The Briefest Criticism by Miss Kennedy
Miss Elizabeth Kennedy recalls a sharp Broadway style quip about theater. She recounts reading a Carson City local item listing weather and a barn storm at the Carson opera house, calling it the most concise dramatic criticism she ever encountered.
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Elizabeth Kennedy
Ineason
Madame Trentoni
Captain Jinks
Horse Marines
Miss Kennedy
Far West
Carson City
Nev
Carson Appeal
Truckee
Douglas
Reno
Carson Opera House
Remarkable Recovery At Estell Springs After Dodd's Kidney Pills
Estell Springs Tennessee residents record a striking recovery of C D Holtz who had suffered back troubles for over two years. He rose from near immobility after taking three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy as genuinely effective and strongly recommends it to others.
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Estell Springs
Tenn
C. D. Holtz
Dodd
Gatris
Dean
Doan
Human skel ton and Hercules act at circus
Visitor wonders about a frightening sound behind the scenes. An attendant explains it is the human skeleton ton beating his wife. The visitor notes the woman cries for mercy while the attendant defends her as a strong female Hercules performing a 750 pound dumbbell act.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Mother Gray's Powders Advertised by Nurse at Home
Many children are pained by summer ailments and teething troubles. Mother Gray, a nurse at Children’s Home New York, offers a powder claimed to cure Summer Complaint Feverishness Headache Stomach Trouble Teething Disorders and destroy worms. Sold by all druggists 25c Sample mailed free Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N.Y.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Washing Clothes in Rome as the Natives Do
A narrator details Italian laundry methods in Rome. They learn bucato using a copper vat, ashes, and lye, then rinse in palace fountains. Wives scrub with a stiff brush and green soap, hang on an iron line, and have uniforms ironed by a auratrice, while American clothespins arrive as curiosities.
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Faustina
Lippincott’s
Sharp Brains Through Food Says Carpenter From Marquette
A Marquette, Michigan carpenter credits Grape-Nuts condensed food for rebuilding his brain and boosting thinking power. He reports stronger muscles, improved digestion, and greater fatigue endurance, saying his nights rest is better and life is more enjoyable. Postum Co, Battle Creek, Michigan, is named.
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Marquette
Mich
Postum Co
Battle Creek
North Dakota notes of Goodrich and Minot rail
North Dakota summary with items about Goodrich school consolidation and crop reports, Minot horse market ambitions, Washburn miners ad, a former mayor buying a team in Bismarck, Beefs trust support, hall storm at Cash, telegraph between McKenzie and Linton, and various local incidents including accidents, crimes, plant openings, and railway matters across counties.
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Washburn Coal Company
Patterson
Bismarck
Beef
North Dakota
Great Northern
Grand Harbr
Devils Lake
State Board of Equalization
Dunseith
Velva
Davis
Minot
Ernest le Sueur
Pomona
Sal
Timber Removal Eased on Chippewa Reservations
Washington, Aug 23 An Interior Department order extends timber removal on Minnesota Chippewa reservations to five years, delaying Dec sales. Two sales set for Dec 5 for reservation timber and Dec 28 for forest reserve timber, with July 1908 end date for the latter. New rules cut bonds and require 25 percent removal by July 1, 1905 and 25 percent yearly to 1908.
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Washington
Interior Department
Minnesota
Gifford Pinchot
Richards
Colors and Emblems Signify Emotions and Virtues
The article assigns symbolic meanings to colors: White for truth and purity, Blue for heavenly fidelity, Red for passion and divine love, Green for spring and hope of victory, Violet for love and suffering, Purple for royalty, and Black for grief and death, with each hue linked to gender and virtues.
Wall Street Tales and German Greeting Escalates
In a Brighton scene two German visitors greet each other outside a broker's office during a stock market slide. A broker erupts, shouting that mentioning either name again will lead to violence, illustrating tempers in a volatile financial moment.
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Wall Street
Brighton
New York Times
Central Park Scene Draws Crowd In Bizarre Family Moment
A languid woman reading a flaming cover novel, a novice nurse maid, and two noisy children drew attention in Central Park. The children fought and scratched while the maid stayed overwhelmed. The reader finally offered to sing to quiet them, but the maid replied she had already threatened them twice.
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Central Park
Hilda
New York Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with testimonial note
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a reward offer and internal remedy claims. Includes signatures from J Cheney & Co and several Toledo wholesale druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and price. A stray quotation from Chicago News appears about tramps and loafers.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Weert & Tacax
Walding, Kixman & Manvix
Kidnappers Sentence Given to Hazel Avery
Hazel Avery confessed kidnapper of two year old Olive Furlong and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The baby was stolen near its home on June 23 and recovered on June 30. The judge said he doubted her mental responsibility but needed to make an example.
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Hazel Avery
Chicago
Olive Furlong
Miss Avery
McEwen
Why call the camel the ship of the desert
A Washington Star quip quotes a man back from abroad who reveals he learned why camels are called ships of the desert only after riding one and experiencing seasickness unlike anything before. The anecdote blends travel and humor with a vivid image of desert travel.
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Desert
Washington Star
Bathing Advice For Summer Refreshing Routines
Instruction from ELEANOR R. PARKER promotes daily baths as most refreshing. Recommends tepid water and Ivory Soap for a clean, soft skin, with baths best taken in early morning or before bedtime.
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Eleanor R. Parker
The Supreme Test Test of Intoxication
A Boston policeman halts a man who sways and hiccups. He offers a “supreme test” to say transcendentalism. The man collapses on the last syllable and is taken to Exchange Prison.
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Boston
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Last week Northwestern inventors received patents for a mop cabinet from Henry H. Bonney of Fairmont Minnesota a slidable support by Jacob C. Dahlquist of St Paul a paddle wheel by Frank Exline of Geddes South Dakota a hopple by James Fenstermaker of St Paul a hay stacker by John Law of St Paul a screen by William Oates Jr of Central City South Dakota a card holder by Samuel H Owens of Eveleth Minnesota a manure gatherer by John Peterson of St Paul and a manufacture of cans by George W Webber of St Paul. Patent lawyers Lothrop and Johnson are listed at 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Building St Paul. Pride.
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Northwestern
Henry H. Bonney
Fairmont
Minn
Jacob C. Dahlquist
St. Paul
Frank Exline
Geddes
S. D
James Fenstermaker
Hopple
John Law
William Oates, Jr
Central City
Samuel H. Owens
Eveleth
John Peterson
George W. Webber
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press Bldg
St. al
Blind Pigs Raided. Seven Arrests In Minnesota
Duluth report states seven men were arrested near Chisholm after raids by County Attorney McClintock range deputies. Officials say the men dispensed spiritous liquor without licenses to miners, during the raid yesterday afternoon.
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Duluth
McClintock
Chisolm
Nine-Pound Addition Arrives, Humorous Zinger Flows
In a playful exchange from the St. Louis Star a speaker boasts of a new nine-pound baby while a punning critic notes the father named Oldwed of twins. The light banter lands as a humorous anecdote of family growth and wit.
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St. Louis Star
Hugged Yourself In Joy Sparks Mock Psychology Lesson
A humorous dialogue from The Only Way to Do It features a cheerful girl recounting joy after her brother's baseball team wins an intercollegiate game. A psychology professor questions the line leading to a pun about “beside yourself.”
Blacksmith in Two Harbors Chooses Park to Die
Duluth Aug 23 John Johnson a Blacksmith recently arrived from Two Harbors shot himself in Lake View Park ending his life in a dramatic act that shocked onlookers in a public space Also noted storms in Perham Minn destroy a barn and grain and cattle losses and a Winnipeg man Henry Fields struck by lightning while in a wheat field Details stress the sudden death by self harm and a separate fatal lightning incident with insurance coverage noted for the barn.
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Duluth
John Johnson
Two Harbors
Lake View Park
Perham
Minn
B. Fuchs
Here
Winnipeg
Man
Henry
Charles Fields
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised shoe comfort powder
A promotional note urges buyers to ask dealers for Allen's Foot-Ease a foot powder that rests the feet cures swollen sore hot corns and ingrowing nails and helps fit new or tight shoes. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents sample mailed free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Cannibal Question Puzzles Deep Thinker in Philadelphia Press
A columnist from the Philadelphia Press ponders a paradox asking if cannibals count as vegetarians since all flesh is grass. The quip frames a humorous language play on diet and ethics.
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Philadelphia Press
What Did She Mean Chicago News Remark
A playful exchange echoes as a woman questions a man about his trip abroad and his confident reply promises friends will be glad to hear he has changed. The snippet captures social banter and a sense of personal transformation.
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Chicago News
Dr J H Rindlaub Eye Ear Nose Throat Fargo
Specialist Dr J H Rindlaub advertises eye ear nose throat services in Fargo North Dakota. A dated reflection notes money motive can zest life but excess of wealth dulls it.
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Willie
Chicago Tribune
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Doctor Ina's Great Nerve Remedy Ad Message
An OCR fragment advertises Dr Ina's Great Nerve Remedy with cake bottle mention and a Philadelphia address. It urges trust in the cure and notes a one day cold cure with Bromo Quinine Tablets and a money back guarantee. The quote about noble lives appears as filler.
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Dr. Ina
R. M. Keine
Ehntree Street
Philadelphia
Cramps Mistaken for Cholera on Transport Sherman
Manila reports the so called cholera case aboard the transport Sherman was actually severe cramps. Investigation shows the ship sailed with a clean bill of health.
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Manila
Sherman
Man is killed in quarrel by punch in Frankfort
Frankfort Indiana, August 23. During a late night quarrel Harvey Thomas was killed by Harry Loveland who struck him with his fist breaking his neck. Loveland confessed to the fatal blow and awaits further police action. The incident occurred during a domestic dispute at a local residence. Local authorities are handling the case as a homicide.
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Minot
W. J. Dwyer
Medina
Glasston
Hall Insurance
Bowbells
Dagoes
Northern Pacific
Jamestown
Dawson
Virgo
Cooperston
Sergus
Bottneau County
Rice
Kensal
Jimtown
McHenry
Minneapolis
Lidgerwood
Fresh Air Society
Valley City
Watc
Goodrich
Langdon
B. P. Harding
Marion
Fargo
Shanley
Neche
Mutual Insurance
Morton County
Deep River
McHenry County
Olga
Cavalier County
Renville County
Sinko
Kostar
Grand Forke
Stutsman County
Frankfort
Ind
Harvey Thomas
Harry Loveland
Loveland
Thomas
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Denhoff
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Sykeston
Towner
Steele County
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Donnybrook
Glenullin
H. C. Barton
Rugby
Dickey
White Earth
Martin Scheiler
Courtenay
Dickiadda
Wahpeton
Goodrich Band
Mandan
M. L. Rosenbaum
Lidgerwood Clothier
Linton
Grace Ross
Himber
Bank of
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Leeway
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Sandy Pikes
Gatesavac, Ill
Dosa
Isaac W. Sravens
Dean’ Fagans
Fostw.Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
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J. W. O'Brien
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Bystrom Gas Lamp CO
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Endicott
Mins
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
P.O. Box
Rev. A. Morrissey
C. 8S. C
ST. Mary’s Academy
Notre Dame University
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Holy Cross
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Normal School of
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Paxtine
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Draggiste
B. Vaxton CO
Mass
Columbus Ave
Thompson
Imneapolis
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