A Narrow Escape at Central Station Romance
Curtiss Rollins hurries to a city station and meets Eloise Kimball, Margaret’s roommate. After mistaken meeting and playful mischief, they share a day of carefree fun, then face the possibility of separation as Margaret’s note foreshadows Rollins’ return to serious business.
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Curtiss Rollins
State Express
Oll
Eloise Kimball
Margaret
Miss Kimball
Mloise
Moise
Rollins
East River
Mr. Rollins
Eloise
Hloise
Curtiss Hias
Curtiss
Town
Cliffville
Hlotse
A Little Theft Sowed Crime in Hartford Church
Mark Twain recounts a sweltering Hartford night hearing Mr. Hawley describe the poor. The tale ends with the speaker admitting he stole ten cents from the plate, noting how small misdeeds can lead to crime.
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Hartford
Mark Twain
Hawley
Horrow
Doan's Kidney Pills Proven By Freeport Resident
August Herold of Freeport Illinois testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his wife's kidney trouble and back pain. He reports the kidneys began to act normally and she could work again after using the product bought at Emmett's drug store. The ad notes 60 cents per box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
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Dean
Freeport
August Herold
Springstreet
Ill
Emmett
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
The New Figure Corset Trend in Paris
A Paris corset shop introduces a extreme low waist cut that eliminates the waistline, suppresses bust and hips, and swathes the body in fabric from underarms to hips. Designers seek a straight silhouette with numerous folds and padding to widen the waist, pushing fashion toward a morbid, cadaverous ideal.
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Paris
Madame
Mademoselle
Della Robbin
Florence
Italy
Liberty
Meteor
Clever Bean Darts Game Idea For Young Readers
Instructions describe making a simple wooden board with two inch circles half blackened and white targets. Two pine darts with feathers and needles are used while soaked beans serve as targets named king bean. Players sit opposite sides and throw darts at the board.
King Bean Darts Tell Tale From Ancient Board Game
The article explains a bean dart game where players shoot at opposing beans on a board divided into halves. Scoring occurs for spearing adversary beans and the king bean yields 100 points, with a 110 point win condition. Players may bluff about targeting the king bean to mislead opponents.
Swimmers Cramp Not Cause of Drowning Says Expert
An expert from the Chicago News debunks the idea that arm or leg cramps kill swimmers. He says only rare stomach cramps are fatal and drowning victims typically do not throw up their hands or tread water.
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Chicago News
Dreams of Jubilee Ladder and Danger Foretell Fortune
An outlook on dreams suggests receiving fortune from rich relatives for a Jubilee dream. Climbing a ladder signifies honor while descending signals damage. Dreaming of no danger is very fortunate, and if in business the dream foretells success and great profit.
Conundrums and Frosty Puns from a Winter Joke
A collection of light wordplay and a seasonal quip set. A pun about guns and breeches leads to a winter joke with Jack Frost proposing to a violet. A reader is likened to a condemned man facing a riddled fate in a military execution gag.
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Jack Frost
Guessing Song of the Sands of the Seashore
A poetic riddle describes countless tiny grains that hold vast power over the sea. They record every crossing of the beach and endure as monuments and forts when shaped by humans. The answer reveals themselves as the sands of the seashore.
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Nicholas
Parson Calls for Help Amid Ute Money Panic
A contemplative sermon laments the Ute money panic and stiff times facing the church. A inner voice urges decisive action to overcome hardship, suggesting a drastic measure like canceling the bazaar.
Pineules for the Kidneys 30 days trial $1.00 Guaranteed
Pineules claim direct kidney action easing backache lame back rheumatic pains and kidney bladder trouble. They purify the blood and invigorate the system. Sold by H. J. Moogh and P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
P. Guenther
Do It Well In Every Task No Matter Its Size
A guide urges girls and women starting careers to engrave a motto: do every task with the best within you. From stenography to floor sweeping, all duties may fall to them, and each task deserves skill and care as a moral duty and a source of learning.
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Ufe
Grandmother’s yarn a girl in a western tale
Grandmother recounts a Colorado mining family trip by stage to a tavern massed masquerade. A masked Mexican-suited man, a mining engineer, courts her, offers elopement to Mexico, and a diamond ring. She plans to join but, at the gate, the lover is captured as a masked road agent during a staged robbery.
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Colorado
Father
Marguerite
Mexico
Ife
Annif Stokes Syres
Fun Is a Necessity in Life and Career
The article argues fun and humor are essential, not luxuries, shaping physical and mental energy. It claims a truly funny play can transform a tired, discouraged person into a refreshed, clearer thinker, with Parents shown to undervalue entertainment's benefits.
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Fun
Homer
Hite
Success Magazine
Babies Are Old Fashioned Things
An old physician with brusque manners treats a slightly ill baby using castor oil. The mother objects claiming a more modern remedy, but the doctor asserts babies are old fashioned things.
Conversation as a Lost Art Lecture Delights Club
Mrs Blickens promotes a lecture titled Conversation as a Lost Art by the club president with a witty debate between Mr and Mrs Blickens. The exchange notes that conversation is a lost art when only one side is heard, reflecting humorous dialogue from Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Public libraries in New York see rise in sociology interest
Records from many city libraries show a remarkable five year rise in reading on sociology political economy and related fields. Reading and consulting books on these topics have more than doubled in the last fifteen years.
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New York City
ManZan Pile Remedy Offered With Guarantee
Advert says piles surgery may be avoided using ManZan Pile Remedy priced at 600 dollars. Sold by H. J. Moogk and P. Guener.
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H. J. Moogk
P. Guener
Grumbling as Social Tool in London Lodgings
A writer notes that complaint has value in social economy citing Richard Grant White and an England sketch. In London a guest bristles at breakfast while the maid remarks that the guest never complains, leaving the housekeeper unsure how to please him.
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Richard Grant White
John Bull
England
London
Two men discuss distant stars on a starry evening
On a park bench two men, one an avid astronomer, talk under a starry sky about a distant star near the dipper. He estimates it would take over a half a century and more than a hundred years for a forty horsepower car to reach it, sparking a joke about gasoline.
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