Strangers Refuse to Meet the Kukuhuhua in New Guinea Trade
The Kukuhuhua, a fierce New Guinea mountain tribe, forbid outsiders from entering their dwelling. Nearby coast tribes trade by leaving goods in a marked spot then retreating. Mountain dwellers monitor the offerings and return with counter goods, finally exchanging items if satisfied. If not, both parties withdraw empty handed.
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New Guinea
Skin Rash Cleared By Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Miss Pansy Hutchins reports two years of facial rash with itching and scabs. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, inflammation subsided in two days and fully cleared in four weeks. She also used the products for scalp and hair. Sample offers and address for Cuticura appear.
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Sioux Falls
Pansy Hutchins
Cuticura
Dept. L
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Mayor critiqued revised Mother Goose versions
Peoria Mayor Woodruff condemned revised editions of classic children’s books including Hans Andersen Grimm and Sloppy Peter. He argued readers prefer original texts and recalled a story of a wife lamenting changes after marriage, illustrating his point about revisions.
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Information Wanted about Postal Banks Advertising
A child asks why the post office keeps advertising postal banks if the department does not pay for itself. The exchange shows a simple concern about government funding and public banking initiatives.
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Carry Flint and Thunderbolt Beliefs Among Norfolk Peasants
The Norfolk peasants carry red hot flints and stone arrow heads to avert lightning strikes. They insist this custom protects them, reflecting enduring folk beliefs about nature and danger.
Poisoning remedy from old newspaper notice
A fragment references a home remedy for poisoning relief by bathing affected parts in a Tyrée Antiseptic Powder solution. The text mentions price and a Billings or Baltimore area contact but is unclear and partial.
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Kimmel Co
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Unclear OCR fragment on dinner remarks
Fragmentary text shows garbled punctuation and stray words about dinner and fondness. Lacks coherent event, names, places, or dates to establish a clear news item.
Dacey’s Quest for Love Ends in Miss Gloria Burley
Norman Dacey, wealthy and weary, pursues a mysterious woman who lost his pocketbook after a car crash. A brooch with a portrait hints a mother or lover. he finds Gloria Burley, captive by a gold-hungry brother. Dacey rescues her, reunites with his sister Leah, and asks Gloria to marry him.
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Open-Air Theater at Camp John Hay in Philippines
An outdoor theater is being built near Camp John Hay in Baguio Philippines. The grotto site features terraced ground roses and stone walls by Igorots using traditional methods. It will seat 2000 with a large stage suitable for chorus or Shakespeare. The stone walls were completed by prison labor and costs are described as trifling.
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Camp John Hay
Baguio
Philippines
Ston Walla
To Be Sure A Professional Person
The statement urges a professional person to avoid competing and to hide ignorance. It stresses respect and restraint in showing knowledge or skill in public contexts.
Ancient Spanish University Story Emerges
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at an ancient Spanish university claim and references to an old panieh concept and a founding date around 15.3240. The readable text is sparse and unclear about exact names or events.
Importance of good humor in business staff faces
A businessman argues for hiring friendly, courteous workers at public counters and with shipping clerks. He says sour bookkeepers are acceptable if skilled, but emphasizes the contagion of good humor to attract customers and speed work, noting the impact on public contact and overall business.
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Ike
Lke
The Brulot Dessert Flame Described by a Correspondent
A correspondent explains the French brulot or brutot as a fruit cake flambéed with rum or cognac. The ceremony often scorches whiskers, leaves a burnt taste from the alcohol and matches, and offers a vivid if unpoetic visual.
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France
Reverend ponders if milk and honey settled all for Black settlers
After a sermon, a brother asks Reverend Johnsingham if the promised land had more than milk and honey. The exchange lists foods and resources absent in the imagined shore. The brother questions whether the Lord planned for Black people in that land.
Winners Pitied as Prizes In Corn Show At Carthage
The Joplin Globe notes the first prize in Carthage corn exhibit is a $100 loving cup while other awards include a $50 pig a $35 tool case two cultivators a fence section and a $10 White Orpington rooster. The Globe says the average man would choose the rooster over the cup.
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Joplin
Carthage
Globe
Kansas City Times
Seer Bunco Sets Ten Dollar Fee For Forecast
A caller asks Bunco the Seer about charges. The seer replies with a ten dollar price for a glimpse into the caller’s financial loss. The caller hands over the coin and questions the seer’s abilities.
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Wealth and influence buy old associations in politics
In a playful exchange Mrs Vastlee Rich counters Longfellow on money and memory. He insists gold cannot purchase the past while she retorts that cash can buy the oldest organization on earth, life itself, reflecting political cynicism.
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Vastlee Rich
Longfellow
Fledermans Luck and The Rescuer
A humorous exchange shows Flederman describing luck and a rescuer questioning how she fell in. The rescued person retorts that they came for half a day of fishing, not to fall in.
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Flederman
Unclear Fragment Reflects Speech Pattern and Regret
Fragmentary quotation notes a man unsure how to say something, leading to a regrettable later remark. The text hints at hesitation and a reactive, improvised statement rather than a formal declaration. No identifiable people or events are present.
Experience of Motherhood Promoted by Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
The article discusses motherhood as a trying yet transformative experience for women. It argues many are unprepared for childbirth and its nervous strain, urging readers to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to support health and vitality. It invites letters to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
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