Esnab's pocketbook and a superstition wedding
Avice and Hastings debate luck and signs after finding a missing pocketbook with two five-dollar bills and odd charms. They seek the owner from Esnah son of Hamid in a Cairo shop. The tale ends with a revelation of a family myth about a thief and a vow to marry if superstition fades.
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Avice
Hastings
Aiice
Ned
Esnah
Hamid
Curlo Shop
Lesnabh
Tamid
Tam He
Mianah
Germany
Alice
Minah
Tlamid
Akkar
Alexandria
Seeing the Point in a Philadelphia Millionaire Tale
A Philadelphia millionaire tests a young man seeking business aid by asking him to quit drinking smoking and chewing for a year. The man quits drinking and smoking but resumes chewing, finally deciding not to return. He explains the test showed he had saved nothing and could not start a business despite his efforts.
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Avice
Ned
Hastings
Philadelphia
Daily Journal Delivers to All City Areas For Fee
The Daily Journal states it delivers to every city area for a weekly fee. The notice implies broad service coverage and a regular delivery schedule.
Woman's Life Saved by Special Remedies, Kalamazoo Doctor Claims
Dr. R Pengelly of Kalamazoo cites twenty years of practice treating women's diseases and says Zou-Phora, marketed as the "Woman's Friend" regulator, saved lives. He notes a sealed one dollar bottle and a copy of Dr. Penselly's Advice to Women included with each package.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
R. Pengelly
Kalanzoo
Pengelly
Zou-Phora
Telegraphers Strike Shuts Chicago Office and Los Angeles Tie
Chicago telegraph operators part of the Western Union strike at midnight after the local union refused to work with non union crews from Los Angeles. In a mass walkout, over seventy men left the main office and night manager Price and aides also exited. Newspapers’ day crews followed, threatening a citywide shutdown of morning papers.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Overland
Niet
Price
Telegraphers Strike Looms as Nonunion Workers Spurned
The Western Union telegraphers strike widens with Chicago and Los Angeles offices affected. Union leaders say workers quit over work conditions and nonunion staff, demanding reinstatement of discharged operator John E. Ryan. Company officials refuse to meet, signaling continuing labor action.
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Bissell
Ulrich
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Cook
Western Union
New York
Ang
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Co
Chicagoan
Telegraphers’ Union
Aug. C
FB. H. Tlainh
John E. Ryan
Revolutionists Land Reinforcements in Barahona Move
Reports state Carlos Mota and revolu tionists from Porto Teo landed at Barahona reinforced by General Rosa. Government remains vigilant as Dominican gunboats patrol around the island. Presidential election slated for November with current administration likely to stay in power unless a revolution disrupts it.
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Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Carlos Mota
Porto Teo
Barahona
Rosa
Stephenson County Sealed Bids for Jail Painting
The 1st estimation committee of Stephenson County Board of Supervisors invites sealed proposals for painting the jail. Bids due noon August 10 1907. Specifications available at the sheriff's office. The building committee may reject any or all bids. Bids left with Sheriff Milner or building committee members. O BE SVINE R BR THOMPSON D L Faces.
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Board of Supervisors
Stephenson County
Milner
O. BE. Svine
R. BR. Thompson
A Queer Mania of Stelilan Prince in Valguatera’s Palace
The text recounts Stelilan Prince of Valguatera at the turn of the last century, a monomaniac who amassed grotesque statues and bizarre architectural fancies in his Sicily mansion. He built a courtyard filled with 600 monstrous figures, employed sculptors on high pay, and fused teapots and cups into arches and columns. The palace interiors housed a morbid bedroom with reptiles and skeletal displays, alarming peasants and authorities, and possibly demolished after the prince’s death due to his ruinous mania.
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Valguatera
Owas
Europe
Brydone
Sicily
Valgcumnera
Palermo
Fere
China
Distributing Wealth Theories and Their Consequences
T N Carver outlines three wealth distribution theories aristocratic socialistic and democratic aligned with productivity valued worth. He argues wealth should reflect individual achievement and usefulness while noting broad disagreement on the right method and the world being out of joint.
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Carver
The Melancholy Cuckoo in American Woods
The American cuckoo is a summer visitor that nests in the U S and raises its young. Two species, yellow bill and black bil, differ from the European bird in color and size. The bird is hawklike with a silent flight and a solitary call noted by Burroughs as a lone, ruin crow described before rain.
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Florida
Pennsylvania
Burroughs
Ruin Crow
Cascasweet Baby Remedy Ad From Stephenson Street
An old urban advert touts Cascasweet as a stomach corrective for babies and children. It promises no harmful drugs and notes it is sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson St. The card-style promotion urges caregivers to use Cascasweet during peevish restless phases to avoid worry.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Piano tuner orders four pianos to Harriet M Burbank
J Burdett piano tuner places an order for four Brown & Dollmeyer phonographs or pianos to be delivered to Harriet M Burbank, a piano teacher at Studio 36 Grove St. Details include delivery items and recipient.
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J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer
Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
Typhoid Fever Dangers from Water Ice and Food
A Youth's Companion article warns typhoid outbreaks align with contaminated water and ice sources, polluted oysters, and polluted soils. It urges boiling drinking water and kitchen use, ice from safe sources, and strict food protection from flies to prevent infection.
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Philadelphia
United States
Mediterranean
Athens
Pointed Paragraphs On Jealousy And Ambition
The Atchison Globe observes envy should be restrained and discipline shown when saying no. It warns against overconfidence in courts, notes the limits of doctors against illness, and critiques young men chasing fame who fritter time at soda fountains or hammocks.
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Atchison Globe
Cannibalism as the Carib People Name Origin
The term cannibalism is the name of the Carib people who once thrived in the West Indies. Variations in spelling and language linked Cyani ba to Carib, with Columbus and later philologists offering theories. The root meaning is noted as brave and daring in the analysis.
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Carib
West Indies
Columbus
No Faith In Him: Freckled Daughter, Steady Young Man
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes gossip about a freckled Thompson daughter and a guess about her future husband. The exchange jokes that the old man bought a new contrivance for gas, implying doubts about the suitor’s steadiness.
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Thompson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
No certain queues in the cynical bachelor tale
A Chicago News quip mocks a story’s use of the phrase a certain girl calling it inaccurate and noting that all girls are exceedingly uncertain.
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Chicago News
Love as the sanctifying element of life
A reflective изд quotation from Ruskin on love as the true, faithful, and well fixed core that elevates the soul toward its highest holiness and moral height.
Comfort and Independence Endure in Delayed Desires
A Fuccess Magazine aphorism urges readers to value comfort and independence by postponing personal desires, framing restraint as a path to lasting well being and self-reliance.
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Fuccess Magazine
Vacation Paper Forwarding for Suburban Subscribers
Notice to subscribers: those leaving the city for the summer may have their Journal forwarded by leaving an address at the office. Call phone 25 for either system. Addresses can be changed as often as desired at no extra charge.
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Journal
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