Indiana man escapes knife using Mayr's stomach remedy
Charles Inman of Hartford City Indiana recounts avoiding surgery after taking Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy He says a seven year illness vanished in three weeks with one dose claiming doctors advised an operation and high costs Similar letters praise the remedy and its claims of cleansing the digestive tract and avoiding procedures The ad-promoted remedy is said to be sold by druggists nationwide
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Port Wayne
United States
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Mayre
Boston
Franklin Square House
Flynn Wayne
National “Magazine
Lyons
London Times
Fragmented Tales and Civic Notes in a Patchwork Page
A miscellany of short items includes a literary quarrel over a supposed endorsement and a joke about a contralto, a note on the Berlin botanical gardens restricting children, a mention of the Pioneer Mother statue plan for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, a brief political fact about the US Congress representation ratio, and a stray ad line for Wear-Proof Mills.
Old Farmer Chooses Bride by Close Eyes Counting
A Midlands farmer, anxious to marry, pockets a plan to pick his wife by blind count. He shuts his eyes in the doorway and the two women vanish, forcing him to choose between the widow and her daughter in a comic scene from London Tit-Bits.
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Lurlina
Neaindorsement
Tee
Turlinat
Jupiter
Midlands
Tell
London
British Marines Aboard at Tsing Tao Action
Miss Jessie Borthwicke daughter of General Borthwicke and niece of Lord Borthwicke served with British marines at Tsing Tao. She previously guided 1,040 wounded soldiers from Antwerp to France aboard her Red Cross yacht Grace Norting.
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Lord Borthwicke
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France
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Grace Norting
Solid Line of Dead Soldiers One Mile Long
Paris fears a ghastly German assault in Argonne where a French infantry regiment and escorting drivers held a trench a mile from the line. German columns smashed the trench with bayonets while quick firing guns roared at 690 rounds a minute, leaving a solid mile of dead soldiers as the battle ended.
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Paris
Argonhe
Getina Columins
Teuronin
Nations use dogs in warfare across armies
The piece notes dogs aid many nations in war from sentry to ambulance work. Belgians deploy dogs on the battlefield while the French draw from a breed called peodle. Germans and others use dogs to carry messages and ammunition. Dogs prove valuable though many suffer in active service as eyewitnesses attest.
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Pyregean
Mull millionaire Clark shaped by one pivotal moment
The Montana copper king Willan A. Clark built a vast fortune from a single incident in the 1860s. After years as a trader and laborer, he rode 250 miles in freezing conditions to Boise City with 2000 pounds of tobacco, turning a $2000 cost into a $10,000 gain and solid local popularity in Helena.
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Willan A. Clark
Montana
Salt Lake
Last Chance
Guich
Helena
Missouri
Clark
Last Chance Gulch
Boise City
Long-Drawn-Out Battles and Dull Moral Fatigue
The piece laments prolonged conflicts and the mental strain on officers and soldiers. It notes retreat as another fight, death as relief, and wounds turning travel toward hospital stays. A weary indifference to peril grows, with curiosity about the war’s end fading into fatigue.
Tiger Hunting and War Across India and Himalayas
The text notes 767 people in India were killed by tigers last year and reports tiger-proof railway stations for signalmen on a Himalayan line after tiger attacks. It hints at postwar opportunities to use militarism’s “virile vibes” and cites the valor needed to hunt man-eating tigers on Toor.
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India
Damascus Busy City Population and Trade Amid Mortality Details
A fragment describes Damascus as busy with an estimated 20 000 pilgrims passing yearly and spending around 290010 in goods. It notes industrious residents and trade, with vitality peaking in late morning and mortality patterns showing higher deaths around dawn and near midnight.
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Damaseus
Damases
Damascus
Tyne
Watt
Greek Meets Greek Oldest Inhabitants Debut Time Tale
A humorous anecdote shows two aged men ignorant of telling time. Uncle Ben's watch gifts spark rivalry at a corner store when Pete asks Ren for the hour. Ren checks and proclaims the time with a proud boast, prompting Pete's sharp comeback.
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Pete
Ren
Magasine
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