Dental Operation on Pony in Wanstead Vet Practice
A Wanstead veterinary surgeon performed a remarkable operation on a pony with a badly fractured lower jaw. After cocaine injection and wiring the teeth, the jaw was drilled and the broken parts drawn together with strong silver wire. The pony is expected to recover fully. The report also notes political satire about Herbert Samuel and a failed election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanstead
Eng
Herbert Samuel
Bomuel
Samuel
London Telegraph
California woman credits Postum for recovery from coffee-induced illness
A 64 year old California woman describes twenty years of indigestion and insomnia tied to coffee. After switching to Postum she gained strength, slept better, and gained 26 pounds. She stopped coffee for nine months, then avoided it permanently after a coffee relapse worsened her symptoms.
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California
Postum
Gree
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Ville
Thane
At Odds With The Regent A Studio Scene At The Palais Royal
In Paris a crowded Theatre Francais hosts a lively Greek tragedy amid a masked trio. De Brancas notices a masked ally, meets Mile de Valois and Mile de Chartres, passes a note revealing a rendezvous, then is seized by Horault’s police and detained to thwart a planned ambush as Horault warns of heightened vigilance and surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horanti
Rue du Chantre
Palais Royal
Theatre-francais
Jacques
Richelieu
Iom
Paris
Prince of
Euboca
Dimas
Monsieur
Mile
de Valois
M. de Brancas
Mademoisselle
Mile. Dacour
Madoemoiselle
Princeas
Louise
Leute
Rue &T
Honore
M. de Lirancas
Mademoiselle
EL Promisa
Lesides
M.de Pinna
Milo de Valea
Richelien
M. de Brancna
Mademalactic
de Launay
Madame du Maine
Tuileries
Monsireur
Verault
Horault
Milo. de Valda
Wen
Rideau
Herault
M. de Dranecas
Indy
Fragmented tale of threat and pursuit in a night escape
The passage describes a tense pursuit through a building where armed guards patrol the third floor. A retreating figure enters a room with a bed while companions discuss the danger and the need to delay or resist an imminent confrontation. The scene ends with a plan to hide and observe, fearing exposure and harm.
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Mile de Vilote
Menelerne
Freide
Fortahin
Menelour
Dante
Eleen
Prisoner’s Chase Game Reveals Fatal Trap in Paris
In a tense scene, Richelieu plots a midnight rendezvous in Paris aided by Herault’s men to abduct him and send him to the Bastile. The narrator awakes in fear, preparing for action while guards monitor the door and the intrigue tightens around the doomed plan.
The Lie Poem by Sir Walter Raleigh in Stinging Verse
A compact poem where Raleigh declares the lie to be the soul’s key warrant against worldly authority. He lampoons court and church, urging readers to expose the duplicity of power. He lampoons physic, charity, law, fortune, nature, friendship, and justice, urging rulers and scholars to face the truth. The speaker defies authority and proclaims the lie as a shield for the truth against arrogance.
Will Miss Madison Square Garden
Arthur Rube in Collier's recalls the old Madison Square Garden and the lively mix of animals, crowds, and urban bustle that filled the square. He reflects on a city needing such a place where business and pleasure mingle, even as the garden faces demolition.
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Madison Square Garden
Arthur Rube
Collier's
New York
Yellow Ayres
Vattercall’s
Thenancial District
Ingland
Pampas
Andes
Ihew
Broadway
Wall Street
Fooled It From Punch Mike in Bed Alarm Call
A humorous snippet from Punch features Mike in bed reacting to an alarm clock. The line shows a playful misalignment as It goes off, prompting a cheeky remark about being fooled by the wakeup. The fragment preserves a light, comic tone.
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Mike
Peeved seeker taunts spectral St Peter in séance
Charles M. Crora of Indianapolis attended a spiritualist service described as lively and eerie with sepulchral voices trumpets and partially materialized figures. A sudden blow to his nose led him to demand lights and question the medium about St Peter’s spirit which finally failed to satisfy him.
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Charles M. Crora
Indianapolia
Mr. Cross
Ir. Cross
St. Peter
Mr. Croga
Indianapolla News
Vague Exchange On Messengers And A Dog Fight
A fragmentary exchange notes a claim about messengers running, followed by a line suggesting a nearby dog fight observed up the street. The text is terse and lacks clear participants or dates.
Unclear OCR Fragments Reflect Early 20th Century Notices
A collage of ad copy and quotes includes medicine claims for Castoria and Doo ter Pierce laxatives, a Wright aeroplane joke, road and air laws satire, a tea anecdote with Wilbur Wright, and literary quotes. The readable items resemble miscellaneous clippings rather than a single coherent article.
Varying Ads And Anecdotes From An Old Page
An assorted clipping includes skin care advertising for Cuticura with wartime tone claims and a free sample offer, a marriage anecdote about Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt in Reigate, a comic exchange about creditors, a one day cold cure claim with a laxative product, a teething syrup for children, and a quip about chair warmers. The text preserves dated, promotional, and humorous snippets typical of a vintage newspaper page.
The Commander and the Leap Year Joke
A dialogue hints at domestic roles and money with a quip about Mrs Peck, her husband’s salary, and the leap year proposal. A homely widow and a pretty girl both appear in the brisk observed banter.
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Lydia
Prs
Lydia E. Pinkham
Thorn
Blake
Stevenson
Philoctete
Nur Cwelty
Richketou
Cmd
Bayonne
Mademolaelie
Hellew
Louise Dacour
Fchellew
Parin
Jean Tinon
Fallioul
Atolla
M. Herault
Mile. de Valois
Jean Tison
Sir Walter Raleigh
Beance
Mit Jending
Prongdang Wien
Ite Lidaye
Gee
Dooter Pierce
Mrs. Gaskell
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
John Doe
Wright
Scott
Reigate
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Hollis McKim
Vanderbilt
Brighton
Iital
Salzer
Toguhebie
Howe
Jobe A
Bainesfeet Co
Bob Gt
la Croves
Wisss
Carter
Western
UNION
Enon
Exstone Vaunish Cy
Brooklyn, N
Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
R. Y. Pierce
Buffalo, N
California Fig Syrup CO
Ald
Lrading
Rugcists
Sunna Ataire
Agua Coxstieanio
Laur Bowhis
Alibora
Lek
Bate . Heam
Sioux City Ptg
Putnam
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gere Hoe
Albers
Falog
French Hoouuptry
Ouliem
Kapter
Aralice
Ottawa
Canoe
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