Too Much Honey and a Santa Barbara Wedding Tale
Detroit Free Arena reports on Luther Burbank praising a Santa Barbara flower bees adore. A Californian couple's wedding trip includes Santa Barbara honey, but the morning gift fails as a waiter whispers that Mamie no longer works there.
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California
Santa Barbara
Santa Fe
King to visit Brighton for rest after Portuguese visit
The Daily Chronicle reports the king will travel to Brighton at month’s end for a short rest following a visit by the king of Portugal.
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Portugal
A Good Cough Mixture From Simple Home Remedy
A home made cough remedy free from opiates or harmful drugs is described. Mix two ounces glycerine, a half ounce virgin oil of pine compound, and eight ounces pure whisky in a large bottle. The preparation is claimed to cure curable coughs within a day and to last a family about a year. Virgin Oil of Pine compound is stated to be produced by Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati Ohio.
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The Parade Of Fresh Envelopes At The Bank Window
A bank teller is besieged by women asking for new envelopes for their bank books. One after another requests flood the line as the teller contemplates stopping the flow. A fastidiously dressed lady then asks for another item, only to realize she too wants what the others have.
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Incompatible Couples and the Calm Partner
A fragment notes that some couples clash because one partner remains forever unangered. It likens a church departure to a somnambulist's unruffled exit, suggesting calmness masks deeper discord.
Land values soar as wheat harvest sparks profits near Regina
A Canadian farmer near Regina, James Bailey, proves land development profit by buying 640 acres at 18 dollars an acre, planting 600 wheat and 40 oats acres, yielding 19 875 and 4 750 bushels respectively. Grain sale earns 17 550 dollars while land value rises by 10 880 dollars, total earnings 28 640 dollars. Bushel prices cited and yield per acre noted. Agents offer information on rates and electrification.
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Tubal Cain and the Plowshare Tale by Charles Mackay
A poem recounts Tubal Cain forging weapons in youth and power, then recognizing their bloodshed. He renounces war, yet the work endures, as society shifts from swords to plows while praising his handiwork. The poem ends with gratitude for the plow but warning not to forget the sword.
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The Harriman that his lieutenants knew
A biographical reminiscence portrays E H Harriman as a rigid imperious leader who could switch to warm social chatter. The account recalls a New York visit where he spoke none of business and confronted Julius Kruttschnitt with sudden anger, while underscoring Harriman’s unwavering drive to control Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
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Union Pacific
E. A. Edwards
The Hot Air Furnace from Success Magazine
A anecdote about a young publisher who struck rich by courting society. He retired, faded from public view, and was last heard to be in town warming Niehande at the Social Register, prompting questions about his whereabouts.
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Typical Tale of Sufferings from Kidney Trouble
Mrs. L. C. Fridlay of Delphos Ohio describes five to six years of worsening kidney trouble. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she reports full relief and three years of excellent health. The ad urges readers to remember the Dean's name, sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. While love may be a dream, matrimony is a pretty fair alarm clock.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure works by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials offered and Dr. Chenery & Co. as makers. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and various unrelated anecdotes about lawsuits and foot care.
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Props
Toledo
Allen's Lung Balsam and Modern Life Satire
An OCR fragment blends aSales pitch for Allen's Lung Balsam with a jumble of reflections on modern life. It includes a garbled ad for P Grugwiste bottles, then shifts to satirical verses on trains, fashion, communication, transportation, politics, and a dying editor boasting large circulation, ending with a note on automobiles arriving late.
Break Habits and Coffee essay sparks health claim
A reader from Indiana describes lifelong coffee use causing dyspepsia and how Postum improved health. The letter links willpower to breaking habits and mentions the book The Road to Wellville. The notice invites further genuine letters.
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Oiled Roads Aid Looters Outsmarts Bloodhounds
Popular Mechanics notes police added two bloodhounds after robberies in Oak Park near Chicago. Training showed dogs could follow scents on dry surfaces but failed on oiled streets where trails vanished and could not be recovered.
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Chicago
Lost Him a Sale Tale From Prohibition Era Spin
A fragmented passage quotes Senator Tillman describing a political adversary as suspicious. It references a Chicago drummer visiting a prohibition state and a banter about beer and whisky. The oddly worded dialogue turns to turkey prices and feather dusters, hinting at economic and social pressures of the era.
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Les
Chicago
Keats Lecture Talk Sparks Quip About Wheels and Opportunity
A dialogue unfolds with a critic and a professor over a Keats lecture. She questions the topic while he vows to lecture on Keats, the exchange veering to a pun about speed and motion and a line about the man who chases opportunity.
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