Nicodemus Dodge Joins a Missouri Newspaper Office
In a Mark Twain inspired sketch a boy named Nicodemus Dodge from Shelby travels to a Missouri town to work at a local newspaper. He proves ingenuous and gullible, becomes a target for practical jokes, and survives a series of village pranks aided by a doctor’s spooky skeleton stunt.
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Mark Twain
Missouri
Tyell
Shelby
Nicodemus Dodge
Nicodemus
Sal
Simpson
George Jones
George
Tom Elroy
Nicdemus
Nicoemus
Jimmie Finn
Jivomie Finn
Jinamite
Winter clothing for children saves health and life
Nellie Burns urges mothers to prioritize warmth over fashion in children's winterwear. She warns that exposure to cold causes illness and even death, citing a four year old in fine garments and a three year old who died from exposure. Safe, warm clothing with full coverage for feet, hands, necks, and ears is essential to build strong constitutions and prevent disease.
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Nellie Burns
Edwin B. Hale
Chicago
Harper's Bazar
Origins and rise of English carriages through history
The oldest carriages called whirlicotes were phased out after Ann of England demonstrated aside saddles. Coaches entered England circa 1530 from Germany, grew among nobility by 1605, and royal extravagance featured multi horse displays. Hire coaches appeared in London in 1625, numbers rose to 200 by 1637, limited then to 700 in 1694 and 800 in 1766, with current totals near 1100.
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England
Ann
Charles IV
Richard II
Germany
Earl Arundel
Duke of Buckingham
Earl of Northumberland
London
Farmers’ Gazette
Roach in Stew Sparks Ejection From Restaurant
A man in a Pittsburgh restaurant found a large roach in his beef stew and cried for the proprietor. The waiter produced six more roaches from his vest pocket and the man was kicked out after being told his meal ticket would be removed. The landlord muttered it won’t work as the roaches are stamped on the back.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Remedy Promises From Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic
Reader letters hail Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a superior liver stomach and kidney remedy. The tonic is praised as a perfect appetizer blood purifier and cure for dyspepsia debility from malaria and other causes. It is sold at Dr C B Durfee’s drug store for 60 cents.
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Jones
C. B. Durfee
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Ryt
Nicodemus Booge
Jarbinky
Jimmie
Finn
Childrens’ Clothing
Redstar
Mark
Price
Eheim
A. Yourler Company
Man Rare
Baltimore
Maryland
Burt
Soe
Reliable City
F. A. Yanochoyski
John Morgan
Yanoohousei
A. L. Hupp
Second Street
Henry
III
Menry
Jessens
Placher
Henry Republican
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