Bowser and Wife Chase Appetitus Fears With Milk Diet
In a humorous 1906 tale Mr Bowser scars himself with a supposed appendicitis scare after a doctor warns of danger. He shadows a milk and water diet, while Mrs Bowser frets and a blunt druggist cuts through the puffery, ending with Bowser starving no more and feasting.
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Wser
Mart
Pethall
Calomel
Mr. Kowser
Bowser
Mr. Bowser
Joe
Sam
Honest Abe Sells Poetry to Help a Bull Attack Victim
In a rural tale, Honest Abe visits Farmer Hardman where Jim Simpkins lies injured with four broken ribs after a bull attack. The farmer asks Abe to write a poem to lift Jim spirits, hoping the verse will spread to twenty people and perhaps help Abe find work as a poet.
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Abe
Jim
Galveston
West Indies
San Francisco
Pilgrim Joe
Busted Ben
Pilgrim
Bland
Ben Williams
Ben
Branch County
Pilgrim Joe Alleviator claims and tall tales
A spoof prospectus for Pilgrim Joe's Alleviator mocks sensational claims and fraud allegations. The narrator narrates encounters with a con man, a fake orphan asylum plot, and a courtroom of trickery, ending with reflections on integrity and a tale of a hired man and a bull.
Humpy Skinner Bosses a Dead Horse Duty and Wins Fame
Young Humpy Skinner becomes in charge of a fallen horse, impresses a police officer and a Chester boy, earns praise from an old man and a girl, and returns home with a broom after a day of unexpected leadership and near mischief. The tale ends with the boy facing a crowd and a vow to his mother.
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Humpy Skinner
Humpy
Tam
Hurmpy
Chester
Ky George
Ti ¢Ma
Hump Skinner
Cicero
Pollers
Bitteei
Sonny
Packingtown
States Prison
Veteran and Recruit Face Harsh First Fight Abroad
A lone U S Army private recalls being rushed to the Philippines with a veteran who abandon ed him to do the fighting. Surrounded by enemies in a hollow, the private ends up killing ten while the veteran lounges and mocks him. Two dead and one wounded are found after the Ladrones withdraw.
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United States
Ut V
Alleviator
Hell Bent
Angels’ Roost
Indiana
Joe
Mo Shun
United States Army
Philippines
Humph
Commissary
Concrete Blocks and Machinery by Vining Bros Mig Co
Faced blocks for all building uses on one machine. The most economical and satisfactory device in the world. Send for a catalog from Vining Bros Mig Co Niagara Falls Ontario.
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Cata
Vining Bros. Mig Co
Niagara Falie
Ontario
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Ism
P. C. Eastment
Tin
Michigan
Honest Abe
U.S.M
Jim Simp
West
Ruby Douglas
Jim Simpkins
Walter Robinson
George McGhee
Hedden City
Orphan Lad
Skinner Boy
Copsright
Homer Sprague
Bobby
Eugene Parcells
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