Saving His Breath
A West of England couple has a boy long deemed mute who speaks at last in the harvest field. The father, pausing to drink cider, hears Jan say Make haste, startling him into realization the boy had not spoken before. Jan answers with laconic wit, saying he hadn’t got anything to say.
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Canada
The New Order of Things in New York
A tranposed view depicts shifting duty as police pursue lawbreakers while the law itself targets those who attack officers, signaling a changing balance of power in urban justice through the dawn of a new order.
Abdul Hamid’s Dream and Fall of Empire Revealed
An article notes Abdul Hamid’s exile in Beylerbey Asia Minor as he remains secluded. He shows rare alertness, speaks French, asks about Conan Doyle, and curious legends about his loyalty to the Kaiser. He refuses the palace, prefers a nearby pavilion and tends to birds and goats.
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France
First Portrait Fail Turns Into Laughter
The four year old John Willie balked at posing for a photographer after stubbornly twisting and turning. Gentle persuasion failed, the mother left the room, and minutes later the photographer claimed success. John Willie revealed the truth at home explaining the photographer’s threats.
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John Willie
Gossiping Barroom Exchange Sparks Quiet Controversy
A clipped exchange shows a flirtatious line about women and a gentlemanly response, reflecting social sniping in a dated barroom conversation. The terse banter hints at gender roles and decorum norms of the era without graphic detail.
Doctors Defeat Chronic Psoriasis After Five Years
After five years of suffering with psoriasis and failed diagnoses from three doctors, relief and cure were achieved following a treatment breakthrough.
Dr Chase's Ointment Claims Psoriasis Cure Case
A Canadian reader from Consecon Ontario reports using Dr Chase's Ointment to treat chronic eczema psoriasis for five years with three doctors unable to help. After trying the ointment, she says she is entirely cured and permits use of her testimony to encourage others. Ointment priced 69 cents a box sold by Edmanson Bates & Co Limited Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
A Navy Officer Bore Named as “13 Inch Bun”
A retired naval officer visiting Magnolia Massachusetts regaled friends with long colorless reminiscences. A judge advocate who knew him joked he earned the nickname “13 inch bun” for being the biggest bore they had in the navy, drawing a puzzled reply from a Chicago lady.
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Magnolia
Mass
Chicago
Rejection Sparks Putative Conversation Between Two Friends
A brief exchange shows a man facing rejection by a woman and another agreeing it would be a hard blow. The dialogue reveals emotional hesitation and mutual sympathy between the speakers.
Unhorsing a Rival Compared to a Busy Holiday
The fragment notes a medieval clash as a parallel to a modern busy life, suggesting unhorsing a rival resembles taking a knight off during holiday-style busy periods.
Freedom from Asthma Remedy Claim
An advertisement touts Dr. J Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as reliable relief for asthma, promoting it as the one dependable help after other treatments fail. Readers are urged to obtain a package immediately.
Highly Colored Romance and summer complaint remedy
A fragment describes an intimate moment with a woman and a coat stain followed by a medical ad praising Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a standard, sedative and curative remedy for dysentery and related illnesses, claimed to be widely trusted over many years.
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J. D. Kellogg
Trampson asks for bread and coffee in bakery window
A housewife confronts Trampson who asks for food as he says he has had nothing to eat for three days. He admits to living by licking cream from bakery windows, highlighting a desperate hunger scenario.
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Trampson
Education in England Hitter Complaints From National Association
A meeting of the National Education Association at Westminster Palace Hotel condemned government education policy in England. Speakers urged stronger local funding and public management of education, warning that current plans threaten progress and calling for real reform in the Liberal government’s approach.
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National Education Association
Westminster Palace
Alderman Deny
Sheffield
Clifford
Lord Sheffield
Angelsca
Hilda’s Brothers Cause Surprise At Local School
A gentleman visiting a town learns his teenage daughter Hilda has seven brothers who have repeatedly called to take her out. The principal notes the family’s devotion as the visitor is startled by the count and anticipates the tall blue-eyed brother’s return.
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Hilda
Vaulting Ambition and a World Famous Name on a Train
A narrator recalls a Duluth sociologist Jerome Mc Wade in a Pullman where the man boasts of a notorious past as a wealth holder while discussing a young relative. The speaker compares ambitions and reveals a personal history of aiming to be a safe cracker, reflecting on wealth and notoriety.
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Duluth
Chicago
Rascal
Ike
Insomniac in Australia Claims Thirty Years Awake
Albert Herpin of Trenton Western Australia aged 60 says he has not slept for thirty years. In a Sydney Morning Herald interview he reports nightly hours in a chair with no drowsiness and dreams while awake. He attributes his condition to grief after his wife’s death and claims sleep is unnecessary.
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Albert Herpin
Trenton
Western Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
Herpin
Minares Liniment Cures Garget In Cows
A historical note extols Minares Liniment for curing garget in cows and claims Dr Thomas Electric Oil is the most popular medicinal oil for joint, muscle, nerve pains, neuralgia and rheumatism because of superior healing qualities.
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Thomas
Eight-Day Clock Wind Sparks Witty Time Joke
An elderly suburbanite boasts of winding a handsome chiming clock every day at 10 30 for thirty five years. A jeweler guest examines it then reveals the clock is an eight day model and mocks the claimed daily winding as wasted time.
French mayor arrested after Brest antiwar protest
M. Masson of Paris, newly elected revolutionary Socialist mayor of Brest, was arrested for riotous conduct after an antiwar meeting. Police dispersed a later procession that he led and issued summonses to Masson and several councilors. The episode coincides with police recruitment exams and raises questions about loyalty and orders in wartime.
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M. Masson
Paris
Brest
Manifestants
Ministry of the Interior
Revolutionary Socialist
Pistol Temptation Ends When It Isn’t Loaded
A desperate man named Joe, out of work and hungry, tries to robbery a stranger on a deserted road. He asks for ten dollars. the old man buys the pistol instead for two notes. The buyer then demands the money back, threatening violence, but reveals the pistol is unloaded.
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Joe
Footpad Robbery Harms Man Seeks Police Aid
An unnamed speaker questions why a police presence would help after a footpad robbed him. He argues the thief left him with nothing and that a policeman could not restore what was taken, reflecting on metropolitan crime and fear.
Misheard Banter and Medical Quip in Town Chat
In a local exchange a resident jokes about a trusted man who treated them without payment while the other quips about a presidential candidacy. The conversation pivots on a doctor and a humorous reference to Minard's Liniment as a cure for ailments.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Proclaimed to Cure Mood
Advertises Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a swift remedy for low mood melancholy and torpid liver. Claims restore stomach function and daily health, trusted by thousands and offering relief to those who use them wisely.
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Parmelee
Work on Shuswap River Bridge Near Mile 79 Ends Soon
Within seven days crews finishing the big steel bridge over the Shuswap River at Mile 79 B C along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway will complete this section. Steel gangs then move to begin three more steel structures between that point and Fort George.
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Shuswap River
Mile
B.C
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
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Fort George
Dr Morse Indian Root Pills Proven Formula Since Long Use
Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills are made from a formula learned from Indians about a century ago and praised as a universal remedy. Physicians and chemists have not improved the formula, and the pills are described as a household remedy for constipation and kidney and liver issues.
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Morse
Why He Was Fired At The Church Bazaar
A young reporter’s first assignment on the church bazaar ends with a minor blaze quenched by lemonade. The city editor asks for fresh angles but the journalist is unexpectedly dismissed with unclear reasons. The piece closes with an odd remark about ocean water temperatures.
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