Cement Walk Explodes On Mass Street
A section of a cement walk on south Mass street in front of L. P. Sigler’s residence exploded last Thursday after noon, sending the top two feet of the walk into the air. The concrete foundation remained intact and the cause is unknown with theories including water seepage and heat expansion. Witness M. A. Garmmill observed the event from the opposite sidewalk in Leon.
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South Mass Street
L. P. Sigler
M. A. Garmmill
Leon
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Ad and Oxford Shoes Sale
Advertises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a pain subduer and healer of urea with medical credentials of Dr Barton Pitts at a private hospital in St Joseph Missouri. Also promotes Oxford shoes offered at 1.95 from a prior 32.50 to 3.00 price, by A G Butterfield.
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Bes
Dr. Thomas
Barton Pitts
8Th and Francis
St. Joseph, Mo
Comer’s Best Judgment in a Careless Encounter
Mrs Comer recounts a sharp misstep in Greenville during a trip with Mrs Habert. She entered a dark house to locate a key, touched the frightened resident’s arm, and the woman fainted striking her forehead on a chair edge. The incident ends with Comer reflecting on care.
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Mrs. Comer
Judement I
Greenville
Mrs. Hobart
Mrs. Coles
Long Ae
Mrs
Irvings Port Lesson in Tennyson Tale
Irving recalls a humorous anecdote with Alfred Tennyson during a Becket rehearsal in the Isle of Wight. After a port invitation, Tennyson poured the actor a glass and finished the bottle himself, prompting a playful morning meeting about his heavy drinking.
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Irving
Tennyson
Isle of Wight
Ain
Lord Tennyson
Feasts for Ancestors Stir Rogues and Eating Noise
A historical description portrays Chinese feasts in honor of ancestors with lavish dishes like pork rice and pickles. Seated in silence for minutes, six to seven hundred men clutch chopsticks as they eat rapidly, the hot rice causing flushed faces and a babble of voices in the temple.
Irish Guards Story Told At Windsor Dinner
Col Nugent recounts a tale of an Irish soldier under heavy fire who receives orders to assault and instead asks, And whoy now. A second wartime moment features a sergeant addressing a man who lost a finger, telling him to hold his tongue while another man has lost his head without a word.
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Trish
Col. Nugent
Irish Guards
Windsor and Eton Chamber of Commerce
The Decorations Dinner Table Vase Mystery
The housekeeping bride kept a vase with flowers on the dining table. One afternoon she arrived late and set out roses when her collared maid exclaimed she had to have something green. She fixed it. The bride found romaine salad leaves in the vase at the table center.
His Professional Way Breakfast Table Incident
A new waitress approached a dapper young man at a breakfast table. After he looked at the bill his mouth opened wide and a noise like gears crying out came from him. The waitress fled to the kitchen as the head waiter resolved the scene stating the man was merely the waiter’s breakfast order.
Lesson in harmony from a choir procession at church
A Columbus Journal writer extols a column of choir boys entering a church to sing the processional. The scene reflects youth health and devotion and offers a broader moral: each person can add a beautiful note to the harmony of life by serving the common good.
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Columbus Journal
Training the Feeble Steps and the Cent School
The piece recalls a one cent school where children paid a penny daily, returning if forgotten, with scolding for carelessness. It contrasts past humble origins led by Tunice Swain, who taught the three Rs and manners in a warm kitchen, stressing humility and a generation of weaklings as described by L. H. Sturdevant in Atlantic.
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Tunice Swain
L .H. Sturdevant
Atlantic
Plenty Good Enough Aunt Ghice and the wronged wife
A misused wife endures her abusive husband who returns home bruised from a spree. She seeks relief at a drug store and is offered a one dollar bottle of St Peters Prescription for both people and beasts. The scene from Lippincott's illustrates hardship and a dubious remedy.
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Ghice
St. Peter's
Chloe
Lippincott's
A Boy Writes On Ducks For National Food Magazine
A humorous essay notes ducks as heavy birds of meat and feathers with hoarse voices from many “frogs on his neck.” It describes water love, a toy balloon in the stomach, hind legs set far back, and mentions drakes with curled tails. The narrator muses preferring to be a drake.
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Gom
National Food Magazine
Idler punished under early English labor laws
A medieval provision from 1531 punished idle vagabonds. If a person could labor but begged, they could be arrested, stripped, whipped through a market town, and sent home to labor. A third offense could incur death as an enemy to the commonwealth.
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Commonwealth
Pen't Hurt the Birda Protecting mauve birds in farming
The Seattle Pomona Intelligence notes that farmers and fruit growers should safeguard mauve birds as valuable workers in agriculture and horticulture. These birds control pests, aiding fruit trees and ensuring good harvests by timely insect destruction.
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Seattle
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed For Back Pain Relief
A testimonial from Arthur Butler of Hamburg Iowa praises Doan's Kidney Pills for back ache and other kidney related issues. The ad notes wide reader inquiries and recommends Doan's as a trusted remedy with Foster Milburn Co sole US agents in Buffalo New York. Also promotes Doan's Ointment for itching and skin ailments with availability at drug stores.
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Hamburg
Arthur Butler
Towa
Doan
Chad
Dnan
Foster-Milburn Co
Suffalo
New York
United States
Time Table Summary for Daily Pass Services
timetable fragment lists KG Suu GB Marth Pass Daily Frt Sun services with multiple routes and times. It mentions No. 12 Pass Daily No. 0 Frt Da ex Sun West No 5 Pass Daily and a 9:36 a.m. mincy time. The text reads like a railroad schedule snippet with abbreviations for routes and daily trains.
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Marth
Dailyex Sun
Sun
Sun. West
Rt. da
Mincy Iit
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