Judged By Their Clothes in a Cigar Stand Episode
Germany Feliner tells of a Washington meet with friends where a cigar purchase led a shop clerk to comment on their clothes. Feliner, noting he was off the stuff, tipped a box but the clerk admitted a mistaken charge and offered another box, praising the group as neat dressers.
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Germany
Feliner
New York
Cincinnati Times Star
Washington
Jim
Fellher
Mr. Feilner
Disfigured Baby Gilbert Healed By Cuticura Remedies
A Nebraska mother recalls her infant Gilbert born with a severely disfigured face treated with Cuticura Remedies after Chicago doctors could not help. Four weeks of use produced a clear, normal face and a proud, healthy three year old later.
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Gilbert
Aime
Chicago
Albrecht
West Point
Neb
Drbeeinta Anit
Curtleura
French Language in a Hotel Scene with Misunderstanding
A garbled passage describes a hotel interaction where a man relies on information in French and a patron speaks plainly to request understanding. The text portrays miscommunication and a request for simple, direct speech, reflecting language barriers in a hotel setting.
Modern Methods In Health And Moliere Dialogue
The text describes Moliere as a physician with a doctoral background and ongoing medical service. It notes a fictional or anecdotal exchange where a character asks what a physician is doing, and the author explains he writes prescriptions that the patient does not take, yet remains cured.
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Moliare
Moaliere
Moliere
Gire
Defeated candidate surprised by misguided supporters
A wary defeated candidate expresses surprise at how many supporters failed to vote or back him, while a woman challenges the street car company over a nickel and a related issue. The remarks reflect voter confusion and campaign misfires.
Christmas Treachery Hidden in an Old Trunk
A Washington Star piece tells of a husband with a secret burden who hides a jewel case in an old trunk. He sneaks to the garret and returns to dinner with tension faded, only for his wife to uncover the mercyless truth after he leaves.
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Washington Star
Bha
Paina
Bria
Billazz Dome
The Christmas Goose and a Careworn Holiday
A fragmented verse touches Christmas many ways from joy to charity. Notes of a father’s plea, a mother’s care, and a town’s memory mix with satire of gifts and need. The text hints at the season’s contrasts and a call to goodwill.
Christmas Plum Pudding Recipe Emphasizes Frugal Tradition
The piece quotes Enna Richards from Woman's Home Companion advising a traditional Christmas plum pudding. It lists a detailed English family recipe with suet flour sugar sultanas almonds and lemon rind, plus method to mix steam and bake. The tone urges economical preparation and long lasting leftovers for winter.
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Enna Richards
Woman
Christmas Day in Sweden Scenes of Fire Torches at Church
In Sweden Christmas Day features early morning church services at six. All classes attend, each carrying a heated torch to form a large bonfire at the church door. Fire houses also burn candies, and even the royal family keeps to the same customs on a larger scale. The piece notes the shared observance across social ranks.
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Swegen
The
Wide World Magazine
Sweden
Frey
Times and Tastes in Ancient Feasts at an Evening Plaza
The text describes a dawn meal with coffee and cakes and a late dinner featuring salt fish boiled in water with wood ashes, served with pepper sauce. It notes a goddess of bounty and mentions rice porridge and Danish dishes. A Christmas tree and children dancing are referenced in festive settings.
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Wresa
Premium 20 Year Teaspoon Offer With Mother's Oats Coupons
A 20 year guaranteed silver plate teaspoon and two Mother’s Oats coupons are offered. Send two coupons and a postal for a complete premium book of fireless cookers silverware cameras and other household items. One advertisement per customer.
Federal health board opposition urged in San Francisco Argonaut
The San Francisco Argonaut argues against a proposed federal health board. It claims the plan would enforce one medical school and threaten individual rights, likening it to an established church and warning of forced orthodoxy over varied healing practices.
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Federal Health Board
Ife Federal Health Board
Ihe
United States
Thore
Federal Board of Health
Nean
Hit
Neil
Health Board
McManigal fears crowd as he predicts further indictments
In a Los Angeles interview the McNamara case figure McManigal claims Job Harriman and others higher up planned the bombings. He says he knew too much about the labor leaders and reveals details of the Detroit plot and his own confession to avoid harsher fate.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ortie E. Mes Manigal
McManigal
McNamaras
Job B. Harriman
Socialist
J. J
Jim
Eg. J
Burns
Chicago
Kraan
J. B. Ice
Warriman
McNamara Defernea
Job Warrin
Burtia
Harriman
Marbha
Clarence Darrow
Harrinean
McManteal
Gaoda
J. 3
Atensmatra
Bmac
McMantgal
Mac
District Attorney's Office
Detroit
Laini
Erectors' Association
Detroit Bridge and Tron Works Company
Russell Wheel Foundry
American Bridge Company
Whitehead and Kale
Cenover
Conover
Fellere
The Lord of Christmas Week
A Collier essay reflects on Christmas as a seasonal leadership of Christ textually. It contrasts the ideal ruler with human frailty and notes how annual reverence offers comfort while worldly concerns intrude.
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Colliers
Fiim
Bethlehem
Christ
Tian
Isis
Jin
What He Was Afraid Of
A man named Dennis speaks in an undertone about fear surrounding an upcoming theft trial. The exchange reveals a tense mood and a plea for truth as he reassures the frightened Treishman awaiting proceedings.
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Treishman
Dennis
No Help. A pun invented to bring down airships
A garbled note from the St. Paul Press describes a pun said to threaten airships, claiming aviators can rise without assistance, and mentions a supposed plan involving two guns. The fragment lacks clear facts or names.
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St. Paul
CROUP RELIEF PROMISED BY SEDGWICK LINIMENT
An old advertisement touts Sedgwick's Group Liniment as a rare thorough remedy for croup to be applied externally. It markets it as a relief product available through druggists with natural reduction claims amid quirky dialogue about lawyers and cross examinations.
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Sedgwick
Liniment
Cooperative packing improves Nova Scotia apple quality
The passage notes the success of the co-operative System for handling Nova Scotia apples. It highlights uniform packing as a key benefit, securing a reputa tion for apples packed under this system.
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Nova Scotia
Railway Churches On The Trans Siberian Railway
Travel magazines describe luxuries on the Trans Siberian Railway including moving chapels attached to principal expresses. Priests travel with these moving churches and the elaborate interiors feature rich woods and foil leaf. The chapels aim to serve nearby villagers, with Sunday services at halt points along the route.
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Warside
Picture Pricing for Children by Photographer
A fragmented exchange shows a photographer offering children’s pictures at three dollars a dozen while a woman cites having only electric money, revealing a barter moment and price discussion.
Fragmentary dialogue about past relationships and marriage
A garbled exchange recalls a past social circle, mentioning marriages and engagements, with references to people tied to Painesville. The snippet implies a confession about a marriage but remains unclear and fragmentary.
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