A Man of Schemes Promoter Tricks Landlady Over $930
A comic tale portrays Major Crofoot, a con artist who dupes his landlady with fake stock schemes. He inflates debts to $70 for ten weeks and offers forged investments in the Universal Hand Organ trust and other ventures while dodging payment.
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Universal Hand Organ Trust
Seu
Hand Organ Trust
Great American Antiblizzard Syndicate
Ternational
Crofoot
M. Quad
Air Consumption And Air History Through Life
A Chicago Times Herald piece explains human air use at rest and during activity. It converts consumption into volumes for rooms, trunks, and halls, illustrating that a lifetime’s air fits into a very large hall, with figures for small spaces and daily needs.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Bank notesCollectors hoard first issues deprive treasury
Officials of national banks keep first notes as souvenirs and never bring them into circulation or redeem them. The redemption records show no bank ever fully redeemed its entire circulation since organization. A sizeable treasury fund results from unredeemed notes.
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Treasury
Boston Globe
Zulus Carry Wounded to Hills for Air Cure
The Zulus lift their wounded to high ground and lay them bare to air, a practice learned by experience as the fastest method to heal injuries.
Kentucky’s Soldier Contribution Surpasses All States
The state furnished more soldiers to both Confederate and Union forces than any other state by population, reflecting its large manpower and wartime mobilization.
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Kentucky
The Needle's Eye and the Limits of Riches
A letter-writer recalls the parable of the rich man and the needle's eye, noting how ancient wisdom uses proverbs from Jewish and Eastern sources to teach humility and the difficulty of riches. He cites Qur an sayings and other proverbs, reflecting on their persistence in modern speech.
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Jerusalem
Heaven
Job
Solomon
Confucius
Mohammed
Richard
Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Married Love Versus Everyday Life Dialogue
A couple argues about preserving passionate love against the dull sameness of married life. George reassures Lou that their bond remains special, while she jokes about dinner and baby care. The exchange highlights tension between romance and domestic routine.
Scottish clergyman and the loaves of hills sermon
A Scots clergyman urges listeners not to call others liars and to whistle at deceit. He preaches on the loaves and fishes saying loaves in his tale were as big as Scotland’s hills. A baker named Willy Macdonald interrupts asking what ovens baked those giant loaves, prompting laughter.
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Scotland
Willy Macdonald
Willy
Bank officers listed for trust services and audit
Officers named include K. Roth as president E A Howard as vice president J B McKenney as second vice president Joan Davies as cashier and C I Hague as assistant cashier in the bank’s leadership roster.
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K. Roth
E. A. Howard
J. 8. McKenney
Joan Davies
C. I. Hague
Asst
Local Names List Featured in Widespread Community Document
A long roster of individuals including J E Roth James Louden E A Howard D G Higley W J E Bradshaw J 5 McKenney Ed Hunt Gee W Ball KR F Rateliff W A Lamson Kk F Simmons Ada Roth guardian Wm Hawk J H Allender J 8 Louden A F Cassell Mrs H F Booker August Walgren J Ricksher RK Howlett Geo D Clarke Ward Lamson R W Lamson T L James K W Templeton Eugene Campbell B H Watkins Adam Messer Mrs N M Slagle D M Parrett J P Manatrey A B Scott Will S Prewitt J Turney Co John Davies George Mowery Chas D Leggett A OC D Bradshaw Mrs Hester Parrett Lee T Gobble A P Anderson C A Herring br W Fordyce W G Ross P H Roth John Roth Mary Kyle Annie Lamson Dillon Turney.
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J.E. Roth
James Louden
E. A. Howard
D. G. Higley
W. JE. Bradshaw
McKenney
Ed. Hunt
Gee
W. Ball
KR. F. Rateliff
W. A. Lamson
F. Simmons
Ada Roth
Guardian
Wm. ©. Hawk
J. H. Allender
Louden
A. F. Cassell
Mrs
H. F. Booker
August Walgren
Tools Preserve Civilization In An Age Of Steel
Quote from Newell Dwight Hills in Woman's Home Companion argues against eroding tool use. He claims eliminating tools would set civilization back a century and that mechanization enables longer rest, reading time, and modern comforts.
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Newell Dwight Hills
Water Quality Of Porto Rico Described As Poor
The Porto Rico water supply, though arising from mountain streams, is described as impure and unhealthy. A decaying vegetative bed contaminates the water as it filters through decomposing roots and leaves, while insects and worms are carried in the flow.
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Porto Rico
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T. L. James
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I. D. Jones
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E. F. Simmons
Raney & Simmons
Bell
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Frank Licut
Park
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C. B. Lewis
Umbeliularia
India
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George
Angel
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Pearson’s
Castoria
What Is
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the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Peo
Medicine
Geo. D. Clarke
Business College
State Savings Bank
J. Ek, Roth
J. Ricksher
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Lee T. Gobble
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el Paso
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East Side Square
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