Rabies in Dogs and Human Risk Warns Public
A cautionary article details how rabies spreads from mad dogs across the United States, urges owners to chain suspicious animals, and outlines Pasteur treatment and new face-bite methods. It warns that children are at risk and calls for vigilant dog control and public awareness.
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Nyone
New England
United States
Atlantic
Middle West
America
Boards of Health
England
Liverpool
Berlin
Paris
George G. Rambaud
Pasteur Institute of New York
Joe Laver Disappears During Hide and Seek Near Third Avenue
Four year old Joe Laver vanished from Isadore Ross during a game on Third Avenue and One Hundredth Street. A passing boy called Igsy alerted the crowd and the car motorman halted near a stopped streetcar where Joe, whimpering on the fender, was found twelve blocks away.
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Joe Laver
Third Avenue
One Hundredth Street
Post Office
Joe
Isadore Ross
Issy
New York Tribune
Not the Means But End Dialogue on Direct Elections
A senator lampoons the idea of electing by direct popular vote. A rates man quips he favors any method that achieves election, highlighting the satirical stance on reform. The exchange underscores politics over procedural detail.
Quotations on Action and Inertia by O W Holmes
A facetious remark contrasts those who act with those who observe and asks why the opposite path isn’t chosen. The line reflects Holmes’s witty take on initiative versus hesitation.
Customs Supposed to Bring Luck for Infants Worldwide
A survey of folk beliefs explains how cultures from Spain to the Middle East determine a baby's future at birth. Practices include placing coins, eggs, or bread for prosperity, christening rituals with protective items, and choosing a child’s path by the first object touched such as a coin for a merchant or a sword for a soldier.
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England
Spain
Baby
Grace and Jack Swap Sleighing Plans
Grace and Jack discuss sleighing weather and a ride. Grace asks if her father would lend his horse, and Jack expresses enthusiasm to go sleighing together.
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Grace
Jack
ASE for Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Ad
Antiseptic powder promotes foot comfort and relieves corns ingrown nails swollen sweating feet blisters and callous spots. Sold everywhere 250 free sample address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Reeves
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Bill’s Chewing Dilemma Stirs Hasty Conversation
A comic exchange recalls Bill's mishap after a girl teased him for not using tobacco. He rushed around a corner and bumped into her with a chew in his mouth. He faced a choice to hurry by or swallow, and spoke with her for five minutes.
All Snakes Are Killers in Human View
All snakes, large or small, are seen as killers and feared by humans. They eat prey they kill but do not consume vegetables or carrion. This belief explains why snakes have long been shunned and avoided.
Garfield Yea Drink Offers Relief From Ailments
A historical health notice claims a course of Garfield Yea helps constipation indigestion bilious headaches and general malaise. It advises drinking the preparation and retiring to recover.
Johnson on Words and Things as Daughters and Sons
A concise quotation framing words as Earth’s daughters and things as heaven’s sons, attributed to Samuel Johnson, reflecting a universal linguistic philosophy. The line summarizes a poetically balanced view of language and reality.
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Samuel Johnson
Teething Syrup Marketed For Children
A patent teething syrup sold for 25 cents per bottle claims to soothe gums ease inflammation lessen pain and cure wind colic in infants.
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Irs
Slight exaggerations harm more than reckless violations
A quotation attributed to Chesterfield warns that small exaggerations do more damage than open violations of rules, underscoring the value of restraint in speech and conduct.
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Chesterfield
Herbal cures and health ads clutter a late edition
An aged newspaper fragment promotes fast cold cures and laxatives. It mentions Grove's, Garfield Tea, and assorted quotes by Franklin and Bacon, reflecting period ad copy and moral aphorisms. The text is a collage of remedies and literary quips without a single coherent story.
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Munyon
Prof
53Rd and
Jefferson Sts. Phila
Shaken Hands With Citizens Sparked Uneasy Exchange
A fragment recalls a scene where the speaker notes that neighbors lined up to shake hands, contrasting the experience with not having seen them at home. The quote hints at tension between public image and private presence among local figures.
Words of Comfort and the Sleeping Man
A wry exchange about sleeping outdoors follows a doctor’s orders. The friend jokes that the plan hinges on the landlord’s approval, highlighting a humorous clash between advice and living arrangements.
Unfortunate Allusion Expresses Domestic Role Tension
A fragmented dialogue contrasts gender expectations with domestic labor burdens. The speaker notes wives face unfair demands to manage households with scarce resources, while a counterpoint cites the practical limits of making bricks without straw.
Surgery question challenges future limits of medicine
A New York dinner remarks by Simeon Ford notes medicine has advanced to sew up hearts remove appendixes and even part of the large intestine. He humorously asks whether surgery will ever remove a young man’s cheek or an old woman’s jaw.
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Niles
Simeon Ford
New York
New York Sun
Liberty Tree Remnant Cut Down in Paris Square Louvois
A historic liberty tree in Paris near the fountain in square Louvois was recently cut down as authorities continued campaigns against symbols of revolutionary uprisings. The tree, once part of later revolution commemorations, succumbed to old age amid ongoing suppression of seditious growths.
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France
Paria
Paris
Square
Louvois
Self-conceit blamed for fueling fool killer's rise
A sharp critique links excessive self conceit to the fool killer's lure and broader social harm, arguing vanity fuels rash acts and moral decay. The piece warns readers to curb ego to counter violent impulses.
German Bureaucracy Pencil End Saga
A French newspaper tale portrays German bureaucracy in the post office where clerks must return pencil ends for a new pencil. One clerk kept the end, was moved, then later sent a cut piece of pencil to the stationery department to avoid trouble after the missing end vanished.
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Germany
Post Office
Sign for the Surgeone and the promised scar
A fragmentary exchange centers on a surgeon who performed appendicitis surgery and acknowledges a lasting scar. The other speaker accepts the mark, hoping it will deter future doctors from unnecessary repeat operations.
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Grove
Ufé
Franklin
Wature
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Bacon
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HG Syrup CO
Senna
FIG
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