International miscellany and horse industry notes
A Spanish visitor describes a London banquet with strange foods and a quaking custard. Dr Patton discusses faith in physicians and lawyers. O’Connor riffs after dinner in Philadelphia. Nasr-ud-Din jokes about taxes and a Georgian slave. The horse industry persists despite autos with high prices. English Sudan resource prospects are explored seeking fuel and rubber sources. An accident injures Logan at a Pennsylvania freight station when a spring injury causes a head wound.
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London
Boss
Gome
Motodrist’s Wife Advertises Nursemaid as Driver Relieves
A wife seeking a nursemaid told a young applicant she would sometimes drive the children in the car. The applicant, claiming to own a motor costume, volunteered to relieve the driver. The tale weaves through court anecdotes about clever women, eccentric collectors, and courtroom decorum.
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Mi’am
Eleuderion
Dogele
Domelo
Magele
Littl Henderson
Hisatherington
Doggie
Blonderon
Lie
Tim
Patchwork Crocodile Token Hints At Ancient Tales
A patched painted crocodile relic near Reville cathedral hints at princely love tokens and distant legends. A later note references Captain Mathhew Turner and a Norwegian government claim linked to a wreck before detailing a longhouse with a high half-timbered roof.
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Reville
Peitoovs
Spain
Mathhew Turner
Ban Praackee
Tyo
Norweogien
Doggie Solves A School Love and Football Funds
Captain Heatherington learns he misread Maggie Henderson and, guided by Doggie and the Cupid Investigation Society, wins her approval. The tale follows the junior football fund scare, a shin guard snub, and a boys club turning sleuth to fund a new ball through an unexpected romance.
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Lionel Jones
Sam Minchin
Lawson Minor
Doggie
Dick Richardson
Perry
David
Lie Henderson
Heatherington
Jones
Doggle
Henderson
Hennie
Dogete
Maggie Henderson
Maggie
Dogele
Dergie
Cupid Investi
Doggles
Astro
Tome
L. Ue Henderson
Lionel Jtraits
Caputin Hetherington
Hooper
Gto
Ali
Ainael
Magele Henderson
Captain Heatherington
Cupid Investigation Society
Don't Do It Dont Do It And Other Common Sense Rules
A cheeky guidance column by Kate Thorn from the New York Weekly listing everyday social dos and don'ts. It cautions against crowding railroad cars and littering, warns about cluttered manners at table and home, and offers blunt admonitions on gossip, age questions, loans, and frugal self control with pointed humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Thorn
The
New York Weekly
Sally
Tommy
Purgatory
Mia
Jonea
Wall Street
Seared Perfumes of Queens Stir London to Paris Splurge
Report from the New York Sun notes Queen Maria Vittoria of Italy and Queen Wilhelmion of the Northen court spending lavishly on perfumes and toiletries. It claims violet and ambergris scents dominate royal baths and that Vienna to Paris suppliers ship vast quantities for daily use in palace rooms.
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Czarina
Wilhelmina’s
New York Sun
Parke Mergherita
Italy
Vialet
Han
Europe
Exarina
Paris
Uielio Anlar
Alexmidinn
Bogtad
Wilhelmion
Extravagant Bridal Gifts From Weight to Cigar Towers
A Parisian husband wins his bride with her weight in soap while other couples exchange gifts like weight in cigars, chocolate, and silver. Tales from Europe recount brides weighed at weddings, dowries in gold, and whimsical prizes reflecting bridal extravagance.
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M. le Blanc
Marie Brie
Marseilles
Perhaaps
Peru
Yorkshire
Wallsend
Iris
Koniggratz
Batt
Automobile expenses and maintenance costs for runabout cars
The article explains that buying a small runabout does not assure low ongoing costs and maintenance can run from 0 to 200 dollars monthly. It lists seven months of expenses from April to November for nearly 1000 miles, including oil, belts, tire work, adjustments, storage, and gasoline with notes on mechanical adjustments and learning to service the car.
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O Ener
Alt Geen
auMer Oll
Iivivean
Seeranes
Saasavcee
Orien Rade
Wolf
Fragmented Imperial Plea for Militia Service
An OCR fragment describes Emperor Nichola accepting offers of Biborian militia volunteers. The petition claims a desire to serve and die for the fatherland, with uncertain lines showing royal reply and implied rewards or pity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichola
Teak Oil Foot Remedy and Household Tips
The text describes a home remedy using teak oil applied as a lotion for sore feet and mentions a suggested method to keep items in a wooden box. It notes a proverb about choosing the harder path and hints at simple, everyday household practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houke
Boandaemsul
Helor
Directors Debate Ulterior Motives At Great Melon Railroad
The Great Melon Railroad directors convene amid tension over a $10,000,000 stake and looming strikes. Engineers warn fifteen days of work lost monthly, while brakemen demand pay and safety assurances. The president contends the crisis tests leadership, and threats of militia surface if demands go unmet.
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Cientionen
Salid
Jung
Nike
Tom
Lorena
Marron
Venhune
Ahve Ape
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Inter Mountain Globe
H. H. Gunderson
Pub
Hulett
Crook County
Wyoming
Patton
Princeton University
New York City
O'Connor
Philadelphia
Daniel
Nasred-din
Turkey
Nasr Uddin
England
Soudan
Blue Nile
Albyssinian
Sobut
White Nile
India
Bohr-el-Ghezal
Ad Logan
Pennsylvania
Logan
Naturaltet
R W. Denton
Wellesley
Mars
Denton
Klamroth
Pasadena
Tovetni
Wrouwearst
Great Britain
Fyne
Ngwersen
Captain Beater Gon
City of
New York
Orient
Atchison Globe
Eurny
Clarm
Cross
Dolla
Cheeka
Atchison
Billy Bell
Mindlef
Wheely Court
Dlstriet Court
Selceme
Courso
Alu
Clive Ouienma
Great Melon Railroad Company
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