Fragmented Chicago Tribune ad and scene fragments
The text blends wartime era ads and a park scene with a child at a pond. It includes references to Allen's Foot Ease powder, Brom Quin ine, Allen's Lung Balsam, a geologist Alfred H. Brooks, and a child's fear of boat rides as the boatman hawks rides near a lagoon.
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Alaska
Washington
Alfred H. Brooks
Alaskan Division
The
Geological Survey
Allen
Fienanie
Chy
Elsie
Miners killed by train in snowstorm near Shelburn
Hungarian miners were struck by a passenger train on the Evansville and Terre Haute line near Shelburn. One body was identified as Mike Sonslo with another man found with the address 224 West Whitmore Street Toledo Ohio in his pocket. A third man remains missing as a blinding snowstorm obscured the oncoming train.
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Stora
Byr
Evansville and
Terre Haute
Shelburn
Mike Sonslo
John’ Koishof
Itag
Elopers In A Runaway Miss Dorothy Cooney and Louis McCloskey
A Chicago girl and a Lowell man fled in a buggy when their elopement faced danger. The buggy overturned between Lowell and Crown Point, injuring Miss Cooney and bruising McCloskey. Despite injuries the ceremony proceeded at Crown Point with Judge R B Nicholson. The couple then left for Chicago as newlyweds.
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Chicago
Dorothy Cooney
Louis McCloskey
Lowell
Crown Point
McCloskey
R. B. Nicholson
Greenfield Chair Factory Destroyed by Fire
A night blaze at the National Adjustable Chair Company in Greenfield wiped out the chair factory and stock. Loss estimated at $6,000 as wind aided flames but the isolated building prevented spread. Fire started in waste storage in a corner of the factory.
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Greenfield
National Adjustable Chair Company
Morris
Cure for Eczema with Cuticura Remedies Proved
Mrs. A. J. Cochran reports her six year old son suffered severe eczema for two years. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills as directed the condition improved within hours and fully cured after two boxes. She notes no relapse and recommends the remedies for others. Oct. 20, 1909 Philadelphia.
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A. J. Cochran
Columbia Ave
Philadelphia
Prehistoric Remains Found Near Ipswich by Lady Scientist
Miss Nina Layard unearthed at thirty feet in a Grand Eastern line cutting near Ipswich a mix of mammoth, horse, gigantic ox, bear, wolf, red deer and a bird plus flint tools. The horse is noted as large as a modern car horse, suggesting pleistocene deposits in the old Gipping river gravels.
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Ipswich
Nina Layard
London Standard
Ridgeway
England
Julus Casar
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial and affidavit
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of I. J. Cheney & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured case of catarrh. The document notes Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and claims to affect the blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials sent upon request and Hall's Family Pills advertised for constipation.
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A.W. Gleason
Hall
Despondent husband seeks help as family faces triplets
A dialogue centers on a distressed husband treated for melancholia, with talk of high costs and a vacation plan. The prose mentions a doctor’s remedies and a sensational line about triplets, all framed in a fragmentary ad like style common to period newspapers.
Cheatham Gives Up Bridge After Money Shortage
Fragmentary dialogue and ad style text show a joke exchange about bridge and scandal with mentions of immigration assimilation and a dubious medical claim for a cure, reflecting noisy 19th or early 20th century newspaper chatter and stray quotes.
Shaw’s Witty Take on Arms and the Man and Stage Mischief
The London Times-Democrat reports George Bernard Shaw’s light praise for a musical version of Arms and the Man with a sharp quip about first nights in New York. He recalls dinner table boasts and theatre chatter, noting that even critics and amateurs fearfully contend with his famed lines. Industries again show a global industrial awakening, per government statistics.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
London
the Avenue
the Playhouse
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Dispensary Medical Association
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