East Side Social Function Hails New District Member
The entertainment committee chair acted as taster at a social event for the East Side Assembly district. Guests included the mayor and municipal officials. A congressman was introduced with his wife as The Honorable and Mrs. Coverceaman MeJones. The master of ceremonies then announced Mr. and Mrs. Tnkpector of Hydrouts Faucets and Shop Work Gilligan.
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East Side
New York
Cub
Coverceaman MeJones
Gilligan
Sweating Coin Fraud Described in Crime Text
The article explains sweating, a counterfeit coin method using a rubber mold and cyanide bath to detach gold from coins. It notes detectors like bunkers and balances reveal shortages, quotes H L Adams, and mentions limited profits. It ends with an ad offering a catalog from First National U S Mail Order Business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Adams
London
A Remarkable Church at Stivichull England
In 1810 John Green began the church at Stivichull near Coventry as a solitary effort. He laid every stone and finished the building with his own hands, creating a unique English edifice. The church serves a large congregation and its revenue comes from sightseers curious about the solitary construction.
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Stivichull
Coventry
England
John Green
Race in the heat ends with a narrow win
In a humorous Chicago Tribune excerpt, Paoow asks what Ardup has been doing and Ardup replies a race on a hot day to pay for dinner. He claims victory by the skin of his teeth, narrowly escaping the restaurant proprietor who pursued him through the crowd.
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Paoow
Ardup
Alodle
Chicago Tribune
No Eod of Trees feature prompts quip about ancestry
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment notes a dialogue about family trees and an ancestor linked to garden of Eden privilege. The odd exchange hints at lineage and heritage in a terse newspaper snippet.
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Mr. Maguire
Garden of Eden
Cevecland Plain Dealer
Concordince and grape trellis in a playful exchange
A humorous Chicago Tribune fragment shows a Sunday school teacher and a child riffing on a made up word concordince meaning a thing you grow grapes on. The conversation also recalls a fond memory of Dicky and Tom drowning a woodchuck.
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Dicky
Tom
Chicago Tribune
Fragmented quips and wry epigrams from urban papers
A collage of jokes and squibs from multiple newspapers including the Philadelphia Inquirer the New York Times and the Washington Star. Snatches feature marriage jokes wedding refusals insomnia and politics with playful banter about money love and social foibles.
Value of Trap Nests in Poultry Breeding and Hired Man Rights
The article explains trap nests help identify best layers and cull unprofitable hens, noting comforts and handling needed. It also discusses how humane treatment and fair wages keep hired men on farms and outlines a simple self opening sliding door mechanism for barn use.
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Joba
Fruit Wrapping Machine and Novel Rubber from Milk
A California fruit wrapping machine operates nearly unattended, fully automating wrapping as fruit rolls along inclines to a bin and is inspected for defects. An Ohio inventor reports making a rubber-like material from skim milk, claiming omite is fireproof nonconductive and valuable, while a storage-houses design mentions ventilated dairy and fruit spaces with sawdust-filled walls for odor and temperature control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Hin
Editor and Writer Clash Over Death Threat Satire
A fragmented exchange shows a timid editor and a writer clashing over threats and apologies, with garbled lines about a death and a punchy response from the editor. The text hints at a posturing quarrel within a newspaper setting.
Prosperity shown at state fairs amid record farmer attendance
The article notes farmers from Illinois Indiana Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Kentucky and Ohio traveling to state fairs and returning with hopeful reports of prosperity. It highlights record rural visitation and higher spending than in prior years as signs of farming success, with even tighter budgets not deterring attendance.
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Goodall
The Loyal Sheep and its Grateful Mother
A traveler returns from the West and recounts a tale of a mother sheep seeking help for a lamb stuck in a shallow pit. He lifts the lamb to safety, and the grateful gaze of the mother becomes a lasting consolation.
Feud Over Egg Prices Sparks Violence Threat in Missouri
A northwest Missouri town faces a factional clash over a dozen eggs after price drops from 24 to 12 cents. A neighbor seeks extra eggs to cover the loss, prompting ongoing quarrels amid a rising demand for firearms at local hardware stores.
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Missouri
Practical Farm Note on Pest Control and Manure Use
The note warns cutting and burning cnnes infested by pests and diseases. It advises liberal lime around cabbage around the plant to prevent club foot, cautions against plowing under expensive legume crops, and favors barnyard manure and clover sod. It emphasizes sticking to known crops for success.
A Curious Mian and The Wild Tamarind Plant
An eminent botanist describes a plant known as the wild tamarind of riverside wastes. It reportedly affects livestock including horses and donkeys by changing hair color and texture and can cause hoof loss in a horse after grazing. The plant is said to encourage growth in Bahamas fodder for cattle sheep and goats.
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Bahamas
THREE WEEKS Brought About a Newarkhadle Change
Mrs A J Davie of Murray Kentucky says Down's Kidney Pills relieved kidney trouble quickly. She describes dull backache and sharp pains eased in three weeks with no remaining symptoms. Sold to all dealers. Voster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. J. Davie
Murray
Mays
Dean
Down
Voster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
French Plan Trans Saharan Telegraph Route Across Desert
The French establish a 1000 mile desert chain from Dakar to Niger towns with telegraph survey and a wireless link. Couriers between the Niger and the Mediterranean will operate monthly using the Trans Saharan route. Posts at Agadea and Ahugear support rapid military communications with both horses and camels used.
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Nigeria
Mediterranean
Sahara
Soya
Pall Mall Gazette
Morocco
Acroma
Algeria
French West Africa
Dakar
Wat Ben
Niger
Gaso
Timbucktu
France
Senegal
Dahomey
Prisoner Sneaks Silk Under Coat in The Jail Cell
A prisoner in cell 27 arouses attention after a store detective reports seeing him attempt to conceal silk fabric under his clothing during a prior visit. Authorities note the act as a safety concern and launch minimal inquiry.
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Silk Wederwrnr
Early soldicers of New Maoghuad named
Tommy Tucker among the Augey Saxons and nyaain.
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Tommy
New Maoghuad
Tomwy Tucker
Nya'ain
Submarine Navigation History From Day to Fulton
The piece notes 18th century ideas of underwater craft and early trials. It mentions an inventor Day in 1774 who failed during a descent and reports Robert Fulton in 1790 proposing a combustible box for underwater propulsion and explosive use.
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Day
Bovt
Wiles I
New York
Notable Exchange About Bees and Pebbles Aboard Ship
Passages describe a humorous exchange on a ship where one person recalls walking the Mediterranean shores and collecting pebble souvenirs. The other mentions bringing home a bot of pebbles shaken from shoes after returning to the vessel.
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Mediterranean
Rescue of a Young Woman After Severe Sores
Laura Jane Bates of New York writes of a young woman brought to a city mission in a terrible state with sores from neglect and exposure. After seven weeks of treatment centered on Cuticura products and Cullenia ointment, the patient improved enough to seek work and regain strength.
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Catteura
Laura Jane Bates
Fifth Ave
New York
Effects of River Steamboat Sinking Onlookers Recall F X Thompson
On a western river years ago the steamboat F X Thompson struck a snag and sank, leaving only the initials visible above water. Passengers on a following boat peered at the wreck, and a curious traveler asked the captain for the boat’s name. The captain replied that what remained was the Thompson and that it seems to have sunk. The observer pressed for the cause, but the captain could only say no visible reason could be discerned from the wreck.
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Eben
Washington Star
Mra Peckem
Nwid
Buna
Bridget
Boston
Johnny
Philadelphia Enquirer
Boreleigh
Doris
Misa Dorle
Mr. Boreleugh
Houston ‘Transcript
Homer
Trotter
Chisize Daily News
Chleago Record Herald
Pat
Sor
Alsweras
Sorghum
Tillis
Readwanade Wisdon
Lamson
Lauaaon Falius
New York
Pngistrate
Winn
Plalatt
F. X. Thompson
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Endorsements Offer
The ad proclaims a $100 reward for any case Catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It asserts a constitutional treatment, internal action on mucous surfaces, and includes testimonials. Sold by all druggists, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation also promoted.
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Bescon
Cheney
Toledo
Yoke Hall
Shall the people rule in government and family
A political orator asks if the people shall rule, while an undersized onlooker questions male rule in the family. An advertisement for Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup claims to ease teething gums and inflammation in children.
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Mr. Amawley
Mra. Winslow
Glue Prank In Official Office Ends With Bold Retort
A government bureau chief, aided by a trusted friend, traps an office intruder with glue on a chair. The official scolds the visitor and vows to pursue the culprit with all state power, while the friend departs, never to return, leaving the room in puzzled silence.
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Jimmie
Jemmie
Gevern
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted for Women Health
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for female ailments. It claims widespread testimonials from women restored to health and notes the product is plant based, without drugs, and can spare surgical operations. It mentions the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts and letters from women supporting its efficacy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mass
Lydia Fe.ham
Lydia E. Joe Ium
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Cattle pen remark sparks literary fortune claim
In a bustling exchange the hostess notes that Mr McMun neu does not resemble a literary figure, yet asserts he has made a fortune by writing. The privileged guest Mr Diggs confirms the claim. The remark underscores tension between appearance and success in literary circles.
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