The Tithe Girl and a Child’s Quiet Prayer
A young girl longs for a little brother after seeing her neighbor’s baby. She prays earnestly with her mother’s guidance and a nurse delivers a new infant, prompting the girl to wonder if God is listening to her supplications.
Fragmentary protest verse echoes through garbled text
A jumbled excerpt shows a protest vocalization by Hortense Ma Rie with broken phrases about time, a father, and a government figure, creating a fragmentary, unclear historical scene.
Barber Slashes Prices Across Street in WY
A local barber named Barber-WYen cuts prices to attract customers, drawing complaints from patrons as price slashing continues across the street.
Bayer Aspirin Adclaims Safe Pain Relief Broadly Used
An old advertisement proclaims Bayer tablets of aspirin as genuine safe for over twenty years. It urges acceptance of an unbroken Bayer package with directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia and colds. Small 12 tablet tins cost a few cents and pharmacists offer larger packages.
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Nevada State Travel Insight From Family Exchange
A grandmother and Caroline discuss travel and geography as a playful lesson. Caroline corrects a mishearing about travel for joy versus geography, highlighting curiosity and family exchange.
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Nevada
Caroline
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Quick Relief For Feet
An old advertisement claims Allen's Woeot Ease antiseptic powder softens shoes, soothes coins and bunions, and prevents blisters. It touts instant relief when shaken into a foot bath and promises greater comfort with new footwear. Sold everywhere.
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Allen
Inventory miscue with water carts in France
A marine supply captain in France reviews water cart capacities while private Wilkins searches ineptly. After a tense moment, Wilkins admits he cannot locate the gallon figures. the scene ends with a humorous note on a failed yeast experiment and a grim reminder to keep facing the gun.
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France
Wilking
Wilkins
Barons and Bourgeois in Marken Scheme for Rhodes Bond
In Marken the usurper Baron Provarsk plots to extend John Rhodes's loan while American agent Kent negotiates a secret deal. Kent exposes a ploy to derail the bond, threatening Austrian intervention and a dramatic reshuffling of payments. A confrontation ensues as Kent hands a memo to Provarsk outlining Rhodes’s terms and possible collapse of the loan.
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Mr. Kent
Provarsk
Hichard Kent
John Rhodes
Suavely
Provarek
Kingdom
Rhodes
Rhodey
Van
Kent
Uwnsuerper
Provarak
Ivan
Austria
Obregon Goreales split over succession ends in treachery
The article alleges a split between Obregon and Goreales over leadership. It accuses Gongales of treachery by hiring Carranza’s forces during the Obregon uprising, leading to Carranza’s downfall and implied involvement in Huerta’s government. It hints at continued power struggles in Mexico.
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Carmine Wee
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Gongales
Carrannn
Carranaa
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Waahlnge
Treating Opium Addicts Says Addiction Isn't Degenerate
Dr. RoE Bishop argues opium addicts are not inherently weak willed or degenerate and that many addicts were ordinary people who fell into habit through illness and minor pain. He favors careful physical mental and spiritual preparation, abstinence without harsh purgation, and cautions that advertised cures are not true cures.
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Dr. Roe. Bishop
Fellowsman
Iara
Bishop
No Home and the Eternal Strain of Wandering
Quasi-poem reflecting on homelessness and the restless search for meaning. An aged voice contemplates elites, dawns, and the drift of life as time erodes place, identity, and certainty. It closes with a line attributed to John Masefield.
Bolsevist Krassin’s London Lodgings Draw Railer of Criticism
The piece mocks Leonid Krassin the Bolshevik trade delegate for living in a lavish Mayfair flat at 22 guineas weekly while his home was seized in Russia. It notes the irony of British critics who jeer at his extravagance amid Geor ge era debates. A Benton Transcript excerpt adds a palmistry joke about a man’s slow pace to a bright future.
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Paulo
Old von Gluts
Prom Christian Befence Monitor
Leonid Krassin
Great Britain
Krassin
Robert Wale
Russia
London
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Mayfair
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Benton Transcript
Syrian women reject washing machines as labor not labor
The Columbus Dispatch notes a colonial era view from Syria where Red Cross washing machines are refused. Women say washing is a social task done communally by streams and rocks. The piece idly cites humorous clippings and disparate lines from other papers.
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