Headache Heartache in a Car Sit and a Lunch
Nell and Vance Joslin, newly engaged, face a public car scene and a luncheon dilemma. Nell suspects infidelity after a glance at Vance with another woman, writes a reconciliatory letter, and confronts him at home. He reassures her and suggests a celebration with Sadie Webster, calling his wife the best headache cure.
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Nell
Vance Joslin
Johnny
Vance
Nel
John
Joslin
Mihambra
Trocadero
Alhambra
Mr. Bingham
Fo O
Bingham
Tuneh
Sadie Webster
Mylus
Sadie
Decline and Fall of Wisdom in Final Hours
A Punch obituary recalls a revered figure near death who, when asked for life guidance, cites rustic proverbs from Loamshire. The interview ends as he succumbs after reciting sayings about persistence, reality, and resilience, amid a nurse’s hush and a final breath.
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Loamshire
Reading Pleasures and Cheap Dime Novels
A short, nostalgic note extols evenings with popular authors like Albert Russell and condemns Laura Libbey. It laments modern amusements such as cakewalks and dances, while affirming the simple solace found in Nick Carter and Old Sleuth dime novels.
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Albert Russ
Laura Libbey
Cholo
Nick Carter
Ely's Dream Balm restores taste and smell helpfully
The ad boasts Nasal Catarrh relief from Ely's Dream Balm applied to air passages. It claims immediate healing and urges readers to buy from druggists or mail order from Big Bros. at 56 Warren Street New York for 50 cents.
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Ely
Big Bros
Warren Street
New York
Days of Somnolence and the Call for Simpler Living
The author laments modern overthinking about sleep, meals, exercise, air, and mental balance. They argue past generations lived with less worry, suggesting a return to natural rhythms, humor, and carefree indifference to everyday anxieties.
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Lfe
Don’t Nag Children Don’t Nag Them Don’t Lose Temper
Two brief homilies from a recent magazine advise mothers on kinder home discipline. They warn that constant fault finding breeds resentment and praise is more effective than reproof. The list of twelve don'ts includes don’t worry, don’t lose temper, don’t overburden with servants, don’t neglect confidences, and insist on parental unity.
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Elere
Housewife Hints for Cleaning and Cooking Tips
Cleaning a fan with a towel and black substance, using benzine for soiled fans, and drying talcum powder. Potatoes not fully developed should be used for soups or hash, boiled but hard to cream, then mixed with other vegetables or meat for palatability. Canned goods should be drained and rinsed. open cans removed. Use lamp oil and cattle spirits to remove varnish marks from tables.
When the Deacon Wilted. A comic tale of a forced marriage clash
Deacon Grafton forbids Elias from marrying Nellie Jordan. Elias defies him, elopes to marry Nellie. Nellie’s mother traps the deacon with a bear trap to deter him from spying and to force his apology. The trap incident leads to a legal standoff but ends with the elder Grafton accepting the match.
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T. C. McClure
Deacon Grafton
Nellie
Jordan
Elias
Miss Nettle
Elvis
Elyria
Love
Deacon. Grafton
Deacon Crafton
How to Avoid Appendicitis By Constipation Advice
The note warns most appendicitis victims are chronically constipated and promotes Orine Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation, claiming it stimulates the liver and bowels without nausea or griping. It advises refusing substitutes and is signed by H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Burdett Piano Tuner Orders Through Local Shop
An odd fragment notes J. Burdett, a piano tuner, placing orders at Brown and Dollmeyer's shop or by phone. It also discusses habitual criminals and the pattern of recurring offenses, prison, and reform, with garbled references to a Daily Journal and Linsd's News.
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the Daily Journal
Goversi
Linsd
Newtons Light Theory and the Corpuscular Debate
The article recalls Isaac Newtons fame for universal gravitation and his optics theory based on minute particles called corpuscles. It notes the later rise of wave theories in ether, and contrasts Newtons particle view with modern physics where both corpuscular and wave ideas compete in explaining light.
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Newton
Isaac Newton
Tte
Isaac
Sir Isaac
Couldn't Help It Inglishman Joins Mexican Winter Trip
A Milwaukee Free Press item recounts a humorous tale of an Englishman who, delaying a moonlight mountain trip with an American party, explains he must first fetch his mother from the gardens. He apologizes for tardiness saying he had to be kind to his mother. The story ends with the narrator noting it as a singular bore yet required courtesy.
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Mexico
Ife
Don
Milwaukee Free Press
The Queer Screw Plant
The pandanus prairies of Fish The screw plant is described as grotesque and witchlike in early growth. It starts with a screwlike twisted form then straightens into tall stilts with ragged drooping foliage. The fruit resembles a pineapple with hard red and yellow kernels and is inedible to Europeans.
Brahman Christian label sparks sect split in India
The piece cites caste persistence among Indian Christians with a Lahore educator describing himself as Brahman-Christian after a court failed to recognize his combined faith. He insists he cannot be only Christian while a sweeper is also a Christian, calling himself BrahMan-Christian.
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India
J.C. Oman
Government College
Lahore
Fortune teller favors Friday visits amid superstition
Two women seeking a reading were told by a celebrated seer to schedule on Friday. She noted many fear Fridays and Sundays as unlucky, but promised ample time and no rush for those who follow her guidance. The advice appears in the St. Louis Republic.
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St. Louis Republic
Equinox Myth Told As Fabled Animal In School Joke
A narrator quips about mythology in a classroom exchange claiming an equinox is a half horse half cow creature. The dialogue mocks public schools for perceived ignorance.
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Tommy
Italian Cleared Civil Service Exam With Naturalization Question
An Italian laborer candidate visited the civil service commissioners to be examined for a laborer role. He answered most questions correctly, then paused on a naturalization query. His face brightened as he exclaimed, Ah, I know what you mean. Scratcha de arm. Yes, lista week.
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Civil Service Commissioners
Prudent Swain and the Fright of a Kiss
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record quotes dialogue about stealing a kiss and fear, with a note on prudence and gratitude. It shifts to a medical advisory praising Foley's Kidney Cure to ward off kidney trouble, warning of insidious disease and urging early treatment to prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. Names cited include H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Foley
Bright
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Toe Daily Journal Delivery Offer Across City
The Toe Daily Journal announces home delivery to any part of the city for ten cents a week. The notice emphasizes wide circulation and convenient subscription terms for residents seeking reliable daily news.
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Toe Daily Journal
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Graham Boyd
Associated Literary Press
Ewily Vance
Journal
Mia
Wieder
Deacon
Wora
Jordon
Widder Jordan
M. Quad
Goethe
Philadelphia Record
S.S.S. Ayeumarien
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Davenport Savings Bank
South West Corner
2D and Main Sts
Davenport
Wo. O. Schmiot
Henry C. Strucx
Cashier
Louis Hauner
W. H. Wison
N. Y
Santa Clara California
California
Burrell Brothers
Stephenson St
Schoeffel
Galena St
Campbell’s
Northwest
C. G. Schoeffel
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