Mystery inscription on Irish stone echoes Kent road sign
A traveler notes an inscription on a riverbank stone in County Cavan that says When this stone is out of sight it s notease to ford the waiver. The quip recalls a Kent road survivor post that read This is the bridle path to Faversham If you cannot read this keep to the main road The London Tribute recalls similar roadside wit
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Ireland
County
Cavan
Kent
Faversham
London
Veteran Saved by Deans Kidney Pills
A Indianapolis veteran, B Frank Doremus of Roosevelt Ave, recounted severe kidney illness in 1897. After weight loss from 180 to 126 pounds and painful swelling, he refused amputation and used Deans Kidney Pills. He credits relief from pain and return to health for years. Also notes discussion of electricity from pit mouths and producer gas piping as cheaper power.
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B. Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Dean
Alno
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Scientific American
Balmon Still Premier Fish and Andorra Salary Sketch
Balmon remains premier fish in British Columbia with 1905 output of 1 167 460 cases valued at 5 750 000 and over 11 million salmon used for 60 million cans. The Andorra president in the Pyrenees earns 15 a year and seeks a 10 percent rise to 16 50. A steady tippler prostrated with pneumonia has about a three in ten chance of recovery as revived vitality remains low.
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British Columbia
Republic of
Andorra
Pyrenees
Isone Pinkham
Pinkhaam
Sie
Pinkeham
Lyon
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mul
Unpaid Postage Costs Highlight Grape Nuts Word Contest
The Postum Cereal Co reports a 1906 contest offering 81 boxes of gold and 300 dollars to form the most words from Y I O Grape Nuta. Thousands participated, but many sent lists without sufficient postage, costing the company up to 60 dollars daily. Winners included L D Reese and HK Fraser. 321 winners were listed upon request.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Lsts
United States
L. D. Reese
15Th St
Denver
Colo
HK. Fraser
Lincoln
Aunt Hitty Wins Twelve Blue Ribbons at the Fair
In a rural tale, Mabel helps Aunt Hitty enter jellies and preserves for the Fair. Ben Allen assists, and Aunt Hitty earns many blue ribbons, prompting plans for a shared future with Mabel and Ben as they return home joyful from the event.
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Michael
Bens
Aunt Hilty
Ben
Josiah
Meu
Swattle
Titty
Tilly
Slitty’s
Mabel
Aunt Hug
Aunt Nitty
Wise Words on Life Discipline and Education
A speaker argues that true home and success come from a woman's influence and disciplined living. He asserts that positive training eliminates depressing emotions, urges definite aims, and warns against seeking ease. Business is portrayed as a universal educator shaping character through constant practice from youth to old age.
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Yfe
Arere
Nlo University
Clock Plant Narrows Time with Sunlit Leaves
The Kansas City Journal describes a plant known as the clock plant or clock weed. It details how sunlit leaves move in oscillating pendulum-like motions, with a large leaf traveling full length every forty five minutes and smaller leaves completing forward and backward travel in the same period, resembling clock hands.
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Norheo
Kansas City Journal
King Edward at the Races Rumor Brightens London Paper
A London paper notes King Edward will not have to walk home after attending the races. The claim plays on royal punctuality and public appearances, suggesting the prince travels with ease and avoids common travel woes.
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King Edward
London
Edward
Louleville Céurlem Journal
Breeders Gazette Endorses Hogs and Soil Rotations
The Breeders Gazette in Chicago predicts higher hog prices and lauds a breeding sow as top farm property. The piece also cites Prof Ladd on rotation to preserve soil productivity without chemical fertilizers, plus farm tips on fence posts, ham curing, and potash use in fruit orchards.
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Breeders’ Gazette
Chicago
Tifa
Prof
Ladd
Nort Dakota
Millin
Trof. Tait
Michigan
OLL IN WOOL THE NEED FOR SHEEP PROTECTION
The passage argues wool offers essential protection for sheep against inclement weather by shed rain and keep bodies dry. It emphasizes wool grease aids oil supply and feeds oily foods, noting winter safety and comfort as natural needs for sheep, especially from high mountain origins in Western Asia.
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Western
Asia
Goodbye to Dobbin and the agricultural motor car
A rural notice notes the end of Dobbin the plough horse as farmers switch to motorized tractors. It mentions a gasoline powered agricultural car that excelled in English competitions and jokes about speed. A Buckinghamshire village keeps a cow for free milk each day, an "alyrye cow" legend that ends when she dies and a replacement is provided.
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Dobbin
Lome
England
Waddesdon
Buckinghamshire
London
Library of Congress 1904 yearbook totals shown
The annual report of Herbert Putnam shows the Library of Congress holding 1 344 618 books 2 744 maps and charts 188 724 prints and 410 852 pieces of masss manuscripts unenumerated and 110 978 law volumes. The text contains garbled phrases about money and hunger.
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Herbert Putnam
Congress
Law Library
Unclear Catalog Prices and Severe Labor Shortage Hit Economy
The article lists varied prices for dairy and produce items with mixed legible and garbled text, then discusses a nationwide labor shortage, car and funds shortages, and rail and manufacturing constraints. It notes a booming yet strained economy with active trade in dry goods, millinery and footwear amid a record year.
Seapeity of Game in New York Market
A noticeable scarcity of fresh game in New York City markets drives prices above normal as stricter game draw enforcement spreads across several states. Officials emphasize impact on supply and consumer access amid tighter regulations.
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New York City
Hickory Timber Scarcity Discussed at National Convention
At the annual convention of the National Association of Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers, the scarcity of hickory timber was discussed as a key issue affecting production and supply.
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National Association of Agriculual Taplement and
Vehicle Mann, Pacturers
Cabbage Crop Damaged by Drought and Pests in New York
The expected large yield of cab bases was reduced by a severe dry spell. Conditions increased the risk of insect pests and stunted growth. Cabbage lice damaged many fields in Western New York, prompting complaints about stump rats.
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New York
Shortage of Turkeys and Market Price Shifts
The Went issue reports a shortage of turkeys for the upcoming season with hints of higher Thanksgiving prices. It notes price gains for horses and western stock, plus increased demand in iron and steel and cotton shows. Apples remain plentiful though wholesale prices ease, with fancy Graven apples fetching around four dollars.
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Andiuta
Orange craving and quiet words in a luncheon tale
An aging writer Eugene Field seeks a simple orange and kind words in a New York restaurant while a waiter recites a long menu. A minister's son disrupts a study with banging radiators, highlighting a lighthearted domestic moment amid other cataloged notices and medical ads in the same text.
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Eugene Field
New York
Field
Ladies' Home Journal
Nightclub banter at Peckham club scene
A late night exchange shows Peckham warning about leaving, smiling at a quip from Tushman about a wife waiting at home. The Philadelphia Press records the dialogue with comic edge as two men joke about balancing duty and leisure.
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Peckham
Tushman
Philadelphia Press
Four Years of Agony in a Foot Injury and Remedies
A disjointed retrospective recounts a severe foot injury in 1595 with partial amputation and extended suffering. It cites Cunema Sorp and Cuticura products, medical bills, and a claim of eventual recovery after five years, plus assorted 1909 advertisements and cement age musings from Birmingham Ledger.
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John M. Lloyd
Arch Ave
Alliance
Ohio
Dusty tale and coffee shift spark readers at club
A Deadhead recalls Francis Wilson at the Players Club mocking American drama as a Western box office line. A 70-year-old coffee user credits Postum with restoring health, vigor, and work stamina after a 40-year habit, urging others to try it.
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Nand
N Dak
Trast
Pam
Gay
Wollville
Land frauds along Union Pacific eyed in Prouty report
Washington reports Intersta te Commerce Commissioner Prouty will outline a broad scheme of land frauds tied to Union Pacific mining and transport routes in Colorado Utah and Wyoming. The probe may name Santa Fe and other firms while urging set aside patents fraudulently obtained and stricter action on public lands.
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Washington, D.C
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Wraming
Colorado
Utah
Union Paelle
Denver
Wo Grande
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Solayedo Fuel and Iron Company
Uncle Sam
Tilman- Gillespie
Pres
Union Padfe
Department of the Interior
Jatte
J. O. Clark
Union Pacific Coal Company
Dua
C.D. Clark
Wyoming
Ntil
Stoner Richards
General Land Oufice
Cyrus Read
Las Jreme Court
Orphans starved to death in Brotherhood of Light colony
State Humane Society charges that a Denver area Brotherhood of Light colony 490 miles southwest of Denver starved twelve orphans to death. Only seven of twenty children in care are alive. survivors work in fields under supervision of officials from the State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection and the State Bureau of Health. The diet prescribed by the brotherhood's religion is blamed for the deaths.
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the Whitehead
Stae Bureau of Child and Animal Protestion
Bureau
M. I. Sears
State Bureau of Health
Brotherhood
Judge Moule Remains Stern as Bullying Counsel Dares Question
In a case before Mr Justice Moule a bullying lawyer browbeated an elderly witness until speechless. The judge asked why she did not answer and she replied fearfully that the counsel scared her. The scene shows the judge’s forceful stance on courtroom conduct.
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Justice Moule
Man in Murphysboro Arrested Over Bridal Tour Incident
In Murphysboro Illinois a man was marched, arrested, and jailed within two hours. His tribe, enraged by the affair, sent a woman on a bridal tour alone.
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Murphysboro, Ui
Remarkable Woman Estes Born in Lyte Massachusetts
A biography notes a woman born February 1810 in Lyte Massachusetts from a Quaker family. She taught school for several years and became known as a woman of faultless character.
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Estes
Lyte
Mass
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