Astronomers and a Vermont meteorite lease dispute
Miss Dorothea Klumpke explains astronomy’s quirks with a Vermont meteorite case from 1896. A landlord and tenant argued over ownership as lease terms clashed with mineral and land rights, ending with a joke about claiming the meteorite for the government.
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Dorothea Klumpke
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Silence and a Proposed Villa Purchase
A shopper on a house viewing exclaims the view is beautiful and a husband declares he will buy the villa immediately. The brief reflects a domestic scene during a property viewing with enthusiastic sentiment.
Truth and witness in ancient courts and club work
Disjointed passages compare historic truth telling in English courts in India with modern club management. It notes that witnesses often misstate facts, misperception by judges, and that sustaining member engagement, leadership contact, and project completion determine a club's ongoing success.
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Doan's Kidney Pills Benefit Jeffersonville Resident
A Jeffersonville resident testifies that back pain dizziness and frequent urges improved after using Roan's Kidney Pills. The ad claims the remedy provided a permanent relief and cites Foster Milburn Co as the supplier with price 54 cents.
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Jeffersonville
Hennis Donovan
Doorovan
Foster-Milburn &Co
Purfalo
N.Y
Song of Winds Reveals His Past in Worcester
A memory loss case for composer Les Furzhugh Afc Reigh ends when his devoted wife uses her piano performance to trigger recollection. He had vanished six months, surfaced in Norwalk then Worcester, where the piano recital restored his memory. The couple return home to Boston with plans for a second honeymoon.
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Toston
Turtles Fast to His Foot
In Ellendale Delaware Walter Aiimar walked barefoot into his simple house to slice ham for breakfast when two snapping turtles clamped onto his foot. His screams drew family members who spent nearly an hour freeing the turtles. James Millman, a brother, had previously captured several large snappers and placed them in the smokehouse.
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Ellendale
Walter Aiimar
James Millman
Conserved Patent Remedy Ad for Digestive Ailments
In sides and back rheumatism back ache kidney and bladder ailments ad Foley Cathartic Tablets a whole and thoroughly cleansing earth for constipation biliousness and ash e ard cluagish bowels. BEN SEOLITTLe Adv.
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Ben Seolittle
Walt Mason's Dream of Bankers and Grangers in Verse
The poem laments a preacher's lack of grace and imagines life as a banker and merchant. It contrasts social pull of funds and fame with the preacher's poverty of coin, noting farmers and merchants chase wealth while the speaker longs for farming glory and a rural, jokey granger ethos.
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Kate
Walt Mason
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Hot Sun May Be Fatal To Blondes
A Philadelphia briefing of skin disease theory warns that blondes are vulnerable to sun related cancers. Doctors note freckles and sunburn may irritate skin but rare cancers arise before age 25. cautions urge shaded exposure for blondes to reduce risk.
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Isnowles
Philadelphia County Medical Society
Marguerite Arohers Marshall
Shrowies
Clarve L. Wheeler
New York Medical Journal
Tailor Finds Pennies in Catch Turtle in Ashville
Roy Bowsher, an Ashville tailor, caught a turtle and sold it to saloon owner C R Cook. Cook found 234 pennies hidden inside the turtle during preparation for lunch.
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Ashville
Ohio
Roy Bowsher
C. R. Cook
Cook
Jitney Offer Promises Trial Health Remedies
A mail in offer from Foley & Co. Chicago invites readers to send name and address with 5 cents to receive a trial package. The package includes Fotesy s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup and Foley Kidney Pills for pain.
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Foley & Co
Chicago. Il
Foley Kidney
Curious Prose With Odd Moral Fragments
A string of aphoristic lines coins odd ideas on law, love, rat races, and fashion. The piece juxtaposes jokes about cats, marriage, chairs, and mothers in law with whimsical maxims and rural life images. It reads as a quixotic slice of editorials and lines.
Charity coverage and star reader questions discussed
The article surveys how charitable work is reported and invites ongoing reader engagement with questions directed to a featured star correspondent. It emphasizes consistent coverage and community involvement through regular updates.
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