Pleasantries of War and a Convoy Joke
A London Express tale recounts General Viljoen laughing at a Scots Guards officer who claimed Viljoen stole a convoy. The General quips he did not steal the convoy, he merely borrowed it. The anecdote is relayed as true by a reader.
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Scots Guards
South Africa
London Express
Liquid Cream Balm Gains Popularity in Locales
Catarrh and hay fever remedy Liquid Cream Balm, sold by Ely Brothers of New York, is spreading in use as physicians adopt atomizer delivery. The product claims all medicinal properties of the Cream Balm, priced at a small charge and available by mail.
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Warren Street
New York
Messrs
ELY Bros
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Lamberton
Delachaise Street
New Orleans
W. M’duff
Deadly Parallel and Hotel Front Door Scene
A fragmentary note recalls a theatre or hotel scene where summer boarders felt harmed as half tone pictures were cut from a booklet ad and pasted on a hotel door. It also mentions Mrs. Austin's Pancakes and Elias Boudinot, first president of the American Bible Society.
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Puck
The
American Bible Society
Elias Boudinot
Israel
Inflammatory gut disease symptoms in ovaries described
Symptoms include dull throbbing pain and tenderness low in the side with a sense of heat and occasional shooting pains. The affected region may show swelling at times.
Trade Trends and Markets Report from December Review
The Weekly Trade Review notes steady wholesale demand for quality goods and ongoing industrial activity, though fuel shortages delay deliveries. Rail earnings exceed prior years, steel industry expansion and freight-rate cuts press on, while bridges and track work expand. Despite December money tightness, 1901 prospects look brighter with export shifts and cautious optimism for 1902.
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Bos
New York
Ecedca
Eoven
Trade Review
KR. G. Dun & Co
Sister’s warning about a playful rival in a lively exchange
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt features a bright irue girl teasing her sister’s beaux. The sister offers a light bribe to keep a laughable scandal quiet while a young man questions the truth in a playful wartime banter.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Early to bed and rise guides a federal education chief
Dr W T Harris United States commissioner of education is praised for rising at 3 am and doing his best work before business hours. The piece mentions his habit and notes his influence on early riser success, alongside a Chicago style printer tip about Eagle Linen Paper. It also covers Pat Garrett visiting New York and a warning from a policeman about pickpockets near Cortlandt Street.
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W. T. Harris
United States
Pat Garrett
el Paso
Tex
Presiden Roosevelt
Billy the Kid
Southwest
New York
Government Board of Customs
Garrett
Metropolis
New York Times
Cortlandt Street
Guardian of the City’s Peace
Prompted dialogue on glove cleaning prices across towns
In a brief exchange from the Weekly Telegraph two women compare glove cleaning costs with a sixpence and a ninepence. Ethel remarks on size being a consideration. The oddly appended line about a dating stamp appears unrelated.
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Clara
Ethel
Weekly Telegraph
Overcrowded City and Odd Medical Snippet
The item references dense Liverpool population figures and a stray medical cure note for teething and wind colds. It mixes fragmented phrases about pessimists and optimists with a Chicago Record-Herald quotation. The passage reads like a cluttered historical newspaper fragment containing names and nonspecific anecdotes.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Fragmentary clipping with scattered facts
Odd collection of notes mentions Mrs. Austin's Pancakes and a celestial battery. It claims hailstones weighing three pounds fell in Russia, includes a quip from Cleveland Plain Dealer, and cites Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea. Also notes Norwalk Connecticut origins and an English village, plus a British navy prize of 43 cents.
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Russia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rubber Stamps Made to Order and Supplies
An advertisement offers rubber stamps of all kinds with self inking options and pads. It invites readers to send for a catalogue, listing Lock Box 210 in Fort Wayne Indiana as the contact.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
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