Two Young Motorists Save Man After Accident
Two south side youths in a touring car nearly struck an old man at a crossing. They stopped, checked him, then gave him a ride around the parks. The man credited them with saving his life and they hope for Carnegie medals.
Royalty Faces Tough Competition From Grand Musical Show
The lord high keeper of the buttonhook notes royal display struggles to compete with the elaborate scenery and costumes of a large musical production. The uneasy monarch agrees the court function is upstaged by the show.
Caractacus Fights For Freedom Returns To Britain
A Briton chief Caractacus resists Roman captivity with his wife and children. Before Julius Caesar he speaks boldly about liberty. Taken to Rome he defeats a knight in a staged trial and earns return home with his family to happiness.
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Rome
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Caractacus
Oper Atr
Britain
Time and Wit Across a Widow’s Year
A brief exchange probes a widow’s year of mourning and social attentions. The remark on time’s pace sparks reflection on conscience and social expectations in a compact vignette.
Fictional Exchange Sparks Hidden Romance Mystery
A brief dialogue between Mr. Tellyt Wright-Are you fond of fiction and Miss Cutting Hinte reveals a playful courtship. The conversation hints at a deeper romance while maintaining lightness and wit.
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Mr. Tellyt Wright
Dearest
Miss Cutting Hinte
Judge Rules No Authority To Stop Husband From Sex
A California judge held no power to prevent a man from making love to his wife though he could curb domestic violence. The ruling arose after a Los Angeles woman sought an injunction to restrain her husband’s attentiveness, a decision the judge framed with Solomon analogies.
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California
Los Angeles
Solomon
Surgeons of Ancient Times and Royal Favor
In ancient times high honorariums were paid to surgeons. Damocedes healed Dar ius son of Hystaspes after a failed cure. The king introduced the doctor to the royal harem and the ladies paid with a vase of gold coins and pearls. A eunuch dropped the vase and slaves gathered the pearls.
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Darius
Hystaspes
Damocedes
Innuendo Gag Sparks Laughs Over Suffragette Question
Innuendo shows Cholly reacting with mock fury after a rude fan asks if he is a suffragette. The quip highlights gender politics as a playful punchline in a comic exchange.
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Cholly
Quiet Food Discussion and Grape-Nuts Analysis
A reader recounts tests of Phosphate of Potash and Grape-Nuts with Postum as brain nourishment. An editor's testimonial claims improved digestion, steadier nerves, and better mornings after adopting the brand, praising its economy and health benefits.
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Fesneahan
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Nian
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wireless Operator Reports Gruesome Peking Riots
W J Manahan, a wireless operator aboard Oriental naval duty, describes two days of organized looting and executions in Peking during January mutiny. He notes fires, headless bodies, and execution squads, with Chiang Kuei Ti and troops from the south aiding order. Warships move as fleets depart for Chin Kiang and Shanghai for rest and shore liberty.
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Decatur
Tie Station
Wu Ha
China
Peking
Tien Tain
Tartar
Chiang Kuel-ti
Cay
Legation
Legation Guard
Chin Kiang
Shangaa
Portraits in the Capitol Revealed and Remodeled History
The Philadelphia Public Ledger describes Washington's Capitol paintings of departed leaders. It notes missing Nathaniel Macon, stories of Schuyler Colfax and Thomas Reed, and Gilbert Stuart Washington portraits. It details restoration methods and expenses for famed works, including Lake Erie scenes.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Washington
Amperes
House of Representatives
House
Joe Cannon
Nathaniel Macon
North Carolina
Macon
Schuyler Colfax
Colfax
Theodore M. Pomeroy
New York
Thomas B. Reed
Gilbert Stuart
Stuart
America
Baltimore
Lake Erie
Menaty
Commodore Perry
Aristocrats of the Garden and Food Lore Across Notes
The piece wryly weighs vegetables and social rank, arguing the bean, cucumber, and lettuce symbolize class. It contrasts aristocratic taste with common fare, then shifts to a Paris horsemeat consumption trend from 1697 to 1910 showing rising use peaking in 1908–10.
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Paris
The Ear of an Owl Described
An owl’s ear is beneath a movable skin valve under the eye ring. The valve can be raised or depressed, allowing the ear to align with sounds. The article explains the ear’s shape and its relation to the valve mechanism.
Snail Walks Along a Razor Edge in Sharp Study
Professor Jere the Strand describes filming a Roman or edible snail on a Razor blade. The creature crosses the edge with no harm, retracts its feelers as danger looms, and bears a weight of about one and a half ounces while lingering on the blade.
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Jere
Strand
The Man Law at Cape Race
A fragmented historical snippet hints at a dramatic scene near Cape Race. The text references a somber tribute and a bold act of courage amid a tense, perilous moment, mentioning a woman and a man in a dramatic confrontation.
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Soman
Cape T Race
All He Wanted Wae Juot Pilate
A youth enters a Grand Avenue cafe and asks for eggs. The counterman repeats the up or over question. After three prompts the patron sighs and says he guesses it took a break. The snippet captures a comical misunderstanding in a casual dining setting.
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Grand Avenire
Kansas City Star
Milky Way Shifts Cited as Glacial Cause
Dr. Rudolf Spitaier proposes that movement of the Milky Way relative to Earth could alter heat distribution. He notes Earth’s heat may derive from starlight and that many stars near the Milky Way are of the deepest type.
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Rudolf Spitaier
Doan's Kidney Pills Benefit Chickasha Woman
Mrs J. Downs of 219 North Sixth Street Chickasha Oklahoma reports severe kidney pain backache limpness cramps and fatigue before using Doan's Kidney Pills. After four boxes she felt like another woman and relief from back and kidney discomfort. Remember the name Doan's Kidney Pills.
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Chickasha
Okla
Dean
Remax
Doan's
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Gossipy Exchange Highlights Odd Hair Help and Tiny Birth Tale
The page features a humorous banter about Miracle Hairgro and a barber chair prank. A judge jokes that thefts occur under a cloud while a man recalls his father’s birth weighing four pounds, prompting disbelief from a woman who asks if he lived.
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