Some Bacon Should Be Tasted Not Eaten
A miner corrects a printer’s garbled line learned by his son. The misprint inserts and scrambles a quotation about reading. The father insists the misspelling is a printer’s error, while the boy asserts the proverb could be read as metaphorically about eating books.
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Dacon
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Sonnie
Dodds Kidney Pills Help Gray County Judge
A Gray County probate judge, Philip Miller of Cimarron Kan, reports curing six years of heart trouble and dizziness after using Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year. He weighs around 200 pounds, serves his third term, and thanks the remedy. Sources advertise Dodds pills at 60 cents per box and offer free related literature.
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Dodds
Gray Co
Philip Miller
Cimarron
Kan
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Quick Relief for Rash
An old advertisement describes a skin rash that itches and burns, advising Cure for itch with Cuticura Soap and Ointment after a year of other treatments. It notes relief in three months and claims worldwide sales, including a free sample offer and address for a mail order Skin Book. Also included is a New York manager’s comment on ragtime composers and credit.
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Booth Hermitage Ave
Chicago
H. W. Foley
Poatcard
Dept
L. Beaton
Adv
Selfiah Eyes
New York
Europe
Unlucky Thirteen Cited By Father Of Thirteen
A bachelor asks if superstition rules him and a weary father responds that having thirteen children is unlucky. The remark appears in a brief, humorous exchange attributed to a judge.
Interesting Jottings on Women Worldwide Fire Up News
A collection of notes highlights women’s evolving roles across nations. London hires female barbers while New York forms a widows pensions commission. Russia and Finland see women advancing in pay and parliamentary roles. Sweden debates marriage proposals for women, and many other gender progress items appear, including women in law, teaching, policing, and business.
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New York
Sweden
Russia
Spain
Finland
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United States
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England
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Dover
Ohio
Harriet Chalmers Adama
South America
Eva Milner
Mar| County
Oklahoma
Russell Sage
Syracuse
Mercer County
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Mra
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John Jacob Astor
Fifth Avenue
New York City
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Yasoo County
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Yazoo City
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General Chemical Company
Long Island City
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Ary Jackson
Teo
North Carolina
William H. Ke
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Tritton
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Letitia Riddle
Chickasha
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Cruce
Training For Marriage Movement
Lawn
Lowie Pearce
John Hopking University
Hoppitel
Simon Flexner
Hockefeller Institute
Charlea A. Berker
Bing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
Lilian J. Martin
Sanford University
Univerity of Konn, Cierman
German University
Mins Martin
Strap Hanging at Half Fare on Local Line
A damaged OCR item describes a fare experiment on a line between Elberfeld and Werden. A conductor or conductor oversight yields a half fare for a partial journey, with unclear figures and names. The report notes travel times and costs, including a one cent fare and a count of miles, but the text is garbled and difficult to parse.
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Cwanamy
Garman
Elberfeld
Werden
Fragmentary line hints at discarded advantage in Frey pursuit
The readable bits suggest a discussion of taking advantage in a Frey related context, but the fragmentary text lacks clear subjects or actions. No explicit names, dates, or places are readable to define a concrete event or outcome.
The Minister of Police A Tale of Intrigue and Escape
Henry Montjoy’s The Minister of Police unfolds a web of plotting in Paris and Vienna. De Lussac, Madame Linden, and an Austrian conspiracy lure the minister of police into danger while a literary tone frames political peril and romantic gambits amid a chase across court circles.
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Ctheau
Cafe de
Linden
Hagers
Paris
Bartines
Ua T Societ
Luse
Vienna
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Jone
Lussac
Poilove
de Richelieu
de Lussac
Madame Linden
Schellen
Khelsen
Leve
Nct
Aho
Bastile
Mto
Hats and Compliments in the Versailles Intrigue
Madame Linden plans a perilous manipulation amid hat boxes and court plots at No 12 Rue Coqueron as De Sartines and De Lusche enter a dangerous net. Her scheme hinges on royal releases and a cathexis with power, love, and impending peril.
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Versailles
de Maupeau
Comtesne du Barry
Madame Linden
Rue Coqueron
Ramson
Monsieur Gorges
Delilah
Rosine
Madame
Monsieur Behrens
Monsieu
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Comte
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Suffrage Reduces Crime Says Police Chief in Washington
From the San Francisco Call Chief Sebastian of Los Angeles told the National Association of Police Chiefs that extending suffrage to women has reduced crime. He cited women’s enfranchisement breaking the wall of public reticence and elevating governmental efficiency, education, and civic participation.
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Sebastian
Los Angeles
National Association of Police Chiefs
Washington
Callifornia
Bebastian
Pair Exchange Improves Telephone Office Work
From the Saturday Evening Post a new selective switch automates incoming calls to idle clerks. The device tests wires quickly, routes each call to a free operator, and avoids interrupting ongoing conversations. It promises fairer workload among the girls at the exchange and speeds handling as soon as a line frees.
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Saturday Evening Post
Central Exchange
Valle
Hungarian Interest Reckoner Patent Description
Fragmentary notice describes a Hungarian device for computing interest rates and a lever mechanism on a watchlike instrument. It mentions an American patent applied for by a inventor, with emphasis on the device’s cost and operation.
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Haw
Really Old Enough to Vote Theatrical Scandal
A touring provincial company features a juvenile leading lady who delights crowds. A youthful admirer pressures the manager for an introduction, sparking a revealing exchange. The manager confirms a startling relation, saying I am her son.
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Bargain Seekers Read Odd Ad On Ohio Traction Sign
An elderly rural woman visits the county orphan asylum and misreads a transit sign. She asks to adopt two children for five cents, misinterpreting the company listing “Chil dren under twelve years of wage three ecents or two for five cents.”
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Ohio Traction Company
National Monthly
Theater quips and crowd dances blaze in two reports
The New York Times notes De Wolf Hopper drew laughs with a speech line about George Cohen’s safety at the Criterion. In Indiana, a burning Horseshoe Lake hotel spurred dancers to continue turkey trot and tango until the pavilion caught fire, until heat and smoke forced a stop.
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Criterion
William Collier
Audiece
George Cohan
Nero
Rome
Horseshoe Lake
St. Louis Republic
Well, Bildad Cooperates on Car in Rural Scene
Jimpsonberry notes Bildad and neighbors share a car in the country. Bildad confirms a cooperative arrangement, calling it plain Trolley. The exchange hints at practical rural cooperation and a casual, homespun mood.
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Bildad
Jimpsonberry
Jimsonberry
Judge questions charge as elderly man faces warding
A judge asks for the charge as a venerable man with elite whiskers is brought forward. The claim is insanity and a discovery on the Rialto includes singing “I want to be an angel.”
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Puck
Expensive Girl and Bold Proposal in Conversation
A young man declares he has saved $1,000 for the fashionable girl and asks if she understands his purpose. She quizzes him and hints at going out to lunch as the implied plan.
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Jacques Gaillard
de Maupeau
Gaillard
Monsieur
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Gallard
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Couronne
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France
Paria
Biasent
Panwe
Versailles
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Ake
Way to Woo Sleep Method Promoted For Natural Rest
A damaged, period voice guide describes a routine to induce sleep by maintaining a fixed, relaxed pose and suppressing movements such as coughing or yawning. After about ten minutes of persistence in the posture, the reader supposedly drifts toward sleep and then experiences natural sleep without drugs.
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Mary of
Tien
Why She Wore Glasses in the Sunlight
Misttene Why and Etridget discuss eye wear using colored spectacles. The exchange mentions outdoor sunshine and tanning, noting the speaker’s light moderation by tinted glasses.
Fragmentary Object Quote Reflects Domestic Tension
Readable lines show a quarrel about control and devotion as a woman named Mrs Jinks faces a possessive husband. The exchange hints at surveillance and social judgment without detailing events or outcomes.
Woman a Great Sufferer from Irregularity and Cramps
Grayville Illinois Mrs Jessi Schaar at 413 Main St reports severe cramps and irregularities that once forced bed rest. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Medicine she says her health is much better and she cannot speak highly enough of the remedy.
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Lydia Sig Pinkham
Jessi Schaar
Main St
Grayville, Ill
Case of Mrs. Tully Advertises Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
A faded notice urges women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for ailments. It promises confidential, womanly guidance from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co and offers to answer letters read by a woman.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago, Il
Pinkham
William Tully
Ogden Avenue
Chicago
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Romance and Eugenics in a Crumbling Cartoon Panel
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer depicts a comic dialogue about romance and eugenics. Children discuss marriage with references to a family line and a weak eye inheritance, reflecting dated social ideas embedded in a humorous or satirical strip.
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Hubble
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