Bear trap misadventure on Maine hillside ends in clash
Milton Pike set bear traps near Locatean south of a Maine stream. Jerry Perkins, with an ax, confronted a fresh she bear and her cubs, getting dragged into a dangerous encounter when a trap sprang on his ankle. After a brutal fight, Perkins freed himself with a sapling lever and divided the bounty with Pike.
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Milton Pike
Locatean
Pike
Lewiston Journal
Jerry Perkins
Jerry
Mr. Perkins
Dike
Roller bearings could replace ball bearings in heavy vehicles
A historical note reports on steel roller bearings tested in bronze cages as a potential alternative to ball bearings. Trials on omnibuses in England showed one man could start an omnibus with little effort, and researchers expect similar low friction for properly caged rollers. If successful, wheels of heavy trucks locomotives and other heavy rolling stock may adopt the system to cut wear and tear.
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England
From War to Peace Two Cannon Melted for Statue
A Civil War era pair of cannon will be melted and recast into a statue symbolizing peace. The passage highlights a dramatic shift from war to peace and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for constipation dyspepsia and weak kidneys with a direct call to try it.
Value of Birds to the World and Domestic Life Snippet
A French naturalist warns that a birdless world would be uninhabitable within nine years due to pests. The other fragment notes a morning breakfast timing as Mrs. Catterson explains her husband has quit work to play golf.
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Mrs. Hatterson
Mrs. Catterson
Caret advertisements boast bowel cures and cheap relief
The ad touts Cascarets candy cathartic as a universal remedy from headaches to cancer claiming natural, painless relief with easy movements and a 10 cent trial. It warns about imitations and notes English tourist numbers dropping while Germans and French exceed them in travelers.
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Health
Advert says Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels daily and aids liver and kidneys while curing sick headaches. Priced at 25 and 50 cents. Also notes a curious butterfly in India with male wings reversed colors and the female mirroring the pattern.
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Lane
India
Language quirks and a Paris gold medal toast
A poem on plural forms contrasts and a news item noting Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. of Dorchester Massachusetts receiving a gold medal at the Paris Exposition for cocoa and chocolate. The company is described as the largest maker of cocoa and chocolate with multiple prior awards.
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Walter Baker & Co
Paris
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Europe
America
A Prodigy Believes I Am Afraid of the Police
An exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls nine year old Jimmie who boasts of early study in psychology. He claims higher moral influence affects citizenship, and he explains his aunt is good because she fears the police.
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Jimmie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Douglas Shoe Company Ad
An advertisement touts the W L Douglas Shoe Co of Brockton Massachusetts as making a $3.50 men’s shoe with no middleman, sold factory direct in 60 cities. It notes 1100 workers, union labor, high wages, and a $17 485 weekly payroll, claiming over one million wearers.
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United States
Douglas
W. Douzten
W. L. Douglas Shoe CD
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
State Board of Arbitration
Denver
Colo
Nebraska
Corn Belt
West Nebraska
P. S
Eustis
Chicago
Ihe
Public Health Morals and a Boston Medical Institute Ad
Public Health and Public Morals are promoted by the Feabody Medical Institute Boston Mass claiming vast public benefit and offering a free 94 page pamphlet for men only titled now Thiself and mailed for 6 cents postage. A suburban con man joke closes with Sidney Snitzer and a cook in a humorous exchange.
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Feabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch Street
Boston
Mass
Grain-O Breakfast Drink Aims at Children Health
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing grain based beverage for children, claiming it replaces coffee, tastes like premium coffee when prepared, and costs about 3 cents. The text also oddly shifts to a historical note comparing labor costs in gold hunting watch cases from 1840s to 1897.
Daughters of the Confederacy vote to buy Davis home in Alabama
The Daughters of the Confederacy have voted to acquire the Jefferson Davis residence located in Montgomery Alabama signaling a planned preservation purchase.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Montgomery
Als
What Shall We Have for Dessert
Question: what to serve after meals. Suggest Jell O a delicious healthful dessert prepared in two minutes with no boiling or baking simply add hot water and set to cool. Flavors lemon orange raspberry strawberry available at grocers. 10 ets.
Birthplace of Admiral Dewey at Homestead
The Dewey birthplace at Homestead is shown as it passed from the Dewey family to Captain Edward Dewey and later to T. R. Gordon who moved it in 1890. A letter from Gordon praises Peruna for his wife’s catarrh and sleepless nights, claiming the remedy greatly helped her.
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George Dewey
Dewey
Edward Dewey
T. R. Gordon
Gerdon
Gordon
Peruna
T. R. Gordes
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
Om Cataarh
Vanderbilts in New York Directory Not Commodore Line
A century ago the only Vanderbilts listed in New York City directories were non related Dutch farmers named Van der Bilt. The era’s leading figure among them was a truck driver, while the Commodore’s ancestors were Staten Island farmers absent from the directory. Putnam Faceless Dye yields the brightest colors among dyes.
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New York
Commodore
Abe Hoes Record From Woodstock Distress Aged Look
A 125 year old Woodstock Virginia entry notes Abe Hoes as the laziest man in Woodstock who watered his sap to avoid gathering more. The odd phrase reflects a local quirk or joke from historic records in Woodstown area.
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Woodstock
Abe Hoes
Hall’s Cantarrh Cure and Other Ads Highlight 1900 Blends
A collage of medical testimonials and product notices from 1900 notes Hall’s Cantarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents, with testimonials from Trinity Springs Indiana. Also cites Jell O dessert flavors and wide river navigation claims along with rail transport of wine and an air cushion stamp ad from Fort Wayne.
Grain O Drink Promoted as Coffee Substitute
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute safe for children and adults. It highlights its Mocha like appearance and light stomach tolerance, selling at 15, 18, or 20 cents per package. Also notes a German airship trial and Edinburgh population estimate, plus a job printer nudge for Eagle Limes.
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J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Masa
Carter
Carters
UNION
W. EL. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Cosmopolitan
THE
Irvington-on-Hudson
Indiana
Jeremiah C. Tullis
Aviddle
John Danielson
Starke County
Tullis
Charles Frey
Terre Haute
Frey
National House
Prudential Insurances Company
Frei
T Frei
Willinaiy BR. Cos
Mireles City
Morpline
Tiones T1
Taine
State News
Tidtwins Glass
Wabash County
Albert Walker
Henrys Smith
James Binck
Alexander Brook
Spow Rsl OA
Lake Erie and Western
Rochester
Morgan Hatten
Cincinnati
Francis Sablin
Wartford City Glass
Belgium
American Window
Oakland City
George Sperling
James Southwick
Kelly Ax
Elwoad
Trust
Terre Tlaure
Paige
Music House
Hanaford
Lungs
Ed Hitman
William E. Hineshaw
la Porte
Michigan City
Frank A. Webb
Anderson
Martha Peer
Webb
Munese Glass Works
Jacob Vaugmire
Hartford City
Father McMahon
Cleveland
Obie
Primper
Tim McMahon
Elizabeth Smith
Brazil
Chicate
Momence
Til
Emma Henry
Lebanon
Daniel W. Simms
J. Frank Tranley
Lafayette
Highland Park
Joseph Irwin Sweeney
Fachory T. Sweeney
Turkey
Joseph I. Irwin
White River
Columbus
Butler College
Indianapolis
Switzerland
Jack Naples
Philadelphia Press
Sidney Snitzer
Mrs. Austin
Philadelphia
Slaughter
Homestead
Vanderbilts
Putnam
Hall
John F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Orange Free State
Fort Wayne
Edna Ellis
Higginsport
Ohio
Eas
Germany
Edinburgh
Eagle
Ibby’s
Peerless
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Land OF
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