Swinburne’s Cleopatra rare at Sotheby’s described by poet
London Chronicle notes Swinburne called Cleopatra a transitory ephemera while Max Wise buys 15 guineas for a Swinburne poem coup. Swinburne jokes about being a wibliomaniac enough to astonish Meredith who protested the output. Baron Takatira tells a reporter in Ann Arbor of Japanese character as living commerce with a Yorkshira motto critique.
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Cleopatra
Gotheby’s
T. J. Wige
George Meredith
Max. Wise
Swinburne
London Chroniccle
Baron Takatira
Ann Arbor
Fragmentary dialogue hints at fountain pen debate
The readable lines show a cryptic exchange about supporting men of the fountain pens and consignments. Rivera-Whan and Brogka speak of a bottomless pit, implying a metaphorical or coded discussion without clear context or outcome.
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Rivera
Brogka
Global Gas Engine Output Heights as Makers Rise
A German study cites 28 engine makers with 62 percent of plants in Europe and the U S. Total large engines achieve 1 033 709 horsepower across units, said to exceed seven million horses in overall output. The report notes rising power milestones from 300 to 1 000 horsepower.
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England
United States
London Mendicant Society Seeks Charity Reform
At the annual London Mendicant Society meeting chaired by Robert Pierpont the view was aired that a skilled beggar can earn more weekly than the typical worker. He estimated about £100,000 is given in casual London charity yearly and noted 3,205 begging letters in 1908, plus others, totaling 258,938. About 26 per cent are impostors and 13 per cent deserve aid. Pierpont recalled the society’s origin with the Duke of Wellington, due to beggars claiming service in Waterloo and the Peninsular Wars.
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London Street
Robert Pierpont
London Mendicant Society
Reynolds
London
Plérpoint
Hone
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Osage Nation Receives 5.4 Million in Ten Years
The Osage tribe of 2,230 members in Oklahoma collected 5,400,669.04 dollars in ten years from annuities oil and gas royalties and land rents. Each citizen received 2,421.82 dollars while many squatted on tribal lands and rented for farming. The Osage lifestyle favored abundance with traders selling goods, and Pawhuska built a thriving hack town image reflecting wealth and leisure in a periodissement of prosperity.
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Osage
Munyon Doctors Offer Free Diagnosis for Cures
A period ad promises free medical exams and honest verdicts from Munyon’s Eminent Doctors at 63d and Jefferson streets Philadelphia. An odd anecdote about a Swedish carpenter highlights a language gag when a worker cites “my mouth is full of saw teeth” as a delay in speaking.
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Us & Postal
Munyon's
63D
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Nurse Advocates Kidney Health and Home Remedies
A nurse recalls backache and fatigue from kidney trouble and praises Dean's Kidney Fills as life changing. The piece cites Mire Judson Ellis of Jackson Michigan and Lab Boker 414 Francis St. A brief ad blurs Teuton cough syrups and other remedies while humor and local anecdotes mix with a civil service exam quip about population center.
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Judson Ellis
Francis St. Jackson
Mich
Baker
Dean
tar-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Cure for Baby Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
A mother from Burnt Cabins Pa shares how her infant’s watery eczema on the cheeks was cured using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. After costly doctors and severe reactions, a dollar fifty worth of Cuticura brought complete relief with no scarring, dated Sept 15 1908.
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Stohe
W. M. Comerer
Cabins
Totter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Humorous Tales Clash With Courtroom Irony At Boarder Bash
A mix of jokes about Swords facing a jury of peers and a mock legal exchange at a boarding house dinner scene appears among a jumble of anecdotes. The page also advertises remedies, farm help classifieds, and scattered notes from a police court session.
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Gardiner and Mrs Jo A Wits publish a letter promoting women to seek medical advice before serious operations. The text touts roots and remedies from a company, claiming benefits for the female organism and urging readers to contact a female advisor for guidance.
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Gardiner
Maina
Jo A. Wits
RF. D
San Haute
United States
E. Pinkham
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Fay
Eenticzi
Mahe
United Kingdom
Dodds
Guat
Aids
Pierce
Nature
R. Y. Pierce
Bufelo, N.Y
Japan
Everthere
Tours
Descripti
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Ita
Kansas City
Eg Horth
Popular Jong
Wikky Maloney
Maggie Mahoney
Maggie
Willie Boy
Chicago Tribune
Temme
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Houston Post
Munyon
New York Times
Gotham
Woman's Club
Fenkoree
Winslow
Rathel
Lee Peenags
Tretiatel
Atlenty Lenk Baicam
Bettie
Staite and
Madison Bbverts
Chicago Tripune
New York City
Persora
Ince
S.C.N.U
Aley
Percy
Swords
Mr. Swords
Mra
Irons
Bashery
Sala
Alyn
Mr Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Tincle Remus’ Magazine
Hanmlins
O Connor
Central Street
New York
Los Angeles
Texpress
Richmond
Virginia
Shibajian
la Salle Street
Chicago
Laura
M. Ferguson
George
Mrs. Ferguson
FacSimwe Signanre
Itake
Pals
York
Bears
Lydia E. Pinkhath
Campoi
Speko Medical Co. Sonirc
Goshen, Ind
USA
Putnam
Wales
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