Dictionary of insult and propriety in a wartime classroom
A garbled 19th century schoolroom scene depicts a stern schoolteacher chastising a student named Willy while a broader lesson on fortifying the home against winter cold is interwoven with social tensions. References to gender roles and blunt attitudes toward men and women appear amid fragile prose and misread phrases.
Anuric promised as uric acid remedy in ad copy
An advertisement claims Dr Piero discovered a new agent called Anuric that supposedly eradiates uric acid from the system and cures related diseases. It urges readers to send 10 cents for a trial packet and to contact Thewlides Hotel and Surgical Institute in Winifield NY for more information or a panipten on Anure tablets.
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Kent
Cravel
Neuraleia
Piero
Tor Pierce
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Anariy
Desolate St Helena island and Napoleons exile legacy
Fragmented account describes St Helena as a crown colony with fortifications and a narrow coastal vale. It notes Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile, the island’s isolation, rugged geology, and historic sites including Jamestown, the governor’s residence, gardens, and the civil hospital, all amid wartime and naval activity.
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Seville
Athens
Jamestown
St Helena
Sparta
Ravernor
Cueeum
Inland island landscape with cliffs and historic graves
Expansive wooded uplands overlook a central basin on St Helena Island. Descriptions cover ridges, ravines, and a basalt scenery, noting two weathered pinnacles Lot and Lot's Wife, a columnar Asses' Ears, and a spring-laden Health resort area. The passage also recalls a tomb linked to a thirst and a fenced grave area cared for by guards.
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Riihont
Nelda
St Helena
Sandy Bay
Diana 4
Arteon
Black Mountains
Lot
Rover’s Lesson: Dog Stops Chasing Car After Bluff
A farmer recalls his dog Rover who chased the interurban as it passed his farm. The dog boasted after driving off the intruder, but one day the car stopped abruptly and Rover fled in fear. From then on he never chased the car, likely believing he had bluffed it once too often.
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Rover
Kansas City Star
Spartan Women Suffered Untola Tertuers ur whl Wants th be a Spartan
Tyke Femenitia tur all femal digunlers Price Sie and $2. Any ty adveertinn tsi. Hiawtirde tals sam. Ady.
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