Ada Raymond's NYC hotel denial sparks possible action
Ada Raymond of Texas failed to secure a room at a Fifth Avenue hotel after a clerk said she must be accompanied by a gentleman. Sergeant Cooper found her brother Robert McWhitter, a piano salesman, at his office. McWhitter protests the treatment and may sue. A separate Georgia town faces election unrest as whites and blacks clash over council seats. threats arise as negroes resist resignations.
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Ann Ada Raymond
Texas
New York
Robert McWhitter
Fifth Avenue
Cooper
McWhitter
Paul
Land debate and Irish tension cross paths in London visit
In London, Lord Sanders and Duke Melverne defend land purchases while Colonel Haynes condemns unfettered foreign ownership. The group discusses Irish Home Rule, American land grants, and railroad land speculation as a dynamite explosion at Westminster shocks England and spurs debate on imperial and domestic policy.
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Sen
Ireland
Colonel Haynes
Treland
America
Lord Sanders
Duke of
Melvorne
United States
Lear
Dike O
Bine Nidge
London
Stella
Bentlemen
Hortense
Uncle Sam
Jaynes
Diamonds and Desire Sleep Beside a Dark Secret
In a tropical tale a young man plots to steal his uncle’s diamonds to fund a life with his beloved. Dawn reveals a crime thwarted by fear, a flash of light, and a terrified escape, leaving the lovers changed and a wary elder still watching.
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Paul
Ilo
Hoe
Cupid
Bacon at Ten Thousand Dollars a Pound in a Mexican Mine
Miner B N Drazal recalls buying land near Sonora Mexico and drilling a 600 foot tunnel to an arsenical silver ledge. After decades of work he seeks bacon across the line at Ordoville Arkansas, but Mexican authorities confiscate his mine and charge $10 000 a pound for the bacon claim.
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Mexico
B. N. Drazal
Sonora
St. Pedro River
Cananara
Ordoville
Chicago Tribune
Tea Party Tale And Health Note On Fingernails
A whimsical verse about a tea party under a tree with ten cups and a thirsty self company lines. followed by a health note debunking the belief that fingernails are poisonous. It cites Vienna examinations showing many microbes on nails and stresses cleanliness to reduce irritation and infection risk.
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Vienna
Clergyman Invited for Dinner by Congregation
An 19th century Youth's Companion item describes a clergyman entering a sparsely attended service when a lay brother asked him to dine the same day. The clergyman accepted after the brother pressed the invitation, despite the distance.
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Sin
Salvation Oil praised for neuralgia relief in own cane use
The author reports trying Salvation Oil for neuralgia in their cane and notes strong relief and penetrating effect. An advertisement line for J. Lewis, Boots & Shoes, Baltimore, appears. A literary aside about a lion, a love sonnet, and a Dr Hull's Cough Syrup bottle is included amid prose asides.
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Lewis
Boots & Shoes
Id Payette St
Baltimore
Brown's Lion Bitters Promises Health Revival
An advertisement extols Brown's Lion Bitters as a cure all that enriches the blood tones the nerves aids digestion and restores energy. A porter remarks on the unexpected positive tip as a parlor car travels past a railway embankment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed By Toledo Firms
One hundred dollar reward offered for cure of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers Cheney and Co. of Toledo certify his honesty and financial ability. Wholesale druggists Walker & Trux and Tall's Drug Store endorse the remedy. Cure taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available free. price per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Prop’s
Toledo
F. J. Chensy
Hdra
Aml
Wrer & Trvax
Walping
Kinnan & Manvix
Tall’s
Cotton Picker Machine Promises Big Demand in Texas
The Lone Star Cotton Picking Machine company reports strong interest from cotton growers eager for mechanized picking. With a Texas factory in East Waco, construction accelerates toward three months of production readiness. Local merchants and bankers back the venture, investing nearly all of the $109,000 stock offering.
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Texas
Lone Star Cotton Picking Machine Company
Waco
Plating Business Promises High Weekly Earnings
A fragmentary ad note claims a person can earn zero to 400 dollars weekly by piloting and selling plated ware. It mentions W. H. Geilith & Co of Yonesville Ohio offering full instructions and suggests strong income in this line.
Three with a Drum Echo in Quiet Town
An old riddle notes three things that hear a drum for noise, one a small boy and the other two drum ticks. The verse hints at perception and rhythm in a child's world.
Dancing-master Faces Life’s Snares and Finds Strength
An old advertisement proclaims Brown’s Iran Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia malaria biliousness and general debility. It claims the tonic gives strength aids digestion tones nerves and creates appetite. It also touts use for nursing mothers and weak women and children.
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Iran
Tin Knocked Out Near Tinsmith Declares Greater Harm
A regional witticism notes that while being knocked out is bad, living near a tinsmith makes a knocked tin worse, implying amplified trouble from proximity and material hazards.
Public learns meaning of on time for train arrivals
Five years ago 23 percent of riders on a certain train were late. Now 75 percent arrive at least ten minutes early and only a small fraction are late, showing the public has learned the meaning of on time.
They Won't Mix Democracy and Aristocracy
A republic cannot tolerate mixture with aristocracy. Even a small aristocratic current in a republic leads to plots and bullying, driving democracy out of power as the one principle governs.
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Erie Medical CO
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