Dead rooster on Santa Fe streets sparks cleanup plea
The Santa Fe New Mexican urges city officials and residents to remove and bury dead roosters and any debris from streets. It argues that tidiness shapes impressions of the Oldest New City, stressing prompt removal to keep Santa Fe clean, safe, and attractive.
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Palace and
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Santa Fe
United States
New Mexica
New Mexican
Bound for Western Canada schooner voyage to Willow Punch
J F Jensen and family travel from Nebraska to North Portal Saskatchewan entering Canada with a red prairie schooner bearing Bound for Canada. He plans mixed farming on a half section at Willow Punch, with cattle, grain crops, and eventual land expansion. Local optimism notes railway access, schools, and social needs in western Canada.
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Nebraska
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North Dakota
J. F. Jengen
Jameson
North Portal
Saskatchewan
Willow Punch
Jensen
Song at social meeting promotes real estate sales
A agent's office employee sang Home Sweet Home at a social gathering. He praised his company selling homes on terms for buyers within 40 minutes of the city and urged attendees to invest, saying everyone should have a home.
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Sweet Home
How He Could Tell Georgia Cracker Story
A Georgia reader recalls a Northern settler’s test to distinguish a Georgian cracker from a stump. The telling suggests “cracker” refers to a local man, with the joke hinging on motion to reveal a stump.
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Georgia
Railroad Signal Aims to Shine at Base Touch Moment
Stephen H. Wills inventions a semaphore signal to announce exactly when a runner touches a base, promising clearer calls for fans though its adoption in baseball remains uncertain.
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Stephen H. Wills
Quirky Ad Snippets and Half-Read Dialogues
A jumble of ad lines and quoted exchanges features a cleft lip remark, March Hare boast, dye ad, brain diet claim, a sheep’s head fish joke, Mentholated cough drops pitch, and a city danger reflection from a critic, all in a fragmented old column style.
Castoria Promoted as Safe Remedy for Infants
An old advertisement touts Cantoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, claiming use for over 30 years and urging the signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. It notes that children cry for Sletcher's Castoria.
The Worm Turner
A family exchange recalls a baby’s lullabies as the daughter asks for quiet from the noisy singing that keeps the neighborhood awake and the father objects.
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Worm Turner
Onion Peelers in London East End
In the East end of London at least five hundred women earn a living peeling onions. With practice they make four to five shillings daily. Many start in childhood, daughters following mothers. Onions are peeled in water to keep them white, not to spare the peeler’s eyes.
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London
Extraordinary Legal Decision In Nice Hairdresser Wins Suit
A Nice tribunal ruled in favor of a hairdresser and wig maker who claimed a hotel building nearby blocked light for his artful wig work. The hotel proprietor was ordered to demolish a costly structure to restore light, a striking upset in local commerce and architecture.
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Nice
Standard
Bertilloning Art Becomes New Mark for Paintings
A Fifth Avenue art dealer warns that the Bertillon method will expose fakes as the Pierre Morgan collection enters the market. Paris leads a new movement to fingerprint paintings, with artists thumbprinting wet paint under their signatures. The practice aims to provide a reliable identification mark and may spread globally.
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Pierpont Morgan
Fifth Avenue
Paris
Art Center
Truth About Grape-Nuts Food Widely Praised by User Testimony
A New York man reports lasting relief from indigestion after a week on a diet including Grape-Nuts, cream, soft boiled eggs, toast, Postum and fruit. He notes improved appetite and renewed health by the second week after trying the product.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Aurelle and Curran Facing a Party Divide in Earlville
Aurelle cherishes life and religious charity while Mr Curran faces a political rise in Earlville. Harlan grapples with family expectations, town gossip, and the pull between old order and new reform as he contemplates his future.
Insurgent Governor Triumphs as Curran Is Defeated in Iowa Ride
After the autumn primaries the Iowa district sees a shock with insurgent governor's win and James Hall’s defeat by obscure editor Wiley Curran. Local bosses blame labor-backed voters while Curran’s victory unsettles the GOP machine and highlights rural discontent.
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Curran
Wiley Curran
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First National Bank
Thaddeus Tanner
Governors League
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Tanner
van Hart
Rome Court House
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Hall
Jake Vance
Purcell
Bartville
Harlan
McBride
Minnesota Ear Of Corn Worth A Car For James J. Hill
At a state cultural society meeting President John J. Furlong showed an ear of corn 14 inches long grown in Mower County and recalled James J. Hill’s joke that if someone fetched a 14 inch ear he would pay $1,000. Hill said a 14 inch ear would be a car, and he would issue a check if a 14 inch ear were produced. The audience pressed for the ear to be sent to him.
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Aurelle
Curran
Batte
Linder
Harland
Ren
Bedomne
Bedfilme
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Marian
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Ucket
Dan Boydston
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Tanner
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Minneapolis Journal
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Mr. Hill
Minnesota
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McClure
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Popotamus
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Food Depots For Castaways On Remote Islands
The San Francisco Argonaut notes that governments have set up caches of food and clothing on dangerous islands. French depots on Amate St Paul and Gerguelen store beef biscuits underclothes blankets and matches in sealed boxes with cots pots and dry wood. Castaways can live there indefinitely with abundant local seafood.
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Saya
San Francisco
Amate St. Paul
Gerguelen
Eure
Amsterdam Island
Elso
Prophet of the Ego and Fourier’s Economic Vision
A fragmented note reflects on Charles Fourier as a 19th century thinker who linked communal reform to economic planning. It mentions a New York Times excerpt by Ely quoting Fourier and discusses valuing production beyond monetary gain, warning against violent action and underscoring dated debates on debt and social reform.
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Chicago
Fourier
New York Times
Mr . Ely
Unclear Extract From Pennsylvanias Coal Market
Fragmentary text references coal from Nevada mines and market value notes. Key entities and details are unreadable, making a coherent event impossible to determine.
Do Women Do the Buying by Truman A DeWeese
A study argues women dominate home purchases across furniture, clothing, kitchen goods, and even husbands’ attire. It notes newspapers reach housewives at peak receptive times, urging bold, decisive copy and large, readable type to secure quick impressions and consumer trust.
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Truman A. DeWeese
Buffalo
San
Y of
Neas
Hlace
Shooting a Man in the Park A Odd Tale Unfolds
Miss Blythe Milwary encounters a overbearing man in the park who stares and flirts. Her brother George warns against danger and a local murder scare fuels fear as a shooting in the park becomes a sensational mystery.
Electric Milking Machines Highlighted by Power Company Leader
The article notes a presentation by B. Davidson, general manager of a light company, on electric milking machines. It emphasizes potential savings and efficiency, with claims of improved output and reduced effort, as discussed at a Northwest power association event.
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General Anager
and Light Company
Northwest Pile Land Power Association
Na Electric
Colakar
Y Relph Dreams Come True in Waldo Trine Ideals
Fragmentary notes reference Y Relph and Waldo Trine as authors of ideals and dreams. The text hints at belief in pursuing dreams and fighting for ideals, with scattered phrases in English and Spanish.
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Lieve the Dreare
Ute
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