Holton's perilous path to Santiago through Cuban lines
In the Spanish American War era tale Lieutenant Holton works secret service behind Cuban lines. After a night battle on San Juan Hill he dons a Spaniard disguise and heads toward Santiago to reach Senor La Tossa and uncover Cuban plots while dodging spies and enemy fire.
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Holton
Navy
Ding
Washington
Miss la Tossa
Secret Service
Senora la Tossa
Oltan
Cuba
Tampa
United States
Florton
Sampson
General Garcia
Horton
San Juan Hill
Kettle Hill
San Juan
Sumner
Shafter
el Paso
San
Juan
Captain Mills
Summer
Miley
San Juan Ford
Parker
Hamilton Hawkins
Ile
Shuster
Third Cavalry
Hamilton
Santiago
Cervera
el Caney
Lawton
Chaffee
Mother Earth
Lawton and
Hi Caney
Joe Wheeler
Ines
Lfe
Nolton
Senor la Tossa
Cuachitas
la Tossa
Santa Ines
Aguardiente
Norwegian writer lampoons American talk habits
The critic mocks the over polite avoidance of self reference in American conversation. He argues real exchange requires speaking of ideas and points out the danger of a talker who delivers endless monologue. Hazlitt and Johnson are cited on expressive debate.
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Johnson
Hazlitt
Wonderful Case Support for Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
A broad appeal from Atlantic to Pacific touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. Reports from Mrs Stephenson Independence Oregon and Mrs Hayward Sowers Hodgdon Maine praise rapid relief and renewed health after using the remedy and Sanative Wash. The ad notes 30 years as a standard treatment and offers confidential advice from LYDIA E PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. W. Stzpuenson
Independence
Oregon
Hopenox
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Errors of His Ways
George Ade jokes at a Chicago dinner about a New Year resolution for a middle aged married man to stop telling his wife and children about past girls he kissed. He adds a quip about the wife reminiscing and causing tension at home.
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George Ade
Chicago
Calumet the Secret of Economy in Baking
The article argues high living costs require kitchen economy led by vigilant home cooks. Calumet Baking Powder is presented as almost automatic for economical baking, preventing failures and saving material costs. It claims wide physician endorsement and top awards from World’s Pure Food Expositions in Chicago Illinois and Paris France in 1912.
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Calus
Calumet
Chicago
Til
Paris
France
Easy Money and Selling Teething Syrup in Rural Ad
An investigator quips you cannot fool all the people all the time while a magnate boasts of profits from deception. An ad touts Mrs Wingslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething with claims of soothing gums and curing wind colic at 25 cents per bottle. Newfoundland is noted for rising agricultural output amid high living costs.
Paris police official’s revolver attachment aims in darkness
Charles Pechard of Paris patents a lighted aiming device for pistols. A lens at one end and a tiny electric lamp at the other project a narrow beam through mirrors to mark a dark spot along the bullet path, aiding accuracy at night. The device powers from a dry or storage battery and can be attached to ordinary pistols for defense or intimidation.
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Holton
Santiago
Garrefa
Aserraderos
Garcia
Mr. Ogilve
Jose Cesnola
Charles Pechard
Paris
New York Independent States
Wright It seems to be getting harder work for the newspaper man
Penman notes ongoing difficulty for editors and reports a patent by an Ohio inventor for ball bearing scissors.
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Wright
Penman
Oho
Simpkins and the Secret of a "Perfect" Marriage
A fragment recalls Simpkins boasting about managing a wife and dismissing secrets as useless. The speaker contrasts a bottle of water with a pinch of liquid blue and references Red Cross Ball Blue, hinting at private schemes and social judgment.
She Nails Man Millionaire in Sharp Manicure Quip
A witty aside crowns a joke about a woman’s match with a wealthy husband. The remark turns on wordplay linking beauty care to marital gain and wealth.
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Lawrence Perry Aarthor
Dan Mersithew
Prineg
Atlantic Coast
Newfoundland
Simpkins
Bette
DR. Pierce
Srrteree
Porese We
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