Admits Bhe to Fat
Stella Mayhew discusses her self described fatness and jokes about body image with her audience. She admits trying every method to lose weight though she keeps getting fatter, then a curious remark from a heckler prompts a provocative question about poison.
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Stella Mayhew
Jokin
Redice
Mina Mayhew
St Louis
Skin Ailment Healed by Cuticura Treatment
George Miller of Aurora Illinois recounts a severe skin infection that began as a pimple and worsened into sores spreading to the eyes. After failing salves, he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for twenty six days, buying a cake and two boxes, and was cured. The ad notes Cuticura is sold worldwide and offers free samples with a 32 page Skin Book.
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Union St
Aurora
George Miller
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Law Condoned Negligence In Connecticut Supreme Court
In Kelsey versus Rebuzzgini the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors held the defendant liable after notice a broken division wire fence between his and plaintiff’s pasture was not repaired. The next day the plaintiff’s heifers entered the broken fence and grazed on poisoned grass from a potato vine spray, causing deaths. The defendant did not know of the spray or spilled poison and could not foresee harm from any scatter of poison.
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Supreme Court of Errors of
Connecticut
What He Heard in a Violent Thunderstorm
A mother consoles her son during a fierce storm as lightning flashes vividly. The son worries God's will allows danger, while the father endures hardship with quiet dignity and jokes about swallowing lies.
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Tormie
Their Use Tourist Weighs Water Sheets in River Bed
A facetious guide asks what happens to sheets of water as they flow into the river bed, pondering the fate of organized water in landscape features.
Living Advertisement Blow of Health Speaks for Postum
A Tennessean recounts health improvements after stopping coffee and switching to Postum. She describes onset of headaches from caffeine, eventual weight gain to 170 pounds, and claims Postum improved digestion nerves and sleep, calling herself a living ad for Postum. The account is attributed to a Bat tle Creek Michigan company notice.
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Blow of Health
Postum
Comic Snippets and Snatches of Wit in a Victorian Column
A collage of humorous anecdotes and quips from a late nineteenth century column. a sweetheart gifted 10 button kid gloves. a widow seeks a dignified inscription for her husband. judges exchange gleeful legal banter. schoolboy Tommy reflects on a patch on his trousers. verger offers old and modern church plates. a grandma classifies oaths. a railway passenger confronts a magnate over a cinder mishap.
Guides in Norway Mistaken Word For Shooting Bears
A returned traveler recalls guides in Norway who speak decent English and learn new words. A misheard term turns into a joke about blasting bears in a forest area, illustrating language mixups during exploration and hunting talk.
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Norway
Karl
Mistook His Man Sir John Fisher In Dockyard Gag
Sir John Fisher wanders while seeking the Lords of the Admiralty and meets a workman who explains crowing intruders. The worker reveals he does light crowing for minor intruders and rouses to hard labor when Sir John Fisher, nicknamed Jacky, appears.
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John Fisher
Lords of the Admiralty
Sir John
Matey
Jacky
Fisher
Jacky” Fisher
Hebrew trader in Boston area sold framed pictures
In a small town near Boston a Hebrew man built a small fortune selling framed pictures after acquiring a noted painting. A business trip encounter with an old friend reveals questions about the nature of his pictures and an odd exchange about drums.
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Boston
Mass
Abram
Isaac
Boys Should Play on a 70 Foot Baseball Diamond
A Woman's Home Companion excerpt argues for a smaller boys diamond than the standard 99 foot field. It weighs pros and cons of space availability and safety, noting shorter baselines may reduce running speed and throw distance, and suggests a 70 foot or similar dimension as more suitable for youth play.
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Woman's Home Companion
Vvolce Ieee
What Connie Mack Said
A garbled report from Marshalltown Times-Rec notes Connie Mack remarks on business law and stockholders. It mentions Mack and his ball club amid unclear context and fragmented phrases.
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Connie Mack
Marshalltown Times
Coane Mack
Business Lawlan
Aeal
Napoleon Comes Tale Told By a Grandmother in 1820
A grandmother in Vieques recalls a sunlit 1820 morning when Napoleon visits the village. Francois, Tomas, and Pierre crowd around as the emperor and staff use the family room. A child’s naive act leads Napoleon to chevalier Francois Beaupre, praising courage and a kingly right to knighthood.
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Poleon
Napoleon
Lucifil
Vieques
Germany
Grand-Mere
Poetacus
Tiens
Monsieur le Cure
Marathal Ney
Monsieur le Marechal
Empire
Anne
France
Panilityres
Francois Beaupre
Aire
Beaupre and the Seer in the Garden Door
Francois Beaupre stands by his mother as the door panels loom large. He does not notice the children scattering in the sunlit garden and gazes as if seeing Napoleon’s generals marching behind the oak door, a fire of visions in his youth.
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Bewan
The Stranger in Vieures Village House
In Vieures near the church, Francoia Beaupre’s large house sits as the village hub with a bustling garden and a busy family. Young Francois and Tomas help with vegetables while La Claire tends vanity and the garden. Francoia recalls quiet days when Francois could visit the chateau and cross into the ruins beyond the gate.
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Francois
Tomas
le Francois
la Claire
Ars
Peter Cone
Luco
la Oclaire
Vale Romaine
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Francoia
Vieques
Alfalfa Growing Tips and Precautions
Agricultural guidance discusses starting with several acres to learn alfalfa, avoiding sour or poorly drained soils, and sending a sample to the agronomy department to test sour crops. It emphasizes clean cultivation, firm seed beds, weed control, and proper seeding depth, plus recommendations on crop rotation, soil moisture, and how to seed with corn or potato ground for best results. It advises sending seed questions and samples to the Brookline agronomy service for pamphlets on alfalfa tents and seed testing.
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Ae Alto
Agreneme Caeerement
Meiner
Cheapening Passion in Classic and Modern Romance
The essay by Katharine F. Gerould notes a shift from veiled to more explicit depictions of sex in older novels and plays. It argues heroism in romance once rested on restraint while modern works reveal sex more openly, yet still constrain romantic ideals.
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Katharine F. Gerould
Atlantic
Making a Home in the Alliance
Fragmentary text appears to discuss a home as spiritual and the idea that a house does not by itself make a home. Mentions Elisabeth Woodbridge and The Alliance, with garbled phrases about sources and gathering, unclear context and meaning. The passage reads as incomplete notes or a poem-like meditation rather than a clear news item.
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Elisabeth Woodbridge
Testimonial letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Readers submit unsolicited notes claiming relief from nervous spells kidney trouble and general weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Letters from Mrs Waters in Camden New Jersey and Mrs Latens in Utica Oklahoma praise recovery and recommend the remedy, with a solicitous notice to write for advice. Would-be patients are urged to try the medicine before suffering further as a trusted root and herb formula.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs.Litatens
Knight St. Camden
Lydia E.pinkham
Impresario Overrules Stage With 12 Disciples Crowding Scene
In a dress rehearsal for The Holy City the producer demands more players on a large stage. He and his friends witness his need for prominence as he orders 12 more actors to fill the scene. The moment exposes his vanity and controlling style.
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Rice Theater
Acter
the Holy City
Umbrellastan Joke Sparks Classroom Debate
A schoolmaster explains that the suffix stan means place of and invites examples. Johnny Snaggs volunteers Umbrellastan the place for umbrellas, drawing laughs as the class considers other nations like Afghanistan and Hindustan.
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Johnny
Afghanistan
Johnny Snaggs
Bright-Red Cata in Liberia Under Moonlight Remnant
A fragment notes bright-red cata in Liberia contrasting with ears under moonlight, a vivid observation from a travel or cultural setting. The line suggests a comparison of conspicuousness in the night, highlighting sensory detail and regional scenery.
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Liberia
Africa
Town Feuds and Church Rivalries Cross Neighborhood Lines
A fragmented report notes neighbors clash with a church over disputes and lessons among youths, highlighting tensions between families across the street and their communities. Authorities or local leaders are not clearly identified in the readable text.
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Gotham
Familly
Fragmented medical dispute cited by a surgeon critic
An unclear passage describes a surgeon subjected to harsh criticism and a tense state of mind. The dialogue hints at injuries or outcomes from operations and a patient experiencing fever and bleeding in a medical context.
Miss Antique Appie Sok Geuvidene Dacerwas Pom Ut
Fragmentary OCR text presents unclear historical note with literary phrasing. Names and dates are unreadable, yielding an incoherent snippet about a Miss Antique figure and a dubious service quotation. Further context needed for accurate headline.
On Holiday While Visiting His Uncles Ducks Observation
A narrator recalls a visit where Willie watches ducks and notes their apparent youth and agility. The scene shifts to a Saturday run and a casual conversation about the birds being “ores” rather than young, reflecting playful dialect and misheard words.
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Wille
Committees and a Tombstone Quote Reach a Patient Tale
A doctor’s office scene reveals a patient who hoards letters and resignations from committees. He quips he will be committed to the grave with a tombstone line about being “Committed to the grave.” His wife’s wardrobe choices become a humorous aside in the exchange.
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Weir Mitchell
Fragmented dialogue hints at a wedding rumor
Snatches of text describe a man marrying and a questionable affair as voices discuss weddings and social gossip. The passage mentions a horse and a coat of mischief, reflecting crowded urban chatter without clear names or dates.
After Thought. Jonny Pa What Is a Res Guara
Fragmentary line reads about a patch on a boy's trousers seal and a swallow's eating rate. Reading is unclear with nonsensical wording and missing context. No named people or organizations are reliably identifiable.
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Jonny
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