Blood Moon Wood Feud Ends With Legal Standoff
Brooklyn Eagle recounts a dispute between Cy Perkins and Joe Bunker over a shared wood path. Bunker posts a six by nine sign reading Trespassing Forbidden Here, which Perkins ignores, arguing the law does not require him to read the sign while passing through. The tale ends with a witty assertion that no law compels one to stand on his head to read a warning.
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Bunker
Cyrus
Joe
Perkins
Joe Bunker
Elliott Fowler
Brooklyn Eagle
Griswold
Canal Street
French Quarter
A Knave of Conscience Narrows His Flight to Bargained Disguise
Griswold shaves his beard and outfits a disguise in New Orleans to elude pursuit. He pawned keepsakes for a revolver, contemplates a hideout in a small town, and aids a sick laborer, trading his role for a steamer voyage toward an unknown Wabaska, dreaming of Miss Farnham.
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New York
Dragon quotes steer Griswold toward river path
Griswold dismisses the dangers with a laugh and says the dragon has teeth and claws but cannot see or smell. He contemplates his route and notes that the remaining questions are how and where to proceed in peace.
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Griswold
Parish Vicar Unable to Visit Hilltop Residents
The vicar, aging and hindered by age, regrets he cannot visit hilltop parishioners though he will continue Sunday duties. He jokes that if God sends him a pony and carriage, he will resume his former visiting route.
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Buckinghamshire
England
Chicago Chronicle
Painful efforts to look pleasant noted in Chicago Daily News
In a concise item the Chicago Daily News critiques attempts by certain individuals to appear agreeable, labeling the effort as painfully obvious and awkward. The remark reflects a skeptical tone toward social performance and public demeanor.
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Chicago Daily News
Cheerful Table Influence Taught by Family Courtsey
An elderly woman recalls a family rule of cheerful meals, noting her father a lawyer kept a pleasant table despite a harried day. Cross-temptations were sent away and meals became moments of joy, shaping good temper and daily happiness for children.
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N. Y
Clothespin Bag Sewing Instructions and Materials
The piece describes making a clothespin bag from blue denim two-thirds of a yard by half a yard, with a second piece of the same length and 21 inches wide. It instructs cutting like a pattern, adding white braid or tape along the pocket edge, and sewing the pieces together.
Clever clothes bag idea avoids bending and mouthful pins
Mrs. Nellie Norton in Good Housekeeping describes a clever device that binds with tape, sews a waistband at the top, and uses a button and buttonhole. The bag can be worn by snapping around the body to hang clothes, eliminating stooping for clothespins and the unsanitary habit of biting them.
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Nellie Norton
Good Housekeeping
G. Bruce
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lan ‘Ng
Mick
Pinkhaaa
Lynn
Mass
Kate Shelley To Be Nurse At Cherokee Insane Hospital
Kate Shelley famed for saving a train near Moingona will enter the Cherokee Iowa insane hospital next month as a nurse. She has been engaged by the asylum officials. The bridge she crossed now spans the La Crosse River near La Crosse after being moved there years ago.
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Kate Shelley
Moingona
Boone County
State Insane Hospital
Cherokee
Miss Shelley
la Crosse River
la Crosse
Empress Opposes Autos for Army Use
The empress of Germany offers a practical view on automobiles, deeming them too dangerous for army maneuvers and reserving them for actual warfare according to the Chicago Chronicle.
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Germany
Chicago Chronicle
New Vibrating Chair Promises Youth and Strength
A Chicago Inter Ocean item describes a vibrating chair that uses a water filled seat and hammer driven vibrations to stimulate the body. It claims to restore youth and strengthen muscles but notes high costs from $200, limiting popular appeal among beauty seekers.
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Lilian Russell
Bernhardt
New York
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Orderly Sequence Of Senses In Sleep Described
A Chicago American excerpt explains how sleep progresses from the feet upward. The eyes close first, followed by taste, smell, and hearing, with touch often last to depart and first to return. Muscle and nerve relaxation spread from the feet to the brain, ending in unconscious rest.
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Chicago American
Groom’s Unique Gift Sparks Wedding Style Trend
The groom traditionally honors ushers with keepsakes, now popular is gold initial buttons engraved with each usher’s initials. At weddings the new swag includes white pique or duck waistcoats, with large initial buttons as a striking touch.
Boy oils machine to stop screaking ends in tragedy
In Liberty Missouri a boy named Paul Hunt poured oil into his baby sibling’s eyes nose mouth and ears after his mother oiling a machine said she did it to keep it from screaking. The boy’s actions followed from the same reasoning as the machine.
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Liberty (Mo
Paul Hunt
Paul
Autumn evening gowns described with velvet and lace
Two autumn gowns feature almond green cloth and black taffeta designs. The green gown highlights festooned folds velvet borders and guipure sleeves, while the black gown uses cream lace bands with black velvet ribbons and an elaborate guipure shoulder collar.
Bright Farm Outlook Promises Uplift for Nation
Chicago Daily Sun reports a sweeping positive shift for American agriculture. With east coast crops thriving, railroads plan expanded equipment and labor, and farm incomes rise as currency returns boost demand for goods. Reduced grain and fodder costs could lower meat and food prices, easing last year’s high costs and preventing repeats of widespread shortages.
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East
Corn Belt
Chicago Daily Sun
How to Handle Wire on a Wagon
Instructions describe using a wagon bed as a wire reel support. A bed is removed and shortened, two by four planks extend from beyond the front bolster to past the hind bolster. Three boards are laid to create a platform over the bolsters and another beneath to guide wire winding.
Making a Wire Handling Rig for Farm Use
A detailed guide by G A Sauer in Farm and Home describes building a windlass based wire handling rig. It covers measuring 114 feet from the hind bolster, cutting windlass notches at ends, fitting over bolsters, and placing a tool box between d and e. The plan calls for a square windlass, leather straps, nailed staples, and spools sized to roll the wire with a slow team and careful driver. Two workers are needed one to turn the windlass and one to drive the laid wire with a horse on each side.
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G. A. Sauer
Cheap movable hog pen from Orange Judd Farmer
J G Allshouse describes a low cost movable hog pen built with four 3 by 3 inch corner posts and eight 8 inch boards. Set bottom boards 6 inches from the ground and top boards 8 inches above. Include a trough, cleats, and strips, with optional top fencing wire. Two men can move it by lifting one end and dropping the enclosure over hogs.
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J. G. Allshouse
Orange Judd Farmer
Sheep and goats aid profitable farming practices
Midland Farmer notes wool profits from sheep and the value of Angora goats as efficient clearers of roughage. It advises selecting rams carefully, insisting on fullness behind the shoulder, and using grain to boost vigor. Emphasizes starting flocks with strong breed, blood, pedigree, and individual traits.
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Michigan
Justice of the Peace Weds Wife He Chose Himself
Justice of the Peace Henry Bundy of Jersey City married Mary Becker, widow of an old friend, in a ceremony the groom performed himself. Bundy asked and answered the couple’s vows, and witnesses Mary Spangler and Mary Smithers confirmed the union.
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Hudson County Board of Health
Justice of the Peace
Henry Bundy
Jersey City
Mary Becker
Mrs. Becker
Mr. Bundy
Swedish Baptist Church in Iowa Bans Secret Societies
The revised constitution of the Swedish Baptist church in Iowa forbids members from belonging to secret societies. The measure clarifies church governance and strengthens adherence to denominational discipline within the community.
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The
Swedish Baptist Church
Iowa
Misfits at a Bargain Sale
A fragment describes a bargain sale scene with men waiting for their wives as Nell and Belle discuss items that look real cheap. The Philadelphia Ledger mentions the moment in a terse urban vignette.
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Nell
Belle
Philadelphia Ledger
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder promises better fit for tight shoes
Women can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It eases tight or new shoes and claims to cure swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores 25cc. Free trial by mail from Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Paradoxical Ailment Quips From Philadelphia Press
In a witty exchange the Philadelphia Press notes how ague is called paradoxical for its shaking illness yet lingering in the body. The suburb pate and Cillman debate the strange health quip with humor.
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Ague
Cillman
Philadelphia Press
Quack Remedies Page From Early 1900s Weathered Ads
A collage of ad blurbs and quack claims appears from a newspaper page listing cures and tonics. Items include Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets at 25 cents, Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil for pain, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for pneumonia, and Pike's Toothache Drops claimed to cure in a minute. The clipping also includes quips about philosophy and job search, and a line about Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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Hale
Pike
Surgeries and Travel Troubles Reveal Patient's Struggle
Fragmentary note describes prolonged travel and poor medical care leading to severe health decline two years prior. A physician advised complete care after years of hardship and disrupted meals and damp beds.
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Priskiam
The Markets News From Multiple Cities
Market reports from New York Cleveland Chicago Toledo and Buffalo dated September 29 1902 show prices for flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep lambs hogs and colaltered figures across regions. Notable items include New York flour patents 3.60 to 3.90 and cattle best steers 6.25 to 6.35 in Cleveland. Chicago September grain quotes and pork lard values. Buffalo hogs at 7.60 to 7.70 and lambs 5.25 to 5.35.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Chicago
Toledo
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Bayou Bank
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State Insane Asylum
NEW Beauty
Beauty
Detroit Free Press
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Julia Filbridge
West Cornwell, Conn
Indianapolis News
Monarch
Thomas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago Post
Putnam
ST. Jacobs
W. L. Douglas
H. Mide
SONY
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Gatage
A.U. Tower CO
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Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicaer
Cago Bridge « Iron Cou
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Chicags
Henry C. Blain
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