Up In The Air A Glimpse Into The Future
A dialogue aboard a fragile air craft shows a couple, Smith and Mrs. S, fretting about wobble and wind. They spot a passerby tramp catching items dropped from the craft and debate meals, safety, and whether to land or continue their flight.
Wreaking Revenge Gun Tale From Army Regiment
An army officer recalls a private who bought a gun for about $14 and planned to place it in the backyard to rust as rain and snow fall, with the private saying he would go out and curse the rust. The anecdote highlights a curious obsession with a weapon.
What He Wished
DeBroque reads a folded bill from his tailor and laments while Wiggins asks for the meaning. He explains that a glass of muddy water is elusive when left unattended, seizing itself if not watched.
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DeBroque
Wiggins
DeBrogue
Read About Doan's Kidney Pills Revival Story
Minnesota woman Mrs. A Heiman of Stillwater credits Doan's Kidney Pills with restoring her health after severe back pain fainting and disordered kidney secretions. She says the cure occurred in 1899 and she has remained well since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Doan
A. Heiman
Stillwater
Minn
Foster-Milburn “O
Buffalo
Patn Faceless Dyes: Money Refunded Promised
Fragmented ad style text mentions refunds for PATN FACELESS DYES and urges asking a druggist. It includes medical claims about teething syrup, laxatives, and health products with archaic wording and misspellings. The passage mimics old classified advertising and consumer notices.
Thunderer nickname endures for Times editorials
Judge Rentoul recalls the Times as the Thunderer with steady persistence. The Morning Post is no longer Jeamnes and the Standard not Mrs Gamp since Morning Herald’s demise, both tied to the same owner. The Times remains the Thunderer, a nickname traced to Captain Edward Sterling.
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Times
Trondon Chronicle
How to Trap Wild Animals and Fur Trade Ad
In the Transvaal the average gold yield is half an ounce per ton while costs run about six dollars per ton. Includes a 40 pace trap book with illustrated picture 46 Wid Gladdis, natural colors, barometer calendar, gun and trap catalog, fur prices, and raw furs. Sent postpaid for to stamps or silver. Free to those who send to or buy from Fur Nept. N W Hide and Fur Co Minneapolis.
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Transvaal
Gladdis
Fur Nept
N. W
John A Salter Seed Co Catalog Offer
Clover and grass seeds advertised for hogs cattle and sheep. Company claims largest growers of grasses clovers oats barley corn potatoes and farm seeds in America. Free 148 page catalog mailed to buyers with sample of perfect balance rasion grass seed and fodder plants incl. clover. Box W La Crosse Wis.
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America
John A. Salter Seed Co
Box W
la Crosse
Wis
Deer Pen Incident Shows Deer’s Sensitivity to Food
In Felt ham England three men faced charges for sleeping in a deer pen at Bushey park. A keeper testified they pulled down about ten shillings worth of hay, which the deer avoided after being trampled by sleepers. The deer refused to approach the pens.
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Feltham
England
Bushey Park
Proper Method of Walking for Health
Light elastic steps let the body swing easily from leg to leg. Muscles harmonize to create grace and litheness, improving circulation and giving a healthy glow. The method strengthens the whole body and nerves and yields wholesome fatigue for sound rest and slumber.
Venus Reveals Astronomy Lesson Amid Romance Exchange
A Girton girl rebukes a youth's romantic pledge as he cites Venus. The snappy exchange pivots to a precise astronomy sidestep listing Venus's current right ascension 15h 9m declination 17°25′ S and diameter 10.2″, blending science with sentiment.
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Venus
Girton
Prove Every Claim About Anemia and Pink Pills
The passage explains anemia as weak watery blood from overwork illness or worry with paleness breathlessness and heart palpitations. It cites Louis L. Clark of Plainfield New Jersey praising Dr Williams Pink Pills after surgery and lists cures for rheumatism chlorosis neuralgia sleeplessness and nervous debility with prices 50 cents a box or 2 50 for six from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Louis L. Clark
Lincoln Place
Plainfield
N. J
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Irrigated Lands in the Big Horn Basin Wyoming
Promoters advertise irrigated land in the Big Horn Basin offering buyers land near a home market for crops. Homeseekers’ excursion tickets are sold on the first and third Tuesdays each month through the Land Seekers Information Bureau in Omaha.
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Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
D. Clem Deaver
Gen'l
Land Seekers’ Information Bureau
Farnam St
Omaha, Neb
Phonograph Door Ads and Household Starch Prospects
An enterprising German patent a device for doors that greets customers with phrases like Flour is cheaper today and New configuration of special quality mince Meat just received. A smooth iron and Deflame Starch promises at home laundering with proper stiffness and less wear. Kipling plans a visit to South Africa near Cape Town, gifted by Cecil Rhodes.
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Rudyard Kipling
England
South Africa
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
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