Her First Venture Failures Hint at Failed Ventures
A widow woman recalls failed ventures including hoping to win Haviland china and a comfortable living through marriage. Her husband John ridicules her persistent bets while she laments prior hopes and another early scheme. An advertisement promotes Wright's Vegetable Pills for stomach heartburn and nausea with a trial offer from 372 Pearl Street New York.
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Lane Haad
Mr. Lane
Haviland China
John
Wright
Peart Bt
New York
Long distance flights traced for swallows from England to Africa
Five swallows ringed as nestlings in Lancashire Ayrshire Yorkshire Staffordshire and Stirlingshire were found in Cape Province Orange Free State East Griqualand Natal and Lake Christeae respectively. The birds’ journeys confirm endurance and wanderlust noted by the Christian Science Monitor and capetown report. J H Whitherby of Britheb Birds organized the ringing scheme
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Christian Science Monitor
Capetown
England
South Africa
Lancashire
Cape Province
Ayrshire
Orange Free State
Yorkshire
East Griqualand
Staffordshire
Natal
Stirlingshire
Lake Chrtaste
J. H. Whitherby
Britheb Birds
View of Death in Bryant Poem as Parade Metaphor
The Greek derived term Thanatopele means view of death and in Bryant's poem it can be read as meditation on death. The line suggests a wise father who can convince children that the parade is all there is to a circus.
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Thanatopele
Bryant
Postum
Flan
Freezone claims quick corn relief with small bottle
An ad promotes Freezone as a painless corn treatment. It touts instant relief for hard and soft corns and corns between toes, with easy removal afterward. A druggist sells a tiny bottle for a few cents.
Pleasing Father Dog Census In Kentucky Tale
An Indianapolis man visiting Kentucky hill country brings a half bull dog from the city pound to please his father who has many dogs. He notes there is no dog tax in Kentucky and shares the moment of family notice with humor.
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Indianapolis
Kentucky Hill Country
Kentucky
Prolific Writers and a Sarcastic Letter to the Editor
A Birmingham Age-Herald fragment describes the Bibbles literary family with Evangeline writing short stories and Augustus attempting scenarios while the father drafts a costly sarcastic letter to his favorite newspaper. The piece closes with a quip about a canceled note and a joke on flattery versus beauty.
San Francisco kindergarten head jailed over child branding
Four year old Carroll Kent Cooper suffered a white hot branding on his forearm with a heated fork after alleged punishment for a prank. Louise Q. Lyle principal of Charing Cross kindergarten confessed in a letter and is under arrest after claims from his mother and the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The society plans vigorous prosecution, citing the incident as extreme cruelty and a warning for future cases.
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San Francisco
Carroll Kent Cooper
Marlons Cooper
Chancellor Hotel
Louise Q. Lyle
Charing Cross
Teeny
Noman
A Case for 2a Detective
A detective ponders whether burglars entered a house as he notes the upset state of the home. He suggests the owner’s wife and children are away for the summer and questions if the scene reflects burglary or a lonely husband’s method of housekeeping.
Strange deathbed romance in Fairmont ends with two husbands mourning
Mia Powell dies after three months of illness in Fairmont as both husbands care for her like brothers. Joseph Kuehn Powell dies of tuberculosis while the divorced husband Fred W. Kuehn returns in April. Robbers stole $2,000 in goods from a local store, leaving the Niefer family to face loss.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Mia
Joseph Kuehn Powell
Powell
Fred W. Kuehn
Kuehn
Oats Best Crop On Comparatively Cheap Western Land
A Minnesota farmer compares costs to grow corn and oats showing $31.49 per acre for corn and $18.13 for oats, a $13 gap in favor of oats. Western Canada offers oats land at about $20 per acre with yields of 50 to 60 bushels per acre, up to 100 in good years, and oats from the region prize at international shows.
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Western
Canada
Minnesota
Albert Inmer
Cottonwood County
Mian
Cottonwood Citizen
Inmer
Dominion Grail
Canadian Government Information Bureau
United States
Dolbiay's Income Question Sparks Wealth Debate
A Birmingham Age Herald fragment questions Dolbiay's income and suggests he lives off funds from a wealthy wife. It notes his spending may exceed earnings annually and mocks the idea he can continue this while his spouse supports him.
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Dolbiay
Birmingham Age Herald
Yankee Understatement and a Log Rescue Tale
A Youth's Companion paragraph recalls a Yankee teamster named John Teele who, trying to lower a log, tied a rope to it and another around his waist. The log yanked him partway down a mountain but he later recovered enough to discuss the accident with a neighbor.
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John Teele
John
Calotabs Calomel Tablets Marketed as Nausea Free
An advertisement touts Calotabs calomel tablets as a remedy for biliousness constipation and indigestion. It claims no taste no nausea no griping or salts and promises a cleansed liver by morning after a single tablet at bedtime with water. Refunds offered if not delighted.
Fitting Theft and Quarrel Over Love
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a humorous clash of affections quoted in a sketches piece. A man claims to save cigar bands for one girl while another asks him to quit smoking revealing rivalries and witty wordplay.
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Louiisville
Was It Lauder The Golf Crony Quits Over Lost Ball
A playful exchange at the first tee hints that Harry Lauder has stopped golf after 40 years of play. The joke suggests he quit not due to illness or injury but because he lost his golf ball.
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Lauder
Harry
Digesting Facts Fuels Wise Council
The text extols rapid action and the value of facts as nourishment for the mind. It compares digestion of facts to food assimilation and links strength of judgment to how many facts have been digested, asserting that one dose of will cleanses or reveals truths.
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Dr. Peer
Eatonic Helps Boost Appetite in Hot Weather
Puts Will In You Easy to Get Strong Everyone wants more pep, especially in heat. Eatonic tablets taken before and after meals claim to reduce acids, poisons, and gases, cooling the mouth and stomach and restoring a good appetite for a few days at trifling cost.
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Felena
Nature
Eatonic
Ady
Age of the World by John Von Stuller
Waterian researcher John Von Stuller concludes in 1020 that the world is 7 642 years old. His figures rely on Biblical references and accepted facts. A widow recalls her late husband’s fondness for his biscuits.
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John von Stuller
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Okin
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Castoria
Bayer
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