Obscene note sparks schoolyard inquiry and moral inquirer
A student Billy Jones writes a crude boast on a blackboard. The teacher questions him, but he refuses details. A chorus of town voices features a dying patient saved by Dr King’s New Discovery and local quips about newspapers and penny tips in a humorous, vignette style.
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Billy Jones
William
Billy
Bill
North Sea
Holland
Kenneth Molver
Vanceboro
Dr. King
H.C. Miller’s
Constipation cures and mild tonics advertised in old ads
The text compiles various patent medicine claims from a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt. It mentions Mother Gray remedies for children, worm cures, and a claim that Dean's Regulates gently cures constipation. It includes promotional lines, prices, and names of places like New York and Leloy, N.Y.
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Gray
New York
Allen
Leloy
N.Y
Boy Writes Horse Composition At School
A boy writes a school composition on a horse after being asked by his teacher. A father finds him astride a horse while using a pencil and writes about the scene, noting the lighthearted exchange and the child's reason for writing at the stable.
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Galute
Harry
Buffalo News
Domestic and medical ad snippets from early 1900s issues
A mosaic of early 20th century newspaper blurbs and ads on medicines like Dr. King’s New Life Pills and Dr. Shoop’s Green Salve, plus humor exchanges and a lengthy Southern Railway schedule note. The jumble mentions cures, tonics, teething syrup, and household remedies alongside travel routes and cartoonish jokes.
Grand Army Encampment Travel Rates and Route
August 13 18 1906 Grand Army Encampment Minneapolis Minnesota. Round trip tickets from Knoxville to Minneapolis St Paul listed with various city rates and a 1908 September 1 extension option. Official Southern Railway route via Harriman Junction Queen Crescent Big Four to Chicago and CG M Saint Paul. Apply to J L Meek D P A Knoxville.
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Washington
Southern Railway
D. C
J. L. Meek
Knoxville
Tenn
Folar
Grand Army
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Paul
Johonon City
Greeneville
Morristown
Newport
Athens
Clinton
Summer in Colorado by Missouri Pacific Flyer
An old travel pitch invites readers to ride from St Louis on the Missouri Pacific at 9am and arrive in Colorado the next day. It promises cool air, inexpensive living, and a pamphlet with boarding-house listings for a summer stay, appealing to families with maid and children.
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Colorado
St Louis
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Conn
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Philadelphia Ledger
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Waste
Pullman Brewin Room
Nash Yilel
Asheville
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Ashering
Oonas
Salisbury
Dally
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Ficita Rae Or
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Malerial
Denver
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San Francisco
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Remaypen
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Teun
B.A. Patterson Tobacco Co
Richmond, Ya
Cedar Hill Nursery and Orchard Co
Winchester, Tenn
J. W. Shadow
Winchester
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Ol Tark FF
Trobate
Ourrie
Tim Stark
Louisiana
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Queen & Crescent
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el Paso
JW Woon
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R Anderson
New Olena
New Gallery
Adams Building
J. A. Cargille
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Tennessee Furniture and Supply Co, Funeral Directors
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