Con man Oberman bets with racing wires in pool room
Danny Roberts and Herr Oberman scheme to beat horse races by using a Western Union race wire contact. They place large bets on Los Angeles fifth race but the plan backfires when the horse signals reveal a miscue and the conspirators scramble for a second chance.
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Doc Floyd
High Rollers
Danny Roberts
Danny
Floyd
Herr Oberman
Danny Roberta
Rathakeller
Michigan Avenue
Oberman
Professor
Ger- Man
Ihs
Handy Bills
Narelesus
Danny Robberts
Herr Professor
Michigan
Jackson Boulevard
Western Union
Board of Trade Men
Brown
Los Angeles
O. K
Deckloyd
Pas Hansen
Aimee
Rendeavous
Mr. Brown
Wild Cat
Sweet Alice
Romeo
Manager Brown
M. M
Military Man
Jack Cleland
Professor Downstaira
Cleland
Baby's Watery Eczema Healed by Cuticura Remedies
A mother chronicles night and day care for a two and a half month old with severe watery eczema. After $50 on doctors and ineffective treatments, she tried Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for $1.50 and reports complete clearance with no scars. Burnt Cabins Pennsylvania September 15 1908.
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W. M
W. M. Comerer
Burnt Cabins
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Bole Prope
Boston
Engagement Ends Over Socks Lesson Misread
Old Uncle Lazzen Berry recounts Almira Stang breaking off her engagement with Charles Henry Tootwiler after discovering he had saved 217 pairs of socks as a result of lessons in economy. The village anecdote frames a humorous misunderstanding of married life.
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Lazzenberry
Almira Stang
Charles Henry Tootwiler
Puck
Remarkable relief from two-year catarrh after treatment
Mrs W Pray of 260 Twelfth Street Brooklyn reports two-year catarrh of the throat and head improved quickly after following directions. After one bottle she began to improve and is now taking a second. She says throat and head are cleared and she continues a spring tonic dose.
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Atlil
Dance Lesson Gone Awry in Sharply Exchange
In a playful exchange, Clarence Generous asks Miss Sharply for a dance but she declines, prompting a lighthearted back-and-forth about accepting or refusing the invitation. The scene captures social etiquette and humor in a nineteenth century setting.
Intruder Among the War Dogs at West Point Lecture
Yale professor William Lyon Phelps visited West Point to lecture in the chapel. Cadets remained rigid and attentive as an Irish setter wandered onto the platform, drawing a bemused reaction from the audience and the speaker.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale
West Point
Billy
Prof. Phelps
Yale Alumni Weekly
Perfectly Reckless Pastors Vacation Sparks Church Talk
The church respected pastor wins a vacation and plans a visit to a brother worker. The visitor, citing his own vacation, declines prayer duties, prompting reflections on duty and courtesy within the congregation.
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Ladies' Home Journal
The City of a Thousand Tongues in New York Talk
A Washington Star quote frames a language study motive. A student asks about devoting time to languages and studying abroad. The answer: aim to converse intelligently with anyone encountered in New York.
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New York
Washington Star
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
An advertisement asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eases female troubles and back pain. It cites hundreds of testimonials, including Lydia Be, claiming long relief after five years of suffering, and promises all published testimonials are genuine.
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Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Karrozicks
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