Salzer Seed Co promotes high yields from wheat and rye
Fragmented OCR recalls an advertisement praising Hostetter's Bitters for constipation and malaria, and extolling Salzer's World’s Fair wheat and winter rye yields. Mentions John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin, promising 40 to 70 bushels per acre and up to 100 bushels claimed by enthusiasts. Includes notes on Excursion lines and Isle Royale travel as part of the era’s farming and travel chatter.
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Monaeter
John A. Salzer ‘Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Propria Persona Ends With Unexpected Betrothal
A solitary writer Vere St Albans narrates life in a pretty room and fends off fans and publishers until a college girl seeks an autograph. A mistaken identity leads to exposure when a fire breaks out and Nom Atherton discovers the truth, sparking a romantic arc and a proposed marriage between Vere and Nom’s sister, Tom.
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Saharan
Pam
St Albans
Wnder
Vere
Abby
Mr. Vere St Albans
St. Albans
Tom Hias
St Alban
Promse
Vere Albans
Albanai
Tealles
Hive Realty
Wntil T
Atherton
Vero St. Alans
Atherton & Sons
Lim
Mr. St. Albans
Mra
Nan
Miss Vera
Misa Vera
Frn
Iines
Nom Atherton
Vere St. Alluins
Vere St
Banjo Club Demand Leads to Odd Store Exchange
A visitor in a music store presses the clerk with a strange request for a large hard banjo club. The man demands a banjo club for a neighbor learning to play, insisting on getting it his way, while the embarrassed clerk seeks clarification and safety.
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the Free Press
Abd
Chicago Peerage and Lakefront Lineage Question
A speaker questions Miss Lakefront as a suitable match, calling her a peer and referencing Miss Slow-Gertaluls. The dialogue notes a family history in Chicago dating to its early days, implying social stature and longstanding prominence.
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Chicago
Yerri
The Other Way Bound Tagleigh Heist Query
Bank cashier absconding inquiry prompts questions about finances. The suspect denies deficits. investigators note bank behind on payments while the man asserts he is ahead.
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Tagleigh
Wagleigh
English Houseboat Style Differs From American One
An English houseboat is described as a simple flat bottomed craft with a single story and an upper platform under an awning. The social life centers on river flotillas at Henry Regatta and similar events, with frequent entertaining and rowboat excursions. Floral decorations, lattice screens, and ivy plus blooms transform the upper deck during regatta season, making houseboats a social hub and precursor to marriages.
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Lord Tard
Times
England
Bar Harbor
Flood Theories Across Ages And Regions
A review contrasts biblical and Mesopotamian flood accounts with a Natural Wissenschaft history arguing for a Quaternary Ice Age flood. It notes glacier retreats, widespread lakes, and warmer latitudes becoming seas while citing Herodotus and Aryan myths as evidence, linking floods to climate shifts and ancient traditions.
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Rome
Tigris
Huphrates
Jordan
Herr Richard Hennig
Rocky
Nm Rent Lake
Fir
America
Salt Lake
Saliava
Egypt
Herr Hoennly
Herodotus
Fland Samt
Bors
Hrimthursen
Bergelik
Hringthursen
Loudou Globe
Compressed air joints aid pipe strength in Parle plant
An inventor M. Marinl developed a special rubber joint to handle the strain from compressed air in the Parle plant. Trials aimed to strengthen the para rubber base with 40 percent white lead to improve hardness and reduce cost, testing samples for recovery after high manual pressure.
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M. H Mariul
M. Marinl
De Tanque-Soaque Accused in Watered Stock Claim
A reported dispute centers on alleged watered stock involving De Tanque-Soaque in Manhattan. Pizz-Yea is noted as having heard of the claim, raising questions about the authenticity of the gold holdings.
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Manhattan
A Fatherly Prompthinde and the Poisoned Bite
An English judge in Ceylon, famed for shouting Pyn pol, saves his daughter after a venomous bite from a snake hidden in his boot. He retrieves his child to a fort for a surgeon, whose cauterization confirms the rescue prevented a fatal outcome.
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Midge Smedley
Ceylon
Indian Tribe Visitor Scandal In Local Store Theft
An American President Grant era tale recounts a Western delegation with an interpreter touring Washington. A Tribe member in a grocery shop buys thirty six boxes of soda labels then pries open each, stealing contents and stringing the debris as a macabre neck ornament. The incident ends with the offender joining companions, his improvised trophy hanging low.
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Woehington
President Grant
Len
Fragments of 19th Century Critique and Snobbery
A curio of literary gossip outlines Friedel's rough handling and dramatic bursts of temper while composing, alongside anecdotes of snobbery in high society. It recalls a New York social milieu vignette with a duke’s ex servant and a printer insult episode, ending with mention of extra editions for a baby birth.
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Stix
Awell
New York
Newport
EU Buvlunen
Metter Temperature and St Peter Dialogue Sketch
A fragmented dialogue unfolds between Metter Temperature and St Peter. The Living Picture character arrives and is advised to seek the other plaice where more suitable apparel is found, hinting at misdirection and wordplay.
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St. Peter
St Peter
Confusion of Tongues Prompted by Corbett Speech
In a strained exchange, Corbett speaks with no foreign accent and Peter Inckwon claims Le cannot understand him. Jiggs notes surprise at the outcome, while Jagga says the unexpected was anticipated.
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Corbett
Peter Inckwon
Insurance Claim Hint From Austin Saloon Conversation
In Hubbard Ohio, Colonel Percy Yarger suggests to Major Witherspoon that he could collect half the life insurance on his wife, arguing in legal terms that the policy should pay half. The exchange happens as they drink mint juleps, while the town faces mayoral and city enforcement issues over intoxication and failure to obey orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heurt
Percy Yarger
Witherspoon
Austin
Tly
Syrup of Figs promises gentle relief and healthful cleansing
Knowledge extols a pure liquid laxative now sold by druggists in 60c and 1 bottles. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co, the product claims to soothe without weakening organs and to treat constipation by acting on kidneys liver and bowels. The ad warns buyers to demand the California company label and refuse substitutes.
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California
Fon
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