The Wreck of the Taxicab Opens a Weekend Love Flight
A dramatic scene unfolds as a taxi swerves into a lamp post in Chicago, sending a young couple and their dog basket into chaotic disarray. The man Harry and his fiancée Marjorie escape with the chauffeur and plan a new taxi ride while a minister and lieutenant are later referenced, setting a bustling travel mood.
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Harry
Marjorie
Chicago
Pompeii
Henry Mallory
Mallory
Philippines
John the Baptist and Jesus in God’s wise plan
Lesson discusses John the Baptist’s doubt while imprisoned and Jesus’ praise of John’s role. It contrasts their births and missions, showing John as forerunner and Jesus as establishing the new kingdom, and ends with a modern anecdote of doubt finding resolution in Christ.
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John
Sttle
John the Baptist
Herod
Jesus
Capernaum
Galilee
Machaerus
Dead Sea
Elijah
God
Messiah
Lfe
Israel
Christ
Jesus the
Man
Mary
Panama
The Early Birds and the Worm at the Railroad Barn
In a vast railroad station barn a crowd of cats lines the rafters as if Gulliver’s giants stabled toys there. The scene imagines a playful, surreal display with cats being whisked and tucked away by an invisible giant, a whimsical vignette from chapter one.
Mean Insinuation Sparks Office Confrontation
A clash over a supposed brain treatment erupts when Doctor Faddy boasts of an office vacuum cleaner and a colleague calls the claim a brute insinuation. The exchange centers on alleged preparations for a new therapy.
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Faddy
Fortune of Russell Sage Widow Explored After Death
The essay notes that Russell Sage’s widow controls about 75 million dollars and has spent years distributing wealth rather than accumulating it. Her health is failing as she continues philanthropic efforts and faces the prospect of new stewardship if she dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Gotham
Wall Street
Cure for Scalp Trouble Promised by Cuticura Ointment
Miss Alva Gustafson of New York relates a severe scalp infection that worsened for a month until she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After two weeks her condition cleared completely and she praises the products as valued friends. Free sample offer via Cuticura, Boston.
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Alva Gustafson
Second Ave
New York City
English anti vivisectionist praised by Philadelphia critic
The Philadelphia anti vivisectionist cites a new English report promising to end hive bait in fishing. He recalls Stephen Coleridge’s Philadelphia debate on worm fishing cruelty and quips that a worm’s writhing proves it laughs at being tickled.
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Stephen Coleridge
Philadelphia
Coleridge
Mr. Coleridge
Arithmetic Riddle Stumps Students in Class
A teacher recalls posing a classic division problem: a rich man leaves 1,000,000 dollars with one fifth to his wife, one sixth to his son, one seventh to his daughter, one eighth to his brother, and the remainder to foreign missions. The smallest pupil serves as the attorney in the tale.
Eye Salve and Remedies Ad Scan
A fragmented ad-style text lists eye salve tubes and eye lotion, herbal teas, and Mrs. Winslow's Syrup with teething claims. Mentions garbled product names, testimonials, and vague health benefits, resembling an old health ad page with various remedies.
How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains
Mothers report relief for daughters through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Rochester mother notes twelve year old dizziness and cramps improved after two bottles. A sixteen year old from Stoutsville says headaches and irregularity eased after two bottles. Hundreds of letters cite health benefits from the remedy.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Richard N. Dunham
Exchange St
N.Y
Stoutsville
Ohio
Lydia E Pinkham
Cora B. Fosnaugh
R.F.D
Lynn
Mass
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LL E. Fly Co
San Francisco
Trans-American Limited
Imperial States
Pacific Ocean
Ellsworth Jefferson
Poarr-turr
Tve
Othello
Portland
Europe
France
Italy
Harold Wedgewood
Elsworth Jefferson
Pullman
Cawse
Henry Mallory and
Marjorie Newton
Chapter
E. D.,sellers
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Lori
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
Lloydminster
Canada
Ottawa
JS. Crawford
Genesee Street
Syracuse
New York
St You
Glenn
Hill
Therapion
Freech
Aufferers
le Clerc
Haverstock Road
Hampstead
London
Eng
Absorbine, JR
W.F. Young
P. D.F
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
Groton
Lake Tegion
New Hampshire
Boston
Willett
Evanaville, Ind
Largo
Merchants Loan & Insurance Co
Terre Haute
Ind
E. Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
State Street
Consolidated
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