Laxative ad and Pimples Remedies Parade
An old newspaper advertisement urges readers to buy Cascarets to remove liver and bowel poisons and ease headaches while you sleep. It also promotes Cuticura products for pimples and blackheads, claiming quick skin clearing with Ointment Soap and daily use, plus Gude Cuticura Talcum.
Parlor Socialist Debated as Red Rising Likely
In a clipped exchange, Miss Cuy cane predicts the parlor socialist may become openly radical while noting his current stance as a pale pink. The dialogue hints at political friction and shifting perceptions.
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Miss Cuycane
The Real Aristocrat
Henry L. Doherty argues work brings life’s happiness and defines a real aristocrat as the master workman. He warns against extravagance as a national vice and notes fortunes arise from small savings while lack of savings lets opportunity pass.
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Henry L. Doherty
New York York Tribune
Cafes Crowded Amid Berlin Holiday Mood in Turbulent Europe
A midnight dispatch from Herlin reports Berlin cafes crowded as crowds fill Unter den Linden and nearby venues. Across Europe, capitals like Paris, Bucharest, Vienna, Rome, and Madrid echo the same festive bustle despite political upheaval and rumors of a returning Kaiser and shifting regimes.
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Herlin
Unter den Linden
Mariendorfff Race Course
Berlin
Paris
Auguste Gauvain
Journal Des Debats
Jean Herbette
The
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le Populaire
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Rome
Madrid
Europe
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Desolation of Moscow in the Russian famine crisis
A London Times report depicts Moscow as a ruined commercial hub where nationalization collapsed trade. Streets resemble cemeteries with no shops or services, extreme prices, freezing cold, and dangerous travel. Wounded and dead lie unburied along rail lines amid scarce food and medical care.
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A Kind Mother and a Typewriter Joke Set
The Dallas News quotes a mother claiming to be kind while admitting she chloroforms her children before spanking them. A Boston Transcript joke features a versatile typewriter aiding a man who signs a check with it.
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The Worthy Bishop and a Baby Question
A humorous exchange unfolds in a London show sketch as a bishop and youths discuss catechism. The crowd jokes about water and another element, while a child pleads for clarity and a girl asks about engagement with a comic legal consultant.
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London
Yemir
Ory
Governors and Harding with Wood push for delegates to nominate
The Milwaukee Journal notes Lowden Harding and General Wood aim to capture party delegates. A tacit pact between the governor and senator appears to block each other, while Wood’s managers press ahead in Illinois and Ohio. The outcome depends on managers’ wits, not on candidate qualifications.
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Milwaukee Journal
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Harding
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Ohio
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Intruder From Leadon Blighty Sparks Village Fire Brigade Effort
A confused OCR fragment describes a village fire brigade led by Parnes captain racing to a burning cottage to log dashing pails and discover water. The garbled text references intruder and fire bees and a submission to aspirants for presidency.
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Parnes
Stone monsters guard road to Ming tombs in Nanking
Immense stone figures line the way to tombs in Nanking China. They resemble camels and other animals and would be terrifying to meet on a dark night.
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Ming Tombs
Nanking
China
Rise and Fall of King Pataud
A narrative of Emile Pataud the Paris electrician and syndicalist who led two dramatic power blackouts in 1907. The first strike on March 8 plunged Paris into darkness and ended in his coronation as King Pataud. Six months later he tried again, but Paris had prepared with gas lamps and military electricians, restoring power and crushing the second bid.
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Christian Science Monitor
Pataud
King Pataud
Emile Pataud
Paris
Syndicatiem
France
Confederation Generale du Travail
Louis
St . Paris
Rue Royale
Palaud
Thoughts and Work by Roger W Babson
Roger W Babson discusses how thoughts influence feelings and work. Positive thinking leads to better mood, performance, promotion, and earnings while negative feelings reduce productivity and happiness, with examples of nerves before dentists or doctors.
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Roger W. Babson
Milwaukee Journal
Poverty Has Compensations From the Seattle Post
A reflective note argues that poverty brings appreciation for simple news and costs of living. The writer muses on the price of daily goods like the Gap and the imagined costs of tires gas and a chauffeur, concluding possessions would fail to ease their poverty.
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The
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Less Embarratament from the Washington Post
The fragmentary text presents garbled dialogue attributed to Palmer Corntagse praising railroad return to private ownership. It mentions speaking freely to a station agent and a vague critique of respect toward the Soviet government. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear events or dates.
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Palmer Corntagse
Peithout
Withered Rose in a Quiet Bookshop
In a small bookshop I buy a worn volume and discover a preserved withered rose tucked within its pages. The perfume lingers as ghosts fill the room while I ponder whether a past romance or a ruined token explains the relic. Robert Leslie LeLIem, in the New York Post.
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Lis
Robert Leslie Leliem
New York Post
Passing Show snippets of poems and gossip
From the Passing Show in London two items tease poetry and soap advertising. The Idealist provokes a poem while The Realiet mocks a soap ad. A Be th fragment hints at romance and hypnotism in a playful, gossip tone.
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London
Puzzling Questions on League of Nations and Latin America
Springfield Republican ponders whether Argentina Paraguay and others will join the League of Nations without reservations and how this affects U S sovereignty. It questions U S leadership in the hemisphere if Latin American nations participate without American membership and how the Monroe doctrine fits the shifted balance.
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Springfield Republican
Senate
United
United States
Saris Gremenes
The Con University at Chicago Tuberculosis Sanatorium
A Chicago sanatorium promotes a vocational approach for consumptives. It describes light work under medical supervision as a key to recovery, detailing departments from pharmacy to English, and noting a barbering graduate who works part time while rest and recreation fill the rest of his week.
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Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Guy
School of Pharmacy
Chicago “Con” University
Pharmacy
Board of Education
Barbers’ School
Flu Wave Recedes As 1920 Epidemic Offsets 1918
The 1920 flu wave shows milder impact than 1918 with rising diarrhea in Oklahoma and Kansas earlier, Chicago seeing pneumonia in January, and Detroit hit harder but comparatively lower overall mortality. Public health reports note lower excess deaths than 1918, with age shifts toward older for the current season.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Detroit
Metropolitan Life
Public Health Service
Milwaukee
Washington
Kansas City
Syracuse
St. Louis
Dayton
Minneapolis
New York
Philadelphia
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Strange Exchange Turns Punishment Into Profit for Smuggling Case
A 1916 smuggling case involving a Bavarian man held in Switzerland ended with a net gain of 16 660 60 marks after bail and fines. He initially paid 6 000 francs bail, later faced 3 000 francs fine and 300 francs costs, and received 1 700 francs from bail. The odd exchange dynamics and a note about Austrian kroner beer labels are highlighted.
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Baden
Switserland
France
Costa
Bwine
Kromer
Tired Business Woman Buys Front Row for Knee-Hop Nonsense
A weary professional pays for a front row seat to watch male performers in tights jump and flip on stage. The event frames athletic dance as entertainment, with her purchase signaling curiosity about a spectacle featuring bare knees and high-energy moves.
May Gee Hunger Ware Emigration and Crisis Forecast
The speaker argues that 10 to 12 million Germans must emigrate and predicts denial of migration to Poles and Magyars. He warns of deaths and mass hunger as refugees seek coal iron and grain, fearing violent migrations akin to past upheavals and a Twilight surge.
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Hoover
Asia
Europe
Handsome Baby Comment Prompted by Family Members
A remark suggesting someone was seen as a handsome baby appears in a family conversation, reflecting affectionate judgments about a child. No further details or context are provided.
June Bug Dream at Southern Camp Meeting
In southern Oklahoma after cotton harvest a colored community camp meeting features a preacher praising heaven. A shouting brother longs to fly to heaven like a June bug while a sister humorously warns a woodpecker would likely intercept him on the way.
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Oklahoma
New York
Music Store Encounter Sparks Crusoe Remark
A Nashville woman working in an Indianapolis music shop recounts a shopper who, after listening to several pieces, asks to hear Caruso and jokes about Crusoe and Friday noting she had not realized Crusoe sang.
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Indianapolis
Caruso
Crusoe
The Reason. Friend-Why do you prefer comedy roles
A terse exchange quoted in Fila Fun hints at a lighthearted view of an actress who values her appearance. The remark about “pretty teeth” underscores a self aware, playful tone in entertainment reporting.
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Fila
Editor Corrects Reporter Over Political Language
A sharp confrontation unfolds as an editor questions a reporter about unjournalistic phrasing in a political meeting article. The editor insists on neutral attribution and accurate tense to avoid implying support for a candidate.
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Willam Blank
Wild Dogs Devour Sheep in New South Wales
Reports from Washington detail depredations by packs of wild dogs in New South Wales causing heavy losses for Australian sheep owners. A delegation of stockmen presented statistics to the Minister of Public Lands noting about 50,000 sheep lost in the province in months. They urged government aid to build a dogproof fence enclosing roughly 40 000 square miles to protect the district.
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Washington
Minister of Public Lands of
New South Wales
Fragmentary Inference Sparks Question About Prine Prize
Snippet hints at debate over a prize named Prine and fairness in a magazine contest. The garbled lines suggest critics question the legitimacy of the award and who truly won.
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