Kipling Sends Biting Note To An Aspiring Writer
A New Zealand author sought Rudyard Kipling’s counsel and received a brisk reply, urging perseverance until failure or success. The note, described as encouraging, is cited as Kipling’s own approach, with further mention of his recent work resembling light verse for Nicholson’s Almanac Twelve Sports.
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Rudyard Kipling
New Zealand
Kipling
New York Evening Lost
William Nicholson
Four American game plaques by Melville attract home decor
A promotion by J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co. offers free porcelain plaques depicting American wild ducks pheasants quail and English pheasants to customers who buy three ten cent packages of Elastic Starch. The plaques measure forty inches and require in-store pickup, not mail delivery. The ad touts Elastic Starch as the oldest best laundry starch with a long-standing reputation and high sales.
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Melville
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Islands of Floating Sand Seen on the Llano River
In Texas along the Llano River observers report floating sand islands appearing among shallows. The phenomenon draws curiosity from locals and visitors as sands gather and drift with the current.
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Llano
Texas
Mrs Buon Credits Pinkham Compound for Relief
A letter from Mrs Buon praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing horrific headaches chills weakness and persistent pain from shoulder to waist. She notes sleep now possible and declares herself a new woman thanking Pinkham and recommending the remedy to every woman she knows.
Ole Uncle Claybrook Ponders Possum in Prayer and Mirth
Local column recounts a humorous scene with “Ole Uncle” Claybrook a devout elder who prays then chats with the Lord. He asks for a way possum could both ripen together and muses over liver in a butcher’s stall, his playful reverie framed by Cicero Sutton.
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Claybrook
Ife
Cicero T. Sutton
The
Owensboro Inquirer
Foot-Ease promises swift foot comfort for tired feet
Allen's Foot-Ease claims to cure swollen painful feet and bunions, ease tight shoes, and reduce sweating and callouses. It advertises quick relief, price 25 cents by mail, with a free trial package offered and lists Le Roy New York as the address.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmated
le Roy
N. Y
Monument to Austrian painter Makart unveiled in Vienna
Inscription on the monument to Hans Makart 1840 1894 proclaims him the great modern color master. Nikolaus Duiba calls Makart the greatest modern colorist and compares him to Schubert in Viennese life. Separately an advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam for coughs claiming quick relief with sample bottles and 2 and 80 cent sizes.
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Hans Makart
Vienna
Nikolaus Duiba
Makart
Schubert
Kemp
Salt Use Warns Taste Loss Says Eminent Doctor
A prominent physician cautions that excessive salt may dull the sense of taste. The text also advertises various products and rail travel rates, mentioning Ulcon UP Goap as a dandruff remedy and Nickel Plate Road express services between Fort Wayne and Chicago.
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Fort Wayne
Chicago
Pointe
Nickel Plate Road
van Nuren Strait Union D
H. J. Wamr- Ton
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Why He Stole the Turkey
An Atlanta man Uncle Cicero Jones faced a justice of the peace after being accused of stealing a turkey. Evidence showed the fowl roosted on his fence and the bird’s head and feathers were found in his home. He testified he did not deny taking the turkey but claimed it had roosted there for a long time.
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Cicero Jones
Atlanta
Justice of the Peace
Cicero
Tailor Dies After Swallowing Needle
A tailor accidentally swallowed a needle and died from inflammation. The piece notes how small items can have great impact, contrasting a claim about Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters which is said to make nervous, weak, and sickly people strong and well again.
Word to the wives suffices for husbands favors
A terse maxim suggests that wives should value their husbands favors and support. The saying frames marriage as reciprocity, emphasizing mutual consideration and loyalty within domestic life.
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