The Thumb String Trick and Grandpa’s Shaking Habit
A compact snapshot of纸 magic notes a simple thumb string trick, a playful grandpa anecdote about shaking shoes to rid hidden vermin, and a short satirical aside on forming good habits young. It also references a Chinese gold monument story, an obstacle game, and a playful math riddle about three little houses, two sentences offer varied, era tone items.
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Grandpa
India
Aaid
Ned
John A McCall Career Highlight at New York Life
John A McCall president of New York Life faced scrutiny over company political contributions. A self made official from Albany, he rose through insurance ranks to deputy superintendent, then superintendent, later New York Life chief executive. A Cleveland ally, he funded bond loans, owned Shadow Lawn estate, and had a family. Old fruit jar wrappers advertised at the end.
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New York Life Insurance Company
John A. McCall
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Republican National Committee
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Nage
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The
Equitable
Shadow Lawn
New Jersey
Irony of Fate and Rubber Plant Promises
A column fragment narrows from mock caution about a man who never swerves from good habits to a wary note on a rubber plantation investment. It juxtaposes a teetotal ethic with a warning about microbes and death, then outlines a Chicago Tribune temperate yet speculative pitch on rubber tree cultivation, costs, and projected returns.
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Samon
Chicago Tribune
Pennsylvania Railroad Train Schedules and Station Notes
The notice lists train departures and routes for the Pennsylvania Railroad including stops from Blairsville to Pittsburgh and Saltstrang, with times around 7:00 to 10:55 p.m. Weekday and Sunday services are included, along with connections to Butler, Allegheny, and surrounding towns. It also provides agent contactThos. B Wad, Passenger Agent, Western District, 360 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA.
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tuneMen
Saitslake
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J. R. Wood
W. W. Atterbury
Vase'e Traffie Munger
GEO
Will contest over deceased De Cash fortune
In a brief note from New York Weekly, Chinnie's client says De Cash's widow contests the will. The case hinges on the condition that the widow must not remarry, a clause seen as central to the fortune's distribution.
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New York Weekly
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Pennsylvania
There Was a Reason. A Sunday School Tale
Ernest Ledger returns from Sunday school and his mother asks if he was good. He says yes but the other children were terribly bad, until he explains the engines passed by and everyone stood to look out the window while he stayed seated.
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Grandpe
Ned
Grandpa
Ernest
Trisphin Ledger
Philadel
Opening of Fall and Winter Millinery at Cookport
Miss Orpha McCullough visits the city to purchase fall and winter millinery stock and will showcase leading hat styles next week. She sources at close margins to offer patrons advantages, with latest hats bonnets and trimmings set for Cockport ladies. Call early for best selection while stock lasts.
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Cockport
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