Fatsoentry Caught at Gateshead Measure Enigmatic
An odd-sounding report from Gateshead notes a fat object measured at one and a half inches, with details unclear and no further context provided.
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
3
His Shoe Was His Bank
A Missouri Savings Association Bank cashier notes an unusual depositor who carried three $20 bills in his shoe since the financial stress began. The worn bills were burned through at the heel by nails, and the notes were sent to Washington for redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Missouri Savings Association Bank
Washington
Kansas City Star
The Tale of Trousers and Wellington at Almack's
The London Tatler notes that trousers faced a struggle to enter polite society, citing the Duke of Wellington who was denied entry to Almack's in 1814 for wearing trousers instead of breeches. It records that trousers were allowed in 1815 and that Wellington later won at Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Wellington
Almack’s
Almack
Willington
Waterloo
London Tatler
Automobile Corps Created for Russian Army
The Russian War Department ordered the formation of a military automobile corps. The move aims to bolster mobility for supply and reconnaissance amid ongoing conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Corps
Russian War Department
Military Automobile Corps
Coffee Eyes Cause Slow Vision Loss Cured by Postum
A Oswego Mont woman describes gradual eye weakness and stabbing lights after coffee use. She switched to Postum Food Coffee, brewed longer at altitude, and within three months her eyes fully recovered with no pain. A friend also reports relief from dyspepsia and headaches after ditching coffee for Postum. The Postum Co. promotes the product with testimonials.
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Oswego
Mont
Husband
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Puzzling verse misfits and odd rhymes from Harper's Monthly
A playful fragment discusses misused words and odd phrases about lighting gas, drinking, speaking, and squeaky shoes. The quatrains explore broken rhymes and subtle contradictions, ending with a whimsical nod to Harper's Monthly.
Quotable quips and quips from a past era
A collage of humorous lines and puns from Life Puck and New York Sun touching on charity, courtship, nonsense, and reflexive jokes about wealth, marriage, and schooling. The snippets feature playful exchanges about bees, combs, cigars, and religious altar misinterpretations.
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Puck
Somerville Journal
Post
Stella
Columbia
Bella
New York Sun
Cornel
Jimmie
Has New York a Dialect
A Cincinnati Enquirer comment notes New York hosts many dialects from New England twang to Western rugged speech and Southern affectations. It highlights foreign speakers using signs and claims straight English is scarce, mainly in major papers like the Sun and Times.
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New York
Division Street
New England
West
South
Sun and Times
Cincinnati Enquirer
Trapped Partridges Report From London Field Correspondence
In a field of roots a covey of five partridges rose and four were killed. The fifth bird, injured, dropped in bramble and was later recovered. Of the five, two had no feet, two had only one leg each, and the fifth was perfect. All were old birds with healed stumps.
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London Field
Only Bear Fight She Ever Saw Ends With Mystery
A backwoodsman's wife witnessed a fierce hand to hand bear tussle and quipped it was the only fight she saw where she did not know who won. The remark reflects rural stoicism and humor in the Washington Star quotation.
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Washington Star
Twice-Told Kidney Cure From Sunny San Bernardino
Lionel M. Heath of 158 Eighth Street San Bernardino reports fifteen years of back pains edema and rheumatic aches due to kidney trouble. After using Deans Kidney Pills he was cured five years ago and again now. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Lionel M. Heath
Eighth Street
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Kansas Hat Code From The Wichita Beacon
A Wichita Beacon item quotes a cheeky answer on proper hat etiquette listing occasions for removing a hat. It references common moments like mopping the brow and meals and includes humorous missteps such as ascribing absurd actions.
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Wichita
Kan
Beacon
Railway tip system and compensation liability debated
The Railway Review argues that gratuities form part of a workman's income and a company cannot dodge compensation for an injured adult by noting low official pay. It cites a 12s 6d weekly wage as example and notes other income sources may be unofficial.
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Railway Ufe
Railway Review
Window Dressing School to Train Artists in Vienna Shops
The London Globe reports a plan to open a special window dressing school in Vienna to train young men and women in this branch of shop keeping. The note also mentions Jan Kubelik and a humorous exchange about his violin not dining with guests in New York.
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Europe
London Globe
Jan Kubelik
New York
Kubelik
Gotham
San Francisco
In These Rapid Days and Quick Health Claims
A collage of ad claims notes rapid world pace, Garfield Tea promotes digestion and vitality, aluminum horses and itch cures are advertised, Mrs Winslow’s Syrup soothes teething, a gimlet pointed screw inventor is credited with a one million dollar earnings.
Learned Lesson: Widows Attractively Seek Kindness in Matrimony
A reflective line notes that widows appear attractive due to the belief that amiability and kindness win in marriage. The image suggests social attitudes toward matrimony and personal virtue as decisive in choosing a spouse.
A Cure at City Mission Helps Desperate Patient
A young woman at a city mission suffered scabies rheumatism and sores from exposure. After seven weeks with little progress a doctor advised Cuticura products. Bathing with Resolvent and applying ointment led to rapid improvement and eventual employment. Laura Bates of New York writes March 11 1907.
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Laura Jane Bates
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Mar. 11
Portly Passenger Teases Man Over Hat Seat
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly shows a portly traveler asking to sit on a hat and the other replying to sit first, then ask. The banter highlights social humor aboard a railroad car in a historical railroad setting.
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Harper’s Weekly
Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed as constitutional remedy
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional cure. It promises a $100 reward for a cure and urges sending for circulars, noting internal use and blood mucous action.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Wmenty & Co
A Good Point in Criticism of Rural Landscape
A critic struggles between judging a work and its agreeable creator. The Baltimore American critic notes consistent natural features in the rural landscape. The landscape shows the hill above the stream mouth as the illuminating feature.
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Baltimore American
Comeand See Sign Links Open Business to Public Trust
The front of Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co shows a permanent Come and See sign inviting public access to laboratory methods and business practices. The ad questions Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and asks if letters from over a million women prove cures while urging doubters to gain confidence and health.
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Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Am
America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Venison and Wild Game Prices in Early Indiana Markets
In earlier decades from Morgan and Brown Counties venison sold far cheaper than pork, with pork favored by Hoosiers over red deer. An entire wild turkey cost less than a spring chicken, and a dozen quail could be bought for less than a dozen sausage links serve today, per the Indianapolis News.
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Morgan and
Brown Counties
Indianapolis News
Chinese Population Count Noted in New York City Report
A New York City census note records 12,147 residents of Chinese origin in the city. The brief item cites location within New York and references district information.
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New York City
N.Y
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