Long Island City Ghost Meets Drowned Sailor in Astral Return
A narrator recalls a night when Old Danny McBride, long believed dead, appears as a white bearded figure asking help to cross the river. The tale shifts to an astral body explanation as the living witness helps McBride return to his shore, ending with the question of whether the caller is truly alive or dead.
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Long Island City
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Hemem
Dick Mirnyi
Bert
McPride
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MeBride
Lot
Theo
Af Pd
Mysel
McBride
Rat Fool Murphy
Qld
Long Island
Chamberlayne
Island Mystery Ends With Abandoned Escape Tale
A narrator recalls a perilous sea rescue gone wrong on a desolate shore. Murphy abandons the plan, leaving McBride stranded on the island nine years later, still gazing toward Long Island lights for a hoped astral boat that never returns. E. S. Chamberlayne.
Man Flight Next Opens New Air Age of War and Travel
The piece envisions future aviation transforming warfare and daily life. It imagines air yachts carrying people, wireless jokes from stage life, and air hospitals for the sick, with rapid intercity travel and potential global dominance by whoever masters flight and its secret.
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Howat
Kipling
Lars Ote
New York
Chicago
Nimi
Stueles Jang
Tomcat
Sip
Mike Tiveett
Ain
Children's Frock Fabrics and Pattern Notes for School Wear
With cooler days comes focus on children's school frocks and fabrics. Panama cloth takes over serge and mohair for durability and easy handling, while smaller girls use chalies cashmere and albatross for dainty frocks. Patterns No 7ta5, 2osg i, attq, 2123, 1Ir, and others offered in sizes 4 to 30 years with prices from 15 to 19 cents. Patterns mailed from Metropolitan Dubs New York City.
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Nritefae
Daemems Fm
Iuay
New York City
Fragmented Rusty Riddles in a Quirky Street Scene
A garbled dialogue scene full of misheard phrases and odd musings features hints of a barber, a customer, and a stray chorus line. The vignette blends odd questions about George Washington and a quirky street encounter with scattered musical and linguistic fragments.
The World's Way
A tale contrasts the ascent to fame with those who stay behind on the hill. The dialogue questions who the climber is and who supports him, implying a fall from grace and the reactions of his friends at the base.
Two Fairy Tales and Oddities in a Fragmented Sketch
A fragmented excerpt blends whimsical questions about fairy tales with stray facts. It mentions a humorous exchange between a child and mother, a dubious income figure for colleges, a fictitious monk birthplace and date, a dubious city death statistic, a claim about train speeds, and odd notes on average brain weight for men and women.
Merchants Fight Parcels Post Plan Endorsed Nationwide
A broad coalition of commercial groups led by the Merchants League of America argues against a parcels post system proposed by catalogue mail order houses. They warn of a government deficit rising from 15.5 million to over 150 million and tax burdens shared by all, urging Congress contenders to declare positions before the November election.
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Merchants’ League of America
Broadway
New York City
Merchants’ League
United States
Post Office Department
Teague
Congress
Household Tips From a Bygone Page
Household advice covers cleaning cloths with ammonia, washing feathers in a saponified tub, drying woolen blankets, removing ink stains with turpentine or milk, cleansing white silk with benzine, and using lime chloride to restore enamel pots. It also mentions odor control with parsley and vinegar, gradual heating of iron, vinegar in ginger snaps, sugar syrup for iced tea, and salt to clear smoky fires.
Glorious Hair Grown Free Promises Magic Cure
Frantic advertisement touts a hair restoration remedy claiming to reverse baldness and gray hair. It promises guaranteed results with a prepaid package, offers testimonials, and urges readers to write for a free boook and advice from an incorporated company based in Baltimore Maryland.
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Ulbiaing
Retori Mal
Tie Hsu North
St. Baltimore
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