The Pole Star and the Light of Birth Ages
The article explains light speed and distance to the pole star. It notes a ray from the star started at a person’s birth would reach them after about thirty-six to thirty-seven years, so the pole star’s light we see now left fifty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole Star
Earth
John Robinson
M. Cavern
France
London
Bacon
Repubdbc
Mexico
Flant
Iig
Loudon
Tipoon
Niger
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised for Curing Kidney Troubles
In Monticello Mississippi Lawrence county reports show Dodd's Kidney Pills cure kidney trouble and dropsy. Mrs. L E Baggett credits the remedy with restoring her health and allowing proper urine flow. She endorses the pills as a great tonic and blood purifier for a sound body.
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Monticello
Miss
Lawrence County
Dodd
L. E. Baggett
Dust in Our Eyes and The Skyborne Dust Mystery
A Times Collects curious notes on atmospheric dust from meteoric iron spheres to diatoms. Sailors report eye irritation during dust falls while iron-rich dust covers ships, deserts, and mountain tops.
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Fred W. Saxby
Strand
OUST THE DEMON A Tussle with Coffee
A California couple describes nervousness and severe headaches blamed on coffee. After switching to Postum Coffee they report relief, steadier nerves, and no return of pain. They say they now share Postum with their children. Postum Co. Battle Creek, Michigan endorses no drugs and claims a reason.
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California
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum Coffee
Morning diet woes spark a dyspepsia care joke
Gentry, newly married, laments his wife's lavish breakfasts while Phillipson offers a blunt remedy. The tale, printed in the Chicago Daily News, centers on strained affection and the absurdity of balancing love with appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentry
Phillipson
Chicago Daily News
London City Council Considers Auto Ambulance System
A chaotic miscellany notes London City Council weighing auto ambulances amid broader world chatter. Reports touch on English insanity linked to heredity, a popular Scottish comedian, Admiral Togo’s reception, and global statistics from Germany to Mexico.
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London City Council
Silent Help Between Long Time Ties
The Leodhian sisters share a quiet understanding, with Miss Mattie dominant in talk and Miss Cora guiding crochet work. A playful exchange reveals plans to delay cleaning the south chamber and bake a chocolate cake, valuing each other’s steadfast sense and practical kindness.
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Leodhian
Miss Mattie
Miss Cora
Haygun
Cora
Mattie
Teun
Will
Two Signs of Progress in Indian Divorce Case in Montana
A Montana divorce filing appears in the record as a notable case. The text notes that an Indian tribe and an individual show signs of adopting white customs. It mentions desertion during baseball season and involvement with a white team as supporting context.
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Montana
Fier
Sid
Une
Muffled Orbit: Fragmentary Speech From a Whimsical Text
A jagged quotation features the Shakspear- Snater character musing on dreams and an ancient muttered line about time and a voyage by ship. The passage evokes a foggy, dreamlike theater scene with fragmented dialogue and nonsensical bravado.
Dreary Outlook for the Man
A fragmented item hints at domestic life and monotony in daily routines with references to breakfast habits and a dated tone. The piece appears to reflect on marriage and intellect in a foggy, humorously bleak register.
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Bain
Beamas
Family Quip on Average Members in a Household
A humorous exchange questions the average family size with a quip about being the seven tenths person. The dialogue highlights a playful take on statistics and domestic life.
Modern Diana Abbie Taggart Shoots Bears at Lake Tahoe
Abbie Taggart returns from the Lake Tahoe district thirty five miles from Sonora after killing seven bears and a mountain lion. She recalls riding alone with a hunting knife and rifle, recounting close encounters and a narrow escape while pursuing big game.
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Abbie Taggart
Lake Tahoe
Denver Post
Sonora
Kennedy
Mr. Bear
Megaphone
Can You Cook and Weave a Dear Prize
A Cleveland Leader snippet shows a man courting a dressmaker with flattery and teasing talk about cooking sewing and wedding plans. The front person extols kitchen and sewing skills and hints at a marriage while noting a modest weekly wage.
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A Southern town scene unfolds with a merchant and a unnamed negro porter. The dialogue hints at a plan to set a spring gun on a smoke house to deter intruders. The narrative tone suggests tension and potential violence behind strained assurances.
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Quan
Jin
Jim
Cat at the Doorstop Amidst Moral City Commentary
An odd editorial fragment invokes a cat and the idea of building the murder of human kindness, signaling a sharp moral critique within a local discussion. The piece hints at social behavior and humane motives without concrete events or names.
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
Typhoid fever leaves nerves sensitive and the body weak. The tonic Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to rebuild flesh and strengthen nerves, with patient testimonials like Charles Worth of East Vassalboro Maine reporting quick improvement after six months of debility. Pills are opiate free and sold by druggists or directly from Scheu Gady N Y.
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Williams
Charles Worth
East Vassalboro
Maine
Dr. Williams
In the Land of the Czar Amber Hall at Csarskoe Selo
The piece notes Russian air harms primroses at Csarskoe Selo while ecowslip and jasmine gardens flourish. It describes the Czarist residence as weary and the ladies in waiting eager for release, highlighting the amber hall with mosaic walls and amber furniture.
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Csarskoe Selo
Boston Herald
Marguerite
Endang
Great Palace
Catherine II
Mull's Anti Belch Wafers Free Sample Offer
Suffering with indigestion gas and stomach pain this ad offers Mull's Anti Belch Wafers as a cure. It claims absorption based relief with no drugs and proposes two boxes for 50 cents or a free sample via coupon.
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Mull
A Risky Journey
A terse exchange between an Indian Chief and a prisoner centers on a risky trek to New York. The chief notes the traveler’s foreign status and title, then threatens a gauntlet of American heiresses from Denver to New York as the price of freedom.
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Denver
New York
Hairpin Factory in Painswick Stroud Valley
The largest hairpin factory in the world operates in Painswick in the Stroud valley at the foot of the Cotswolds. About 300 people are employed turning wire into thousands of finished pins with numerous automatic machines in constant use. Advertising copy about Ball Blue appears at the end.
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Bnetah
Painswick
Stroud Valley
Cotswolds
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