Messina and Reggio Earthquake Horrors Relay Tales
Eye witnesses describe Saint Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visiting the stricken districts. Survivors recount brutal scenes of devastation in Messina and Reggio with collapsed buildings, fires, and a deadly sea surge. A ferry disaster, a hospital bed fall, and rescues by sailors and doctors are recounted with stark detail.
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Mayer
Messina
Reggio
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Emilio de Castro
Hell
Pulco
Sae
Thal Geathyad Palace
Reurvivor
Women Suffer Backache and Ills. Kidney Pills Help
Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York testifies that she suffered a lame back dizzy spells headaches and languor which hindered work. She says Dean's Kidney Pills gave prompt relief and endorses the remedy sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Martin Douglass
Cedar 61
Kingston
N. Y
Dean
Foeter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Really Had No Kick Coming From That Heerbohm Tree
A caustic exchange between Heerbohm Tree and an unknown playwright unfolds after the author reads his manuscript. Tree offers brusque feedback while scribbling suggested changes, prompting a sharp retort about the value of the writer’s year of labor. Tree retorts that even an impartial judge would award five for the effort.
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Heerbohm Tree
Tree
Harper’s Weekly
Editorial Jests and Building Cement Reflections
A humor note to the editor about jokes that make a wife laugh and a marginal reply “She is.” A second column contrasts modern cement and mortar with ancient Roman Greek builds, noting current science cannot equal their enduring strength as holds crumble.
Joy Work And the Other Kind
A reflective piece contrasts those who work for daily bread with those who pursue work for love engaging readers on morning sidewalks. It links sustenance, health, and mood to the quality of one’s diet and work life.
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Italy
Calabria
Shidder
Arrowing Fragments Offer Odd Phrases From A Scribal Column
A garbled extract mixes culinary notes with a shoe dealer pitch and an Arctic Explorer quip. It recalls a boat tasting remark and a child reciting prayers, ending with a fractured plea to start the speaker.
Kitchen Repartee and the Upper Crust Puns
A playful kitchen scene unfolds as a cook and bakers trade puns about dough and kneading. The dialogue wittily contrasts ambition with domestic labor, ending with a lighthearted quip about rolls and seafaring typos.
Lay of the Hen Chronicle
Humble hen shown without pardon for guesses made. The bird does not prophesy an egg before it is laid, illustrating practical behavior over expectation. The Washington Herald delivers a compact reflection on natural timing and worth.
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Washington Herald
Hamlin ranch leased by Northern Nursery Company
Between Clearcreek and the Globe Smeltera at Denver the Hamlin ranch is leased by Northern Nursery Company. Secretary A M Ferguson, an old fruit man, will use ground for experiments to determine best Western varieties. He cites Yellow Transparent Wealthy and Duchess for home use and Jonathans for commercial. Lambs wool is noted in multiple wall stress stockings.
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Hamlin Ranch
Clearcreek
Globe Smeltera
Denver
Northern Nursery Company
A. M. Ferguson
Jonathans
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Gerald
Poder
Lombardy
Walla
Paolo Rizo
Saphles
Moesi
Helen Bentley
Los Angeles
Grandma
Seattle
Helen
Margaret
Brown PA Palace HI Hotel
Siretprost
Surat
Colo
Ingatior
Rire
Blake
Chaz
A. Lot & Co
Wowatta Bt
Chay
Waseo Bt
Opie
Haines
Fifteenth Street
Coloraio
Wrile
Colu
Lagos
Day
Fe Michiwet
Donnell
Denver, Col
Illinery
Lyman CO
Dehatazence
Golomado
Lawrence Mt. Robt
Flutehall
Ifees
Holida
M.J
Fallon Supply Co
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