditions in large towns including Manchester degrade public health. The gymnoked atmosphere diminishes vitality and may shorten lives as members urge further medical research and action.
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London County Council
London
Mannchester
Habit Only Why She Aspired To Undo His Will
A brief quote reveals a wife's motive for challenging her late husband's will. She explains she habitually set aside his instructions, prompting questions about the fairness and legitimacy of the document. The article notes patterns in behavior impacting estate decisions.
Constipation Causes Ailments Warns In Ad
An old advertisement warns that constipation causes many ailments and disorders and promotes Chamberlain’s Tablets to keep bowels regular. The copy notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
Fun turns sour as paper bags frighten a neighbour
In a rainy day scene from Sunday School Times children fill empty bags with air and burst them to entertain themselves. Grandma warns of frightening passersby while Aunt Lucy recalls a moment when a bag caused a jump and a mess. The kids admit the game wasn’t as fun after a frightened neighbor and the incident ends with retreat to the stove.
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Grandma
Betty
Mary
Lucy
George
Sunday School Times
How to Drill Holes in Glass and General Bites
Instructions describe drilling glass with a carpenters brace and three cornered file after smoothing edges with turpentine camphor solution. It notes filing and moistened tools improve cutting and prevent file damage, then advises starting hole with a cross mark for bite. A second fragment describes a hungry toad and cornmeal a quirky tale.
Queer Trees and the Cow Tree Mysteries
Report on banyan trees in India sending branches that root and form new trees. Note sections bend, strike ground, and create forest growth. Describe the cow tree of South America with dead looking branches that yield milk-like sap when notch cut. Locals collect this milk daily.
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India
South America
Inday School
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Leave Carey
Tee Feat
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Carey Times
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Edo
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