Haiti Rail Expansion Move Reported by Acting British Consul
The acting British Consul at Haiti reports Haiti’s government ceded the railway from Cape Malt to Grande Riviers to Compagnie Nationale des Chemins de Fer Haitien. The line will extend to Hinche and to Port-au-Prince with a branch to Arcabie, connecting to a Hue currently under construction from Gonaives to Hinche.
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Haiti
Compaan Nationale Des Chemins de Fer
Cape Malt
Grande Riviers
Hincho
Port 9
Arcabie
Hue
Sane Company
Gonaives
Hinche
Proof for Two Cents Kidney Cure Ad
G W Winey of Medina invites kidney sufferers to write for his testimonial on how Dean's Kidney Pills cured him after hospital treatment and eighteen months of pain. He reports weight gain from 113 to 162 pounds and full recovery. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a bar. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
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G. W. Winey
Medina
Dean
Faye Mer Winney
Foster,Milburn Co
Duttalo
Notable Scientific Tidbits From an Eccentric Era
A collage of curiosities on science and exploration. It notes a method to gauge artesian well flow, mentions Dr. Emil Koonis and a claim about human development. It reports Ewald Falts converting to Islam, asserts the mosquito’s danger while the house fly spreads many germs, mocks glacier retreat in Switzerland, and describes a fossil find in Zululand naming Elephas zulu as a potential ancestor to E africanus.
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Natal
Zulnland
W. B. Scott
Princston
New Jeresey
Zululand
Poe Dinner Impresses Boston Guests
Ken FH Wells visits Boston to praise Poe at a dinner. Emerson called Poe “the Single man” and other New England writers dismiss Poe. Wells notes a leather bound autograph album at the innkeeper’s table guiding visitors to write. Guests politely refrain from explaining the mystery behind “Quoth the Raven.” Washington Star.
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Wells
Boston
Poe
New England
Emerson
Wella
Itv
Tandlady
Washington
Coroner Delays After Barn Discovery in Folk Tale
A rural exchange describes a coroner questioning a yokel after finding a man hanging in a barn. The yokel explains the man was not yet dead when discovered, prompting a shocked response from the coroner about taking further action. Correspondence from the London Outlook provides the captioned anecdote.
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Yokel
London Outlook
Teacher asks pupils for new proverbs in grade talk
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer item, a lower grade teacher asked students to invent an original proverb after discussing famous sayings. A girl submitted one claiming to be from a book or phonograph, prompting questions about originality and copying.
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Mitlo
Cleveland
Plain Dealer
His Opinion. By TOM P. MOGAN.
An elderly speaker raunts about the foibles of humanity and the foibles of voters and officials. He roasts clever gentlemen at the post office and politicians, noting human weakness from Sabbath missteps to charity frauds and dog abuse, all in satirical tone.
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Postoffice
Brother Quackenboss
New Orleans
Charity
Ike
Fragmented aphorisms on work, virtue, and society
A miscellany of misspelled and garbled maxims critiques politics, religion, labor, honesty, and everyday behavior. It ridicules long workuits, warns against vanity in leadership, and suggests sincerity over polished rhetoric amid a chaotic, distorted prose.
Londons Cold Storage Firm Faces Fur Claims
A London cold storage company holds fur cargo valued at about 750000 dollars, allegedly belonging to a pate bane. The dispute centers on ownership and responsibility for the expensive fur consignments amid uncertain custody.
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Cold Storage Company of
London
Pate Bane
Coffee Nerves Remedy Noted by Texas Schoolteacher
REGAN YOUNG Wnd Coffee Nerves From Youth details a Texas Primary teacher who quit coffee for Postum Food Coffee and reports marked nervous relief, clearer complexion, and resolved indigestion and headaches. She notes others tried Postum after improper prep and later dismissed coffee for Postum. Read booklet The Road to Westville. Matta crock, Mich.
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Texas
Post Go
Mattacrock
Mich
Fragmented Survey of Global Facts and Local Oddities
A collection of assorted notes reports on early English windmills and oats farming, a Bulgarian motor car monopoly plan, Swedish railway waiting rooms, Jordan's Falls, a tiny Bank Station tobacconist shop, Caspian sunflower dentifrice, Scottish twins and triplets data, and Buche Indians maintaining language and intertribal marriages within the Creek Nation.
Unreadable handwriting blamed on fashionables readers
A New York Tribune piece notes post office staff lament unreadable addresses. It divides handwriting into three classes the uneducated the extremely busy and the fashionables. It details sloppy scripts with leftward slants skewed letters and missing dots, often making words undecipherable on envelopes.
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Society Folie
New York Tribune
Tune
London Smoke Nuisance Provokes Sir William Richmond
Sir William Richmond, a Royal Academy member, presses a campaign against London smoke. He argues that springs and falls are caused by smoke, that pallor stems from lack of sunlight, and that light deprivation worsens physical traits and vitality among London's poor.
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William Richmond
British Royal Academy
London
Peruvian Aguardiente and Tambo Valley Industry
The Tambo valley in Peru is noted for aguardiente made from sugarcane pulp with about twenty percent alcohol. Localers report heavy consumption by Poseyan Indians, causing population decline, while immigration to replace natives may be difficult. The valley also grows rice, with large sweet grains and high Bolting quality, aided by a single good rice mill from the United States amid primitive local mills.
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Peru
Tambo
Taylor
United States
Louisiana
Private letters and ears alarm tea planters
A colonel interrupts a drill room scene where Atkins cannot read and Murphy’s ears are blocked as a joke. The caption notes amused soldiers reading a sweetheart letter aloud while others listen. The second item mentions tea plant blight from mosquito bites causing alarm among planters.
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Atkins
Murphy
Night Sweats and Loss of Appetite Heal With Peruna
A patient recounts persistent night sweats and loss of appetite, trying various doctors before Peruna provided relief. She notes Dr Hart prescribed it for four months after explaining her condition and dosing, describing the exhausted, draining effects of long labors.
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