A Veteran Saved From Amputation by Kidney Pills
B Frank Doroman of Roosevelt Ave Indianapolis narrates kidney trouble symptoms after military discharge. Severe swelling of the left leg and pain led doctors to consider amputation. After taking Doan’s Kidney Pills the swelling and pain subsided, urine normalized, and he has remained well for nine years. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY 0 cents a box.
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Frank Doroman
Roosevelt Ave
Indianapolis
Indiaye
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Jack London Charity Tale Echoes in Farewell Dinner
A Washington Times excerpt recalls Jack London’s charity tale told by a London editor at a New York farewell dinner aboard the Spark. Two old men drink after dinner as a host’s bell summons an elderly woman mistaken for a servant, revealed as a pew relation kept out of charity.
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Jack London
Mr. London
New York
Spark
Washington Times
Adventures of Asa Goddard and a Shepherding Tale
Asa Goddard of the American Automobile association recounts touring life in Worcester including guiding a sheep drive on a narrow road. He recalls asking the shepherd how to pass another flock and the reply about dogs earning the meat. George P. Angell discusses nature faking and a boyish classroom moment ends with a puzzled pupil asking who would find it out.
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Asa Goddard
American Automobile Association
Worcester
Dows
George P. Angell
Boston
Will Long
Deak
Fragmented letter fragment about a marriage and money
A torn dialogue shows a speaker urging a daughter to marry a devoted suitor while a father insists on certainty. The exchange hints at ongoing money borrowing from the suitor and worry about the arrangement. The tone resembles a domestic serial or personal missive with uncertain dates.
Notable Household Labor Names in Old Tale
Fragment describes a servant recalling duties at Mrs Hood and Mrs Reed homes. Samantha says she cooked for the husband, cleaned for her, swept for her, and washed her personal appearance. Tone reflects 19th century domestic staff language and social roles.
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Samantha
Mire. Reed's
Hub
The Weather Prophecy Of A Gossiping Pedlar
A rambling humorous dialogue features a weather clerk and a traveling vendor. The ventriloquy-like seller proclaims weather predictions and jokes about wind and weather, ending with the merchant leaving the office after a playful exchange.
Engagement Question Sparks Gossip in Chicago Dentist Case
Edyth asserts she would not marry a man living hand to mouth. Mayme reacts with surprise about an engagement with Fred, a dentist in Chicago. The Chicago Daily News is cited in the dialogue as the source.
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Edyth
Mayme
Fred
Chicago Daily News
Joe
Motopcar Driver Says Fearless About Driving
Interviewee dismisses fear of driving their motopcar, noting that others often appear frightened instead. The remark highlights public nerves around the vehicle and its operators.
Stamps arrange to show editor you’re an old hand
In a quip about sending magazine articles a novice asks if there is a special stamp layout. Per cellum advises placing enough stamps on the inside to prepay return postage, implying it will impress editors and aid future submissions.
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Tyro
Percellum
Chicago
Possible Explanation in Family Prayer Roles
A dialogue notes a woman's voice rising higher than a man's, suggesting this explains why wives do most family praying while men defer. The exchange highlights gender dynamics in household religious practice.
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Chicago Daily News
Porous Plaster Manufacturer Faces Call to Change
A doctor warns a porous plaster manufacturer to abandon his business to avoid permanent decline after a careful examination. The caller, addressing the physician, stresses the hardship of such a drastic step.
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Chicago
Het
Bathing dress missing at the lake prompts request
A note from The Tatler reports a person asking for the lost bathing dress left at the lake yesterday. The message requests recovery of the garment and references a helper named Thia the one.
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Tie Lake
Thia
the Tatler
Mooneliners and Kentucky Mountaine Studies Mentioned
Fragmentary text references McDobba and cores of pictures of mooneliners in Kentucky mountaine studies. No clear event or outcome is stated.
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McDobba
Kentucky Mountaine
Toy maker Jones Driven Mad Over Mechanical Tramp
Stripyws reports Jones, a toy maker, has gone out of his mind after three months failed effort on a mechanical tramp.
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Lytesute
Jones
Widower Qualms Over Miss Perkleton’s Chin
A veteran matchmaker notes the widower did not favor Miss Perkleton though she entertained well. The man admits he liked her but dislikes a projecting chin, remarking his first wife had the same feature and calls the chin a disfigurement.
Fashionable Invalidium Cure Joke Recited by Judge
Quotation reveals a judge joking about increasing a wife’s allowance to pay doctors bills while noting she must have clothes. The dialogue mocks a plan described as a cure for fashion and mentions years since seeing the wife and her being an invalid.
Doctor My motto on right and ahead in trade noted
A quotation from the Philadelphia Telegraph contrasts two maxims on progress and correctness. The first urges certainty before action, while the second champions advancing to improve outcomes.
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Merchant Mine
Philadelphia Telegraph
Frustrated clerk warns against independent staff marriages
A terse, archaic voice criticizes clerks and singles out married independence. The speaker claims authority over staff and warns of penalties for disobedience, reflecting coercive workplace control and gendered power dynamics.
Confession Splits Hearts in Chicago Romance
A overheard confession in Chicago leads to a breakup as a man reveals his heart lies elsewhere and a woman withdraws her proposal. The exchange highlights mismatched feelings and romantic misalignment in a city setting.
Advice Reciprocated in a Doctor Patient Exchange
A doctor warns a patient to suspend plane practice or risk an untimely grave. The patient retorts that the doctor should discontinue practicing to avoid untimely cravings, highlighting a sharp exchange in the Record Herald.
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Eago Record Herald
Nothe Praise for Young Dr Lanolin
The Chicago Tribune notes a flattering view of the young Dr Lanolin praising him as gaining weight rapidly and pleasing those around him. The fragment hints at esteem from colleagues or readers.
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Lanolin
Hin
Chicago Tribune
Blowing For The Inspector In Chinese Departure Story
A San Francisco Call report recalls a customs inspector during a Chinese arrival in which a steward stops a forcibly detained traveler. The exchange ends with the inspector noting his stance while the Chinese gentleman remains calm and dignified, stating he is a consul’s envoy and will depart never to return.
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Sian Francisco Call
Patent medicines widely used by doctors and public alike
The article argues that about nine tenths of drugs used by physicians are essentially patent or proprietary medicines supplied by manufacturers. It cites Dr. A Jacobi’s 1906 study showing rising prescription rates for ready-made remedies from 1850 onward, reaching roughly one quarter by 1902 03 and suggests these medicines are often used by families in common illnesses when symptoms are understood.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
A. Jacobi
Jacob
Two Ways of Looking at It at New York Dinner
Goelett Murgess recounts a San Franciscan tale at the American Booksellers Association of New York dinner. A husband’s quarter’s pay buys a 280 hour power car, prompting a sharp exchange about money and status between husband and wife.
Boomerang as a puzzle of ancient craft
The boomerang is described as a complex puzzle balancing convexity fattiness and a sharp inner edge. The text argues that its inventors could not count above five and criticizes them as lacking arts and refinement. It rejects the idea of an earlier higher civilization as its origin, suggesting it arose from one age of empirical throwing weapons.
Fanatical Moors Murder Jews and Assault Women
Passengers arriving from Casablanca report Moorish and Arab forces massacring and looting the city. Jews killed under British protection, sisters assaulted, shops burned, and 6,000 tribesmen attacking General Drudes camp before repulsion. French and Spanish troops shelling and aiding clearance.
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Tangle Lerime
Casablanca
Stemmer
Drudes
Outaside
Muley Amin
France
Mexican Plot Discovered in Los Angeles Headed by La Libertad
The Herald reports a dingy San Fernando Street HQ for La Libertad, a Mexican Sons of Liberty faction with 20 000 laborer members. The group allegedly plots overthrow of the Mexican government and assassination of Diay and Roosevelt, aiming to install Mearda Magon as leader.
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Los Angeles
Herald Vaya
San Fernando Street
la Libertad
Mexican Sons of Liberty & Party
Mexico
Diax
Diay
Roosevelt
Mearda Magon
Blasieliers
Laborem
Jweten
Standard Oil appeals bond issue over $29 million fine
Chicago reports the Standard Oil company seeking appeal on a district court ruling. Attorneys urge a bond only to cover costs, while the government seeks a bond of 29 240 000 to secure the judgment pending appeal. The assignment of error cites 116 items. Salt Lake City notes a Western Union strike after operator Rohney W. Bartlett was discharged for refusing to handle a Chicago wire linked job.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
United States District Court
Grosscup
United States Drewit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil
Landis
Hhis
Salt Lake City
Western Union
Salt Lake
Rohney W. Bartlett
W. A. Long
Sason Operon
Chileago
Denver Attorney Murphy Rebounds From Illness at Mine Case
Denver attorney John H. Murphy general counsel for the Western Federation of Miners, once near death, is now improving after prolonged work on the Haywood case. He suffered tuberculosis at the trial’s start but endured to continue, and officials expect full recovery.
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Denver
John H. Murphy
Western Federation of Miners
Murphy
Hlaywoon
Subway Car Change Ordered By Public Service Commission
The investigation led by William Ivins as counsel will push the Interborough Metropolitan company to replace current subway cars with broader side doors. The change, criticized as needed, is expected to cost about 1.9 million dollars and remove the present crude station design seen by riders.
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New York
Foen
Public Service Commnintion
William Ivins
Interborough Metropolitan Company
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Diaz
New York Police Service Commission
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