Wide World Snippets From Around the World
A survey of curious notes from 1871 sieges to Alaska Yukon expo site picks and English language shifts. Reports cover Tokyo races won by women, London church flies, Japanese jewelry coal use, a gas meter fire, a swift Australia to Goode Island tow, and remittances to China. Notables include George Herring’s £300,000 Salvation Army gift and a Miami University speech by Senator Dolliver. A New York artist sought expressive notes from President Roosevelt at the White House and later faced critique.
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Paris
San Franeteca
Seattle
Wash
England
Londonburgh
Tokyo
Naval Observatory
Washington
Gee Deat
London Lancet
China
Lancet
Japan
Hugh Pinkerton
Philadelphia
Airlie
Singapore
Goode Island
Transvaal
London
William LE. Curtis
Tyrolese Alps
Strubb of
Clarens
Montreux
Strauserborn
Douglas Iyde
United States
Daniel Wertman
Shamokin
Wertman
Wertmin
Tie
Miami University
Hamilton
Dolliver
Flown
Benson
Sid
New York
Rosevelt
White House
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Ad Warns Against Ill Feelings
An advertisement urges readers to take DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills for a dull bilious feeling. It promises they won't sicken or gripe and claim results are sure, noting they are sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Very Low Rates to Roanoke for Firemen's Convention
Excursion tickets issued August 11 to 13 on the Northwestern line to Roanoke Virginia with favorable return limits. Rates apply through agents of the Chicago and North Western Railway in connection with the annual national convention of the Firemen's association.
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Roanoke
Northwestern
Convention of Firemen’s Association
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
A Wonderful Record From Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription
Health claims tout the Favorite Prescription as a sole remedy for feminine disorders including prolapse and nervous exhaustion. It promises cures for backache headaches and pelvic pain, asserts safe formula disclosure, and offers free medical advice from Dr. R V Pierce with pamphlets and the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser mailed for stamps.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
D Pierce
People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
Addresa Us
Why the Governor Vacated
The drummer recalls discovering unknown occupants in a hotel room in a small southern town. He recounts asking the landlord about the bed and suggests the governor, who was staying there, left after an hour to sleep in the barn, hinting at a humorous but respectful tale of disturbance.
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George
Debating Club Night Pique Poses Light Barbs
In a Detroit Tribune snippet, a parson notes a young ladies' debating club meeting. The maid with a dimple jokes she cannot recall the topic, but asserts it diverged from the actual discussion, hinting at light social misdirection.
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Detroit Tribune
Self esteem over avarice in Washington Star quote
A censorious friend asks if Mrs Dustin Stax worships wealth and she replies that her motivation is self esteem not avarice, dividing the motive with a sharp line of dialogue from the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Notched dialogue notes from Philadephia Press
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press quotes Casey and Cassidy discussing Riley seeking work. Casey recalls Riley peering through the bottom of a beer glass for employment, Cassidy noting his effort was minimal.
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Casey
Riley
Cassidy
Philadelphia Press
Perambulating Pete Seeks Lost Boy Lookalike Met
Dialogue captures two men, Pete and Leary, joking about finding a long lost boy twin. Pete hopes someone will exclaim his likeness while Leary dismisses the idea as unlikely, with a lighthearted exchange about appearances and luck.
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Pete
Languid Leary
First Girl Qoroudivis My face in dirtier than yours
A fragmentary dialogue notes a confrontation between two girls and a comic panel labeled Illustrated Hits. The lines imply age difference and mutual insult as a brief, split interaction.
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Qoroudivis
Humphreys Homeopathic No 28 Remedy for Debility
An old advertisement touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 as a remedy for nervous debility and prostration from overwork. It claims over 40 years of use and offers the medicine at $1 per vial or $8 for a special package, sold by druggists or prepaid by mail from Humphreys Medical Co.
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Humphreys
Humphreys’ Med. Co
William & John Sts
Haying Made Easy On A New York Farm
A Rural New Yorker farmer describes a practical haying method for large crops using a mower windrows windrow turning side delivery rake a sixteen by ten foot hayrack and a horse powered unload process. The guide emphasizes staging loads in the mow, slow steady hauling, and child-driven steps to complete the task in minutes with minimal hired help.
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New York
Willie
Mary
Vetter
Wille
Ivan
Elayfas
New Yorker
Oxen Use Grows In New England Farms For Cheaper Work
An agricultural note discusses rising ox usage in New England as horses become dearer and scarcer. Smaller, stone-filled fields and irregular layouts favor oxen, with some farmers preferring cattle when horses are plentiful. A Nebraska cattle feeder notes corn and hay are cheap there, but without bogs and efficient feed management profits shrink due to high feed costs.
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New England
New Ireland
Nebraska
Breeder's Gazette
Garden Craft Guide to Planting by Month and Care
Garden craft tips advise sowing warm soil crops like corn and melons after the well, keeping weeds down, and using tobacco dust for bugs. After bean harvest, replace space with cabbage, sweet corn, or turnips, and plant celery. Emphasizes cultivation, soil improvements, and timely watering for late crops.
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Fort Inituy
Digestive Health Ad Endorsed by Amherst Professor
Prof Tyler of Amherst College warns that a man can live without brains but not without a digestive system. He urges daily care of digestion and recommends a corrective after overeating, specifically Kodol For Dyspepsia, which digests what you eat and is sold by all druggists.
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Prof. Tyler
Amherst College
Supreme Court cautions on treason by criticism of king
The Court of Appeal at Ber. In holds lese majesty can be charged for criticizing a living monarch's ancestors. An editor Kent faces six months in prison for “Writive Dispospectially of the King.” Preliminary Commerce Commission notes railroads’ gross earnings across 219000 miles may rise about 10 percent to over 2.0 billion in the year ending June 20.
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Exoreme Court of Appeal
Ber. In
Kent Onem
Espes Stors
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
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