Odd Insurance Schemes Highlight Absurd Policies
London Mail reports on bizarre coverage by Ocean Accident Insurance. Policies insure against changing names, absent heirs, or a prodigal son returning and reshaping estates. Cases include insuring a lender against a borrower adopting a new faith and a mortgagee against a mortgagor marrying outside the faith.
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Mr. Armstrong
The
Ocean Accident Insurance Company
John Smith
Howard Montmorency Vandeleur
Vandeleur
Smith
Nee Smith
London Mail
Jelly Trick Turns To Soap In Dark House
A downtown youth, returning before dawn, tries jelly his mother keeps locked away. In the cellar he finds a jar, but the contents prove to be soft soap instead of jelly, leaving him with a humorous misfortune.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Lark's Song Wonders of the Spring Volume
A writer on The Wonders of the Spring explains the skylark's song as remarkably loud and enduring. The bird rises until tiny, yet its notes carry half a mile to listeners, and it sings nearly twenty minutes continuously while suspended in air by its wing strokes.
Poet Seeks Reader To Explain 100 Yard Poem
A Dooly county poet offers $1 a day to hire a reader who can understand and interpret his 100 yard long verse. He spent about six months at two hours daily writing it and asks for someone who can finish promptly without taking too long.
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Dooly County
Atlanta Constitution
Mirrors in Waiting Rooms Spark Patient Ponderings
Up to Date Specialist notes a humorous exchange about mirrors in waiting rooms replacing magazines. The doctor quips that patients enjoy looking at themselves and arrive early to maximize mirror time, a playful Town Topics item.
The Boy and the Professor Scene Captured
A fragment shows Chicave Chranicie recalling mimicking Professor Bore yesterday. The professor reportedly told him to stop making a fool of himself.
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Bore
Sleep Habits of Sloths and Bats in Tropical Americas
The article notes sloths hang upside down using long claws with no muscle effort. It compares sleeping habits to the anteater and bats that suspend from branches. It describes Goulds fruit eating bat wrapping in wing membranes and forming a tented shelter with shoulders as rain caves.
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Tropical America
Peta
Amazons
Tropics
Gould
Australia
Simple At-Home Air Purification Methods
The simplest air purification ideas involve heating an iron shovel and pouring vinegar on it while opening windows if possible. Place camphor in a saucer and heat a poker until hot to touch the camphor. The resulting smoke is said to remove odors and leave no strong scent.
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London
Riddle Solved First City Boy and Second City Boy
A brief cartoon style caption from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes a riddle solved with a humorous exchange about cows eating shavings and chipped beef. The dialogue contrasts First City and Second City figures in a playful regional joke.
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First City Boy
Second City Boy
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Marriage Linked To Stronger Property Rights, German Study Finds
A German sociologist argues property rights are more respected among married individuals than singles. In Michigan, the Saginaw River spans 30 miles with 18 billion feet of pine boards produced along its banks.
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Rom
Saginaw River
Michigan
Evolution of Election Day in U S History
The article traces how Congress settled the presidential election day as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It notes early variability, state choices, and historical shifts from 1792 through 1845, highlighting New York and other states influencing the final federal rule.
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Congress
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Mississippi
New York
Massachusetts
Delaware
Chicago Tribune
Birds care for fallen nestling in summer wind
A young oriole is blown from its nest onto a porch during a windy day. Kind neighbors keep it safe until the storm ends. Parent birds watch from a window and guide the fledgling back to safety, creating a cradle with their wings before carrying it to a branch where it vanishes from sight.
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Boston Christian Register
Bedlam origins and sixteenth century insanity treatment
The term bedlam derives from Bethlehem and the Bethlem hospital in London. Asylum care in the early sixteenth century used fear and drastic methods to treat madness. Surprises such as surprise baths and floggings were employed during severe illness, shaping the word’s grim reputation.
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Bedlam
Bethlehem
House of Bethlehem
London
Hedlam
McElroy Famous for Ribbon Purchases in Denver
In the Denver News, Mrs McElroy laments Mr McElroy’s absence as Junior Partner jokes he has gone to buy ribbons and other items for his wife and daughters. The scene centers on a flustered household awaiting his return with supplies.
Farmers urged to read Western Trail quarterly
The notice invites farmers to read the Western Trail published quarterly by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. It offers one year of free delivery and directs readers to respond by letter or postal card to John Sebastian G P A Chicago. Also promotes subscribing to The Tribune.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
John Sebastian
Chicago
Peruna advertised as cure for systemic catarrh
The letter extols Peruna as the only systemic remedy to reach widespread catarrh and restore health. It includes a testimonial from Anna P. Nichols of Kansas City praising improved sleep and appetite after use and notes free books on catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
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Polly Evans
Polly J. Evans
John Evans
South Wabash
Ind
Peruna
Anna P. Nichols
Grand Baxter Rebekah Lodge
Main Street
Kansas City
Dr. Hartman
Treatment For Sprains And Strains Advice
The article advises simple home care for sprains and strains from athletic activity. Rest the injured area and use hot and cold douches with hot first, then cold as a tonic. A poultice of egg white and salt provides great relief on the first day, followed by hot water fomentations and a light firm bandage.
Vanishing of the Bride in Newspaper Snippets
A witty jumble of quotes notes a bride’s status fading as marriage ideals shift. It parodies wardrobe and behavior, with line snippets about husbands wardrobes and daily shoe choices, reflecting social humor.
Telegram arrives as Bingo misses a front row seat
Mrs. Bingo spoils the telegram surprise by reading it and reveals Jack Enslow has summoned Bingo to an important meeting with front row seats. The couple banters about business and trust as Bingo anticipates the message's meaning.
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Bingo
Jack Enslow
Jack
Pearson
Large Hopyards in California Lead World In Hop Harvest
A San Francisco Chronicle feature notes California hosts the world’s largest hopyards, with Pleasanton in Alameda County boasting the farm on 68 acres and over 445000 vines. It explains hand harvests, seasonal limits, mild climates, and the two drawbacks: allergic prickly heat and resin staining on hands.
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California
Sacramento
Feather
Pleasanton
Alameda County
San Franciseco Chronicle
The Halbard and Its Use in Early 18th Century Ranks
The Halbard described is a five foot ash staff with a hollow haft head about 15 inches long. The head features a ribbed, pointed edge, a half moon or star on one side, and a four inch crooked point for drawing obstacles. It aids determining ground between ranks, dressing files, and disciplining soldiers.
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Serjeants
Foot
Dragoons
Flats for Rent Seeker Finds Self as Agent
A humorous exchange in the Weekly Bouquet features a man at the door responding to questions about flats and a janitor. The dialogue ends with the man claiming to be the polite honest Christian janitor and, in a twist, declaring I am him, mum.
Nocturnal Tragedy In A Dark Kitchen Ends In Misstep
A kind man seeking water for his fretful child steps into darkness and falls into a cellar. The incident ends with the loss of another good man, as reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Disappointed Bard Sent to House of Correction
A witty exchange from the Chicago News notes a busy editor refusing effusions and directing the disappointed bard to the house of correction as the only other avenue for publication.
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House of Correction
Chicago News
Lavish Lavender Ties Spark Mild Town Dispute
A humorous downtown encounter unfolds as two men quarrel over mismatched lavender and pink ties. Judge remarks it was the other man’s fault for not speaking, while the other blames the lavender tied crowd for the chilly reception.
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Deuce
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Clothespress
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Atchison Globe
B. N. Gantz, M. D
Fairfield
Calvin Snook
Iowa
D. G. Higley
W. Fordyce, M.D
Fairfield, Iowa
Risk & Hufstedler’s
Court Street
A. S. Hague, M. P
Eas Park
E. G. Grove, M.p
Monfort
Savings Bank
Court House
Frank Fourt
South Side Drug Store
T. L. James
Long & Kamp
Edwin C. Bock
D.D.S
Cor. Square
J. B. Monfort
First National Bank
Sts South Side Square
I. D. Jones
LAW Y HR
Kate M. Jones
E. R. Smith
North Side Park
Fairfield, Lowa
Jefferson County
Postoffice
A. C. Raney
E. F. Simmons
Raney & Simmons
Bell
Northwest Corner Square
B. 8. McElhinny
John A. Spielman
Frank Light
Bradshaw & Thoma
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