Mary Ann and Wiggles in the Country Tale
Children's department reads like a collage of vignettes from St Nicholas and Washington Star. Mary Ann finds a stray dog Wiggles near a tunnel with trains, meets a girl whose father’s factory smoke sickens him, and moves to a rosy cottage. Elizabeth’s shyness stems from a haircut mishap not fear.
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Mary Ann
Mary ‘Ann
Wiggles
Mary‘ Ann
Annie L. Berray
Elizabeth
Washington Star
Candy eaten by bear at Juniper Corner schoolhouse
A Bangor sourced candy gift for Juniper Corner pupils ends with a bear raiding the woodshed. Schoolmaster Guy Soule and his hunters track the bear to its den on Thwings Hill. The bear is shot and sold in Aurora for 18 dollars. candy orders are sent to Bangor for the stage. Lincoln kindness to birds is recounted with a tale of saving two fledgling birds by president’s action.
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Juniper Corner
Aurora
Itv All
Bangor
Blueberry
Guy P. Soule
Thwings Hill
Bob” Saunders
Aurora Village
Ellsworth
Kennebec Journal
Lincoln
Speed
Mr. Lincoln
Herndon
Baker
Hardin
A Jackdaw Plays Croquet for a Banker
A banker kept a jackdaw that showed keen interest in croquet. Hearing the click of balls, the bird watched from a hedge and then attempted to play, using its beak and claws to push a ball toward the cage or middle wicket, even ringing the bell from the cage top.
Alcohol from Potatoes Promises Denatured Fuel
The Delineator reports denatured alcohol as the future fuel, with a New York company led by a former U S consular service president backing the effort. Revenue tax was removed this year, enabling alcohol to sell for about ten cents per gallon, aided by a Washington Agriculture Department push to distribute a new potato variety for farming ethanol. A stove and lamp burner alcohol flat is now marketed at seven dollars, claiming simple operation like electricity and cheaper than kerosene at one cent per hour.
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Desalcohol
New York Company
United States Consular Service
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Wise Words and Wry Wit From a Cynic musings
A collection of quips on folly, conscience, love and reform from the New York Times poem section. It jests at fools marriage, patience, drink, and vanity with sharp lines and sly humor attributed to a verse from Musings of a Cynic.
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Dan Cupid
Lot
New York Times
Murderous impostor claims to be victim in Chicago tale
A New York business man in Chicago sought a $100 money order and presented letters to prove his identity. He asserted he had killed the real owner and possessed the letters. After the money order arrived, the clerk recognized him as the man blamed for the murder.
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New York
Chicago
Thomas Blank
New Yorker
Harper's Weekly
Health of the Emperor of China diary published
A diary written by the Emperor of China shows twenty years of increasing nervous debility since he was seventeen. The current condition is nearly intolerable with palpitations from the slightest noise or exertion and exposure. A foreign medical expert warns radical measures are needed to prevent possible insanity.
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China
China Post
Peruna appeals and testimonials from readers
A collage of reader letters tout Peruna as a cure for catarrh and la grippe with several testimonials from Rev Geo A Troutman and others. Mentions of Peruna tablet form, Dr Hartman, free almanac, and various health claims alongside brief ads and odd notes about other remedies and products.
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Catarrh
la Grippe
A. E. Troutman
Washington, Mo
Peruna
Sunday school totals and medical remedies advertise
Sunday schools total 262,000 attendants. Flies Curea arrives in 14 days and guarantees cure for any bleeding or protruding with refund. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children soothes gums reduces inflammation and eases wind colic. Bottle costs 25 cents on average. Notes on infant weights and grasshopper biology appear in the column.
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Winslow
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Anna Marion Smith
St. Nicholas
Rev. Troutman
George A. E. Troutman
Perunae
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Cincinnati
Ohio
P. E. Swanstrom
Grantatuns
Win
St. Vitus
Kline
Hh! Kline
Arch St
Phila
Nina
KW. Grove
Brown
Beye
Nevers
Aaazak Thompson
Fitv
Georet AE
Troutman
Isc
State St. Chesebrough Mfg. CO
New York City
W.l.douglas
Sic
Erie Seas
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